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I just bought 20 acres of nice land for very cheap. The old man wouldn't tell us why it was so cheap; he just shook his head and said, "Please don't ask." So we decided to find out for ourselves.
We went to the local library and looked through old newspapers. We came across a story that made our skin crawl. It read:
"Local Teenagers Found Dead in Woods of a 20-Acre Plot."
The paper was dated 1942. My girlfriend and I read on. Apparently, two girls were swimming in a large pond on the land. One of the girls (we'll call her Lauren) got caught in a net that Jamie's father was using to catch catfish. Jamie tried to free Lauren, but it was too late. Lauren had drowned. Heartbroken that her drunken father hadn't heard her screams, Jamie walked into the woods, leaned against a tree, and shot herself in the head.
No one understood why Jamie did this, but later investigations proved the two girls were lovers.
We sat in silence for a minute. Then I started flipping through the pages again and found another article:
"Two More Local Teenagers Found Dead in Woods on 20-Acre Plot."
A teenage boy and his girlfriend had been found dead in the woods. They had died of fright. No one knew what they saw, but it scared the hell out of them. I later read that a second teenage couple had been found dead, also from fright.
After reading this, we drove to the land and camped near the woods to see if we could witness anything. Around 2:00 AM, we heard crying, shortly followed by a gunshot. My girlfriend and I jumped up and looked into the deep woods. All we heard was the loud crackling of our fire. Then, out of the blue, a girl's figure stood at the edge of the woods. I felt the hair rise on the back of my neck, for we were only 15 feet away. A smile came across the girl's face as she turned and walked back into the woods.
As nights passed, we didn't see her again, even when we walked in the woods at night. Then, a month later on the 18th, we saw her again. We heard crying, then a gunshot, and then we saw her at the edge of the woods. This happened every month on the 18th.
One night, we invited my cousin and his girlfriend to witness it. It happened as it normally did, except this time the girl's eyes turned red when she saw my cousin and his girlfriend. She stared at them, and they ran to their car and sped off. Then she turned to us. I stood my ground. Her eyes were now blue again as she pointed to our clasped hands. She smiled, turned, and walked back into the woods. But this time, she stopped and pointed to her right, where another girl's figure appeared. They walked towards each other, hugged, joined hands, looked back at us, smiled, and then vanished.
I guess she had to come out of the woods to reunite with Lauren, and only a boy-girl couple could drive her out.
I haven't heard crying or a gunshot for at least a year. But I do still see them holding hands and walking along the edge of the woods by the ponds. But only on the 18th.
中文翻译
我刚以极低的价格买下了一块20英亩的好地。卖地的老人不愿告诉我们为何如此便宜，他只是摇摇头说：“请别问。”于是我们决定自己查明真相。
我们去了当地图书馆，翻阅旧报纸。我们发现了一则令人毛骨悚然的故事。标题是：
“20英亩地块树林中发现本地少年尸体。”
报纸日期是1942年。我和女友继续读下去。显然，两个女孩正在土地上一个大池塘里游泳。其中一个女孩（我们称她为劳伦）被洁米父亲用来捕鲶鱼的网缠住了。洁米试图解救劳伦，但为时已晚。劳伦淹死了。洁米心碎于她醉醺醺的父亲没有听到她的尖叫，她走进树林，靠在一棵树上，开枪自尽了。
没人理解洁米为何这样做，但后来的调查证明这两个女孩是恋人。
我们沉默地坐了一会儿。然后我又开始翻阅报纸，发现了另一篇文章：
“20英亩地块树林中又发现两名本地少年尸体。”
一名少年和他的女友被发现死在树林中。他们是吓死的。没人知道他们看到了什么，但那景象把他们吓得魂飞魄散。后来我又读到，第二对少年情侣也被发现死亡，同样死于惊吓。
读完这些，我们开车前往那块地，在树林附近露营，看看能否目睹些什么。大约凌晨两点，我们听到了哭声，紧接着是一声枪响。我和女友跳起来，望向树林深处。我们只听到篝火噼啪作响。然后，毫无预兆地，一个女孩的身影出现在树林边缘。我感到脖子后面的汗毛都竖起来了，因为我们只有15英尺远。女孩脸上浮现出一丝微笑，然后转身走回了树林。
接下来的夜晚，我们再没见到她，即使我们晚上一起走进树林。然后，一个月后的18号，我们又见到了她。我们听到哭声，接着是枪响，然后看到她出现在树林边缘。此后每个月的18号都会发生同样的事。
一天晚上，我们邀请我表弟和他的女友来见证。事情像通常一样发生，只是这次，当女孩看到我表弟和他女友时，她的眼睛变红了。她盯着他们，他们跑向汽车疾驰而去。然后她转向我们。我站在原地。当她指向我们紧握的双手时，她的眼睛又变回了蓝色。她笑了笑，转身走回树林。但这次，她停下来，指向她的右边，那里出现了另一个女孩的身影。她们走向彼此，拥抱，手牵手，回头看了看我们，微笑着，然后消失了。
我猜她必须走出树林才能与劳伦团聚，而只有一对男女情侣的出现才能将她“驱赶”出来。
我至少有一年没听到哭声或枪声了。但我仍然能看到她们手牵着手，沿着池塘边的树林边缘散步。但只在每个月的18号。