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<v Speaker 1>Twice we caught her eating out of the refrigerator in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night. Dad had gotten up and

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<v Speaker 1>walked down the hallway to see what the rucks was

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<v Speaker 1>in the kitchen, but then the whispers soon turned into laughter,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the search for the mob started to clean

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<v Speaker 1>up some spilt spaghetti sauce on the floor before Mom

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<v Speaker 1>got up. That was the first time. The second time, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the one I want to talk about, because even

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<v Speaker 1>though I was in the house and now a teenager,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the one that sticks with me. I spin

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<v Speaker 1>it around in my head over and over again. I

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<v Speaker 1>replayed the sounds and the screams, and yet my parents

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<v Speaker 1>refuse to talk about it. On my own. I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of call it the refrigerator incident. My name is Edwin,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's a scary story. We lived in northern California

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<v Speaker 1>and around that time we had some problems with the

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<v Speaker 1>Electra company. They would schedule these blackouts do to the

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<v Speaker 1>nearby fires, or there would be something going on that

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<v Speaker 1>would cut out the Internet. My parents would often tell

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<v Speaker 1>us not to open the refrigerator too much because things

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<v Speaker 1>would get warmed up. It was annoying, of course, but

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<v Speaker 1>we got used to it pretty quickly. Our computer and

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<v Speaker 1>some other stuff got these devices plugged into them so

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<v Speaker 1>that they wouldn't blow up when the power would come back. Well. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>this night a Wednesday, because we still had school the

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<v Speaker 1>next day, my sister and I had gone to bed

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<v Speaker 1>at around ten thirty and stayed up a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>longer with the TV on, waiting for some show to

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<v Speaker 1>come on, something that she wanted to see. She got

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<v Speaker 1>tired first, so I turned off the TV and also

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<v Speaker 1>went to sleep. And they don't know around what time

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<v Speaker 1>this happened, but suddenly everything got even more quiet. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like when things are already silent, then they go still,

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<v Speaker 1>unsettling and completely muted. It's what happened when the power

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<v Speaker 1>would go out. Most of the time I never noticed,

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<v Speaker 1>but when the natural hum of the house goes away

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<v Speaker 1>at night, it was usually that. So I waited for

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<v Speaker 1>something to happen for a few seconds before something broke

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<v Speaker 1>the silence and I heard a thing outside was down

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<v Speaker 1>the hallway. A light was shining through the kitchen doorway

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<v Speaker 1>that led to the living room. I could see it

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<v Speaker 1>from the bedroom door. For him, we used to keep

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<v Speaker 1>the door partially open at night at least in our bedrooms.

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<v Speaker 1>But I could tell that this light, it wasn't coming

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<v Speaker 1>from the moon. It wasn't dim enough. This one was

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<v Speaker 1>bright and cast these long shadows. I went all the

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<v Speaker 1>way down the hall. I whispered to my sister, loud

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<v Speaker 1>enough to wake her up that I heard something out there,

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<v Speaker 1>asking her if she heard it too. And I just

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<v Speaker 1>saw the blanket wiggle and heard it grunt. I figured

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<v Speaker 1>that if I just peeked out over the kitchen, I

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<v Speaker 1>would be able to see the source of the light. Amy,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, did you hear that? She didn't move this time.

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<v Speaker 1>I took the first two cold steps toward the door,

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<v Speaker 1>the boards waking under me, but then I froze. I

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<v Speaker 1>heard the door open, Mom saying something to my dad

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<v Speaker 1>quietly from the bedroom. I know, I know. I heard

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<v Speaker 1>Dan say as he walked from the far end of

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<v Speaker 1>the hallway and then over the kitchen. I heard him

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<v Speaker 1>walk normally past our bedroom. He got to the kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>and stared at something. Amy. He whispered, what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>I felt the blood rush away from my face right then.

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<v Speaker 1>If my sister was out there in the kitchen, who

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<v Speaker 1>was in the bed next to mine, I didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>twice at that moment, and I flicked on the light

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<v Speaker 1>switch to our bedroom. My sister turned around and covered

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes with her forearm, grunting and trying to sit up.

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<v Speaker 1>Amy was right there. Amy was asleep. I stepped out

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<v Speaker 1>of the room and looked over the kitchen right as

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<v Speaker 1>Dad was taking a few steps back. His face would

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<v Speaker 1>say it all. He called for my mom, shouting down

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<v Speaker 1>the hall and opening the front door. He came back

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<v Speaker 1>with the broom and watch as a woman crawled along

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<v Speaker 1>the floor and rushed over the front door, stopping to

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<v Speaker 1>stare at my dad. Amy was wide awake by that point,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was crying, begging to get out of the room,

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<v Speaker 1>but I kept hushing her and pushing her back. Susan

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<v Speaker 1>called the police that yelled for Mom. I was standing

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<v Speaker 1>out of the hallway as Mom stepped out and screamed.

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<v Speaker 1>This woman that thing in the kitchen was opening her

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<v Speaker 1>eyes wide. She stopped and looked at me as Dad

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<v Speaker 1>was approaching her, but she didn't care. She smiled at

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<v Speaker 1>me with those dark teeth, cold mac and cheese stuck

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<v Speaker 1>to the sides of her face, and black hair. She

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<v Speaker 1>remained low to the ground like she was about to sprint.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad got angry then and rushed at her, but she

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<v Speaker 1>was faster. She sprinted toward me like a spider, and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know in which direction she was going to go.

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<v Speaker 1>After I stepped right into the room and I heard

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<v Speaker 1>the door to the water boiler thing shut. It was

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<v Speaker 1>this small door that we had in the hallway. It

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<v Speaker 1>was four repairs and all that. Mom managed to close

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<v Speaker 1>her door too. I could hear her muffled screams from

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<v Speaker 1>the other side, but then she opened it again and

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<v Speaker 1>started banging at our door. We opened it, and with

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<v Speaker 1>one large sweep, she grabbed us and ushered us to

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<v Speaker 1>the front of the house, passed this mess on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor by the refrigerator, door had been left wide open.

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<v Speaker 1>We stayed out in the porch until the police came

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<v Speaker 1>in search. Dad was able to describe her as a

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<v Speaker 1>small old woman, dark hair, with something not human about her,

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<v Speaker 1>but that would be the one and only time that

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<v Speaker 1>he ever talked about her. I remember Dad walking with

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<v Speaker 1>the police officers into the house and around the backyard.

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<v Speaker 1>They never found her. The space by the boiler was

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<v Speaker 1>too small for anyone to fit in there, but they

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<v Speaker 1>checked anyway, and was completely empty. Mom tried to almost

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<v Speaker 1>down for a couple of weeks after that, telling us

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<v Speaker 1>who she could have been and what she wanted. But

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<v Speaker 1>from then on Mom only referred to her as some

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<v Speaker 1>crazy woman who came in the house. But that always

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<v Speaker 1>stayed quiet. It's almost as if you knew something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Eventually we stopped asking questions, But every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 1>I hear sounds in the house, and I'm unsure of

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<v Speaker 1>what is scarier now, the uncomfortable silence of a power

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<v Speaker 1>outage or noises from the kitchen. Sometimes I lay awake

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<v Speaker 1>wondering who she could have been or what she wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad and I planned on making a trip to a

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<v Speaker 1>lake where we used to go fishing when Grandpa was alive.

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<v Speaker 1>It hadn't been there in years, so it was a

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<v Speaker 1>whole month project fixing up the fishing tackle and even

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<v Speaker 1>the small boat that we would take out there. But

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<v Speaker 1>the day finally came, I was pretty stoked. One of

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<v Speaker 1>my cousins decided to tag along, so of course we

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<v Speaker 1>made him help out with the repairs too. I had

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<v Speaker 1>finally made it a little later than usual because we

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<v Speaker 1>kept stopping along the way. It was a Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 1>we set up our tent and Dad wanted to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>in the camper out of the truck, so it was

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<v Speaker 1>only my cousin Joe, and myself in the tent. The

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<v Speaker 1>place where we go, I can't really say the name

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<v Speaker 1>because we know who runs It has two main lake areas,

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<v Speaker 1>one of them with a dock and the other is

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<v Speaker 1>more for experienced campers because it's right on the edge

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<v Speaker 1>of this wooded area. In order to get the boat

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<v Speaker 1>out there, we have to carry it down this steep

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<v Speaker 1>hill of rocks and crossover fallen logs. We had gotten

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<v Speaker 1>as clothes as possible to the edge of the water

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<v Speaker 1>with a truck, but also had a tough time figuring

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<v Speaker 1>out exactly where we were. So my dad told us

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<v Speaker 1>not to wander off because the moon wasn't out that

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<v Speaker 1>night and we could fall into the lake or get lost. Still, us,

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<v Speaker 1>being pretty young at the time, thought it would be

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<v Speaker 1>cool to use what we called our bathroom break to

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<v Speaker 1>go out just to peek at the water at night.

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<v Speaker 1>But that would be all just to step out come

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<v Speaker 1>right back. So we grabbed our flashlights, put on our boots,

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<v Speaker 1>and we were talking about some show we were both watching,

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<v Speaker 1>in part because Neither of us wanted to admit that

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<v Speaker 1>we were pretty freaked out, so when Dad said that

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<v Speaker 1>it was going to be dark, he meant it. He

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't even see our shoes out there without the flashlights.

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<v Speaker 1>Plus the beam on those things were blinding whenever they

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<v Speaker 1>hit a nearby tree trunk, so we mostly had the

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<v Speaker 1>maim straight down. We had just made it to the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of the tree line when my cousin suddenly stopped,

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<v Speaker 1>stretching out his arms. One more step and we both

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<v Speaker 1>would have been rolling down sharp rocks. We both let

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<v Speaker 1>it out a sigh of relief, but still we stopped

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<v Speaker 1>and almost simultaneously turned off the flashlights. And if I

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<v Speaker 1>had to pinpoint it to something, I would say that

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<v Speaker 1>this is where things got straight. For a while, we

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<v Speaker 1>were staring out into nothing. When it's that dark, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what's right in front of you or what's

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<v Speaker 1>far ahead. So we simply assumed that the field, the

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<v Speaker 1>dark one right in front of us was the lake.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd hear the water splashing softly at the edge, with

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<v Speaker 1>the occasional splash in the distance of a fish catching mosquitoes.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was then when we heard it a clear

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<v Speaker 1>hey was coming from out there. I could feel Joe's

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<v Speaker 1>breath in the side of my face. When he asked

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<v Speaker 1>if I heard that, I nodded my head and then,

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<v Speaker 1>slightly more freaked out, Joe asked me again, did you

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<v Speaker 1>hear that? And it took me a second to realize

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<v Speaker 1>that he couldn't see me. No, yes, I whispered, there

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<v Speaker 1>it is again. It both stood still. We were holding

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<v Speaker 1>our breads out there at the edge of what appeared

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<v Speaker 1>to be a whole new dimension, one that waited and

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<v Speaker 1>spoke hey. We stayed completely still. I can see you,

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<v Speaker 1>the boy said. It was a woman, a raspy, young voice.

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<v Speaker 1>It reminded me of Virginia, this neighbor that had died

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<v Speaker 1>a few years before that trip. She was in cheer

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<v Speaker 1>in high school, and always wanted her to stop talking

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<v Speaker 1>because it sounded like she struggled with it. We turned

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<v Speaker 1>back to where to where we had come from, walked

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<v Speaker 1>a few steps, but up ahead in the distance we

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<v Speaker 1>could see some lights on the ground. That was the

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<v Speaker 1>start of the other lake where the other people were camping.

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<v Speaker 1>Had we walked the wrong way? Did we somehow miss

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<v Speaker 1>those lights? When we were making our way toward the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of the lake. Hey, you both heard, I can

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<v Speaker 1>still see you, Joe screamed. He started running with no direction.

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<v Speaker 1>He ended up hitting a branch at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>his forehead fall the sounds he was making until I

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<v Speaker 1>nearly kicked him, but we had nowhere to go. He

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<v Speaker 1>both ended up sitting there, our flashlights moving around in

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<v Speaker 1>the trees, waiting for something to pop out from the

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<v Speaker 1>side of the trunk. But nothing happened. We started laughing

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, and I made fun of him for

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<v Speaker 1>screaming the way he did and then running into a tree.

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<v Speaker 1>He let out a chuckle and told me to shut

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<v Speaker 1>up forgetting for a moment that we still had to

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<v Speaker 1>find our way back. And then he reminded me of

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<v Speaker 1>those sounds we heard out there. Hey, we heard it

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<v Speaker 1>sounded just as close as ever. Our flashlights pointed at

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<v Speaker 1>the exact same spot at the same time. Joe's bean

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<v Speaker 1>started climbing up the tree first, as if he knew

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<v Speaker 1>something was there. And yeah, my eyes followed it up

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<v Speaker 1>there there was what I can only describe as a face.

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<v Speaker 1>It was peeking out of one of the branches. It

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<v Speaker 1>was pale, It's definitely human, with a wide smile shining

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<v Speaker 1>bright against the beam of Joe's flashlight. It didn't move,

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<v Speaker 1>It just smiled for a few seconds before it turned

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<v Speaker 1>to the right, causing this branch to break, and upon

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<v Speaker 1>realizing the noise they had made, it turned toward us

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<v Speaker 1>and froze still. The smile faded, its dark eyes relaxed,

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<v Speaker 1>and then focused right on us. We could see it

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<v Speaker 1>climbing on the tree at an unnatural speed, even faster

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<v Speaker 1>than just falling. We lost it with the flashlights and

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<v Speaker 1>Joe screamed again, but I managed to grab onto his

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<v Speaker 1>shirt as he pulled me along the forest. He got

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<v Speaker 1>hit by branches and nearly tripped on roots and other

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<v Speaker 1>things until we got to the clearing of the trees

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<v Speaker 1>just on the other side. The whole time, I kept

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<v Speaker 1>praying to myself that we wouldn't end up on the

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<v Speaker 1>cliffs by the water. But I finally made it to

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of the tree line. I could see some

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<v Speaker 1>campfires and lights in the distance. All we would have

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<v Speaker 1>to do is go around it, and eventually you would

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<v Speaker 1>find the trail we used to bring the truck inside.

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<v Speaker 1>Took us about half an hour to make it back

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<v Speaker 1>to the trailhead. If we made it still, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>sleep at all that night. He told that about it

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<v Speaker 1>the next morning, after he asked why we were so

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<v Speaker 1>tired mimics in the trees. He said that there are

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<v Speaker 1>stories of back when he was a kid, that they

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<v Speaker 1>would hear people out there, people that they knew, voices

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<v Speaker 1>that came from the trees. I asked him if they

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<v Speaker 1>had ever seen anything or what was making those voices,

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<v Speaker 1>and he shook his head. Joey and I still talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the whole thing. We told a bunch of our friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and up until now, nobody, absolutely no one can explain

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<v Speaker 1>what we saw that night. Sho