The Frozen Shadow

Renfield R. Renfield and Amadeus Emanon were at an isolated spot on England's southern coast awaiting the arrival of a dirigible.

"Why a dirigible?" Amadeus asked Renfield.

"Well with all these airports being shut down now and again throughout Europe and in the northeastern United States due to the weather, I couldn't take a chance on a plane," Renfield explained, "that's why I'm having a dirigible flown in from New York City, that way I don't have to worry about airports being closed."

"And what's on this dirigible?" Amadeus inquired.

"A frozen shadow," Renfield replied.

"A frozen shadow?" Amadeus was confused.

"Yes, a shadow that's been frozen," Renfield explained, "I suspect this shadow is a material manifestation of the severed immortal and invisible serpent-dragon head of the demon Rahu mentioned in ancient Hindu scriptures as hanging around during lunar and solar eclipses trying to swallow either the sun or the moon. He manifested himself in the U.S. during last week's total lunar eclipse on the winter solstice. According to Scotland Yard computers I hacked into, I believe he was responsible for 372 murders that were committed throughout the U.S. on that day. A mysterious shadow-like entity was seen in the vicinity of all the murders committed throughout the entire time period when the lunar eclipse was taking place."

"How did it come to be frozen?" Amadeus asked.

"It made the mistake of hanging around the northeastern United States after the winter solstice lunar eclipse," Renfield answered, "I guess not even demons can get enough of New York City's Times Square. But following the severe snow storm of the past couple of days, it ended up being frozen in Central Park. An employee of Set Enterprises in New York City found it while he was out snowshoeing in the Park and alerted me."

"How is it possible for a supernatural entity to have been frozen by this severe snow storm?" Amadeus wanted to know.

"I don't believe this was any ordinary snow storm," Renfield replied, "I believe it was caused by the Frost Giants or Jutuns of Norse mythology. They seem to have come down to Earth again for some reason."

"There seem to be a lot of supernatural creatures mentioned in the various world mythologies who have been coming back to Earth this past year," Amadeus noted.

"Indeed," Renfield agreed, "if this keeps up, the UN may have to start worrying about overpopulation of supernatural entities on this planet."

To be continued.