Local night time drivers have been reporting seeing strange eyes following their vehicles when they look back in their rear-view mirrors. The eyes seem to all have appeared as they drove down a stretch of local road known for strange occurrences, accidents and mysterious crimes. So far none of the drivers has reported anything more than a simple presence of the eyes, but every person reporting them has been so frightened by the encounter that they have stopped using the road or at least only used it before nightfall.
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Local authorities have dismissed the stories as the stuff of rural folklore and urban legend. Many of the witnesses have reputations as crackpots and other local persons of “character”. Still, the locals all share a certain feeling of dread for the eerie phenomenon and the growing dread of the town can be felt.
Possibilities
1 The eyes are the result of a local witch bent on driving the township to madness out of revenge for some past event. Perhaps she or one of her ancestors was a victim of the township. Perhaps her vengeance is focused more toward a specific member of the community but indirectly through sewing unrest among the townsfolk.
2 The eyes are a manifestation of a malign spirit that has haunted this region for centuries. The spirit comes and goes, stirred by the actions of the community until it reaps its vengeance on one or more of the townsfolk.
3 The township is the stalking grounds of a legendary creature, such as a Moth Man or Owl Man, that has remerged in recent months to hunt and prey on the townsfolk. The creature is remarkably selective about its prey and the sightings in the rear-view mirrors have only been coincidental spotting of an otherwise stealthy and crafty beast. Nobody knows who the creature will choose as its prey but all live in dread as its presence in the community grows.
© Eli Arndt
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