OANIS RAWBONE
AUTHOR
KARL JAMES MOUNTFORD
ILLUSTRATOR
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, WHIPPOORWILL LANE IS TRICKY TO FIND ISN'T IT!
O.R: YES IT IS TRICKY TO FIND BUT THAT IS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST…
K.J.M: YES IT IS SAFER FOR EVERYONE THAT WAY.
HOW DID YOU COME TO WRITE ABOUT WHIPPOORWILL LANE?
O.R: I ACTUALLY DISCOVERED
WHIPPOORWILL LANE COMPLETELY
BY ACCIDENT, I GOT LOST ONE
EVENING AND ENDED UP
SPENDING THE NIGHT
HERE.
I HAVE TRAVELLED TO MANY
PLACES BUT NOWHERE LIKE THIS
BEFORE. I HAD AN ODD FEELING
AS SOON AS I ARRIVED HERE,
I WAS COMPLETELY BEWITCHED.
IT IS SUCH A STRANGE PLACE
THAT I DID’NT REALLY HAVE
A CHOICE BUT TO
WRITE ABOUT IT.
IS IT SAFE HERE?
O.R: HONESTLY… NOT REALLY.
I MUST ADMIT, AT FIRST, I WAS
REALLY NERVOUS, WHIPPOORWILL
LANE IS A VERY UNPREDICTABLE
PLACE AND IT’S TAKEN A LONG
TIME TO LEARN HOW
TO WORK WITH THE LOCALS SAFELY.
I’VE SPENT YEARS
OBSERVING AND SRIBBLING
DOWN WHAT GOES ON HERE BUT
I SOON REALISED THAT WORDS
ALONE WERE NOT GOING TO BE
ENOUGH TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
WHIPPOORWILL LANE.
I TRIED TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS
BUT FOR SOME REASON
CAMERA’S DO NOT WORK
HERE, SO I WROTE A LETTER
TO MY FRIEND KARL, WHO IS
A VERY TALENTED ARTIST,
AND ASKED IF HE WOULD
COME AND HELP ME
DOCUMENT LIFE HERE.
IT WAS A LOT TO ASK OF KARL,
I’M NOT SURE THAT IF HE HAD
KNOWN THE DANGERS THAT
HE WOULD HAVE AGREED
TO COME, BUT I’M PLEASED
THAT HE DID, I THINK
WE MAKE A GREAT TEAM.
IS THAT TRUE KARL?
K.J.M: YES IT IS TRUE, HAD I’D KNOWN,
I PROBABLY WOULD’NT HAVE AGREED
TO COME HERE!
I’VE NEVER WORKED IN
A PLACE LIKE THIS BEFORE,
IT DEFINITELY KEEPS YOU
ON YOUR TOE’S.
SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE, WE’VE SEEN
SOME VERY BIZARRE THINGS AND
AT FIRST IT WAS REALLY CLEAR
THAT THE LOCALS DID’NT WANT
US AROUND, BUT THEY LEAVE
US ALONE NOW.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
K.J.M: WE THINK IT’S BECAUSE
INITIALLY THEY WERE WORRIED
ABOUT US EXPOSING
WHIPPOORWILL LANE TO THE
WORLD, BUT THE TRUTH IS SO
UNBELIEVABLY WEIRD
THAT I DOUBT ANYONE WILL
BELIEVE US ANYWAY!
O.R: YES, NO ONE
WILL BELIEVE IT, THAT’S WHY
THEY DON’T MIND US
BEING HERE ANYMORE, BUT WE
STILL HAVE TO KEEP OUR WIT’S
ABOUT US AT ALL TIMES.
BUT WHY DO YOU DO IT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE?
O.R: THERE ARE NOT MANY TRULY
MYSTERIOUS PLACES LEFT IN THE
WORLD AND ALTHOUGH VERY
ODD AT TIMES, IT IS ALSO VERY
EXCITING TO BE HERE TOO.
K.J.M: ALSO IT FEELS LIKE IT’S OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO WARN PEOPLE
ABOUT THE DANGERS THAT LURK
HERE, EVEN IF MOST PEOPLE
THINK THAT IT IS NONSENSE,
IF WE CAN CONVINCE
JUST A FEW PEOPLE
AND HELP KEEP THEM SAFE,
THEN IT WILL HAVE
ALL BEEN WORTH IT.
O.R: PLUS ONCE
YOU ARE HERE YOU CAN’T LEAVE…
K.J.M: YES THAT’S THE
OTHER REASON WE DON’T LEAVE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WE CAN'T LEAVE?
K.J.M: YES IT’S A BIT OF PAIN BUT
ONCE YOU’ ARE HERE YOU’RE
ARE STUCK HERE, SOZ.
THEN WHY DID YOU INVITE ME HERE?
O.R: WELL, KARL ILLUSTRATES THE
PICTURES, I WRITE DOWN WHAT
HAPPENS AND NOW WE
NEED A THIRD PERSON TO
WORK ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVEN’T
GOT A CLUE ABOUT THAT SORT
OF THING.
K.J.M: YEP, NOT A CLUE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT WEBSITES!
O.R: THAT’S THE SPIRIT,
WELCOME ABOARD!
BUT...BUT...
K.J.M: I’LL PUT THE KETTLE ON.