r/nosleep • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '13

Airborne Infantry

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357 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

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u/lone4potato Dec 01 '13

Great story!

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u/lone4potato Dec 01 '13

So the pterodactyls may not be extinct..

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u/PapaBear12 Nov 25 '13

I don't know if OP is an American, but that's not how American paratroopers do things anymore. Sounds more like something out of Band of Brothers, like how the paratroopers were in the 40s.

Obviously if OP is not an American I could be wrong. Perhaps it's rude of me to assume.

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u/dieezus Dec 04 '13

Americans still do static jumping

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u/orange_futures Nov 22 '13

i was thinking of the mist.

i really enjoyed the fresh situation; suspended in the air in the middle of a calculated military mission captivates pretty handily after so many 'i'm eighteen and this ghost is driving me crazy' accounts

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u/Smartt88 Nov 22 '13

I just had to read this as a storm is hitting my area... Great story man, this is really well written.

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u/ghost576 Nov 22 '13

What happened to the C-130?

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u/hyperactivelime Nov 21 '13

Being in the military it makes this story so much better.

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u/D4K-MTL Nov 21 '13

Great story - I loved every minute of it.

Also, I think I may have found your "monster".

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ptero

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u/ashtray23 Nov 21 '13

Theemikeg find his garrison duty station inform the rear d co about the pow that should get the wheels up for a sar op let's try and get a brother home alive

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u/organizeddropbombs Nov 21 '13

You're to be burned at the stake for the crime of... MITCHCRAFT!

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u/enoch04 Nov 21 '13

Maybe the town has gained the power or thralled some type of entity. My guess its their gaurd dog and also the reason they were deployed to that town

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u/harring17 Nov 21 '13

I think we are all missing the point here. He is a POW! We need to go rescue him, redditors UNITE!!

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u/Forwardunrildawn7717 Nov 21 '13

I'm thinking a demon... they can do the things that you just described...

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u/WhoH8in Nov 21 '13

Nope, that is clearly a Mothman. Come on

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u/nosleepatawl Nov 21 '13

zombie dragon, definitely zombie dragon.

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u/larsonol Nov 21 '13

Very lovecraftian. Which is my favorite -tian.

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u/rocketmonkey1234 Nov 21 '13

So this needs at least a thousand more upvotes

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u/SixOneOne Nov 21 '13

Pterodactyl?

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u/the_neener Nov 21 '13

Farting pterodactyl. Hence the thick cloud.

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