February 21st, 6:17pm
From the Journal of Josephine Maxwell
January 7th, 1876
The people in our group gathered in the Yellow Rose to talk. Rusty and Johnny Chu told us about the shiny little metal people.
January 9th, 1876
A man called Bass Reeves came into town. I met him at the Yellow Rose. He asked about one of the men that came through with the dynamite. He said one of the men, Tom Rib, stole the dynamite.
We went to the house where Tom Rib and his men disappeared to investigate. The house was empty. There were tiny odd tracks all around the house.
Bass Reeves asked about our town. He tells us that he will be back once a month, then left.
Two of Johnny Chu's family came into town. A waitress and a prep cook.
A man named Barry Sanders came to tell Johnny Chu that he had also seen the little silver people. The man said he had the little people terrorizing his children at night.
We let Barry Sanders stay in the Land Office that night while we went out to his ranch. We went to the ranch and that night the Doc saw one of the little people, and we followed it.
The little person climbed up a tree and then a light shone on the tree. The creature disappeared. After the light went out, the tree was discolored and turned white. The snow around the tree melted.
9:40pm
January 10th, 1876
The next morning in town, the Sanders family report that they slept better than they have in weeks. The men that were watching in town said they saw strange lights go over the town while we were gone.
Juan was told that his goats had been running around all night. Three of them died. Juan decided to start hobbling and putting the goats in the barn at night.
There was other weird animal behavior reported. The cows were all staring due North.