When I was writing the story, I made the premise that the experimental towns were built by a government that was run by dark occultists, since the story was meant to mirror real life in its structure. I still don't really understand all of the numerology and stuff, but the number 13 seems to come up a lot for some reason, so it went into the story.
Everybody thought that the ones who made camp number 13 were pushing their luck, and many builders quit for superstitious reasons.
Can't argue with that logic.
When I was writing the story, I made the premise that the experimental towns were built by a government that was run by dark occultists, since the story was meant to mirror real life in its structure. I still don't really understand all of the numerology and stuff, but the number 13 seems to come up a lot for some reason, so it went into the story.