Ghosts on the Pier

This Story was first printed in the June 10, 2018 edition of the New Covenant Exploiter
Ghosts on the Pier
by K. Livingston
NEW COVENANT - Last week a report came in about an odd occurrence on the #2 Pier of Port Orchard Harbor. While the events of that evening are still pending review and very unclear to any external observers, all the makings of a government coverup are present. So, in an effort to enlighten those interested in the truth, I will review the facts which we have gathered.
The events occurred on the approach to the Veronika Fyodorovna, a concrete pier extending almost a football field in length and large enough to drive an eighteen wheeler down, though lit only by a dozen floodlights. On the night in question, the cargo had yet to be unloaded, so three armed guards stood near the access ladder. Upon seeing something in a distant floodlight, each guard fired a warning round. This fact is not disputed, an investigation is on-going but more on that later.
The three guards, when relieved, went to Anya's Russian Emporium, a small deli a few blocks from the port which caters to Eastern Europeans. Obviously shaken up by the encounter, the men recalled their tale there. One of the people who heard their tale contacted a series of mainstream media outlets but was laughed at for the sensational tale. So, without anywhere else to turn, he contacted the Exploiter. And so this is how we came across this mind-blowing story.
The men were chatting about home at the time, just whittling away the long night with little else to do. One of them, a man identified only as Sergei, had just lit up another cigarette when he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. Two women, whom he claims looked drown, appeared in one of the distant floodlights. Beyond their drenched appearance, he could not really provide any more details when asked, claiming that he had been several hundred yards off and could barely make out their pale, drenched form. Surprised by the sudden intrusion and lack of notice from the other guards - there is apparently several layers of security at this facility - he began stammering incoherently in his mother tongue. His partners responded quicker to the intruders, drawing their guns. Eventually, Sergei joined them in brandishing the weapons and when the forms did not stop, they each took a warning shot. Each claims to have hit before the targets leaped into the water.
Much of this has been begrudgingly corroborated by government sources. Investigators did find blood on the concrete in the morning. The odd thing is, preliminary DNA test reveals more than two sets of DNA present. When questioned, an investigator from the Temperance 12th Precinct says while rare sometimes samples may be taken from locations where DNA had already been present or the area presents various contaminations from industrial chemicals. A report quietly issued by the New Covenant Port Authority in conjunction with local law enforcement shows a search did occur in the early hours of the morning, though no bodies were ever found and after a second pass, the search was called off.
When questioned about the search, a representative from the Port Authority said no evidence had been found of a body after two scans of the entire dock and with only traces of blood on a pier, there was not enough evidence to continue. All follow-up questions were met with the answer that the report, which we have obtained a copy of, already explained everything. When presented with questions about Sergei and his comrades firing their weapons, the representative declined to comment on the grounds the investigation was on-going.
In an attempt to garner more information, the Exploiter has learned a series of automatic technical support tickets had been issued by the main gate that evening regarding a faulty wire in the camera. While likely unrelated, these tickets were generated at approximately the time Sergei and the others saw their apparitions. No comment has been made by the Port Authority in regards to questions of security. However, esteemed medium and occult specialist Anton Penndragon said that paranormal events often cause recording equipment to malfunction and if the ghosts, or whatever it was they saw that evening, were real, he is not surprised technical issues arose.
This is just another case in which the government wants to keep us dumb. They are going to give some cheap answer and wait until everyone forgets, then silently issue some report that the men were drunk or had no clue what they saw and dismiss the entire event. But as you can plainly see, there is much more to this story than the government wants to expose to the general public.