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67They were a highly intelligent, non-hostile species. Scientists discovered they were not octopi and had no idea where they had come from until they used computer modelling to pattern out their spread, concluding they originated in the swamps of Florida.Investigators arrived; some coming to question the two women who of course, gave away nothing.Eventually, the creatures were given the status of a protected species due to their high intelligence. Linguists worked at labs where examples of the creature that had been caught were taken to. Eventually, communication was made possible and the creatures were informed to limit their numbers and then released.The creatures understood that the waters must contain an even balance of different species and therefore willingly restricted their breeding.Carla remained in the swamps even when Martha died. The creatures came to her every night and after the first few years, she had learned how to thought-communicate with them. She loved them all. She never felt alone and even when she died, the creatures would come to the mud banks of the shack%u2019s land once a year, en mass, to pay homage to her, their Swamp Mother. They knew Carla was no swamp tramp. She was there mother and queen.End.Swamp Tramp