[Tam I am]

I made up a creepy kinda campfire story.

There was this guy once, just exploring the edges of the galaxy in his little ship. And he came to this out of the way planet, and one continent was dotted with little farming communities of humans. In round houses and barns, everything all cheery and efficient.

So he lands and goes to visit with this guy that he can see working on a fence, and the guy starts warning him about the zombies that come out at night and try to lure humans out of their homes so they can infect them. And the visitor doesn't believe it, but he's curious about these things that sound like crying babies and all kinds of things you'd wanna help, so he agrees to stay for the night. Well before dark the animals are all herded inside, and the barn sealed with shutters. Then the farmer herds him into the house, which is also sealed with shutters. The farmer's family gives him a delicious supper, and explain that he'd better eat fast, because the lights will go out just before it gets dark. No artificial light is allowed inside after dark, because it lets the zombies in. He's sceptical, but he goes with it. And sure enough, as soon as it's dark, and just before the farmer herds his family and visitor to the fortified room in the middle of the round house, he can hear sounds of horrifying distress coming from outside. Including the crying of a baby and a woman screaming for help and saying that her car broke down. The farmer's family is uneasy, but stoic toward the sounds, and close them out with the shutting of the door of the inner room, and everyone sleeps fairly quietly that night. The next morning, the man offers to take the farmer and his family to the nearest space station, where they can ask for help for their people. He knows that the farmer, the farmer's wife, and the farmer's twelve year old twin daughters will fit on his ship, especially since they're used to tight quarters. The farmer accepts gratefully, and he and his family board the ship and leave the planet with the man. The man decides to go to bed early, since he'd had a lot of bad dreams the night before. So he goes to his cabin and shuts the door, then goes to sleep.

He's awakened several hours later by the crying of a baby outside his cabin door.

Originally Posted by ml1201

@Tam
A pet? What does it look like?

It wasn't the looks I was laughing at. It was the name they gave it.