Silas Scratch

Description

Silas Scratch was a farmer who worked at Hardscrabble farms until the county kicked him off his land. There it was said that he lived in the forest and survived by eating slugs and berries. Then it was said that he went crazy and grew his fingernails long.

Origin

Silas Scratch was a rumor created by Frankie, or Dad when he went to Hardscrabble Farms. When Dad found an empty maintenance shed that had a toilet and shower. Times were worse that Greg's time as the whole camp only shared one outhouse. To keep anyone else from knowing, Dad told the story to other kids to throw them off the trail.