https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep A 16-year-old boy, adopted from post-Soviet Russia (North Ossetia specifically) to a Kentucky home in the Appalachian mountains. en-us 2023-10-16 16:47:02 UTC 2023-10-17 03:05:03 UTC hello@padlet.com adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749877105 Alexander was born in North Ossetia, Russia in 1975. Because his mother was underage and his father wasn't around, he was promptly put into an orphanage.

]]> 2023-10-17 02:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749877105 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749902105 The Soviet Union fell on December 26th, 1991. This event gave Alexander a glimpse of hope, as it broadened his chances at finally getting adopted.]]> 2023-10-17 02:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749902105 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749911829 An affluent family from Kentucky adopted him 2 weeks before his 17th birthday in June 1992. They stay in eastern (Appalachian) Kentucky for the summer.]]> 2023-10-17 02:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749911829 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749927024 Because of Alexander's poor English and distant relations with his new family, it was hard for him to have a good time. The party felt more for his family, rather than Alexander, which further isolated him.]]> 2023-10-17 02:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749927024 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749937122 During the party when he was alone, Alexander was in his room reading when he heard the scream of a woman outside. He decided to go check, where he found a young woman who apparently fell on a trail in the woods. The two make conversation, Alexander introducing himself to her. She is implied to be a "moon-eyed person" and a figment of Alexander's imagination.]]> 2023-10-17 02:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749937122 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749943568 Late one night while Alexander was washing the dishes, the woman before appears behind him without warning, startling him and causing him to fall. She explained to him the laws of Appalachian folklore and introduced herself mutually as "Enola".]]> 2023-10-17 02:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749943568 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749950039 The two began to become great friends with one another. Enola and Alexander teach each other things about their own cultures, and Enola helps Alexander assimilate into American life.]]> 2023-10-17 02:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749950039 adrianrowe https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749957910 Alexander eventually has to move back with his family to western Kentucky where they reside when not at their summer house in Appalachia. The two bid a fearful goodbye to one another and embrace, which reveals that Enola, although a cryptid, was real all along.]]> 2023-10-17 03:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianrowe/6y6a2jog86as5zep/wish/2749957910