Spirits in the Wind

Mike Bokowski and Stephanie Boyer entered the forest near Donovan Mountain on an afternoon hike in search of a legendary village that supposedly existed in early colonial times.

The story of the village had been passed down from generation to generation as local folklore. Some folks believed the stories about the old village; some considered them just fables. But what Mike Bokowski discovered in the forest at Donovan Mountain was more than just folklore.

On that warm August afternoon, only he would return from the forest, his clothes smeared with Stephanie's blood, her body left behind in the dense woodlands.

The wounds inflicted on her were deep, and death, though painful, had come quickly. Whatever it was that they had found in the woods, it was still there—watching—and for the first time in his life, Mike knew real fear.