The Neighborhood Kids Kept Disappearing, and My Monthly Electric Bill Hit 100,000—Then the Police Came Knocking
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Over the past month, children in town had been disappearing one after another, leaving everyone terrified. When the police showed up at my door, I was at home eating a popsicle. “Oh, you mean Logan and those kids? They’re neighbors, but I don’t really know them,” I said lazily, licking my popsicle. The lead officer, Detective Blake, walked around the room a few times and breathed out a cloud of warm air. “Looks like you’re the only one home, right? I heard your electric bill last month was almost a hundred thousand dollars, several times more than what a normal household uses in a whole…