Anyone remember that horror story about that cave?

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
I remember this one. It was actually a very entertaining read (although it ate up a LOT more time than I was anticipating when I first started on it.) I would say it would make a good movie, but then again, this is the kind of tale that works best in story format where your imagination is allowed a little more latitude.

Movie wouldn't work... part of the horror effect is that you don't actually hear the scream.... It's described as something bone chilling, which is different to everyone. You don't see the hallucinations, so when you think about it you can almost imagine it happening in your own house. Notice the house description is very vague. Put all that into a movie, and it destroys a lot of the mental image. Plus the blair witch project worked because you never saw the witch. In the story here once he's hallucinating he does see stuff. Much more terrifying if you imagine what that is instead of some persons vision of what it could be. I've never been scared by the appearance of something I saw in a movie. What the costume designer thought was scary and what I thought was scary was completely different at the time.

 

[dpm]

I don't know. You could manage a scream, just about, and everything up to the hallucinations pretty well in a movie, up until the point where he sees something. Occasionally movies use the power of suggestion really well (eg blair witch)
and it works even better than a book form would. However, thats about as common as extinction level events (and as scary when they happen).

Anyone know who wrote this?

 

[Rufio]

i wrote it.

 

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Was that one of those stories that people used to tell each other in elementary school? Like the one where there's a ghost that goes around screaming bloody fingers and some guy tells him to get a band-aid?

No, actually it was backed up quite well with pictures. I remember it well, but it scared the wits out of me.

 

[arcas]

Finally got around to reading the story Nemesis linked to. Unfortunately it becomes all rather predictable after he climbs through alone. I found myself thinking . o O (Have to find a way to make his lights go out. Ahh! Hits head on ceiling and breaks his main light. Okay. That's one down. Now, to put his backup lights out of commission. Ah hah. Weak batteries. Check. Now something needs to happen to the phone to make him really feel alone.. Ahh. Broken wire. Good.)

It was a good story up until this point.

 

[snik]

I am still reading this. I have to wait till my lunch break to finish it. I am at the point where the phone dies.

So does anyone think this actually DID happen?

 

[dawks]

3- I will NOT reveal the location of the cave to ANYONE for ANY REASON! So please don't ask! I refuse to be held accountable for anyone's life but my own. I will refer to the cave as Mystery Cave. That is NOT its real name.

Yea whatever.

 

[Rapidskies]

Ha very good story, nice effect with the last Journal entry. Was a good read for those of you who like/can read.

 

[OulOat]

As Homer would have said, "Boriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg"

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Whade
Ha very good story, nice effect with the last Journal entry. Was a good read for those of you who like/can read.

Yes, indeed.

 

[WannaFly]

Originally posted by: Whade
Ha very good story, nice effect with the last Journal entry. Was a good read for those of you who like/can read.

Agreed, just finished.
I WANT CLOSURE!

 

[Jugernot]

I just got done reading the WHOLE thing... too damned long, but I don't think it would be any good in a Clif notes version.

I personally think it's PURE fiction. Everything just fits together too nicely....

 

[Jugernot]

SPOILERS...

Here is the Hodag thing Ted refers too http://www.wildwisconsin.com/hodag.html

It is all over the internet and seems to be a real joke about how it's a hoax. Like everyone knows it, but they still act into it.

Here are some more pictures http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hodag&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[BigFatCow]

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Damn the AT affect...

 

[Buttzilla]

i'm getting that to...dayam...want to see what happens, even if its a cliff hanger

 

[Dacalo]

a good read, although a bit long

It just seems to fit too perfectly to be a non fiction, besides, those pics could have been easily taken for the purpose of authenticity effect

 

[Oakenfold]

OMG i've been reading this since early this morning, off and on in between work and now it's not avail?
Arghhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[SuperFreaky]

So who's going to play detective and try to figure out where this came from?

How do you do a "Who is" search for www.jrlweb.com?

There are not many clues in the narrative about location, could be pretty much anywhere. The author could very well have found a strange hole in a cave and decided to explore, but the rest could have easily been fabricated. Re-reading the story, the information given seems intentionally vague...

"in a cave not far from my home"
"We got a room, dinner was excellent"
"We left town early in the afternoon to beat traffic"
They must be close to his home... But not so close that they wouldn't get a hotel room (unless ted and his fat friend are gay)

The only hints to the actual location:

"The cave was "discovered" several decades ago when construction in the area unearthed its entrance"
"visited by mostly locals in the area and avid cavers in the region"
"A nearby tree serves as a good anchor point"
"Beer cans can be found intermittently in the cave, mostly in the upper half"
"To prepare for this trip we contacted the local cave rescue group and got permission to borrow their low voltage two-way phone."
"Just a short drive from just about anywhere in the country is a cave waiting to be explored"

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

I stumbled across this maybe a year or so back while browsing the intraweb one night. Very good story and very well written. I'd read it again but it just wouldn't be the same

 

[SuperFreaky]

I think I figured out how to do a domain name search...


Here's what is gives:


www.jrlweb.com Back-order this name



Registrant:
Bedore, Laird (JRLWEB2-DOM)
10712 Frances Lane
Bensalem, PA 33774
US

Domain Name: JRLWEB.COM

Administrative Contact:
Bedore, Laird (PLBQDQSNXI) lmbedore@vectorstar.net
10712 Frances Lane
Bensalem, PA 33774
US
727-555-0818 fax: 123 123 1234
Technical Contact:
VeriSign, Inc. (HOST-ORG) namehost@WORLDNIC.NET
21355 Ridgetop Circle
Dulles, VA 20166
US
1-888-642-9675 fax: 123 123 1234

Record expires on 29-Nov-2003.
Record created on 29-Nov-2001.
Database last updated on 3-Jun-2003 00:57:16 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.VECTORSTAR.COM 64.58.198.242
NS2.VECTORSTAR.COM 64.58.198.243

 

[SuperFreaky]

So its registered to a "Bedore, Laird " with an email at "lmbedore@vectorstar.net"

Vectorstar seems to be in florida...

Registrant:
VectorStar Communications (VECTORSTAR4-DOM)
550 Hollow Ridge Rd
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
US

Domain Name: VECTORSTAR.NET

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
VectorStar Communications (20224358O) laird@umyf.net
550 Hollow Ridge Rd
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
US
(727)-786-3448 fax: 123 123 1234




I found a picture of him here: Larid

He doesn't really look like our narrator

That would have been crazy...




Where else is this page hosted?

 

[DaveyBoy69]

Anyone been able to contact him?

 

[RealWarlock]

Religion believers are bunch of superstitious freaks!

Things that gave away...

A large round rock that moved and revealed a new passage.

Like it was moved by some mechanical device.

My pulse began to quicken. I looked down at the rope only to discover to my horror that the rope was disappearing down into the darkness. SOMETHING WAS PULLING THE ROPE BACK INTO THE CAVE!!!

Ooookay!... smoking pot wasn't a good idea, dude.

I actually laughed while reading through it.

Jesus!... there are only few sounds that would cause this:

1. Mother nature sound (water, wind, grinding, and etc...)
2. Human/Animal sound (scream, breathing and etc...)
3. Mechanical sound

The rest is in YOUR head!

 

[Smaulz]

Originally posted by: RealWarlock
Religion believers are bunch of superstitious freaks! Things that gave away... A large round rock that moved and revealed a new passage. Like it was moved by some mechanical device.

My pulse began to quicken. I looked down at the rope only to discover to my horror that the rope was disappearing down into the darkness. SOMETHING WAS PULLING THE ROPE BACK INTO THE CAVE!!! Ooookay!... smoking pot wasn't a good idea, dude. I actually laughed while reading through it. Jesus!... there are only few sounds that would cause this: 1. Mother nature sound (water, wind, grinding, and etc...) 2. Human/Animal sound (scream, breathing and etc...) 3. Mechanical sound The rest is in YOUR head!

troll/flamebait

 

[dafatha00]

Originally posted by: RealWarlock
Religion believers are bunch of superstitious freaks!

Things that gave away...

A large round rock that moved and revealed a new passage.

Like it was moved by some mechanical device.

My pulse began to quicken. I looked down at the rope only to discover to my horror that the rope was disappearing down into the darkness. SOMETHING WAS PULLING THE ROPE BACK INTO THE CAVE!!!

Ooookay!... smoking pot wasn't a good idea, dude.

I actually laughed while reading through it.

Jesus!... there are only few sounds that would cause this:

1. Mother nature sound (water, wind, grinding, and etc...)
2. Human/Animal sound (scream, breathing and etc...)
3. Mechanical sound

The rest is in YOUR head!