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From: LU9DCEDate: Wed, 06 May 26 10:00:00 Z
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Subject: SCARY RADIO TALE 06-MAY
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ELIAS ADJUSTED THE VFO ON HIS AMATEUR RIG, IDLING ON 14.300 MHZ, THE
GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS FREQUENCY. THE BAND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD
AT 3 AM, BUT A FAINT CARRIER WAVE HUMMED THROUGH HIS HEADPHONES. THEN
A VOICE, CRACKLING WITH STATIC, WHISPERED, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, THIS IS SS
VALHALLA, TAKING ON WATER 40 MILES OFF CAPE HATTERAS." ELIAS FROZETHE
SS VALHALLA SANK IN A HURRICANE IN 1923. HE KEYED HIS MIC TO RESPOND,
BUT THE VOICE CUT HIM OFF: "DON'T BOTHER. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
SOMEONE TO TUNE IN." THE CARRIER WAVE ABRUPTLY SHIFTED TO A FREQUENCY
ONLY ELIAS COULD HEAR, AND THE STATIC BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE DROWNING MEN
GASPING FOR AIR. HE YANKED THE POWER CORD FROM THE WALL, BUT THE RADIO
KEPT TRANSMITTING, ITS GLOW ILLUMINATING THE WORDS SCRAWLED ON THE
WALL BEHIND THE RIG: "YOU'RE NEXT."
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