By JUDITH MCGINNIS, Scripps Howard News Service

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - It's been said that mighty oaks can grow from even the tiniest acorns. Justin Martin can attest to that, though in his case, it was a tiny cocklebur that changed his life by growing in a very unusual place.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Night is falling over farms along the Red River and, now, every October sunset feels like Halloween.While other families gather closer to their hearths, the Military Paranormal Investigations group is getting ready to visit a graveyard.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- From a short bluff overlooking his Bermuda hay, James Ludeke reiterates that, despite how it may appear, nobody tore it up with a backhoe. Red ruts as much as 3 feet deep crisscross the field.