Description
Curtis Wilcox, a Pennsylvania State Police Officer for over 20 years is hit by a truck. His son, Ned helps out at the Troop barracks to help him grieve. The members of the Troop have a strange old Buick in a shed, and they sit him down and tell him the story of how it appeared at the Jenny Station and the driver simply disappeared.The Car was almost alive, healing damage done to it, it never dirtied, but its strangest secret was that it was a doorway to a strange and alien world. Strange creatures came to our world from within the Buick and animals and people from our world were transported away, never to be seen again. But as time passes, the Buick seems to be losing its powers.
Published
2002Dedication
This is for Surendra and Geeta PatelPeople
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| (Buick Driver) | He drove the Buick and left it in the Jenny Station on SR32 in 1979 and disappeared without a trace |
| 2 Frogs | Left near the Buick. One disappeared the day after one of the lightstorms |
| 6 Cockroaches | Put in the trunk of the Buick in 1986. They escaped the box they were in, and only 4 were found |
| 6 Green Beatles | Found dead in the Buick''s trunk in 1983. Very bright green |
| 8 Crickets | Left in a box in Shed B during the works of the lightstorms in June 1983. None went missing |
| AC/DC | Band liked by Sandra McCracken |
| Ace, Johnny | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Arkanian, Arky | Custodian at the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D depot. About 60 Years old |
| Arness, James | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Avery, Herb | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1979. Died in a crash in 1989 |
| Babicki, Matt | Police Communications Officer in Troop D before Shirley Pasternak took over |
| Babicki, Mrs | Wife of Matt Babicki |
| Badiniff, Boris | From the children's show Rocky and Bullwinkle |
| Badinov, Boris | Mentioned in passing |
| Baez, Joan | Singer heard on the radio |
| Barnum, P T | Mentioned in passing |
| Bat | Found dead in shed B with the Buick. Curt Wilcox did an Autopsy on it, and it was found to be pregnant |
| Bird | Came from the trunk of the Buick in 1991. Had 4 wings. Died |
| Blondie | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Borden, Lizzie | Mentioned in passing |
| Bossey, Hubert | Owner of the Jenny Station on SR32 in 1979 when the Buick appeared there |
| Brandy | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Brownell, Sid | Statler township Chief of Police |
| Brundage, Carl | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1979. He was there in June 1983 when the fish came out of the Buick. His wife left him and took their children |
| Brundage, Mrs | Wife of Carl Brundage. Left her husband |
| Buick | Car that arrived at the Jenny Station on SR32 in 1979. It was put in a shed in Troop D''s compound. Looks not quite real, and heals itself when damaged. It emits flashing lights and sometimes creatures from inside it. Has killed 2 people. The window cracked in 2006, proving it will slowly lose its powers |
| Bullfrog | Left in a cage in Shed B during the works of the lightstorms in June 1983. Went blind |
| Bullwinkle | From the children''s show Rocky and Bullwinkle |
| Candleton, Phil | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D. He saw leaf-type things appear in Shed B |
| Chauncey | Pig cut up in School biology classes by Curtis Wilcox |
| Clouse, Floyd B | There was a football field named after him |
| Cole, Brian | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979 |
| Colucci, Andy | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979. Uncle of Stephanie Colucci. There when the fish arrived in 1983 |
| Colucci, Stephanie (Steff) | Police Communications Officer in Troop D. Niece of Andy Colucci |
| Columbo, ? | TV Detective |
| Curie, Marie | Mentioned in passing |
| Cutler, Jeff | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 2002 |
| Dadier, ? | One of the Dadier Brothers. Looked after the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D lot during winter |
| Dadier, ? | One of the Dadier Brothers. Looked after the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D lot during winter |
| Dearborn, Mr | 74 Year old father of Sander Dearborn |
| Dearborn, Mrs | 70 Year old mother of Sander Dearborn |
| Dearborn, Sander Freemont (Sandy) | Pennsylvania State Police Troop D Sergeant Commanding. He was one of the many people that told Ned Wilcox about his father and the Buick |
| Dearbourn, ? | Mother of Sandy Dearbourn. Died of cancer |
| DeMille, Cecil B | Film director mentioned in passing |
| Devoe, Steve | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979 |
| Diment, ? | Police captain from Butler in 1979 |
| Dockerty, James | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D for a few months in about 1986. Good cook. Nicknamed Chief Prudhomme before he left |
| Dylan, Bob | Singer thought of by Sandy Dearborn |
| Eliot, ? (Dicky-Duck) | Possibly a Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D |
| Fish | Came from within the Buick in June 1983 a few days after the worst lightstorm. Came out of the trunk and was the size of a sofa before it died |
| Flanders, ? | Brother of Buck Flanders. A stockbroker in Pittsburgh who invested the money donated by Troop D for Edith Hyams when her brother Ennis Rafferty disappeared |
| Flanders, Buck | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979 |
| Frady, William Kirk | Owner of a Jetta stopped by Eddie Jacubois. From Pittsburgh |
| Frances, Miss | Mentioned in passing |
| Friday, Joe | Mentioned in passing |
| Garrett, Mrs | Wife of Orville Garrett. Got blood poisoning and lost a couple of toes |
| Garrett, Orville | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979. He used to take Mister Dillon when he had a few days off |
| Garris, Cynthia | Worked at the Country Way in 2002 |
| God | Mentioned in passing |
| Grenville, Mr | School guidance counsellor |
| Guinea Pig | Left near the Buick in a plastic bucket during one of the severe lightstorms, but was not harmed |
| Hitler, Adolf | Mentioned in passing |
| Holmes, Sherlock | Detective mentioned in passing |
| Hull, George | Cigar maker from Binghamtom in 1860''s that created a hoax Giant in upstate New York''s Onondaga Valley |
| Hyams, Edith | Sister of Ennis Rafferty. Troop D took up a collection for her after Ennis disappeared, and the money was invested for her. 8 or 9 years older than Ennis |
| Hyams, Mr | Husband of Edith Hyams. Dead |
| Islington, Justin | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1988. Had blue eyes & looked like a football player |
| Jack | From the children''s story Jack and Jill |
| Jacubois, Eddie | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D after spending some time in the army. Curt Wilcox saved his life. Heavy drinker, but gave up when he bought Curt Wilcox''s car off Ned Wilcox. He quit the force and committed suicide by driving the car into a bridge support |
| Jesus | Mentioned in passing |
| Jill | From the children''s story Jack and Jill |
| Jimmy | Gerbil partner of Roslyn. Was put into the Buick in 1979. He disappeared |
| Jones, Mr | He told Ned Wilcox about his fathers death |
| Judas Priest | Band liked by Brian Lippy |
| Kalin Twins, The | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Lennon, John | Singer who died |
| Lippy, Brian | Drug dealer stopped by George Morgan and Eddie Jacubois when he was seen punching a woman in his car. He disappeared without a trace, but was suspected of entering the Buick & being transported to another world |
| Loving, ? | Troop D Dispatcher in 1979 |
| Loving, Paul | Sprained his knee falling from the swing at Redfern Stream |
| Lugosi, Bela | Film director mentioned in passing |
| Marley, Jacob | Quoted |
| Maturin, John H | Wrote "Twenty Elementary Dissections" in 1968 |
| Mayhew, Esther | School bus driver that was killed when her bus collided with a Norco West tanker |
| McClannahan, Tom | Worked for the County Parks & Recreation. Held a place open for Ned Wilcox in the summer of 2002 |
| McCracken, Sandra | She was the girl in the car that was punched by Brian Lippy. About 20 years old |
| Mister Dillon | Pennsylvania State Police Troop D mascot. German Shepherd that hated the Buick on sight. Poisoned by the humanoid monster from the Buick and died in 1988. Buried near the Troop D Barracks |
| Monster | Came from the trunk of the Buick. 7 foot tall and attacked Mister Dillan |
| Morgan, ? | Son of George Morgan. Hit a home run at Tee-Ball |
| Morgan, George | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D. he hit and killed an elderly woman while chasing a man who had snatched his children. He committed suicide by shooting himself |
| Natasha | From the children''s show Rocky and Bullwinkle |
| Nevers, ? | Daughter of Rosellen Nevers. At the Poteenville Grammar school when the bus hit the Norco West tanker |
| Nevers, Rosellen | At the Poteenville Grammar school when the bus hit the Norco West tanker. Suffered from Asthma |
| O'Day, Tracy | Brother of Travis O'Day. Started shooting at police in 1996 |
| O'Day, Travis | Brother of Tracy O'Day. Started shooting at police in 1996 |
| O'Hara, Jackie | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1979. Irish. Burnt his hands helping people escape a fire that killed 9 people in about 1986. Died of Oesophageal Cancer |
| Oosler, Homer | Wanted to write a story on the car in 1979 after talking to Bradley Roach |
| Oppenheimer, Robert | Worked on the atomic bomb tests |
| Parker, Johnny | He was in charge of the county Motor Pool in 1979 |
| Pasternak, ? | Husband of Shirley Pasternak. He left her in about 1997 |
| Pasternak, Shirley | Police Communications Officer with Pennsylvania State Police Troop D. She joined Troop D in 1986 and was on duty in July 2001 when Curtis Wilcox was killed |
| Paul, Brady | Pennsylvania State police corporal with Troop D. Dead |
| Quinland, Peter | Owned The Country Way in 1979 |
| Rafferty, Edith | Maiden name of Edith Hyams. Sister of Ennis Rafferty |
| Rafferty, Ennis | Partner of Curtis Wilcox in 1979 when the Buick arrived. He disappeared that night, and wan never seen from again. He went through the Buick to the other world where he most likely died |
| Rennert, Robbie | Troop D found marijuana plants in his back field |
| Riddle, Nelson | Orchestra leader mentioned in passing |
| Rizzo, Albert | Pennsylvania State police corporal with Troop D. Dead |
| Roach, Bradley | Worked at the Jenny Station on SR32 in July 1979 when the Buick arrived there, and was abandoned by the driver. County drunk that struck and killed Curtis Wilcox in July 2001 |
| Rockwell, Norman | Mentioned in passing |
| Rocky | From the children''s show Rocky and Bullwinkle |
| Roslyn | Gerbil partner of Jimmy. Was put into the Buick in 1979 |
| Roth, Bibi | Forensic crew chief that looked at the Buick in 1979, and on a few other occasions. Died of cancer in 1998 |
| Royer, Hudson (Huddie) | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D from about 1979. He was one of the many people that told Ned Wilcox about his father and the Buick |
| Rumsfeld, Richard T | Retired US Army UFO Expert who's article was in Inside View magazine |
| Rushing, Mark | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1979 |
| Sanders, Mike | County attorney in 1979 |
| Santerre, Randy | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1983. There when the Fish arrived |
| Satan | Mentioned in passing |
| Schoondist, ? | Daughter of Tony Schoondist. Had a baby out of wedlock. Went to Smith university |
| Schoondist, Tony | Pennsylvania State Police Troop D Sergeant Commanding before Sander Dearborn. Was in an institution from about 1998. He suggested Sander Dearborn take the test to become Sergeant Commanding |
| Sinatra, Frank | Singer that played at The Country Way in 1979 |
| Soder, Christian | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 1979. There in 1983 when the fish arrived |
| Soderburg, Frank | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D in 2002 |
| Stamson, Samuel | Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D. Died after he was rear-ended in an accident by a drunk driver. The shotgun rack decapitated the trooper |
| Stankowski, George | Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979 |
| Sufaris, the | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Teague, ? | Colonel in the Butler Regional HQ |
| Ten-Pound | Dog of Sander Dearborn. Shot by a hunter one November |
| Tribbles | Small furry animals from Startrek |
| Vader, Darth | Character from Star Wars |
| Watson | Helped Sherlock Holmes |
| Welk, Lawrence | Actor mentioned in passing |
| White, Tony Joe | Band on the song list at the Country Way |
| Wilcox, Curtis | Father of Ned, Joan and Janet Wilcox, and Husband of Michelle Wilcox. Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D for 20 years before he was killed in the line of duty July 2001 on Route 32 when he was stuck by the vehicle driven byf1~ Bradley Roach |
| Wilcox, Janet | Daughter of Curtis and Michelle Wilcox. Twin sister of Joan Wilcox. Born 1992 |
| Wilcox, Joan | Daughter of Curtis and Michelle Wilcox. Twin sister of Janet Wilcox. Born 1992 |
| Wilcox, Michelle | Wife of Curtis Wilcox and mother of Ned, Joan and Janet Wilcox |
| Wilcox, Ned | Son of Curtis Wilcox. He volunteered his time to help around Troop D until he was accepted into Pitt college. He quit and became a Rookie with Troop D. He was told the story about the Buick |
| Wright, Orville | Mentioned in passing |
| Wright, Wilbur | Mentioned in passing |
