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The Curse of the
Neanderthal
When artist, Amanda Loveland, pays
a visit a
visit to Nanaw canyon it is noon and she intends to paint a picture.
She never finishes her painting though, because, as the light begins to
fade from the day there is a landslide and the debris blocks the only
way in -- or out -- of the canyon.
Night is approaching and although the canyon is picturesque in the
daytime it is not a place where Amanda wishes to linger after dark
because Nanaw has a reputation. It is said that the canyon simply oozes
with ghost at night.
Amanda walks for miles and is desperate to find a way out of the
canyon. Then she sees a light shining on a human figure, a figure that
she recognizes. It is her sister Grace and she is pointing to a way
out. Amanda shouts to Grace, but her sister vanishes, leaving just the
light, which continues to glow, to guide her and the light does not
fade until Amanda is safely out of the canyon. When she looks over her
shoulder the canyon is completely dark.
Amanda's sister Grace lives in London, and could not, in normal
circumstances, have been in the canyon, so when Amanda returns home she
is desperate to contact he sister to check that she is okay.
Fortunately, she is fine, still safe and sound in London. Amanda's
friend Hayes tells her that she must have seen a swarf. Swarf are
shape-shifting spirits and have often been seen in the area. Amanda's
husband Reggie thinks that this is ridiculous, then the trio notice
something strange in Amanda's unfinished picture: a strange,
monstrous looking creature is lurking there, painted into the shadows.
Amanda does not remember painting the creature though, and if her
perspective is right the creature would be about eight feet tall.
The following day Amanda Reggie and Hayes visit the canyon, entering it
from the other end, twelve miles away, and when they investigate the
area Amanda painted they some bones. They are very large bones, but
seem to be human. Later, their friend Dr Gustav identifies the bones
and states that they are from a Neanderthal man. In the true spirit of
science, he is very keen to take the bones with him and study them.
There is, however, a stone tablet beside the bones and it has something
written on it in an ancient picture writing. Amanda asks Gustav if he
can decipher it and he can: “Who moves my bones will surely
die as I have died.” Gustav can read the curse just fine, but
he does not believe in its power and defies the warning.
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