The Lost Golfer

A group of executives are holidaying on an exotic island, enjoying the sun, sea and daily rounds of golf. Each morning they head out onto the green to play a few rounds before the heat of the day is up. One morning, one of the executives is having a bad game; he's way behind, and he can see that everyone else is getting impatient waiting for him to catch up. He tells them all to go on ahead; he'll catch up with them at the end.

So they do. They head on off around the course and eventually end up back at the clubhouse, where they have a few drinks and wait for their colleague.

He never turns up.

Eventually, worried now, they head out to search for him on the golf course. They find his clubs and his bag, but no sign of the missing golfer. They notify the authorities, and a full search is begun.

The police discover an alligator languishing in the shade just off the green. The creatures are common in this tropical part of the world, but they rarely come as far inland as the golf course, and they're generally safe; if you keep your distance they won't bother you. All the same, they decide to check. A vet is called, and he knocks out the gator and cuts open its stomach.

The first thing they find is the guy's mobile phone. The second thing they find is what remains of his left arm. The man himself doesn't turn up until late that night, when the searching policemen stumble across his body, lying dead of blood loss in the forest off the green.