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I Took a Night Job on a Nebraska Skinwalker Farm. There Are Strange Rules to Follow

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Matt took a night job driving a farm's irrigation route in the Nebraska Sandhills, checking thirteen center pivots from the road for nine hundred dollars a week in cash. The owner handed him ten rules on a laminated sheet. Rule Five said pivot nine has seven towers, count them every time you pass, and if you count eight, go home. The first week he counted seven. Then his wife's little brother started riding along, and he brought a spotlight.DarkHorrorNarrations Merch Store Is Now Live: https://darkhorrornarrations.com

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