Thinking Brighter Though

The Old Tunnel.

My name is Titus, I'm what you call a watcher. I have seen many things...many terrible terrible things, but I have witnessed random acts of gentle kindness...

I was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois, my family and I lived right next to the huge railyard...

Growing up, I played all around the railyard. My favorite spot was the tunnel that was underneath the railyard, so workers could get from one side of Chestnut Street to the other...

That was what the tunnel was built for, but the whole town used it...

I had a secret spot in the tunnel, hidden from view, but I could see everyone and everything passing by...

One day from my hidden spot, I saw a woman approaching. It was only on the rarest occasion would you see a female use this tunnel...it was a dangerous place...

The women approaching didn't seem scared at all. This unnerved me. Her dress was shabby to say the least, her hat covered most of her facial features...

And the most unnerving thing was, it didn't seem like she was walking at all, more like hovering along...

She was approaching at a very slow pace, I could feel my body tensing up more and more as she approached ever so slowly...

I am so nervous, so very nervous...

Then I noticed a very peculiar scene; teams of big filthy rats running in front of her, screeching a deathly noise...

Down in this tunnel, the rats were 10 or 15 pounds. Most of the time they didn't pay much attention to humans, they might scurry away if you got too close, but most of the time they didn't seem scared of humans, most of the time it was the other way around...

When the woman was about 15 feet from my hidden spot, I smelled a deadly odor permeating the tunnel. The smell was ghastly...

Slowly but surely the woman finally was right below my hiding spot...I stopped breathing...then the woman stopped...she didn't look up, as I feared she would...the only thing I heard was her snarling...then the snarl stopped...

Everything in the tunnel was still dead...

Then I heard a small whisper come from the woman...

"I See You Titus The Watcher"

"This Night You Will Be Able To Watch Forever"

The next day, crews from the railroad entered the tunnel from all three entrances. What they smelled and witnessed was rancid. They found the 15 dead bodies in the tunnel. Each day, each one had his eyeballs bored out, it was a gruesome scene...

All the dead were homeless men that lived in the tunnels...

The railroad crews didn't find what they were looking for that day. A young girl had gone missing the previous evening. She was last spotted at the western entrance to the tunnel...

As the crew passed by Titus's hidden spot, Titus was just finishing his meal from the night before...

Titus sat back, full belly, he looked adoringly at his newest treasure...A Pretty Pink Hair Clip...

The Tunnel Still Exists...It Thought So Does Titus..."The Old Railway Tunnel"

My name is Titus, I'm what you call a watcher. I have seen many things...many terrible terrible things, but I have witnessed random acts of gentle kindness...

I was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois, my family and I lived right next to the huge railyard...

Growing up, I played all around the railyard. My favorite spot was the tunnel that was underneath the railyard, so workers could get from one side of Chestnut Street to the other...

That was what the tunnel was built for, but the whole town used it...

I had a secret spot in the tunnel, hidden from view, but I could see everyone and everything passing by...

One day from my hidden spot, I saw a woman approaching. It was only on the rarest occasion would you see a female use this tunnel...it was a dangerous place...

The women approaching didn't seem scared at all. This unnerved me. Her dress was shabby to say the least, her hat covered most of her facial features...

And the most unnerving thing was, it didn't seem like she was walking at all, more like hovering along...

She was approaching at a very slow pace, I could feel my body tensing up more and more as she approached ever so slowly...

I am so nervous, so very nervous...

Then I noticed a very peculiar scene; teams of big filthy rats running in front of her, screeching a deathly noise...

Down in this tunnel, the rats were 10 or 15 pounds. Most of the time they didn't pay much attention to humans, they might scurry away if you got too close, but most of the time they didn't seem scared of humans, most of the time it was the other way around...

When the woman was about 15 feet from my hidden spot, I smelled a deadly odor permeating the tunnel. The smell was ghastly...

Slowly but surely the woman finally was right below my hiding spot...I stopped breathing...then the woman stopped...she didn't look up, as I feared she would...the only thing I heard was her snarling...then the snarl stopped...

Everything in the tunnel was still dead...

Then I heard a small whisper come from the woman...

"I See You Titus The Watcher"

"This Night You Will Be Able To Watch Forever"

The next day, crews from the railroad entered the tunnel from all three entrances. What they smelled and witnessed was rancid. They found the 15 dead bodies in the tunnel. Each day, each one had his eyeballs bored out, it was a gruesome scene...

All the dead were homeless men that lived in the tunnels...

The railroad crews didn't find what they were looking for that day. A young girl had gone missing the previous evening. She was last spotted at the western entrance to the tunnel...

As the crew passed by Titus's hidden spot, Titus was just finishing his meal from the night before...

Titus sat back, full belly, he looked adoringly at his newest treasure...A Pretty Pink Hair Clip...

The Tunnel Still Exists...It Thought So Does Titus..."The Old Railway Tunnel"

My name is Titus, I'm what you call a watcher. I have seen many things...many terrible terrible things, but I have witnessed random acts of gentle kindness...

I was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois, my family and I lived right next to the huge railyard...

Growing up, I played all around the railyard. My favorite spot was the tunnel that was underneath the railyard, so workers could get from one side of Chestnut Street to the other...

That was what the tunnel was built for, but the whole town used it...

I had a secret spot in the tunnel, hidden from view, but I could see everyone and everything passing by...

One day from my hidden spot, I saw a woman approaching. It was only on the rarest occasion would you see a female use this tunnel...it was a dangerous place...

The women approaching didn't seem scared at all. This unnerved me. Her dress was shabby to say the least, her hat covered most of her facial features...

And the most unnerving thing was, it didn't seem like she was walking at all, more like hovering along...

She was approaching at a very slow pace, I could feel my body tensing up more and more as she approached ever so slowly...

I am so nervous, so very nervous...

Then I noticed a very peculiar scene; teams of big filthy rats running in front of her, screeching a deathly noise...

Down in this tunnel, the rats were 10 or 15 pounds. Most of the time they didn't pay much attention to humans, they might scurry away if you got too close, but most of the time they didn't seem scared of humans, most of the time it was the other way around...

When the woman was about 15 feet from my hidden spot, I smelled a deadly odor permeating the tunnel. The smell was ghastly...

Slowly but surely the woman finally was right below my hiding spot...I stopped breathing...then the woman stopped...she didn't look up, as I feared she would...the only thing I heard was her snarling...then the snarl stopped...

Everything in the tunnel was still dead...

Then I heard a small whisper come from the woman...

"I See You Titus The Watcher"

"This Night You Will Be Able To Watch Forever"

The next day, crews from the railroad entered the tunnel from all three entrances. What they smelled and witnessed was rancid. They found the 15 dead bodies in the tunnel. Each day, each one had his eyeballs bored out, it was a gruesome scene...

All the dead were homeless men that lived in the tunnels...

The railroad crews didn't find what they were looking for that day. A young girl had gone missing the previous evening. She was last spotted at the western entrance to the tunnel...

As the crew passed by Titus's hidden spot, Titus was just finishing his meal from the night before...

Titus sat back, full belly, he looked adoringly at his newest treasure...A Pretty Pink Hair Clip...

The Tunnel Still Exists...It Thought So Does Titus...