The Creature of the Fair Haven Dock

By Elaine Van Develde

There it was — a creepy looking little crawler on the Fair Haven Dock.

It was a little crabby looking, a little homely, yet cool, covered in what looked like barnacles. Its eyes were masked by its craggy surface. Everyone stared. But was it staring back?

What was it? Someone said it was a rock crab — not edible. Someone else called it a spider crab. To look at it, both made sense. All eyes were fixed on it as it casually crawled across the dock and plopped back into the Navesink River. But, really, what was that creepy little crawler?

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