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They spent the next stretch of road telling spooky stories. Bethany remembered a few from summer camp, including one about an axe murderer hiding in the trunk of a car. Even telling the story made the back of her neck prickle.
But Nate was the master when it came to ghost stories—especially real ones.
“Did you know there used to be a native tribe who lived across the bay, in Lost Souls Wilderness? The story goes that one day they all set off toward Zertuche Glacier and disappeared. Forever.”
“What do mean, disappeared?”
“No one ever saw them again. But the oldsters remember them. They came across the bay on dog sleds, back when Misty Bay would freeze over in the winter. It used to get much colder than it does now. So members of this tribe would come over with narwhal carvings to se
