The Raw Gums Gang
American Indian myth is full of cannibal spirits, and Raw Gums is one of them. Raw Gums, in Arapaho legend, is a cannibal infant. His family and tribe found him every morning with scraps of skin and meat between his teeth, because at night he would crawl forth from his cradle and eat men from nearby villages. The family and village packed up while Raw Gums was sleeping and moved away, leaving him alone.
The Raw Gums Gang — a mean cadre of vampire truckers who prowl the disconnected straits of old Route 66 — venerate this infant spirit. They believe that, as vampires, they are children of Raw Gums. They feed on human flesh at night, and the village (i.e., the rest of humanity) has left them behind because of it. They don’t attempt to improve the nature of their souls: they are cannibals and they accept it. They offer Raw Gums bits of those they kill, and perform unprecedented blood rituals in his name.
Sometimes, they claim, he comes to them while they sleep during the day, and he eats a small part of their hearts. When their hearts are all eaten up, they will be truly indestructible.
The Raw Gums Gang — a mean cadre of vampire truckers who prowl the disconnected straits of old Route 66 — venerate this infant spirit. They believe that, as vampires, they are children of Raw Gums. They feed on human flesh at night, and the village (i.e., the rest of humanity) has left them behind because of it. They don’t attempt to improve the nature of their souls: they are cannibals and they accept it. They offer Raw Gums bits of those they kill, and perform unprecedented blood rituals in his name.
Sometimes, they claim, he comes to them while they sleep during the day, and he eats a small part of their hearts. When their hearts are all eaten up, they will be truly indestructible.
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