Welcome to Dark Hollow Haunted Forest.

You are cordially invited to visit these dark paths, but be warned: here nightmares are made manifest, a forest where the dead walk.

Recorded history began in 1804 with the pirate Finneas Falwart, aka Red Fallows, captain of the H.M.S. Maleficent. This legendary buccaneer pillaged from Vancouver to the Columbia River until, seeking greater riches, he attempted an inland passage along the then much-deeper Cedar River.

The fate of Fallows and his crew is unclear, but native legends speak of "...Angry gods (who) rose up in defiance against evil men, until their bodies hung like drying salmon upon the trees." (Ghost Tales of Maple Valley, Red Herring Press, 1987).

A Century of Darkness

A hundred years later, Phillipe Mauvais arrived. This eccentric foreign aristocrat brought his unusual family and, defying local opinion, began building a mansion upon unhallowed ground. Within a year the house was finished, and it began the village known as Carlofé Township.

Carlofé soon attracted dangerous characters from around the world: purveyors of the occult, criminals on the lam, mad geniuses like Doctor Carradine and his unholy experiments, and strange carnivals. The worst of these was the notorious Cirque Macabre.

The evil that Phillipe Mauvais and his family introduced would have gone unchecked, if not for the brave efforts of one challenger: Professor Alrich Von Helsbane.

A lone voice against supernatural threats, Helsbane suspected the Mauvais Family had been infected with vampirism. He was right. Armed with implements of righteousness, Helsbane was last seen marching toward the Mauvais Family Crypt.

That was over a hundred years ago.

The Hollow Today

Like many early settlements along the Puget Sound, Carlofé Township soon died and faded from memory. The forest where it stood grew wild.

Where and when the moniker Dark Hollow began is unclear, but it seems appropriate. It is whispered that on dark nights, echoes of ages past rise up to haunt the living. Strange folk have taken residence among the shadows.

It is up to you to decide if these stories are real. Before visiting, please ensure that everything is in order: wills drafted, graveyard plot and coffin purchased, final goodbyes made.

Good luck.