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jason: We were all trying
to decide if it wasn't just,
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you know, our imagination.
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Aah!
Oh, my god! Go!
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I knew I had just made
a mistake.
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I might pay for this now.
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We got to get out of here.
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This is insane.
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I knew whatever that was...
It wanted me.
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My god.
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Did this thing actually
attach itself to, like, my soul?
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I command you in the name
of jesus christ!
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I felt like that we went
from being the hunters
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to being the hunted.
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[ creature shrieking ]
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I never heard anything
like that ever.
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It was crashing
through the thorn bushes.
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It was coming towards us.
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He had a white wig on,
like a judge.
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At that point, I was trying
to hold back panic.
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[ creature snarls ]
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♪♪
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my name is matthew gagan.
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It all started on a 45-minute
drive from orlando
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on the east coast.
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We were hanging out at my
girlfriend's house in palm bay.
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Here we go.
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Like you're street performing.
You're making big bucks.
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Here we go.
Here we go.
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It was the summer of 2010
right before my sophomore year.
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My name is jason coster.
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Coming in, mattie.
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Ohhh.
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I've known matt for probably
about 12 years now.
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We met when we were
in middle school,
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and we've been, like,
best friends ever since then.
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We had no plans that night,
you know,
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was just looking
for anything to do.
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Hey, guys.
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Look at what I found
in the attic.
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And then that's when
his girlfriend had the idea.
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A ouija board?
Yeah.
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You want
to give it a go?
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You know, I was curious just
to see if maybe it did work.
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it was midnight,
almost 1:00 a.M.,
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around in that time.
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Okay. We have to wait
until 3:00 a.M.
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That's the dead time,
and that is when
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the spirit world is closest
to our own.
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Jason: So I was like,
"this isn't real,"
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like, not thinking anything
is going to happen.
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we have a couple of hours
to kill.
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we should go
to a cemetery.
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She actually said,
"hey, you know,
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there's this supposed
haunted graveyard not too far."
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what do you guys say?
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"we can go do this
until 3 a.M."
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you know, it's summer.
We were all in high school.
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We were just looking
for a good time.
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Let's go then.
Come on.
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the graveyard itself
is surrounded
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by nothing
but woods for miles.
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Jason and me, we had been
drinking and everything,
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so we were
all kind of giddy,
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but it was a nervous
atmosphere, as well.
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okay, if we see anything,
I'm out of here, okay?
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I'm not
holding my breath.
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I'd never been to a graveyard
other than, like,
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a funeral, you know?
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Never been in the middle
of the night
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to do some stuff
like that,
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so I was excited
and a little nervous
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'cause it was my first time
doing that.
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jason!
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[ laughter ]
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so we're just joking around
and laughing
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and trying -- "ah!"
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katie!
Geez!
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Trying to scare each other.
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Can we just go see
some graves, please?
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Come on!
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It's like the adrenaline
of just being scared.
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It was fun to us.
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[ laughing ]
stop it!
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Are you freaking serious?
Leave me alone.
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Jason:
The first thing you notice is
all the graves on the ground.
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There was, like,
a little children's graveyard.
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You could see on the plaques
that the deaths were, you know,
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like, just a couple years apart
from after they were born.
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Aah!
Oh, come on.
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I said stop it.
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hey, jason.
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Come look at this.
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the mausoleum stood
about 12, 15 feet.
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It was closed, and the lights
were all off in there.
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It brought my curiosity out.
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Matt, be careful.
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Matt tried
to peek in and see.
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You couldn't really see in there
'cause it was so dark.
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I'm going in.
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Matt:
I tried yanking on the door.
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I tried, honestly,
breaking the door open.
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Ah, come on, man.
We're wasting our time.
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But it wouldn't open up.
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Let's go.
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right after we tried to open
the mausoleum door
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was when he was like,
"oh, guys, I really got to pee."
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nature calls.
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Matt, where are you going?
Go in the forest.
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Matt: Instead of being
a respectful person
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and going off to, like,
the fence line or something...
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[ splashing ]
too late, now.
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Aw, come on, man.
Stop.
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...Stupid teenager,
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I decided to just pee
all over these graves.
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We were like, "oh, you know,
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that's probably
not a good idea, man."
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but he did anyway.
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Hope I don't
go to hell.
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[ laughing ]
it's too late for you now.
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♪♪
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after I had finished,
the whole atmosphere changed.
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Everything changed.
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Like, you felt like you
were being watched.
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we keep walking, and then
we start feeling cold air,
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like, cold breezes
hitting us.
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You feel that?
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It's florida.
It doesn't get that cold.
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Matt,
check the trees.
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Jason: Whenever that breeze
would hit you,
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you would see the leaves
on the trees move,
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but just in certain spots,
like where we were standing.
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So, I was
a little creeped out.
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My grandmother used to say
that a cold wind
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passing you was the dead.
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She tells us that it's supposed
to be a spirit passing by us.
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They're lost souls.
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You got, like,
this feeling that just,
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like, ran down
your spine, just a chill.
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I was excited.
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I was scared,
but I was excited to see
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what the night was
about to unfold.
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♪♪
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I need to take a shot.
Come on.
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She was hoping to catch
something on camera,
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maybe some white orbs,
you know, whatever she could.
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Ready?
One, two, three.
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Smile.
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Ugh, I can't believe
you just did that.
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Ugh.
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she just was looking into
her camera with, like,
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a face of horror,
and she said to us,
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like, "guys,
you need to see this."
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those two faces
above you, matt...
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You could see these, like,
two faces
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kind of up
a couple feet above his head.
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Matt: They looked angry.
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Like, they looked very mad,
like very mad,
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and they were just above
my head, looking down on me.
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They're angry
with us, matt!
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I got
absolutely terrified.
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Like, I knew I had
just made a mistake.
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♪♪
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I did something horribly wrong,
and I might pay for this now.
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matt: When I was looking
at her camera,
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there was this strong
gust of wind.
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♪♪
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and then suddenly,
the picture went black,
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and it was just -- it was gone.
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The flash drive was corrupted.
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Like, she lost everything
that was on that flash drive.
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I was freaked out.
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What you did to that grave
was really stupid.
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We should just leave.
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Please.
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I was truly terrified,
but my adrenaline was pumping.
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Like, I wanted to see more.
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Jason:
He was like, "naw, man."
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like, "this is what
we came from.
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Let's stay
and see what happens."
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♪♪
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[ indistinct whispering ]
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matt: As we were walking down
the path,
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the wind started picking up.
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[ indistinct whispering ]
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this time, we started
hearing whispers,
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but it was like
you couldn't make out
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what the whispers were saying.
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It was just being carried
with the wind.
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[ indistinct whispering ]
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I started, like,
trying to listen harder.
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[ whispering continues ]
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and it sounded like children.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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geez, katie!
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Jason:
Everybody got freaked out.
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You couldn't understand
what they were saying,
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but you could hear it,
and everybody heard it.
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[ indistinct whispering ]
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♪♪
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[ thud ]
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do you hear that?
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♪♪
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you could see shadows,
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like, just darting
back and forth.
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[ flashlight clicking ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ screams ]
oh! Oh, my god!
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Go! Go, go, go, go!
Go!
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Matt: She screamed and just
started running immediately.
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She had seen something
over there.
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♪♪
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we should leave.
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Something's wrong.
I can feel it.
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You had enough?
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You know, the hairs on
your neck --
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back of your neck sticking up.
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And I was feeling --
I was pretty freaked out
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at that point.
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I was trying to hide it well.
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I'm good.
I'm good, man.
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[ metal hinges squeaking ]
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you could hear metal
scraping back and forth,
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and we were trying
to figure out
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where this noise
was coming from.
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[ metal hinges squeaking ]
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♪♪
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there was just this shadow
standing there,
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and you could see it
just push the gate.
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[ metal hinges squeaking ]
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you could tell that
it wasn't a person.
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At that point, I was, like,
done with it.
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I was freaked out.
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Matt!
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I was like, "dude,
this is what we came for,
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but I think we've seen enough."
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like, "let's get out of here."
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come on.
264
00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:50,661
♪♪
265
00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:54,198
she was trying to talk to me,
but, like, I was in this trance.
266
00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,833
We stirred something up.
267
00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:59,670
♪♪
268
00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:02,606
matt, let's go.
269
00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:04,942
And she said that
I felt like ice cubes.
270
00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,611
Like, I felt like an ice cube
to the touch,
271
00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:09,714
but I was just numb.
272
00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:14,318
♪♪
273
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,353
jason:
We circled back around.
274
00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:18,589
We're coming back to the van.
275
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,591
We're walking, and we had
to pass the mausoleum
276
00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,193
to get back out.
277
00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:30,935
♪♪
278
00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:33,304
we look over and see
the light shining first,
279
00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,772
and then you seen the door
cracked open
280
00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:37,208
a couple inches,
and we were like --
281
00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,276
we were asking each other, like,
"is that the same one?"
282
00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:42,079
like, "wasn't that closed
before?"
283
00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:45,683
♪♪
284
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,485
and then we were all like,
"yeah, yeah, yeah,"
285
00:14:47,487 --> 00:14:49,353
and we were like,
"all right. You know,
286
00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:52,556
the shadow moving the gate
and now the mausoleum's open,"
287
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:56,060
and it was clearly locked
'cause we tried to open it.
288
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:59,864
But matt doesn't say a word.
289
00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:03,067
He's not even
paying attention to us.
290
00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:05,870
You could, like,
feel electricity in the air,
291
00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:12,243
and I felt like something wanted
me to go inside this mausoleum.
292
00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:19,216
♪♪
293
00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:21,051
what's the matter with you?
Come on.
294
00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:25,689
♪♪
295
00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:28,325
the door just slammed shut,
like, loudly,
296
00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:29,893
like, aggressively just...
297
00:15:29,895 --> 00:15:32,563
Bam! Slammed closed,
and we were like,
298
00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:36,066
"we got to get out of here.
This is insane."
299
00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:38,436
big matt is running
way faster than us,
300
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:41,872
and that's when he turns around
to see where we were.
301
00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:47,111
And then his jaw just drops,
and his eyes were wide,
302
00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:49,413
and he got,
like, white in the face.
303
00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:53,350
♪♪
304
00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:57,221
matt: Standing underneath
the light was this shadow,
305
00:15:57,223 --> 00:16:01,525
but this shadow
actually took a form.
306
00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:02,660
It was angry.
307
00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:05,296
It was mad,
and it wanted retribution.
308
00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:10,468
♪♪
309
00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:21,946
♪♪
310
00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:31,489
♪♪
311
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:35,926
what I saw just shook me
to my core.
312
00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,161
Jason:
Matt's terrified.
313
00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:39,129
I've never seen him
look like that ever.
314
00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:41,665
You know, he's a -- you know,
he's the tough guy of the group.
315
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,268
He's always not scared
of anything.
316
00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:46,871
And so to see him like that,
we were like,
317
00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:48,839
"what is it? What is it?
What are you looking at?"
318
00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:53,410
I couldn't formulate any words
'cause I was so petrified.
319
00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:56,380
And then all he can do is,
he just points.
320
00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:58,349
We turn around,
and that's when we see
321
00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:02,386
the same huge ghost or spirit.
322
00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:06,457
We took off running
back to the van.
323
00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:11,996
It starting picking up its hand
to point at me.
324
00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:18,402
I could tell that it wanted me
to pay for what I had done.
325
00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:21,238
And then it made a dash
towards me.
326
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,541
[ indistinct whispering ]
327
00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:25,075
and I just ran, man.
328
00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:27,945
I ran as fast as I could.
329
00:17:27,947 --> 00:17:30,214
[ engine starts ]
330
00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:35,286
♪♪
331
00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,221
when I got into the van,
my girlfriend said,
332
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,890
"you just saw a demon."
333
00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:43,060
like, "that was a demon,
and it was there for you."
334
00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,063
♪♪
335
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,531
it was the scariest moment
of my life.
336
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:50,000
I've never been so scared
before,
337
00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:52,036
never in my life.
338
00:17:52,038 --> 00:17:53,771
Like, I'm shaking
just talking about it.
339
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:58,042
Every time I tell this story,
I get scared, and I shake.
340
00:17:58,044 --> 00:18:01,645
It was scary, man.
341
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:06,817
♪♪
342
00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:10,521
when we got back to
my girlfriend's parents' house,
343
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:14,792
she was like, "you guys can just
sleep here tonight,"
344
00:18:14,794 --> 00:18:17,995
but I was afraid
to go to sleep.
345
00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:20,965
♪♪
346
00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:23,334
my brain was still trying
to process, like,
347
00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:26,070
"did I really see this?
348
00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:29,440
Did it come for me?"
349
00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:33,677
and I kept thinking till, like,
the sun started to come up.
350
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:40,451
♪♪
351
00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:47,257
♪♪
352
00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:48,859
I went to go to the bathroom.
353
00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:53,097
♪♪
354
00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:56,233
and when I looked at myself
in the mirror,
355
00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:59,069
I just didn't feel like
the same me.
356
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,941
You know, I didn't feel like
myself anymore.
357
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:13,550
♪♪
358
00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:23,193
♪♪
359
00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:32,770
♪♪
360
00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:34,538
when I went home,
I don't know why,
361
00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:38,742
but I just felt like something
bad was gonna happen to me.
362
00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:41,912
♪♪
363
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,314
hey, mom.
I'm home.
364
00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:48,652
♪♪
365
00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:51,655
and then I thought about
how my girlfriend had said
366
00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:55,125
I'd be lucky if nothing
attached itself to me
367
00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:57,127
for peeing all over
those graves.
368
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:00,731
I was just thinking.
I was like, "my god.
369
00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:06,103
Did this thing actually attach
itself to, like, my soul?"
370
00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:08,338
[ knocking ]
371
00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:10,007
where have you been,
matty?
372
00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:15,379
My mother --
she is very religious.
373
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:16,714
I've been worried.
374
00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:21,351
And I didn't want to upset her,
but I was petrified.
375
00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:25,255
You know, like, if this thing
attached itself to me, like,
376
00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:30,694
if I went to sleep, would it
then show itself in my dreams?
377
00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:34,698
♪♪
378
00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,201
[ indistinct whispering ]
379
00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:41,505
♪♪
380
00:20:41,507 --> 00:20:44,908
that's when I finally passed
out, like, went to sleep.
381
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:48,512
♪♪
382
00:20:48,514 --> 00:20:52,816
I just woke up at, like,
3:00 a.M.
383
00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,651
I couldn't move my body.
384
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:57,821
♪♪
385
00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:59,389
like, I was like [gasps],
you know,
386
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,892
trying to catch my breath.
387
00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:04,394
I felt like somebody was trying
to choke me.
388
00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:09,833
♪♪
389
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:15,339
♪♪
390
00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:17,608
what was probably just
a couple of minutes of time
391
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:18,942
felt like an eternity to me.
392
00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:20,244
Like, I couldn't breathe.
393
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:29,186
♪♪
394
00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:31,755
[ indistinct whispering ]
395
00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,724
aaah!
396
00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:40,264
♪♪
397
00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:42,499
[ ball thumping ]
398
00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:47,237
when I woke up that morning
from the night before,
399
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:49,439
I was still coming over
that fear.
400
00:21:49,441 --> 00:21:51,708
[ thumping continues ]
401
00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:55,946
♪♪
402
00:21:55,948 --> 00:21:57,581
what's up, man?
403
00:21:57,583 --> 00:21:58,982
He's like, "dude."
404
00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,918
he's like, "you're not gonna
believe this."
405
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,487
something happened
last night.
406
00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:06,890
He tells me that he's just glued
to his bed, and he can't move,
407
00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:09,326
and he can't move
his head or anything,
408
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:14,097
and he just feels like
he's being suffocated.
409
00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:17,000
- Your neck.
- What?
410
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,439
Matt:
I had these scratches.
411
00:22:22,441 --> 00:22:24,875
It looked like somebody
was trying to strangle me
412
00:22:24,877 --> 00:22:28,412
in my sleep.
413
00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:29,813
Well, you could see it start
414
00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,815
around his neck area
coming down.
415
00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:33,917
You're all torn up.
416
00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:37,187
Matt:
It went down to my chest.
417
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:39,823
I was thinking that
he was haunted for sure
418
00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:42,559
because of what he did
at that graveyard.
419
00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:44,261
Have you told
your parents?
420
00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:51,134
♪♪
421
00:22:51,136 --> 00:22:52,870
- mom?
- Hey, matty.
422
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:56,373
Matt: I told my mom about how
I had seen that figure,
423
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:59,176
like a humanoid figure,
a shadow.
424
00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:01,645
We think we stirred
something up.
425
00:23:01,647 --> 00:23:04,681
She saw those marks
on my neck,
426
00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:07,818
and she decided
to call a priest.
427
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:13,257
♪♪
428
00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:18,695
♪♪
429
00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:21,932
I grew up christian,
but I had bad things
430
00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:26,003
that had happened in my life
that I kind of lost my faith.
431
00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:28,605
♪♪
432
00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:31,208
matt...
433
00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:32,743
Do you believe in god?
434
00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:37,347
♪♪
435
00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:38,882
take my hand.
436
00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:40,617
Pray with me.
437
00:23:40,619 --> 00:23:42,319
Holy mary, mother of god...
438
00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:44,521
[ prays indistinctly ]
439
00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:51,428
♪♪
440
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:54,164
[ indistinct whispering ]
441
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:58,268
♪♪
442
00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:00,337
listen carefully.
443
00:24:00,339 --> 00:24:04,041
The priest himself said
that he could feel an essence
444
00:24:04,043 --> 00:24:06,209
in my house
and around me.
445
00:24:06,211 --> 00:24:09,413
There is a demon.
446
00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:11,348
I'm sure of it.
447
00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:14,217
He's like,
"you had angered spirits,
448
00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:19,089
and those spirits
called for a demon."
449
00:24:19,091 --> 00:24:20,891
you need an exorcism.
450
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:25,095
♪♪
451
00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:36,006
♪♪
452
00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:45,115
♪♪
453
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:47,117
[ men singing in latin ]
454
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:53,457
♪♪
455
00:24:53,459 --> 00:24:56,159
matt: I was feeling
anxious and nervous.
456
00:24:56,161 --> 00:25:02,799
♪♪
457
00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:05,669
he had these crosses --
little wooden crosses
458
00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,537
that he had dipped
in holy water,
459
00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:12,709
and he hung them above,
like, every room in my house.
460
00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:19,383
♪♪
461
00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:22,786
[ speaking latin ]
462
00:25:22,788 --> 00:25:24,654
he started off,
put holy water on me.
463
00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:29,026
Priest:
In the name of jesus,
464
00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:32,229
I command you,
unclean spirit,
465
00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:35,399
to leave this body!
466
00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:38,201
I felt hot.
I started sweating.
467
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:40,037
Show yourself!
468
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:44,741
In the name of the father
469
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:46,877
and the son
470
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,312
and the holy spirit,
471
00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:52,182
I command you --
show yourself!
472
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:54,418
[ cracking ]
473
00:25:54,420 --> 00:26:02,025
♪♪
474
00:26:02,027 --> 00:26:09,566
♪♪
475
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:17,107
♪♪
476
00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:20,110
leave this body
of your servant matthew.
477
00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,611
Leave this body!
478
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,448
I command you in the name
of jesus christ!
479
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,283
[ snarling ]
480
00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:29,252
they talk about people,
when they get possessed,
481
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:32,823
that the spirit speaks to them.
482
00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:35,926
Release the demon
from your servant matthew.
483
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:38,428
I never heard any voices
in my head,
484
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:42,466
but I could feel the anger.
485
00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:45,202
Release this demon!
486
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:48,939
I compel you
to release this demon!
487
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,440
Ah!
488
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,844
Ah! Ah, ah!
489
00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:55,245
Ah!
490
00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:58,548
Ah!
491
00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:00,617
[ growling ]
492
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,185
ah!
493
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:05,922
♪♪
494
00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,258
matt:
And when I opened my eyes...
495
00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:16,133
♪♪
496
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,835
...I started feeling better.
497
00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,471
I started feeling like,
you know, it worked.
498
00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,642
It was like, "I think it worked.
499
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,844
I think I'm okay.
I think I'm in the clear.
500
00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:30,947
I don't think I'll have anything
attached to myself anymore."
501
00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:37,554
♪♪
502
00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:44,161
♪♪
503
00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:48,198
jason: I think the ghosts at
that cemetery are not at rest.
504
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,967
I would never go back there
because of the crazy things
505
00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:52,469
that we experienced there.
506
00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:53,537
[ screams ]
oh, my god.
507
00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:55,138
Go! Go, go, go, go!
508
00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,774
That experience molded me
509
00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:59,676
into the man that I am today,
I feel.
510
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,379
♪♪
511
00:28:02,381 --> 00:28:04,314
as a teenager, you know,
you don't care what you do.
512
00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:07,417
You know, I was --
I was an ****,
513
00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:09,319
but it made -- it humbled me.
514
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:12,122
It made me more humble.
515
00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:15,458
It brought me back to my faith.
516
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:16,860
There is spirits.
517
00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:18,828
There is demons.
There are ghosts.
518
00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:20,564
There is a god.
519
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:23,500
There is a hell.
520
00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:26,336
It made me realize that you --
521
00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:29,372
what energy you put out,
you receive back.
522
00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:31,074
[ indistinct whispering ]
523
00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:32,642
aaah!
524
00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:35,278
♪♪
525
00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:43,153
♪♪
526
00:28:43,155 --> 00:28:45,889
I felt like that we went
from being the hunters...
527
00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:47,324
[ snarling ]
528
00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:50,126
...To being the hunted.
529
00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:54,097
I never heard anything
like that, ever.
530
00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:56,199
Then it was crashing
through the thorn bushes.
531
00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:59,002
It was coming towards us.
532
00:28:59,004 --> 00:29:02,906
He had a white wig on,
like a judge.
533
00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:07,043
At that point, I was trying
to hold back panic.
534
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,612
[ snarling ]
535
00:29:08,614 --> 00:29:13,750
♪♪
536
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:18,888
♪♪
537
00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:22,359
my name is ben regney.
538
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:26,830
I grew up in the woods
all around pittsburgh.
539
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:29,733
That's where I hung out
when I was a kid.
540
00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:31,268
One of the first memories
I ever had
541
00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:35,772
was making a box fire
in the woods with my dad.
542
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,474
He was a big hunter.
543
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,376
So was his dad.
544
00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:42,846
I remember my dad teaching me
how to use a bow and arrow.
545
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,450
I shot my first deer
when I was 12.
546
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:52,322
Feels like it takes you back
to how we all used to be anyway.
547
00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:56,793
I skin them myself and butcher
them myself and quarter them.
548
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,663
It's something more like,
you know, primal.
549
00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:07,937
♪♪
550
00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:16,246
♪♪
551
00:30:16,248 --> 00:30:19,849
I couldn't even count how many
times I've been hunting,
552
00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:23,320
but this day was not normal.
553
00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:26,356
♪♪
554
00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:29,993
it was the first day
of bow season.
555
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:32,062
My uncle's property
is where we were hunting,
556
00:30:32,064 --> 00:30:34,798
and it's a heavily wooded
area --
557
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,235
old oak trees, big pine trees.
558
00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:42,405
My uncle -- he said that
he heard weird stuff
559
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:44,507
back there before,
560
00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:46,843
you know,
like screaming in the woods.
561
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:48,478
[ woman screaming ]
562
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,980
and I probably, you know,
kind of dismissed
563
00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:53,249
and didn't believe because,
564
00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:56,319
you know, you got the animals
that make sounds in the woods.
565
00:30:56,321 --> 00:30:57,954
That's calming to me.
566
00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:59,356
[ animal shrieks ]
567
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:08,298
♪♪
568
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,466
[ walkie-talkie crackles ]
569
00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,301
brandon: Hey, ben?
570
00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:13,403
Hey, brandon.
571
00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:14,838
You all set?
572
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,339
It's quiet here.
573
00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:18,141
My buddy brandon was on
the other side
574
00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:20,510
of the property, actually,
so he would have been
575
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:23,313
a good 800 to 1,000 yards
away from me.
576
00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:24,381
Good luck, buddy.
577
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:25,782
Yeah, keep me updated.
578
00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:27,851
Will do.
579
00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:30,253
I scouted every inch
of this place.
580
00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:31,388
You know what I mean?
581
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,691
I just wanted to find
the best spots.
582
00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:38,461
But that afternoon,
I hadn't seen any deer,
583
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:42,132
so I waited, and I waited,
584
00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:44,300
looking for some kind of sign.
585
00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:52,509
♪♪
586
00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:57,647
finally, I seen movement.
587
00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:59,149
And I was like, you know,
"here we go."
588
00:31:59,151 --> 00:31:59,983
you know,
"I got one coming out."
589
00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:01,317
and I actually got my bow up,
590
00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:04,287
and I got ready for this deer
to come out.
591
00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:06,723
And it stopped behind a tree.
592
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:09,025
It would have been 30, 35 yards
away from me.
593
00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:10,126
It would have been a good shot.
594
00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:11,227
I would have been able
to have a --
595
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:12,395
if it would have
came out broadside,
596
00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:14,731
I would have had
a good shot on it.
597
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:17,066
I seen movement again.
598
00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:18,368
Man, my heart started going.
599
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:21,171
I'm pumped up now.
All right.
600
00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,139
And I thought it was the deer
coming out...
601
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:27,377
♪♪
602
00:32:27,379 --> 00:32:28,912
...But it was a man.
603
00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:33,883
It was as if he was
floating across the woods.
604
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:35,485
I didn't see legs walking.
605
00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:37,587
I didn't --
his arms didn't sway.
606
00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:39,889
He didn't look down like
you would look in the woods
607
00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:42,258
to see if you're walking
on anything.
608
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:44,060
I couldn't make sense of it.
609
00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:45,562
I picked up my binoculars.
610
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,530
Maybe, you know,
I would be able to
611
00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:49,199
figure out
a little bit better.
612
00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:57,740
♪♪
613
00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,176
[ snarling ]
614
00:33:00,178 --> 00:33:02,712
it looked like somebody
from the 1700s.
615
00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,481
He's got a judge wig on
616
00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:08,451
and one of those shirts on
that's ruffled, like,
617
00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:10,053
down the middle.
618
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:13,857
[ screaming ]
619
00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:15,758
and I hear this scream.
620
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,760
It scared me, and I was...
621
00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:19,429
I'm never afraid
in the woods, you know,
622
00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:23,333
and I was getting scared now.
623
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:25,235
But then when was watching...
624
00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:29,105
...He disappeared.
625
00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:31,741
Gone.
626
00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:34,244
But I'm still looking.
Like, he's got to be there.
627
00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:36,112
[ chuckles ] you know,
I'm still looking at this tree.
628
00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:38,214
He's got to be there.
629
00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:40,016
And I'm looking.
It's just not there.
630
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,618
He's not there.
631
00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:46,322
I knew I seen something
that couldn't be explained.
632
00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:49,492
It was an uncomfortable feeling,
so I called my buddy up.
633
00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:50,493
Hey, brandon.
634
00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,362
Come to my spot quick.
635
00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:58,468
♪♪
636
00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:00,036
what's up?
637
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,738
Yeah, I told him first.
I said, "brandon,"
638
00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:04,507
I said, "I was looking,
and I seen a guy
639
00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:07,410
that was dressed
like he was in the 1700s,
640
00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:11,047
and he just disappeared here."
641
00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:12,549
[ laughing ]
you're messing with me.
642
00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:15,485
Man, I'm not joking.
643
00:34:15,487 --> 00:34:18,821
He knew I was serious, like,
from that point on.
644
00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:23,426
It started getting towards
the end of dusk.
645
00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:25,728
It does tend to get darker
a lot quicker
646
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,530
than it does
outside of the woods.
647
00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:30,066
And I wanted to show brandon
where this was at
648
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:33,937
before it got
completely dark out.
649
00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:36,339
He disappeared
right by this tree root.
650
00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:39,342
♪♪
651
00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:40,843
it's muddy right there.
652
00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:44,314
I would have seen tracks,
no doubt about it.
653
00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,215
100% would have seen tracks.
654
00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:49,085
Oh, there's nothing.
655
00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,154
There's no footprints there.
656
00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:54,390
I thought that I --
that I seen a ghost.
657
00:34:55,627 --> 00:34:57,493
[ woman screaming ]
658
00:34:57,495 --> 00:35:02,599
♪♪
659
00:35:04,502 --> 00:35:12,875
♪♪
660
00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:21,284
♪♪
661
00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:24,087
something's happening,
and it doesn't feel right.
662
00:35:24,089 --> 00:35:25,455
It doesn't feel good.
663
00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,657
Nothing's been
through here.
664
00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:29,592
All I see
is our footprints.
665
00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:31,561
It was a sickening feeling.
666
00:35:31,563 --> 00:35:35,832
♪♪
667
00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:38,368
and I felt like
I was being watched, even.
668
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:41,304
♪♪
669
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,672
let's get our gear
and go.
670
00:35:42,674 --> 00:35:47,944
♪♪
671
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:53,249
♪♪
672
00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:56,786
I was within 35 yards
from my tree stand,
673
00:35:56,788 --> 00:35:59,188
and not only that, I mean,
I'm standing exactly
674
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:03,693
where I seen this guy go through
while I was in my tree stand,
675
00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:06,195
so I knew exactly
where I was at.
676
00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:07,830
At least, I thought that I did.
677
00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:10,433
♪♪
678
00:36:10,435 --> 00:36:14,037
we thought we walked right back
at the tree stand,
679
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:16,272
and we couldn't find it.
680
00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:19,776
The tree stand should be
right here.
681
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:21,511
I never was lost
in those woods before.
682
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:24,280
I knew those woods
like the back of my hand.
683
00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:27,383
We must have lost our bearings
back there.
684
00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:29,018
What other thing
can you think of?
685
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,255
We know all of that woods
so well.
686
00:36:32,257 --> 00:36:35,658
But we figured, we're just
gonna walk straight,
687
00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,527
and, we'll, you know --
we'll just go to a light
688
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,128
and see where we're at.
689
00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:45,935
♪♪
690
00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,171
but we're walking,
and, you know,
691
00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:50,006
it was 45 minutes to an hour.
692
00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,176
We're still back in these woods.
693
00:36:53,178 --> 00:36:55,311
And you got to understand, like,
694
00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:58,414
this is 10 minutes at the most
to get out of these woods
695
00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:02,085
every other time.
696
00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:04,887
The weirdest part was, like,
what we were walking through
697
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:08,024
didn't feel like
the same woods anymore.
698
00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:09,859
I don't recognize
any of this.
699
00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:15,231
♪♪
700
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,534
[ woman screaming ]
701
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:20,203
we hear this scream.
702
00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:21,270
[ screaming continues ]
703
00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:22,672
it sounded like somebody
getting murdered.
704
00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:24,607
In fact, brandon said that
that's what it sounded like.
705
00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:26,809
He said, "geez. It sounds like
somebody's getting murdered
706
00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:28,878
down in the thicket there."
707
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,079
and it did.
708
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,415
[ screaming continues ]
709
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,820
and it stopped.
710
00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:39,355
It was definitely not an animal.
711
00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:41,290
I know all those sounds
in the woods.
712
00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:44,193
We thought, "maybe somebody's
back there that needs help."
713
00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:51,267
♪♪
714
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:58,407
♪♪
715
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:05,581
♪♪
716
00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:07,483
come on, man.
717
00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:10,286
This thicket was made up
of thorns.
718
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:12,121
A person wouldn't be in there.
719
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:15,091
It didn't make sense to us.
720
00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:16,759
We don't know where we're at,
721
00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:18,561
and now we hear
something like that
722
00:38:18,563 --> 00:38:21,030
in the thicket,
screaming like that.
723
00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:23,699
You know, it just took us
completely off guard.
724
00:38:23,701 --> 00:38:26,536
Pick up the pace here,
buddy.
725
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:28,637
What do we do here?
Like, what's going on?
726
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:31,040
Like, this is getting
too weird now.
727
00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,443
[ branches snapping ]
728
00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:37,046
that's when we heard
something
729
00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:40,283
crashing through
the thorn bushes,
730
00:38:40,285 --> 00:38:44,520
pushing stuff out of the way
like this to come towards us.
731
00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:47,290
I felt like that we went
from being the hunters
732
00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:49,124
to being the hunted,
733
00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:51,527
and I didn't even know
what we were being hunted by.
734
00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:55,698
♪♪
735
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:59,235
and I just was kind of
bewildered by the whole thing.
736
00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:01,437
Whatever it was didn't run away.
737
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:04,240
You know, it wasn't like
it seen us,
738
00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:06,242
and we spooked it,
and it ran away
739
00:39:06,244 --> 00:39:08,945
like any other animal would do
in the woods.
740
00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:13,916
My flashlight ran out.
741
00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:16,819
It was gone.
742
00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:20,857
It felt like something was
in there hiding, looking at us.
743
00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:24,861
It was, like, almost like
it was playing with us,
744
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:26,662
almost like you're a toy.
745
00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:32,435
♪♪
746
00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:35,037
hey, let me see
that light.
747
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:38,174
Immediately, I was, like,
struck, like...
748
00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:39,942
This is our footprint.
749
00:39:41,446 --> 00:39:42,678
I told brandon --
750
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,280
I was like, "brandon,
look where you're at."
751
00:39:44,282 --> 00:39:48,351
I said, "is that the same trees
where we started?"
752
00:39:48,353 --> 00:39:50,553
we were standing
in the exact same area
753
00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:54,523
where I seen the guy
come across.
754
00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:56,058
How are we there?
755
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,860
We didn't walk in a circle.
756
00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:01,163
I mean, it's almost like
we just appeared there again.
757
00:40:01,165 --> 00:40:06,636
♪♪
758
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:07,904
I see my tree stand.
759
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:10,139
It's right there in the bottom
of the tree.
760
00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,241
There's our stuff.
761
00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:15,878
I went and got my bow
and my pack.
762
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,546
What the hell
just happened?
763
00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:20,883
♪♪
764
00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:23,286
[ snarling ]
765
00:40:23,288 --> 00:40:27,290
that's when we heard another
scream, but it was different.
766
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:30,927
[ snarling continues ]
767
00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:33,796
and I never heard anything
like that, ever.
768
00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:37,767
Let's get out of here.
769
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,535
When we first heard it,
it sounded like
770
00:40:39,537 --> 00:40:41,604
maybe somebody needed help.
771
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,806
The second time we heard it,
772
00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,875
we felt like we needed help.
773
00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:48,711
[ snarling ]
774
00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:51,881
yelling at us
like it didn't want us there.
775
00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:55,484
♪♪
776
00:40:55,486 --> 00:40:57,820
[ snarling ]
777
00:40:57,822 --> 00:41:00,589
♪♪
778
00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:04,427
we got out
in less than 10 minutes.
779
00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,263
We got in the truck,
780
00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:09,665
and I don't think
that we talked to each other
781
00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:14,203
until we got back
onto the main road.
782
00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:17,373
There was no
possible explanation
783
00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,375
that we could come up with.
784
00:41:19,377 --> 00:41:25,548
♪♪
785
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:31,721
♪♪
786
00:41:31,723 --> 00:41:32,855
after that day in the woods,
787
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:34,523
I know that there's stuff
that happens
788
00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:39,061
that we have no idea about,
that we can't explain.
789
00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:42,565
I always felt free out there,
790
00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:44,734
but my uncle's land --
791
00:41:44,736 --> 00:41:48,404
those woods after that day
were almost like --
792
00:41:48,406 --> 00:41:52,208
turned into, like, these, like,
mystic woods from me [chuckles],
793
00:41:52,210 --> 00:41:55,878
something that I wanted to stay
away from after that, and I did.
794
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,848
And I didn't hunt those woods
after that.
795
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:03,319
♪♪