Entry #3:The Light Beam Incident - Connected To The Wildwood Man?!?!

Let's take a break from talking about dimensional weak points and artifacts, and let's talk about some of the other insane things us Burdale folks are surrounded by. The Wildwood Man for example. We have a fuckin sasquatch in Hale Forest Park. Or a wild man. I mean, we technically have a whole tribe of wild people in the forest, but The Wildwood Man is just different.... and he's been spotted for over 200 years. Are people seeing things? Swamp gas? Who knows. Perhaps some are mistaking members of The Hale Tribe for The Wildwood Man, but not all. The descriptions are too specific, and according to Silas Hale, the tribe worships The Wildwood Man, so even THEY have spotted the guy. Then there's The Light Beam Incident - a seismic event that took place in Hale Forest Park on October 21, 1914, exactly 50 years after The Conjure Quake Event.

Coincidence? No chance. It's well documented that at roughly 1:15 am, Burdaliens emerged from their homes after the ground began to vibrate. Outside, they witnessed a massive, singular beam of light emerging from the top of the trees within Hale Forest Park. The light faded away in a matter of seconds. An official investigation was conducted, but supposedly no explanation was found. I don't believe that for a second.

They spent literal months in the woods conducting their investigation/experiments - the park was closed to the public for over a year. And then there's the Timothy Brown disappearance... the Park Ranger who was in Ranger Station 2 that night. He was never seen again after the incident, so they named the ranger station after him.

That's it? Just name it after him and accept that he just vanished? Something doesn't add up. Before The Light Beam Incident, pretty much everyone believed the official story of what happened during The Conjure Quake Event. But after The Light Beam Incident, a majority of Burdale residents began to believe the two events were connected and that something fishy was going on. In case you haven't been following, I think they were right.

If you read my last entry, you know what I think happened in 1864. I believe Conjure Mountain sits on some kind of weak point between realities, and that whatever happened during The Conjure Quake Event temporarily broke that boundary. Then exactly fifty years later, the ground starts shaking again and a massive beam of light shoots out of Hale Forest Park?

Come the fuck on.

I'm not saying the same thing happened twice. I don't know that. But I have a really hard time believing those dates line up by accident. That didn't stop town officials from spreading their "The Light Shouldn't Fright" propaganda campaign. Luckily, nobody really bought it. I can't honestly say what I think happened in those woods. I haven't gathered enough info yet. I don't know what caused the light, I don't know what happened to Timothy Brown, and I don't know what any of it has to do with The Wildwood Man.

But I'm determined to piece this together.