Highpool: Evidence of the supernatural?

[Signal]

Is Highpool evidence that supernatural events exist in Wasteland canon?

For those of you who don't know for forgot: There was a small settlement called "Highpool" you could visit in the original Wasteland. During your visit, it was possible to slip and fall on some slippery rocks which would cause a bunch of kids to laugh at you. You were given the option to kill these kids (or just ignore them). If you opted to attack, after wiping them out there wouldn't be any blood or bodies, and they'd simply reappear. Attacking them again, and wiping them out, no blood or bodies. Eventually, after attacking them so many times, they would finally be killed and a mysterious man would suddenly appear out of nowhere (known as the "Red Ryder" I believe) and attack. If you killed the Red Ryder, Highpool would suddenly, and instantly, turn into a ghost town. Whereas before going on your rampage, Highpool was inhabited, green, and had water flowing into it. After your rampage, it would be completely uninhabited, barren, and the water would be dried up. If you walked around the abandoned Highpool, you could even occasionally hear children's echoing laughter in the distance.

So does this event, in fact, count as a supernatural one?

If so, does that mean other encounters with the supernatural are fair game for Wasteland 2?

Keep in mind the developer who originally wrote up Highpool is being brought back for Wasteland 2...

[Miroku]

Not sure. I could take it as hitting your head, and going insane for a moment.

[Sxerks]

The kids didn't keep reappearing, they were hiding in the playground equipment(from the in-game text).

The Red Ryder could be a supernatural event......

[Droog]

I could see Red Ryder based on He Who Walks Behind the Rows.

[BrokenToaster]

When (if) you pick the lock to Mr. Jumbos room and search the desk you see a note about organizing a raid on the rail riders (i think?). It says something like, "this seems strange as it implies only two attackers against many." I always assumed this meant there were basically two adults in Highpool who were either incredibly stupid or relatively bad ass.

I figured Red Ryder was one of the adults and he shows fresh off the raid. Who is the other adult raider? Mr. Jumbo (maybe Red Ryder is Mr. Jumbo)? Some anonymous putz? Maybe the store clerk is. I dunno. Does the store clerk even count as an NPC? If he does, does the doctor? I don't know, but I know I've spent waaaaay too much time thinking about the demographics of Highpool.

[Sub-Human]

Yeah. As far as I'm aware, the first piece of text in the game's intro says that a high concentration of anomalies is present on Earth. Personally, I'd love to have something happen which would not be normal. Fairly sure the nuclear war made a lot of unwanted changes...

[Rzarkrusz Rowa]

Damn, that Highpool scene was so juvenile. Made me cringe when I was testing it a few days ago.

[BlackGauntlet]

Wasteland's supposed to be silly, isn't it?

The more of these wacky things, the merrier!

[Drool]

Is Highpool evidence that supernatural events exist in Wasteland canon?

Perhaps. But there was also the Hobo Oracle, and while his visions were crouched in allegory and unintelligible at the time (like all good oracles), he was also completely accurate. So, there's evidence of the supernatural, but it has a very light touch.