Old Barn

When you grow up in the country there are a lot of old barns around. We grew up where our family owned the dirt road we lived on. Thousands of acres owned by two people. That was a long time ago. Fast forward to today and most of the land is sold. We still have about 100 acres that different family members live on. There are a couple of old barns on the property.

One day me and my friend Scott where in the loft of the barn and we heard someone come in. It was a girl and a guy. They were screaming at each other. Then they started fighting. You and Scott stay quiet. Next thing you know the girl is screaming and you hear the guy run out of the barn. You and Scott stay where you are for a few minutes. Then you climb down to the lower part. What you see is horrifying. You see the girl stabbed to death. You scream and Scott runs out of the barn. You eventually follow him out. You run to tell your parents. They call the police and go to the barn to make sure she is dead. When they arrive, the body is gone. They can see the blood stain, but the body is gone. You do not know if the guy came back and moved the body.

The police arrive and check everything out. The look at the blood stain and get a sample. They take your and Scott’s fingerprints. They are acting like they do not believe you. They said because it was not much blood it could be anything.

The police leave and everyone goes back to the house. Your grandfather arrives home, and you tell him what happened. He then tells you a story about something that happened when he was young. He says that when he was young, they used to keep a cow in the barn. One day they came to get the cow and it was gone. They had no idea what happened to eat. You being a kid had the bright idea to stay in the barn at night for a while. Two weeks in something happened. He describes a portal opening and the cow walking through it. He could not believe what he was seeing. He ran to tell his dad. His dad ran to the barn to see the cow. He checked the cow, and it was perfectly healthy. He did not believe his son, but he could not come up with another explanation.

You and Scott sit there stunned and amazed at the words coming out of your grandfather’s mouth. Your dad is listening in and when your grandfather finishes your dad says that he has had things disappear without a trace from the barn and never show back up. At this point you and Scott are just staring at the two men and are speechless.

When you finally regain your senses, you ask them do they believe that the portal could have took the dead girl away. They both say yes, they could see that happening. The next question you ask is a big one. You ask do we tell the police any of this. They look at each other and finally say yes. You and Scott look at them like they are crazy. What they say next is another shocker. They say the police are used to strange things happening around here. Once again you can not believe what you are hearing.

All four of you go to the police station and tell them your theory. Like your father and grandfather predict they are not surprised. They said they would set up surveillance to see if the portal opens back up.

Two weeks later the police are in the barn at night, and they see the portal open, and a man walk through it carrying the body of the dead girl. The man lays the body on the hay. The police tell the man to stop. When the man turns around the police recognize him as one of there own from the side. It turns out that the dead girl was a murder suspect from the other dimension and the police just happened to catch her outside the barn and chased her inside and killed her. He had no idea that there where two kids in the barn. The police let him take the body with him.

The police come to you and tell you they have caught the suspect and that you are safe. What he tells your father and grandfather is something different. It turns out your grandfather is from the other dimension and used to be the police chief. They don’t know you are listening to them, and you go to bed knowing the incredible truth about your family.