| This story came from a report that was written by a Pataskala Historian that asked that his identity not be revealed for the fact that he is frightened that if his identity was revealed... He may never be seen again. He did however ask us to give you one message. "Whatever you do, no matter how brave you think you are. DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT, step foot on the Old Murdock Place land. The things I saw while I was there should not ever be seen by a human EVER. I am lucky to still be alive after researching for this report, however, others that went with me were not so lucky. If you decide to trek the Old Murdock Place, DO NOT DO IT ALONE, This is the only warning you will receive. I wish you well." A portion of his report is as follows. ...As I researched Pataskala's records, I found no vitals report on anyone named Murdock during this time period. This could only mean one thing. Years before the first settlers came to the area now known as Pataskala, The Murdock's were already there. How they got there or where they came from, I have no idea, all I do know is, They were there and they were not leaving. The only information I could find was that during this time, there was a Sheriff that no name was ever found for and it is believed that his death was caused by The Murdocks one way or another. His report continued later with the following. ...Towns folk started seeing strange things and hearing noises coming from the area now known as the Old Murdock Place. Thats also the time the towns folk started noticing that people were coming up missing. Today, people that call Pataskala their home swear that they see lights and hear screams coming from the Old Murdock Place every year in October. Why October? I have no idea... But for that one month, People insist on going there and seeing for themselves if the stories are true or not. Further in the report... ...As we continued our trek through the woods, we kept hearing screams of what could only be described as a "Crazy Woman". Screams so loud, you would have thought she was possessed. We later came across a building that we could only assume was at one time a zoo. We thought we heard a evil laugh a few times, but passed it off as us just being frightened. The report continues... ...The foul smell of rotted meat filled the air as we entered the building. Different meats have different smells when it rots. You can tell if there is rotted beef, or rotted pork, or even rotted deer meat, but this was unlike anything we had ever smelled. The report goes on to describe many other happening on this land, but we were forbidden to release it. |