Clark's has an old steam locomotive that takes you on a ride through the woods. Once you cross a covered bridge over the Pemigewasset, you have to watch out for the Wolfman, who attacks the train. Anxious children take the Clark's train out into the woods even knowing the Wolfman is out to get them with weapons that include a variety of cartoon-like bombs, guns and an ax:
In fact, his real name is Murray Wolf and during the week he's an accountant in North Woodstock. Or so we've heard ...
As we were leaving Clark's at the end of the day, we spotted the Wolfman on the other side of the bridge, stocking up on supplies behind the gift shop. He waved at Greta and I suggested we go over and talk to him to ask him some of her many questions (like: Do you think he REALLY buries little kids in the woods?) but she was having none of it: "I don't think that's a good idea, daddy!" I pointed to the chain-link fence separating us, but she only moved farther away. So he waved at us again, got into his Wolfmobile and drove away.
Still, Greta was fascinated by the guy. At dinner that night, he was all she could talk about. We decided, no, he doesn't really bury kids in a rock pile, he just puts some old bike parts out to scare people away from his mine. And most important, we considered: How did he get across the river to get supplies when we know he's scared of both water and heights? After discarding several theories (he's really friends with the train conductor, who let him on the train; he snuck on the back of the train when the conductor wasn't looking), we decided he tied his car to the back of the train so that it could pull him over the river and he could keep his eyes closed - and as soon as he was across, he untied his car.
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