Hello Internet! I am sorry for leaving you with a cliff
hanger last time, though I cannot promise it won’t happen again.
In my most recent post, I remember having mentioned an experience
that I wasn’t prepared to share yet. Now, I realize that the content of this
post will only make sense if I reveal the story behind that experience (it’s
long one, so the following paragraph is a brief summary).
Ten years ago, a man
named John Hammond conducted several experiments involving the DNA of extinct
animals. As a result, Hammond was able to “resurrect” several species of
dinosaurs. Being the capitalist that he is, Hammond planned to put the dinosaurs
in a zoo which he would open to the public. I decided visit it before it opened
(with a few other guests).
Things went TERRIBLY wrong; the park’s security shut down,
the dinosaurs broke out, and people were killed (I myself was injured). The
park was then destroyed. However, Hammond had a secret island where the dinosaurs
were actually created. That island is the one I am on now.
Anyways, I ended my last post with the discovery of an abandoned
building. Eddie Carr, Doc Thorne and I ventured inside to find Richard Levine.
We did not find him, but we discovered that the building was where Hammond
manufactured his dinosaurs; being inside it brought back horrific memories of
Hammond’s zoo.
As we left the building, we heard our communications module
buzz from inside the explorer. It was Kelly and Arby (Lord knows how, but they snuck
into one of our trailers before we left)using Doc’s compute to contact us.
Thorne was so furious, it was almost amusing. But we had no time to chat; out
from the jungle emerged a tyrannosaurus rex! We all rushed into the explorer. The
T-rex stopped in front of the explorer and stared straight at us from outside
the windshield.
Although I’ve been in the same situation at Hammond’s zoo, but
the glare of the T-rex still sent chills running up my spine. Thankfully, what
happened next was… less intimidating; the T-rex took a step back and proceeded
to mark its territory on our explorer. How classy.
After our frightening(?) encounter, we met up with Arby in
the trailer and kept trying to find Richard. We found him alright; he was
sitting high up in a tree, looking down at a guarded T-rex nest! What on earth was that kid thinking?
Doc volunteered to retrieve him. He wasn’t too discrete; he
almost broke a branch on his way up the tree, he ultimately fell out of the
tree (dragging Richard down with him), and managed to get both T-rex parents to
chase after him on his motorcycle! At first, it was scary to see the angry T-rexes
running after him. But considering they gave up the chase almost immediately, I
couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of Doc riding the motorcycle as fast as
he could trying to escape… nothing.
Once we had safely retrieved Richard, we went into the
jungle to set up a machine called the “high-hide”(which enables us to gaze out
at the valley safely and from a high vantage point). Then, we climbed into it
and enjoyed the view. Richard and I took advantage of the view to study
dinosaur behavior. It was truly a remarkable experience; no human in history has
ever had the chance to study dinosaur behavior, and no one may ever get an
opportunity like this ever again!
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From the high-hide, we were able to see many different
dinosaur herds, one of which was composed of two dinosaur species (parasurolophus
and apatosaurus), which was very interesting and fun to observe. Off in the
distance, I noticed a group of carnivorous dinosaurs. I recognized them from
Hammond’s zoo: velociraptors! Rumored to be the most efficient killers in
history, the Raptors were by far the most terrifying dinosaurs in Hammond’s zoo.
In the trailer, we had an nice discussion about dinosaurs,
evolution and extinction. It was the most relaxing thing I’ve done since
arriving on the island. However, we were interrupted by what sounded to me like
an engine.
When we rushed outside, we found something completely
different: Sarah Harding had arrived! We welcomed her into our trailer, then asked
her if she met anyone else on the island. She told me she came with a man named
Lewis Dodgson.
Dodgson is the owner of a company. If I know him at all, he
isn’t here to study dinosaurs like Richard; he’s here for his own profit. I don’t
know what he’s up to, but it can’t be good!
What do you think he’s up to?
Until next time,
Ian Malcolm.
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