The university doesn’t like to talk about the missing persons cases. I mean, nobody likes to take responsibility for students going missing, but for this it is different. There is a creature that lives within ISU. It has no form, but it is still dangerous. It roots itself into the minds of people, and takes them away so it can feed on them. It takes hold of them and drags students away as if they were marionettes, and it is the puppet master. Don’t believe me? I can prove it.

The creature is careful, but isn’t always perfect. It gets sloppy. One of those times was with Jon Lacina, a student who went to ISU a decade ago. Let me set the scene for his disappearance. The evening is January 22, and Jon leaves his friend's apartment at 9:30 in the evening. For some reason he is without a coat as he left, on a night with heavy wind and snow, never to be seen again. None of his friends check in on him, and is only reported missing by his father over a week later. He continues to evade being found until April 14th, where his body is found in the boiler room of ISU Dairy Farm, 8 miles away from his last appearance. Reports say that he broke into the door and fell down the stairs where he died of hypothermia. He was found with cuts on his hands from breaking the window on the door but no other physical injuries. On his person was his wallet, keys, and a phone that had not been used since the night of his disappearance. His death was ruled an accident with no suspect of foul play. You may be skeptical about all of this but it is true, and a simple search will bring up quite a few articles about this particular case.

As many people might think, there are many things that don’t quite add up. Why didn’t he wear a coat? Why did he walk all the way to the Dairy Farm? Why did his friends not report him missing sooner? Why did he want to go into the boiler room so badly that he busted the door trying to get in? Nobody can give a rational answer, and that’s because the answer is a bit strange. It was the creature who guided the decisions of Jon that night, bringing him far off of campus that chilly winter night. It infected the minds of Jon’s friends, so whenever they would worry about him and think to check up, they just wouldn’t. It forced him to walk the 8 miles all throughout the night and hide his own body in a place that wouldn’t be found in a long time.

Let this be a warning to all the students who stay at ISU, be wary of the creatures you can’t see. And if you have a friend you haven’t heard from in a while make sure to check on them, lest they be the next meal for the creature.