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5 min readScary Stories: Hiding Shelters
Greg, now in his sixties, left his hometown of Faudeville at twenty-two for an office job that went nowhere, and he never went back. He has been trying to find others online who remember the place, with little success. So he tells his story to anyone who will listen. Faudeville was a nice town—safe streets, low crime, wonderful parks with gardens that ran wild and feral. But it had laws. The most important one, the one told to children, the one that counted: be home before the sun sets.
Greg remembers being young, leaving a movie theater with his parents after dark, and the panicked look on their faces as they broke the speed limit driving home, fleeing the night. He never questioned it until the night he broke that law for the first time. He was a silly teenager, pining over a girl, wandering through a park full of flowers, and he did not notice how late it was until he saw the length of the shadows around him. The fear that took him was not ordinary. It was the vulnerability of being alone, surrounded by plants that cared nothing for him, with the sun setting. He ran.
The Shelter and the Stranger
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:30) **Introduction to Faudeville** - Greg introduces himself and his hometown, Faudeville, a place he left at 22 and has had trouble finding others who remember.
- 2 (02:27) **The First Real Law and a Childhood Memory** - Greg recalls the most important law of Faudeville: be home before the sun sets, and a childhood memory of his parents’ panic when they broke it.
- 3 (03:18) **Breaking the Curfew for Love** - Greg explains how he ended up out after dark, pining for a girl in a park, and the sudden, visceral terror of realizing the sun was setting.
- 4 (04:25) **The Purpose of the Shelters** - Greg describes the network of makeshift shelters built throughout Faudeville for people caught out after dusk.
- 5 (05:47) **An Unwanted Guest** - Greg is settling into the shelter when another panicked person slams against the door, begging to be let in.
- 6 (09:16) **The Scream and the Anglerfish** - A piercing scream from outside almost lures Greg into opening the door, but the stranger physically stops him and explains the danger.
- 7 (13:31) **Confronting the Night** - Greg and the stranger wait in terrified silence as something moves outside the shelter, casting a shadow that blocks the moonlight.
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Show Notes
If it's dark and you see one of these hiding shelters, get inside and lock the door.
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