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00:14Living in a small town,
00:16you often hear whispers about old,
00:20forgotten places.
00:22There was one tale that always intrigued me,
00:26the story of the Forgotten Tunnel.
00:30Located deep within the woods,
00:33it was said to be part
00:35of an abandoned mining operation,
00:38long since sealed off
00:40due to mysterious disappearances.
00:44One cool, misty evening,
00:47curiosity got the better of me.
00:51Armed with only a flashlight
00:53and a sense of adventure,
00:56I set off to find the tunnel.
00:59The path through the woods
01:01was overgrown and barely visible,
01:05the trees closing in around me
01:07like skeletal hands.
01:10After an hour of trudging
01:13through the underbrush,
01:15I found it, a rusted,
01:17ancient gate barely hanging
01:20on its hinges.
01:22Beyond it lay the entrance
01:24to the tunnel,
01:26a yawning maw of darkness
01:28that seemed to swallow all light.
01:32The air grew colder as I approached,
01:35a chill that seemed to seep
01:37into my bones.
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01:49I hesitated only for a moment
01:52before stepping inside.
01:55The tunnel walls were damp
01:57and covered in mold,
01:59and the air was thick
02:01with the smell of decay.
02:03My flashlight flickered,
02:06casting eerie shadows
02:08that danced and twisted.
02:11The deeper I went,
02:13the more oppressive
02:15the darkness became
02:17until it felt like a living,
02:20breathing entity
02:22pressing in on me.
02:24Halfway through,
02:26I stumbled upon
02:28an old mining cart,
02:30its wheels rusted
02:32and immobile.
02:34Inside were remnants
02:36of old tools,
02:38long abandoned by their owners.
02:41I felt a shiver run down my spine
02:44as I imagined the miners
02:46who had once worked here,
02:48now lost to time and memory.
02:52Just then,
02:54I heard it,
02:56a faint whisper,
02:58almost imperceptible,
03:01echoing through the tunnel.
03:04It sounded like a voice,
03:06but distorted,
03:08as if carried from a great distance.
03:12I stopped,
03:14straining to hear.
03:16The whisper grew louder
03:18and more insistent,
03:20and I realized
03:22it was calling my name.
03:24Panic set in,
03:26but my feet
03:28seemed glued to the spot.
03:30The whisper became a chorus,
03:33a cacophony of voices
03:36all chanting my name.
03:38I swung my flashlight
03:41wildly,
03:43the beam cutting through the darkness,
03:46but revealing nothing.
03:49The tunnel seemed to close in around me,
03:52the walls narrowing
03:54as the voices grew louder.
03:57I turned to run,
04:00but the tunnel had changed.
04:03The entrance was gone,
04:05replaced by solid rock.
04:08The whispers turned into screams,
04:11a thousand tortured souls
04:14crying out in agony.
04:17My flashlight flickered and died,
04:20plunging me into complete darkness.
04:24The screams were deafening now,
04:27reverberating through the tunnel
04:30and shaking me to my core.
04:33I ran blindly,
04:35my hands scraping against the rough walls.
04:39The tunnel twisted and turned,
04:42disorienting me
04:44until I didn't know
04:46which way was forward.
04:48My breath came in ragged gasps,
04:51and my heart was pounding in my chest.
04:55Just when I thought
04:57I couldn't take it anymore,
04:59I stumbled and fell,
05:01crashing to the ground.
05:04When I opened my eyes,
05:06I was outside.
05:08The entrance to the tunnel
05:10loomed behind me,
05:12silent and foreboding.
05:15I scrambled to my feet and ran,
05:19not stopping until I was
05:21safely back in town.
05:23I told my story
05:25to anyone who would listen,
05:28but they all laughed it off
05:30as a hallucination,
05:32a trick of the mind.
05:34But I know what I heard
05:37and what I felt.
05:39The forgotten tunnel
05:41is not just a relic of the past.
05:44It is a living,
05:46breathing entity,
05:48a trap for the curious
05:51and the unwary.
05:53I can still hear the whispers sometimes
05:56in the dead of night,
05:58calling my name.
06:01The tunnel is always there,
06:03waiting,
06:05and I know it won't let me escape forever.
06:09I wish for happiness in your family.
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