Älvsbyn

Summary

Sweden—the home of Vikings, Moose, Meatballs and a certain furniture warehouse.

And something much darker you have yet to encounter.

A lifelong dream has finally come true.

Your own home.

But it's nothing like you imagined.

You inherited a cute little house in which your grandmother lived. It's at the edge of a small village, in the very North of Sweden.

Älvsbyn it is called—the village at the river.

You didn't expect much when you moved here. What would you expect? Spotty internet connection, maybe?

Yes, it is spotty sometimes. But things could be worse. Right?

You soon find out, not really; you have an annoying neighbor, friends are hard to come by, there's not much to do, it gets dark way too early and incredibly cold in winter and it stays light almost all night at lukewarm temperatures in summer, and—

s̵̖͕̾ǒ̷͍͛͋m̴͕̖͖̉͐̈́͊ȇ̶̝̬̞̓͘t̴̲̭͑̈̏͑h̸͉̗͍̿̉i̴̛̯̙̦̎̕̚n̸͕̈́̈̓̂ͅg̸͚̦̼͌͘ͅ ̵̹͐̏i̸̲̳͠s̴͙̮̒̂ ̸̢̟̘̖́̃̃š̷̰͝t̴̥̺̉̎͜a̴̲̓l̵̲̯̘̰̐k̶̟̘̪͑̓̃̾ͅi̶͖̫̞͂͊̎n̷̞̜̣̉̍̄g̸̫̋ ̸̮̪̺͓̉ẗ̷̛̼̙͕̙́̀̔h̷̲̻̥̝̀̐ŕ̸̳̘ȯ̵̜̿̕͠u̴̢̥̟͎͋͠g̴̹̜͉͝h̴̹̐ ̶̫͒̋̊͝t̸͇͚̗̆͘͜h̷͙͉͇̑ȅ̷̛̯̘̣̾ ̴̘̣̬̞͛̾́ẁ̶̧̰̬͈o̵̧̪͗̇͜o̶͉̞͐d̵̩͆̅͗s̴̭̼̯͗̃̚ ̵̯̦͐͆b̵̛̰͋̈́ȩ̸̬̦̮͝ḩ̷͙̰̊͌͛ͅi̷̘͇̦͕̇͠n̵͙̹͓̩̈͋͌̅d̴͇̰͆̀͒ ̵̬̪̪̾̔̒y̸̱̽̃͆o̴̙̎̿͛̕u̷͓̐̌r̸̥̲̫͊̀̉ ̷̱͙̟͈͑̂̄͠h̷͔̘̫̀o̸̫̱̓ů̷̟̻̔̀͜ṣ̷͉͙̱̌̆e̸̮͔̼͒̈̋ͅ ̴̧͆͒̈ȧ̸͔̳̫́̋̅ͅt̸̛̬̮͓̪͋̍̓ ̴̛̜̐̽n̵͙͍̔͐̐̈́į̶̜̭̜̿̇̋g̸̃̓͜͠ĥ̵̘̞̊̐ṯ̶̺̖̃̇,̶͠ͅ ̴̢͒́͝ẅ̷̢̯̫́́́ä̵̮̻́͊t̶͉̿͋̄̚c̶̲̮̘͚̔h̵̘̒̉͌̏í̶̮̝͉̘n̴̦̥̻̫͆̄g̷̹̱͕̓ ̵̝͖͓̺̾y̵̞͔̕ō̸̢̝͕u̷̻̦̎͑͋͠.̴̜͛͝

Is it just some wild animal? Or is it something more serious?