The EVP sessions gathered nothing but static. Shadows moved in the darkness but were hard to point cameras at. No scratches, no calls, nothing. Nothing but silence.
They repeated the process of listening for sounds, calling out to the spirits. Ken was getting angry. Just being there made him feel antsy and pissed him off. He hated not knowing. Years of death and disappearances, years of people coming here thinking they were going to have fun only to be hunted down, and no one knew what happened.
He wanted to be the one to find the answer. Someone was going to tell him. He would be the one to find it. To dig deeper than the police ever had, because they were only willing to go to the surface. He was going to claw that surface away and find what was beneath it. Then they would know.
The investigation had been carefully planned out. He wanted to go through every step of what happened. Tracing the events of those four brutal summers would get him in touch with those who were lost. More importantly, it could give him a chance to connect it with whoever was responsible.
"Some say whoever committed these murders and caused the disappearances of the other campers is still here. But it has been ten years since there's been any sign. I believe that is evidence enough to indicate whoever committed these horrific offenses has already met with fate. And if that's the case, perhaps that is the cause of the negative energy and apparently malevolent spirit activity throughout Arrow Lake Campground. Tonight, as we continue to trace these crimes, I will be attempting to reach out to this person. It's time these families are given peace.
“Now that we have investigated the cabins, it's time to go deeper. That cabin was the last place that little Violet was seen alive, but her story continues. We are now going to leave the campground and make our way to where they found her body. On request from the park and her parents, we are not going to show you how to access the remote spot where her body was found. I can tell you the cavern is small and difficult to locate. But I'm going to respect their wishes and protect the secrecy and sanctity of the location. We are live, so right now we will switch to a commercial break, then recap some footage while we make our way over to the cavern. I'll see you when we get there."
The camera turned off and they started the trek to the out-of-the-way corner of the park where the cavern was located. It was the only place they’d visited before the investigation that night. A hiker familiar with the area had shown it to him so they would know how to get there. Ken was glad he had. The spot was a good distance from the campground and deep in the woods away from the most popular trails.
It was hard to find even in daylight. In the dark, it would have been impossible.
They waited until they were halfway up the ridge to the cavern to turn the cameras back on.
“So, as you can see, we are quite literally in the middle of nowhere. You can see us pretty clearly right now because of the night vision cameras, but it is unbelievably dark out here. There are no light sources through the vast majority of the national park, and that is extremely noticeable when you get out here to these areas that aren't used very often. Again, we weren't able to show you the walk to this place because both the park rangers and Violet’s parents prefer as few people as possible to know how to access this place.
“As has been demonstrated, people are curious and want to go to the locations of incidents such as disappearances and murders. You saw some evidence of that in the cabin. I'm sure there are a lot of people who want to know what happened and want to run their own investigations, and there are people who just want to pay their respects. But there are also people who would vandalize and disrespect the location, so we are going to keep it private.
“But if you look around, you'll see we are far away from just about everything. Some people say Violet wandered out here on her own and climbed into the cavern, where she died of dehydration. Of course, there wasn't an autopsy because of the condition of her body when they found her, so there is no way to be absolutely sure. But I'll put it this way. I'm a grown adult man who is not only familiar with climbing around and walking through all kinds of terrain, I'm dressed for hiking, including boots and thick jeans. I was also guided up here the first time. And it was still difficult as hell to get here. I'm bruised up. I tripped a couple of times. And it took a couple of tries to get to just this spot. I'm about fifteen feet down from the cavern.
“When Violet was found, she was wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and sandals. I have a very difficult time believing a four-year-old girl would be able to get up there without serious injury. That being said, however she got here, this is where her body was found two months after her disappearance. She was discovered by a very experienced hiker who was on a long-term camping trip and looking for shelter from an upcoming storm. Jeremy, if you can point the camera right up the rocks, I'm going to try to direct my flashlight so you can see the entrance to the cavern.
“Do you see that? Even from down here, it just kind of looks like a gap between the rocks.
