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Slack.com slash DHQ. I've ever messed with something that you don't understand. And I'm not

talking about when you were a kid and your friends used to dare each other to chant bloody

merry 50 times in front of the bathroom mirror. What I mean is going somewhere unfamiliar

and thinking you're safe just because you have a good feeling about what you're doing.

Trust me. I know what it's like. You're having a good time. The adrenaline kicks in because

you're experiencing something new. It's easy to disregard any rules that were outlined

before you left. But it's this kind of recklessness that claimed the life of one of my friends

where I was young. Poor innocent soul who didn't need to die. This is the story of the dangers

of disrespecting supernatural forces which lurk in the shadows of certain places. I'll tell

you the story as best I can. Some of the details might be a little vague because this is

more than 10 years ago. It was the summer in the town of Parkeski, California and the

heat was beating down on us as we walked down the same route that we had every day from

school. But this faithful Friday there was an air of excitement about our group. At

least between me and Emily. Jeremy wasn't so keen on our plan.

What if someone sees us? We'll be in so much shit my parents will probably ground me for

life. Jeremy protested, booting a stone along the ground. The youngest of us three. Jeremy

was a typical shy kid who tended to keep to himself around others. I had known him since

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