"Thomas F. Monteleone - Tales of Terror and Madness" - читать интересную книгу автора (Monteleone Thomas F)

"Of course you're right. I just wanted to see if you'd lie to me again
like you did about having your picture taken."

"How did you know that?"

"I do my homework, dear boy. You'll be turning forty-two in July, and
since the day of your birth you've been photographed exactly
one-hundred-and-nine times, counting
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your employee identifications and driver's licences. By the time they're
your age, the average person has been photographed close to a thousand
times, be it individually or as part of a group. But not you.
One-hundred-and-nine times, that's it."

"It's over there."

"What is?"

"My favorite spot."

"Ah, yes, the picnic area near the footbridge. Where Penny Duffy kissed
you when both of you were in the eighth grade."

I took a seat at the picnic table while Listen walked up to the
footbridge and took in the entire park.

"Know anything about 'places of power'?" he said.

"Like Stonehenge?"

"Exactly. Stonehenge is a perfect example. The Irazu volcano in Costa
Rica, the Ruins of Copan in Honduras, Cerne Abas Giant, and Bodh Gaya
where Buddha achieved enlightenment are a few others. Places where the
forces of the Universe are intensely focused and can be harnessed by the
faithful."

"Don't go all New-Age on me, okay?"

"Don't make me ill. There are well over a thousand such spots, but
believe it or not, only seventy-two are genuinely significant. Only
seventy-two are filled with such power that you can feel the Earth thrum
like some excited child who's filled to bursting with a secret their
heart can no longer contain. This park-" He made a sweeping gesture with
his arm. "-is one of those seventy-two places. The Indian Burial mounds
here are so potent they're scary."

"Is that why we're here?"