This is the story of Bryan the crab boy. I read the in the book Coastal Ghosts by Nancy Rhyne.
GHOST OF THE CRAB BOY
A WHILE AGO, THERE WAS A BOY NAMED BRYAN. BRYAN WAS THE BEST CRAB CATCHER WHO LIVED.
ONE DAY, BRYAN WENT TO CATCH CRABS. BRYAN SAW THE BIGGEST CRAB HOLE HE HAD EVER SEEN. BRYAN THOUGHT HE WOULD BE FAMOUS FOR CATCHING A BIG CRAB. BRYAN CAUTIOUSLY STUCK HIS HAND IN THE HOLE. BRYAN FELT AROUND. HE FELT SOMETHING, COULD IT BE A CRAB? THAT'S WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE. BRYAN TRIED TO CATCH THE CRAB, BUT THE CRAB WASN'T DUMB. THE CRAB GRABBED BRYAN'S MIDDLE FINGER. BRYAN TRIED AND TRIED BUT JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO GET FREE.
BRYAN WAS THERE FOR HOURS AND HOURS. HE SCREAMED AND SCREAMED BUT NOBODY HEARD HIM.
IT WAS PRETTY LATE WHEN THE TIDE STARTED COMING IN. BRYAN KNEW HE WOULD SOON BREATHE HIS LAST BREATH. SOON, BRYAN DIED. BRYAN HAD DROWNED. BRYAN'S MOTHER CALLED ALL OF BRYAN'S FRIENDS, BUT NOBODY KNEW WHERE HE WAS. SOON, THE POLICE FOUND BRYAN DEAD. HE WAS COVERED WITH MUD. WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIS HAND OUT OF THE HOLE, THE CRAB HAD LET GO. THE POLICE FIGURED THAT BRYAN HAD DROWNED.
SOME PEOPLE SAY ON EVENINGS, ALMOST DARK, YOU CAN HEAR A VOICE SAY "HELP ME!" THEY THINK IT BELONGS TO BRYAN. BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEAR!
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