From my bedroom window <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to be able to see the Radley Tower <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was over one thousand feet tall <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And was built on Radley Moor <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the late nineteen sixties as a transmitter <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My childhood house was built at about the same time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the house came with the job<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My father was one of the engineers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was asked to monitor the new structure <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And later on he was appointed as the Chief Officer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On occasions he travelled up to the viewing platform <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as a treat I accompanied him up there on my tenth birthday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was whilst I was there that found a woman’s green shoe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which my father passed to the police as the find was very odd <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was later identified as belonging to Annie Tacklock <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who had been reported missing during the summer of 1949<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tower and the surrounding area was thoroughly searched <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But nothing else was found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole thing started to have an effect on me as I began to have vivid nightmares <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I soon developed an irrational fear of heights which previously had not worried me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was something far more horrific that was terrifying me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As on certain nights I thought I could see an eerie green light glowing on the viewing platform <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first thought it was engineers working late into the night <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But soon found out that no engineers had been scheduled to carry out maintenance <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started to watch the tower though my telescope but discovered little <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And started to become used to the eerie green light <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though I totally unnerved by the whole thing <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I even watched it from my bed as I drifted into sleep <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then the horrors started as on one ordinary evening <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The source of the light was revealed to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It came from a pair of floating green eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These eyes were looking straight in my direction <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I screamed and sought immediate comfort <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My father who had run up the stairs closed the curtains<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And let me sleep in the spare room <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He even spent a couple of nights in my room<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To prove nothing was wrong <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the horror followed me around the house <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eyes were now in my new room and even resting on my pillow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was this and my loss of weight that that compelled my parents to move away from Radley Moor <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that was the end of it as I soon became a normal boy once again<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although I still hated heights <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Radley Tower could be seen from most parts of the county and even as an adult <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would avert my gaze when it came into view although the mystery totally fascinated me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did the shoe of a girl who vanished in 1949 turn up in a tower that was constructed nearly twenty years later <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why was no trace of Annie Tacklock even found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were no clues and nobody came forward <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The area around around the tower was searched again last year <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using state of the art equipment specially designed for the task <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parts of the nearby moor were also searched yet nothing was found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had vanished Annie had just vanished into history <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was until yesterday when I received a small parcel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Totally out of the blue <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It contained two shrivelled green eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was sick on the spot and recoiled in total horror <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staring at the eyes which appeared to be staring at me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly very slowly but with a glowing precision <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tears were beginning to gather on my wooden table <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And were soon covering a considerable space<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I touched the tears and they were warm to the touch <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that I noticed a hidden note <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It read – <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael I have found you again <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do not leave me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please do not leave me <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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