Malison Island

Malison Island is a beautiful, exotic, Floridian island that is primarily rural and is home to over 10,000 citizens, with a total area of 47.2 square miles. Geographically, the area of water in Malison outweighs the area of land, with 29.7 square miles of water and 17.5 miles of land. The island’s tourism industry is very large for Florida, and due to the unincorporation, retirement for senior citizens is great, which also means reduced taxes.

This small island’s origins date back to the Pre-Columbian era, and its name was derived from the French-Spanish noble who had been granted a land grant from the King and had owned it for quite some time. The time in which he had owned it is not fully known, but was thought to be until the end of his life.

Malison Island’s climate has a very tropical feel to it, dropping to merely 30 degrees Fahrenheit on a very cold day. As I stated earlier, the majority of the island is rural, with the exceptions of a region named “The Box” along with the unincorporated sections of the island, making it more of a territory than a city, essentially.

The island had originally been inhabited by Native American tribes known as the Ais and possibly the Ulumay tribes. That was before the European settlers arrived, including the French-Spanish noble Malison. This didn’t sit well for the natives, as they grew suspicious of the settlers’ activity on their homeland, which led to many skirmishes between natives and settlers. After some time, a peace treaty was finally put into order in 1650, ending all battles and bringing about a partnership between the natives and settlers that eventually brought about the first ever map of what would soon be called Malison Island. On a similar note, the natives had also begun sharing their crops with the settlers, most of which primarily included oranges and pineapple, along with seagrape, palmetto, and cocoplum berries.

From the time of the settling until the late 1940s, the crime rate on Malison Island had always been very low; lower than most areas of Florida at the time. But in the 1950s, a terrifying and shocking occurrence took place. For several years, a large massacre of young citizens and children had taken place, who all of which were hiking and traveling through rural Malison. The way that they victims were murdered were very unusual, however, and very gruesome. The victims were left with grotesque and violent mutilations and contusions on various areas of their bodies. This sparked a five-year-long bounty hunt for the killer whom had committed these horrific acts. Soon, many theories had come about from the citizens as to whom it may be, until one particular theory had surfaced that piqued everyone’s interest: an urban legend named the Malison Reaper. Some conspiracy theorists even believe that “The Box” may lead to evidence of the Malison Reaper’s existence.