SOURCE: "The Plant-Thing" by R. G. Maceady (Not at Night, 1925)

DESCRIPTION: "The tentacle threshed about, endeavouring to clutch the animal, which lunged back, wild with terror ... It was seized.  A loud cracking of bones broke the momentary silence, and was followed by an agonized cry.  Six feet from the ground the great orifice gaped wide.  The calf disappeared.  A fleeting second and the mouth closed.  There was no sign of its location; the trunk was smooth and unbroken." ("The Plant-Thing" by R. G. Macready)

NOTES: The Plant-thing is from Rhodesia. Dr. Carter who brought it to England says "... For my part, I dare to believe that I have discovered the 'link' between the vegetable and animal kingdoms ..."

HISTORY: This is one of the first giant "Venus Fly-Trap" type man-eaters in fiction. It appeared in a famous anthology of horror stories Not at Night (1925). The story os clumsy by today's standards. The giant killer plant would become classic in The Little Shop of Horrors and then a cliche of Scooby Doo and The Flintstones cartoons. See also The Purple Terror.