Rainbow Beach Bonfire Tales

Something about bonfires invites a story,

and it has to be a good bonfire and a good story. 

The “bonfire at night” scenario often invites scary tales,

those ones that make people gather closer

and huddle in a group.  No-one wants to go get that thing

from the car, or leave first, etc. 

It’s just that feeling…you get it on school

camps, get togethers, and things like that,

especially slumber parties on Rainbow Beach

with a bunch of story tellers!  But who is that

wandering around the fire, and what is that double

light in the background? 

Hmmm…someone tell a tale, quick!

(Quick tale - There was an old urban myth from Europe

that told of a young man who had to walk home through

the cemetery at night in the olden days.  This would

unsettle him, so he used to rush and hurry.  One night the cloak

he always wore got snagged on some rose bushes, and

in his desperate haste he was too scared to look back,

convinced it was a terrible ghost.  But he couldn’t get free

and so convinced he had been caught,

he died of fright! 

Might give that midnight tour of the local

cemetery a miss…or maybe just not wear a cloak…)

(copyright Imogen Crest 2008.)