On The Matter of Being Bewitched By One Kimberly Sue Hallock of Titusville

Two weeks ago Thursday I had driven to Courtenay. A friend who was overseas on business, had asked me to look in on his estate. Upon walking through the front door and into the foyer, I was befallen with a great sleepiness, and found a large chair to take a moment of rest. The next thing I knew a boy was before me, entreating me with a most shocking tale.

The boy said “My names is Charles Flynn, named after King Charles II. Get me out of here, Oh My God, get me out of here. I am in the orange grove. My girlfriend Kimberly Hallock bewitched me. I had just smoked marijuana, which provided a gateway for her to enter me in some demon form. And she caused me to take out of its compartment my gun, and shoot myself in the chest. And she cast me upon the ground, and that is where I lie today.”

There I tossed and turned for how long I cannot say, and another vision came to me, this time a man. He said “My name is Deputy Mark Rixey. I am destined to forever wander the orange grove, for Kim Hallock bewitched and misguided me. Though I never met Kim Hallock, she came to me in a dream. And in that dream she did not seem concerned about Mr. Flynn’s condition, and did not ask about him even once.”

Still I was captive to sleep, as if to some unnatural force, when another vision came, this time a woman. She said “I am Sergeant Diane Clarke, and I too am bewitched and led astray by Kimberly Sue Hallock, who sent me to forever wander the orange grove. Kim Hallock bewitched and guided me down roads that have never been marked or named, as if fed by some dark and mysterious well of knowledge, despite having only ever been taken there one time in the dark against her will. And while on those dark roads I was possessed with a vision, in which Chip Flynn said nothing, and yet told me it was Kim Hallock who bewitched him and did him in.”

And then the last of my fitful dream was a girl both young and aged, with the wicked voice of a child. She said “I am Kimberly Sue Hallock. I was there in the baseball park, I was there in the orange grove, and I bewitched all of them. And I shall bewitch you too, to forever wander the orange grove.” I was so terrified I finally wrestled my way out of sleep, and hurried out of the home forgetting to lock the door. And then I was lost on those strange roads for three hours in the dark, and many an old gnarled orange tree did I pass, before finally finding my way back home.

And though I am neither witch-hunter nor witch-pricker – and selected perhaps only by curse of fortune – I swear under an Oath before God that these events did happen as I witnessed. And for these reasons I submit to all Authorities with Jurisdiction, that Kimberly Sue Hallock of Titusville should be tried without delay for the offence of Witchcraft, for the safety of our citizens young and old, and our preservation in the eyes of the Lord.

Stephen Lynch Murray
September 9, 2022