Case number: 484546588
Date reported: August 29
Crime scene: Gary’s Gas, Ravens Pass
Local police: None.
Civilian witnesses: Impossible to say—most of Ravens Pass. This weekend’s witnesses were Zeek Harbage, age 14; Nelson Robs, age 13; Jack Kipping, age 14; and Paul Kipping, age 17. Harbage is now at large.
Disturbance: Established group of werewolves. This is part of a longterm investigation into the werewolves of Ravens Pass.
Suspect information: The core group consists of Edna Canis, age 73; Gary Canis, age 45; Kenny Henderson, age 19; Caleb Canis, age 16; Luna Canis, age 14; possible others.
CASE NOTES:
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING CASES IN MY CAREER. WEREWOLVES ON THE LOOSE, A TOWN THAT NEEDED TO BE PROTECTED — AND I COULDN’T TELL THE LOCAL POLICE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN ON IT, AT THE TIME.
I KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM LONG BEFORE THESE BOYS FROM OUT OF TOWN WERE LURED IN BY THE YOUNGEST WOLF, BUT THIS WAS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. OUT-OF-TOWNERS HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING IN RAVENS PASS FOR YEARS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A NEW ONE WAS BITTEN.
SOMEHOW THESE BOYS MANAGED TO FIGHT OFF THE WEREWOLF THAT THEIR FRIEND TURNED INTO. THEY PUSHED HIM OUT OF THE CAR. THEN THEY DROVE INTO TOWN AND WENT TO THE POLICE. THE POLICE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT I’M A GOOD LISTENER — I PICKED UP ON TOWN GOSSIP, GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE BOYS, AND THROUGH THEIR STORIES, WAS ABLE TO SMOKE OUT THE WHOLE DEN OF WOLVES.
THE REST IS HISTORY. EXCEPT THAT ONE MISSING KID.
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