In present time, a mother and her daughter were building a new house on that spot. Once they moved in Laura (the daughter) went to school right away. When she went, the other kids started talking and staring at her. The teachers were even acting weird to her. When she got home, she told her mom this. Her mother would just smile and say not to worry. Things would turn out all right. But they didn’t.
Later that night while Laura and her dog Buddy were in bed, Laura heard a scratching noise go across her wooden floor. She thought it was a rat and screamed. Her mother came in. When Laura told her mother, her mom said it was just her imagination. Her mom then turned off the lights and went back to her room leaving Laura alone with Buddy. Laura went over to Buddy cause she did not want to be alone. When she did, she noticed he was not breathing. Her eyes bulged. She was too freaked out to scream or make any noise for that matter. She fell back against her headboard breathing deeply, heavily and quickly. Her dog just died. But how, he was only 3 years old. She didn’t know. Laura heard that scratching noise again, it was coming from under the bed. Her curiosity got the best of her. She went and looked under the bed. Laura was never to see the sun again. Suddenly the house caught o fire. When the firemen hilled the flames, they found three corpses—2 humans and one dog. And they found something strange – a single hand. Untouched as if it was just amputated. It had no burns, cuts, scars, nothing. . .
