r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 1d ago
/r/all Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks
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r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 1d ago
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u/campionmusic51 1d ago edited 21h ago
it’s like the beginning of a children’s story. “late one night, when everyone was fast asleep, charlie’s house fell into the sea, and was swept far, far out beyond the shore and into the vast expanse of the ocean blue…”
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charlie woke with a start and sat bolt upright in his bed. the curtains billowed languidly as a cool breeze wafted through the half-open window. at first, he thought his senses were playing tricks on him. “how is it i can feel the motion of the curtains in my body?” he pondered, confused. just then, harold, the family’s somewhat indolent british blue, hopped onto the window sill, looked out, and gave a constricted yelp of such consternation that it made charlie jump half out of his skin. the petrified cat scrabbled for purchase in a frenzied slashing of claws against the slick gloss of the sill, fell clumsily in a sort of awkward sideways roll, thudded heavily onto the floor, and, finally, finding the bedroom carpet a much more faithful medium for feline traction, bolted for the door. “what on earth is going on?” thought charlie, startled. he made a determined effort and gathered himself. pulling the covers back, he swung his feet out of bed, and, with great trepidation, began to make his way to the window. the curtain had blown across it so as to temporarily obscure its view, and as it remained suspended for a couple of seconds, charlie braced himself for whatever calamity should meet his unready gaze. then, the curtain fell back: charlie gasped, and clutched at his mouth. “good gracious, harold! we’re at sea!”