A story told for a thousand years about a place not far from here The trees are thick The air is cold A creature haunts The Moonlight Ten feet tall Eyes of fire burning bright Awful stench Garbage and rotting flesh Listen here A story is told tonight Say a prayer Now learn a lesson in fright Monster Living in Deep Creek Monster Hunting in Deep Creek Monster Killing in Deep Creek Monster It was autumn of '76 Winter creeping up oh so close As fast as the time clock ticks Pacific northwest mountain range Ten feet tall Eyes of fire burning bright Awful stench Garbage and rotting flesh Listen here A story is told tonight Say a prayer Now learn a lesson in fright Monster Living in Deep Creek Monster Hunting in Deep Creek Monster Killing in Deep Creek Monster Not hard to tell what happened next 3 AM almost ready for rest The only warmth is the fires glow Then a scream like none you've heard It was the best from the trees Getting louder with every breath Nothing human could be that fast Was it a monster from the past It it a monster from the past It was the monster from Deep Creek It was a monster from the past It was the monster from Deep Creek Ten feet tall Eyes of fire burning bright Awful stench Garbage and rotting flesh Listen here A story is told tonight Say a prayer Now learn a lesson in fright Had to run Run so fast What was this thing that was after us So close to death that the night felt like home Had to run Run so fast What was this thing that was after us So close to death that the night felt like home So close to death that the night felt like home So close to death that the night felt like home So close to death that the night felt like home