I think most people don’t know the legend of the people that live in the underneath, I think it’s history would explain why things happen the way they do in Gray Hills. A lot of mystery shrouds the small city, for the most part it’s outsiders that seem to witness the supernatural, they see figures emerge from the darkness. The tree line revealing a dreadful mystifying world. There’s a reason for that, one that makes sense and that is because of the people that live in the underneath.
Originally before Gray Hills was modernized the town was much smaller, a population of mere thousands and during the Cold War many feared of nuclear holocaust. It was all over the media, constant reminders of how fragile our civilization really was. Schools would have bomb drills; where the children would duck underneath their desks, sheltering their bodies from the sudden impact. The practice is comical by today’s metrics but back then it was seen as genuine hope. It was because of these drills did one teacher; a man by the name of John Glass; came to a revelation, one he thought would save his townsman. By observing the way children crouched underneath their desks made him think of animals, ones that would burrow deep into the soil to shelter away from predators; that’s when he thought of the caves. He suggested to the community to build bunkers deep in the caverns near by, equip them with enough…
