To whom it may concern

If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:

If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:



THE RIVER WILD (Let them eat fish Part 2)

Written by: Maria C. Copyright 2000 Maria C. and eeriein.com

It has been just over a week since the opening of Eerie's new fish farm, Spliced-Gene Salmon City, and already the enterprise has run into difficulties. The farm which takes advantage of recently developed genetic engineering techniques to produce vast quantities of "Super Salmon" at low prices, is under suspicion of causing some recently noted environmental disturbances down-river from its site. What, just one week ago, seemed to have been the best thing to happen to Eerie in a long time, is now facing serious accusations.

Locals living on a calm stretch of river down from the farm have reported an unnatural phosphorescence in the water:

"The river in this part glows at night. I'm sure it never did that before. Well, not since the time Eerie had that prototype nuclear power station, anyway," remarked local resident, Mr Coles.

His wife also made her opinion on the matter known:

"It's not so much that it glows… that's kind of pretty, in a way. And so useful when I'm digging, you know, at night…"

Digging?

"Er… yes, for my, er, flowers. Yes! Flowers! That's it."

Yes, of course. Flowers. We asked her to continue:

"Like I was saying, it's not so much the fact that the water glows, I'm mothat the water glows, I'm more worried about the things you see just walking about. Like that there, can you see it?"

Yes, indeed, the creature was most visible. It's hard to miss a confused looking three-legged purple salmon wandering about on the banks of an otherwise normal-looking river.

We spoke to Mr Gower, owner of the fish farm under suspicion, who's methods disposing of all the waste materials and failed experiments involved habitually dumping them in the river. This process was approved by Eerie officials, but it is now possible that it may have caused some unforeseen environmental effects. Here is what he had to say:

"It ain't proven that its anything to do with my farm. My procedures are totally safe, and I ain't got nothing to do with it, I tell you!"

This was all Mr Gower would tell us, so the Eerie Examiner tried to speak to the mayor, Mr Chisel. Unfortunately, he was unavailable for comment.

As our readers know, it is the Eerie Examiner's prime objective to probe for the truth in any case, so we sought the counsel of a leading authority in the fields of environmental biology and genetic modification. Professor E. Gore, lately moved here from Transylvania in Eastern Europe, examined the recently present flora and fauna to be found in the river. He remarked:

"Hmmm… yes, this is indeed highly irregular. I have never seregular. I have never seen so many and varied genetic anomalies all in one place before! It's fascinating!"

When asked if he could perhaps suggest a possible cause of the observed phenomena, he explained:

"Well, what we seem to have here is some kind of primordial soup, out of which life is evolving at an incredible rate.

Scientists have never been able to recreate anything like this from scratch, although if the process was given a helping hand, say, some raw genetic material, that kind of thing, it would still be unlikely, but maybe possible. I seem to remember an electrical storm a few days ago… it is possible that may have kick-started it all."

What about the fully-formed mutations? Those strange fish/human/amphibian hybrids? We caught one and took it to Mr Gower. When asked if it looked familiar, this is what he said:

"Well, sure! That's one of mine, alright, but he didn't work out. I had to dump him with the other critters I made - but it's all legal! The Eerie Department of Health said it was OK."

So it seems the farm is fully within it's rights to dump and continue dumping all of its laboratory (in this case, Mr Gower's kitchen) waste into the river. We asked Professor E. Gore if this held any danger for the people of Eerie, Indiana.

"The creatures inhabiting the river at the moment, whether created by Mr Gower directly, or indirectly, or whether evolved from the materials available in the water, are not actually dangerous as such. The real danger is in whether they evolve further to pose a threat to human life, or if the water becomes toxic. As for the river's strange luminescence, although I couldn't identify the origin of that without further, more advanced experimentation, it does not seem to be a cause for concern. However, I will look into the whole matter in more depth and make a report available."

For the time being, the river has been announced safe and Spliced-Gene Salmon City will continue trading as normal. However, there was still the matter of the new life inhabiting the river. Luckily, in the best Eerie tradition, an elegant solution to this problem has been found. We spoke to Mr Radford, proprietor of The World O' Stuff - Eerie's answer to any conceivable consumer requirement:

"The World O' Stuff will any day now have a new section: Unusual Pets,"

He told us, pausing in the act of fishing another of the strange little animals out of the river and into a large bucket.

"Everyone's unique! And they're at a good price, too!"

We left him to his fishing net and business dreams.

Whatever the future may hold for Mr Gower and his farm, the inhabitants of Eerie, Indiana are for the time being safe from being attacked in their beds by mutated monheir beds by mutated monstrosities. Only time will tell if mother nature will seek her revenge, or if Eerie will become the economic centre of America, or if The World O' Stuff's new pet department will succeed.

Rest assured, however, that The Eerie Examiner will continue to bring you the latest news concerning this and other stories as and when they break, and that the results of Professor E. Gore's report will be fully publicised as soon as they are made available.

If you have any tales youd like Miss. C to investigate, you can contact her at the Eerie Examiner

Maria C

If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:



ANNUAL RAVEN EVENT TAKES PLACE

Written by: Maria C. Copyright 2000 Maria C. and eeriein.com

Yesterday, an important event in Eerie's social calendar took place. Outside the World O' Stuff, locals gathered to watch the 56th annual Eerie Raven Show, where the bird owning citizens could display their pets in competition with each other, in order to win the prestigious Best in Show award. The judges looked for plumage (blackest and glossiest), size, most ominous croak and highest intelligence. The latter was judged by putting the ravens through a series of tests, including the ever popular eyeball retrieval task.

The Best in Show award went to Mrs Laura Sykes, for her magnificent raven, Perky. Mrs Sykes gave the Eerie Examiner the following statement after collecting her prize, the much coveted Eerie Raven Show Trophy.

"I'm just so proud of my little Perky!"

she enthused,

"I found him when he was just a little hatchling, five years ago. I brought him into my home and treated him as if he was my own. I did my best to raise him well, and knowing that all those years of training him have paid off is just fantastic! I can't tell you how happy I am!"

Although Mrs Sykes is obviously overjoyed at her and Perky's achievement, not everyone is so pleased at the outcome of this year's event. We spoke to year's event. We spoke to the 4 times champion, Mr Goodyear, who this year came runner up with his raven, Mordred.

"I can't believe it! This is the first time in five years that Mordred and I have come second! I don't agree with the judges decision - Mordred is quite obviously the better bird, anyone can see that. I think the vote was rigged. I demand the judges reconsider!"

Well, somebody's obviously taking the defeat a little hard. In any case, the judges decision is final. Here is what the chairperson of the judges panel had to say on the matter:

"I am sorry if Mr Goodyear is disappointed with the result of the Eerie Raven Show, but on this occasion it was felt that Perky deserved the prize for best in show. Mordred is a fine bird, and did in fact take the runners up prize. I'm sure that next year, Mr Goodyear will enter him again; maybe he will have better luck next time."

VICIOUS VULTURE VENTS VENOM AT VENUE

Ravens were not the only birds to have a chance of entering the show, with special categories for other carrion birds. Vulture owners came to the show in the hope of carrying off the first prize in this category. However, before any decision could be reached on the judge's part, one of the large scavenger birds broke loose and attacked a member of the crowd. In the confusion that ensued, several other vultures escaped the restraints escaped the restraints of their masters and wreaked havoc amongst the spectators and participants alike.

We spoke to Miss Trent, the owner of Vinnie - the vulture who began the chaos:

"Vinnie's usually such a gentle bird! He's just a bit excitable, that's all. He really didn't mean to cause any harm - he was just playing!"

Once the injured had been transferred to the Eerie Hospital, any errant vultures rounded up, and Miss Trent and her bird led away to explain it to the police department, the event got back under way.

MR JORDAN SPEAKS

At the end of the event, Mr Jordan, head of The Eerie Carrion Bird Society, made a short speech of thanks:

"Fellow people of Eerie; I want to thank you all for participating in this most great Eerie tradition. It has given me great pleasure in seeing that the status of the raven in this town of ours is as strong today as it has ever been, and I look forward to having the honour of attending many more Eerie Raven Shows in the future. God bless you all."

If any readers are interested in knowing more about the Eerie Carrion Bird Society, or would like any information concerning the ownership of ravens, crows, vultures, etc., details of the society will be posted outside the Eerie Chamber of Commerce along with full details of winners and runners up at this year's Eerie Raven Show.

Write Raven Show.

Written by: Maria C. Head Reporter for the Eerie Examiner

If you have any tales youd like Miss. C to investigate, you can contact her at the Eerie Examiner,

Maria C

If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:



SEWER MONSTER SUFFERS INDIGESTION

Copywrite 2000 Maria C. and Eeriein.com

This past week, reports have been flooding in from all over Eerie of a variety of disturbances - most commonly strange noises and tremors which seem to originate from deep underground. Worried citizens have been calling the police department with such reports, demanding to know what is happening.

The Eerie Examiner got in contact two days ago in with Eerie officials concerning the odd goings on, in a bid to keep the people informed. It transpired that these occurrences are environmental in nature and, indeed, are of subterranean origin. We were also told that there is no immediate cause for concern.

The Examiner asked Professor E. Gore, a talented environmental biologist, if he would explain to our readership what is happening:

"Since its very beginnings as a town centuries ago, Eerie has been living in a unique symbiosis with an organism known to exist in no other part of the world. This creature currently resides underground and lives off the household waste generated by the community, thereby keeping this town clean and free from rubbish and other refuse, in return for a constant supply of food and a safe existence beneath the streets of Eerie.

"This happy relationship between the town and the creature has up until now been extrs up until now been extremely uneventful. However, recently the townsfolk have angered it."

Angered it? I asked the Professor how this happened, and what could be done.

"I cannot be sure why it is angry and, until that has been established, I cannot suggest an appropriate course of action. But I am quite sure about one thing: unless we do something soon, the creature will continue to become more and more restless and may even cause some damage. Eventually it may rise up from its underground lair and cause untold chaos before leaving Eerie altogether. When the town finally recovers from this, we will be left without any way of getting rid of our trash - Eerie is completely dependant on the creature for all its domestic waste disposal."

Yesterday, an emergency meeting was called between prominent citizens of Eerie in order to establish the risks and find a possible solution. The mayor of Eerie, Mr Chisel, the proprietor of the World O' Stuff, Mr Radford, Mr E. Presely and Mr Chaney met with Professor E. Gore to discuss the present situation. The Examiner was invited to attend the assemblage at the World O' Stuff which took place in the very early hours of the morning, before the store opened.

Professor E. Gore had time the day before the meeting to gather more information on the creature from Eerie records, and was able to trace the disturbances backce the disturbances back to a particular point. At the meeting, he shared his findings with the rest of those concerned:

"The creature is said to be very large, estimated to be around 50 feet across. Of course, this may not be entirely accurate. The records go back a long time… in fact, it is entirely possible that it has grown since then. It is also documented that it is octopus-like in appearance, only with more tentacles, and that it is pale blue in colour. That, and that it feeds off household waste, is all I can find out at such short notice. I have also been able to trace the seismic activity caused by the creature's movements using earthquake equipment from Eerie University. It seems that the tremors originate from manhole #666, right at the geographical centre of Eerie."

Mr Chisel was understandably worried:

"50 feet? Is that with tentacles?"

"Oh, no. That's just the body. The tentacles are much longer."

Mr Chisel, always concerned for the well-being of his town, felt the following questions needed to be asked:

"So, if this monster was to come up into Eerie, it would probably do a lot of damage?"

"Incalculable damage. And of course, afterwards, Eerie would have no means of disposing of its garbage."

"But that would mean having to rebuild the town! With a sewage system! And waste disposal! The taxes would havesal! The taxes would have to go up… I might not get re-elected!"

by this time, Mayor Chisel was a desperate man.

"We have to do something! Why is it angry? What does it want? Money? Human sacrifice? Chaney! Come on, lets see what we can do for Mr Sewer Monster, sir."

The Professor tried to calm things:

"Now, Mayor. Lets remain calm. There's no need for any of that. I think it's just a question of diet."

"What, like food, you mean?" said Mr Presely

"Sort of. The creature eats all the usual stuff that families throw out. That's where the trucks take it all, to the big fenced-off pit on the outskirts of Eerie. It reaches the creature by that route. I think people have been putting things they shouldn't be in their bins. Stuff that needs special disposal, or incineration."

"But I thought that people threw out all kinds of junk they aren't meant to all the time…"

said Mr Radford.

"Yes, they do. The creature can tolerate certain amounts, but recently, people must have been doing it more than usual."

The meeting was adjourned so that Professor E. Gore could do some more research, and so that Mayor Chisel could go and have a lie down.

The Eerie Examiner took to the streets of Eerie in the hope of gaining an insight into public opinion, and maybe to find out a bit more about what has been going on. I came across one very worried looking local, busy boarding up the windows of his house. His family and belongings were waiting in the car with the engine running. When asked what he was doing, he replied:

"I'm getting out of here! Haven't you heard? The monster is angry! I'm getting away before it starts running loose… didn't you ever see Godzilla?

The Examiner felt it had to point out that the whole Godzilla incident occurred under different circumstances, but he had jumped into his car and was gone in a screech of tyres before anything else could be said. Just then another tremor shook the ground. After what Prof. E. Gore had said, the hospital was my next stop.

I spoke to the care taker at the Eerie Hospital about the policy regarding waste disposal:

"Well, usually, all the hazardous stuff gets put in the big incinerator,"

He told me, indicating a large chimney across the yard:

"Stuff like needles, swabs, operation left-over bits, unused medicine, tubing, anything infected… all those kinds of things. But sometimes, it's easier to just stick it in the bin with all the reg'lar trash, you know? Instead of stoking up the incinerator. I mean, I don't suppose it makes any difference. The monster eats anything, right?"

The Eerie Examiner felt it had found at least one cause for the Sewer one cause for the Sewer Monster's wrath. I thanked the care-taker, but advised him to get the incinerator fired up.

By early afternoon, the tremors were getting stronger and stronger. In the absence of Professor E. Gore, the Examiner decided to forgo all thoughts of personal safety and to take up station near manhole #666, in case the creature decided to make itself seen. However, as soon as I got there, it turned out that someone else had had that same idea.

I approached the small figure keeping guard over the manhole from behind a dumpster. The grey-haired young man was holding a camera and eyeing me suspiciously. I asked him if he was looking for the Sewer Monster.

"Yeah. Manhole #666, right? Well, this baby's mine, so if your thinking of getting pictures of it, you'd better think again."

Ignoring the threat, I told him I was with the Eerie Examiner and wanted to know how he knew that it's lair was located under manhole #666:

"Look, I don't talk to the press, OK? Unless you'd be interested in buying the exclusive pictures of the Sewer Monster I'm about to take… I bet Werd TV would pay big bucks for a photo of this octopus thing."

He said, grinning evilly and nodding in the direction of the manhole cover.

Just then another shock wave struck. The biggest one yet, it dislodged several bits from the nearby buildings. Mr Radford of the nearby World O' Stuff ran up accompanied by Prof. E. Gore and two more kids.

"It's just a matter of time!"

Yelled the Professor.

"We have to appease it, but I still don't know how!"

He shouted as he ran up. The smaller of the two kids with him addressed the strange photographer I'd just been talking to:

"Hey! What are you doing here?!"

It seemed that Mr Radford was also anxious to have a word with him:

"Hey! That's my camera! That went missing from my store this morning!"

Just before anyone could perform any acts of violence, a terrible noise came up from the metal cover in the middle of the quiet street. Everybody understood that now was not the time for settling scores. The older of the boys, one Marshall Teller, spoke up:

"Simon and me traced the earth quakes on a map of Eerie, right to this spot. And we think we know how to stop the monster from destroying Eerie!"

The younger one evidently called Simon handed an extremely ancient book over to Prof. E. Gore:

"We got it from the library,"

He said

"It tells you about the monster and how it should be fed!"

This was probably incredibly lucky, considering the rumbles coming up from under the street were getting more and more frequent.

"People have been feeding it the wrong stuff by throwing out all kinds of junk. Me and Simon went over to the pit this morning, you know what we found? Car batteries, old medicines - even half a bag of quick lime!"

As another subterranean blast shook the street, Prof. E. Gore made a decision:

"That one must have been the quick lime. It says here that to soothe the creature when it has indigestion - and I suppose this can probably be classed as indigestion - to feed it lots of normal stuff, like newspapers, peelings, wrapping…"

"I've got a load of that kind of thing out back at the World O' Stuff. We'd better get moving."

Suggested Mr Radford

"And you're coming too. And when you've helped us get out of this, you can give the camera back and I might not tell the sheriff."

He said, addressing the grey-haired kid who was in the process of sidling off towards a nearby narrow alley as nonchalantly as he dared. It turned out he had been lurking in the many shadows at the World O' Stuff that morning as we discussed the Sewer Monster situation. Seeing the potential for making some easy money, he 'borrowed' the camera. Certainly shows initiative.

An hour later, all the normal rubbish we could find had been thrown down the gaping abyss of the Monsters feeding pit, where questing tentacles will have come across the bounty and dragged it back toy and dragged it back to the lair underneath the cover of manhole #666.

Thus Eerie was put out of immediate danger, and Mayor Chisel saved from the prospect of not being re-elected. The mayor was unable to comment following the events, as he was still suffering from nervous exhaustion at the time of going to press.

Eerie citizens will be glad to know that the remaining tremors will get fainter as the Sewer Monster recovers from what must have been a very upset stomach. Tighter controls are now in operation and all garbage entering the pit is screened beforehand. Better facilities are in place for the disposal of dangerous materials, e.g. batteries, chemicals, fertilisers, medicines, etc. and the hospital has pledged to in future incinerate all hazardous refuse.

Readers of the Eerie Examiner are asked to bear the past week's events in mind when about to bin any item considered dangerous to the Sewer Monster's health. Look after the creature, and it will continue to look after us by providing us with cheap and clean garbage disposal, keeping our town safe and wholesome - the pride and envy of all Indiana.

By Maria. Head reporter for The Eerie Examiner.

If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:



CLASSIFIEDS

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Want to get rid of it,due to the large amount of green slime.
$16,666.10 Contact: Mr. Radford at the World of Stuff.

Item #2 For Sale: 1 8'x10' wide hole.
Located on the west end of Eerie.
Unlimited depth. Great for family get away and storing
those things that come out of your closet during spring cleaning.
$13,666.99 Comes with free shovel. Unlimited potential!
Contact: Mrs. Crisp at the Costume Shop on Main