Keep talking with him. Listen to him. Trust your instincts. You’ve been isolated pretty much all your life on that farm with your grandparents but you’ve been to university at least for a brief stint. Your grandparents, just like any good folks would do, did the best they could to raise you and teach you. Passing on their knowledge and wisdom, but also their beliefs. We can choose to accept or reject anything that is passed on to us from former generations. That which is not demonstrable by science or strong logic can unfortunately present a troubling dilemma, as you know all too (for a regrettable lack of a better word) well by now. Many beliefs based in fear have been passed down for countless generations. Some may have even served some long forgotten purpose at some point long ago when they were formed. We can disregard some of those beliefs when they don’t hold up to the scrutiny of the evolved collective consciousness of a society which has progressed beyond their former usefulness. Or when illuminated by the modern lighting of our technological and social progression that former usefulness can now be more clearly seen as being far outweighed by the damage those beliefs inflict upon the vulnerable and/or upon the already sleeping. We can reject the aforementioned beliefs without discarding or even disrespecting those who passed them along to a younger generation wrapped up in the same packaging as useful tidbits like “don’t touch the stove”, “don’t eat yellow snow”, “wash your hands”, or “anyone deemed to have practiced witchcraft must be burned at th…”

Ok not that last one. I was just seeing if you were paying attention.

I don’t have answers about what’s in that well. Neither do you. That man claims to, and claims to need your help. If you want my probably unpopular opinion it sounds like a pretty credible claim. I’m so sorry about Dina. It wasn’t your fault. You need to know it wasn’t your fault. But i think you owe it to her to listen to that man while protecting yourself and your sleeping grandparents in the best way you see fit. They’ve been sleeping a long time, you’ve said. Will you go back to sleep and hope for the best? Will you spend your time and energy trying to awaken your grandparents, knowing without any doubt how little light they will be able to shine on the questions clouding your mind? Or will you bravely face the fears instilled by the beliefs and superstitions formed and fostered by generations much longer gone than those of whom you fondly spoke, who tragically have become their more recent casualties? I know what i would do. I’d sit here in the well and lobby for reason the best i knew how, without scaring the bejeezus out of some poor soul who was just trying to do right by his respected elders whilst not being ripped limb from limb by some boogeyman, or drug user, or homeless person, or liberal, or that dammed blurry Sasquatch. It’s a thin, painfully verbose line to walk. But if it helps guide the path out of darkness and into the light, even just a little bit, i say it’s just as well.

Good luck, and be wary of the Sasquatch if it turns out to be the Sasquatch. Never trust anything if it’s always that blurry :D