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Spuds
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Phone call...

I got a phone call from an unknown number today.

It was a computerized voice that said "This is a message from a private number, press one to take this call, press two to place this call on hold."

I pressed ONE.

The same voice said something to the effect of "This is a private message. We're looking for someone. His name is Dale Sprague. Do you know him? Don't deny it. Maybe we should make a little visit??

Good Bye."

Spuds

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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:33 pm

dmax
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Good thing you didn't put them on HOLD!

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That sounds like something HITLER would say!

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:42 pm

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Be careful....it may be the Dead Eyes and they have found you through their attraction to the disc.

Shocked

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 7:36 pm

Spuds
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 79
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Being there...

We got an e-mail that the disc was in our area. Needless to say we were excited as well as frightened by the prospect that the Dead Eyes have heigtened influence in our area because of the disc.

We were asked to retrieve the disc. We discussed it for a while, knowing full well that this might put us directly in the path of danger. While we'd do anything to help Dale, we weren't sure if this was exactly helping or not.

When we finally came to the conclusion that retrieving the disc would further other causes in the game we decided to go. We lined up the trip for Friday afternoon at 4:30. The influence of whatever forces are at work here were definitely in full swing. All of the things we had lined up to come into play at that moment were starting to fall through. Car trouble, trouble with the GPS (spooky?), camcorder batteries had run down and I had just charged them that VERY day, and something as simple as the disappearance of our shovel all led us to the conclusion that this was not going to be easy.

Finally, over an hour after our planned departure, we were on our way. It took longer to get to our destination than we had originally planned... well over an hour longer. And we can't quite explain why.

When we got to Rolla, it was very easy to find our landmark. The "little stonehenge" practically drew us to it. While legend or superstition or research says that Stonehenge was simply a tool for use as a calendar, once we got there we had the suspicion that it may have been a way for early spiritualists to focus their power.

As we approached the little stonehenge, the noise of the cars, the birds, and the wind eerily drifted away to near silence. But it wasn't the golden silence you expect when you talk about silence.... it was like "Muffled Silence". Like the sound you hear when you close a loud stereo behind a door. The sound is still there, but it's not the same. The silence was still there....... but there was something strange about it.

From East you Enter:

We walked in from the east. It was immediately strange to us that the silence crept in since we were walking TOWARDS the street where the cars were rushing by. We paid special attention to all of the plaques that were on the stones in case they held another small clue as to where we might find the disc.

And Center Find:

When we got to the center, we looked for the red-hued wall. We couldn't find it. But, since it was daylight, we considered that the hues that we WOULD see were going to be different from those we might expect to see during twilight.

Toward Red Hued Wall, You Mark a line:

So, there was only ONE wall that we could see. Must be it. It felt like it was getting colder outside already, and we had only been there a few minutes. The southern stone... that was it...

If a man laid down with feet on stone:

We figued that the disc would be buried somewhere near this stone. So we looked for an indication that the disc had been buried recently. We didn't find any.

His outstretched arm would near my home:

It was a good 10 to 15 feet to the bushes, and I'm only 5 feet tall. The disc could be anywhere around there. We looked around, again with no indication. Eulalie started searching the bushes. I helped. I swear we could see our breath as we lifted the branches. Eulalie had looked over about 5 feet of bushes and I then followed behind her to check again.

How could she have missed it? I saw it. I lost my breath. The silence was broken by the sound of my heart beating in my ears.... but very slowly. I reached out to grab the artifact. I felt like I was in a dream. A dream where you're reaching for the door that will save you from whatever it is that is chasing you... but you are always a million miles away.

I kept reaching... and when I finally laid my hands on the disc, the sounds of the birds, the traffic, the wind, and the others with me flooded back into my senses and I was strangely warm again. But afraid.

Things have been stranger still since I got the disc. The phone calls, the sounds, the knocks on the door and nobody's there.

I hope someone figures out why we need this disc soon.

Spuds

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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:57 pm

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