They come out at night
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Lock your doors, turn out the lights, but sleep with one eye open. In this sleepy little town where everyone knows everyone, everything is quite normal around here until people suddenly starts going missing.
Alexander looks for clues as to what is happening around the town and where everyone including his parents have disappeared to. His family normally goes to haunted houses during this time of year I mean after all it is almost Halloween but this year the scares are for real.
Escape the real world to follow what's under your bed to find the truth behind the disappearance of the people in the town of Winchester.
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