The McGregor boys from Meadow Hill discover the strange effects of the Gardner meteorite on the local wildlife. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
The trees at the Gardner farm begin to bud early. Nahum’s second son, Thaddeus, swears the branches sway without the wind. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
The country-folk begin disuse of the road that goes by the Gardner farm because of the strange vegetation. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
Insects overrun the Gardner farm. The other members of the Gardner family now notice the strange swaying of the trees. People begin to see the strange nocturnal glow that infests the farm after dark. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
Nabby Gardner goes insane. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
Nabby Gardner ceases to speak and Nahum notices a glow about her. Something spooks Nahum’s horses in the barn and they stampede. All have to be shot. Vegetation around the well turns gray and brittle. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
Thaddeus Gardner goes mad after visiting the well, tittering and whispering about "the moving colours down there." The mortality among Gardner livestock rises sharply. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
19 - Thaddeus Gardner dies, victim of the gray brittle death of the Colour Out of Space. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
22 - Merwin Gardner is killed by the Colour Out Of Space in the well. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)
Ammi Pierce visits the Gardner farm after not hearing from Nahum for over two weeks. Ammi finds Nahum barely alive, although the rest of his family is dead. Something kills Nahum while Ammi is in the house. Ammi contacts the police, who return to the farm the same day to investigate. While there, they empty the well and disturb the Colour Out Of Space, sending it back into the heavens. (The Colour Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft)