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WERE The creepiest, most frightening story I know didn't come from a John Carpenter movie or a Stephen King book.

It came from a little old lady that I met out on a hike one day out near Cross Timbers Park

here in Kansas. I was in my late 30s and hiking had become my way of taking a break

from the daily grind. I liked the quiet, the way it cleared my head and kept me grounded. So,

one warm afternoon and late spring, I decided to drive up to the state park to hit the trails and

work off some stress. That day, the park was dead silent, and I felt like I was the only one around for miles.

I've been walking for a couple of hours following a trail near the edge of the park that

wound past little clearings when I stumbled onto something I wasn't expecting.

In a small meadow surrounded by trees with the late afternoon sunlight poking through them,

I found four graves.

The headstones were old and beat up, leaning a bit like they were worn out from standing there so long.

I got closer, rushing away some tall grass to read them.

The names were faded and tough to make out, but I could tell they were all from the same family. I got closer, brushing away some tall grass to read them.

The names were faded and tough to make out, but I could tell they were all from the same

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