Ant Williams

**Ant Williams** is a resident of Gallows Creek and one of the Whistling Man's four suspected "Class of 69'" targets.

## History

Ant was born around 1950 and attended Gallows Creek High School. On September 2nd, 1968, he presumably went to that year's high school football team's party, where he, like the majority of guests, would have ran away after someone dressed as the infamous Whistling Man crashed the scene and appeared to stab player Jason Parker, unaware that it was an ill-spirited prank by members of the team, led by Teddy Gallows Jr..

In his final senior year, Ant was part of the car club and graduated in 1969, along with Keith Walker, Marie Campbell, Stanley King, Rebecca Allen, Kim Walker, Billy Price, and Chuck Brody. The same year, he and eleven other Gallows Creek High alumni were recruited to work at Ironside Power Station, where he became the lead engineer. In 1972, in preparation for the annual Gallows Creek Harvest Festival, Ant and another worker, junior engineer Shaun Everett, were contracted to assemble the "Big Wheel" ferris wheel. On September 17th, 1972, only hours after opening, the "Big Wheel" dislodged from its holders and tumbled out of the festival, into town, injuring 15 people. In 1974, following an investigation by town officials, Ant and Shaun were found to have been responsible through negiligence and are alleged to have been distracted discussing horror films, causing them to make several construction mistakes during the build. They received several hours of community service and presumably lost their jobs as a result of the bad publicity.

By 1987, Ant had turned to making a living through public speaking, giving insights into the importance of workplace safety through his experience at the festival disaster. From September 1st to September 6th, he is a guest speaker at the Health and Safety Convention in nearby Quiet Ridge.

At some point, Clive Elforth concluded that a wave of murders leading to the midwestern U.S. was related to the death of George Barrow in Gallows Creek, with Kim, Rebecca, Ant, and Chuck being likely victims in the future. He collected several pieces of media related to them, including their high school year book page, the article on the local power station "record surge" in new hires, the Gallows Reporter article about the "Big Wheel" catastrophe and the pamphlet advertising a "special mystery guest" at the safety convention in Quiet Ridge. Clive still left a note with the power station location, apparently having not realized that Ant was likely fired.

Later that night, at around 2:40 a.m., Forrest Nash found the board in Clive's office and realizing that it's related to the Whistling Man attacks, he tries to determine which of the possible targets the killer will go after next. It is not Ant, as he is out of town for the whole week to attend the convention in Quiet Ridge, which is over 2 hours away by car.

## Trivia

* Like with Rebecca Allen, it is unknown whether Marie was actually planning to kill Ant at some point or not, since it is uncertain if he was even at the party in 1968.
* It's never outright stated that Ant was dismissed at the power station following the festival disaster, though he does mention in the convention pamphlet that he "turned [his mistakes] into a career", which would imply that public speaking is his main occupation now.
* Typically, becoming a lead engineer at a power station would require a degree in either mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering, which Ant is unlikely to have obtained due to being hired the same year he graduated high school.
* The name "Ant Williams" is likely a reference to "Ash Williams" from the horror series "Evil Dead"