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    The Undomesticated Strain
    The Undomesticated Strain
    The Undomesticated Strain
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    The Undomesticated Strain

    By Stefon Mears

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    Jerry takes three scientists camping at Crater Lake, Oregon. Not his idea, but they pay, and he needs money for his son's twelfth birthday.

    Why would they pack a tranq rifle and all that expensive equipment? What could scientists hunt around Crater Lake?

    Bigfoot?

    "The Undomesticated Strain" - a contemporary science fiction horror story that looks at the Bigfoot legend from a new angle. From Stefon Mears, author of Fade to Gold and The House on Cedar Street.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThousand Faces Publishing
    Release dateMay 26, 2017
    ISBN9781386735649
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      Ijust drive the car . I try to keep it that way, but it doesn't always work out. When I see what the docs are packing into the back of my Jeep Grand Cherokee, I get the bad feeling that this is going to be one of those times.

      Um, Doc? This one's Doc Randall, anthropologist I think. Archeologist maybe. Something that starts with 'a.' Doesn't matter. They're all 'Doc' to me. I associate his name with his big belly and bald head more than his field of study. If you guys want to go hunt bear, you're going to need a lot more rifle than that.

      We're not after bears, Jerry. He held the rifle so I could get a better look at it. See? Tranquilizer darts. That raises a question, though. He calls back over his shoulder. Helga, do you think we should have a regular rifle along, for protection?

      Helga is Doc Hofstadter. Some kind of biologist, I think. Wiry fit type, does triathlons. If a bear comes after us, she'll be the one to get away. "You're

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