On March 4th

The March 4, 1908 fire is documented; 174 died. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Collinwood school fire' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

A locally collected legend describes a wolf-like creature appearing to people with harmful intentions. The figure answers to Beast of Bray Road in the retellings. The crossing keeps its reports the way roads keep their warnings — repeated, local, and hard to fully dismiss. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The report is pr