Mason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We reached the trailhead lot late in the day.
Our car was still there, sitting exactly where we'd left it like a piece of another life.
Seeing it hit me harder than the ranger truck had.
It was proof that our normal world still existed somewhere.
Ellis escorted us to it, staying close, scanning, one hand near his belt.
Another ranger truck arrived a few minutes later, tires crunching.
Two more uniformed people stepped out, and suddenly, the lot had the kind of presence that makes the woods feel less powerful.
Ellis asked us to sit on the tailgate of his truck while he took a statement.
Mason tried to speak and started shaking so hard he had to stop.
I filled in what I could.
Dates.
Locations.
The sign changes.
The whistle.
The cloth.
The fake ranger station.
The voice imitation.
The man's face.
The machete.
Ellis didn't react like we were telling a ghost story.