LOC: Finlayson Point Provincial Park Campgrounds
Three Hours Later
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Lights up. Kylie and Azul are fishing on a dock. Penelope is back at the campsite, preparing dinner. Fishing solo at the end of the dock is a young woman. Like before, Kylie is still moody. She doesn’t want to be here. Her fishing rod is on her lap.
Kylie: This place is dead. They’re no fish here.
Azul: (Grins.) Not to worry, Kylie, when we get on the lake tomorrow, we’ll catch all the fish in the world!
The young woman fishing solo listens to them.
Kylie: I seriously wish I could’ve stayed home, Dad, but no! You and Mom force me to come along and live my dream like a hippie. (Casts her line.) I just wish I had someone else my age to hang out with.
Azul: Kylie, I know you’re uncomfortable about this trip, but you have to believe me. A trip to the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park is a dream come true!
The solo fisher perks up and reels in her line, then puts it down. She smirks and approaches Kylie and Azul.
Solo Fisher: Say, I hear you two fishers are going to the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park?
Kylie and Azul glance at her.
Kylie: (Narrows her eyes. She’s uncomfortable.) Um, who are you?
Solo Fisher: Oh, I do apologize. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jamie Byerley. I’m from Montreal, Quebec. I usually come out here every summer to go fishing and boating. Are you Americans?
Azul: (Reels in his line.) We are. We’re from North Tonawanda, New York. We drove here today.
Jamie: And what are you doing all the way out here?
Azul: We’re going on a weeklong canoe trip up at Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park and Lake Temagami. My wife, daughter, and I.
Jamie: (Nods.) Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, eh? Well, you can’t go there without knowing about… (Scary voice.) the Ghost of Ontario!
Kylie: (Shivers and pulls her line back in.) The Ghost of Ontario?
Azul: (Glares.) The Ghost of Ontario is just a myth. It’s not real.
Jamie: No, it’s a legend.
Kylie: What is it?
Jamie reaches into her pocket and pulls out a flashlight. Lights down. Jamie turns on the flashlight, and its light shines on her face.
Jamie: Ten years ago, there was a little five-year-old boy and his mother canoeing on Red Squirrel Lake. They were returning to Lake Anima Nipissing after a weeklong canoe trip like you guys. When they hit the fourth hour of canoeing, they also hit tremendous waves picked up by the wind. The day was stormy, and they were trying to reach their campsite at Red Squirrel Lake, but the waves were too powerful. They attempted to hug the shoreline, but they didn’t make it. A powerful wave capsized their canoe, and it broke into two pieces. It sank to the bottom of the lake, and the boy was separated from his mother. He was pulled by the current, and his life jacket was loose on him by mistake. It was ripped right off of him, and he was incapable of retrieving it because the accident had badly broken his ankle. He couldn’t swim because of it, and his mother tried to rescue him, but she couldn’t. The waves pulled the little boy underwater, and he was never seen or heard from again. The rangers searched for as long as they could, but they could not find the boy. They eventually gave up, but his mother didn’t. She is said to still be searching for him this very day.
After the accident, the boy became known as the Ghost of Ontario. It is said that whenever he sees canoeists on Red Squirrel Lake, he threatens them with waves and tries to capsize them and pull them to the bottom of the lake, where he and his canoe sank. He likes to make other people experience the same kind of pain he did when he traveled on Red Squirrel Lake. It is said that in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, whenever there are waves, it’s the Ghost of Ontario’s dirty work. Needless to say, there have been very similar accidents to his on Red Squirrel Lake involving canoeists, but no deaths have been reported yet. It’s the Ghost of Ontario. He’s lurking in the shadows, waiting for his chance of revenge.
She turns off the flashlight. Lights up. Kylie is frozen in fear. She’s not even blinking.
Jamie: The end.
Azul: (Glances at Kylie; then at Jamie.) You disgust me. How dare you scare her! There is no such thing as the Ghost of Ontario! It’s a myth!
Jamie: It’s a true story, though. Ten years ago, a five-year-old boy went missing at Red Squirrel Lake, and he has not been seen since.
Kylie gasps.
Azul: (Angry.) Alright, that’s it! (Gestures for Jamie to leave.) Walk away, ma’am, and go scare a tree instead of a teenage girl.
Jamie: (Prepares to leave.) Very well, but be careful on the water. Who knows? (Starts walking off the stage.) You may be the Ghost of Ontario’s next victims. (Exits.)
Kylie gasps again. Lights down.
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