Why He Weeps
I’d heard stories of it. Retreat Road down in Cochrane, Alberta. They have a monastery there. Robes and everything. But their real claim to fame is the massive statue of Christ being crucified in the woods. I’ve been there a few times. Walked up the path with all the smaller statues beside the path. There was a baby, a group of people reaching towards Jesus, all those things, finally culminating in this 20-foot tall cross with Jesus hanging from it. What gets a lot of people though, is that Jesus is weeping on the cross. Nobody can seem to figure out why. Weeping is not the action of a Lord and Saviour.
Never.
Unthinkable.
I’ve been a few times during the day. It’s an interesting walk. Even for the Atheist like myself, it is still awe-inspiring. I happened to notice lights though, beneath all the statues. I asked around, and they do light the path up at night. I asked if I could come back then, but they told me the path would be closed. No one would tell me why.
Not one to follow rules, I returned that night, and made my way over the fence and onto the path. As I walked along the winding route to the large statue, I passed the smaller statues. They seemed different. It was the angle the light hit them. The statue of the baby … it’s eyes were all sunken in, and the shadows seemed to make its fingers end in claws. The statue of the people reaching towards Jesus, they looked dead, reaching towards Jesus with the shadows casting a look of horror on his face. Something about them really unsettled me, but it was on a deeper level than just what they depicted now. I reached the statue of Jesus and gazed up at his face. I stood there for what felt like hours, just wondering why he was weeping. What for? What cause?
I heard the whispers and rustling of the trees on all sides of me long before I saw anything. I gazed up at Jesus, looked deep into those stone eyes, and understood.
That night, he was weeping for me.
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Credited to TheCoffinDancer.
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i live in alberta.
ffffuuuuuuuu-
That sucks Shuleeps. I live near Edmonton and as soon as I read this I was planning a road trip to Cochrane so I could check this place out. Oh well it was still a good piece of pasta in my opinion.
this is fucking awesome.
Amazing. But what happened to the man?
A rather bland piece of pasta in my opinion. I would have liked it a better if the details were a little more flushed out, but solid concept dude I really appreciate the originality.
P.S. Savior or not, I know I’d be crying if a bunch of jackasses decided to nail me into a piece of wood.
I like it! But I kinda wish the ending had a little more too it. It was pretty eerie but…not really scary.
Whoa that was awesome. I really liked it.
This was good :]
Unfortunately, I live near Cochrane, & there is no place in or around it like that. So, that ruined it, but other than my knowledge of this being fictional (oh my god! who knew?!) it was satisfying.
Not very creepy, honestly, but certainly a good story.
I think the only really creepy thing was the description of how the statues changed to become “crooked”, and even that, not so much.
-shrug-
Oh well. Good tale anyway.
Someonereadthisoutloudtome
I’m loving it. I don’t need any more or less details.
LOL U DYED BCUZ U WUZ ATHEIST LOL
…I couldn’t resist?
Yeah, I agree, a slightly rushed ending… but there’s more left to the imagination than ever before and pretty much NOTHING is absolutely clear. The narrator’s fate is completely obscure. He could have just fallen victim to a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Jesus was crying because he knows what a pain they are… or the Willow Men could have come after him.. or… well, anything. So I like this. It’s really left almost totally up to the imagination.
Made my spine tingle.
Good hot pasta! I give it 8 ;_;’s out of 10.
I liked this, if simply for the ending.
Nice.
Hehehe! ^_^…. lol… Heh… heh…. >_> Uh-oh…
I’m seconding Mreee’s opinion. This pasta had a lot of potential, but the ending is undercooked.
I GOT GOOSEBUMPS.
This Pasta has sent more shivers up and down my spine than any other pasta I have read.
Even Up? That one tends to be a personal favorite of mine.
Very awesome!
Heheheh.
It seems… a bit wonky, somehow, but the ending is quite good.
I think this had/has potential to be really really awesome…but it ends too abruptly and openly, in my opinion.
In b4 the 14 year old gothtards with their “FAIL I H8 U 4 TRYIN TO FORCE RELIGION ON MEEEE. I BETZ U BURN WITCHIZ!” and “I DUN GET IT, LOLZ!”.
I liked it. I usually shy away from anything with religious under- or over-tones, but this was very dramatic- and not really religious at all, as a full piece. Creepy, in a sort of understated way, and very skilfully written. I liked the preciseness of the location- “on THIS road, in THIS state, there’s a statue that looks like THIS”. Too many people try too hard to be obscure and artsy, and wind up sounding pretentious. There’s nothing pretentious here (that doesn’t belong, at least). Good work, TheCoffinDancer.
I agree with your second paragraph, but your first makes you look like a sinicle ass hole.
Cynical.
*cynical
nigga i dont cry fo nobody
THEN WHO WAS TEARS?
FIRST.
Brilliant.
first to comment!
this is pretty cool. I like the religious theme and the overall mysteriousness of it. although I’m not quite sure if I fully understand the ending. I’m guessing something bad happened to him and thats why Jesus was weeping?
anyway nice story…
Not necessarily creepy, but I really like this one.
It’s got the perfect amount of detail to be extremely frightening. This one’s gold.
I really like the story. It sucked me in. The only thing that I don’t like is how it just ends instantly.
wut
BUT THEN WHO WAS JESUS?
Jesus
What was in the trees 0.o
OMG every single pasta I’ve read has had at least one ‘But who was (insert something)’
Yeah its childish and pathetic.
IT WAS PHONE.
Darude,sandstorm
Me