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## Carter Ridge, Idaho

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Carter Ridge is an unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho. It is approximately five miles north of Elk City. According to an unknown and possibly incredible reading from 2017, Carter Ridge had 56 residents that identified as part of the community.

## History

Carter Ridge was founded when Bart Cuttham of Grangeville moved out to the forest in attempts to start a new town in 1894. He was 42 at the time of going into the forest. His first intent was to create a wooden house. He met Lana Morisette of Kamiah and they had three children. Koosah Cuttham (August 17th, 1896), Kalama Morisette (May 7th, 1898), and Pasha Morisette (May 7th, 1898). In 1904, the family reported seeing Pasha Morisette kill a deer by "pushing her hand against the air as a witch." That same year, they reported Pasha skinning a bear without the bear resisting, and wearing the fur of it. Lana recognized Pasha as a threat, and tried to kill her, until Lana disappeared and was found petrified just five days later. Devastated by the disappearance of his wife, Bart Cuttham had attempted to kill all of his children, starting with Pasha, but he disappeared too, and was also found petrified, holding hands with Lana, one week later.

In 1910, Koosah, only 14, and Kalama, Pasha's twin, recognized Pasha's destructive power, but they chose not to do anything about it unlike their parents did. Koosah tried to care for her twins while they were alone in the forest. She built more space in the cabin for them and tried to care for them. In 1913, Kalama was found dead in the forest, with pine tree branches piercing his body, bloodless. It was just Koosah and Pasha at this point, and Koosah was terrified of Pasha. In ultimate fear, she ran off to Elk City, and it was just Pasha in Carter Ridge. Koosah was looking for a partner in life. She met a woman named Tarina Fisher, and they were bonded together without marriage, but Tarina walked out on Koosah when she also wanted to have a child, and was meeting a man simultaneously for this reason. The man, named John Willikers, stayed with Koosah. Several journal entries were found about him, mostly about him "enjoying her company".

They had a child on June 6th, 1914, Sean Willikers. It was reported they had a physical fight, persuading Koosah to make their child have his last name. They had another child on November 16th, 1915, named Amy Willikers. It was reported they had another physical fight, this time, over something else. Koosah wanted the child to have a native name, like her parents named her, but John wanted an English name. John started to go more insane, and on December 23rd, 1920, he killed Koosah by stabbing her with a knife several times. He took the children into his care and they built the community. Pasha was still around and murdered John with "magical powers" in 1924, as said by Sean Willikers. Amy also reported seeing the ghost of Koosah possess John in 1923, trying to get him to harm himself by hitting his head with candle holders and other objects. Sean and Amy ran off to Elk City in 1927 to gather more people and help their community, and to cope for their insane father.

Two men who were brothers, Finnegan and Reamus Renford, went to the community in 1928. The two landed there from La Grande, Oregon. They looked for a quieter life than such a town, seeking after a little community in the countryside below 100 people. They also learned about Pasha and thought they could capitalize and make a tourist trap about her. The residents of the town did not like this, and ran them out in 1930. After they were ran out of the town, Pasha Morisette was found dead in the woods, but sightings of her ghost have been reported several times, most notably in 1965, when a woman reported seeing her body from when she was nine years old above a circle of blood and dead squirrels. Every sighting of her from that point was of her when she was nine, despite her dying when she was 32 years old. Sightings of similar looking little girls have also been seen in Garwood (Idaho), Keystone (Montana), Moose City (Idaho), Prospect (Oregon), Spalding (Idaho), and Tamowitch (Washington). In 1980, Elena Borchevsky visited Carter Ridge, and reported seeing the ghost of Pasha Morisette. She is named the "unluckiest community-seeker alive" by some, as she noticed weird activities in Tamowitch, Washington and Hatfield, Montana.

On August 15th, 1985, an old married couple, Pam and Larry Masukah, disappeared from the city of Lewiston, Idaho, last seen on a road heading towards Grangeville. Their little truck was found in Carter Ridge on October 2nd, 2005, and pictures were taken for an investigation. However, their bodies were not found inside, and they still remain missing to this day. An old man dressed in a white robe was found standing on top of the truck in September 17th, 2006, and his white robe was found stained with deer blood on the truck on February 24th, 2007. The robe was removed from the top of the truck. This old man was also reported in a mystery in Moscow, Idaho. On May 12th, 2009, he was seen holding a human head on a spear, bloodless. Out of nowhere, the head disappeared from the spear, and no one knows why. In each incident, he never spoke a word.

On July 17th, 2009, Carter Ridge resident, Adam Summers, stopped in Medford for gas en route to the coast of Oregon. He was blocked by several residents of Wallenby, Oregon. Adam got impatient and tried to run them over, but they speared his windshield, slightly cutting his face. Because of this, he attempted to sue the community of Wallenby in September 2009. This was the same month Adam Summers mysteriously disappeared. His body was found in an abandoned building in Medford, Oregon, on April 8th, 2012.

On April 7th, 2018, an old train suddenly appeared in the forest outside the town. It is unknown how it appeared. Inspectors noticed and it had several graffiti messages. "TRAIN TO DEATH," "SHANKTON MIS," and "MATASHI LIVES," were a few of them.