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40 - The Deft Bowman

Welcome to Night Vale

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The Unmarked Black Van of a Stranger

The telephone service dispatched a crew of men who would not be missed. They wore wooden suits, climbed up the nearby pole and clattered around like so many bamboo wind chimes filled with hamburger. After several hours they climbed down, furtively smoking cigarettes and departed in their unmarked black van. Staring the out of order sign from the booth shortly before leaving. Some say they've seen strangers of varying heights and aura magnitudes speaking into the telephone in a hushed tone. In words that might have been Russian, staring at the horizon with cold determination.

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