A story of frontier justice

The wild west had its fair share of spooky stories, tall tales of strange goings on, heroic good guys, and evil villains. But, except around lonely campfires, you didn't often hear tales of paranormal critters running wild out there.

And there was a reason. Back in them days, out in New Mexico Territory, folks had to learn to be self reliant. It was the frontier—the place where civilized people overlapped with the wild. So frontier people had to take care of themselves. They took a hard line against trouble, even when dealing with the unknown and unknowable.

As in this yarn.