The Watcher in the Woods

227 00:29:05,295 --> 00:29:09,811 Sometimes there seems to be something out there. 228 00:29:11,415 --> 00:29:17,808 Sometimes... I hear someone whispering in the wind. 229 00:29:19,054 --> 00:29:22,729 Mrs Aylwood, what do you think happened to Karen? 230 00:29:27,413 --> 00:29:29,721 I think she's still out there. 231 00:29:31,172 --> 00:29:34,403 - What nonsense. - I told you there was a ghost. 232 00:29:34,612 --> 00:29:38,240 As long as it keeps out of the house, I can live with it. 233 00:29:38,451 --> 00:29:42,922 For heaven's sake! I knew Mrs Aylwood was strange, but this is ridiculous. 234 00:29:43,131 --> 00:29:47,487 I did see something in the mist at the pond. That's why I fell in. 235 00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:50,602 We'll always be grateful to her for saving you, 236 00:29:50,810 --> 00:29:55,564 but I won't have her filling your head with these far-fetched fantasies. 237 00:29:57,689 --> 00:29:59,281 Excuse me. 238 00:30:08,488 --> 00:30:12,036 - I'll catch you later. I want to watch Mike. - OK. 239 00:30:12,247 --> 00:30:13,965 She seems less moody today. 240 00:30:14,167 --> 00:30:19,115 This is what she needs. It'll do her good. Knight on shining motorcycle. 241 00:30:19,326 --> 00:30:23,444 - How many sandwiches do we have? - Four for me and one for you! 242 00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:41,123 Come on! 243 00:30:43,203 --> 00:30:45,717 Come on, Mike! 244 00:30:53,442 --> 00:30:55,272 - Hi, guys! - Hi. 245 00:30:55,481 --> 00:30:58,632 Grab a sandwich before your sister eats them all. 246 00:30:58,841 --> 00:31:00,797 Ellie, let's get closer. 247 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:06,709 Well, be careful now. 248 00:31:20,639 --> 00:31:22,914 - There he is! - There's Mike! 249 00:31:55,994 --> 00:31:57,950 Jan! Come quick! 250 00:31:58,154 --> 00:31:59,985 What is it? 251 00:32:02,913 --> 00:32:04,312 Quickly! 252 00:32:07,073 --> 00:32:09,143 Jan, quickly! 253 00:32:17,992 --> 00:32:20,824 Wow! Did you see that? 254 00:32:23,071 --> 00:32:27,063 - What did you want? - I didn't want you. Nerak did. 255 00:32:37,669 --> 00:32:41,378 - It's lucky you moved off that rock. - It wasn't luck. 256 00:32:41,589 --> 00:32:45,102 - What do you mean? - It's nothing. Forget it. 257 00:32:45,308 --> 00:32:50,665 - It's just been a crazy kind of week all round. - Do you want to talk about it? 258 00:32:51,587 --> 00:32:56,945 Mrs Aylwood told me that Karen, her daughter, disappeared years ago, 259 00:32:57,146 --> 00:33:00,536 when she was about my age, and was never seen again. 260 00:33:00,746 --> 00:33:07,298 If Karen was murdered, that would explain her haunting the woods, wouldn't it? 261 00:33:07,505 --> 00:33:11,498 Mrs Aylwood said there were three kids with Karen that night. 262 00:33:11,704 --> 00:33:16,334 One was John Keller, and there was a Tom something. Collier? 263 00:33:16,544 --> 00:33:21,220 Tom Colley. He lives in the woods in the old lodge. Kind of a hermit. 264 00:33:21,423 --> 00:33:26,655 And there was a girl. Mary... Mary Pierce. 265 00:33:28,742 --> 00:33:31,381 - Mary Pierce? - Yeah. 266 00:33:31,582 --> 00:33:34,938 That was my mother's name before she married Dad. 267 00:33:36,541 --> 00:33:40,295 It was a long time ago. It's best forgotten. 268 00:33:40,501 --> 00:33:45,130 - How come you never told me? - It happened years before you were born. 269 00:33:45,340 --> 00:33:50,778 I remember your dad saying it's important to live in the present and leave the past. 270 00:33:50,979 --> 00:33:54,415 There's something about those woods that bothers you. 271 00:33:54,619 --> 00:33:59,135 You never go near them, not even to take the short cut to the village. 272 00:33:59,338 --> 00:34:03,570 Across that rickety old bridge? I should say not. 273 00:34:03,778 --> 00:34:07,531 Mum, what do you think really happened to Karen Aylwood? 274 00:34:11,017 --> 00:34:13,929 I think she ran away from home. 275 00:34:15,217 --> 00:34:19,494 I don't know why she did, but it's the only logical explanation. 276 00:34:23,735 --> 00:34:25,965 What were the four of you doing? 277 00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:33,165 We were just... just larking about. 278 00:34:35,654 --> 00:34:37,609 It was John Keller's idea. 279 00:34:39,374 --> 00:34:41,934 It was... just a game. 280 00:34:44,532 --> 00:34:48,367 Then there was a... sudden summer storm. 281 00:34:50,572 --> 00:34:53,564 Lightning struck the belfry. 282 00:34:53,772 --> 00:34:56,683 The whole thing was aflame. 283 00:35:01,011 --> 00:35:03,570 We ran out. 284 00:35:03,771 --> 00:35:06,841 At least... three of us did. 285 00:35:11,929 --> 00:35:14,887 I've never been back to that place again. 286 00:35:20,408 --> 00:35:24,083 Look what Daddy made me to watch the eclipse on Saturday. 287 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:28,758 - I can show you how to make one. - Not now.