Squirrel Burner Clan

There is a family that owns a rustic cabin in Wisconsin. One Fall a squirrel decided to make its home in the cabin's chimney somewhere near the flue. The family's kind and gentle parental units planned to encourage the squirrel to make a home elsewhere by opening the chimney access cap, opening the flue, and then starting a fire. They reasoned that the squirrel, if it was home, would flee the fire via the access cap and never return.

So the wife went outside the cabin and waited for the husband to ready a fire. On his command the wife opened the cap and stepped back. The husband then started a fire and opened the flue. The squirrel wasn't seen exiting, so after a sufficient wait, the wife walked up to and peered into the access cap. At that moment the squirrel appeared.

The startled wife jumped back, unfortunately, so did the squirrel, landing in the fire. Fearing a flaming squirrel running around the cabin, the quick thinking husband slammed the wood burning stove shut. The heartbroken, animal loving couple fled the cabin to escape the terrible screams.

Hours later they returned to a cold stove. They didn't have the stomach to clean out the stove, and decided cremate the remains with another fire. While consciously avoiding a looking into the stove, they opened it up, filled it with wood, and started a fire. Too late they realized their error, when they saw the still living charred squirrel walk slowly across the fire, screaming in agony. An image they will never forget.


Barking dog

The husband and wife were cleaning up the basement after their Halloween party, when their dog Goblin started to bark. They ignored the barking coming from the first story of their home until they finished straightening up. The barking seemed more menacing than normal, but Goblin barked all the time anyway.

Fear started taking root, when they left the basement and saw Goblin staring and barking up the stairs to their second story. Goblin's fur was up all along her back and an ever growing puddle of drool collected at her feet. Goblin ignored pleas for silence and commands to "come".

They both wondered aloud about someone from the party remaining in the house. The party was a hit and they both confessed to not knowing who was under which costume. Goblin kept barking. The fear spread.

The wife called out to an unsecured house, and the husband went to the garage for a bat. Goblin kept barking. The wife grabbed the dog's collar and tried to pull her away and comfort her, but Goblin strained away and kept up her manic barking. The husband tried to push the dog up the stairs, but she cried and squirmed back to her spot. Goblin kept barking.

The husband slowly walked up the stairs, futilely trying to hear any other noise than the dog. He checked the second story room by room, examining every place a man could hide, but encountered nothing. Goblin kept barking, and the husband was more fearful than ever. The wife was scared to be alone with the dog, so she leashed it and pulled it up the stairs. Goblin cried as she was dragged up the stairs.

At the top of the stairs she switched to a growl and faced away from their bedroom. As they pulled the dog into the bedroom, Goblin's growling diminished.

Their hearts pounded as they closed their bedroom door and locked themselves in by moving their dresser in front of the door. Only then did they realize that their cordless phone wasn't in the room. It was too great a risk to look for it. The husband went to their bed gripping the bat and the wife went to bed carrying the dog. Neither one wanted to turn off the light, but the husband finally did. This was too bad, because, had they left the light on and looked at the reflection of the dresser's mirror, they would have seen Goblin smile from her new sleeping spot on their bed.