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December sixteenth, one am. There
is no rest for me tonight outside the

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wind house with yet another winter storm. And here in this remote Kevin the

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University has so graciously afforded me.
I find the gale closely resembles the sound

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of a woman screaming. It is
maddening to tuls in turn, like I

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have so preoccupied with falling asleep that
the effort itself is what is keeping me

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awake. So I returned to these
pages once more, a man half craved

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with exhaustion. Yet the impulse to
record these musings jolts the energy to my

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bones that is so strangely absent during
waking hours. This morning I found a

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new set of tracks going past my
front door. A closer inspection indicated that

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it was a quadrupedal creature traveling fast. I couldn't help but wonder if the

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animal had survived the night. This
wilderness was like none other I have studied

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before. It's being so barren and
cold and dark. To my knowledge,

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the only predators out there are bears
and wolves, the former of which should

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be hibernating. Photos were taken,
observations noted, and uploaded accordingly. My

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venture into the surrounding woods had been
fruitful as well. The subtle signs of

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life had whispered all around me,
bracing themselves for the coming storm. The

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piny branches reached heavenward, gathering what
sunlight they could. The bark of the

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aspen stripped repeatedly by what was likely
I heard of deer, the shrill call

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of a hawk, and circling patiently
as it sought out its dinner. The

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wonder of nature, even in the
dead of winter, it seems, the

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cold never truly sleeps. My own
dinner had been a heated can of chilli

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and several pieces of French bread,
smothered and butter. The supplies come every

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two weeks, and I'm learning how
to ration them without allowing the fresh produce

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to go to waste. I suppose, in a way I should be grateful

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for this solitude, for this chance
to study over the holiday break, so

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that I may record and publish my
findings in next semester's journal. But even

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so it can get eerie at times, especially when I cannot sleep. Before

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making another futile attempt at slumber,
I feel the need to record one puzzling

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aspect of today's trek, as I'm
certain it will fade from my memory and

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time. Upon my return, just
before sunset, I found what looked to

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be initials carved into an aspen tree, not more than twenty yards from my

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front door. Now I'm positive it
was not there when I first left.

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The sloppy letters resembling an M and
an E were just about the size of

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my hand, and surely I would
have noticed those when I first headed out.

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Either that or I was preoccupied with
the journey to come that I simply

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passed right by it. I could
see the letters when I turned to look

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from my front door. It was
bizarre but intriguing. Perhaps I have a

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neighbor. December eighteen, eleven,
seventeen pm. The storm lasted straight through

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the past two days, making any
travel impossible. Outside my window, it

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has been nothing but a wash of
white, and the world gone quiet and

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blank as canvas. I've attempted to
head to bed early, but to no

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avail. Being cooped up with these
four walls has not done me any favors.

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I'm sure my body is restless,
but my mind entirely preoccupied with my

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lack of progress, the halt of
my work, and a single streak upon

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my only window. I had discovered
it upon waking this morning. This must

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be the isolation. I've been fascinated
by it all day. The window adjacent

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to my front door had a line
drawn in the frost down its dead center,

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about a foot in length, as
if someone had pressed their finger to

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the icy glass outside and swiped downward. It brought dim recollections of me doing

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this as a child, except would
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Did someone come to my window?
I've tried to make reasonable assumptions. Perhaps

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a chunk of snow had fallen from
the roof and grazed the glass on its

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way down, or maybe the wild
wind had blown something against my window and

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I just hadn't noticed it. But
a quick assessment had proved neither of these

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things were possible, as the snow
beneath the pane was as smooth as the

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landscape. It was white. It
was white. It was white. No

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pile of dislidge snow, no foreign
object laying atop the powder. I've settled

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on the likelihood that whatever it was
is buried beneath the drifts. The accumulation

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has been swift and steady while the
storm rages on I stay awake tonight now

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wondering what else may the snow have
hidden. December nineteenth, two seventeen A

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m A snowman. These writings are
becoming a habit of mine now. I'm

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not sure why, but I feel
most inclined to pin my thoughts as the

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night slips into the wee hours of
the morning. This night, I am

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more justified in it, I think, after the events of this morning.

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I was glad to see that the
storm had finally abated upon waking, and

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so I made a fullheartedly effort to
shovel what path I could outside my front

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door. The process was slow going, and I was so preoccupied with my

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task I had failed to notice the
latest addition to my wintry landscape. I

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had thought at first I was hallucinating
that the sunlights glare against the snow was

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hindering my vision. But no,
situated by the tree that bore the mysterious

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initials was a snowman facing my small
dwelling. The sight of it, and

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even thinking of it now, makes
my heart drop. Someone is out there

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this wilderness with me, someone who
no doubt finds these small intrusions on my

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privacy quite entertaining. Even now I
cannot make sense of it. There are

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no neighborhoods nearby, no cities,
no easy means of transport. My study

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on the habitats of local Alaskan wildlife
had deemed it necessary that I would be

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placed quite literally in the middle of
nowhere. The possibility of campers in this

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wild land at this time of year
simply does not seem possible. I have

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decided the most likely culprits are my
home based team back in Anchorage, who

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ensure my supplies will be delivered to
me. I cannot imagine while Mac or

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Leslie would think this is funny,
but it's the only thing that makes any

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sense. They are the only humans
I know for a fact. We're out

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this way just a few days ago
to drop off my latest load. Now

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I do not want to sit here
and dwell on how this could be and

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where they're staying, or why.
I can barely sleep as it is.

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And as soon as I saw the
snowman grinning cheekily with his pebble mouth,

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some powerful sort of rage had come
over me, and I had barreled through

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the snow just to knock off its
head, and if Leslie or Mac think

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this is funny. Well, the
department head. We'll be hearing about this.

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They never struck me as to be
so unprofessional. From where I sit

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now, I can just make out
my newly decapitated friend. It seems silly,

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but I feel a sense of satisfaction
that I had gotten them back as

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pretty as it is. Maybe now
I'll be able to get some sleep.

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December nineteen eleven, eleven am.
It's back. I don't know how this

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is possible, but the damage thing
is back. I woke late this morning,

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sleep deprived as I am, and
I went about my usual routine before

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heading outside to begin my hike into
the nearby woods. And there it was.

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The head was back in place.
I don't know how this happened.

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No one has been here. I'm
sure of it this time, because there

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are no tracks in the snow.
Let this record show that I didn't dream

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any of this. December twenty two, fifty six am. I will not

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be sleeping tonight. I'm keeping guard
with only my raging thoughts and endless cups

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of coffee to keep me company.
Whoever is doing this is not going to

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be allowed to continue. I cannot
sleep, I cannot focus. I cannot

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relax, Harmless prank or not.
This is having a vast effect on my

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studies, and I will not allow
it to go on. Even as I

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write this, I'll pause every few
moments to glance out the window and ensure

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that damn snowman is not standing.
I destroyed it earlier today after I got

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back from my journey. A snowman
cannot build itself, so I will sit

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here all night if I have to, until I catch the culprit in the

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act. I've given it some thought
and realized that it would certainly be feasible

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for mac Leslie or Dmitri, maybe
all three of them, to be camping

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out somewhere nearby. It's entirely possible, even in sub zero temperatures. I've

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heard some of the locals do it
with state of the art and extremely expensive

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camping gear, and why they would
go to such extremes is beyond me,

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and it's taking everything within me to
not call the university the first chance I

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get. There's only one thing I
do not understand. Though the other instances,

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it was easy to trace back the
lack of evidence to the storm and

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the consistent snowfall, But for the
life of me. I cannot figure out

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how they did it this last time
around without leaving any footprints in the middle

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of the night too. Is that
really how far they're willing to go for

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a stupid prank? God, I
need some sleep. My mind is a

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jumbled mess, and once this is
all figured out, I'm going to sleep

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for an entire day. December twenty
two, twelve fifty nine am. Every

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time I knock it down, it's
back. It's back, and I never

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see or hear anything. I call
the university today, finally fed up,

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and I was informed that Leslie had
been out sick for a week and Mac

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was visiting family for the holidays.
Dmitri was accounted for two though. I

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had stopped listening when they told me
that someone is out here. Someone is

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watching me and taunting me. The
snowman stands guard no matter how many times

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I knock him down, so I
stopped trying. His daily resure have completely

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unnerved me, and I feel like
I have to get out of here.

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But there's another storm coming tonight,
a big one, and I'm effectively trapped

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for the next few days. My
studies have ceased, my mind and my

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cabin is a mess. I do
not feel safe here. This journal has

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become my only solace. The wind
is howling once more and earlier tonight.

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I could do little else but stare
into the darkness, the breath cold in

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my throat, waiting for the door
to open, or the window to shatter,

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or some ghostly apparition to appear by
my bedside. I wonder now if

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the isolation is driving me mad,
if I am somehow imagining all this.

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I have read up and heard of
such things happening before the cold, the

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dark, the solitude. These things
play tricks on our primitive minds, and

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even in that vein I cannot explain
the fear I suddenly have. These pranks

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have been harmless, as unnerving as
they are, they bear no real threat.

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Yet the eeriness of it has sunk
into my bones and into my subconscience,

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so that in the rare moments I
finally fall asleep. It is all

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I dream about. Damn it all
I am afraid. December twenty five,

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twelve a m. Midnight. I
have seen something I cannot explain. It

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defies description, It defies logic,
It defies all laws of God and man.

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God help me, God help me. I do not know what to

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do. The door is barricaded,
and the storm has knocked out my power,

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and it's circling around my cabin now
seeking away in and no doubt it

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will succeed. Oh God, the
sounds it makes is like something from the

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gates of Hell. Tever finds this. Must know the truth of what is

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out here. Forget all that you
have been told, because what I'm seeing

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will haunt me to my dying breath. It's at my door, it's here,

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the photos and documentation are in my
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an inky darkness that swallowed the whole
world outside the small security room, I

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sat alone, surrounded by an array
of flickering screens that illuminated my face in

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a ghastly blue glow. The hum
of surveillance equipment was the only sound in

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the room. It's monotony broken only
by the occasional creak of the buildings settling

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or the distant wail of a siren. I was a lone sentinel, task

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with safeguarding the premises during the bewitching
hours of the night shift. Hours had

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passed since I settled into my chair, and my eyes had diligently scanned the

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labyrinthine halls and desolate rooms of the
building. Everything appeared to be as it

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should, empty, lifeless, and
early quiet. But as the clock ticked

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deeper into the night, a sense
of unease settled in the pit of my

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stomach. The air seemed charged with
a palpable tension, as if something sinister

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alurked just beyond the reach of the
camera lenses. I leaned forward, adjusting

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my seat and peering closer at one
of the monitors, and in the dim

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light, the corridor appeared to stretch
endlessly, the flickering fluorescent lights casting long,

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ominous shadows on the walls. As
my eyes started across the screen,

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I saw a movement, a mere
blur at the edge of the frame.

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My breath caught in my throat,
and I focused on the camera. My

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heart was pounding. There in the
grainy black and white footage was a figure.

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It was tall and gaunt, its
features obscured by shadows. The figure

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moved slowly, almost purposefully, down
the hallway, its gait uneven and unsettling.

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I squinted, trying to make out
any distinguishing features, but the face

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remained hidden, shrouded in darkness.
A shiver crept up my spine as I

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grabbed the radio at my side.
Central this is security. I've got a

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visual on an unidentified person in corridor
Sea. I need backup, static crackled,

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before the voice responded, thick with
sleep gopy that we're sending someone your

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way. Stay on the line.
I nodded, my eyes, never leaving

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the screen. The figure continued its
eerie saunter, disappearing momentarily from one camera's

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view, only to reappear on another. It seemed to be toying with me,

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always staying just out of clear sight, a phantom in the night.

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Minutes dragged on like hours as I
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The figure persisted in its haunting stroll, growing closer to the main entrance with

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every passing moment. I gripped the
edges of my desk, my knuckles turning

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white, and I watched in tread
as it reached the lobby. As if

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sensing my gaze, the figure turned
its head toward the camera and I gasped

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its eyes. Two points of cold
blue light glowed in the darkness, fixated

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on the lens as if it could
see me, and I recalled, and

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my heart pounding so loudly that I
could hear it in my ears. Central

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it's looking at the camera, I
stammered into the radio. I need someone

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here now. The response was a
garbled mess of static and fragmented words.

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Desperation clauded me as I watched the
figure approach the security room. It moved

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with an unnatural grace, its movement
silent and deliberate. My fingers fumbled for

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the door lock, and I managed
to secure it just as the figure reached

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the hallway outside and the lights flickered, casting an eerie shadow across the room,

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and I pressed myself against the wall, my breath shallow and rapid.

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I could hear its footsteps, now
soft and deliberate, as it approached the

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door, and each step sent a
chill down my spine, and I prayed

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that the lock would hold. The
figure stopped just outside the door, and

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I held my breath, willing myself
to be invisible. And through the frosted

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glass window, I saw its silhouette, tall and imposing, its hand reached

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out, fingers curling around the doorknob. Now, I bent down hard on

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my lip to stifle a scream,
my entire body tense, ready to bolt

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at a moment's notice. Seconds stretched
into an eternity before the figure withdrew its

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hand and I heard its footsteps fading
away down the corridor, and relief washed

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over me, But it was short
lived. The building seemed to groan in

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sigh around me, the very walls
whispering secrets that I couldn't comprehend. Summoning

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my courage, I cautiously unlocked the
door and peeked into the hallway. It

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was empty, devoid of any sign
of the figure, and I hesitated for

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a moment before venturing out my flashlight, casting shaky beams of light across the

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wall. The air was thick with
a sense of dread, and I could

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feel the unseen eyes watching my every
move. I retraced the figure steps,

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my footsteps echoing in the empty corridors. Each flickering light and distant sounds sent

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my heart racing. I couldn't shake
the feeling that I was being followed,

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that the figure was still there,
just out of sight, waiting for the

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perfect moment to strike. I finally
reached the lobby, my eyes scanning the

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area for any signs of movement.
The room was still, the silence broken

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only by the distant wail of sirens. I let out a shaky breath,

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and my nerves frayed to the breaking
point. Whatever had been in the building

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with me was gone, but its
presence lingered, a haunting memory etched into

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the very walls. I made my
way back to the security room, my

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steps quickening with each passing moment,
and as I entered, I glanced at

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the monitors, half expecting to see
the figure staring back at me, but

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the screens were empty, showing only
empty halls and deserted rooms. I sank

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into my chair, my hands trembling
as I reached for the radio central.

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This is security. I I think
it's gone. I don't know what it

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was, but it's gone now.
The response was a crackle of static,

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and then a voice came through,
tinged with concern. Are you all right?

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Do you need medical assistance? I
hesitated for a moment before shaking my

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head, even though I felt far
from all right. Now, I'm fine,

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Just shaken up, that's all.
I'll be okay. The sun began

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to rise, casting a faint light
through the windows and dispelling the darkness that

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had settled over the building. My
relief was palpable, but the memory of

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that night would forever haunt my dreams. I had come face to face with

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something beyond my explanation, something that
defied logic and reason. As the day

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shift arrived to relieve me, I
gathered my belongings and made my way to

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the exit. The building, once
familiar and comforting, now felt alien and

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menacing. I stepped out into the
daylight, the warmth of the sun dark

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contrast to the cold grip of fear
that still clung to me. I glanced

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back at the building one last time, my eyes drawn to the security room

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window, and for a brief moment, I thought I saw a flicker of

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movement inside, a shadowy figure standing
amidst the monitors. But it was gone

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in an instant, leaving me to
wonder if it had ever been there at

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all. I walked away, my
footsteps quickening with every step. The world

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around me seemed to blur, the
events of the night replaying in my mind

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like a nightmare. I didn't know
what I had encountered, and I wasn't

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sure I wanted to. Some things, it seems, were better left in

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the darkness where they belonged, Albert
said, quietly, awaiting his turn along

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with the rest of the crowd gathered
on the town common. He had been

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selected as one of the town's people
who would contribute to the contents of the

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city's two hundredth anniversary time capsule.
It would be placed at the foot of

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the new statue, commemorating the soldiers
that had been perished in various wars over

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the years. He wasn't a member
of the military, although he did have

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family members who served and died.
He was denied admission to the military because

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he had lost two fingers in a
farm accident when he was just a young

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boy. After learning of his rejection, many of his classmates took to pointing

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with the fingers he liked and making
jokes at his expense. His family was

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one of the first families to settle
in the small town that would become a

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mid sized city in the Midwest.
His great grandfather started a farm in a

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lumber business that became a success.
The family fortune in the name would grow

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along with the town. When his
parents passed away, he became the richest

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man in the city, but that
did nothing to improve his social standing.

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He was still quietly shunned by the
more active social groups. He was only

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invited to events where donations were important. They always needed money, and he

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had more than most of them combined. He hated the affairs, but felt

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obligated to attend out of respect to
his family. No matter his age,

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whenever he was there, he always
felt like the little boy that everyone pointed

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fingers at and laughed. Other than
his family name, Albert was as forgettable

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as any man you would ever meet. He was short and plain and frail.

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He led a quiet life running a
business his grandfather had started back in

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the early nineteen twenties. He was
happy for a few years when he met

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his w wife. She was the
only person in his life that ever truly

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loved him for who he was and
not what he had. They married when

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he was thirty two and she was
twenty seven. She was a social gadfly

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and was loved by everyone that met
her, and they both wanted a family,

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but his wife passed away before they
had children. After she passed away,

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he lost interest in life in general. He was recognized as a pillar

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of his community, was active in
every social group, and contributed what money

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he could whenever asked but he was
active because he knew his wife would have

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wanted him to be. He volunteered
whenever the need arose. He volunteered as

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a firefighter, and when hikers and
children are residents from the surrounding towns were

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lost, he would guide the search
parties. He was only seventeen years old

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the first time he joined a search
party. He was seventy one when he

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joined the last one. The searches
found many of the missing, but there

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were many dozens over the years that
were never found, adults and children,

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males and females, cases that were
never solved. There were cold cases,

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as they were referred to by law
enforcement. There were many theories that followed

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the cases. People believed it was
the work of occultist or a sex pervert.

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Many suspected a jealous husband, but
the murders were done in different ways

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with different weapons, and that made
it impossible for the task force to find

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the killer. The last unsolved murder
was committed almost five years ago, and

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by now the people had almost forgotten
it. No one seemed interested in discovering

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the identity of the mysterious monster.
Only the killer was still craving the fame

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and notoriety he felt that he deserved. He had expected to be discovered years

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ago and taken to leaving small clues
at the crime scenes, hoping the detectives

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would put them together. But despite
the years and the abundance of forensic evidence,

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the authorities never came close to identifying
the killer. The media never even

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gave the killer a name. Despite
the killer's efforts to give the police clear

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clues to help them find him,
he wasn't even sure they ever linked the

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crimes together. Now, Albert had
volunteered to work on the task forces and

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had done his best to track down
the killer. No matter how hard he

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worked, no investigation ever came close
to finding the killer. What the people

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who had been chosen to contribute added
to the time capsule would remain a secret.

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The contents were intended for the residents
that would be there one hundred years

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from now. Albert had decided that
the string of murders were a vital part

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of the town's history, even if
they were an er part of the town's

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history. Maybe he could contribute in
a way so that people in the future

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would be able to finally reveal the
identity of the person that terrified their town

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one hundred years before. He reverently
placed the small metal box into the concrete

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container along with all the other trinkets
and mementoes. He stepped back and stared

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at the box as it was lowered
and covered, enshrined in the soul for

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the next hundred years. The box
he had placed in the capsule was very

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special. It was a box his
grandfather had kept all of his prize possessions

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in. The contents he had placed
in the box were every bit of special.

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The capsule would be opened one hundred
years from now. It meant that

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it would be another hundred years before
the town before the world finally knew who

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the killer was. In the box
he had placed in the capsule were twelve

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different fingers from twelve different victims.
They were his favorite trophies from the seventy

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three victims that he had kidnapped,
tortured, and killed over his lifetime.

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He had cut off many pieces of
his victims over the years, but fingers

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were his favorites. More than a
few of them were from people that had

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enjoyed pointing their fingers at him.
They made sure to point their fingers at

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them when he was done cutting them
to pieces. Along with the fingers was

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a map indicating where the remains still
survived and could be found one hundred years

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later. On the map was the
location of the home that he'd lived in

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all his life and assigned confession.
Maybe in some distant lifetime he would finally

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get his own name in the papers. The asylum security surveillance room was a

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claustrophobic chamber adorned with peeling wallpaper,
crumbling shelf stacked with aged records, a

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small wooden desk, and an uncomfortable
metal chair that creaked under the most minute

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amount of weight. A single rotary
dial telephone sat on the desk. A

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thick layer of dust covered every surface
but the desk and chair, and the

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dim overhead light bulb flickered sporadically,
casting eerie shadows across the aging linoleum floor

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that peeled in the corners. The
centerpiece of this dilapidated room was a massive

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wall lined with outdated grayscale CCTV monitors. Each monitor displayed a different section of

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the asylum, a haunting panorama of
deserted hallways and medical examination rooms furnished with

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rusting metal beds and equipment. There
were large dining areas and office spaces in

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various other rooms, possibly used for
forms of recreation. The monitors were ancient

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relics of bygone eras. Their screens
emitted a faint, sickly glow that seemed

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to exaggerate the shadows lurking in the
corners of the rooms. The images displayed

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were grainy and distorted and pixelated.
A small handwritten label accompanied each screen,

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indicating the location of the video feed. The cameras themselves, once cutting edge

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technology, were now obsolete and barely
functional, occasionally losing connection for a few

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seconds at a time. The crackling
audio of static from the occasional disconnected video

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feeds added to the eerie ambience.
It was as if the very essence of

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the asylum had seeped into the wires
and circuits, impuning and unsettling presence into

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the surveillance system. James was two
hours into his new job and already regretting

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accepting the position. As a college
drop out, struggling to make ends meet,

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the job posting for a part time
security surveillance officer with great pay was

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almost too good to be true.
There were no certifications or education required to

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apply, and the agency didn't even
require any previous experience. The pay was

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nearly double the current minimum wage,
and the only downside to the posting had

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been the hours from nine pm until
five am. James was surprised to find

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that he was the only one to
accept the position following the interview. On

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willing to let such a good paying
opportunity pass, He agreed to all the

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terms he was presented during his interview
and had no follow up questions of his

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own when asked as such, He
was hired on the spot and given the

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time in the address of his first
shift. Looking back, James realized he

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should have asked at least a few
questions, such as where he would be

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working and why no one else had
accepted the position following the interview. This

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sanitarium was built in the nineteen twenties
and was nestled deep within the forest of

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the Pacific Northwest. The nearest city, taking at least an hour and a

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half by car, was Portland,
Oregon, and the hospital consisted of three

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separate buildings. The central four story
building contained the medical rooms, the recreational

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suites, and other administrative offices.
Each two story wing building housed bedrooms with

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minimal furniture, a dining hall complete
with roads of tables and chairs, and

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basements with locked holding rooms. Only. The hallway leading to the doors for

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the holding rooms contained a camera in
each basement. Every room in the sanitarium

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still contained original furniture from the time
it was abandoned, as if all inhabitants

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simply left for the day and never
returned. Vacated in the late nineteen fifties,

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the entire property was left untouched for
nearly seven decades. Courtyards, fields

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and small farming patches were overgrown,
nearly reclaimed by the forest whose land it

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was built upon, and despite the
impending vegetation, the buildings themselves were surprisingly

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in good condition, despite the rust
and the mold and the riting surfaces.

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Upon relieving the daytime officer at nine
o'clock, a gangly old man who provided

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no explanation of his duties other than
to not fall asleep, James settled in

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for the night. The metal chair
behind the desk protested against his weight,

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and he made a mental note to
bring a cushion for his next shift,

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Figuring he would need help staying awake
and being kept from boredom, James brought

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a backpack stocked with snacks and energy
drinks, his hand held gaming console,

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and a few books his sisters had
lent him. He had wondered if he

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would get in trouble for playing games
or reading wall on duty, but how

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hard could watching the screens of empty
rooms be. Surely he would get in

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more trouble for falling asleep rather than
being partially distracted gazing between the monitors on

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the wall before him. A sense
of unease settled deep within his gut.

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The screens were grainy and out of
focus, an occasional ripple in the feed

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given the effect of movement and catching
his attention. The wall of monitors was

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so wide that he had trouble viewing
every screen without having to turn his head,

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causing the screens of the opposite side
to disappear from his focus entirely.

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As the minutes ticked by with no
changes, James relaxed and pulled his gaming

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console from his pack. He kept
the volume low just in case, and

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was careful to peek at the screens
between each level of his game. The

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few games he owned that didn't require
internet connection quickly lost his interest. He

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glanced at the time on his cell
phone. It was ten thirty nine and

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a half into his shift and he
was already bored. James reached for his

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backpack. The scratchy sound of static
caught his attention. One of the screens

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in the top row, which was
labeled East Wing Dining Hall, showed nothing

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but black and gray and white interference. His heart leaping into his throat,

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James watched the lines dance across the
screen. Less than a handful of seconds

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later, the feed resumed and he
was presented again with long rows of tables

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and chairs. He breathed a sigh
of relief, and James slumped back into

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his chair, the metal groaning again
in protest. Waiting for his heart rate

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to settle, James took in the
creepy aspects of the dining hall showing through

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the feed. Long wooden tables made
up the major already of the space,

409
00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:06,000
Looking to be made of one solid
piece of wood. James could only imagine

410
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,719
how heavy they must be. The
chairs dotted the spaces between the tables.

411
00:37:10,159 --> 00:37:15,800
They all pulled out and looked to
have been haphazardly pushed around, a few

412
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,840
even laying on their sides, and
in the far left corner, of the

413
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:24,719
room, a single door stood open, leading to the hallway beyond. James

414
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:30,360
attention was fixated on the chairs.
Had they been pushed out from the tables

415
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:37,360
before racking his memory, he thought
that they had been pushed in, not

416
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:42,840
that he had paid any special attention
to the small details. Clearing his thoughts

417
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,760
with a shake of his head,
he pulled one of his energy drinks out

418
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:51,599
and popped the cap. Perhaps he
just remembered wrong. James pulled out a

419
00:37:51,639 --> 00:37:55,519
notebook and pen and began taking notes
on the condition of each room. More

420
00:37:55,599 --> 00:38:00,960
for his piece of mind and to
pass the time than any other reason,

421
00:38:01,599 --> 00:38:07,199
he began taking specific notes about each
room, starting with the main building.

422
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:12,599
He wrote lobby, large circular desk, rows of wheelchairs, neatly stacked,

423
00:38:13,199 --> 00:38:17,400
multiple couches and chairs, rows of
gurneys against the wall. Office, staff

424
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:22,960
rooms all the same, desk,
chair, filing cabinet drawers, closed door

425
00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:29,960
closed, medical examination rooms all the
same, the patient bed. He hadn't

426
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:36,159
realized before just how uniform and orderly
every room was for a mental hospital that

427
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,920
was supposedly abandoned. The only monitors
he did not take notes on were the

428
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:46,639
ones facing outside toward the overgrown courtyards
and fields. Satisfied, James checked the

429
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:52,719
time again. It was eleven o'clock, two hours down and six to go.

430
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,960
He flipped to a fresh page in
his notebook and started another list,

431
00:38:58,079 --> 00:39:01,440
this time with ideas of items to
bring to help pass the time and fend

432
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:07,079
off the boredom. He also jotted
down a note to do some research on

433
00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:10,840
why this place had been abandoned and
to inquire with his employer as to why

434
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:17,800
there was a need for twenty four
hour surveillance. Blaring static calls James jump

435
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,639
and nearly knock what remained of his
energy drink right off his desk. Another

436
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:29,000
camera feed had disconnected, this one
labeled to be the main building inside of

437
00:39:29,039 --> 00:39:32,360
the staff office. He waited for
the static to clear, and he held

438
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:37,280
his breath just as before. The
picture resumed. Only after a few seconds.

439
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:43,239
His sigh of relief lodged in his
throat, nearly causing him to cough.

440
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:50,159
The filing cabinets were all open.
Breathless, James stared at the screen.

441
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,039
Had the cabinets been opened before he
could have sworn they were closed.

442
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:59,599
With shaking hands, he flipped through
the pages of his notebook until he came

443
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:08,000
across the description for that camera feed
filing cabinets he had written drawers closed standing,

444
00:40:08,119 --> 00:40:12,800
James reached up and tapped the screen
showing the office, as though this

445
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,280
act would either close the drawers or
fix the feed to reflect what he had

446
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:22,119
jotted down in his notebook, and
of course neither of those happened. James

447
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:25,719
lost track of how long he stood
staring at the screen, unable to come

448
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:31,320
up with a cohesive thought. The
sound of static blared once again. He

449
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:37,800
flinched so violently that he nearly lost
his footing. Bracing himself on the desk

450
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:44,639
before him, James watched in the
dawning terror as another screen fizzled with black

451
00:40:44,679 --> 00:40:50,280
and gray and white lines. The
label under the monitor read West Wing Basement

452
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:54,559
Hallway. When the image cleared,
James kept his eyes focused on the label,

453
00:40:54,920 --> 00:41:00,480
to afraid to see what change might
have happened this time. The hallway

454
00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:06,960
containing only doors, wasn't hard to
guess. Slowly, he lifted his gaze

455
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:12,239
and confronted the screen. The door
halfway down the hall was standing wide open.

456
00:41:14,159 --> 00:41:16,519
From the angle of the camera,
James could not see into the room,

457
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:22,199
something he was immensely grateful for.
He did not need to reference his

458
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:27,360
notes this time, he knew the
doors had all been closed. Sitting heavily

459
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,360
in his chair, James ran a
clammy hand down his face. He could

460
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:36,360
do little more than stare at the
screen and focus on his breathing. Once

461
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,840
his panic had settled slightly, he
reached for his cell phone, intending to

462
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:45,519
call his employer. The time showed
twenty four minutes past midnight. As he

463
00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:52,079
tried to navigate towards the email that
contained emergency contact numbers, he nearly slammed

464
00:41:52,119 --> 00:41:57,400
the phone down on the desk as
he realized that this far out into the

465
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:04,039
forest he had no signal. Snatching
up the receiver of the old rotary dial

466
00:42:04,119 --> 00:42:08,360
telephone on the desk, James spared
only a second to thank his mother's love

467
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:14,000
of old movies for providing the knowledge
of how to use such a relic.

468
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,400
Of This knowledge proved for naught,
as the phone, though wired to the

469
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:23,320
wall, provided not even a doll
tone. The line was dead. Movement

470
00:42:23,559 --> 00:42:29,280
from one of the central screens startled
him. He dropped the metal receiver.

471
00:42:29,519 --> 00:42:32,719
Its impact with the wooden desk much
too loud for the small, cramped room,

472
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:38,199
and it caused him to flinch again. James frantically scanned the monitors,

473
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:43,679
trying to find the source of the
movement. All the screens were showing their

474
00:42:43,679 --> 00:42:50,079
respective feeds, none having lost connection
or filled with static. James forced a

475
00:42:50,079 --> 00:42:53,639
few deep breaths, and though this
did nothing to ease the panic sickness rising

476
00:42:53,679 --> 00:42:59,960
from his stomach and up in his
throat. His hands though cold sweated perfume.

477
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:04,880
He rubbed his palms on his jeans
as he began pacing the small room.

478
00:43:05,519 --> 00:43:08,719
He had half a mind just to
leave. What was the worst that

479
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:15,159
could happen. He would get fired
with how these first few hours were playing

480
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:19,800
out. Being fired, never coming
back to this place wasn't much of a

481
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:27,159
deterrent. The small room housing the
security surveillance was in a small, standalone

482
00:43:27,199 --> 00:43:31,679
building that perhaps was once used to
be a shit located just off the main

483
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:36,440
entry road and only a few steps
from the entrance to the main building.

484
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,280
It would be all too easy to
step outside and hop in his car and

485
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:45,639
leave this place far behind. There
was more static in James Froe's mid stride

486
00:43:45,639 --> 00:43:52,719
toward his backpack. Another feed had
disconnected, and this time the label indicated

487
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:57,800
the camera that was in the main
lobby. He waited once again with baited

488
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:02,159
breath for the camera to reconnect,
and once the screen reappeared, a whimper

489
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:07,639
broke from him before he could stop
it. The wheelchairs, which before were

490
00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:13,320
placed in neat rows along the far
wall, were now scattered throughout the lobby.

491
00:44:14,119 --> 00:44:17,480
Most were still standing on their wheels. Others looked as though they were

492
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:22,079
thrown or kicked over, resting either
on their sides or completely upside down.

493
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:29,679
A few gurneys previously against the other
wall either knocked over as well or shoved

494
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:35,159
on top of the lobby receptionists and
desk. The large double doors leading to

495
00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:40,199
the front courtyard stood wide open.
James would only need to open the door

496
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:45,239
to his surveillance room and turned to
the right to see the open doors of

497
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:50,800
the institution. All thoughts of leaving
the safety of this small room went away.

498
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,360
Within seconds, another feed dropped the
room, filling with the harsh sound

499
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:00,880
of static once again. Before James
could look to read the label, another

500
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:06,519
monitor flickered abruptly to black, gray
and white fizzle lines, and then another

501
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:14,440
and another, until every single screen
lost connection with their corresponding camera as abruptly

502
00:45:14,559 --> 00:45:20,119
as it had begun. The first
feed to disconnect refreshed once again. The

503
00:45:20,159 --> 00:45:25,199
bedroom in the screen was in complete
disarray. Sheets were shredded and tossed about

504
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:30,360
the space. The wardrobes drawers were
pulled free from their frame, and the

505
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:37,559
empty containers tossed haphazardly around. The
small desk was cracked down at center.

506
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:43,719
The screen jolted back to static as
another feed cleared. This time it was

507
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:50,199
a medical examination room. Cabinets were
torn open and equipment strewn about the space,

508
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:54,360
and surgical tools were embedded in the
furniture and walls. And before James

509
00:45:54,360 --> 00:46:00,280
could observe anything else, another screen
cleared, pulling his attention away. All

510
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:06,239
the doors in the basement hallways of
both wings were open. One was still

511
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:12,039
swinging on its hinges, as though
whatever influence opened the door had done so

512
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:20,119
with force. Every monitor flickered between
static and clear video feeds so quickly that

513
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,440
James was able to do little more
than see snippets before the feed was either

514
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:30,880
disconnected or his attention was drawn to
another screen. Every room was in complete

515
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:36,559
disarray, the level of destruction changing
each time the feed fizzled out and returned.

516
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:44,280
The single fluorescent light in the ceiling
of his small rooms surged brightly before

517
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:50,000
shattering, pitching the room in an
eerie darkness, only interrupted by the flashing

518
00:46:50,159 --> 00:46:54,960
black and white of the camera feeds. The scratching noise of static became more

519
00:46:55,039 --> 00:47:00,000
than James could bear, and he
longed to run, but terror held out

520
00:47:00,079 --> 00:47:04,960
him in place. Having unconsciously backed
into a corner of the room, he

521
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,719
buried his head beneath his arms,
trying desperately to cut out the sound of

522
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:13,679
the static, and he wanted to
scream, and though wasn't sure if perhaps

523
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:20,199
he already was screaming, as nothing
could be heard over the interference. Huddled

524
00:47:20,199 --> 00:47:24,519
on the floor, James peaked between
his arms at the wall of monitors flickering

525
00:47:24,599 --> 00:47:29,800
in and out of connection. A
few times he thought he saw movement and

526
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:34,039
a monitor as it reflected a room, though the connection was cut too soon

527
00:47:34,119 --> 00:47:40,280
for him to tell all at once. Every monitor but the middle most fizzled

528
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:45,360
to static and did not reconnect.
From his huddle position in the corner,

529
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:50,599
James could not make out the screen's
contents, though he could tell something was

530
00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:57,280
different. Working up what smidgen of
courage remained, he unfolded from himself and

531
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,840
crawled forward until he could see the
details of screen. A small room was

532
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:07,400
shown, containing a single desk,
a metal chair, a few shelves,

533
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:12,480
and a large wall of static screens. A figure was on their hands and

534
00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:15,360
knees in the middle of the room, gazing toward the wall of monitors.

535
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:22,239
James was looking at himself. The
view of the screen would place the camera

536
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,760
directly behind him, in the corner
adjacent to where he huddled against earlier.

537
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,679
He did not have to turn and
look to know there were no cameras in

538
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:37,199
this surveillance room. Too afraid to
tear his eyes from the screen, it

539
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,800
fizzled to a static for only a
fraction of a second before clearing again.

540
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:46,280
The screen was the same, except
for another figure standing behind James in the

541
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:54,320
corner he had occupied only seconds before. A scream louder than the static ripped

542
00:48:54,320 --> 00:49:00,519
from James's throat as he lurched forward
and away from the entity. Without a

543
00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:05,079
glance or a second thought, he
grabbed his half open backpack and sprinted for

544
00:49:05,159 --> 00:49:10,800
the door. Ice cold air stung
his lungs and chilled his tear streaked cheeks

545
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:15,400
as he bolted for his car,
and gravel and dirt flew from the spinning

546
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:22,480
tires as he sped away from the
institute. Unable to resist, James glanced

547
00:49:22,519 --> 00:49:28,000
in the rear view mirror. Next
to the open double doors of the main

548
00:49:28,039 --> 00:49:34,199
building stood a figure shrouded in darkness, watching the retreating form of his car

549
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:47,519
disappearing into the forest. In nineteen
ninety seven, I lived in Lafitte,

550
00:49:47,559 --> 00:49:52,400
Louisiana. It's a city across the
river from New Orleans, where I'm from.

551
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:57,559
I was nineteen at the time and
too young to get into the clubs,

552
00:49:57,679 --> 00:50:00,719
so my brother, our friends,
and I would either hang out at

553
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:06,159
a different local park, or sometimes
we'd go to each other's houses. Another

554
00:50:06,199 --> 00:50:09,079
place we liked to go three or
four times a week was an old cemetery.

555
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:13,960
Seemed fun and it was kind of
creepy, perfect for a group of

556
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,079
teens on the verge of manhood.
Lafitte, like a lot of the New

557
00:50:17,159 --> 00:50:22,159
Orleans area, was mostly suburban,
but always in close proximity to the woods.

558
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,400
The cemetery where we hung out was
right in the swamp. It was

559
00:50:27,519 --> 00:50:31,599
very close to Jean Lafitte National Park. One night, it was just me

560
00:50:31,679 --> 00:50:35,519
and my brother, who was a
few years younger than me, and our

561
00:50:35,639 --> 00:50:39,519
friend James riding around in James's car. It was something we did a lot

562
00:50:39,639 --> 00:50:44,480
back then. When we got bored
doing that, we decided to head to

563
00:50:44,519 --> 00:50:49,679
the cemetery. We pulled up to
the creepy old iron swing gate and James

564
00:50:49,679 --> 00:50:52,119
pushed it open with his car,
or maybe it was already open. I

565
00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:58,079
don't remember. What I do remember
is that something didn't feel right that night.

566
00:50:59,639 --> 00:51:02,039
We pulled about ten feet beyond the
gate and we stopped the car.

567
00:51:02,639 --> 00:51:07,320
Cypress and oak trees loomed all around
us in heavy coats of Spanish moss,

568
00:51:07,679 --> 00:51:13,400
and it gave the impression of them
being specters with arms raised, ready to

569
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:17,039
pounce. We all looked around us
in silence, and I wasn't the only

570
00:51:17,079 --> 00:51:23,679
one experiencing the oppressive atmosphere. The
cemetery sat on the edge of a canal,

571
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:29,400
surrounded by miles of woods. On
other occasions, we would get out

572
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,320
of the car and hang out in
the peace and quiet of the night.

573
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:36,519
Sometimes we'd go for walks by the
water, or maybe do the kinds of

574
00:51:36,559 --> 00:51:42,719
stupid things teenagers do. But we
didn't that night. As we all silently

575
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:46,760
stared out the windows, a feeling
of dread fell over us. Something out

576
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:52,119
there was menacing and it wanted to
kill us. I felt like a rabbit

577
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:57,159
in a field being watched by a
hunter through a scope. It's easy to

578
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:01,480
dismiss our experience as three teenagers getting
creeped out by a cemetery, but this

579
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:07,719
was different. I've never felt anything
like that before or since, not in

580
00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:12,079
any other cemetery, not even when
I've camped out in the woods for weeks

581
00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:15,480
at a time. There was a
presence in that graveyard, and it wanted

582
00:52:15,559 --> 00:52:21,239
to hurt us. We sat there
for a couple of minutes before James says,

583
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:23,719
I'll tell you what, We're gonna
turn around and we're gonna get our

584
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:28,800
happy backsides out of here. We
were back on the road a matter of

585
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,840
minutes, and we didn't look back. I don't know what was in the

586
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:37,599
cemetery that night. Being of strong
religious beliefs, I've always attributed it to

587
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:44,639
something demonic. I still think that
is most likely the answer, but lately,

588
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:49,119
after listening to a lot of your
stories, I'm beginning to wonder could

589
00:52:49,119 --> 00:52:52,880
it have been something else? Were
we being watched by an angry bigfoot or

590
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:58,440
a dog man? No matter how
many times I've tried to tell people about

591
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,800
that night. I've never been able
to come up with the right words to

592
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:06,800
describe how threatened we all felt.
And no matter how many times I've been

593
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:10,119
in the woods, both before and
after that night, the one place I

594
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:16,239
know I'll never go again is anywhere
near that cemetery. Something lives there,

595
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:36,679
and it doesn't like visitors. Hane
sat in the dim glow of the CCTV

596
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:43,000
screens, the soft buzz of electronics
filling the otherwise silent room. As the

597
00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:49,400
security guard for a remote government research
facility. His nights were typically uneventful,

598
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:54,480
but Haini didn't mind the solitude.
After serving as a calf scout at Fort

599
00:53:54,519 --> 00:54:01,480
Bragg and being accustomed to high pressure
situations, to monotony was almost therapeutic.

600
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:08,159
His eyes, sharp and observant,
moved from screen to screen, ensuring that

601
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:14,880
all was well within the facility's sprawling
compound. It was said to be focused

602
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:20,880
on minerals and energy research, but
Haini's top secret clearance from his military days

603
00:54:21,199 --> 00:54:24,719
told him there was likely more to
the story. He often wondered what lay

604
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:30,519
beneath the ground level lapse. However, he wasn't paid to ask those questions,

605
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:36,280
as the hours. Crept by eyeflicker
on Camera twelve caught his attention.

606
00:54:37,119 --> 00:54:43,000
He leaned in closer. It displayed
one of the deep underground tunnels where minerals

607
00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:49,480
were extracted for testing. Hainey could
see a shadowy figure standing still, almost

608
00:54:49,519 --> 00:54:54,000
as if it was staring directly at
the camera. The figure had no discernible

609
00:54:54,119 --> 00:55:00,119
features, just an amorphous, ghostly
silhouette. Chills ran down his spine and

610
00:55:00,199 --> 00:55:06,360
his heart rate picked up. The
underground sections were off limits during night hours,

611
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and there weren't any other cars in
the parking lot, his protocol dictated.

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Haney reached for the phone to report
the siding to his supervisor, but

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the line was dead. He tried
other lines, but they too were silent,

614
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and a sense of unease settled in. After a few deep breaths,

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Haney decided he had to investigate.
Ensuring his firearm was secure and ready,

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he left the comfort of the control
room and ventured into the belly of the

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facility. The halls echoed with footsteps, the sounds unnaturally loud, and the

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stifling silence, and making his way
to the entrance of the underground tunnels,

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he swiped his clearance card. The
heavy metal door hissed and slowly slid open.

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Cold air met him as he began
his descent, the temperature dropping with

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each step. The walls were lined
with embedded lights, and their pale blue

622
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glow casting eary shadows. As Hati
went deeper, he couldn't shake the feeling

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that he wasn't alone. Finally reaching
the spot from the CCTV feed, he

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found nothing. A tunnel was empty, but the ground was marked as if

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someone or something had been dragged.
Haini's instincts told him to be on high

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alert. Suddenly, a sound echoed
through the tunnel, a faint whisper,

627
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unintelligible, but undeniably human. It
seemed to come from farther down the tunnel.

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Haini followed, every sense heightened.
The tunnel opened up into a cavernous

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chamber filled with large crystalline structures.
They pulsed with a soft light, and

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in the center of the room stood
the shadowy figure, its form more defined

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now it seemed to be absorbing energy
from one of the crystals. Hani gripped

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his firearm and stepped closer, and
the figure turned and its face, though

633
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:13,920
still indistinct, seemed to be twisted
in pain or maybe sorrow, and it

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spoke. Its voice echoing through the
chamber helped me. The plea took Hane

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00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:25,519
aback. This wasn't a threat,
It was a lost soul. But how

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00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:30,119
why? His training had prepared him
for combat for threats, but not for

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this. The figure moved closer,
its form being clearer. It was a

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00:57:37,119 --> 00:57:42,920
man, or at least it had
been at some point. The energy it

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00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:49,599
trapped me. I'm neither here nor
there. Haini, realizing that the crystals

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might wholesome power, approached one and
touched it. The room pulsed, and

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the figure let out a cry,
beginning to dissipate before Haine's eyes. With

642
00:57:59,679 --> 00:58:06,880
one last look of gratitude, it
vanished completely. Breathing heavy, Hani backed

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00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:10,480
out of the chamber, the reality
of what he had just witnessed weighing heavily

644
00:58:10,639 --> 00:58:15,639
on his mind. He needed to
get out to report this, to make

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sure that no one else would suffer
the same fate, so he raced back

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through the tunnels. Every shadow made
Hani's heart leap into his throat. He

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00:58:24,519 --> 00:58:29,280
tried to shake off the eerie sensation
that clung to him, but the image

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of the tormented figure was etched into
his mind. The corridor lights, which

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previously provided a comforting god, now
seemed to flicker and dim, as if

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the energy from the chamber was influencing
the entire facility. Upon reaching the security

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00:58:45,519 --> 00:58:52,599
room, Haini instinctively reached for the
communications console, desperate to report the night's

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events. As he was about to
dial out, a sudden, blinding burst

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00:58:57,079 --> 00:59:01,559
of energy emanated from the CCTV monitor, forcing him to shield his eyes.

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The room's electronics buzzed angrily, and
then all the screens went black. When

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the surge subsided, Haney hesitantly approached
the console. He attempted to pull up

656
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:22,719
the footage from the camera twelve,
but the system resisted. After several failed

657
00:59:22,719 --> 00:59:27,679
attempts, a chilling realization set in. The energy blast had wiped out all

658
00:59:27,719 --> 00:59:32,119
the recordings from the night, and
every trace of the shadowy figure the pulsating

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00:59:32,239 --> 00:59:38,320
crystals were all gone. Feeling a
mix of frustration and disbelief, he tried

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00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:43,559
to restart the system, and the
screens flickered to life one by one,

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00:59:44,039 --> 00:59:50,280
but they now only displayed the mundane
visuals of an ordinary research facility. The

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00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:57,679
underground tunnel, once a source of
eerie mystery, appeared undisturbed. Hainey sank

663
00:59:57,719 --> 01:00:01,320
into his chair. His thoughts were
old wind. He knew what he had

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witnessed, but without evidence, who
would believe him. The line between his

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01:00:06,719 --> 01:00:14,159
military passed in present reality blurred,
leaving him questioning his own sanity. Hours

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01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:19,239
passed and dawn's light first began to
creep into the room. The events of

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the night felt like a distant dream, yet the weight in Haine's chest told

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01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:29,079
him it was all too real.
He considered documenting everything, but without the

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01:00:29,079 --> 01:00:32,760
footage, it would be his word
against the vast bureaucracy of the government.

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01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:38,760
The phone finally rang, piercing the
room's silence. It was his supervisor,

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01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:43,840
checking in, as he did every
morning. Everything all right, Haine,

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01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:49,639
came the voice over the line.
Haine paused, hesitating, and then replied,

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01:00:50,239 --> 01:00:53,239
yeah, just another quiet night,
sir. He knew it was far

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01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:57,760
from the truth, but with no
evidence to back up his claims, what

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01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:04,840
could he say. As the day's
shift began, the facility buzzed with activity,

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01:01:05,039 --> 01:01:08,760
oblivious to the night's events. Hainey, however, couldn't shake off the

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01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:15,320
memories. He sat there, surrounded
by the hum of the restarted electronics,

678
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:20,400
staring at the screens as he always
did, but with a newfound sensi bewilderment

679
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:24,800
and wonder about the mysteries that might
still lie hidden deep within the facility's walls.

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01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,159
In a forgotten corner of a small, decrepit town nestled deep in the

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01:01:38,199 --> 01:01:45,760
Appalachian Mountains, a sinister legend whispered
through the shadows. The townsfolk rarely spoke

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01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:51,079
of it openly, but every man, woman and child knew the story of

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01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:54,800
the Devil's bargain. It was said
that once in a generation, a desperate

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01:01:54,840 --> 01:02:00,000
soul could make a deal with the
devil himself, but the price was steep

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01:02:00,599 --> 01:02:07,239
and the consequences were dire. For
Thomas Barrett, a once prosperous business man

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who had fallen on hard times,
Desperation had become his daily companion. His

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01:02:13,239 --> 01:02:17,400
family was teetering on the brink of
destitution, and his business was crumbling faster

688
01:02:17,639 --> 01:02:23,519
than the decaying timbers in his ancestral
home. The mounting debts and the relentless

689
01:02:23,559 --> 01:02:30,320
creditors had driven him to the brink
of madness. On a moonless night,

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01:02:30,519 --> 01:02:37,039
as the winds howled like tormented spirits
and rain pelted the world outside, Thomas

691
01:02:37,079 --> 01:02:42,760
found himself sitting alone at his creaking
oak desk. He stared at a stack

692
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:46,440
of unpaid bills and felt the gnawing
emptiness in his chest. And it was

693
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:52,119
then that he remembered the ancient legend
passed down through generations. A spark of

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01:02:52,159 --> 01:02:59,960
desperation flared within him, and he
resolved to make the Devil's bargain with true

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01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:04,119
trembling hands. He scrawled a letter
to the devil, addressing it to a

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01:03:04,159 --> 01:03:08,239
certain cave that stood sentinel at the
edge of the town. The cave,

697
01:03:08,440 --> 01:03:13,440
known as Devil's Hollow, was a
place few dared to approach, for it

698
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:17,519
was said to be a gateway to
the underworld. Thomas sealed the letter with

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01:03:17,719 --> 01:03:22,840
wax and placed it on his doorstep. As the clock struck midnight, he

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01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:29,400
watched the letter vanish into the darkness, seemingly carried away by an unseen hand.

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01:03:30,679 --> 01:03:37,079
Days turned into weeks, and Thomas's
despair deepened. The creditors grew more

702
01:03:37,119 --> 01:03:43,119
relentless, and the wolf of hunger
loomed closer to his family's door. Just

703
01:03:43,159 --> 01:03:46,719
when he thought all hope was lost, a chilling presence filled his room.

704
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:52,519
One night, he could feel eyes
upon him, eyes colder and more malevolent

705
01:03:52,639 --> 01:03:57,719
than any he had ever known.
And then a voice like a rustle of

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01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:02,480
autumn leaves on a tombstone, whispered
in his ear, Thomas Barrett, I've

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01:04:02,480 --> 01:04:09,800
heard your plea turning, he beheld
a figure draped in shadows, its eyes

708
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:15,000
blazing like twin embers in the darkness. It was the Devil himself, come

709
01:04:15,039 --> 01:04:19,079
to collect his due. Who are
you, Thomas stammered, his voice quaking

710
01:04:19,119 --> 01:04:25,079
with fear. I'm the one you
saw, the devil replied. You ask

711
01:04:25,239 --> 01:04:28,800
me for help, and I've come
to offer it. But remember, Thomas

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01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:33,159
Barrett, nothing in this world is
free. With those ominous words, the

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01:04:33,199 --> 01:04:38,880
devil laid out the terms of their
agreement, and in exchange for Thomas's soul,

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01:04:39,559 --> 01:04:44,559
the devil would grant him immense wealth, success beyond his wildest dreams,

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01:04:44,599 --> 01:04:48,079
and the power to control the minds
of those around him. The catch was

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01:04:48,159 --> 01:04:51,639
that he would have to carry out
a task for the devil when called upon,

717
01:04:53,039 --> 01:04:59,119
and there would be no questions to
ask. Thomas, desperate and consumed

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01:04:59,199 --> 01:05:03,760
by greed, agreed to the devil's
terms. A chilling contract written in blood

719
01:05:04,199 --> 01:05:10,320
appeared before him, and he had
fixed his signature with trembling hands. In

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01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:15,159
an instant, the contract vanished,
and the devil disappeared into the shadows.

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01:05:16,199 --> 01:05:23,400
True to his word, Thomas's fortunes
reversed overnight. His failing business surged with

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01:05:23,519 --> 01:05:28,760
newfound life, and his family lived
in opulence. He became a revered figure

723
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:33,119
in the town, wielding power and
influence like a king. Yet the darkness

724
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:39,360
that now dwelled within him was undeniable, a constant reminder of the pact he

725
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:45,360
had made. Years passed and Thomas
had nearly forgotten the devil's bargain. But

726
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:48,760
on a stormy night, as he
sat by the fire, a bone chilling

727
01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:55,000
wind swept through his mansion. It
carried with it the scent of brimstone and

728
01:05:55,039 --> 01:06:00,639
the echoing laughter of the devil.
He knew the time had come to fulfill

729
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:05,599
his end of the agreement. The
devil's voice echoed in his mind, instructing

730
01:06:05,679 --> 01:06:10,360
him to journey to the very cave
where he had first made the pack.

731
01:06:11,079 --> 01:06:15,519
With a heavy heart, Thomas set
out, his every step, waited by

732
01:06:15,639 --> 01:06:18,599
dread. He knew not what the
devil would demand of him, but he

733
01:06:18,679 --> 01:06:24,519
understood that there would be no escape. He entered the devil's hollow. The

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01:06:24,559 --> 01:06:30,559
cave's eerie glow bathed him in an
other worldly light. At its heart,

735
01:06:30,599 --> 01:06:34,760
he found a desolate altar, upon
which lay a single white rose, untouched

736
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:41,159
by the ravages of time, and
the devil materialized beside the altar, his

737
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:46,760
presence more formidable than ever. Thomas
Barrett, the devil hissed, I've come

738
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:53,760
to collect. What do you want? Thomas pleaded, his voice a mere

739
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:59,039
whisper. The devil's eyes bore into
him, and a wicked grin twisted his

740
01:06:59,199 --> 01:07:04,480
lips. Your daughter, Emily,
Thomas recoled in horror. No, not

741
01:07:04,639 --> 01:07:09,960
my daughter. She is innocent,
She knows nothing of our pack. That

742
01:07:10,119 --> 01:07:15,480
is precisely why I want her.
The devil replied, I crave the soul

743
01:07:15,599 --> 01:07:20,360
of one untouched by sin, one
pure and uncorrupted. She will serve as

744
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:25,480
my vessel in this world, and
in return, your debt shall be considered

745
01:07:25,599 --> 01:07:30,320
paid. Tears welled up in Thomas's
eyes as he realized the depth of his

746
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:35,800
folly. He had traded his own
soul for wealth and power, and now

747
01:07:35,840 --> 01:07:43,000
he faced the unthinkable prospect of sacrificing
his beloved daughter to the devil. I

748
01:07:43,079 --> 01:07:47,400
beg you to please spare her,
Thomas implored, take anything else but spare

749
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:54,239
her. The devil's laughter echoed through
the cave, a sound that chilled Thomas

750
01:07:54,280 --> 01:07:59,639
to his very core. There is
no bargaining now, Thomas Barrett. You

751
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:04,159
may your choice, and now you
must face the consequences. With a wave

752
01:08:04,199 --> 01:08:09,239
of his hand, the devil conjured
chains that bound Thomas to the altar,

753
01:08:10,079 --> 01:08:13,960
and as he helplessly watched, the
devil plucked the white rose from the stone

754
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:17,640
and crushed it in his hand,
releasing a swirl of black smoke that enveloped

755
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:24,000
Emily, who lay asleep in her
bed At that very moment, Thomas's heart

756
01:08:24,079 --> 01:08:29,079
shattered as he realized that there was
no escape, the price of his bargain

757
01:08:29,119 --> 01:08:32,279
had been paid, and his daughter
was now a vessel for a malevolent spirit

758
01:08:32,520 --> 01:08:38,560
of the devil. With a final
bone chilling cackle, the devil vanished into

759
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:45,119
the darkness, leaving Thomas alone in
the desperate cave. The next morning,

760
01:08:45,239 --> 01:08:50,720
the townsfolk discovered Thomas Barrett's lifeless body
in Devil's hollow, his face twisted in

761
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:56,640
eternal torment. The mansion that had
once been a symbol of his wealth and

762
01:08:56,720 --> 01:09:00,920
power stood in ruins, consumed by
flames that seemed to dance with the very

763
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:08,359
fires of Hell. Emily, now
inhabited by the Devil's spirit, wandered the

764
01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:15,079
town, her innocent demeanor replaced by
sinister malevolence that sent shivers down the spines

765
01:09:15,119 --> 01:09:18,960
of all who crossed her path.
The legend of the Devil's Bargain lived on

766
01:09:19,239 --> 01:09:24,880
in the town, a cautionary tale
of the dangers of making deals with the

767
01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:30,399
devil. The people spoke of Thomas
Barrett's tragic fate, a once prosperous man

768
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:36,319
who had sacrificed everything for worldly riches
and power, only to be consumed by

769
01:09:36,319 --> 01:09:42,199
the darkness he had invited into his
life. And so the small, decrepit

770
01:09:42,239 --> 01:09:46,119
town in the heart of the Appalachian
Mountains remained a place where the shadows whispered

771
01:09:46,319 --> 01:09:51,239
of the Devil's Hollow, a place
where desperate souls were warned of the price

772
01:09:51,319 --> 01:09:55,680
they might pay for making deals with
the devil in the dead of the night,

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01:09:56,000 --> 01:10:06,159
under the cold and moonless sky.
All right, this is Cam Buckner.

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01:10:06,359 --> 01:10:11,279
I appreciate you listening to this podcast. If you enjoyed it, you

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01:10:11,319 --> 01:10:16,680
could follow me on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart any podcast app.

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01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:21,880
Also on YouTube, we have a
channel called Dixie Cryptid on the podcast

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01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:27,039
Network. It's called the what If
It's True? Podcast. And all we

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01:10:27,119 --> 01:10:30,600
do is read stories to nice people. That's all I do. And I

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01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:34,680
hope you enjoyed this Halloween production.
Spend more time on it than I have

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01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:40,199
any Halloween production because it was just
fun to do and these were great stories.

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01:10:40,279 --> 01:10:45,000
So hope you guys have a great
Halloween week and your kids get a

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01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:49,159
lot of candy and everybody's happy.
I'll put out another Halloween podcast, probably

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01:10:49,239 --> 01:10:54,640
next weekend. I've got one long
story it's too good to pass up,

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01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:58,199
so there'll be another one. Enjoy
your week and we'll see you guys on

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01:10:58,239 --> 01:10:59,319
the next one. Thank you.