Thread by @gr3gory88

The past couple days have been really strange. I also have shitty reception up here, so I'm sorry for not updating. They sent a police officer up yesterday morning but I feel like it didn't accomplish anything.

I explained everything to the cop, and even took him out to the clearing where I found the stuff, but it was all gone except for the notebook. And since the notebook is empty, it was basically useless. I feel like the cop didn't believe me, anyway.

I showed him the photos I took of the stick things, and he said at worst it counted as vandalism, but without physical evidence of trespassing they couldn't do anything. Even when I showed him the video he still acted really skeptical.

He kept asking if I knew the person in the video. I think he thought I was pranking him or something. I ended up just getting frustrated. The cop said to call the station if something happened.

After he left I went back and got the notebook from the clearing. Maybe there's a way to figure out what was written on the last page? I don't know.

Anyway, the cop drove away and I was alone again. It's so damn quiet up here. All I want to do is leave but I feel like I can't. I'm so far away from home that I can't even invite a friend up here to keep me company. And even if someone did come, it would take them a couple days.

I haven't seen the woman from before. But I feel like she's still out there. And other weird things are happening too. I took a walk around the lake yesterday because I wanted to get a look at the other houses in the area. Maybe see if someone else has noticed anything weird.

But they're all empty. Every house is totally dark and there are no cars in any of the driveways. I haven't seen a single person at all, except once. Well, sort of. After I came back from my walk, I was out on the deck and saw a boat in the water, way off in the distance.

They weren't moving. They stayed there all afternoon. I feel like they were...watching me.

They actually stayed out there in the same place until it got too dark to see them anymore. Normally I'd think they were just fishing, if it weren't for what happened the day before. And the fact that all these houses seem empty. Where did they come from?

The boat was gone this morning, so who knows. I microwaved some oatmeal for breakfast and took it down to the dock near the water. It's weird but I sort of feel safer down there. The water makes me feel less stressed, I guess.

I kind of feel like time goes by faster when I'm by the lake. It's, like, meditative or whatever.

Anyway, I was actually starting to feel a little better about everything this morning, if it wasn't for what happened next. I had finished my oatmeal and I was starting back toward the house when I noticed something in the water.

It was in this little inlet by the shore. It was small and white, and at first I thought it was a brightly colored rock, but I wasn't sure. It seemed too round.

Probably against my better judgement, I took off my shoes and went into the water to retrieve it.

It was an eyeball. A fucking eyeball.

This has to be from an animal, right? Please tell me this is from a big fish or something.

I threw it back in the water and hustled back up to the house. I washed my hands in the sink and then sat on the couch for a long time. I don't know what's going on. I can't believe I picked that up out of the water. I still feel gross.

And to make matters worse, the boat is back out there. It showed up again this afternoon, and it's just sitting there, in the same place as yesterday. Are they watching me from that boat?