It was New Year's Eve. Todd was sitting in his room playing video games, trying to tune out his ringing phone. Seth was trying to call him, most likely about the statue and/or the paper. He began to do worse in the game due to being distracted by the phone, so eventually, he exited to the main menu, put his controller down, and answered the phone. Here's a log of the phone call:
TODD: For the last time, no, I'm not going to go with you to the Native American statue!
SETH: Come on, please? It's going to be way more fun than some stupid ball in New York!
TODD: So you're going to sneak out in the middle of the night just so you can debunk a hoax that doesn't need to be debunked?
SETH: Why are you saying it doesn't need to be debunked?
TODD: The nerd made it up by himself!
SETH: Well, nerds are smart, so he could have some good points in his arguments.
TODD: Another thing about being smart is that you get to make up crap and everyone will magically believe it!
SETH: Fine. You do you, but me and Matthew are still going to the statue. However, if you do want to go, you can-
TODD: YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE! I'm going to go to the statue with you and Matt, but don't blame me when nothing happens!
SETH: Okay. See ya later, then.
It was later that night, and Todd was walking through the forest to meet up with Seth and Matthew. "Didn't expect you to come, Todd!" said Matthew. "I wasn't going to come, but apparently, Seth doesn't take no as an answer," replied Todd. Seth glanced down at his phone, the light illuminating the dark depths of the forest and the spotless sky. At the top, he read 3 white numbers and the letters following them. "It's 11:57 PM," he said to the others. "Well, that means we're getting pretty close to 2018! Let's see if the myth was real or not!" cheerfully said Matthew.
After 2 minutes of pure tension, everyone was glancing down at their phones. The clock was ticking towards 2018. 30 seconds...15 seconds...10 seconds...5 seconds...1 second...and then 0 seconds. 2017 was gone, and 2018 had taken it's place. The trio looked up at the statue. Nothing. They turned the other way and started to walk through the eerie woods, when out of the blue, they heard a cracking noise. The three ignored it until a heavenly beacon of light shone onto Todd. "WH-WHAT IS GOING ON?" screamed Todd, obviously scared. All of them turned around to see what the situation was. The headdress was cracking and emitting beacons of light. Eventually, there were too many cracks, and the headdress broke. And out of it came a purple gas cloud.
The only thing the trio could mutter was one word: "Run."