How do you pronounce the word "creek"?

In the area I live, it is very common for people to pronounce the word “creek” not as [kreek] but as [krik]. Personally, it drives me nuts since I can’t think of any rules of English that would make this a correct pronunciation. How do you pronounce “creek”, what are your feelings on the pronunciation you don’t use, and does this bother anyone else?

If anyone can provide evidence of [krik] being a correct pronunciation according to English rules or another example of a word with a double “e” pronounced as [i], that would also be appreciated.