Raelynn Alison yanked me back sharply as the slimy creature leapt out at me. I have never seen anything this hideous before. It was a pulsating 3-foot-long worm-like creature in a sickly pink color that faded to an even more revolting translucent gray at the edges.Its bulbous body was segmented not with neat rings, but with uneven, lumpy folds that writhed and rippled as it slithered with unsettling, boneless grace. It approached me, trailing thick, foul-smelling green mucus. I watched in horror as it opened its massive mouth, revealing a retractable barbed proboscis ready to strike. The scream that had been stuck in my throat broke out so loudly that the hallways shook. I watched paralyzed in shock and fear as the creature lunged at me. My life suddenly flashed before my eyes as I t