Writer Rents Creepy Cabin In The Woods And Basically Becomes A Walking Horror Movie Cliché As Strange Things Start Happening

So, hey. I somehow managed to book a creepy log cabin to do some intensive writing in for a few days...

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553539099.0

@TomTaylorMade I’m gonna come find you

— DONNY CATES (@DONNY CATES) 1553539312.0

@Doncates To... keep me safe?

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553542463.0

@TomTaylorMade https://t.co/INTVBevhvN

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I’ve been laughing to myself about just how cliched-horror-movie this cabin is. But at 5.30am, out of nowhere, desp… https://t.co/t5ICAfrQHC

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Now, I’m just about to go to bed, but I’m not sleeping through annoying, spontaneous wind chimes, so I head out there...

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And I see the wind chimes hanging on a rusty hook. I figure I can reach them, and I walk out onto the porch in my s… https://t.co/Rx7zUs4Iij

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I frantically check the door’s not locked. It isn’t. I’m not stuck on this porch in this gale in my socks and a T-s… https://t.co/Dr2IqEEWsZ

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Now I’m kind of giggling to myself because of how creeped out I’m feeling, so I grab my phone to take a photo of th… https://t.co/VUWA6Rh1Nn

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And it didn’t come from my phone...

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And there’s the sound again. But this time it’s heavier. Like a footstep...

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And there’s another flash against the wall of the cabin. I pull my phone out of my pocket, thinking I’ve left the t… https://t.co/WcMD52XGxm

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But then I realize I didn’t shine my phone in my face. Something else flashed in my face, & my brain is yelling at me...

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I’m telling myself I’m being stupid and that I did flash my own face & the ‘footstep’ was probably a kangaroo or so… https://t.co/46BO0xt8cy

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553541600.0

And, at 5.30am, in the dark, outside the murder cabin, SOMEONE IS STANDING THERE...

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553541735.0

I can’t see their face. They’re wearing a head torch...

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553541851.0

And I’m running. I know I slipped at some stage in my socks, as I ran up the porch. I definitely kicked the wind ch… https://t.co/rgYtiOjyrZ

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553542018.0

@TomTaylorMade Have you checked to see if it’s @SamSykesSwears? #YouMightBeTheKiller

— Greg Ellner (@Greg Ellner) 1553542114.0

@GregoryEllner @TomTaylorMade let me in, tom

— Sam Sykes (@Sam Sykes) 1553543108.0

Are you wearing the mask again? https://t.co/K9lB3KdO4p

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553543242.0

@TomTaylorMade no, that's @ChuckWendig let him in, too

— Sam Sykes (@Sam Sykes) 1553543267.0

@SamSykesSwears @TomTaylorMade we want in

— Chuck Wendig (@Chuck Wendig) 1553544159.0

And here’s the thing. Several tweets later, I’m sure it was probably just a super-early-morning jogger or something… https://t.co/5eVFiUcWmf

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553542207.0

But if it wasn’t, I’m letting you all know, just in case. And here’s this helpful picture I accidentally took mid-… https://t.co/N6QaNQHAxC

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553542430.0

Update: I just heard the wind chimes again. The wind chimes I know for fact aren’t hanging up anymore.

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553543362.0

@TomTaylorMade this is Tom's Ghost, tweeting

— Parker (@Parker) 1553543435.0

THIS IS SCREWED. I am not joking. Lying in bed and the bedroom door just suddenly blew open with a bang...

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553544559.0

OH. COME ON! https://t.co/lq7WXNUteU

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553544710.0

@TomTaylorMade 😳😳😳 TOM PLZ DONT DIE.

— KELLY THOMPSON (@KELLY THOMPSON) 1553551589.0

@TomTaylorMade Ooooo, following. I love a live tweet murder cabin writer death, and your work, of course (but mostl… https://t.co/hhtt8hDTwy

— Emily Andras (@Emily Andras) 1553545633.0

@TomTaylorMade Have you tried walking around outside, weaponless, yelling ‘hello’? Make sure you leave your phone b… https://t.co/j5U1tWdBbd

— Emily Andras (@Emily Andras) 1553546053.0

@emtothea This seems like poor advice...

— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1553546271.0

@TomTaylorMade Look Tom, do you want a great story, or do you want to be saved from the windchimes Wendigo?

— Emily Andras (@Emily Andras) 1553546462.0

@TomTaylorMade Ok good one, this is gold. https://t.co/eSe6Os90bL

— Emily Andras (@Emily Andras) 1553547256.0

@TomTaylorMade Tom did you die

— Chuck Wendig (@Chuck Wendig) 1553561063.0

@ChuckWendig @TomTaylorMade rip tom

— Sam Sykes (@Sam Sykes) 1553561082.0

@SamSykesSwears @TomTaylorMade he had a good run

— Chuck Wendig (@Chuck Wendig) 1553561092.0

@ChuckWendig @TomTaylorMade did some good, made some comics, got eaten by a bushfiend we should all be so lucky

— Sam Sykes (@Sam Sykes) 1553561133.0

@SamSykesSwears @TomTaylorMade tell great stories BECOME great stories that’s the dream

— Chuck Wendig (@Chuck Wendig) 1553561272.0