New Hampshire, NM

Four bodies were discovered today, each in a separate location of the city but all belonging to the same family. Police were baffled as to how such a tragedy could have taken place, though foul play was not suspected.

Soon after a neighbor of the Cavanaughs came forward with information that helped give a clearer view of the events leading up to the deaths.

A press conference was held this morning and Sgt. Frank Littleton told reporters how something like this could take place in the once peaceful community.

“At approximately 10:22, 11:56, 12:02 and 12:13 p.m., four bodies, all members of the same family, were discovered in separate locations throughout our city. Amanda Cavanaugh, age 38, was discovered unconscious in her vehicle after she inadvertently caused a massive 7 car pileup when she drove backwards onto the I-17. Medical staff pronounced her dead shortly after her arrival to the Meyer-Steed Medical Center.

When police arrived at the Cavanaugh residence to alert her family, they found the front door open and a large amount of blood spread along the walls of the home. Upon further inspection they found 8-year-old Megan Cavanaugh fully clothed and in the bathtub where she had apparently drowned.

Shortly after, the Cavanaughs neighbor arrived home and the responding officers asked if he had seen anything unusual from the Cavanaughs. He proceeded to tell the officers that earlier that day he had witnessed the father going backwards everywhere he went. When he asked what Mr. Cavanaugh was doing, he was told that their daughter had declared it Opposite Day and he was just playing along. The neighbor added that at first he thought nothing of it but soon realized that Mr Cavanaugh was alone and the daughter was nowhere to be found.

A short while later a call came through announcing that Mike Cavanaughs body was found after witnesses reported that he had been hit while walking backwards onto a crosswalk and into the path of a city bus.

Finally, a short while after Mikes body was found, their 15-year-old son Alan Cavanaugh, was shot dead by police when he refused to drop a knife he was carrying. The officers were responding to a report of a man carrying a knife through a residential area and looking suspicious. When they arrived and went to question Alan, he refused to drop the weapon after repeatedly being asked to. Every time the officers would yell to put it down and get on the ground he would just switch hands with the knife and step closer, crying as he did. The officers opened fire, hitting him twice in the chest, killing him instantly.

After piecing the day’s events together, what is believed to have taken place is sometime in the early hours young Megan announced that today was Opposite Day. She then proceeded to take a bath in her clothes and thinking the opposite of staying above water would be to go under it, she did just that, causing her death.

What is confusing about the rest of the events of the day is why both her parents and her brother decided to stick with celebrating Opposite Day.

One theory being presented is that after finding their daughter in the bath they all became so distraught that they proceeded to follow the rules of Opposite Day in order to honor her memory, this in no way confirmed though.

On a lighter note, the blood found at the Cavanaugh home turned out to be nothing more than water and ketchup, which forensics had a good laugh about later in the day.

This is my first post in almost three years. I can admit that I am a little rusty. Ill get back into the groove soon enough.