The Wayland Tree Monster
June 20th 1985, Wayland Mas. Barry Simmons Bower town corrections officer (Ret.) 6:52 a.m. We were escorting a bus full of felons, mostly bank robbers and bail jumpers, nothing to big just hoods who made bad choices in life. Some of them were good with their behavior while on the outside, others like John Collins were just aching to bolt, even at the slightest chance. At 7:15 a.m. Collins took the opportunity to slip away while we stopped to address a tire issue, the rookie watching him got distracted and Collins bolted. No hate on the rookie I've done bigger mistakes in his shoes, I instructed him to watch the others while my other back up and my self went after Collins. Before I go any further a quick back story on the area we were stopped at. The place has a reputation for something deemed as high strangeness. you get your usual reports of shadows, ghostly figures and horrible sound and the like. Easy to overlook if your not part of the area, even easier to get lost in all the ...