Alton Sheppard, 31

• Name: Alton Sheppard
• Death: October 2, 1929, Winberg went missing the day after his 31st birthday. He had a strange fascination with film and often shot footage in the heavily wooded area behind his home. A common suspicion was that the woods were haunted by demons that trapped their victims using the trees. Reports of people “stretched to the brink of dismemberment [by the arms and legs] and left to die” were made. No one knows the true cause of death for no one was courageous enough to go after Sheppard.
• Birth: October 1, 1898 in Marble Valley, Virginia
• Occupations: The Sheppards were tailors, as was Alton, yet Alton was a film enthusiast.
• Family/Background: Alton and his family, back to his great grandfather, were a quiet people. All they knew was tailoring. Alton though, had a strong passion for film of which was frowned upon. His family didn’t “believe” in it (mostly because it was a distraction from his work). Secretly, a camera found its way into Alton’s possession and from then on he devoted his free time to film. He found a lot of inspiration out of the heavily wooded area surrounding his home and spent a lot of time there. After awhile, Alton changed. He became uneasy and filmed himself and his surroundings every time he could. He used all of his money on film. Near the end of his life, his family practically became afraid of Alton and his moody behavior.
• Funeral arrangements: As sad as it was to lose Alton, his family didn’t believe that they lost him on October 2, 1929. They lost him months before that. They didn’t have a funeral since they didn’t have a body. Instead they simply framed a photo of Alton when Alton was Alton and not the monster he became. They would remember him as he was. A tailor’s son.