Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, by Jimmy D of Rats on Google
It wasn’t a massive boat. But neither was it small. A trimaran… claimed safe in all waters. And by the looks of the clouds that now amassed on the horizon, that claim was about to be tested.
Me, wimp, wanted to turn around, to put into shore, to wait out the approaching storm. But the rest of the party said no, we’d go on.
The wind whipped up. We furled the sails. I was glad of the lifejacket as the sea turned heavy and tossed around us.
“And up there,” said our local guide, his sun-dried head nodded towards the storm-clouds, “is our famous Tasmanian Devil. Rageowrapper.”
107 words written for What Pegman Saw: Tasmania, Australia.
Rageowrapper is a Tasmanian devil of many guises. He might appear as a towering black man, or as the darkness that arrives on a strong wind; but he’s also a malevolent spirit that takes possession of the sick and dying.
crispina kemp 
And here I thought the Tasmanian devil was simply a flesh and fur beast… 4am and you have taught me something already today…. Beautifully written I might add…
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I purposely titled it to mislead. And always happy to instruct at 4:00 am, though to do it transatlantic, and electronically might qualify as fetish.
And my thanks for the compliment
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A story full of atmosphere and foreboding about what will happen next….
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Thank you. I’m not sure what happens next. But I’m fascinated with the name of that devil. Rage-o-Rapper. Sounds like he sould be on the streeyts on New York with a sound box!
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Rage-o-Rapper could go many different ways. I like how you have me expecting one devil but deliver another sort!
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That was the intention. Glad you liked.
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I wouldn’t fancy being on the trimaran in that weather, however safe it was. I can get seasick in a calm…Nice story, Crispina!
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Thanks. I wanted a photo with choppier water, but the dark sky was the important thing 🙂
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Alas, Warner Bros. cartoons have conditioned me into thinking of the cartoon Tasmanian Devil, even though I know what the animal looks like. On the other hand, the cartoon version may be a bit closer to what you describe here: a destructive force of nature, or perhaps a supernatural destructive force.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Devil_(Looney_Tunes)
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Yea, we all see the cartoon. Worse is when you date a fella who’s best known as Taz (cos he’d spent time in Tasmania during his teens) and he turns out to be… a bit of a devil 🙂
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Awww . . . I’m sorry. Never had one like that myself. Most of my ex-dates were damp squibs. (Of course, they might have said the same thing about me!)
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He was a comedian. Doesn’t that say it all 🙂
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He seems rather oddly at ease with this devil… I’m with the passenger and not feeling particularly comfortable!
Love this.
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He’s a local; he knows the ways. And a bit of a fatalist, I’d say.
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‘Twould appear…
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🙂 Plus there’s artistic licence 🙂
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OF course!
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🙂
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What a wonderfully dramatic image you found! I like the term Rageowrapper; I’ve never heard that. If I was the narrator, I would also be feeling like wimping out and turning back, especially when I heard the local call the storm a Tasmanian Devil, much less a Rageowrapper.
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I was so excited with I found this name. I’ve no idea how it’s pronounced, but I had visions of a rapper on NY street… I had to go with the myths
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Good call!
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Thanks, Joy.
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Sounds like they’re about to turn into Tasmanian Castaways!
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Could be. Then one by one Rageowrapper will come for them. 🙂
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I like this on a lot of levels, very chilling and now I want to know what happens next!
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Ah, now that might be another tale… 🙂
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