The Deep

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by Kirbywer via ShortScaryStories

The theory of evolution states that we evolved into what we are today due to random mutation, but what if that wasn't the case? What if the deepest part of the ocean is literally where our nightmares come from? A terror so real, so deep, impossible to explore. It wasn't an accident that our ancient ancestors grew legs and crawled out of the ocean. No. Those primal creatures didn't grow legs because they wanted to, but because they needed to escape. The fear so real, it continues to haunt us even millenniums past, embedded in our genes. Our fear of the dark and the deep.

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