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[Narrator] Tonight
on Monsterquest.

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Our homes are meant
to be a sanctuary,

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a safe place
where nothing can harm us.

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But sometimes
that sense of safety...

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We see this black,
hairy figure.

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Nine or 10 feet tall.

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[Narrator] ...is shattered
by something sinister.

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George is terrified to see

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a horned figure's head
in a fire.

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[Joni] It turned its head
and looked at me.

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I have never been so afraid
in my entire life.

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♪

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[Narrator] For many centuries,
people have reported

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strange and sometimes
terrifying encounters

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with what they
describe as monsters.

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Its eyes just lit up
on the moon and we're like...

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That is nothing I've ever seen.

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If I tried to run, I'd be dead.

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[Narrator]
Now for the first time,

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some are sharing
their experiences.

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Is there a pattern
to their encounters?

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It was just terrifying.

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[Narrator] And if so,
what could it mean?

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♪

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[Narrator] Columbus
is Ohio's largest

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and fastest growing city,
but outside the city limits,

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the concrete gives
way to thick woods.

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Territory said to be home
to a towering creature

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known as the Grassman.

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[Hakeem] These rural areas,
woodlands and forests

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are just the kind of places

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where an undiscovered creature
might still exist.

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♪♪

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The Grassman gets its name
from the large dens

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it allegedly makes
out of grass and sticks.

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The creature
has been described

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as standing between
seven and 10 feet tall

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and weighing
as much as 300 to 1,000 lbs.

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and having
this long black hair.

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Many people believe
the Grassman

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is this subspecies
of the Bigfoot family in Ohio.

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♪♪

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[Narrator] Reports
of the Grassman date back

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as far as the 19th century.

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[Micah] One of the first
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the Grassman
is from an Ohio newspaper

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from July 22nd, 1869.

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In that report,
the creature is described

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as an aggressive wild man
that's gigantic in height,

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and which allegedly
had attacked a man

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and his daughter days before.

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[Narrator] There have been
over 300 reported sightings

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of the Grassman in Ohio
since the 1970s alone.

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Despite the extensive history
and volume of sightings,

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many still question
the Grassman's existence.

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But in 2017, near the Columbus
suburb of Galena,

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one resident
reports an encounter

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that is uncomfortably
close to home.

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This incident happened in 2017.

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I've lived in this area
my entire life.

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I bought a house,
it backed up to a private

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65-acre reserve
called Spruce Run.

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I use the woods for hiking.

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Wildlife and nature's
kind of my church.

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I had a Doberman named Dozer,
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and our routine
was I would get home

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and there he'd be waiting
for me, and we'd go...

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we'd go to our hike.

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[Narrator] But this particular
day was anything but routine.

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[Michael]
I got home late from work.

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I want to say it was
5:00 or 6:00 o'clock.

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Dozer had had surgery
about a week prior to that,

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so he hadn't been able
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and he was starting to recover,

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and I got home and he's there,

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his tail is wagging.

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He's staring at me,
so I'm like, "Alright, let's,

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let's go for a hike."

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At that time it was like dusk,

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we had at least a good hour,

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so I'm like, "We'll do
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and then we'll get back
before dark, no big deal."

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We hike out
through my property

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and it dead ends
into Spruce Creek

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and I just start
my normal routine.

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[Narrator] Michael says
he's only ten minutes

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into his hike...

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when suddenly
everything changes.

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[Michael]
I'm hiking with Dozer

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and we're just having
a good time,

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and I just happened to look up

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and there's a little clearing
on this ridge,

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and I see this thing come out.

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[loud thumping]

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It was hairy, it was so black,

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and it's, like,
doing a belly crawl.

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It was parallel to the ground,
perfectly leveled.

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It melted my mind, it was like,
"Nothing that I know on Earth

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moves like this thing."

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I'm like, "It's not a coyote,
it's definitely not a bear."

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I'm going through my mind.
All these things,

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"What am I seeing?
What am I looking at?"

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So, I'm just watching
this thing

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and all of a sudden it turns
and just stares right at me.

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And then, in one leap, kind
of does like this Superman,

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and it jumps down from the top
of the ridge into this bush.

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[leaves rustling]

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Twenty, 30 yards in one leap.

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My body goes into shock.

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It was at that point
maybe 20 feet from me.

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It was right behind this bush.

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I'm, like, just trying
to think, "What did,

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what did I just see here?"

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So, I start walking
towards it.

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I think I was just bewildered
and I just naturally

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started walking around
just so I could see,

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maybe get a better look
at what I was dealing with.

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I take maybe
ten steps towards this,

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and this rock about
the size of a grapefruit...

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hits the creek right beside me.

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[water splashes]

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That kind of just
stopped me in my tracks

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because I know there's
something behind that bush,

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and now I know something
from somewhere else,

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just threw a rock
that landed right beside me.

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And as I turn around,

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that's when everything
erupted around me.

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On my left side I see
this large limb come this way.

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- [whistling]
- Land.

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And then by the time
I register that,

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here comes another limb
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And then it's like
something's in the tree tops

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shaking the trees
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and it's just
a whirlwind of commotion.

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[Dozer barks]

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So, I'm believing
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that I'm being surrounded.

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I felt defeated at that point.

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It felt like I'd walked
into a trap...

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and now I was in their world,

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and I felt like
I'm not getting out of this.

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I'm panicked at this point.

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So, I grabbed Dozer,
I grabbed him real tight

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and we start
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the middle of the creek.

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I just concentrated,
I just walked.

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[Narrator] Reaching
the safety of his home,

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Michael allows himself
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the ordeal is behind him.

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I finally got home
and it was like,

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"Okay, now I can breathe."

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This house
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and right off the bedroom
was part of this deck.

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My mind's still going a mile...

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a million miles an hour,
so I just went out

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on the deck
and, you know, kind of

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take a big deep breath.

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But as soon
as I went out there...

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[loud thud]

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...I hear
something in my backyard.

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It knocks over
my pool furniture.

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I literally jumped back
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like a kid, scared.

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I've got some cameras
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So I grabbed one
and I turned it on.

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[Video Michael]
The little light you're seeing

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-is the moon.
-[Michael] I'm standing there

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panning the woods.

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I'm on the second story
of the deck

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and it hits right
underneath me, I can feel it.

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- [loud bang]
- VIDEO [Michael] Hey!

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That sounds like a gunshot.

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I get back in my bedroom,
I shut the door ...

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I was in my bedroom
and I was kind of leaning,

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leaning on my bed,
just staring at that door.

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I'm thinking to myself,

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"Any minute this thing's
gonna come through that door.

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We're all gonna die."

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[Narrator]
With no escape possible,

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Michael remains
trapped in his home

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for the rest of the night.

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The next day I get up
and the first thing,

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I kind of look out... side,
slowly open the door.

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My pool furniture was knocked
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the entire top rail of it is
bowed in like a smiley face,

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and this is thick steel!

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I looked underneath my deck

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and I can see in the mulch
bed large impressions,

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like 15-inch impressions.

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It was footprints.
I had a handprint

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about like this
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So, I'm just piecing
everything together

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and looking around like...
Like, "Wow."

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[camera shutter]

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[Narrator] In the months
after his experience,

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Michael continues
to investigate the area

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with a friend, and even
captures this thermal image

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of what he believes
to be the same creature.

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This changed the way
I feel about the woods.

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Nature is still my church,

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I just know that sometimes

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bad things can happen,
even at church.

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[Narrator]
Spottsville, Kentucky.

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For more than 100 years,
residents here reported

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something strange stalking
their farmland and woods.

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A creature known
as the Spottsville Monster.

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Described as large,
upright and hairy,

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the monster has been blamed
by this agricultural community

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for the disappearance
of valuable livestock

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over the years.

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Sightings would come
and go, but in 1975,

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a major report
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put the residents
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[Micah] The Owensboro
Messenger inquirer reports

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on new evidence of the creature
when a local firefighter,

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Ray Vibert, describes
having a terrifying encounter.

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Ray was squirrel hunting
when he saw a huge,

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hairy creature, and even
made a plaster casting

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of a footprint that he found,

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which he gave
to local law enforcement

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and said it was too large
to have just been a bear.

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The police
even stake out the field

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looking for the monster,

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but whatever it was,
it never came back.

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[Narrator]
Months after Ray's encounter,

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Barton Nunnelly's family
moves in next door.

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They soon have a story
of their own to tell.

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[Barton]
It was early winter of 1975.

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My family moved to a little
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on the banks
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We were always outdoor people

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and it seemed like
a perfect location.

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[Narrator] The family settles
into their new home,

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but as the months pass,

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unsettling signs
begin to surface.

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Springtime came, our chickens
started disappearing.

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That was the first
little bit of concern

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that my dad felt
about that place.

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We'd hear strange noises off
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and we started
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I remember the first day
my brother and I found one.

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It was laying
in one of our fields.

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It had been cut
from its neck all the way down

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to between its hind legs.

256
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It's so strange.

257
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- [goat bleats]
- We had a goat,

258
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we chained it right outside
our bedroom window.

259
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I remember hearing
that goat bleat.

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[imitates bleats]

261
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But it would be getting
further and further away

262
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in the distance until
I couldn't hear it anymore.

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♪

264
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The next day we got up

265
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and the chain
had been broken...

266
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and the goat was gone.

267
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[Narrator] The Nunnelly's
believe it to be the first

268
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of many farm animals
they would lose

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to the Spottsville Monster.

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It ended up killing
over 250 chickens,

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it killed our pony,
eight or nine dead dogs,

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we found a dead pig
who was mutilated.

273
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This is kind of crazy.

274
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So, we got scared
for our safety.

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[Narrator] Following countless
attacks, Barton Nunnelly

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says the culprit
finally reveals itself.

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The first time
I saw the creature

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was when we were standing
on the porch

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waiting for the school bus.

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♪♪

281
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Looking down the road,
we see this black hairy figure.

282
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It had to be at least
nine or 10' tall.

283
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,458
It had thin grey tinged hair.

284
00:14:09,833 --> 00:14:11,625
We all screamed
and ran into the kitchen.

285
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♪♪

286
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It really sunk in just what
kind of situation we were in.

287
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It felt really, really scary.

288
00:14:22,292 --> 00:14:23,958
[Narrator]
Despite their fears,

289
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the Nunnelly's don't run,
they dig in.

290
00:14:28,458 --> 00:14:30,833
Barton's father installs
an overhead light

291
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in the front yard,
hoping to keep the creature

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from the house.

293
00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,292
[Barton] We were always
looking for evidence

294
00:14:37,375 --> 00:14:40,875
of that creature. I found two
different trackways.

295
00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,125
One was coming up from the
Ohio River toward our house,

296
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and one was coming
across a muddy field

297
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at an angle toward our house.

298
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They'd be screaming
out in the fields at night,

299
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and they would come up
and turn our door handles.

300
00:14:56,208 --> 00:14:59,167
My dad was really, really
protective of his kids,

301
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and he really started
to fear for our safety.

302
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[Narrator]
After weeks of terror,

303
00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:08,167
the family decides
to take a stand.

304
00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:09,958
Older brother Harold
had the idea

305
00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,208
to get a bunch of friends
up on the roof

306
00:15:12,292 --> 00:15:14,417
and kill this thing
once and for all.

307
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,875
So, he gathered up my cousin,

308
00:15:19,042 --> 00:15:21,042
three or four
of my dad's friends,

309
00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:22,583
and they got up on the roof

310
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and they were gonna end
the Spottsville Monster.

311
00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:29,333
[Narrator] As night falls
over Spottsville,

312
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the group takes
their positions,

313
00:15:31,542 --> 00:15:34,083
determined to end
whatever's been stalking

314
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their property once
and for all.

315
00:15:36,833 --> 00:15:38,417
They heard it growl.

316
00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,667
They said, "That thing
sounded like it could have

317
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reached on through the roof

318
00:15:44,292 --> 00:15:46,167
and grabbed
either one of them.

319
00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:48,042
That's how big
this thing sounded."

320
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They started opening fire

321
00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,833
and it sounded
like World War II up there.

322
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[gunshots]

323
00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:59,042
They had rifles, they had
shotguns with deer slugs,

324
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:01,000
they had pistols
that they unloaded

325
00:16:01,042 --> 00:16:03,292
onto this area where this thing
was standing.

326
00:16:04,375 --> 00:16:06,000
[gunshot]

327
00:16:06,125 --> 00:16:08,000
[Barton] They were
all scared to death.

328
00:16:08,083 --> 00:16:09,667
They said, "Woah, woah,
woah, I think we got it,

329
00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:12,167
because we,
we lit those woods up."

330
00:16:13,542 --> 00:16:16,167
[Narrator] By morning,
the men go looking

331
00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:19,250
for the beast
they are sure they killed.

332
00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:21,292
We went out and looked,
and we could see

333
00:16:21,375 --> 00:16:23,208
where the bullets had ripped
through the vegetation.

334
00:16:24,875 --> 00:16:28,167
There was no blood, no hair.

335
00:16:28,292 --> 00:16:29,792
Should have been there dead.

336
00:16:29,875 --> 00:16:33,292
If it was a natural flesh
and blood animal like a bear,

337
00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:35,000
it would have
been laying there,

338
00:16:35,042 --> 00:16:37,417
but there was no sign
of the creature.

339
00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:39,250
[Narrator] Barton says
the encounter becomes

340
00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:41,542
the family's breaking point.

341
00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:43,417
Mom had pretty much had it.

342
00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,083
It almost felt like we
were captives in our own homes.

343
00:16:47,625 --> 00:16:50,292
That ended up running us
off of the property.

344
00:16:50,375 --> 00:16:52,833
If not for all
the creature activity,

345
00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:54,833
we would probably be
living there right now.

346
00:16:54,917 --> 00:16:58,250
♪

347
00:16:58,333 --> 00:17:00,208
[Narrator] Barton Nunnelly's
family managed to escape

348
00:17:00,292 --> 00:17:02,000
their Kentucky home,

349
00:17:02,083 --> 00:17:04,083
and whatever
was encroaching on it.

350
00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:07,833
Around the same time
in New York,

351
00:17:07,917 --> 00:17:10,333
a family will find
there's no escape

352
00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:12,625
from the darkness
within the walls.

353
00:17:12,708 --> 00:17:15,125
♪

354
00:17:15,208 --> 00:17:17,667
[Narrator] Just over 30 mi.
from New York City

355
00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:19,500
lies Amityville,

356
00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:24,250
a quiet village on Long
Island's southern shore.

357
00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:28,167
It's known for its waterfront
views, small town charm,

358
00:17:28,292 --> 00:17:30,250
and a home forever linked

359
00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:32,667
to a series
of disturbing events.

360
00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:38,042
The first, in 1974,

361
00:17:38,125 --> 00:17:40,208
is a gruesome
domestic massacre

362
00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:43,292
that destroys the town's
sense of serenity,

363
00:17:43,375 --> 00:17:47,000
makes national headlines,
and inspires one of the most

364
00:17:47,042 --> 00:17:50,292
notorious horror movies
of all time:

365
00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:52,167
The Amityville Horror.

366
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,625
[Holly] On the night
of November 13th,

367
00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:58,083
In 1974, in Amityville,

368
00:17:58,208 --> 00:18:01,542
24-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr.
shoots and kills

369
00:18:01,625 --> 00:18:04,667
his entire family as they
lie sleeping in their beds.

370
00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,250
♪

371
00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:09,917
[MJ] Since he was the only one
who found his family,

372
00:18:10,042 --> 00:18:12,042
and the only surviving
family member,

373
00:18:12,167 --> 00:18:14,917
he was brought down
to the station for questioning,

374
00:18:15,042 --> 00:18:17,500
and within 24 hours
he confesses

375
00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:19,750
to the murders,
saying, and I quote,

376
00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:23,292
"It just started, it went
so fast, I couldn't stop."

377
00:18:23,375 --> 00:18:26,542
♪

378
00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:29,292
[Hakeem] He later recants
his confession and pleads

379
00:18:29,417 --> 00:18:31,625
not guilty by reason
of insanity,

380
00:18:31,708 --> 00:18:35,167
saying at trial
that voices inside the house

381
00:18:35,292 --> 00:18:37,083
made him do it.

382
00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:39,625
But the judge and jury
do not believe him

383
00:18:39,625 --> 00:18:42,750
and sentence him to six
consecutive life sentences.

384
00:18:48,625 --> 00:18:52,250
[Narrator] In 1974, a house
in Amityville, New York,

385
00:18:52,375 --> 00:18:54,833
becomes a scene
of domestic horror

386
00:18:54,917 --> 00:18:56,583
when a man murders his family.

387
00:18:58,417 --> 00:19:00,583
But for the family
that moves in next,

388
00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:02,750
the true horror
is still to come.

389
00:19:05,292 --> 00:19:08,292
In 1975, George and Kathy Lutz

390
00:19:08,375 --> 00:19:11,667
and their three kids see this
home as a potential dream

391
00:19:11,792 --> 00:19:13,375
come true for them.

392
00:19:13,542 --> 00:19:15,625
♪

393
00:19:15,708 --> 00:19:18,833
[MJ] George and Kathy say
they were aware of the murders

394
00:19:18,875 --> 00:19:21,583
that had occurred in the home
just one year prior,

395
00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:23,708
but neither of them
had any reservations

396
00:19:23,792 --> 00:19:25,375
about buying the house.

397
00:19:26,792 --> 00:19:28,333
[Hakeem] They don't own
enough furniture,

398
00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:31,083
so they end up paying $400

399
00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:33,500
to keep some of the DeFeo's
family's furnishings

400
00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:35,167
in the home.

401
00:19:35,292 --> 00:19:38,667
The dining room set,
the master bedroom set,

402
00:19:39,625 --> 00:19:42,458
even the daughter's
bedroom set.

403
00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:46,125
They have no belief in anything
superstitious or paranormal.

404
00:19:47,667 --> 00:19:49,333
[Narrator] Though
the Lutzes don't believe

405
00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:51,917
in the supernatural,
Kathy is religious,

406
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,833
so she invites a Catholic
priest to bless the house.

407
00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:57,667
[Micah] The priest begins
on the first floor

408
00:19:57,750 --> 00:19:59,625
and makes his way up
to the third floor,

409
00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:02,542
sprinkling holy water
and saying a prayer as he goes.

410
00:20:04,708 --> 00:20:06,583
But when he gets
to the third floor,

411
00:20:06,583 --> 00:20:11,833
he claims to distinctly hear
a male voice say, "Get out!"

412
00:20:14,208 --> 00:20:16,167
The priest is terrified,
but he doesn't tell

413
00:20:16,292 --> 00:20:18,042
the Lutz family what he heard

414
00:20:18,125 --> 00:20:19,625
because he's still
struggling to try

415
00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:21,125
and understand himself.

416
00:20:21,208 --> 00:20:23,000
♪♪

417
00:20:23,042 --> 00:20:24,833
[Narrator]
Over the next few weeks,

418
00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:28,000
the family claims more
unexplained events occur

419
00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:29,667
inside the home

420
00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:32,458
and always
at the same time of night.

421
00:20:34,042 --> 00:20:36,250
George says
he wakes up at 3:15 a.m.

422
00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:38,542
because he hears
a weird knocking sound.

423
00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:42,417
He gets out of bed
and goes over to the window,

424
00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:45,458
where he sees a shadow
moving near the boathouse.

425
00:20:47,583 --> 00:20:50,167
He's scared,
but he gets dressed anyway

426
00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:51,792
and heads outside.

427
00:20:53,042 --> 00:20:55,667
As he walks toward the dock,
he claims that the door

428
00:20:55,792 --> 00:20:58,208
to the boathouse has been
torn from its hinges

429
00:20:58,292 --> 00:20:59,917
and is knocking in the wind.

430
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,500
[wood creaking]

431
00:21:01,583 --> 00:21:04,167
George is obviously
confused, he wonders,

432
00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:06,000
"How did this all happen?"

433
00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:07,458
He checks
the surrounding area,

434
00:21:07,542 --> 00:21:09,500
but doesn't see
any sign of an intruder.

435
00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,333
One night,
George wakes up at 3:15 a.m.

436
00:21:13,417 --> 00:21:15,625
again to the same
knocking sound.

437
00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:19,375
He goes over
to the window and can see

438
00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,708
that the boathouse
door once again

439
00:21:21,708 --> 00:21:23,583
is knocking against
the building.

440
00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:26,000
[wood creaking]

441
00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:27,667
[Hakeem] George is furious.

442
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:30,667
He runs outside and props
the door back into place,

443
00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:33,417
but when he turns back around,

444
00:21:33,542 --> 00:21:36,083
he sees something
really frightening.

445
00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:39,375
♪♪

446
00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,917
He claims two red eyes

447
00:21:43,042 --> 00:21:46,250
are shining out of the window
of his daughter's room.

448
00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:50,667
[MJ] George runs straight up
to Missy's room.

449
00:21:52,542 --> 00:21:54,958
But when he opens her door,
she's sound asleep

450
00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:57,917
and no one else
is in the room.

451
00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:01,667
[Narrator] The next day,
George visits

452
00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:03,542
the local newspapers office

453
00:22:05,083 --> 00:22:08,000
to search for information
about the DeFeo murders

454
00:22:08,083 --> 00:22:09,667
that happened in his home.

455
00:22:10,917 --> 00:22:14,167
He's looking
for any kind of connection

456
00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:15,750
to what they've been
experiencing,

457
00:22:15,833 --> 00:22:17,500
and finds out
that the murders took place

458
00:22:17,583 --> 00:22:19,958
in the house at 3:15 a.m.

459
00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:23,542
[Holly] Kathy also
reports wondering

460
00:22:23,625 --> 00:22:25,333
if their home is haunted,

461
00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,167
but neither of them
is really willing

462
00:22:27,208 --> 00:22:28,792
to fully accept this idea.

463
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:33,500
[Narrator] One night during
the week of Christmas,

464
00:22:33,542 --> 00:22:36,708
George and Kathy start
a fire in the fireplace.

465
00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,833
All of a sudden,
Kathy starts screaming.

466
00:22:41,958 --> 00:22:44,417
She's pointing towards
the fire and when George

467
00:22:44,542 --> 00:22:46,750
looks over at the flames,
he's terrified to see

468
00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,833
a horned figure's head
in the fire.

469
00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:53,583
They both claim
it looks like the devil.

470
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:59,667
♪

471
00:22:59,708 --> 00:23:03,417
George grabs Kathy and pulls
her away from the room.

472
00:23:03,417 --> 00:23:05,250
When he goes back
to see the fire,

473
00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:07,000
the face is gone.

474
00:23:09,583 --> 00:23:12,833
[MJ] This and all of the other
unexplained incidents

475
00:23:12,875 --> 00:23:16,625
in the house have now convinced
them, their home is haunted.

476
00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:19,500
[Narrator] Roughly two weeks

477
00:23:19,583 --> 00:23:21,667
after their alleged
fireplace vision,

478
00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:23,875
their haunting
takes a darker turn.

479
00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:27,875
♪

480
00:23:27,958 --> 00:23:30,292
By this point, the family
is sleeping together

481
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,333
in the same bedroom.

482
00:23:32,375 --> 00:23:33,958
The kids are in the bed

483
00:23:34,042 --> 00:23:36,583
and the parents
are sleeping on chairs.

484
00:23:36,667 --> 00:23:38,792
George wakes up and his son

485
00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:41,542
is standing next
to the bed crying.

486
00:23:41,625 --> 00:23:43,250
The boy tells them
that there is

487
00:23:43,333 --> 00:23:44,833
a monster in the house

488
00:23:44,917 --> 00:23:46,833
and that that monster
tried to grab him.

489
00:23:46,917 --> 00:23:49,833
[dog barking]

490
00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:53,125
Suddenly, George claims
he hears the family dog

491
00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:54,750
barking from the hallway.

492
00:23:54,833 --> 00:23:56,667
♪

493
00:23:56,750 --> 00:23:59,042
[Hakeem] He runs out
and that's when he sees it.

494
00:24:00,708 --> 00:24:02,833
A giant white hooded figure

495
00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:06,083
with the same devil face
he saw in the fire.

496
00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:11,750
This figure
is apparently standing

497
00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:13,667
on the staircase
staring at them.

498
00:24:15,417 --> 00:24:18,042
George screams to Kathy
to grab the boys

499
00:24:18,167 --> 00:24:20,958
and get out of the house
while he picks up his daughter.

500
00:24:23,208 --> 00:24:25,000
They run down
the main staircase

501
00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:29,167
just in time to see the front
door ripped from its hinges.

502
00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:31,083
They just get out of the house.

503
00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:36,583
They leave everything behind.

504
00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:40,667
[Narrator] The Lutzes
flee for their lives,

505
00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:42,833
and from whatever
evil remained

506
00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:47,083
from the murders that occurred
inside that house.

507
00:24:47,167 --> 00:24:49,917
[Hakeem] In the days
before Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s

508
00:24:49,917 --> 00:24:51,500
death in prison,

509
00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:54,125
he claims he didn't murder
his family by himself,

510
00:24:54,208 --> 00:24:56,583
he had help.

511
00:24:56,667 --> 00:24:58,500
Some investigators
have even said

512
00:24:58,583 --> 00:25:00,292
that the brutal murders

513
00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:02,708
couldn't have been
pulled off by one person.

514
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:12,458
[Narrator] Fouke, Arkansas,
a quiet rural town

515
00:25:12,542 --> 00:25:14,750
in the southwest
corner of the state,

516
00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:17,875
surrounded by marshlands
and dense forest.

517
00:25:19,583 --> 00:25:21,583
It's not the kind
of place that typically

518
00:25:21,667 --> 00:25:23,250
commands attention...

519
00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:29,333
But on the night
of May 2nd, 1971,

520
00:25:29,417 --> 00:25:31,667
one couple's encounter
with a massive

521
00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:33,583
hair-covered beast

522
00:25:35,125 --> 00:25:38,167
would thrust the community
into the national spotlight.

523
00:25:40,042 --> 00:25:43,250
Bobby and Elizabeth Ford
were just normal newlyweds

524
00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:45,958
moving into
their new home in Fouke.

525
00:25:46,042 --> 00:25:47,917
One night,
something big and hairy

526
00:25:48,042 --> 00:25:50,167
came right up
to the front door.

527
00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:52,333
♪

528
00:25:52,417 --> 00:25:54,250
It reached in
through their screen

529
00:25:54,375 --> 00:25:56,667
and Bobby grabbed his gun
and fired.

530
00:25:59,542 --> 00:26:01,167
[MJ] The Ford's
encounter ignited

531
00:26:01,167 --> 00:26:02,875
widespread media attention,

532
00:26:02,958 --> 00:26:05,792
it inspired the creature's
name, and forever etched

533
00:26:05,875 --> 00:26:07,500
the tiny town
of Fouke, Arkansas

534
00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,208
into American folklore.

535
00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:12,458
[Hakeem] Reported encounters
with this creature

536
00:26:12,542 --> 00:26:14,833
started popping up
across the Midwest.

537
00:26:14,917 --> 00:26:17,833
In Illinois, in Indiana...
There were theories

538
00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:20,375
that the creature
was following the rivers

539
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:22,167
and forests that connect
the Deep South

540
00:26:22,292 --> 00:26:25,042
to the Midwest, just like
other migrating animals do.

541
00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:30,250
[Narrator]
Skeptics expressed doubt

542
00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:31,875
that whatever lurked in Fouke

543
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,958
would travel
that far and wide.

544
00:26:35,792 --> 00:26:38,125
But two years after
the Ford's encounter,

545
00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:42,083
Joni Mayhan, hundreds of miles
away in southern Indiana,

546
00:26:42,083 --> 00:26:45,792
believes she came across
the same creature.

547
00:26:45,875 --> 00:26:50,000
I grew up in southern Indiana
in a very rural area...

548
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,667
♪

549
00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:53,667
...and my father
had about 40 acres of land,

550
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:56,583
and he built his own house.

551
00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:58,667
There wasn't a town
surrounding us.

552
00:26:58,708 --> 00:27:00,792
There weren't
any children to play with.

553
00:27:00,875 --> 00:27:04,000
We were so isolated,
there was nothing but woods.

554
00:27:04,125 --> 00:27:06,667
I just had to keep
myself occupied

555
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,625
most of the time,
and I did so by going out

556
00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:10,708
into the woods.
It was a magical place for me.

557
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,875
But I was really drawn
to a section of woods

558
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,875
behind my father's house.

559
00:27:19,958 --> 00:27:22,417
A lot of tall old growth trees

560
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:24,667
and a nice canopy overhead,

561
00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:26,708
and the birds
were always singing.

562
00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:29,750
And I went down there
all the time,

563
00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:31,542
every chance I got.

564
00:27:31,667 --> 00:27:34,625
I grabbed my dog and off
into the woods we went.

565
00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:37,833
There was an old hollow tree.

566
00:27:37,917 --> 00:27:40,750
I think it got hit
by lightning back in the day.

567
00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:45,000
It made a perfect fort for me.

568
00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:48,125
My dog Sassy and I would go
down there and hang out.

569
00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:51,833
♪

570
00:27:51,875 --> 00:27:55,000
But on that particular day,
birds were chirping

571
00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:58,625
and the skies were blue,
and the temperatures were warm.

572
00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:03,125
It was definitely a place
of safety and comfort.

573
00:28:03,208 --> 00:28:05,750
There were a lot of dried
leaves on the ground.

574
00:28:07,125 --> 00:28:09,500
I immediately took my shoes
off because I wanted

575
00:28:09,583 --> 00:28:11,875
to feel the bare ground
under my feet.

576
00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:16,000
I was carving my initials
into the inside of the tree,

577
00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:19,042
because I kind of wanted
that to always be my tree,

578
00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:23,125
when all of a sudden
I heard leaves crunching.

579
00:28:23,208 --> 00:28:26,125
♪♪

580
00:28:26,208 --> 00:28:28,417
We were so far out
in the middle of nowhere,

581
00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:29,917
nobody should
have been out there.

582
00:28:31,417 --> 00:28:33,875
I stopped and listened
because I wasn't sure

583
00:28:33,958 --> 00:28:35,667
what I was hearing.

584
00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:39,292
Everything
was just dead still,

585
00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:42,333
like there was something
there, something was wrong.

586
00:28:42,417 --> 00:28:44,083
Something was watching me.

587
00:28:46,167 --> 00:28:49,042
I walked over
to the edge of the hill

588
00:28:49,125 --> 00:28:52,917
because I wanted to see where
this sound was coming from.

589
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,667
♪

590
00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,667
And I could see
something moving

591
00:28:56,792 --> 00:28:59,583
through the bramble.

592
00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:01,208
It was kind
of that reddish brown color,

593
00:29:01,375 --> 00:29:04,083
and I could catch glimpses
of it as it moved through.

594
00:29:06,458 --> 00:29:08,750
And I was terrified.

595
00:29:08,833 --> 00:29:10,458
This wasn't human.

596
00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:16,000
It was about 7' tall,
it was very thin.

597
00:29:16,042 --> 00:29:18,875
And the hair
and the fur was very tangled

598
00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:21,833
and matted,
it looked very unhealthy.

599
00:29:23,333 --> 00:29:25,792
As it stepped out
from behind the bramble,

600
00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:29,500
it was hopping sideways,
almost like an ape.

601
00:29:29,542 --> 00:29:31,000
And then it came
all the way out

602
00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:32,875
into the open and it stopped.

603
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:38,000
It turned its head and looked
at me and locked eyes with me.

604
00:29:39,917 --> 00:29:42,875
I have never been
so afraid in my entire life.

605
00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:46,875
And then, all of a sudden,
Sassy noticed

606
00:29:46,958 --> 00:29:48,667
and she started barking.

607
00:29:48,708 --> 00:29:51,167
[Sassy barks]

608
00:29:51,250 --> 00:29:53,292
I didn't know
what this thing was gonna do.

609
00:29:54,958 --> 00:29:57,000
I got about
a three-to-four-second look

610
00:29:57,083 --> 00:29:59,042
at it
before my paralysis broke.

611
00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:02,042
I just needed
to get out of there.

612
00:30:03,542 --> 00:30:05,250
I grabbed Sassy by the collar

613
00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:07,417
and we went running
all the way through the woods.

614
00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:15,292
[Narrator]
In southern Indiana,

615
00:30:16,708 --> 00:30:18,583
young Joni Mayhan and her dog

616
00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:20,292
are running for their lives,

617
00:30:21,792 --> 00:30:23,958
pursued by a sinister creature

618
00:30:24,042 --> 00:30:27,458
she believes is
the legendary Fouke monster.

619
00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:30,750
This wasn't human.

620
00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:32,417
I just needed
to get out of there.

621
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:34,917
♪

622
00:30:35,958 --> 00:30:38,375
I came bursting in
through the door,

623
00:30:38,458 --> 00:30:40,792
my mother was in the kitchen
and I was frantic

624
00:30:40,875 --> 00:30:43,000
to tell her what I'd just seen.

625
00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:45,000
And she really
didn't believe me.

626
00:30:45,083 --> 00:30:46,875
♪

627
00:30:46,958 --> 00:30:49,208
My mother was more
concerned about the fact

628
00:30:49,333 --> 00:30:51,417
that I was barefoot.

629
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:54,042
She wanted me to go back
into the woods to get my shoes,

630
00:30:54,125 --> 00:30:56,333
which was terrifying for me.

631
00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:59,250
But it's starting to get dark,

632
00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:01,042
and that thing might
still be there,

633
00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:02,833
it might be waiting,
it might be sitting there

634
00:31:02,917 --> 00:31:05,000
holding my shoes.
But I needed them for school,

635
00:31:05,125 --> 00:31:07,833
and I was a fairly
obedient child.

636
00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:10,042
[Narrator] Joni is able
to convince her mother

637
00:31:10,125 --> 00:31:12,000
to let her wait
until the next morning

638
00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:14,250
before she returns
for her shoes.

639
00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:17,833
[Joni] The next day
was a bright, sunny day,

640
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:20,542
it was nice.

641
00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:23,167
I grabbed Sassy and I'm like,

642
00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,833
"Come on dog, we're going
out into the woods.

643
00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:26,500
We gotta get my shoes."

644
00:31:26,542 --> 00:31:28,250
I was terrified.

645
00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:34,625
I walked as quickly as I could
to that hollow tree,

646
00:31:34,708 --> 00:31:38,000
and there were my shoes sitting
right there where I left them.

647
00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:42,958
It really scared me.

648
00:31:43,042 --> 00:31:44,875
I wasn't sure
that I would see that creature

649
00:31:44,958 --> 00:31:46,542
standing there
still staring at me.

650
00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:50,083
But there was nothing there.

651
00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:53,875
I looked at the stream to see
if it had left any footprints

652
00:31:53,958 --> 00:31:56,125
behind, because it was
still pretty muddy there.

653
00:31:57,542 --> 00:32:01,125
And I did see some kind
of large footprint in the mud.

654
00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:04,417
Seeing the footprint
made it real.

655
00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:09,833
I didn't stay very long
because I wasn't sure

656
00:32:09,958 --> 00:32:11,875
that it wasn't still
there waiting for me.

657
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:16,542
So, I headed out of the woods
as fast as I could.

658
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,417
And this time Sassy was
pretty eager to come with me.

659
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,917
That event took away
my place where I felt safe.

660
00:32:29,250 --> 00:32:31,833
I no longer went back in there
because I didn't know

661
00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:33,458
what was in the woods
waiting for me.

662
00:32:35,583 --> 00:32:39,583
I still have that image
locked firmly in my mind.

663
00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:41,292
It was the Fouke monster.

664
00:32:44,375 --> 00:32:47,167
Nobody could ever convince me
that I didn't see it.

665
00:32:47,208 --> 00:32:50,333
♪

666
00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:52,042
[Narrator]
Domestic disturbances

667
00:32:52,167 --> 00:32:53,917
take on many forms.

668
00:32:54,042 --> 00:32:56,208
For some, like Joni,

669
00:32:56,292 --> 00:32:59,083
it's an encounter
with a legendary creature.

670
00:33:00,958 --> 00:33:04,208
For a South Carolina girl
named Gwen Johns,

671
00:33:04,292 --> 00:33:07,042
the unknown takes
on a different form.

672
00:33:08,292 --> 00:33:11,625
Not a creature,
but a moment out of time.

673
00:33:15,333 --> 00:33:18,042
Or what many call
a "time slip."

674
00:33:20,708 --> 00:33:23,500
Liverpool, England, 1996.

675
00:33:25,125 --> 00:33:27,083
A policeman reports
something extraordinary

676
00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:28,958
from his daily patrol.

677
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,417
He steps off the sidewalk
onto Bold Street,

678
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,250
and immediately
steps back in time.

679
00:33:39,458 --> 00:33:42,542
The policeman is
in the exact same location,

680
00:33:42,708 --> 00:33:44,500
but it's the 1950s.

681
00:33:44,583 --> 00:33:46,125
The cars are old,

682
00:33:46,208 --> 00:33:48,750
stores that haven't
existed in years

683
00:33:48,833 --> 00:33:50,208
appear right in front of him,

684
00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,125
and then, just like that...

685
00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:55,375
he's in the modern world.

686
00:33:57,792 --> 00:33:59,375
[Narrator] The officer's story

687
00:33:59,458 --> 00:34:02,042
becomes one of the best-known
alleged examples

688
00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:03,667
of a time slip.

689
00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:08,125
A time slip's basically
when someone finds themselves

690
00:34:08,208 --> 00:34:10,333
at another point in history,
like they just kind

691
00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:12,417
of stepped through
a doorway in time.

692
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:15,000
Usually only lasts
for a few moments,

693
00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:18,167
but it feels totally real
while it's happening.

694
00:34:19,208 --> 00:34:22,000
Stories of time slips
happen all the time,

695
00:34:22,042 --> 00:34:25,042
and one prominent
one took place in 1901

696
00:34:25,125 --> 00:34:27,750
when these two women were
touring the French Palace

697
00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:29,333
of Versailles.

698
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,000
And they both reported
that suddenly it was

699
00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:34,208
as though the palace
was populated with people

700
00:34:34,292 --> 00:34:36,583
from a century
and a half earlier,

701
00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:39,167
and that it all seemed
completely real.

702
00:34:41,333 --> 00:34:43,167
[Narrator] Then there's
the mysterious case

703
00:34:43,292 --> 00:34:45,042
involving Gwen Johns.

704
00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:49,167
A young girl who moves
with her father

705
00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:53,083
to South Carolina in 1981.

706
00:34:53,167 --> 00:34:56,292
I was a dad's girl, I used
to help him work on cars.

707
00:34:56,375 --> 00:34:58,833
I was around eight
when my parents got divorced.

708
00:34:58,875 --> 00:35:01,083
♪

709
00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:03,000
My uncle had an old farmhouse

710
00:35:03,125 --> 00:35:05,375
that our great,
great uncle had lived in

711
00:35:05,458 --> 00:35:08,458
that was not occupied,
but just kind of rundown.

712
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:12,792
So, my dad decided
to move us there,

713
00:35:12,875 --> 00:35:14,458
myself and him.

714
00:35:15,875 --> 00:35:19,208
It was further in the country
than I was used to.

715
00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:21,125
So, you know, we'd pull up,

716
00:35:21,208 --> 00:35:24,458
I remember thinking,
"I don't want to go in here."

717
00:35:24,542 --> 00:35:26,667
♪

718
00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:28,583
And we walked in the house.

719
00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:30,375
It was old,

720
00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:33,542
must have been 20 years since
anybody lived there at all.

721
00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:37,375
[Narrator] Gwen's father
shows her around the house,

722
00:35:37,458 --> 00:35:41,333
but his demeanor changes when
they reach the front room.

723
00:35:41,375 --> 00:35:44,375
♪

724
00:35:45,417 --> 00:35:48,292
My dad said,
"Do not go in this room,

725
00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:50,333
because there are things
in here and they're locked up,

726
00:35:50,458 --> 00:35:52,250
and you need
to leave them alone."

727
00:35:55,042 --> 00:35:57,792
Pretty much cut me off anytime
I asked about it after that.

728
00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:02,542
But that stuck in my head.

729
00:36:02,625 --> 00:36:06,625
Every room just felt
really heavy and dark.

730
00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:08,500
I didn't like to be
in the house at all.

731
00:36:10,792 --> 00:36:12,792
It was almost like
I was always being watched.

732
00:36:15,208 --> 00:36:16,750
[Narrator]
One cold fall evening,

733
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:20,292
Gwen and her father are
in the kitchen making dinner.

734
00:36:20,292 --> 00:36:23,500
And he remembered he had
to go to my uncle's house,

735
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,875
which was just right up
the driveway, basically.

736
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,167
Um, I was scared because
I never stayed alone there.

737
00:36:38,583 --> 00:36:40,417
[Narrator] Gwen John's father
leaves her alone

738
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:42,833
in their new house
in South Carolina

739
00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:44,542
for the first time.

740
00:36:44,625 --> 00:36:47,417
I was scared because
I never stayed alone there.

741
00:36:51,333 --> 00:36:54,750
So, I thought if I can see
my dad down the driveway,

742
00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,583
I won't feel as alone.

743
00:36:57,875 --> 00:37:00,083
And from the front room
I could see better,

744
00:37:00,167 --> 00:37:01,667
but I'm not supposed
to go in there.

745
00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:05,208
[Narrator] Her father had
given her strict instructions

746
00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:07,708
never to go
into the front room,

747
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:09,417
but Gwen does so anyway.

748
00:37:10,875 --> 00:37:13,333
[Gwen] I slowly
walked toward the front room,

749
00:37:13,417 --> 00:37:15,458
turned the handle
and it opened.

750
00:37:19,208 --> 00:37:21,208
And I remember
smelling the dust,

751
00:37:22,750 --> 00:37:24,833
and there's dust covers
on the furniture,

752
00:37:24,917 --> 00:37:27,667
and there was a mirror
that was covered also,

753
00:37:27,792 --> 00:37:29,333
and that creeped me out.

754
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:34,500
Getting to the window,
as I pulled the curtain open,

755
00:37:34,625 --> 00:37:36,583
I remember smelling fresh

756
00:37:36,667 --> 00:37:38,667
and the heat
from the summer heat.

757
00:37:38,750 --> 00:37:41,125
♪

758
00:37:41,208 --> 00:37:43,500
Looked almost
a different season,

759
00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:45,375
everything
was clear and sunny,

760
00:37:46,375 --> 00:37:48,875
and that day
was not hot and sunny.

761
00:37:52,750 --> 00:37:54,375
It looked like summer.

762
00:37:55,958 --> 00:37:58,000
[Narrator] As Gwen looks
through the window,

763
00:37:58,042 --> 00:38:01,792
she hears an unfamiliar noise
coming from outside.

764
00:38:04,542 --> 00:38:07,000
[Gwen] It was sputtering.

765
00:38:07,042 --> 00:38:09,333
Like a tractor.

766
00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:11,500
I didn't remember
my uncle having a tractor,

767
00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:14,417
but I saw a tractor,

768
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,375
and an older man,

769
00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:20,250
and he had, like,
blue jean overalls,

770
00:38:21,917 --> 00:38:24,042
the floppy, old, worn hat,

771
00:38:25,333 --> 00:38:28,542
his face was weathered,
and he was on the tractor.

772
00:38:29,875 --> 00:38:32,792
And I remember hearing, like,
that sound if you hit metal.

773
00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:37,875
And then something
came off the tractor

774
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,667
and it hit him in the head.

775
00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:42,333
♪

776
00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:45,292
He just kind of slumped over
and fell off.

777
00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:48,250
I remember seeing the blood.

778
00:38:48,375 --> 00:38:50,000
It was in slow motion almost.

779
00:38:51,125 --> 00:38:53,875
And I remember panicking like,
"I need to go help him,

780
00:38:53,958 --> 00:38:55,542
I need to go save him."

781
00:38:57,875 --> 00:39:00,333
I ran out of that room
through the house

782
00:39:00,417 --> 00:39:02,958
and the house was not the same.

783
00:39:05,458 --> 00:39:07,292
It was newer.

784
00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:11,708
Everything was clean, no dust.

785
00:39:11,792 --> 00:39:16,458
Smelled very fresh,
was well taken care of.

786
00:39:18,208 --> 00:39:20,000
I opened
the door in full panic.

787
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:24,750
It was bright,
sunlight, and the heat.

788
00:39:24,833 --> 00:39:26,708
I could feel something
horrible had happened.

789
00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:31,167
But as I stepped
through that doorway,

790
00:39:31,208 --> 00:39:32,833
it was not summer anymore.

791
00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:40,000
It was a gloomy, cold,
chilly afternoon again.

792
00:39:42,208 --> 00:39:45,583
And I felt totally
different and confused.

793
00:39:47,708 --> 00:39:49,750
Something in me was
looking for the tractor,

794
00:39:49,833 --> 00:39:51,625
but I didn't see
anything like that.

795
00:39:54,042 --> 00:39:56,458
I couldn't figure it out,
I was like, you know,

796
00:39:57,375 --> 00:39:59,042
"Am I crazy?"

797
00:40:00,917 --> 00:40:03,250
My dad's coming down
the driveway.

798
00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:05,208
I ran to him

799
00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:07,625
and I was trying
to tell him what happened,

800
00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:10,042
and I remember him going,
"Quit making things up."

801
00:40:11,417 --> 00:40:13,750
My closest person
not to believe you,

802
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:16,917
it felt terrible,
thinking that I had dreamed it?

803
00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:21,500
I want an explanation
of why that happened to me.

804
00:40:21,583 --> 00:40:25,333
[Narrator] Years later,
Gwen learns a secret truth

805
00:40:25,375 --> 00:40:27,292
about her own family,

806
00:40:27,375 --> 00:40:29,917
one that gives her
a degree of closure.

807
00:40:31,833 --> 00:40:34,750
[Gwen] As a young adult,
I went to a cookout.

808
00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:37,542
It wasn't a family reunion,
but it was a lot of people,

809
00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:41,500
and I remember somebody saying
Great Uncle had an accident

810
00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:44,667
in front of the house
on his tractor and he died.

811
00:40:47,542 --> 00:40:49,917
I found a couple pictures
in front of the house.

812
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,667
♪

813
00:40:54,708 --> 00:40:56,542
It just flipped a switch.

814
00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:01,083
The blood just went...

815
00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:07,000
That really happened
because all that time

816
00:41:07,042 --> 00:41:09,958
I thought it was in my head.
This was real.

817
00:41:12,375 --> 00:41:14,375
Did I walk
into a different time,

818
00:41:14,458 --> 00:41:17,083
what I would call a time slip?

819
00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:19,667
The first time I heard
about time slips,

820
00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:23,167
I remember thinking,
"I'm not alone."

821
00:41:23,250 --> 00:41:27,708
♪

822
00:41:27,792 --> 00:41:32,542
[Narrator] Home, it's meant
to be a place of safety,

823
00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:36,000
but these strange encounters
and bizarre incidents

824
00:41:37,958 --> 00:41:41,333
show how such safety
is never guaranteed.

825
00:41:41,417 --> 00:41:44,583
♪