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The Winter Night in 2000

A spooky, but mystery fiction based of my vacation trip during Y2K(new year 2000) weekend

By Meghan LeVaughn Published 26 days ago 2 min read
The Winter Night in 2000
Photo by Stijn Verplancke on Unsplash

Once there was a mysterious, but a strange event long ago..

It was a coldest, winter night somewhere around on Ontario, Canada.

There was a story that no one knows that it has been haunted by people— it was recently happened after that ‘holiday incident’ from the abandoned train racks in the rustic area.

There were some belongings on the land— a Pet collar, a doll, a hat, backpacks, and couple of scarves. No blood. No bodies. Nothing.. The cops did not know why, they thought it was something odd that someone just came by…

what were they thinking actually ?

coincidence ?

or not?

-seven days earlier—

There was a cabin in Canada. It was about 4 hours away from the city of Toronto. It was the New Year’s Eve before the millennium has begun- 2000.

There was a simple family who were heading to their way from the airport to the rental car—

‘There were two parents, three kids, and a pet dog.

The kids were between elementary school to middle school.

The family of five were having a special trip to their rustic cabin. It has been builded from their ancestors for over hundred years..

the kids were excited!

Unfortunately, it was bad.

The snow was so thick! the roads and trails had been so much snow from the past sev days like on Christmas Eve. it was so much thicker than an average snow—It’s about three feet deep inch higher than few inches from the trees.

the car stopped.

the family were disappointed for the hard weather…

The good news is that they have their snow shoes and gear on for all of them.

they walk as much as they could— it feels so heavy that their shoes from the thickest layer of the snow.

suddenly…

There was an abandoned train tracks that were build for over 100 years.

It was a same decade when their ancestors builded their cabin in the woods.…

the children seem nervous to go through and across the tracks..

the parents said thst there is nothing to fear..

The sound approach… quite hollow, but so far away from the distance.. The sound of a horn appears—

it was quite hollow but strong pressure horn…

then it came…

far away from the tracks..

Whoo! Whoo!

‘what was that?’ They asked.

they have no clue…

the dog seemed confused..

there it is again…

Whoo ! Whoo!

Then, it begin louder… then much louder and then louder more!

it went so fast—very fast!!

a train? No—-

It was a ghost train- came out of nowhere!

WHOOSH!

DASH!

The train went so fast, no one could see anything from the blink of an eye…

after the train went by- the family were vanished..

gone!

how can it be? Was it obvious?

it seems that the woods were very haunted that nobody told them—- even the parents that they did not know about it from their ancestors and relatives…

-seven days later-

there was a sign, but a warning sign and it says-

‘do not go through the tracks- the spirits are not friendly.’

Short StoryMysteryMicrofictionHorror

About the Creator

Meghan LeVaughn

I'm Meghan. I’m 36. I always love to be creative and using my imagination since I was a little girl. I like stories & love to share my inspirations, journeys, etc.

https://ko-fi.com/meghansdreamdesigns

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Comments (1)

  • Kendall Defoe 26 days ago

    I was on a mountain with a friend when it went down... Hey, maybe that's another piece I should write... Anyway, a wonderful story you've shared here...and I have a train to catch!

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