User blog comment:OzoneInstinct/Tumbleweed Myths/@comment-1429911-20100618153537

I did my own investigation of Tumbleweed, and I have found two things that struck me as...weird. Now, I stayed 2 nights, and both nights I tried the basement thing, and I found nothing. I shot out all the lanterns and nothing happened. No apparitions, no voices. BUT, I did hear sounds when I cleared the upper floor. When I shot those lanterns, I heard a chicken. Yes, a chicken. It almost laughed my head off because when I was looking for spooky human ghosts, I think I found a chicken ghost. Anyway, here are a couple other things that might be of some use. When you leave a door open for too long, the door closes by itself. Now I I used the 2nd floor door to the main room (opposite of the staircase) and stayed right near the 1st floor door near the fireplace. (That fireplace also gave me an experience but that will be told in a little bit. ) Now, I stayed there for a minute, and, right in front of my eyes, the door shut. Without anyone there. Also, I thought I saw someone moving near the door before it closed, though there is the possibility of it being just one of the curtains moving. Now, for the fireplace. I decided to light a fire, and well, I heard a guy talking. So, I threw in another, and I heard him screaming like it was on fire. The 2nd night, I did it again, and got the same result. I also have heard the dog barking (just right now in fact.) Now for the little girl. I didn't see her, what I did find that one of the gravestones has a little girl's name on it. It is Hattie Tanner and she died when she was 11. So that right there might be a possible suspect for our shadow girl. Finally, the so called "Demon Horse." Now, you saw one, I saw about 10 through the course of 2 game days. It was absolutely crazy, their where horses spawning and disappearing in a matter of seconds, sometimes right behind my back. So, our so called Demon Horse might just be a normal horse just spawning in Tumbleweed. I do have a theory for the message though. I believe that it is the Demon Horse they are talking about, that Horse might have a connection to Tumbleweed, so I'll get a save file with low honor and bring the Demon Horse to tumbleweed to test it out. (Oh, and the dog is STILL barking.)

VERDICT: PLAUSIBLE

CONFIRMED CASES: Ghost Talking, Ghost Dog.

(P.S. It was NOT any of the bandits, I had cleared out Tumbleweed and left it, so the hideout has not reset.)