The Unraveling
Days turned to weeks, and the family's torment deepened. Desperation drove them to share their ordeal with the locals, who offered feeble reassurances, attributing the horrors to their own overactive minds. But the sinister forces that plagued them refused to be dismissed.
Then, on a night that would etch itself into the annals of their tragedy, gut-wrenching wails and cries echoed from within the very heart of their home. Neighbors, drawn by the anguished cries, were met with a sight that defied reason. The mother, her face streaked with blood, fled in terror, her agonized screams punctuating the night.
As the crowd converged on the scene, the father stood in stupefied horror. His children, once vibrant and full of life, were now lifeless forms, vanished as though swallowed by the earth itself.