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In 2002, two days after Halloween, a police officer stepped out of a house in the small town

of Navasota, Texas. He shielded his eyes from the early morning sunlight, then ducked under

the band of yellow tape that surrounded the house.

This officer had been working all night and really needed a break. So he went down to the sidewalk and lit a

cigarette. And as he smoked, his eyes fell on a muddy ditch that ran alongside the street, and he saw

something in the ditch that just seemed out of place. He walked over and crouched down to examine the object,

and when he saw what it was, his heart began to race.

It was a mask.

Now, under normal circumstances,

finding a mask two days after Halloween wouldn't be that strange.

But this was not the kind of mask you would buy at a costume shop,

and the officer had found it 25 yards away from the site of mask you would buy at a costume shop, and the officer had found

it 25 yards away from the site of a murder.

But before we get into that story, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious

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