The Horrors of Our Mind [COMPLETED]

It Arrives in the Darkness

The small town of Jorgensen, Nevada,  always went on lockdown during nightfall. It was a tradition practiced when the town came to be, which they now practiced based on superstition and fear. No one would stay out when it was dark. They locked their doors with five different locks, put bars over their windows, and put cages over their window wells. This was all done so something couldn't get in.

The townspeople never knew what was out there in the darkness roaming on the streets, because well, they were taught that the darkness could kill you. Lights were left on at all times, all day and all night, if a light was shut off, you were inviting them in. people didn't know what lurked in the dark, but whatever it was that was there, took people and mauled them only to be found hanging somewhere the next sunrise.

Each family would buy lightbulbs in bulk so that in case if some burned out sometime in the night, they would still be able to stay alive. When darkness would fall, you could hear their disfigured screams and shrieks as they wandered up and down the streets, circling around houses, searching through yards for whatever they could find to kill and eat.

If you left your dog or stray cat outside by the time the sun disappeared, it was too late for them. Weeks would go by and more lost animal posters would be hung up on telephone poles, traffic lights, anywhere a sad family could put them. The animal's bodies were never found unlike the bodies of people.

If you've never heard of Jorgensen, Nevada that's because, in 1983, they had a widespread power outage and no one who lived there was ever heard from again.