From my bedroom window

I used to be able to see the Radley Tower

It was over one thousand feet tall

And was built on Radley Moor

In the late nineteen sixties as a transmitter

My childhood house was built at about the same time

And the house came with the job

My father was one of the engineers

He was asked to monitor the new structure

And later on he was appointed as the Chief Officer

On occasions he travelled up to the viewing platform

And as a treat I accompanied him up there on my tenth birthday

It was whilst I was there that found a woman’s green shoe

Which my father passed to the police as the find was very odd

It was later identified as belonging to Annie Tacklock

Who had been reported missing during the summer of 1949

The tower and the surrounding area was thoroughly searched

But nothing else was found

The whole thing started to have an effect on me as I began to have vivid nightmares

I soon developed an irrational fear of heights which previously had not worried me

But it was something far more horrific that was terrifying me

As on certain nights I thought I could see an eerie green light glowing on the viewing platform

At first thought it was engineers working late into the night

But soon found out that no engineers had been scheduled to carry out maintenance

I started to watch the tower though my telescope but discovered little

And started to become used to the eerie green light

Even though I totally unnerved by the whole thing

I even watched it from my bed as I drifted into sleep

And then the horrors started as on one ordinary evening

The source of the light was revealed to me

It came from a pair of floating green eyes

These eyes were looking straight in my direction

I screamed and sought immediate comfort

My father who had run up the stairs closed the curtains

And let me sleep in the spare room

He even spent a couple of nights in my room

To prove nothing was wrong

But the horror followed me around the house

The eyes were now in my new room and even resting on my pillow

It was this and my loss of weight that that compelled my parents to move away from Radley Moor

And that was the end of it as I soon became a normal boy once again

Although I still hated heights

Radley Tower could be seen from most parts of the county and even as an adult

I would avert my gaze when it came into view although the mystery totally fascinated me

How did the shoe of a girl who vanished in 1949 turn up in a tower that was constructed nearly twenty years later

Why was no trace of Annie Tacklock even found

There were no clues and nobody came forward

The area around around the tower was searched again last year

Using state of the art equipment specially designed for the task

Parts of the nearby moor were also searched yet nothing was found

She had vanished Annie had just vanished into history

That was until yesterday when I received a small parcel

Totally out of the blue

It contained two shrivelled green eyes

I was sick on the spot and recoiled in total horror

Staring at the eyes which appeared to be staring at me

Slowly very slowly but with a glowing precision

Tears were beginning to gather on my wooden table

And were soon covering a considerable space

I touched the tears and they were warm to the touch

It was then that I noticed a hidden note

It read –

Michael I have found you again

Do not leave me

Please do not leave me