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Lovecraft’s and King’s fictional whip-poor-wills draw on widespread Indigenous, European, and American beliefs about the species. In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King’s 1975 novel Salem’s Lot, a gravedigger named Mike Ryerson races to bury the coffin of a local boy named Danny Glick. As night approaches, a troubling thought overtakes Mike: Danny has been buried with his eyes open.

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  • What happened to the whip-poor-will, iconic bird of American horror?
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