Candle Face Is Real, and She's Here to Help

March 11, 2024

Main subjects:

• Sammy
• Arthur (Ray Mills)

• Candle Face

Yesterday, I received an interesting email from someone calling himself “Sammy.” He says he speaks to Candle Face by the creek, the same place where I used to get ambushed on my way to school. In his email, he described one-sided conversations he believes he has with Candle Face while walking his dog. The fact that this same creek appears in both his account and my own history makes it hard for me to dismiss. It may be one of the places most closely tied to her activity.

Here is what he wrote in his email:

Hey Arthur,

For the purpose of this email, my name’s Sammy and I live near the creek where you say Candle Face hangs out. I’ve been reading your articles about her and, dude, I gotta say, I’m totally on board. I walk my dog, there every evening, and sometimes we just stop on the bridge. I kinda talk to her. I never hear her talk back or nothing, but I feel her answers in my gut.. Like this one time, I asked if she was sad, and the wind picked up real quick like she was saying, “Yeah, kinda.” Another time, I was stressed about work, and I swear the water in the creek got all calm all sudden, like she was telling me to chill out.

I think it’s cool you’re writing about her, Arthur. More people need to know she ain’t just some scary ghost – she’s got this kindness. Like, she really wants to help us out. I tell all my friends about her, trying to spread the word. Some think I’m just making stuff up, but others, they get real interested.

Now, here’s the crazy part I gotta tell ya. Last week, I was at the creek, and this shadow comes out nowhere, right next to me while I’m talking to Candle Face. I don’t see this shadow any other time, just when I’m there talking about serious stuff, like asking Candle Face to help with with bullies. It’s like this shadow understands me and Candle Face? I got this weird feeling it’s Candle Face in another form, just checking in.

But hey, if you want use this in your blog or something, that’s cool with me. Just don’t put my email out there. It’s a fake one anyway, haha. We got to keep spreading the word about her, showing people she’s not what they think.

Keep doing what you’re doing, Arthur. Candle Face needs more believers, and what you’re doing could really help her find peace or whatever it is she’s looking for. And maybe, just maybe, we can make our neighborhood a better place, knowing there’s someone like her watching over us.

Thanks for listening, man. And remember, not everything you hear about ghosts is meant to scare you. Some of them, like Candle Face, they’re just misunderstood.

Later, Sammy

Sammy’s account differs from the stories I usually receive. In his version, Candle Face is misunderstood and may even be capable of empathy. That possibility complicates the picture.

I have been asking myself whether I should share experiences like his. It seems worth including perspectives that might add to what we know, but I also have a responsibility to stay as factual and measured as I can, especially when so much of what we know about Candle Face comes through personal experience rather than anything that can be independently verified.

How do we handle testimony like Sammy’s in a way that stays grounded and still respects the darker accounts others have shared? The best answer may be to present these stories as personal accounts while keeping them separate from the investigative side of this project.

I would like to hear what you think about that. How do we make room for experiences like Sammy’s and still keep this project grounded? I also found myself thinking about something else. A few days ago, I wrote about exposing Candle Face’s evilness. That’s still important. If there’s another side to her, I shouldn’t ignore it. Sammy would probably agree.

Please share your thoughts at my website: www.candleface.com.