The Shiny Lands

I returned to the LMRCNP in October of 2025. The lot had some tinsel or something among the grass. This was the first warning.

Much further, I saw something bright and pink bobbing behind some palmetto. When I rounded the corner, I saw a balloon monster. This was the second warning.

Later, I saw some pretty purple flower spikes in the sun. This was the third warning.

Getting tired, I looped back to the car. That’s when I saw something else shiny – something thinner than tinsel glinting in the sun – something twenty feet across blocking the entire path. Inside this matrix of light sat a balloon-like monster that quickly rose up into the sky, getting bigger and bigger as it did. What did I almost walk into?

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