Talk:1978/@comment-23858926-20160829204041

I'm a mentor at the youth camp, and my cabin was the fateful Blue Ridge. We were told a similar story with less details about the boy being bullied or what exactly happened between him going missing and the body being found. It's interesting to note that the General believe's that there is a ghost at camp named "Michael Spiker" whom will cause harm to anyone who goes to the Blue Ridge cabin alone. I believe some how  "Speicher" was corrupted into "Spiker". What if this boy was killed by the ghost of the original owner of the land, who is believed to be a farmer named Michael SPEICHER. This would make sense with the story, and the context speaks for itself. As to why Speicher, it's german for "granary", as in agriculture. Often families took their name from their occupation (Example: Smith). The general says Michael is vengeful that his land has been used for anything other than farming. That's why he killed a scout, messed with logger machinery, etc etc. But he spares the camp....why you might ask? I believe it's pure luck or maybe someone at camp is a holy priest or something. Idk. But the general says it's because we're "Farming Young Minds" and so the vengeful farm spirit of Speicher is satisfied.