The Underwood Devil?

I have seen the devil, I think. It's going to sound strange I know, but this really happened to me. When I was young, about 10 years old, I was with my grandmother driving all around town looking for some Halloween costume and was having a problem locating a store with anything worth a damn. Finally we settled for a local K-Mart store. We bought my costume and were heading home, then my grandmother said she was going to stop for a pizza at the local Pizza Hut. That was cool with me, I was starving.

So we pulled into the parking lot of the Pizza Hut and my grandma told me to wait here and not get out of the car because it was dark. Back then everyone was left in the car, I guess? So in she went. I was OK just listening to the radio when something caught my attention to the right just behind the Pizza Hut. The area was wooded and dark, just as it is to this day. All but this strange red glow inside this cove of trees. I was now taken in by the bright flickering light and watched in amazement as the light took on the form of flames, sparks and finally took on a human form. Well, almost human. It looked more like electricity "lightning" and it started to dance and jump around in some super fast unnatural way. It looked like a very thin red creature "the devil." This will sound corny, but I swear it looked like that damn Underwood Deviled Ham devil. You know, the one on the can. This was real. Suddenly the thing was at my window just looking at me as if to say, "I know you see me and I see you."

Man, I crawled over the seat into the back, cowering on the floorboard until my grandma came out and had to calm me down. It took her awhile but she finally got through to me and I came around, then we went home. I told her what happened to me and she got mad and told me I should not speak of such things.

But I tell you I was not a troubled kid with a big imagination, or crazy. This just happened to me, just something I was meant to see. This goes a lot further as I got older. I am now 40 years old and it still freaks me out, but it feels good to finally tell someone else about it. Thanks for your time.

Oh yeah, the Pizza Hut is still there, as is the wooded area behind it, so if you ever want to have a look maybe you will get lucky and have a show put on for yourself.

Thank you for your time... Michael A. Hayes, San Antonio, TX.