From: (IamEricaB)
Date: 25 Mar 1999
This story also involves my paternal grandfather. I dont know if its true, but it is a good story:
My great-grandmother would always tell my grandfather that if he ever misbehaved or disrespected her, the Devil would come with a chain and drag him down to Hell.
Well...one night he stayed out a little late night, drank a little with the boys, and by the time he decided it was time to head home, it was well after midnight! Needless to say, he was scared to start with. Not only was it well past the time he was to be home, but he was also drunk! He knew his mother would be VERY upset with him!!
Knowing that he couldnt stand at the doorway of his friend's house all night, he set out down the road to his house. It was a dark night, with no moon in the sky...he could only see the unpaved road because it was lighter than the grass around it. All the while as he walked, he kept thinking about what his mother had said...
"If you misbehave or disrespect me, the Devil will come with a chain and drag you down to Hell!!"
Needless to say, he was getting more and more scared. He came to a point in the road where he had to pass between two fenced cowfields, and on over a hill. Just past that was his home.
Right about then, he heard it...the unmistakeable sound of....
DRAGGING CHAINS!!!!! RIGHT BEHIND HIM!!!!!
His heart leaped out of his chest!! There was someone....or someTHING...only a few feet behind him, and they had a CHAIN!!! He just KNEW it was the Devil, coming to drag him to Hell!!
He started to run, not daring to look back into the face of the Devil. Behind him, he heard a low moan....obviously the Devil calling out to him! And worse yet...he heard the sound of hooves on the road as the Devil ran after him! All the while, the sound of that jangling chain echoed in his ears!
He ran even faster, but the Devil was closing in! He heard the low, mournful moaning sounds only a few feet away, and that chain!!! He crested the hill, thankful for the pull of gravity as he sped up going down the other side.
In the distance, he saw the lights of his house...and someone standing on the porch! It was his mother!! She was screaming...no....his mind reeled...she wasnt screaming..she was....
LAUGHING?????
YES! Standing on the porch steps, laughing at him as the Devil got ever closer!!
He ran into her arms, crying and begging for forgiveness that he misbehaved and disrespected her...begging her to pray to make the Devil go away.
But...she just laughted....laughed at him, and the poor old cow with the chain around its neck that had gotten lost...and followed a familiar face back to the barn..........
