# The Woman Who Tied the Knot at Salt Run Creek

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Podcast: [Cold Wake — Fexingo Horror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-wake-fexingo-horror-7892472)
Published: 2026-07-16T20:12:55+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/horror/cold-wake/episode-0073.mp3
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Duration seconds: 348

## Resource

September 1998, just north of Grayling, Michigan, on a narrow two-lane bridge over Salt Run Creek. Luna’s cousin Ellie was the one who found the knots—fisherman’s bends tied in orange nylon rope, looped around the bridge rail in broad daylight, one every ten feet for half a mile. Ellie was a fly-fishing guide, knew every knot by touch, and these were wrong. The loops were too small. The tails were cut too short. And they were wet, even though it hadn’t rained in three weeks. Luna tells the story of the week Ellie spent trying to untie them, and the thing that started answering from the water below. A quiet, intimate episode about attention, obsession, and the wrong kind of patience. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #ColdWake #SaltRunCreek #GraylingMichigan #Ellie #OrangeNylonRope #Knots #FishermansBend #Bridge #September1998 #FlyFishing #Creek #Water #Attention #Obsession #Patience #Luna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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