Case number: 232328
Date reported: September 17
Crime scene: Ravens Pass Cemetery
Local police: None
Victims: Jaden Kane, age 14
Civilian witnesses: None
Disturbance: Jaden Kane filed a report with police concerning a narrow escape from what he called “demons”
Suspects: Damon Germaine, true age unknown; his grandfather, David Germaine, true age unknown
Evidence: Jaden Kane’s statement. Additionally, birth certificates for Damon Germaine and his grandfather, David, indicated they were both born over 200 years ago. Neither have been seen since the incident in Ravens Pass.
CASE NOTES:
IT’S MOST LIKELY THAT THE “DEMONS” JADEN KANE CAME ACROSS WERE ACTUALLY WENDIGOS, A SPECIES OF SHAPESHIFTERS FIRST SEEN BY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES SEVERAL CENTURIES AGO. THE SPECIES HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CONSUME THE BODIES OF THE LIVING IN ORDER TO INCREASE ITS OWN LIFE SPAN. I DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT RAVENS PASS CEMETERY, I FOUND THE GRAVE THAT JADEN HAD MENTIONED. DOWN A LONG FLIGHT OF STAIRS, I FOUND THE AREA WHERE THE ATTEMPTED ASSAULT HAD OCCURRED. I TRACED MY FINGERS ALONG THE EDGES OF THE CRYPT. IN THE BACK, I FOUND A HIDDEN SWITCH AND PRESSED IT. IMMEDIATELY, A GRANITE WALL SLID OPEN, REVEALING A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT.
INSIDE, I FOUND THE TWO WENDIGOS. THEY BOTH APPEARED TO BE OVER 200 YEARS OLD. IT SEEMS THEY HAD HIDDEN THERE AFTER JADEN ESCAPED. UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH OF THEM WERE DEAD. I HAVE TO ASSUME, SINCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FEED ON JADEN AND PROLONG THEIR LIVES, TIME RAN OUT AND THEIR BODIES AGED AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.
THEY WON’T BE EATING ANYONE AGAIN.
DEAR READER,
THEY ASKED ME TO WRITE ABOUT MYSELF. THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT JASON STRANGE IS NOT MY REAL NAME. IT’S A NAME I’VE TAKEN TO HIDE MY TRUE IDENTITY AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT. YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS I’VE SEEN, WHAT I’VE WITNESSED. IF PEOPLE KNEW I WAS TELLING THESE STORIES, SHARING THEM WITH THE WORLD, THEY’D TRY TO GET ME TO STOP. BUT THESE STORIES NEED TO BE TOLD, AND I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TELL THEM.
I CAN’T TELL YOU MANY DETAILS ABOUT MY LIFE. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN AND LIVE IN ONE STILL. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS A POLICE DETECTIVE HERE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS BEFORE I RETIRED. I CAN TELL YOU I’M STILL OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND THAT CRAZY THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING.
I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE QUESTION—IS ANY OF THIS TRUE?
JASON STRANGE
RAVENS PASS