The children appeared at school wearing worn-out clothes. Neighbors whispered stories about a crumbling shack hidden deep in the hills. Strange rumors circulated for decades.
Yet nobody looked too closely.
Nobody asked too many questions.
And nobody imagined the horrifying truth hidden behind the trees.
For more than a century, a secluded family living on a remote mountain in Nova Scotia existed almost entirely cut off from the outside world. Generations were born there. Generations died there. The outside world moved forward with electricity, modern schools, automobiles, and technology.
But on the mountain, time seemed to stand still.
What began as a family’s search for safety slowly transformed into something far darker.
Children grew up believing the world beyond the forest was dangerous.
