Story 1 There is Something in the Forest

Abandoned towns can be found scattered across the globe and are usually the epilogue of natural disaster or ever-changing economic factors.

But every so often, an established settlement can turn into a ghost town for much more sinister reasons.

This week, we investigate a rural Alaskan town, which was allegedly abandoned because of something in the forest. The

The The hunting party had been missing for three days.

The hunting party had been missing for three days. It had consisted of three local factory workers,

who had set off on the Friday evening, equipped with their bow hunting and camping equipment.

Their quarry was docile enough, wild doll sheep which inhabited the highlands surrounding the region.

The excursion was supposed to have lasted for two days, but when the men had not reported

for their shift at the town's cannery on Monday morning, their fellow workers had expressed concern.

It was entirely possible they might have encountered a grey wolf or even a bear on their travels,

and maybe some of them had been injured or worse.

When by Tuesday there was still no sign of the men, the alarm was raised, and a search party was quickly assembled,

setting off into the mountains to find their missing friends and neighbours.

The first sign that something might have gone catastrophically wrong was the discovery of a discarded hunting bow, swinging lazily back and forth in the wind amidst the branches of a tightly

packed grove of spruce trees. The weapon had been snapped into two pieces, still connected by the drawstring, an act that

would have required enormous strength to achieve.

Spreading out across the area, the searchers also found the scattered contents of a quiver

of arrows, and some one opened tins of food.

But of the men themselves, there was no trace. All three were Native

Americans and experienced hunters, who had previously ventured back and forth into the region

on many occasions. Their disappearance was troubling to the townsfolk, but the full horror

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