It was a dark and silent night. The air was still, and the moon full.
Being a Friday night, a few teens had decided to take their special girls to Woodcreak View, a vantage point on a big hill overlooking the city. Cars were spread around, their occupants making out, while others sat on the grass and drank a few beers.
Then came an unexpected breeze, sending a chill down a few spines. Upon the ominous wind came an ominous scent.
Cindy, top cheerleader and girlfriend to the best quarterback in all the city, crinkled up her nose.
"Ew, what's that stench?" She gagged.
Chad laughed and waved it off, "either Bruno let one rip after that egg-salad, or it's just from the old garbage dump on the other side of the woods."
As the breeze stopped, so did the scent, and the teens went on smooching.
Then there was a scream.
Everyone sat bolt upright or rose to their feet, looking in the direction of the scream.
Jeff was trying to calm down his girlfriend, who was now crying. Some made jokes but then they saw the look of terror on her face.
"I saw it, I swear to God I fucking saw it!" She screamed at Jeff.
"Karen, really, there's nothing out there, look," he shone his flashlight into the woods. He wished he hadn't. Eyes reflected back at him.
The two screamed and ran closer to the other teens.
Now everyone, even those making out in their cars, were looking towards the edge of the woods. A dark shape started to move. The bad smell returned, despite the absence of any wind, as it got closer. Someone turned on the headlights to their chevvy.
A huge, nine-foot-tall humanoid creature was heaving itself out of the woods. It seemed to be made from rotting waste, seeping yellow fluid as it walked. The creature started making low grunting noises, as if trying to speak.
"Fuck this!" someone shouted and a car sped off.
Chad, however, was feeling brave. Wanting to protect his girlfriend, and to show off, he grabbed a baseball bat from someone's car and charged the creature.
Everyone gasped in shock.
The bat flew through the air with a swish and smacked into the creature with a soft, wet thud, and got stuck. It was then that Chad realised he was standing right under the monster. A thick glob of rotting matter dripped from the creatures open mouth and landed on Chad's gawping face. He screamed and fell to the floor. More teens started panicking and getting into their cars.
Chad could only writhe as he felt the liquid seeping into his very flesh, burning into him. He was melting into sludge. The more he panicked, the more he thrashed around, the more his body flung out in all directions as wads of rotting goop. He thought he was dying. Within the hour, he'd wish he was.
Meanwhile, Stinkbomb lumbered on. Before he could heave his gigantic body any further, everyone but Chad had driven away at speed. Many of them were pulled over by the police, who were then treated to strange tales of monsters in the woods.
Earlier that day, Stinkbomb had decided that he would seek help. By now, however, the stench had enveloped his brain and all he could remember was that he was looking for people. He couldn't think why, or what for. He just knew he had to find people. Soon, he couldn't even remember who he was. His instinct was to find people, and that's all he did.
By the next day, the legend of Stinkbomb was born, going down in the cryptid history books with Sasquatch, Dogman, and the Melonheads. Of course, variations of the legend exist. Some say Stinkbomb was the result of a nuclear waste accident, while others suggest Stinkbomb is a paranormal entity sent to punish humanity for destroying mother Earth. Some say Stinkbomb eats people, while other say he turns others into creatures like him. One legend says that Stinkbomb is a composite being - that Stinkbomb absorbs others and can then separate again into multiple Stinkbombs, suggesting that all Stinkbomb sightings are from the "mini-Stinkbombs" that separated away from the original. Of course, the only people who could tell us the truth about Stinkbomb, are his victims.