The Journey

Chapter #2
The Unexpected Killer

The couple decided to head to the nearest tourist office where they could call the local police department for further investigation on the human body they had found in those redwoods. After getting to the tourist information office the couple used their phone to notify the local city police department.

Before they knew it, there was Officer David Bee questioning the couple about the location of the bones. Once they got to the location of the bones, officer David Bee took a written report of the couples’ word of the events as they occurred. The other officers in the vicinity taped off the area for further investigations.

Soon thereafter, the FBI agents showed up, took pictures and interrogated the couple for all the information that they could get out of them. Then they sent the bones to the nearest laboratory to study them extensively. Then Officer David Bee asked for the couples’ office number in San Diego in case the officer needed further information. He gave them his number just in case they had any imminent problems or questions. Then the officer escorted them to their campsite and departed.

Meanwhile, the investigation carried out at the University of San Diego laboratories. The scientists did carbon-dating to find out timeline the bones were from, through which they found out that the bones were quite recent. The scientists took some bone marrow for DNA sampling in order to find out who exactly it was. Then they sent all of the information to the FBI to continue with the investigation.

Then the University sent all of the medical records of the FBI in Washington, D.C., which positively identified the bones in the woods as John L. Thomas, who had died from a injury to the head done by a person, not an animal.

William and Alice had been setting up camp ignorant of the fact that this killing had been done by a person, not an animal. That night William and Alice went to sleep, but William couldn’t sleep because he had a weird premonition about his girlfriend possibly being pregnant. Maybe he was just going crazy while thinking of that song by the Goo Goo Dolls, “Ain’t That Unusual.” Apparently something in life that seemed recurring told him maybe he wasn’t wrong. William also had weird thought that everything that exists now, existed in the past and the future all in one.

The following morning they awoke and had their morning coffee and breakfast, as usual. They both were reluctant to converse about the dead body they had found. Then Alice said to William, “Can we rent a cabin for a week or so?”

William said, “Sure. When did you want to rent a cabin out?”

Alice said, “Well, I am getting kind of worn out on camping in the woods. Could we possibly do it today?”

Then William said, “Okay, if that will make you happy.”

So they packed all their camping gear up for that day. Then they set out in their truck to find a cabin early that morning, as dawn was just beginning to set in. They found a variety of cabins to choose from about 10 miles east of their original campground.

They came to a complete stop, got out of their pick-up, and looked around for an instant at the misty street lamps on that black-paved road. They glanced up at the building that read “owner’s office” above the door.

Then, all of a sudden, a man walked upon them and touched William on the right-hand shoulder. The man was the same build as William and had blue eyes and light brown hair. The couple was startled for one instant until their head swung around to get a glimpse of who or what had touched him on his shoulder.

The man gazed at them back and said, “I am so sorry I startled you. My name is Billy. Can I be of any assistance?”

William said, “Are you the owner of these cabins?”

The man smiled and said, “Yes. Did you want to rent one for a week or so?”

Then William said, “Yes, as a matter of a fact I do want to rent one out.”

The man said, “Come inside and I will give you a price range for one week.”

So they went inside and filled out all the necessary paperwork and paid him one hundred and fifty dollars for one week. After all that was taken care of, the man showed them their log cabin in the far left-hand corner of all the other cabins.

As the couple walked into their rented log cabin they noticed how beautiful and elegant it was. It had new, nicely varnished wooden floors. The living room had white wool carpet and two buffalo rugs. There was a nice hearth or fireplace to give off heat in the cold nights to come. Over the fireplace were antlers from a prodigious buck – obviously something to be proud of in the eye of a hunter.

As they walked over to the kitchen, they noticed new cabinets and an antique metal stove. After examining the kitchen they walked through an annexation to the cabin’s library and working office in the east wing of the cabin. After that, the couple felt like they had made a good decision about getting a cabin for a week or so before they had to go back to the thronged streets of San Diego.

William went outside to the area where he saw the machines with the daily newspaper, and got one to read for that evening while Alice cooked their evening meal. Alice was trying to cook some steaks they had brought along with them in their ice chest. She couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the antique, so she asked William for assistance. William said, “Well, there’s no gas being supplied to this antique stove. Why don’t you go over and ask the owner, Billy, to turn on the heat, if possible?”

So Alice went over the cabin with the sign over the door and knocked on the door. As she was just about to walk away, the door swung open. While she was talking to th