Aug. 6, 2025

Fortune Falls - Ax Murder in the Oregon Wilderness

Fortune Falls - Ax Murder in the Oregon Wilderness

Summer of ’76. Two best friends. One secluded campsite. And an ax-wielding killer lurking in the woods… This week on Weekly Spooky, we bring you a brutal, blood-soaked tale of survival and terror in the wilds of Oregon. When Janine and Rose set out...

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Summer of ’76. Two best friends. One secluded campsite. And an ax-wielding killer lurking in the woods…

This week on Weekly Spooky, we bring you a brutal, blood-soaked tale of survival and terror in the wilds of Oregon. When Janine and Rose set out for a dreamy backpacking trip to the legendary Fortune Falls, they expected scenic views and self-discovery—not a descent into horror.

But as night falls, headlights appear. A red truck. A man in a cowboy hat. An ax. And no one to hear them scream.

Inspired by gritty 1970s slashers and true crime headlines, David O’Hanlon delivers a savage, emotional, and unforgettable survival story. Featuring raw violence, heartbreaking choices, and a promise of revenge that refuses to die, Fortune Falls will leave you breathless.

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👨‍💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Mark Shields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
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🎵 Music by Ray Mattis 👉 Check out Ray’s incredible work here !
👨‍💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
🌐 Explore more terrifying tales at: WeeklySpooky.com
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They were just two friends on a summer road trip,

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a hidden waterfall, a quiet night. But when headlights cut

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through the forest and the axe begins to swing, will

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anyone live to see the sun rose? This is Fortune

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Falls and it's a long way from safe.

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What's that You want to be scared? Come with me?

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He will experience tales over our roam, ghosts and death.

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It is not recommended for the week at heart, listen

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us in the dark. It's more fun at that way way.

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have quite the terror tale. We're gonna go on a

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little trip and enjoy what's left of our summer season

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sixth year of Weekly Spooky. But as for tonight, our

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tale takes us deep within the wilds of Oregon, where

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two college friends hope to find adventure, peace, and maybe

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even a little bit of magic. But what they found

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was something else, something waiting, something watching, And when the

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sun sets on Fortune Falls, the only thing that glitters

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is blood. We dive in after this Fortune Falls by

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David O'Hanlon. Janine and Rose were on summer break from

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their third year at the University of Kansas. Being from

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a flat landlocked wasteland, the Lady Jayhawks usually took their

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breaks on a beach in Galveston. Then something immensely terrifying

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It happened the previous year. They'd been on the beach

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for three days. Between surf lessons and volleyball games, all

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anyone could talk about was this new movie opening that weekend.

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They decided to take make a chance and join some

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of their friends for the first evening showing of Jaws.

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The next day. They all just sat on the sand

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the day after and every day after that until it

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was time to return to school for the summer of

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seventy six. They decided they'd try something different and far

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away from the threat of shark attacks. Kansas didn't have beaches,

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but it didn't have mountains either. Oregon was Jeanine's idea,

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and Rose had fallen in love with it. She studied

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the maps and picked the route for their journey of

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self discovery, five days of backpacking and camping from the

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isolated town of Sheldon to the Silver Creek Lodge, where

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they'd celebrate with a final day floating lazily down the

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Snake River. We should just camp here, Janine said, It's

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going to be dark soon, and we still kind of

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suck at setting up the tent. The signs say overnight

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camping is prohibited. Rose replied that couple said it was

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only eight miles to the next town. We'd be lucky

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to do that in three hours, Rosy. Besides, everyone we've

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talked to has said that we need to see this

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waterfall at sunrise. We already missed it this morning because

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you didn't want to get a ride from that trucker.

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Because hitchhiking is dangerous, she scoffed. And that guy was gross.

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He looked like an evil Jerry Garcia scary Garcia, Janine said,

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with a giggle. Come on, Rosie, everyone's leaving the park anyway.

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No one will know we're here. Worst case, some ranger

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smith guy comes by and we make dough eyes at

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him until he just gives us a warning. Rose seemed

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to consider it. She looked over to the parking area

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and Jeanine was correct. Almost everyone had already cleared out.

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The park rangers wouldn't lock the gate until sundown, but

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with less than an hour to go, there wasn't much

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to do except feed the mosquitoes. A family of six

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was packing everything into their station wagon. A couple of

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teens made out on a park bench. Local kids played

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the last downs of their football game, and a red

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pickup truck sat unoccupied in the far corner of the lot.

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No one would be around to notice them, and it

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would be nice to see the waterfall at first light.

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That had been their original plan after here about it

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from a couple at a diner two days earlier. The

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locals called it Fortune Falls because the water broke up

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and sparkled like a cascade of diamonds at sunrise. Rose's

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better safe than sorry approach had set them back hours. However,

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when they arrived at noon, the site was anything but impressive.

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The waterfall wasn't particularly large and only descended some fifty

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feet to the punch bowl below. After the big show

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at dawn, most people moved along to the larger recreational areas.

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It did seem unlikely park services would spend much time

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locking down the tiny Fortune Falls site. An engine turned

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over and Rose glanced around again. The station wagon was

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ready to go. The winning football team was high fiving

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while the losers collected their bikes from the lawn, and

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the makeout session was getting hot enough that it would

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soon need to move to a more private location. That

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red truck still sat there. However, an ominous feeling came

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over Rows, but she shrugged it off. She always had

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an ominous feeling. It seemed okay, we can stay, she conceded,

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but we'd better not get caught. Janine used the sawback

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of the survival knife to split a thick limb. She

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tossed one half into the fire and stuck the knife

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into the ground next to her. Janine's boyfriend, Howard, was

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in the rotc back home. He'd insisted she'd take the

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knife along, joking that she could use the compass on

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the pommel to find her way back home. Janine watched

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the needle settle and look to the southeast. She knew

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that somewhere beyond the expansive wilderness was Kansas. She'd never

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liked it there, over the last three days, she'd come

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to like it even less. It was boring in every

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possible way, right down to the men, she thought, as

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she pulled Howard's knife from the earth. Two more days

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and we'll be at the river, Rose said, folding her map.

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There's so much more stuff to see. We could come

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here every summer, and I don't think we'd ever find

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it all. I don't think I want to come here

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next summer, Janine whittled at the end of the stick. Jesus, Rosie,

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just look at it. How could anyone go back to

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Kansas once they've seen all this? Like? You want to

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transfer here? Why not? The university is a few hundred

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miles that way, she pointed with the knife, then checked

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the compass and corrected her aim. That way. There's an

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entire ocean nearby, an ocean that's too cold for sharks too.

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Didn't Jaws take place in New England? Okay, so maybe

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they still have sharks. But there's a whole state of this.

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She gestured to the deep black wilderness around them. Have

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you met anyone boring in the last few days? I'm

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sure I have. Rose couldn't think of any When did

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you decide this? I haven't decided anything, Janine sheathed the

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knife and inspected the point she'd put on the limb.

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Everywhere we've been this week has been so alive. Kansas

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is just an after birth. It's like God ran out

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of ideas and just left the canvas blank when he

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made it. What about Howard, the boys are cuter? Rose laughed.

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She didn't necessarily agree with her friend, But there was

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a ruggedness about the Oregon mountain men they'd encountered that

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was lacking in the Kansas stock Howard is sweet, Janine continued,

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But all he can think about is the future. How

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can anyone give a rat's ass about the future when

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we have all this right now? Maybe you're right. We

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got an eight mile hike tomorrow to talk about it.

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Rose said, let's get some rest. We don't want to

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miss the sunrise showing. We can make sure we have

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the best view before the gates even open. It's going

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to be magical. Yeah, Janine tossed the wooden spike into

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the fire. There's a lot to see tomorrow.

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You're not safe yet, Weekly Spooky will be right back.

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The tent lit up suddenly from the outside. The bright

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light shone through the nylon, turning the structure into an

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oversized lantern and roused the girls from their slumber. Janine

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rubbed her eyes, trying to clear away confusion with the sleepiness.

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Rose groaned and rolled over in her sleeping bag. It

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cannot be more already, she mumbled, It's not. Jeanine sat

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up sharply. She could hear the gentle rumble of a

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truck engine outside. Shit, I think we're busted, Rosy. Rose

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said something, but the words were lost in the sudden

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rumble of the motor. The light became more intense as

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the headlights rushed closer. The shower of earth and rocks

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thrown up by the truck tires rained noisily through the

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tree branches. Janine watched as the tense, thin skin glowed

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brighter and brighter until the side collapsed and rushed towards her.

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Wrapped around a half ton of Detroit steel, Jeanine couldn't

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comprehend what was happening, or that the thing that struck

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her was the truck's bumper. Suddenly it was dark again.

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The ravaged tent lay draped over the women. Rose was silent.

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Janine felt a crushing weight on her right arm. She

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tried to move it, but the appendage wouldn't budge. She

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pulled harder. A lightning bolt shot threw her finger tips

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to her elbow from the effort. Rosie, she cried out,

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a gentle sob answered her. The tent rustled wildly. I

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can't move, Rose, Janine said, what's happening? Rose sniffled. She

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fought with the nylon, clawing and punching at the tent

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as it collapsed on top of her. Her voice grew

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panicked and shrill. I can't, I can't get this off me.

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Why is this happening? The truck pulled forward, releasing Janine's

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arm from beneath its tire. The ground moved beneath them.

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Rose screamed. The tent was caught on the truck. They

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were being dragged. The fabric tore, but not enough to

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get free. Janine pulled her injured arm close to her

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body and rolled over, looking for a way out. The

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engine growled as the driver hit the gas. Rocks and

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branches tore through the bottom. As the tent sped along

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behind the vehicle, deeper into the woods, It finally came free.

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The truck's tires slid loudly to a stop. Rose found

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a tear and worked at it with both hands, forcing

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it open until she could get through Janine. She searched

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the ruins of the tent for her friend, finding a

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body shaped lump beneath Jeanine. Get me out of here, Rosie.

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I'm hurt bad, I will Oh my god, We're in

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big trouble. Rose stared at the truck, unable to look away.

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She could only discern the outline of the vehicle in

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the moonlight, but was convinced that it was the red

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pickup truck from earlier. The truck reversed, turning around slowly.

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The back bumper crunched against a tree. The noise snapped

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Rose out of her paralysis. She wrestled the tent off

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of Jeanine and gasped. Her friend's face was a mask

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of blood blud Her forehead was split open in a

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large gash, showing bone beneath. Rose moved the flap of

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flesh back over the exposed skull. The headlights shined fully

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upon them as the truck finished writing itself. Rose leaned

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close to Jeanine. Stay really still, she whispered, don't make

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a sound. The engine revved. The driver did it two

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more times, letting the women know he could run them

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down with ease. Then the door swung open. A man

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stepped out of the vehicle, but leaned back inside to

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get something. He stepped in front of the lights, casting

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a long shadow over the women. Rose couldn't see any

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of the man's features, except the distinctive shape of a

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cowboy hat atop his head, and then the even more

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distinctive shape of the axe held at his side. Why

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are you doing this, she asked shakily. She clenched her

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teeth and drew a deep breath. She blew it out

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and asked again, with more force, why are you doing this?

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What do you want? The cowboy moved towards her without

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a word. He swung the axe on to his shoulder.

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His walk was cocky and nonchalant. He looked like he

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was out for a casual stroll. Janine groaned and Rose

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shushed her quietly, praying the cowboy didn't hear. If he did,

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he didn't let on. He just kept walking closer.

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Don't go away, weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

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Please stop this, Rose shouted. She pushed her hands out

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in front of her. Just leave us alone. The cowboy

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swung the axe one handed. The blade whooshed by harmlessly,

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and he placed it on the opposite shoulder, spitting tobacco

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juice playfully at Rose. He took a backhand swing. Rose

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felt the hit, but didn't realize the gravity of it

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until the three stumps on her right hand spurred it.

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Before she could respond, the cowboy took look a two

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handed chop. It struck with the sound of a gunshot,

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and flung her into the dirt. Rose wheezed air sputtered

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wetly out of her collapsing lung. She rolled over, hugged

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her chest, broken ribs gouged into her palm. Janine shifted

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carefully in the tent. Her legs were still inside the

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sleeping bag. She moved slowly to wipe her eyes with

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shredded tent fabric, being careful not to draw attention to herself.

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Everything was blurry, but simultaneously all too clear. She could

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see the cowboy and the axe, and her best friend

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laying on the ground. She closed her eyes again, but

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it didn't protect her from what came next. She listened

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to the crack of the axe striking Rose again. Why.

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Rose asked why. The cowboy answered her with another chop.

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Rose kept repeating the word, and their attacker continued to

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respond the same way. Sharp cracks became softer, wetter. Rose's

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voice got weaker, and then went silent entirely. Two more

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chops followed. Janine dared to look once more. The cowboy

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was kneeling over Rose. He sat on her hips and

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leaned on his axe. Janine carefully crawled free. The blood

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pouring down her face slipped past her lips. She knew

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she'd be tasting a lot more of it. If the

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cowboy spotted her, he probably thought she was dead already.

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She could have laid there until he left. But maybe

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he wouldn't have. Maybe he would have used the axe

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to make sure. She couldn't take the risk. She knew

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begging wouldn't work. It hadn't for Rose. Once her legs

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were free, she brought herself into a crouch and glanced

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over her shoulder. The cowboy was standing, but still seemed

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focused on Rose. Janine wiped her eyes again. She needed

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a few seconds of clear vision. She pushed off in

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a dead sprint for the running truck. She heard a

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frustrated curse from the cowboy. Janine stumbled, bouncing off the bumper.

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She pulled herself up and whipped inside the cab. Her

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injured hand struggled with the shifter, forcing her to use

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her left. The cowboy ran at her in the headlights.

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Janine stomped the gas pedal down. The tires spun and

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threw up dirt. They gained traction. As the cowboy grabbed

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the open door, the truck jolted forward. The cowboy stumbled,

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tossing himself over the side of the truck bed. Janine

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swerved around a tree. The rear window shattered, and the

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cowboy boots struck her in the back of the head.

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The truck veered hard, throwing her out of the open door.

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It plowed into a stump. The cowboy flew over the

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vehicle and disappeared into the darkness. Jeanine climbed woozily to

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her feet. She ran the trees, blocked the pitiful moonlight.

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Branches tore at her skin to trytas stabed into her feet.

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She bounced off the trees and kept on running. She

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was terrified. She was blind, she was hurt, she was heartbroken.

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She was flying. Jeanine laid against the rocks. The water

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gently sloshed over her face and down her throat, choking

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her back into the world of the living. The waterfall

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poured down across the pool from her. She'd blindly ran

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straight over the edge in her desperate escape. It was

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still dark out, but there was nothing blocking the moon

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at the waterfall, and she could inspect the damage to

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her arm for the first time. It was swollen, with

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the skin deeply miscolored. She could move her fingers, but

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the pain made her wish she couldn't. She knew it

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was definitely broken. She risked touching her forehead. It wasn't

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bleeding as badly as she feared, but she chalked that

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up to being almost out of blood. She knew Rose

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was dead. She'd laid there and listened to her best

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friend die. No, you didn't, she reminded herself, you don't. No,

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she's dead. Janine looked around for any sign of the cowboy.

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Not finding any, she worked her way onto the rocks

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and began her hike back to the campsite. She checked

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her watch. It was a dainty, pretty thing that she'd

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picked out for esthetics and not its ability to survive

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a fifty foot fall into a pond. She put it

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close to her ear. It wasn't ticking. The time was

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stuck at three am, but she had no idea when

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it had stopped. What she did know was that meant

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there was less than three hours until the park opened.

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She needed to get back to the campsite and check

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on Rose. Then she could wait for the rangers to

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come and open the park. The cowboy had to be gone.

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He couldn't know where Jeanine had run to. And that

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red truck, she remembered it was still there when we

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left to set up the tent. He would have to

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leave his truck to escape. He has to make sure

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I'm dead. He's still here.

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More scarce to come, weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

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She pulled herself from the punch bowl and started up

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the steep incline back to the campsite. Janine was sure

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the cowboy was looking for her. She wasn't going to

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make it easy for him. She had to survive. If

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she didn't, then there was nothing stopping that bastard from

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doing it again and again. Rose might not have even

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been his first, and she certainly wouldn't be his last.

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If Janine didn't get to the police, there'd be dead

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Roses all over Oregon. The hike back to the campsite

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came as close to killing Janine as the cowboy had.

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Her arm throbbed as she collapsed to her friend's side.

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Rose's face was gone, her arms ravaged where she tried

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to defend herself. There were no errant swings the cowboy

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had practiced this, he'd killed before. Janine was sure of that.

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Rose hadn't wanted to camp there. If Janine had listened,

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none of it would be happening. I'm sorry, Rosie, she whimpered.

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This is all my fault, and I'm so sorry. Janine

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scoured at her tears, aggravating the head wound in the process.

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She looked around quickly. The truck was gone. There were

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no headlights shining anywhere in the woods, no flashlight searching

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for her trail. Janine tried to convince herself the cowboy

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was gone, but she didn't buy it. Maybe he's waiting

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for the rangers himself. She thought he could say he

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got stuck inside and they just let him go. He'll

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be in Canada by the time they find Rosie. That

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can't happen. It won't happen. I promise Rosie, it won't

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fucking happen. Janine rummag through the wrecked tent until she

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found Howard's survival knife. She cut a strip of nylon

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and tied it around her head, pulling it tight to

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hold the flap of skin in place. A bent up

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aluminum tent post made a quick splint for her arm.

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Once the wounds were taken care of, it was time

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for other concerns. She'd helped her father cut firewood back home.

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Swinging an axe was exhausting and slow. She thrusted the

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knife into the air a few times. That wasn't slow

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at all. She found her belt and attached the knife

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to it, but could only manage to scrounge up a

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mixed pair of their hiking boots. Rose's pack was mangled,

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but the metal flashlight on the side hadd Janine inspected

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rogue stitches on the face of the pack. The Jayhawk

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patch Rose carefully centered on it was missing. The idea

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of the cowboy taking a trophy turned her stomach. She

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envisioned him mounting the patch over his mantle, with souvenirs

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from other kills, like the antlers her father had mounted

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back home. Janine took the light and started towards the

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parking lot. The red pickup was sitting in the corner spot,

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exactly where it had been before. Janine dropped behind a

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bush and watched for movement. There was still no sign

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of the occupant or any other axe swinging psychos. Janine

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stayed low, crawling along the perimeter of the lot. With

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still no cowboy present, Jeanine made her move on the truck.

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She broke into a crouching run and rolled to the

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side of the vehicle. It hurt more than the TV

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shows led her to believe. Her heart skipped. A sudden

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dread washed over her. There was something wrong, or, more correctly,

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nothing was wrong. She peeked around the front of the

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truck to inspect the bumper. It was rusty and dinged up,

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but she'd seen the truck rack into a tree. The

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crash she'd heard must have done more than a few dents.

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She moved down the side and checked the back glass.

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It was intact. It wasn't the cowboy's truck, So where

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the hell is She looked around frantically. There were no

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other trucks, no other anything. She was completely alone. As

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far as she could tell. She'd seen the tire tracks

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all the way from their campsite back to the parking lot.

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Rose's killer had definitely driven out the same way he'd

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come in. She clicked on the flashlight and set out

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for clues. She shined high first, hoping to catch a

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glint off the truck or to spotlight the sun of

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a bitch himself. When that didn't work, she moved the

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light down to search for tracks. A metal door clanged

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behind her. Jeanine spun, waving the flashlight around for the source.

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She froze. The light hung on the blockie concrete building

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that housed the bathrooms. Each had a steel outer door

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that could be padlocked during the off season. Jeanine snuck

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to the restrooms and waited. She didn't hear anyone inside,

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but knew the door was too heavy to have blown

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in the barely present breeze. She sat the flashlight down

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on the archaic water fountain. Jeanine drew the knife. It

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was uncomfortable in her left hand, but it was going

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to be a lot more uncomfortable in the cowboy's belly.

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She pulled the outer door and pushed the other inward

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with her foot. No one chopped it off. Jeanine sprang inside,

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keeping the knife close to her body. A chunky, disheveled

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man threw his hands into the air, hiking his keep

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on truck in shirt over his belly. His eyes flicked

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to the knife. Fuck shit, he shook his head violently.

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Be cool, Be cool, you motherfucker. Janine hissed, where is it?

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Where's the truck right outside? The man pointed shakily, not

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that truck. That's the only one I got. The man shrugged.

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I know the sign says no camping, but stabbing is

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a bit fucking extreme. Lady, aren't you supposed to write

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me a ticket or something camping? Who are you? Phil?

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Why did you try to kill me? Kill you? Lady?

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I went to jail for being a conscientious objector. I

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don't even kill bugs.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

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doors weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

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The park is closed, Janine snapped, why are you here?

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Fleetwood Mac is playing in Boise this weekend? He let

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his hands fall, slapping against his thighs. I stopped here

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to score some weed from a buddy, had got super

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baked and fell asleep by the falls. By the time

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I got back, the gate was locked. Janine hadn't gotten

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a good look at the cowboy, but she was sure

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he had been slimmer and taller and didn't reek of marijuana.

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She leaned against the wall and started to cry. If

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Phil wasn't the cowboy, then she'd failed, and the axe

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murderer had escaped. Phil took tentative steps towards her, passed

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the air as he went. Please don't stab me, he

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said softly. You look really banged up. Let's go to

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my truck and get you some help. It's a dodge,

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it'll crash right through that gate. What time you got,

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Janine asked, sheathing the knife. Phil checked his watch quarter

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past five, About an hour until anyone comes to rescue you.

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Guess that makes you my shining night. You uh drew

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the short straw, then he chuckled. Janine let Phil help

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her off the wall when a bright light assaulted her eyes.

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What are you two doing here, a strong masculine voice demanded.

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The park is closed. The man moved the light back

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and forth between their faces, keeping them both blinking and

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blocking their eyes with their hands. Whoa dude, chill with

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the light, Phil whined, This lady needs help. She was attacked,

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I know, the man said. The flashlight clattered to the floor.

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Janine's vision was blurred, but she could make out the

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curves of the cowboy hat. The axe split Phil's face

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and stopped in the back of his throat. Phil stumbled backwards,

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bounced off a stall, and came forward. Woo oie, the

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cowboy exclaimed, we got ourselves a dancer. He grabbed Jeanine

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by the hair and pulled her close to him. You

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see that, he asked, means he's dead, but his body

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don't know it. I love when that happens. I wonder

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if you'll be a dancer. What do you think, dollface,

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you want to dance with me? Janine pulled the knife

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and brought it down into the cowboy's thigh. He howled

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and let the axe fall. Janine twisted the blade and

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jerked back, but the knife didn't budge. She could see

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the strands of meat caught in the sawback. Since it

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wouldn't come out, she went back in. She worked the

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saw through his thigh until the cowboy whipped her away.

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Her face smashed into the wall, breaking teeth against the

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cinder blocks. Janine slumped down. The axe sparked off the wall.

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Janine rolled away. Her boots slipped in Phil's brains, and

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she toppled against the sink. The axe shattered the porcelain.

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It continued downward, hacking into Janine's foot. She fell on

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top of Phil. The cowboy straightened his hat and limped

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to her. He took the axe handle with both hands

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and rested the blade on Jeanine's forehead. He took each

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hand off in turn, rolling the wrists in preparation for

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the killing blow. Why are you doing this, Janine asked,

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Someday one of you will ask an original question. He said,

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it's always why. Well, Dolphace, why not how about that one?

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He raised the axe high to show his might. The

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asbestos tile overhead shattered, raining down dust around the cowboy.

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The distraction was just enough for Janine to move her head.

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The act buried into Phil's body. The cowboy wrestled to

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free it from Phil's oversized belly. Janine kicked the protruding

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knife with her good leg. Her attacker fell, smacking his

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head on the wall. Tobacco juice rolled from his lips

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across his fancy Western shirt. Well, I'll be damned, doll face.

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He stretched for his hat and used the trash can

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to pull himself up. I reckon, that's a pretty fine

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answer to my question. He put his hat back on

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and unsnapped his shirt pocket. He held up something for

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Janine to see. He squeezed it into a ball and

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tossed it to her. I think I've had enough sport

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for tonight. Sooner rather than later, I'm going to see

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you dance, he promised. Then he was gone. Janine lifted

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the crumbled Jayhawk patch. She crawled frantically for the exit.

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A truck engine rumbled to life outside. Janine used the

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door handle to come to her knees and forced her

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way outside. Her face hit the ground. She pushed herself

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out into the lawn in time to see the dark

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blue Ford pulling from behind the outbuilding. Jeanine was helpless

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to stop him as he plowed through the gate. She

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rolled onto her back and held the patch to her chest.

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She watched moths bounce off the dim yellow light overhead.

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The sound of the truck faded out, and she laid

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there alone. Janine wondered if the cowboy was a man

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of his word, and somehow knew that he was. If

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she lived, he would find her, and if she lived,

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she'd make damn sure she was ready for him. Well,

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my spookyes, I hope that story helped you get into

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the mindset of maybe having one more little nature trip

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before the weather turns cold, or maybe you'll just save

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your money and stay home. I mean there's got to

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be something to watch on streaming right. Thank you so

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much for joining me as we enjoyed yet another great

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terrifying tale from our good buddy David O'Hanlon. And there's

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