One reporter asked him what he thought of the disappearance.
"Well, I remembered Bob putting that bullet into that goat last night to calm the wind and rain and realized that this horse was was the resurrected spirit of Iowa! It's like a worm turning into a butterfly."
With this completely unscientific opinion he concluded his interview and swaggered home, already planning on the number of papers to buy to send to his relatives and post on the fridge.
The Kid
Tom believed the rumor. Not because of Alex's made-for-The-Globe testimony, but because of something he saw with his own eyes. Unlike the rest of the town, he was not at the Iowa gathering. Instead, he was on 5th and Main underneath a streetlight waiting for his heroin dealer. Before J-----, his dealer, arrived, he noticed some voices in the alley a few feet away. Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, he decided to go and have a look.
Beating all of the odds, it was not a street gang waiting to shoot him. What he found instead was a group of nine men with shadows hiding their features. They were gathered around a horse-like creature. The creature looked, as Alex accurately described, like a ghost. At exactly the stroke of midnight (Tom knew because the town clock started to ding) the nine men slapped the creature on the rump and it took off, dashing for all it was worth and out of sight.
Of course, Tom spoke not a word because the last thing he needed was people asking why he was there instead of in bed or at the goat. And besides, most people knew he got high from time to time and would have chalked it up to a weird drug trip.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
very strange, evocative and creative TT, thanks!
2 - BRICKLAYER
Dude, if the above is secret code for "this record is softer than a tastee-freeze that's been left out in the rain on the hottest day of the year", I couldnt be in more complete and utter agreeance with you. After the lovely Iowa, this release is too watered down, too influenced by the lead singer's lite-grunge vanity side project, and the inept handling of the sometimes impressive Rick Rubin production. With all of the supposed tension amongst the group, and the lead singer's crazy talk of how this record would be their Sgt. Peppers, I had grave doubts about what this might sound like. I'm not saying it stinks, 'coz it's a few notches above that, but with all of the directionless, attempted melodic meandering, and half hearted attempts at bringing the metal, they might as well be any of the other faceless, maskless, bands that get played on my crappy local modern rock radio station. They had better step it up for Ozzfest, because Hatebreed is gonna tear 'em a new one on the second stage this year. May I be so bold as to recommend the new discs by God Forbid, All That Remains, and Killswitch Engage for those discerning heads looking for wonderful combinations of the sweet and the crunchy? Now, Mr. Theory, howsabout a review of the new Pedro the Lion, please, kind sir?
3 - joshT- indonesia, age, 8
well, i think those people are quite wrong about slipknot beeing bad.
i picked up the music since i was in grade two and i think it was great........................................ps. all who oppose of heavy anti-christ music are motherfuckers!
4 - Alan
slipknot is a very bad do not lisn to the sliipnot.
5 - Ray
Slipknot are good and i am lame
6 - jim AGE 11
i think slipknot RULES THE FUCKING WORLD...... [Eleven year old's pottymouth remark deleted by Comments Editor]
7 - jacob AGE 13
SLIPKNOT RULES oh ya comments editor that stupid you dont block out fucking or mutherfuckers
8 - richard
alan dont a lissioan to a alan a a a a
9 - Christopher Rose
What an articulate bunch of kids you are, I'm sure Slipknot must be very proud to have fans like you.