1768- Foal reportedly dragged into the river, the body was never found.

Lost Tapes-Kappa

In 2014 husband and wife Sky Stringer and Vapor Trail went on a overnight camping trip with their friends Angel Winds and Surprise. Because the four of them never get to hang out anymore Sky Stringer decided to video tape the trip. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation for the four friends turned into something far more deadly than they could ever have been prepared for.

These are their tapes

Sky turns on the camera and checks make sure it has a full battery.

"Well it seems the camera is all good to go, what do you guys think?"

Sky then pointed the camera at the three other ponies.

"I don't get why your so keen on filming this. In a year or so your not going to care about this." Surprise said

"I like it, it'll give me something to show my fiancee how much fun we had. It's too bad that he had to miss this because he came down with the flu." Angel Wings said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, what do you think Vapor." Sky said

"I think you're trying to much to impress me." Vapor said teasing him "Well I'm going for a swim anypony care to join me?"

"I'm fine." Surprise said

"No thanks." Angel said

"Not now." Sky said from behind the camera

"Man, your a bunch of wimps." Vapor said as she headed towards the river.

Sky then filmed Vapor as she went into the river to enjoy a nice swim. The camera then was turned off

30 minutes later

The camera was then turned on as it filmed sky inspecting it. Seeing that it was on and filming he turned the camera to Vapor who is currently swimming in the deeper part of the river.

"Come on Vapor it's time for lunch, I think it's time for you to come back to shore." Angel yelled to her

OK!" Vapor yelled as she began to swim back to shore. As Sky turned the camera towards the campsite where Surprise is currently cooking lunch. He heard Vapor scream and then turned the camera back towards her

"Are you ok." Sky called out to her

"I'm fine." Vapor said calling out from across the river "I just felt something touch me that's all."

"It was probably just a fish." Angel said laughing a little

He kept the camera on Vapor as she swam back, he felt relived, then all of a sudden she started to scream

"Something just swam under me!"

"What was it?" Sky asked

"I don't know!" Vapor yelled sounding scared

Hey what's that's? Angel said as she pointed her hoof at a big wave began to approach vapor from the other side of the river at a very fast speed

"Vapor get out of there!" Angel yelled to her friend

"Come on Vapor keep swimming!" Sky yelled from behind the camera

As the camera cut back to where the wave was it was gone. Think it was gone the camera went to look back at Vapor who had stop swimming and was looking around. Then all of a sudden she let out a screamed as something pulled her under the water.

"Vapor!" Sky yelled

Doctor Whooves (Expert Cryptozoologist)

"The kappa is typically depicted as roughly humanoid in form and about the size of a child. Its scaly reptilian skin ranges in color from green to yellow or blue. Kappa supposedly inhabit ponds and rivers of foreign countries, and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet. They are sometimes said to smell like fish and they can swim like them.

Although their appearance varies from region to region, the most consistent features are a beak, a shell, and a plate, a flat hairless region on the top of the head that is always wet, and is regarded as the source of the kappa's power. This cavity must be full whenever a kappa is away from the water; if it ever dries out, the kappa loses its power and may even die. While they are primarily water creatures, they do on occasion venture on to land."

"Vapor!" Sky screamed as he filmed her getting pulled under the water.

He then drooped the camera as it records him swimming out to the part of the river where she got pulled under and dove underneath to try to fine her, just as Angel and Surprise entered the frame of the camera, hoping their friends were ok. Then Sky sudden appeared out of the water and swam back to the shore.

"What happen where is she?" Angel said fearful.

"She's gone, I can't fine her anywhere under there." Sky said crying into his hooves.

"She couldn't just have disappeared she gotta be around here somewhere!" Surprise said.

"We got go back and get help, it's better than just sitting here and doing nothing " Angel suggested as the other two agreed with her.

As they went to leave Angel went and picked up the camera and joined the others as they search for their lost friend.

Two Hours Later

As the ponies trekked across the rough terrain they finally reach the edge of the river only to fine that it connects to another one.

"Come on we just got to cross this river and then hopefully we'll be near where we came in. " Sky said

As both Sky and Angel made their way across the river. Angel aimed the camera at her friend who began to swim towards the two.

As Surprise swam across the river to meet up with the other two, Angel heard what sounded like a low growling sound and panned the camera over to the right of the river and saw a small wave coming towards her friend.

Then the wave approached Surprise, she let out a screamed as she was pulled under the water.

"Surprise!" Sky yelled as he attempted to run into the river he was stopped by Angel who said

"Sky there's nothing we can do she's gone."

"What the hell was that thing." Sky said

"I don't know but we gotta get out of here, come on." Angel said as she helped Sky up to his hooves

The two ponies continued to run across the creek. Then Sky lifted the camera up as the sight of dry land is in front of them and all they need to do to reach it was swim across one more river.

"Angel look at me, when I give the word swim, were going to swim as fast as we can across the river and once we reach land we're going to find help, ok." Sky said to Angel "Here give me the camera."

As Angel gave the camera to Sky he put the camera on Angel and said "Are you ready?"

"Yeah." Angel said with fear in her voice

"Ready. Set. " Sky started to say "Now!"

Then Sky held the camera close to him as him and Angel began to swim across the river. The camera, now pointed behind Sky is capturing a large wave approaching them as they continued to swim, but as they approached the shore the wave suddenly disappeared from sight. The two finally made it to shore as Sky looked at the camera and then pointed it at Angel, who also smiling gratefully thanking that this nightmare was finally over, but the moment was ruined when they suddenly heard a growl come from behind them, as he turned the camera towards the sound, something attack them and all the camera caught was the two ponies screaming.

The tape ends there

After going missing for nine hours Sky Stringer brother called the authority and manage to get together a search party. After five hours of searching they mange to locate Angel Winds at the edge of the river eight and half miles from the campsite, miraculously she was still alive. She was treated for a broken leg and cuts that stretched across her back. She was eventually reunited with her fiancee, but vowed never go back to the river again. The bodies of Sky Stringer, Vapor Trails, and Surprise were never found. But strange footprints were found at the abandon campsite that led into the the river. Was the terrifying footage that was filmed that night evidence of rare crocodile attacks or is something truly deadly living in the rivers of Seaward Shoals? Are these creatures real or a figment of our wild imagination?

Leaving all of us to wonder......

Do they live among us?

Author's Note

After three years I finally return to this story. Thank you all who have been following this story and liked it.

Now I need to ask something of my readers, which creature or creatures should the next chapter focus on and I'm leaving it up to you guys to give me suggestions. It could be creatures we've already seen on Lost Tapes or new ones that haven't been done yet.

If it's a new creature that hasn't been done before, all you have to do is tell me the creature's name and I'll handle the rest. Now if you suggest one that already been used, don't worry about it. I'll be putting my own unique take on it.