In October of 1971, I took a night job at a farm with twelve acres of corn, just outside a small town.
My job was simple.
Walk the harvest trail after dark, check the lanterns, and make sure visitors could find their way out.
There were eleven numbered scarecrows along the route.
Everyone knew the rule.
Follow the numbers, and you'd reach the exit.
But one Saturday night, something was wrong.
Scarecrow number six had been turned toward a section of the field that visitors weren't supposed to enter.
I fixed it and continued walking.
Then, between scarecrows ten and eleven, I saw another figure standing in the corn.
A twelfth scarecrow.
It wasn't supposed to be there.
It wore an old work coat, loose trousers, and a wide straw hat. Its face was covered with pale cloth.
I called out.
Nothing happened.
Then its head slowly turned toward me.
And it raised one arm.
Pointing toward the dark northern rows.
A moment later, it stepped backward and disappeared into the corn.
I told the farm owner.
We searched the area but found nobody.
Then visitors began reporting something strange.
Someone dressed like a scarecrow had been silently directing people away from the marked trail.
When we went back into the field, several numbered scarecrows were missing.
Their lanterns were gone.
And the safe route was no longer where it should have been.
Someone was changing the path.
Then we realized five visitors hadn't returned.
And from somewhere deep inside the cornfield, we heard a bell.
The same sound visitors were supposed to hear when they reached the exit.
Except the real exit was nowhere near that part of the field.
What we discovered that night made me realize the stranger wasn't simply trying to frighten people.
He wanted them to follow him somewhere.
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