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"This took place about three years ago. I was driving back to my hometown to visit my parents. I grew up in a very specific, old Victorian-style house on a dead-end street. I lived there for eighteen years. I knew every crack in the driveway, every squeak in the floorboards, and exactly how many steps it took to get from the curb to the front door. I pulled onto the street around 6:00 PM. Everything looked normal. My parents' silver SUV was in the driveway. The oak tree I climbed as a kid was s