Shadow Man, Shadow Man

CW: murder, mutilation

Shadow Man, Shadow Man

Please go away,

Shadow Man, Shadow Man

Please leave me be

Shadow Man, Shadow man

So mote it be.

Hey Readers! Its Becky back to the blog and it may be my last.

Should I tell you? Would you believe me? There are things in this world mother nature protects us from, things humans strive to find. Most lore's of the world are in fact true. But covered up in places that are mountains, deep sea, frozen tundras, deep inside the earth caverns. Places, people should not go. But we do, for the thrill of it, for a dare, or sometimes you just hear a whisper so soft of it you do it because it can not possibly be true.

This is the first public record of the entity known as Shadow Man. Have you heard of Shadow Man? He is like Bloody Mary, or Candy Man but to us he was real. Im not saying readers that it was a prank and we saw what we wanted to see. No, we SAW an entity, we saw HIM. Shadow Man.

Come on? How? I know you are asking and how could a grade a journalist as myself who has covered war torn countries succumb to a fairy tale of horror? Well here is how.

A group and I traveled to a small town in the Yukon as a hip new shack cabin was the newest travel place to be. Looking for a place to vacay I settled on this. How cool could it be to live in a reverse snow globe for a few days?

As we left another new trend started here in Toronto. Conjuring spirits, this was Shadow Man.

My sister being 16 and aloof with her friends at a camp site tried to summon him after one of the kids asked. "Hey do you know Shadow Man?" Everyone had said no and now intrigued wanted to summon him. "how do you do it?" well from what my darling sister said you need a light source, sit in a circle, eyes closed and say.

Shadow Man Shadow Man

I summon thee

Shadow Man Shadow Man

Where could tho be

Shadow Man Shadow Man

Come now to me

Open you eyes and the first person whose shadow moves is marked for death by Shadow Man. Yes, death.

Why would anyone play such a trivial game? Because they are children, who have never summoned anything to life.

Forward to our trip and my group and I being in the Yukon and heading off the our shack of snow globe realness........

DAY 1

"Beck! remember the weed!" Karl had tossed out as we unpacked the car. Karl, 6.5, brown hair, potential hockey star if he could play well on the terrible NHL team he was on. Missing one fang tooth after being hit with a puck shot by Oshie.

"yaaaaaaaa" Becky replied back in a long lasting aaaaa sound. She was just happy to be here and not traveling anymore. Becky, Blonde, basic and bitchy was a blogger who wanted to be taken seriously so she covered the hard story. War, murders, trials, when really she just wanted to make enough to write about what she wanted like fashion and car a Birken bag for status.

The others where setting up the generator in the back of the shack to have warm water of the hot tub and cook some steaks of the grill inside. Tam was black, 5.6, long hair and wore little makeup. She actually cared about the world and was vegan. Shork, 30, toned, swimmer, and police officer by day and finally Dorkis. Actually a blonde, lots of makeup and came from the Dutch Land they always said. Having her hair braided in a crown around her head and wearing traditional old world patterns on her clothes.

Once unpacked, feed and now getting drunk, Becks asked the group in the open part of the orb so you could see all around. "have you heard of Shadow Man?"

"WTF is Shadow Man?" Tam had asked

"Is it like an urban legend?" Dorkis had as well asked.

"No" Becks said, "he is a demon!" raising her arms and jazz handing her fingers to look scary as she said this in a high pitch ghost voice.

"OOHH COME ON, thats kid crap" Karl replied pushing Becky out of the circle they sat in on the floor. He was no impressed.

" Fuck it, lets do it" Tam said.

"Fine, but how does one summon Shadow Man?" Shork said

"OK OK! you sit in a circle, close your eyes and say the prayer." Becky said laughing after when everyone told her summoning something is not a prayer.

"OK OK! everyone close your eyes!" having already been in a circle they all closed their eyes and Becky said the words. Just like that.

Shadow Man Shadow Man

I summon thee

Shadow Man Shadow Man

Where could tho be

Shadow Man Shadow Man

Come now to me

they all prolonged opening their eyes, But once they did they ask what now?

"Well, whoever shadow does something crazy is marked...for....deathhhhhh." Becky said again drawn out for effect.

everyone looked around but saw nothing. Laughing they finished their night and went to bed.

Becky woke up cold, it was dark but she could see her breath inside. Layering up, she went to the living space. Everyone else was up teeth chattering and complaining that it was too cold. So cold no one even joked as they all piled outside to see why the generator conked out.

"Its dead" Karl said "maybe it's shadow was fucked up"

""looks out of gas or something" Dorkis said having flashed her cell's flashlight into the tank.

"Did we get extra gas?" Becky shook her head no and Shork said "okay so we do a run to town and grab some, call the renter in the morning" he walked to the car and tried to turn it on.

The lights had been on and the battery was dead. No one had noticed.

"Becks, Karl! You turds the lights were left on and the damn car is dead." Shork yelled from the distance as he walked back to where they all stood.

"We can just call now to the renter." Tam got out her phone to notice it was dead.

"Ill call" Becky said and hers as well was dead.

"check your phones everyone!" Tam called and everyone pulled out dead phones.

"Maybe its supposed to be a tech block?" Tam asked in a small voice.

DAY 2

"There is no water, at all, not even cold water" Tam announced to everyone after everyone tried to remember the way back to the renters hut to alert someone to the no power.

It had started to snow fairly heavy and no one wanted to risk going out and getting lost in the wilderness.

"Who got rid of the food and booze?" Shork asked

"What?" Everyone went to the kitchen to look. All the food was gone, all the drinks were gone.

"wha the?" Karl said hushed but was heard by everyone.

Becky ran outside, yelled, this is not funny! And stormed back in. She insisted this had to be a joke or a theft since no one there would do such a thing.

"There are supposed to be tools in the small hut in the back? Lets see if we can get some power?" Tam said being of survival at this point.

The boys went out to work but came back in as the girls started a fire outside with things they found around the shack. "The tool box is gone." They said there was a small rectangle of cement where the box was last night, now its gone.

Everyone was quiet, there was nothing to say except they were in danger.

"We have to leave...now!" Dorkis said

Everyone ran into grab there things and met in the living space but Becky noticed how quite it got. There was no banging no yelling no nothing. It was getting darker so Becky went to see what was happening. It's when Becky saw it, her shadow, acting crazy and moving without her to move it. Becky was frozen, not understanding how something could be real, but it was logical on everything that had happened. Becky ran and tried to find anyone but no one was there, as she already knew. She was alone and she was with Shadow Man.

How he had taken her friends she did not know. She asked him what happened and it was quiet, no answer. It was even more terrifying knowing that something is connected to you and yet it could not communicate back. Did I do this? She thought as she moved faster to the room she missed the first check. It was Karl's room and when she opened the door, there was blood everywhere. She screamed but there was no sound. Show could see the shadows tearing the bodies apart in the dark, faces lit but the sunlight coming in through the snow cracks on the top of the dome. They were screaming but there was no sound, even the rips and tears and breaking of bones did not sound. It was as if it was not even happening.

Becky tore out the door into the snow and was found 3 days later. Wandering and muttering about a shadows.

When the police found the shack the dome in one place had been splattered with blood. So much they could not see through the glass. They went inside to see body parts with no bones, bones tossed to the side and skin peeled inside out from the appendage and hanging lose by the end. Pieces and bits of body and skin where everywhere and a jaw bone sat in a vase. Ripped clean out of the sockets and left for decor. It was a long time before most of the body parts could be put together to make a person ID again. Until one police office noticed a table with a cloth over it. Under it was the 4 heads lined in a row, horror struck and not all together.

As Becky was interrogated by police about their theory about her killing everyone, Becky cried it was Shadow Man and that they summoned him and it was him that killed her friends. Moving to trial she was not fit to stand and was sentenced to life no parol in Toronto mental health facility. Where she would stay until she died in hopes she could return to her right state of mind and deal with her murders of 4 people.

Her first assignment was to write what happened to her for Dr Pioi.

Becky spoke in her usual perky voice "and that readers was our trip to the small town in the Yukon to the "ICE SHACK". It is probably closed now for renos as blood is hard to get rid of. So they must be ripping up everything for a remodel! Maybe they will let me go back for a 2nd time? What do you think readers? Back to Shadow man there is 1 way to get rid of him before he thinks to come for you. But I think that is my secret to keep for now!"

Very good Becky" Dr.Pioi said clearly seeing she made progress.

"Oh yes Doctor. I really have." Becky said before she sliced off the Doctors head, "I know I killed them, I am Shadow Man, until I pass it on"