The Banshee of Minnesota

The number of missing people has risin in the past few months, the new total is 124. No bodies have been found, yet locals continue to search for the missing people. CNN signing off.

I turned off the televison. My little brother was one of the missing few. Do I still look for him? No. I'm certain he's dead and I know it because I saw IT kill him. A couple months ago we were out hikeing through the forest, all was peaceful. We walked for a couple miles before deciding to head home. But I notice something, nothing looked familuar. We went on trying to find our way back until it got dark. I found a tree and stabbed some tall sticks in the ground as my brother made a roof out of leaves. We started a small fire outside of our little shelter, gazeing into the flames I see something from the corner of my eye. It looked like a wrinkled, pale and lifeless face of what appears to be a female. I turned my head to the direction of the face but saw nothing. I layed down trying to ignore what I saw, and soon my eyes drooped down and I fell asleep.

The next day my brother and I continued onward in search of home. I pushed away some branches and saw a small creek. I looked around for sings of any dangerous animals. When I was sure it was safe I let my brother get get a drink while I refilled our water bottles. My brother calls for me and I look up to see a cabin on the other side of the creek. My brother ran towards the cabin even when I said stop, but before I knew it there was an old lady with the face I saw last night holding my little brother by the neck. She gave a cackle and disapeared into thin air. I panic and ran the other direction. Scared and sad when I saw my house all I could do was weep. I let my brother get kidnapped, and it was all my fault.

When news of my brother broke out the entire county sent out search partys to find this cabin. But when they reached the creek the cabin was gone and all there was left were ashes. The searches went on for nearly three months. When I heard familys talking about there missing loved ones I knew my brother wasent the only one. So I grabbed my gear and went looking for him myself. When I arived at the creek the cabin was there and I saw the old woman standing in front of it, my brother was next to her and he was crying. Before I could move she grabbed my brother and he bursted into flames, all I could hear was his screaming. The old woman was gone and my brother was only ash now.

I still hear his cries ever since and now I hear the wailing of a banshee. I know that i'm next, and it's only a matter of time.