Personal Narrative Essay: The Story Of Widow Creek

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I grew up in a small town called Haron, the population was about 1,500. It was a small town, nothing bad ever happened. Everyone was so friendly and kind to each other. There was only one high school so all my friends were practically living on the same block as me. Most of our hangout spots were at the café or the bowling alley, there wasn’t that much to do in Haron. I lived on a small farm just near widow creek. In my town, Widow Creek was forbidden by Mayor Judson, I’ve always wanted to know the truth of why it was forbidden. The legend says that a small group of kids went into Widow Creek one night and were never seen again. I don’t believe that legend or science fiction stuff like superheroes or aliens.
One day at school my friends asked what the plan was for Saturday night. I didn’t know what to tell them, so I didn’t answer. Ron ones of my friends suggested we go to Widows Creek, everyone jus looked at him like he was crazy. Personally I’ve always wanted to go to Widows Creek just to see what the whole fuss was about, so I agreed with Ron. Saturday night came faster than I thought, I was so ready to go into Widow Creek with all my friends. We gathered all our backpacks and told all of our parents that we were going to the towns bowling
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As we entered the gates they closed behind us, I have to admit it was kind of freaky. We walked to where the legend says the kids went missing, by the old well. We went to the old well and it look pretty spooky, there was rope hanging that led to the bottom of the well. I looked inside and I saw a light at the bottom of the well, I told my friends and they said we should try to get it. We argued and bickered for about ten minutes, until I got tired of hearing everyone and said I would do it. They all looked at me and thought I was out of my mind, but I wasn’t scared, if I was scared I wouldn’t have gone to Widows Creek in the first

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