Appalachian Horror Story | The Filing Cabinet at Elk Creek Ranger Station

A ranger takes a solo posting at a remote station in the Shining Rock Wilderness. In the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet, he finds incident reports dated in the future, written in handwriting that isn't his. They describe hikers by name, trail, and the exact minute something will happen to them. He starts using them to save people. Then he finds out that every life he saves costs another one somewhere else on the mountain. And the cabinet has been running this system for sixty years.One long-form horror story set in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. Written and narrated for sleep and ambient listening.If you're new here, welcome. We put out new stories every week. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next one. All stories are original fiction written for this channel.