15 Bonkers Stories Happening From All Around The Planet
It so chanced that on the evening of which I am about to tell, I was seated by my desk, when an individual presented himself at the door of the room in which I resided. He wore a long black gown, which reached down to his feet and covered him from top to toes in thick, soft folds. On one side he had a great deal of white hair, on the other a little; and this last portion hung down in long ringlets over his face — it seemed like some kind of white veil, as if a large spider were spinning its web upon the man's head. He was exceedingly old; and I felt very uneasy when he entered.
"What do you want?" I asked him warily, an edge in my voice.
"I wish to share the truth with you," he spoke in a deeply calm tone.
"What truth?"
"The truth you are seeking -- proof of the cracks in reality you're looking for. It's happened at least fifteen times. Listen -- "