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From: LU9DCEDate: Tue, 14 Apr 26 10:00:00 Z
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Subject: SCARY RADIO TALE 14-APR
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THE OLD YAESU FT-897 CRACKLED TO LIFE AT 3 AM, THOUGH MARK HADN'T
TOUCHED THE POWER SWITCH. SWEAT BEADED ON HIS FOREHEAD AS HE ADJUSTED
THE VFO, HUNTING FOR THE SOURCE OF THE RHYTHMIC TAPPING THAT HAD
HAUNTED HIS NIGHTS FOR WEEKS. IT WASN'T MORSE CODETOO IRREGULAR, TOO
HUMAN. LIKE FINGERS DRUMMING ON WOOD.
TONIGHT, THE PATTERN CHANGED. THREE TAPS, PAUSE, TWO TAPS. THEN A
VOICE, BURIED UNDER LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERIC NOISE: "HE KNOWS YOU'RE
LISTENING. HE'S BEEN WAITING."
MARK'S BLOOD FROZE. HE'D NEVER BROADCAST HIS CALL SIGN ON THIS
FREQUENCY. NEVER TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THE LATE-NIGHT SESSIONS IN HIS
BASEMENT SHACK.
HE LUNGED FOR THE MIC, VOICE TREMBLING: "WHO IS THIS? IDENTIFY
YOURSELF!"
SILENCE. THEN, FROM THE SPEAKER, CAME HIS OWN VOICERECORDED FROM
EARLIER THAT EVENING, SAYING WORDS HE'D NEVER SPOKEN: "COME TO THE OLD
WATER TOWER. BRING THE RADIO. HE WANTS TO TALK."
OUTSIDE, HIS ANTENNA BEGAN TO HUM, VIBRATING DESPITE THE COMPLETE
ABSENCE OF WIND OR ATMOSPHERIC CHARGE. THE TAPPING STARTED AGAIN ON
THE METAL DESK BESIDE HIMTHREE TAPS, PAUSE, TWO TAPSMATCHING THE
RHYTHM FROM THE TRANSMISSION.
MARK STARED AT HIS HANDS. THEY WEREN'T MOVING.
YET THE TAPPING CONTINUED.
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