Chapter 149: Blood-Sucking Monster (2)
Later, people examined the corpses of the dead chickens from the farm, full of suspicion. They found a large number of wounds resembling the shapes of “Y” or “△” on their necks, under their wings, and near the cloaca.
Someone who knew a forensic examiner brought a dead chicken to ask for their opinion. The examiner said the wounds looked somewhat like leech bites, but couldn’t be certain—because leech bites are usually only 1 to 3 millimeters wide, while the wounds on the chickens were about the size of a thumb. There was absolutely no such large leech.
That person then asked the examiner to perform an autopsy on the chicken. The result showed that the chickens hadn’t died from the bites themselves, but from excessive blood loss.
“It’s said that animals that die from blood loss will have grayish-white internal organs when dissected. The day after all the chickens on that farm died, the rabbits on the neighboring farm also died. The farmer counted the bodies—none were missing—and found similar round wounds on them, just like the chickens. Still doubtful, he randomly chose one dead rabbit and dissected it, only to discover that its internal organs were also pale white…”
In the period that followed, this kind of large-scale livestock death spread rapidly to nearby farms, almost like a contagion.
At first, it was only small poultry like chickens, ducks, and rabbits dying in small numbers, so the losses weren’t too severe. But as time went on, the attacker’s appetite seemed to grow.
Small animals were no longer enough to satisfy it. Instead, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and even horses on the farms began to die to varying degrees. The cause of death remained the same as with the poultry—excessive blood loss.
But damn it—aside from leeches, what kind of animal feeds on blood?
The more people thought about it, the more terrifying it became. Rumors began to spread, claiming that some kind of blood-sucking monster was behind the attacks.