Acorn Road, Grenza, Ohio

"I told the story many times to many people over the years," he says. "I suppose I wanted someone to believe me so completely that they themselves would drive there and see what I'd see." But no one ever did. He drove back last summer, more than two decades after that long winter's night. The road was empty and snow blown. A lone light was still on in the main house where Laurel lived.