On a beautiful Thursday morning in Los Altos, Jenny was waking up and getting ready to go to work. She got out of bed, took a quick shower, got dressed, ate a quick breakfast, and was on her way to work.
She parked in the same spot that she normally parks in the back of the store. When she got inside the store, she said a brief hello to her fellow co-workers, clocked in and went to work. “Jenny, I need you to put the new clothes on the mannequin in the window, please,” said Jenny’s boss. Jenny got the clothes and started to work. She put the new shirt and pants on the mannequin and put it back in the window, then proceeded with her regular duties. Time went by quickly and it was time to close. They turned off all the inside lights and did a quick sweep, locked the door, clocked out and went home. The next day, Jenny went to work the same time she always does, late. But this time, one of her co-workers wasn’t there today.
“Hey boss, do you know where John is?”
“No, I thought he was here today.”
Jenny didn’t think much about it. She took the broom from a closet and started sweeping near the front window. When she reached the front window, she noticed some small red blotches on the mannequin’s new clothes. It was too watery to be paint. And she noticed it wasn’t in the position that she left it when she locked the store last night. “Hey boss, come take a look at this.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t know, it looks like blood.”
“Oh my gosh, take the clothes off, throw them away and put something else on it.”
Jenny proceeded with taking the clothes off the mannequin. But the whole time, it seemed like the mannequin was watching her. She put new clothes on it and continued sweeping the sales floor. But whenever she would look back at the mannequin, it seemed like its head was watching her. It was finally time to close the store. Jenny did the normal procedure of shutting off all the lights and locking it up. She got in her car and drove home.
“Has anybody seen Jenny? I haven’t seen her all morning. Oh no, there’s another red stain on the mannequin’s clothes again.”
