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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nice but sad pasta :(
I was expecting the statues to start torturing the Jesus statue…
Haha, Shruiken’s comment made me laugh.
wow…i’m impressed.
BUT WHO WAS JESUS?
this. was. AWESOME.
utterly brilliant :]
i loved it
this was really interesting…not creepy..but its nice
Any more detail on the ending would’ve ruined it. I was skeptical about the Jesus doesn’t cry thing, but it was a great piece.
Definitely not creepy, but it’s a fantastic read. Nice entertainment. :]
THIS IS DELICIOUS
I got the impression that the evil statues came to life and killed him or something. Am I in the ball park?
Anyways, one of THE BEST pastas I’ve ever read.
hey chill reaper
I didn’t know I insulted you so much by making an honest mistake
Clearly Jesus wants your soul.
I like this one, even if it’s not that scary. Reminds me of the Doctor Who episode “Blink,” which (if anyone wants to check it out, it’s probably online somewhere) is some pretty scary pasta.
this was good.
too bad it was repetative (i can’t spell stfu) and had some weird grammar goin onnn,
i liked it :D
Very good. I like the vague, yet ominous ending.
What the hell???
I don’t get where it ends.
What, do the “demons” get him?
*didn’t, I ment didn’t, the statues in SH3 didn’t hange. ^^;
I agree with Azriel. The open-ended ending was nice, but a bit more would’ve made this story great.
I did love this though. Just wish it was a bit more flushed out with the details.
ALSO, with the statues changing, was anyone else reminded of the statues in the amusement park in Silent Hill 3? They did change or snything, but, when you go up to them, you would’ve sworn they were about to eat your face off.
Oh no, now the Willow Men are coming for athiests too!
This was a really good story, I thought, but the ending wasn’t terribly creepy. I liked the description of the statues after he goes back at night, that was really well done. Though, as for the ending, I would have liked a little more information on what was coming for him, and why.
At least two idiots in this thread that think they are first just because they saw no comments when they got here. It does take a while to show up, you morons.
Also, this was not creepy. But it was kind of cool, nonetheless.
Delicioso
Hang on….Weeping Angels!
Not creepy….
Ooh pretty interesting story :D
Even if i dont think i really get it ahah
and lol @ people who think there first to comment but there actually not.
twats.
I’m from Saskatchewan, Eh.
My friend told me something along the lines of this. He used to live in a small town in Alberta (don’t remember where), and in the cemetery, there was a twelve-foot tall granite statue of an angel. Apparently, the statue was the first thing in the cemetery, apparently to watch over the rested. Every day, he had to ride his bike to school, and every day he’d see that angel. Now, back in the day, school schedules were around 11:00-5:00. Not too bad, but later in the year, it got dark really quick. He told me that every time he walked rode by at night, it always seemed that the angel was staring at him. Hell, he even had a photo of the thing in mid-October; the thing’s eyes were fucking glowing red pinpricks.
One day, as he was riding past, the angel was gone. Fucking gone. The pedestal it was attached to was practically untouched. No foot tracks, tires, treads: Nothing. No evidence of any thing or person took the angel, but it’s gone.
Well, it was obviously a Weeping Angel.
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i got a wee bit scared…i’m looking over my shoulder
quite a yummy pasta says i!
that is all.
Shuleeps, Ray, it is a real place. I’ve been there. Less than a week ago. If you get up that major hill near Cochrane heading towards Calgary (where I live), theres a left off the highway. Take a left, then a right, then follow the long road down. Its a marked street. If you come from the direction of Calgary, it’s clearly marked “RETREAT” and “Retreat Road.”
Jesus wept