Jackson Tarntaise' Tale

Document Structure

References

Oral testimony of Jackson Tarntaise to the SNAFU Posse concerning events during the evening of Grolm 7^th leading to the near-death of himself and the disappearance of

• Quentin "Pa" Tarntaise
• Baylee "Ma" Tarntaise
• Clem Tarntaise
• Faylene Tarntaise
• Silas Tarntaise

Historical Details

Background

Tragedy at Tarntaise Farm

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Jackson Tarntaise' Tale

After the Snafu Posse visited Tarntaise Farm this afternoon, Pa was in a good mood. Seemed not to suspect that I might have passed the Padre any of that information. We got on with the rest of the day's work, checking the fields, weeding the danged tumbleweeds, driving off them as has rolled in, walking the perimeter, all of that.

About an hour before the sun touched the horizon, I heard the banshee wail.

I was at the well when it happened, drawing water for the evening washing. The wail rolled off the hills to the north, of course. It'ud have to, wouldn't it?

I knew Pa was supposed to be weeding the heirloom field to the east, Ma would be either in the kitchen or else refilling the wood bin for the stove. Silas and Clem had the dogs with them in the south fields, chasing 'weeds. What worried me was Faylene -- she usually refills the water trough for the rabbits in the afternoon and then goes to check the roadside stand.

I ran around the house as fast as I could. I didn't even stop to drop the quarter-full bucket.

All I could think was, I got to get to Faylene, we got to get into the house.

There was this ... this monster. Just walking in past the roadside stand. Skin looked kind of like the Lich Tree behind Miss Melinda's shop. Sorta blue-purple hair. Faylene gazed up at its face like she was seeing the prettiest butterfly on top of the holiday tree.

I yelled my wife's name to try to snap her out of it, threw the bucket at the monster.

That's the last thing I remember.

You gotta save my wife. Please. Save Faylene. I couldn't get to her in time.

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Type

Report, Incident

Medium

Oral Tradition / Word of Mouth

Authoring Date

Grolm 8, 578
about 3:00 a.m.

Location

Tarntaise Farm