In the shadowed heart of the Canadian Rockies lies a town most maps acknowledge but few travellers ever remember leaving unchanged. Eerie, British Columbia has always carried stories in its bones. Missing hikers. Strange sounds in the night. Shapes that move just beyond the reach of firelight. When disappearances begin to pile up and whispers grow louder than reason, the town's fragile calm starts to fracture.BATS: Definitive Edition - Chapter 1: The Missing opens the gates to a dark world where folklore and reality bleed together. As Sheriff Curtis Carson struggles to hold his community together, an ancient force stirs beneath the mountains, feeding on fear and awakening forgotten legends. Every shadow feels alive. Every silence feels watched.Blending gothic horror, dark fantasy, and visceral graphic storytelling, this opening chapter plunges readers into a nightmare where courage is measured in moments, not victories, and survival demands more than belief. The deeper the town searches for answers, the clearer the truth becomes:Some stories are not meant to be remembered.And some nightmares never stopped waiting.