As a child, growing up in a heavily wooded area, we of course played in the trees and explored

around us.

There was only one place that was off limits, and even as an adult, I don't think most

would step foot in there.

We called it the thin forest. It was a section of wooded area off past an abandoned

house at the end of the dirt road. For some reason, the woods that surrounded it were sparse

and appeared decayed. Growing up, we heard all of the rumors, so much so that it became an urban legend around our small town.

Apparently, an old man and his wife had lived in the home until his wife passed away from unknown causes.

The thing is, no one knew she passed away for at least three months, or that's how the story goes.

She was discovered by a neighbor dropping by to sell some eggs and milk from her farm.

From the way I heard it, the old man wasn't home, and the neighbor left to get her husband so they could search for him.

She must have figured if the wife was

left deceased for such a long period of time, something must have happened to the old man.

As she was returning with her husband and the two other neighbors, the old man returned.

He was enraged by their presence and couldn't be calmed down.

He locked himself in the home and by the time they gained entry, he and his wife's corpse were gone.

Everyone figured in the time that it took to get in, he must have dragged her into the woods.

Shortly after that, it said that the trees began to wither.

No one moved into the home, but one couple did attempt to renovate it about 25 years ago.

I guess I was six at the time. I don't remember much, and my parents didn't speak about it around me.

I heard from Jason though that his parents said the couple went missing.

Mary said her grandmother thought it was the spirit of a bitter old man that took them away.

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