"Why?"
"It just is—that's all," retorted the storekeeper, as though that explained everything.
"You don't mean to say it's dangerous!"
"Maybe. Maybe," returned their informant mysteriously. "It may not be dangerous, but it would be foolish. If ye'll take my advice ye'll stay away from them caves."
"Why?"
"There's some queer things been goin' on down there lately. Folks tell me the fishermen down that way are scared nigh to death."
"What are they afraid of?" asked Biff.
The old man shrugged eloquently.
"That's just it. Nobody knows. But there's been queer lights seen down around them caves. And shootin'."
"Shooting!"