The Cabin Is Always Hungry

Interlude | Case File B01, D111A, B18

case file b01: news clipping

massacre at cedar lake: 18 dead, 2 survivors. suspect(s) remains at large. local death cult a likely culprit

by katie reeves, kgwa staff

tues, october 10th, 2023, 2:01 pm

portland, oregon (kgwa): 18 people were found dead in a cabin up in north cedar lake near point hope, oregon, three hours south of portland, oregon. all victims were believed to have been killed three weeks ago on sunday, september 24th. two survivors were taken to the hospital with stab and burn wounds around the same time, police said. these two minors were mysteriously dropped off at the local hospital, but only one regained consciousness and pointed the police to the crime scene.

among the dead were twelve men and seven women between the ages of twenty-two and forty-seven, according to fernand blompkin, phpd spokesperson. it was not immediately clear how they died. “this is an absolutely horrific tragedy that has fallen on all of point hope community, something that certainly will weigh heavily on (the) investigators in this case,” blompkin said at a nighttime news conference last night.

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authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a white van that arrived at evergreen medical center between 7:02 am and 7:05 am when the survivors were dropped off. the suspect remains at large. investigators have not determined a motive for the attack. however, they were not ruling out the possibility of multiple suspects.

“based on credible witness testimony by one of the survivors, the massacre at cedar lake looks like the actions of a local death cult, of which justin hodge, the local phhs football coach, is the leader and the main perpetrator of this heinous crime,” blompkin announced to the surprise of those in attendance. “more announcements will be made of his accomplices as we understand more of the case in the coming days.”

case file b11: audio recording from the point hope anomaly

captain raffe: they are all dead. i took twenty-five men and women here, and all of them are dead. soldiers i trained for months, some i had served with for many years, were all gone. jesus, i can’t forget the way they looked at me, and i couldn’t save any of them. i thought we were ready. i thought we were strong enough to fight it. hell, we have the firepower, but that was not enough. not down here.

dr. andrews believed we could neutralize, capture, and contain these rogues in the area and then transport them to a black site somewhere east. he’s too optimistic about our luck. i don’t even know where andrews went. maybe he’s dead like the rest. we didn’t even get the gear out to capture one creature for transport.

it didn’t matter.

none of it matters.

they were waiting for us. as if all of them knew we were fucking coming. they were brutal, efficient, and knew how to make us tick. it knew my wife’s name! how? fuck, i’m bleeding pretty bad. i don’t think i have long until they find me. i don’t know which one is worse, bleeding to death or being eaten by shadows.

now, on to the video. group five was drawn to the property due to a popular local folklore about the region. the cult massacre the previous year only drew more interest from the locals into the area and blew up first-hand accounts of paranormal occurrences within the anomaly’s borders. unfortunately, about sixty percent of the information we can confirm is false. according to google, local engagement about the folklore of north cedar lake peaked at 538% clicks around rothwell college after the massacre and around 200% in the nearby cities of salem, albany, corvallis, eugene, bend, and the portland metro area within the first one hundred days after the massacre.

during the recording of this video, the fairlie cabin is considered private property, and group five is trespassing. six state officers are on patrol to watch the nearby private event. one is officer danny lowell, who will be important in case file b27, which details the content of his body cam.

i believe that most of group five dared ryan roeske and maya dewett to enter the cabin and stay inside for ten minutes. dewett was a sophomore transfer student from portland state university and, i believe, is new to the friend group. i have attached the text conversations between roeske and dewett on case file b07, and their, let’s just say, mutual attraction to one another. this dare is meant to keep both of them alone, courtesy of jackson huza’s scheme to spur roeske into asking dewett out for a date based on the text messages both boys sent each other before the halloween party.

the camera is handed over to roeske to record the next ten minutes inside the cabin.

while the other four waited outside, roerske and dewett entered the cabin without any obstruction by the anomaly, entering the living area and then into bedroom b.

the footage cuts out once dewett and roerske sit on the bed, and the footage cuts off. they are interrupted by the others entering the living room and jackson huza opening the cellar door. the time stamp on the screen is 11:46 pm.

we do not know what happened to roerske and dewett in the bedroom, but the time stamp on the footage is set fourteen minutes after they entered bedroom b. dewett had already exited the premises after a falling out, rejecting roerske’s advances. what remains of group five enters the cellar door and into what we now call the choosing room. to any listeners, several footage from the archives that we managed to collect about this region did not show this choosing room, not even the body cams of the police who retrieved the bodies of those who died from the massacre last year.

this brings me to my next point: once the choosing room is revealed to anyone, the anomaly is awake.

once that hidden door materializes, the anomaly has chosen you. we do not know how it judges a person worthy of seeing this door, but based on our limited evidence, it appears to be random. although this is just a theory, but i believe the anomaly chooses the people with deep-seated trauma and unresolved demons.i have asked the institute to conduct an experiment with death row inmates, but i was denied.

the footage continues to show a large antechamber with several painted doors in a semi-circular position depicting various nightmarish imagery. in the middle of this room is a circular platform with a podium. on top is a giant hourglass resting on the surface.

each of these doors select the main rogue that will actively hunt you across north cedar lake, while the rest remain in their lairs, scattered across the property. the more doors you open, the more rogues are coming after you.

agents, if you open any of these rooms, it is already too late.

the footage freezes on nicole brockhoff’s face as she grabs the handle of the door depicting the nine circles of hell. jackson huza also opens another door out of the frame.

and one thing is clear: horror awaits once the door is chosen.

there’s nothing left for everyone to do but survive until dawn.