A Stormy Night
As the girls prepared for their first night, a thunderstorm caused the girls to seek shelter in their tent. They spent the evening writing letters to their parents before going to sleep. The tents were fanned out around the counselors’ quarters, but tent eight was almost impossible to see at night.
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All the campers were getting acquainted with their new friends and having fun with their flashlights before settling down. The chatter of the excited girls and the loud thunderstorm made it almost impossible to hear the screams of Milner, Guse, and Farmer as the killer entered their tent.