When a West Virginia coal mining town begins experiencing mysterious visits from strange men and coinciding incidents of horror, apprehension grips the community. The strangers arrive on foot via the same mountain each time, only entering the community for round trips between mountains in this valley town. Among other questions, venturesome Eugene Harlow, 13, ponders their seemingly unnatural mode of arrival and departure in the vast terrain. The horrors, a possible association between them and the strangers, pique his curiosity. Seeing a shot at bringing his hero-fantasy to fruition, he...