At the outdoor living history museum the girl's uncle was directing a tour. The costumed interpreter dressed in atavistic-styled Sunday best like his stingy great-grandfather down to the deed sticking out of his pocket. The group listened immerced in legends of the surrounding area such as the North American Sasquatch and an elusive Loch Ness Monster-type serpent named Orovoro, that reportedly existed in the town's lake.

The motley crew of kids hid to frighten the sightseers. A timeworn manikin sitting in the gift shop startled Arcelia. Then she thought she saw the scarcely formed paranormal manifestation of the prospector and his steed coalesce beside her in the reflection of a cloudy mirror. When Arcelia turned the vaporish apparition was gone.

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