Legend of Jack

The following story is on a video camera that was found near the abandoned hotel that Samuel Ward encountered Jack. The names of these individuals are mentioned as such: Michael, Wes, and Adam. When the video was found it was later reported stolen and no other copies of the film exist. This is a text version of the missing video.

It is night and the crew’s cameraman is walking with the group on a gravel road. “Wait up you guys!” shouts the cameraman as he tries to catch up with the group. “Hurry up Wes, we don’t have all night.” Michael shouts back. “Alright then you come back here and carry this cumbersome equipment, and then I’ll tell you to hurry up! Besides it was your idea to try and create our own paranormal video, not mine.” Wes retorted. “Will you guys give it up already? We don’t have time for this. And just to point out Wes, you decided to tag along with us. It is not every day that you are able to borrow the equipment that we are going to be using plus the fact that this town has its own haunting. Turn that camera off Wes, save it until we get to the abandoned hotel.” Adam shouted to Wes and Michael. The camera turns back on, the group is now ready, it is 12 PM and they begin their sweep of the area. Switching to night vision the group first starts on the bottom floor. Armed with an audio recorder, a device that allows spirits to communicate with them by manipulating its energy into words, an extra video camera in case they decided to split up, and a temperature measure to analyze the changes of temperature in the area. They first enter a room where to their amazement some remnants of furniture are still there, “Is there anybody here? I want you to show us that you’re here by coming and manipulate this device so that you can speak to us.” Adam announced in a loud tone. Silence greeted them as they waited for a response. After a half an hour of waiting for a reply Wes was the one that broke the silence, “Maybe we should split up? That way we can cover more ground that way.” Wes suggested. “Great idea, I’ll take this camera and cover the rest of the bottom row and the rest of you can cover the top floor. Be careful though, this place is old and run down and the floorboards are not as strong as they might appear.” replied Adam. These were Adam’s last words, his body was never found and the camera that he had with him was found shattered on the ground in one of the 13 rooms in the hotel. Whatever happened to Adam one can only speculate as to his fate, more than likely he was another victim of the creature known as Jack. Wes and Michael were in one of the more stable rooms on the upper floor, they had been announcing themselves for nearly an hour when they heard a noise downstairs, the noise sounded like a sudden gust of wind. “If that’s you then I want you to try and talk to us through this recorder. Silence created an eerie atmosphere as they waited for a reply though they didn’t have to wait long: static emitted from the device and words slowly came from the recorder …Leave…Me…Alone… Excited by the sudden surge of activity Michael was the first to reply, “Tell us your name,” he said. Again static erupted from the device and one word spelled out …Jack… “Why do you want us to leave you alone,” Michael asked. The device blurted out another word ….Warning… Disturbed by this sudden hostility of the entity words, “Are you giving us a warning to get out?” Wes replied. The device spelled out two more words …No...Notify… Perplexed by the entity’s choice of words Wes replied, “What do you mean by Notify?” The response was almost immediate …Head… Start… Following this a thunderous crash made the crew jump from their spot. “Adam, are you okay?” Michael yelled. There was no reply, only silence. An overwhelming sense of dread crept on them. Where was Adam? Is he hurt? With these thoughts in mind Wes and Michael rushed down to the bottom floor, frantically searching the rooms “Adam!” They shouted as they went from room to room, the only reply to them was silence. If they had listened more carefully they would notice that the crickets which were chirping outside when they arrived were silent, every creature that walked the night was silent. Knowing what was about to happen. “Michael come here!” Wes shouted. Michael rushed into the room. There on the floor was Adam’s video camera shattered; its pieces littered the floor. Wes was staring at the wall when Michael came into the room. Following Wes’ gaze what he saw made his heart stop. On the wall was blood, Adam’s blood running down the wall onto the floor. Static suddenly erupted from the recorder making them jump in surprise. The device blurted one word, a word that made them turn from fear to terror…Run… Just then there was a loud whooshing sound and tall figure clothed in a long tattered black cloak stood before them. The figure slowly lifted its head and what they saw sent them into a frantic run. The face was neither that of the living nor the dead. It was something beyond human comprehension for the creature had neither nose to smell nor ears to hear and no mouth to taste. All that it had on its pale face was two large black soulless eyes. Its long stringy black hair almost completely hid its eyes. Suddenly as the creature appeared the two were running, screaming in terror as the thing slowly walked after them, as they turned around the corner something large fell to the ground in front of them splashing something warm and wet onto them. For a brief moment the two stood there confused at the thing that lay in front of them, then as they took a step closer it they could finally see what it was which sent them into a wild panic as the fled in terror at what they saw. The thing that lay sprawled on the ground was the mutilated body of Adam. Adam’s body was completely eviscerated; large chunks of flesh were missing from what appeared to be claw marks which completely covered the rest of his body so much that it could no longer be called a man. Another whooshing sound was heard and the creature was right beside them. With lightning speed the creature grabbed Michael and disappeared with him before Michael could cry out. Wes tripped on a loose board and fell the camera came down with him, Wes quickly scrambled to his feet and left the camera laying were it fell. Off camera another whooshing sound is heard and Wes screams in terror before being suddenly silenced. For an hour there is only silence and then the crickets begin to sing again, only this time it is the song of the end of the hunt.

Wes’s and Michael’s bodies were found by a group of hikers near a creek bed exactly five miles from the abandoned hotel. Their bodies were completely mutilated and were almost unidentifiable. Adam’s body is still missing and the local authorities consider this a closed case.