Chapter 3: Crossing Into Danger

Thanks to all the publicity in the States, now even regular people know Silver Hollow is dangerous, and won’t go there without a good reason.

Most people know Silver Hollow borders Maple Heights, but they miss one thing: Silver Hollow also borders the Canadian wilds—dense forests and lonely highways.

If you can’t get in from Maple Heights, you can try from the Canadian side—and that route is even easier, but way riskier.

The Canadian border town is called Pine Creek.

Remember this name—don’t even think about it. Trust me, it’s not worth the risk.

Pine Creek is poor and remote, just dirt roads and wild vegetation everywhere. The air smells like pine needles and old gasoline.

Picture a place where the gas station doubles as the only grocery store, and the local diner’s got a menu stuck in 1987—mostly pancakes and hash browns. You won’t find any fancy hotels or souvenir shops here, just a creaky screen door and the sound of the fryers.

It’s not a tourist spot. There’s no money to be made here, and the locals keep to themselves.

If anyone tells you that once you get to Pine Creek there’s good food, fun, and big money waiting, they’re lying. Be extremely careful—don’t let anyone sell you on dreams that turn into nightmares.

And let me say something that might surprise you, even if you don’t want to hear it—it’s the truth.

There are stories online—Reddit threads, local news reports—about people getting drugged and kidnapped straight from Toronto airport or city centers, waking up in Silver Hollow.

That’s extremely rare.

I’m not defending Canada—I just want you to understand the real methods. Don’t be misled and end up guarding against the wrong thing. Focus on what’s real.

In our park—same for neighboring parks and any I’ve seen—among the hundreds I met who were tricked into coming, not a single one was drugged, knocked out, or tied up and hauled over.

Not one.

Everyone was tricked—fooled into coming! Sometimes it’s a job offer, sometimes it’s an old friend, but it’s always a scam.

So put your energy into avoiding scams. Of course, not going at all is best—don’t even let curiosity win.

What am I trying to say?

First: If you ever need to go to the Midwest for work or any other reason, travel smart, but always be wary of strangers striking up conversations—no matter what they say, don’t believe them, especially if it sounds too good to be true.

Second: If you need to take a taxi abroad, open your map app—Google Maps, Uber, whatever—and keep an eye on the route. Is the driver really taking you where you want to go?

If you notice the route is wrong, or the surroundings are getting more desolate, or you see on the map that you’re heading for the outskirts, do whatever you can to make the driver stop—fake a phone call, say you’re sick, anything.

If I’d known these two things, I wouldn’t have been tricked into going to Silver Hollow.

Sometimes it’s the little things—checking your phone, trusting your gut—that make all the difference.