decay in the forest

“Stay behind me,” she instructed, afraid.
I peered between the bottom of her cheek and her inner shoulder at the giant. The monster was almost 40 feet long. It’s orange, rigid flesh formed a long tail and neck, each tipped with a bright blue eye. It’s mouth was coated in a layer of sharp bristles, with its eye dangling off of its rubbery jaw. The body grounded itself firmly with a fat mass guided by muscular flaps at the base of its tail.