The mystery remained unsolved, but John was sure he was on the right track. To unravel who had been killed and why his body was in the woods, he decided to delve into the history of the area. In search of answers, he went to the local archives. Among the many old newspaper clippings, documents and records, he came across an article from 1963. The headline read: “Missing – A group of hikers disappeared in the Strongville woods.”
The document led him to events no one wanted to talk about. Several hikers had disappeared in these very woods and the local authorities couldn’t find them. The missing people were never found, but one thing remained the same: the investigation was inconclusive. Some residents began to say that these weren’t just disappearances. It was connected to a criminal group that used the forest as a hideout for their operations. The group was called The Shadow, and although its activities were known to only a few, its actions left a trail of blood behind them.
Tom, Jack, and Bill, despite their fear, began to look for traces that might indicate this group’s involvement in what had happened to the body they had found. Something inside them told them that this was no random killer. Perhaps the man had actually disappeared years ago, and his death concealed not just a crime, but something far more sinister.
Deep in the woods, near the old mill, John sensed that something was wrong. This object stood among the trees like an old ghost, forgotten by time. Surveying its grounds, John found several strange footprints that could lead him to a clue, but his senses told him that the clue would be far from simple.
