The Five Wells



(This was written by a user on the /x/ boards named Eightynine. The truth of this story is unknown at the current time of this of writing.)

It's going to take me a while to write all this down because I am still a little scared.

Met a new friend by a local pond this morning while fishing. His name was Eddie... Eddie Lee... I will never forget that name. We chilled talked for a bit, then decided we were going to go look for "The Hanging Tree" that our city was built around. Apparently tons of people were hung here, and its a hot spot for scary shit. It was like 10 minutes before noon when we decided to leave our poles and go look for the tree.

Apparently there are 5 wells that form a pentagram around this tree each 100yrds from the tree. Our town has a lot civil war shit and weird native American traditions that don't make any sense. I mean it sounds stupid really, Civil War, Native Americans and pentagrams sounds like a plot to a bad movie. I had been to one of the wells, it is right next to the highway on the other side of town. Apparently during the walk to the next well, you'll become so scared you don't ever make it far enough to find anything. If you only know where 1 well is the other wells could be in any direction and same with the tree. We make our way through the woods aiming towards the highway.

We agreed while walking that starting at the already known well, then looking for one of the more secluded wells was the best idea. then using the "map feature" feature on my HTC Evo I would mark the locations and we would decide where the best place to look for the tree was. After about 10 minutes of us chatting and explaining other scary shit that has happened to us we can hear and see the highway. We walk along the shoulder until we reach the city hall where the well is located outside of. Its really really dilapidated, not taken care of and I don't think anyone is allowed near it. I mark it on my map and we head into the woods...

We take a look at the map and the woods are about a square mile. Not large by any means, we should certainly be able to find what we are looking for. We start walking towards the center of the woods figuring that was going to be our best shot, I have my phone out looking at it the whole time trying to guess where a 100 yard pentagram would fit in those woods knowing exactly where one well is to use it as a refrence point. I hear eddie say that he sees something ahead in the clearing, it looked like an old tiny little barn maybe where they stored hay or tools, its old as fuck and falling apart Eddie decides he is gonna get on top of it and see if the added height helps his view. After boosting Eddie's fat ass up on top of this old shack immediately he says "Dude I think I fucking see one!" I didn't believe him he hoped right down and took off running into the woods I followed right behind. When we get to it both of us stop and catch our breath... Its certainly old as fuck. It's covered in shells and brownish red stone, with thick black mold growing on it. The shells strike me as out of place because I live near no oceans, and they are definitely salt water shells, not the little spiral shells you find in the fossils around here. On 1 side of the square based well looked to be a worn down SS Nazi bird with a really weird looking star in its chest, its really faded, but the star looked to be made out of 4 nails or tacks, With the head of the first nail at the 12 o'clock position the second nail at the 10:30 position, the 3rd at 9:00, and the 4rth at 7:30... I'll draw it and post it along with this. ANYWAY. I look at my phone and mark it on the map... we now have 2 directions to look in so that we can find the tree. We decide we are going to start in between both wells, then walk 150ish yards 1 direction and 300 yards back in the other direction if we don't find the tree...

I wish we would have never found that stupid fucking tree. I wish I had never met Eddie... And I wish my hands would stop shaking so I could write this faster.

The first direction we ventured in led us to the tree. It was massive in comparrison to the trees around it, there were names? or words maybe carved into it that were no longer readable... and there was one arm that stuck out that looked like it could have hung 4 people side by side... all the other arms shot straight into the sky littered in yellow-green and brown leaves.

Both of us were silent just gawking at the tree, there was a weird feeling in the air. I wasn't surpised supposedly tons of people were hung here, and I am willing to bet they are buried very shallowly right around the tree... I was about to say something when we heard a LARGE branch snap towards the top of the tree. Me and Eddie both looked at eachother with bug eyes, Eddie mouthed to me "What. the. Fuck?" again another snap and now rustling in the tree, its LARGE whatever it is, and its getting louder the longer we sit there frozen in fear.

It now dawns on me that HE was climbing down the tree.

I got a sense of calm about me and was no longer frozen in fear, eddie looked over at me he still looked terrified, his eyes started locked on mine and slowly made their way above my head. Calm was now fucking gone. Something was behind me.

I walked slowly towards eddie, and then turned around. There before us stood what appeared to be a very sickly man. He had a long beard, and no hair on the top of his head. His eyes were black. Solid black he looked to be about 7 and a half feet tall. He had a Blue wool coat on with shiney brass buttons. It was not buttoned up and obviously was made for a human so it didn't fit correctly. On his chest were scars all over, from bullet holes to stab wounds, all grotesquely healed scars that were not properly treated. The scars went down his chest and to his feet. He had 2 sets of knees, he collapsed one set of knees backwards so that he was at eye level with us. He wasn't interested in me, he was locked on Eddie. He was still stuck there frozen in fear. Its mouth opened, just a black hole, no teeth, no tongue nothing just black and the sound that came out was not at all what I expected. "Why do you threaten me so?" I was completely confused. For a split second he glanced at me and he said "You are of no concern, don't be afraid XXXXX" he called me something but I didn't quite understand it. So I will sound it out for you. (DELL EWW RYE ON) dellurian?