1 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:03,402 Narrator: Next on "paranormal caught on camera"... 2 00:00:03,404 --> 00:00:07,039 ♪♪ 3 00:00:07,041 --> 00:00:09,775 a spooky shadow spirit hiding in a cemetery. 4 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:13,712 I was ready to run, I was ready to run. 5 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:16,715 -Please, [bleep]! -Attacked by the rake, 6 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:20,085 a monster borne from the darkest corners of the internet. 7 00:00:20,087 --> 00:00:23,856 As this video shows, the rake is ready to rip your face off. 8 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:27,259 Narrator: A vengeful spirit takes control of a car. 9 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:28,293 [ horn honking ] 10 00:00:28,295 --> 00:00:29,561 oh, god! 11 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:31,397 You have got to be [bleep] kidding me. 12 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:34,566 The car alarm goes off and when I look to my right, 13 00:00:34,568 --> 00:00:36,935 my heart dropped because you don't know what's going on 14 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:38,470 at that point in time. 15 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:41,740 Narrator: Alien lights spotted from a plane over california. 16 00:00:41,742 --> 00:00:45,711 It was a bright light that became two lights, 17 00:00:45,713 --> 00:00:48,080 and I couldn't explain what I was looking at. 18 00:00:48,082 --> 00:00:50,182 [ thud ] man: Oh! 19 00:00:50,184 --> 00:00:52,718 Narrator: A trespasser gets a ghostly warning 20 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,353 in an abandoned house. 21 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:56,121 If somebody is throwing something at you, 22 00:00:56,123 --> 00:00:57,423 you're dealing with an apparition 23 00:00:57,425 --> 00:00:58,991 or an intelligent type of spirit. 24 00:00:58,993 --> 00:01:02,227 Man: Oh, my god! [bleep] this place. 25 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:09,001 Narrator: And even more paranormal footage you have to see to believe. 26 00:01:09,003 --> 00:01:16,208 ♪♪ 27 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:23,382 ♪♪ 28 00:01:23,384 --> 00:01:26,318 narrator: Evergreen cemetery located in jacksonville, florida, 29 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:29,455 is one of the oldest, still-operating graveyards 30 00:01:29,457 --> 00:01:30,856 in the state. 31 00:01:30,858 --> 00:01:33,525 Shortly after its opening in 1881, 32 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:36,228 a yellow fever epidemic hit the city hard... 33 00:01:37,465 --> 00:01:41,533 ...And over 400 people died from the vicious disease. 34 00:01:41,535 --> 00:01:44,470 A portion of the cemetery was dedicated to these victims, 35 00:01:44,472 --> 00:01:46,505 and while the traumatized bodies 36 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,640 may be laid to rest in the ground, 37 00:01:48,642 --> 00:01:51,610 one paranormal investigator recently found out 38 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:55,814 some of the spirits could still be lingering above. 39 00:01:55,816 --> 00:02:05,424 ♪♪ 40 00:02:05,426 --> 00:02:08,427 I'm literally surrounded by crypts. 41 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:11,330 Narrator: In February 2019, 42 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:14,533 florida resident and videographer frank mendez 43 00:02:14,535 --> 00:02:17,903 set out with his camera to explore evergreen. 44 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:19,671 Mendez: This one is the biggest 45 00:02:19,673 --> 00:02:24,710 and there is some old, old stuff in this graveyard. 46 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,479 My name is frank and I shot this video. 47 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:31,316 I've actually been exploring my entire life pretty much. 48 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:35,087 I only just recently decided to start doing it on camera. 49 00:02:35,089 --> 00:02:39,625 It started off at me exploring abandoned places first, 50 00:02:39,627 --> 00:02:42,161 but as I was exploring these abandoned places, 51 00:02:42,163 --> 00:02:44,663 a lot of creepy stuff would tend to happen. 52 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,431 The cemetery, I thought, would be a good place 53 00:02:46,433 --> 00:02:49,668 to kind of check out, as well, so I decided to go there. 54 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:52,771 It's getting darker, usually when it gets darker, 55 00:02:52,773 --> 00:02:55,674 that's when things happen, so from here on out, 56 00:02:55,676 --> 00:02:58,544 I would start paying extra close attention to weird anomalies 57 00:02:58,546 --> 00:03:00,245 and things you might hear. 58 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:02,214 Narrator: All of a sudden, 59 00:03:02,216 --> 00:03:04,149 frank heard what sounded like music 60 00:03:04,151 --> 00:03:06,351 coming from a nearby mausoleum. 61 00:03:08,756 --> 00:03:11,957 ♪♪ 62 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:14,126 mendez: Oh, give me a freaking break. 63 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:18,197 That is freaking spooky. 64 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:23,235 There's like this weird, creepy, egyptian tomb, 65 00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:26,171 that I was passing by and when you're looking at the tomb, 66 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:29,942 you would hear this music box going off into the side. 67 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:32,611 I'm trying to find it, but I don't want to get too close. 68 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:34,313 Look at the size of this thing. 69 00:03:34,315 --> 00:03:36,682 And then you'd get these cold chills or whatever 70 00:03:36,684 --> 00:03:38,750 and then I actually did a little bit of a walk around there, 71 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:40,519 I was like alright, I'm gonna head on out of here, 72 00:03:40,521 --> 00:03:43,055 but I could not find that music box. 73 00:03:43,057 --> 00:03:45,424 ♪♪ 74 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:47,059 hello? 75 00:03:47,061 --> 00:03:48,660 Sturges: It is sort of eerie hearing the sound 76 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:51,863 of that music box in a cemetery. 77 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:54,499 It might be somebody trying to get his attention, 78 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:55,701 to say, "hey, take a look over here, 79 00:03:55,703 --> 00:03:58,070 I want to show you that I'm here." 80 00:03:58,072 --> 00:04:00,739 it literally sounded like a legit music box. 81 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:04,243 I am freaking out. 82 00:04:04,245 --> 00:04:06,745 Narrator: Frank tried to regain his composure 83 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,247 and figure out his next move. 84 00:04:08,249 --> 00:04:10,816 Mendez: Oh, my god. This place gives me the creeps. 85 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:14,152 Narrator: But before he could do that, he spotted something peering out 86 00:04:14,154 --> 00:04:15,854 from the doorway of the mausoleum. 87 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:16,922 Mendez: What is it? 88 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:19,591 ♪♪ 89 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:22,461 what the [bleep] is that? 90 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:23,929 I didn't really pay attention, 91 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:25,764 until I look at it with the camera, and I'm looking forward, 92 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:29,067 I'm like, "what is that?" 93 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:30,235 it's like a black thing. 94 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:35,941 ♪♪ 95 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:39,244 I thought it was probably like a bird or something, 96 00:04:39,246 --> 00:04:42,314 but when I saw it start to move into the mausoleum... 97 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:48,854 ♪♪ 98 00:04:48,856 --> 00:04:50,856 ...That's when I got like goosebumps and I got shivers 99 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:53,191 and I was like, oh, my god. 100 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:58,196 Oh, my god! What the [bleep] is that? 101 00:04:58,198 --> 00:05:02,301 The figure that he saw sort of looks like a shadow figure. 102 00:05:02,303 --> 00:05:06,772 Shadow people are fairly common in paranormal investigations. 103 00:05:06,774 --> 00:05:09,541 They're described in many, many different ways. 104 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:11,043 A lot of people believe 105 00:05:11,045 --> 00:05:12,844 that they could be demonic energies, 106 00:05:12,846 --> 00:05:17,783 people say that they are inter-dimensional beings, 107 00:05:17,785 --> 00:05:19,117 a lot of people could say 108 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,720 that shadow people are just like the dead, 109 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:23,789 but what I've noticed about shadow people 110 00:05:23,791 --> 00:05:25,524 and what's evident in this clip 111 00:05:25,526 --> 00:05:27,492 is that there's an intelligence to them. 112 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:31,563 Shadow people always seem to know you're there. 113 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,433 Narrator: Frank bravely walked into the tomb 114 00:05:34,435 --> 00:05:38,036 to see if he could figure out exactly what it was he saw. 115 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:39,104 Mendez: Hello? 116 00:05:39,106 --> 00:05:42,274 ♪♪ 117 00:05:42,276 --> 00:05:44,710 I was ready to run, I was ready to run, 118 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:46,978 I even was gonna use the camera, 119 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:49,147 as a weapon if somebody jumped out. 120 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,451 Okay, and it's not even there no more. 121 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:54,152 Of course it's not even there no more. 122 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:57,723 ♪♪ 123 00:05:57,725 --> 00:05:59,524 holy [bleep]! 124 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:02,194 What he finds out is terrifying. 125 00:06:02,196 --> 00:06:03,662 Not only is the creature missing, 126 00:06:03,664 --> 00:06:05,130 but there is an open tomb 127 00:06:05,132 --> 00:06:07,232 that suggests the creature may have possibly 128 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:09,034 come from this open tomb. 129 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:11,903 It's really strange and spooky. 130 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:13,171 Mendez: At that point I was just like, 131 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:15,173 I think this is a little bit too much 132 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:18,477 because at this point, usually when you stay longer, 133 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:22,347 while things are happening, more things will tend to happen... 134 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:25,617 ♪♪ 135 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:28,987 ...And once I saw that and there was no explanation for it, 136 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:31,056 it's time to go, I got to get out of here. 137 00:06:31,058 --> 00:06:34,493 ♪♪ 138 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:40,132 I don't know what I just saw. 139 00:06:40,134 --> 00:06:42,200 It literally was right here. 140 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:44,736 Cano: When it comes to types of activity, 141 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:47,239 a graveyard is pretty much the general store 142 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:49,674 of the paranormal, anything can happen, 143 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:53,178 you'll see shadow forms, you'll hear music. 144 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:55,647 Mendez: Oh, give me a freaking break. 145 00:06:55,649 --> 00:06:59,151 You'll see full-bodied apparitions, mists, orbs, 146 00:06:59,153 --> 00:07:02,454 what have you, it's just a ripe playground 147 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:05,624 for whatever wants to make itself known. 148 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:06,858 Mendez: What the [bleep] is that? 149 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:09,628 ♪♪ 150 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:11,730 narrator: For many, flying on a plane 151 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:14,299 can bring about a range of emotions. 152 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:18,103 Some are anxious about the heights or impending turbulence, 153 00:07:18,105 --> 00:07:20,238 others are excited about what awaits 154 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,207 on the other side of the journey. 155 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:24,943 But for one couple en route to california, 156 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:28,880 their flight mainly brought about shock and awe 157 00:07:28,882 --> 00:07:30,949 at something otherworldly. 158 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:37,389 ♪♪ 159 00:07:37,391 --> 00:07:41,660 in October 2018, yanexis molinos and her husband joel 160 00:07:41,662 --> 00:07:44,463 were excited for their first trip to the west coast. 161 00:07:45,699 --> 00:07:46,932 But while on the plane 162 00:07:46,934 --> 00:07:49,434 traveling from miami to san francisco, 163 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:52,904 a bright light out the window caught joel's attention. 164 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:57,342 ♪♪ 165 00:07:57,344 --> 00:07:59,744 my name is yanexis molinos. 166 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:02,180 We were on our way to san francisco, 167 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:04,950 and my husband was looking out the window 168 00:08:04,952 --> 00:08:07,586 and he calls my attention, whispering, 169 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:10,622 "hey, look out the window, what do you think that is?" 170 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,826 well, I couldn't explain what I was looking at, 171 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:19,231 it was a bright light that became two lights 172 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:21,166 and then it became three lights 173 00:08:21,168 --> 00:08:24,870 and I was like, "oh, my god, what is going on?" 174 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:26,938 I mean, it's definitely not a reflection off the window 175 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:28,206 or anything like that. 176 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:30,141 I thought it was just like one bright object, 177 00:08:30,143 --> 00:08:33,678 but I think it turned into two bright lights. 178 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,515 It doesn't seem to fit the normal things one would see 179 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,617 when looking out of the window of a plane. 180 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:41,620 ♪♪ 181 00:08:41,622 --> 00:08:43,355 molinos: I've traveled many times 182 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:46,358 and I like looking out the window all the time, 183 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,793 but I've never in my life seen something like that. 184 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:51,196 I mean, I understand the sun can be bright, 185 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,865 this and that, but that is not the sun. 186 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,835 It looked like car headlights. 187 00:08:56,837 --> 00:08:58,670 Sandalo: It's kind of hard to tell how big it is 188 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:00,472 just because it's hard to tell scale 189 00:09:00,474 --> 00:09:03,575 when you're in the sky, so it could be really small, 190 00:09:03,577 --> 00:09:05,777 could be really big and far away, 191 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:08,213 but it looks pretty supernatural. 192 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:11,316 You could think maybe it's another plane 193 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:13,552 taking the same trajectory, 194 00:09:13,554 --> 00:09:16,254 but if it is, it shouldn't be that bright. 195 00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:20,759 Molinos: The plane was going like one direction 196 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:23,495 and this one was coming like at a 45 degree angle, 197 00:09:23,497 --> 00:09:27,065 that's when I started to feel a little scared. 198 00:09:28,769 --> 00:09:32,370 Kissel: We know the faa has very strict flight plans 199 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:34,239 for each plane, otherwise they would hit each other 200 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:36,508 and I'd much prefer that they don't. 201 00:09:36,510 --> 00:09:38,176 So what's it doing up there? 202 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:41,947 It's definitely in the way of plane traffic, 203 00:09:41,949 --> 00:09:43,882 so that's what makes this so interesting. 204 00:09:43,884 --> 00:09:45,517 Narrator: Once safely on the ground, 205 00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:48,286 yanexis decided to post the video online 206 00:09:48,288 --> 00:09:50,455 to see if she could get answers, 207 00:09:50,457 --> 00:09:53,191 but it only led to more questions. 208 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:54,593 I started sharing our story, 209 00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:58,129 so what we saw, we didn't know what it was 210 00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,798 and we started hearing stories 211 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,933 about other people seeing things, 212 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:05,337 and they told me there was an area 51. 213 00:10:05,339 --> 00:10:08,039 And then they said it could be, you know, 214 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,642 something that happens around that area. 215 00:10:10,644 --> 00:10:15,080 California and throughout the american southwest 216 00:10:15,082 --> 00:10:19,050 is I would say probably has the most sightings 217 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:21,620 of ufos and lights, unexplainable lights, 218 00:10:21,622 --> 00:10:23,688 than anywhere else in the u.S. 219 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:27,993 Narrator: Many offered explanations, everything from solar panels 220 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:32,697 to light reflections from the sun, but yanexis disagrees, 221 00:10:32,699 --> 00:10:34,733 none of those match the description 222 00:10:34,735 --> 00:10:36,468 of what she saw that day. 223 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:40,472 Molinos: We had I don't know how many stories of what it could be, 224 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:42,107 but we were really looking at it, 225 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:45,910 it had to be something flying next to us. 226 00:10:45,912 --> 00:10:50,548 But I do believe what I saw was definitely different, 227 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:53,084 something I have never in my life seen before, 228 00:10:53,086 --> 00:10:54,886 and I can't explain it. 229 00:10:54,888 --> 00:11:00,025 ♪♪ 230 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:01,493 narrator: Coming up... 231 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:02,761 [ gasps ] 232 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:05,096 these friends put a ghostly local legend 233 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:06,531 to the test in delaware. 234 00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:07,499 [ horn honks ] 235 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:08,733 oh, god! 236 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:12,470 ♪♪ 237 00:11:19,813 --> 00:11:22,781 ♪♪ 238 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:25,684 narrator: Down an eerily quiet stretch of road 239 00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:27,852 in woodland, delaware, sits a place 240 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:30,789 known to locals as maggie's bridge. 241 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:32,624 The unassuming structure is connected 242 00:11:32,626 --> 00:11:35,927 to a tragic story of a pregnant woman named maggie 243 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:38,930 who lived during the late 19th century. 244 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:41,299 While she was traveling across the bridge, 245 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:43,535 maggie suffered a terrible accident, 246 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:46,671 where both she and her baby were killed. 247 00:11:46,673 --> 00:11:51,443 Many believe she now haunts this spot, and if called out to, 248 00:11:51,445 --> 00:11:54,079 maggie will respond by tampering with the car 249 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:55,947 of those who disturb her. 250 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:59,551 The legend has intrigued many ghost hunters over the years 251 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:02,320 and one group recently encountered 252 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:03,555 the frightening truth. 253 00:12:03,557 --> 00:12:04,556 [ horn honks ] 254 00:12:04,558 --> 00:12:05,657 oh, god! 255 00:12:05,659 --> 00:12:10,795 ♪♪ 256 00:12:10,797 --> 00:12:13,832 narrator: In February 2019, 257 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:17,235 delaware local, cj faison along with his friends, 258 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:20,805 omar and tiffany stopped at maggie's bridge. 259 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:23,141 Cj had grown up hearing this tale, 260 00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:25,510 but had never investigated it. 261 00:12:25,512 --> 00:12:27,846 I've never done this, but in my whole, entire life 262 00:12:27,848 --> 00:12:29,314 here in delaware that I've lived, 263 00:12:29,316 --> 00:12:31,049 like that's what everyone says, 264 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:32,484 that you come here, you do this 265 00:12:32,486 --> 00:12:34,552 and you will swear by paranormal. 266 00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:37,055 Faison: My name is cj faison, 267 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:40,158 I was one of three people that were there, 268 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,826 and basically if you go to the bridge 269 00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:43,328 and you hold your hand over the top of the bridge 270 00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:45,597 and you'd say "maggie, maggie, I have your baby," 271 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:49,434 you say that phrase three different times, 272 00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:52,971 some crazy stuff is supposed to happen. 273 00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:55,607 Saying things three times creates this trifecta, 274 00:12:55,609 --> 00:12:57,575 that's supposedly magical. 275 00:12:57,577 --> 00:13:00,812 Sandalo: The act of chanting is really powerful, 276 00:13:00,814 --> 00:13:03,281 so it makes sense that a lot of these urban legends 277 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:06,518 involve repeating a phrase over and over again. 278 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:07,919 Faison: You have the keys, right? 279 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:10,088 We're gonna put them on the hood. 280 00:13:10,090 --> 00:13:12,490 You're supposed to put them on the hood at least, so. 281 00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:14,025 Keys on the hood. 282 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:17,762 Narrator: As local legend suggests, leaving the keys on the car hood 283 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:21,199 ensures that the ghost cannot lock them inside. 284 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:23,735 Faison: Here's like what the story is that you have to do, 285 00:13:23,737 --> 00:13:27,939 you hold your hands out like this, both hands out like this 286 00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:29,707 and basically you know, say, 287 00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:32,310 "maggie, maggie, I have your baby" three times, 288 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,379 that phrase three times. 289 00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:37,482 -One. -Cj, omar and tiffany 290 00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:39,450 held their hands out over the bridge... 291 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:41,119 -Two. -...And began the chant. 292 00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:42,353 Three. 293 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:45,089 All: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby, 294 00:13:45,091 --> 00:13:47,826 maggie, maggie, I have your baby, 295 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:50,595 maggie, maggie, I have your baby. 296 00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:54,132 ♪♪ 297 00:13:54,134 --> 00:13:56,868 narrator: But nothing happened. 298 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:59,771 I was honestly relieved, I'm like, "okay, 299 00:13:59,773 --> 00:14:03,041 urban legend, not real, it's okay." 300 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:04,576 I was about to look at omar and be like, "alright, 301 00:14:04,578 --> 00:14:06,744 well, look back and let's go," you know what I mean? 302 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:10,481 There's nothing that's happening with the car, 303 00:14:10,483 --> 00:14:12,116 the keys are still on there. 304 00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:15,653 Narrator: And then omar tried again, but this time more forcefully, 305 00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:18,990 while keeping his eyes on both the car and the lake. 306 00:14:18,992 --> 00:14:20,959 Omar: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 307 00:14:20,961 --> 00:14:22,193 Faison: Oh, please, no. 308 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,896 Omar: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 309 00:14:24,898 --> 00:14:26,998 Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 310 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,335 Faison: He is dumb, that no, omar, please, no. 311 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:34,038 A lot of ghost hunters use the method of provoking 312 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,974 to basically anger a ghost 313 00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:38,276 to the point where it's forced to show itself. 314 00:14:38,278 --> 00:14:40,345 Omar: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 315 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:43,615 -Oh, please, no. -This can be a dangerous thing 316 00:14:43,617 --> 00:14:45,516 and sometimes downright terrifying. 317 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:48,286 Omar: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 318 00:14:48,288 --> 00:14:49,988 I don't think you should be getting aggressive 319 00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:51,389 with anything paranormal 320 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:53,791 because when you start yelling and raising your voice, 321 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:55,994 it doesn't really bring out the good energy, 322 00:14:55,996 --> 00:14:58,229 it brings out bad energy, you know what I mean? 323 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,398 Omar: Maggie, maggie, I have your baby! 324 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,102 Faison: He is dumb, that no, omar, please, no. 325 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:06,037 [ gasps ] 326 00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:07,038 what? 327 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,008 ♪♪ 328 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,309 what? 329 00:15:11,311 --> 00:15:13,711 Off in the distance you hear almost a response. 330 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:15,813 [ shrieking in distance ] 331 00:15:15,815 --> 00:15:19,350 I couldn't tell what it was saying, but it sounds female. 332 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:21,486 [ shrieking in distance ] 333 00:15:21,488 --> 00:15:25,056 -you guys heard that? -I'm froze, dude. 334 00:15:25,058 --> 00:15:28,026 -What the hell was that? -I have no idea. 335 00:15:28,028 --> 00:15:29,193 [ horn honks ] 336 00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:30,228 oh, god! 337 00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:38,369 [ horn honking ] 338 00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:39,971 the scream got my attention. 339 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:42,307 [ gasps ] 340 00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:43,574 what? 341 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:46,244 And then moments later, the car alarm goes off. 342 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:48,246 -What the hell was that? -I have no idea. 343 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:49,314 [ horn honks ] 344 00:15:49,316 --> 00:15:50,615 oh, god! 345 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:54,519 Then when I looked to my right, just my heart dropped 346 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:57,121 because you don't know what's going on at that point in time. 347 00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:58,356 [ horn honking ] 348 00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:00,224 faison: You have got to be [bleep] kidding me. 349 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:04,762 Yo, there's no way! 350 00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:10,001 ♪♪ 351 00:16:10,003 --> 00:16:12,937 sturges: They made a point of putting the keys on the hood 352 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:15,940 so that we know it wasn't him setting the car alarm off. 353 00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:20,511 Narrator: Once they turned off the alarm, they were thoroughly freaked out 354 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,680 and decided it was time to go, 355 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:25,817 but quickly realized they couldn't. 356 00:16:25,819 --> 00:16:27,118 Oh, [bleep]! 357 00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:30,588 -I am dead serious right now. -It's not starting, 358 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:35,426 it is not starting, 100%, not starting. 359 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:36,594 Once we got in the car, 360 00:16:36,596 --> 00:16:38,796 he was actually trying to start it up 361 00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:40,565 and I'm thinking to myself, I'm like, "okay, 362 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:43,034 I'm in the car business, I know how this works," 363 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,470 and it was like it had a dead battery. 364 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:46,771 So finally we had to wait, 365 00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:48,072 we actually had to get a jump start. 366 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,640 -It's seriously not starting? -No. 367 00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,242 That's like no joke. 368 00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:53,611 Faison: I don't know if like a spirit drew the battery dead, 369 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,713 but obviously the car's battery was dead, 370 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:58,950 which was odd to me, how is the car battery dead, 371 00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:00,385 when the alarm was just going off, 372 00:17:00,387 --> 00:17:01,519 you know what I mean? 373 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,254 I was like, "man, this is like getting 374 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:05,690 like really creepy at this point." 375 00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:08,793 cano: Of course, spirits want to interact with people, 376 00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:11,863 but they can also interact with things around us 377 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:15,033 and technology is definitely a prime target, 378 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:17,502 your batteries drain, other things happen, 379 00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:19,937 a car is just a big device, 380 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:24,976 so a battery drain in a car is not out of the question. 381 00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:27,545 Narrator: Cj was thankful they eventually 382 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:30,915 made it out relatively unscathed by maggie, 383 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:32,250 but the experience left him 384 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:34,819 too scared to return and try again. 385 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:38,056 Faison: Looking back at it now, I think about what happened, 386 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:40,525 but I'm telling you right now, this is real 387 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:43,261 and I believe it was maggie 100%. 388 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,262 [ horn honks ] 389 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,430 oh, god! 390 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,901 You have got to be [bleep] kidding me. 391 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:51,269 Narrator: Coming up... 392 00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:55,173 A phantom athlete makes a run across a football game, 393 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:58,643 and has belief in a monster called the rake 394 00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:01,712 actually willed it into existence? 395 00:18:01,714 --> 00:18:05,016 ♪♪ 396 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:16,127 ♪♪ 397 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:18,463 narrator: Proud parents often like to preserve 398 00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:21,332 all of their children's achievements on video. 399 00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:23,134 From recording their first steps 400 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:25,736 to filming their high school sports games, 401 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:28,873 these days every minor or major event 402 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:31,676 is well documented throughout a kid's life. 403 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:34,412 But for one sylmar, california mom, 404 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,114 the camera may have caught something 405 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,616 other than a treasured adolescent memory. 406 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:42,186 She may have captured some chilling paranormal activity. 407 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:49,127 ♪♪ 408 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:52,663 in December, 2013, anna dianna was reviewing 409 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:56,000 old footage she took of her daughter, mariela rodriguez 410 00:18:56,002 --> 00:18:58,002 cheerleading at a sylmar spartans home game 411 00:18:58,004 --> 00:18:59,937 from the month before 412 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,173 when she noticed something unusual 413 00:19:02,175 --> 00:19:04,242 coming from the right side of the screen. 414 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:07,578 ♪♪ 415 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:10,448 she couldn't believe what she was seeing 416 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:12,783 and ran to mariela to show her. 417 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:18,489 ♪♪ 418 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:20,791 my name is mariela rodriguez 419 00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:24,162 and my mom is the one who recorded the video. 420 00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:26,030 I was actually the cheerleader 421 00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:28,666 getting thrown in the air in that video. 422 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,235 In the first few times that I actually saw it, 423 00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:33,404 it was like, it's just me cheering, you know, 424 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,040 then after probably the second or third time that I saw it 425 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:38,476 was when I actually saw the spirit. 426 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:44,849 It was kind of like a grayish, transparent figure, 427 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:47,652 and it looks like a blurred out person kind of, 428 00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:50,588 you know, not too transparent, more like translucent, 429 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:54,525 and no one around was kind of even aware of it. 430 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,495 Sceurman: When you see this apparition run across the field, 431 00:19:57,497 --> 00:20:00,164 it runs right in front of the security guards 432 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,500 and they don't even act like it's there. 433 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:04,168 Moran: And then by the time it gets 434 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:07,838 to where the cheerleaders are, it pretty much evaporates 435 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,876 before it reaches the other side of the screen. 436 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:13,611 Rodriguez: So the fact that no one around there 437 00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:15,413 looked at the figure 438 00:20:15,415 --> 00:20:18,082 kind of makes it seem like it was a spirit. 439 00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:20,318 Narrator: The fact that the ghostly figure 440 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,687 wasn't noticed until they played back the video 441 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:25,923 may also lend more credence to the possibility 442 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:28,926 that this was something truly otherworldly. 443 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,561 Sturges: Apparitions and voices, anomalous voices 444 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:32,997 have been showing up in recording media, 445 00:20:32,999 --> 00:20:35,132 since recording media's been invented. 446 00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:36,701 It's real popular with evp, 447 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,769 it happens all the time with evp, 448 00:20:38,771 --> 00:20:40,438 where you don't hear an answer 449 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,906 to a question that you're asking 450 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:44,575 until you're listening to the recorder later on. 451 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:48,045 So it's not an uncommon event where somebody is filming 452 00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:51,849 and is able to catch an apparition after the fact. 453 00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:54,185 Narrator: Mariela explained what made 454 00:20:54,187 --> 00:20:56,854 this particular sighting even stranger 455 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:58,522 based on the location. 456 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:01,392 Surrounding this actual field is our track 457 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:03,928 and around the track, it's all gated. 458 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:06,030 And during the football games, unless you have a pass, 459 00:21:06,032 --> 00:21:08,499 you're not able to go into the track 460 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,334 or the football field whatsoever. 461 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:11,969 The gates are always locked, 462 00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:14,839 and where it looks like he was running from 463 00:21:14,841 --> 00:21:18,042 was probably six to seven feet only 464 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:21,646 from like the gate to the field, and so there is no way 465 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,914 that someone could have gotten that much speed 466 00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:25,583 for it to be blurred out so much. 467 00:21:25,585 --> 00:21:27,752 Cano: The fact that there was a game going on 468 00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,787 and there was a lot of heightened emotions 469 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:31,422 and heightened activity, 470 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:36,160 and the cheerleaders just did a successful routine, 471 00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,863 maybe that was the energy 472 00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:42,133 that this particular haunting needed to replay. 473 00:21:42,135 --> 00:21:44,902 It was the spark that gave it the energy it needed 474 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,270 to manifest in that moment. 475 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:49,240 Hayes: For some strange reason, schools, universities, 476 00:21:49,242 --> 00:21:50,474 colleges, that kind of thing 477 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:53,411 seem to harbor a lot of spiritual energies, 478 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:55,379 a lot of spiritual activity even. 479 00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:57,982 I don't know what the cause for all this is, 480 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,950 but it's certainly some sort of connection there. 481 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:03,087 Narrator: Incredibly, mariela wasn't surprised 482 00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:05,189 or scared by what she saw. 483 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:08,826 It didn't scare me at all, it was kind of just like, oh, 484 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,463 you know, like it decided to show itself, 485 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:17,168 so it wasn't scary whatsoever for me, I didn't get any fear. 486 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:20,171 I have always said that I personally feel 487 00:22:20,173 --> 00:22:23,574 like I do carry spirits, and when I would share my stories, 488 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:24,942 no one would ever believe me, 489 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:27,712 so now that it was kind of out there, 490 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:31,349 it was nice to have people kind of understand 491 00:22:31,351 --> 00:22:33,851 what I see or I go through some days. 492 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:38,923 ♪♪ 493 00:22:38,925 --> 00:22:42,393 narrator: The internet has proved to be a revolutionary and positive 494 00:22:42,395 --> 00:22:45,096 technological development for the world, 495 00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:48,866 but what happens when its powers are used for evil? 496 00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:52,570 In the mid-2000s, stories of a monstrous creature 497 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:55,206 known as "the rake" began appearing 498 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,074 on the dark corners of the web. 499 00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:00,277 It was thought to be so dangerous 500 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:03,147 that anyone that crossed paths with one 501 00:23:03,149 --> 00:23:05,883 would not live to see another day. 502 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:08,119 Over the years, sightings increased 503 00:23:08,121 --> 00:23:12,590 and many began to wonder, "does the rake really exist?" 504 00:23:12,592 --> 00:23:21,265 ♪♪ 505 00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:23,701 in 2008, oregon resident, kenneth collins 506 00:23:23,703 --> 00:23:25,603 heard a noise coming from an empty building 507 00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:28,739 at the back of his portland suburb property. 508 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,975 He grabbed his camera and decided 509 00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:32,510 to go out to investigate. 510 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:41,185 ♪♪ 511 00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:43,053 collins: Geez [bleep] oh! 512 00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:46,223 Let's get out, come on, come on! 513 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,058 I can only imagine walking into this abandoned building 514 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:51,028 and seeing something and hearing something like this 515 00:23:51,030 --> 00:23:53,431 coming at you, like where do you go, what do you do? 516 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,467 Collins: Geez [bleep] oh! 517 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:59,203 Let's get out, come on, come on! 518 00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:00,671 Reagan: It's a terrifying creature, 519 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:03,441 it's kind of this state of being a human 520 00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:05,643 but having this weird, sort of animalistic movement, 521 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:07,478 where you kind of can't place it. 522 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,046 It doesn't move like anything you've seen, 523 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:12,450 which makes it even more jarring and upsetting. 524 00:24:12,452 --> 00:24:13,951 Collins: Geez! 525 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,854 Cano: There are tales that we've all seen, that have gone viral 526 00:24:16,856 --> 00:24:21,358 of this horrific creature called the rake, 527 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,862 and if such a creature were to exist, 528 00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:27,665 this video is exactly what you would expect 529 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:29,099 the rake to look like. 530 00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:33,304 The rake is a relatively new cryptid 531 00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:38,375 in the pantheon of strange, uncategorized creatures. 532 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:42,313 People have reported that they're pretty limber and nimble 533 00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:45,349 with these short legs and really long arms, 534 00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:47,685 but we don't really know what it does, 535 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:50,654 I mean, what do rakes feed on, you know, 536 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:54,425 what are they descended from, what is their genus? 537 00:24:54,427 --> 00:24:57,161 We have no idea, but there's just been 538 00:24:57,163 --> 00:25:00,030 so many reports of them in recent years 539 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:02,733 that you certainly have to put it 540 00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:05,503 into that realm of cryptozoology, 541 00:25:05,505 --> 00:25:07,805 that is sort of a science unto itself. 542 00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:10,307 Sceurman: If there are more sightings of this kind of creature, 543 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:12,910 then it does give a little more credence 544 00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:16,413 to maybe this thing possibly is real 545 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:20,885 and maybe it reproduces, which is scary. 546 00:25:20,887 --> 00:25:24,622 ♪♪ 547 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:26,624 collins: Geez [bleep] oh! Let's get out, come on, come on! 548 00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:30,594 Narrator: The growing frequency of alleged encounters of the rake 549 00:25:30,596 --> 00:25:32,897 has solidified its reputation 550 00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:36,567 as one of modern society's most terrifying cryptids. 551 00:25:36,569 --> 00:25:41,539 So have we willed this gruesome creature into existence? 552 00:25:41,541 --> 00:25:45,609 You do have to wonder like, "what makes these things real?" 553 00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:47,011 does the collective unconscious 554 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:49,613 create these entities in real life 555 00:25:49,615 --> 00:25:52,149 so they can manifest themselves and become visible? 556 00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:54,218 Collins: Geez [bleep] oh! 557 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,653 When a people and when a culture 558 00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:59,356 talks about something enough, a topic is created, 559 00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:02,560 which essentially is something from nothing. 560 00:26:02,562 --> 00:26:06,063 And in paranormal circles, this was famously done 561 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,265 in something called the philip experiment 562 00:26:08,267 --> 00:26:11,201 where researchers were doing evp sessions 563 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:15,139 where they created a character, they created a backstory 564 00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:18,509 and they asked questions of this imaginary figure 565 00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:21,478 and eventually philip responded. 566 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,482 Narrator: Kenneth did not stick around to find out 567 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:28,552 exactly who or what was charging towards him. 568 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:30,821 Collins: Geez [bleep] oh! 569 00:26:30,823 --> 00:26:32,089 Let's get out, come on, come on! 570 00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:33,390 Narrator: And this fleeting glimpse 571 00:26:33,392 --> 00:26:35,593 is just another piece of the puzzle 572 00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:38,195 as to whether the rake may actually be real. 573 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:40,431 The people in this video made the right choice 574 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:43,834 by seeing the rake, turning around, and running. 575 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:46,704 Cano: For any traveler or investigator that comes across 576 00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:48,672 something that you might think is the rake, 577 00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:54,178 my suggestion would be get out because as this video shows, 578 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:56,580 the rake is ready to rip your face off. 579 00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:59,416 Collins: Geez [bleep] oh! 580 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:01,318 Let's get out, come on, come on! 581 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,622 Narrator: Coming up... 582 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:07,691 Shocking poltergeist activity terrifies a homeowner. 583 00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:09,259 Oh, my gosh! 584 00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:14,064 ♪♪ 585 00:27:21,941 --> 00:27:25,309 ♪♪ 586 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,678 narrator: When a loved one passes away, 587 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,180 those left behind often attempt to reach out to the departed 588 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:33,017 for some assurance, even if it's ambiguous, 589 00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:36,353 that they are truly in a better place. 590 00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:39,156 But if you are anything like the u.K.'s donna ayres, 591 00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,625 you might not have to go all that far out of your way 592 00:27:41,627 --> 00:27:44,094 to make contact with the dead. 593 00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:46,930 Maybe the dead will contact you. 594 00:27:46,932 --> 00:27:55,939 ♪♪ 595 00:27:55,941 --> 00:27:59,576 in 2009, ayres, a resident of burnley, England 596 00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:02,413 experienced the death of her brother paul, 597 00:28:02,415 --> 00:28:05,149 someone with whom she had had a troubled relationship. 598 00:28:06,452 --> 00:28:08,986 Almost immediately after paul's passing, 599 00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:11,989 donna began to witness unabashed poltergeist activity 600 00:28:11,991 --> 00:28:13,824 happening within her home, 601 00:28:13,826 --> 00:28:16,694 which she blamed on the spirit of paul. 602 00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:18,395 But she was never able to capture 603 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:20,831 any of the phenomena on tape. 604 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:24,535 That is, until the end of 2014... 605 00:28:25,638 --> 00:28:28,539 ...When donna recorded this shocking activity 606 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,007 in her kitchen. 607 00:28:39,985 --> 00:28:43,353 Maron: I try to figure out, "how would I stage this," 608 00:28:43,355 --> 00:28:45,789 and I wouldn't be able to. 609 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:48,726 ♪♪ 610 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,728 we're so close in on it, I think 611 00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:54,732 that if were a string of any kind, it would be evident. 612 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,101 Oh, my god! 613 00:28:58,938 --> 00:29:00,104 Oh. 614 00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:02,573 And then when the spoon just stands up and 615 00:29:02,575 --> 00:29:04,141 sort of dances around... 616 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:08,746 ...I can't figure out how they could've faked that. 617 00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:12,716 ♪♪ 618 00:29:12,718 --> 00:29:15,285 narrator: But it wasn't just the spoon. 619 00:29:15,287 --> 00:29:18,555 Over the next several weeks, donna witnessed multiple objects 620 00:29:18,557 --> 00:29:21,625 in her home somehow moving on their own. 621 00:29:21,627 --> 00:29:22,960 It was her flowers. 622 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:27,965 And her chandelier. 623 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,207 And finally, her tea mug. 624 00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:50,053 Cano: I was initially skeptical of these videos, 625 00:29:50,055 --> 00:29:53,824 but if it was one video, it's easy to be skeptical. 626 00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:57,094 Two videos, okay, the evidence is mounting. 627 00:29:57,096 --> 00:29:59,630 Three videos, that's unusual. 628 00:29:59,632 --> 00:30:01,732 It makes you wonder, "what's causing it?" 629 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,236 narrator: So it seems that donna 630 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,205 really was dealing with a haunting. 631 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,277 Narrator: But the question remains: "is it her brother?" 632 00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:19,249 narrator: And if so, is it possible for a person 633 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:22,052 to target another person from the afterlife? 634 00:30:28,561 --> 00:30:29,693 There are some hauntings 635 00:30:29,695 --> 00:30:31,094 that attach themselves to people. 636 00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:34,331 We do hear stories, sometimes, of not just a home 637 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:37,067 being haunted, but having the haunting 638 00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:39,136 actually follow a person. 639 00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:45,008 If you had a problem with a person during their life 640 00:30:45,010 --> 00:30:48,545 if they become an apparition after their death, 641 00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:50,747 I would imagine that person might still have 642 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:54,218 a sort of unresolved conflict with the living. 643 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,520 Narrator: But despite donna and paul's 644 00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:59,389 acrimonious relationship, some experts think 645 00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:02,125 paul might be reaching out with good intentions. 646 00:31:03,629 --> 00:31:07,064 Sandalo: I think that him moving these items around is actually 647 00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:09,700 a sign of him saying that everything is okay now. 648 00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:12,636 Not all hauntings are necessarily evil. 649 00:31:12,638 --> 00:31:14,304 Some of them can be sweet. 650 00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:20,644 It might be just simply to say 651 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:23,747 "hey", you know, "this has happened. This is me. 652 00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:25,082 Everything is okay. 653 00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:27,718 And I'm just gonna mess with you a little bit." 654 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:28,819 I certainly would. 655 00:31:28,821 --> 00:31:35,759 ♪♪ 656 00:31:35,761 --> 00:31:36,960 narrator: Coming up... 657 00:31:36,962 --> 00:31:39,363 An otherworldy attack in an abandoned house. 658 00:31:39,365 --> 00:31:41,498 Oh! [bleep]! 659 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:45,402 ♪♪ 660 00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:55,579 ♪♪ 661 00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:58,282 narrator: Professional vlogging is a recent career path, 662 00:31:58,284 --> 00:32:01,285 only made possible by the rise of the internet. 663 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:02,753 While making videos that share 664 00:32:02,755 --> 00:32:05,522 their thoughts and experiences with subscribers, 665 00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:07,658 the most popular personalities can garner 666 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:10,427 thousands and thousands of followers 667 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,063 as they broadcast their daily life on the web. 668 00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:17,200 And even newer, smaller cameras have allowed them to do that 669 00:32:17,202 --> 00:32:19,036 from pretty much anywhere. 670 00:32:19,038 --> 00:32:20,570 Man: Hey guys! What is going on? 671 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:22,773 Narrator: But in 2016, one vlogger 672 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:25,475 had a terrifying encounter while filming 673 00:32:25,477 --> 00:32:28,845 that his usual audience may not want any part of. 674 00:32:35,921 --> 00:32:38,989 For a new video, youtube vlogger dana thompson 675 00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:41,191 rode out to explore the remains of an abandoned, 676 00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:45,262 partially renovated house in lake elsinore, california. 677 00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:49,032 He had explored the empty building once before, 678 00:32:49,034 --> 00:32:52,035 but after hearing rumors of a ghost on the premises, 679 00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,571 he decided to check it out again. 680 00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:58,108 As someone who had never had a paranormal experience, 681 00:32:58,110 --> 00:32:59,810 the reports intrigued him. 682 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,313 Thompson: It's been a long time since I've been over here. 683 00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:05,782 The door is still kicked down over here. 684 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,484 That's actually, like, dangerous. 685 00:33:08,387 --> 00:33:10,620 My name is dana thompson. 686 00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:14,758 I was actually the person recording the video. 687 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,560 First time I was there nothing happened. 688 00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:18,228 It was just pretty spooky. 689 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:21,865 But there was like, a little forum about haunted places 690 00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:23,367 and people were saying 691 00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:26,169 that they spotted, like, some sort of ghost there before. 692 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:27,971 And I wanted to go back again. 693 00:33:29,842 --> 00:33:32,275 Somebody put, like a, blanket right here. 694 00:33:33,545 --> 00:33:37,114 That's actually, like, extremely sketchy like. 695 00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:40,183 Narrator: At first, dana was still skeptical, 696 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:43,020 but as he made his way through the abandoned house, 697 00:33:43,022 --> 00:33:44,855 things started to happen. 698 00:33:44,857 --> 00:33:46,390 [ clatter ] 699 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,560 what the [bleep] was that? 700 00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:53,030 It's a common occurrence that spirits 701 00:33:53,032 --> 00:33:54,631 try to get your attention by 702 00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:57,534 knocking things over, throwing things at you. 703 00:33:57,536 --> 00:34:01,571 [ clatter ] 704 00:34:01,573 --> 00:34:03,206 thompson: What the [bleep] was that? 705 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,275 [bleep] that, man. [ chuckles ] 706 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:06,843 that [bleep] was creepy, dawg. 707 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:09,012 I was like "what the [bleep] was that?" 708 00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:10,914 narrator: Dana dismissed the first noise 709 00:34:10,916 --> 00:34:13,550 and continued filming, until something happened 710 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:17,421 that he simply could not ignore. 711 00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:18,422 [ clatter ] 712 00:34:18,424 --> 00:34:21,458 thompson: Oh! [bleep]ing [bleep]! 713 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:23,860 [ heavy breathing ] 714 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:29,232 ♪♪ 715 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:32,202 it freaked me out. It like echoed within the walls. 716 00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:33,336 It was crazy. 717 00:34:34,339 --> 00:34:37,307 Oh! [bleep]ing [bleep]! 718 00:34:38,143 --> 00:34:39,876 It was just this loud bang. 719 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:42,846 I mean, it was a satellite dish, that's a pretty heavy item. 720 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:44,915 And so once it hit, like, the concrete ground, 721 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,751 it just echoed throughout the whole entire place. 722 00:34:47,753 --> 00:34:52,022 Narrator: Upon playback, dana saw that the object 723 00:34:52,024 --> 00:34:55,792 had been dropped from the open beams above. 724 00:34:55,794 --> 00:34:58,562 Astonishingly, the space from where it fell 725 00:34:58,564 --> 00:35:00,964 was completely open to the roof 726 00:35:00,966 --> 00:35:04,801 with no place for anyone living to be able to stand. 727 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:07,938 If somebody is throwing something at you, 728 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:09,339 you're dealing with an apparition 729 00:35:09,341 --> 00:35:11,108 or an intelligent type of spirit. 730 00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:15,512 They're throwing something at you, they know that you're there 731 00:35:15,514 --> 00:35:17,314 and they're trying to let you know 732 00:35:17,316 --> 00:35:19,883 they're there. 733 00:35:19,885 --> 00:35:22,619 Thompson: Oh! [bleep]ing [bleep]! 734 00:35:24,056 --> 00:35:27,190 That was actually my first paranormal experience. 735 00:35:27,192 --> 00:35:29,759 I was scared. I was like, I don't know, it just spooked me, 736 00:35:29,761 --> 00:35:32,295 so I ran out the front door and like, it was just 737 00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:34,564 like what the heck is going on right now. 738 00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:44,007 ♪♪ 739 00:35:44,009 --> 00:35:45,542 oh, I'm getting out of this bitch. 740 00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:47,010 I'm getting out of here. 741 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:50,147 You never believe anything until it actually happens to you. 742 00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:53,350 And then once it happens to you, it changes your mind on things. 743 00:35:53,352 --> 00:35:56,253 Cano: For human beings, when we see a ruin 744 00:35:56,255 --> 00:35:57,888 or an old castle or even just 745 00:35:57,890 --> 00:35:59,923 an abandoned building, or in this case 746 00:35:59,925 --> 00:36:03,260 a construction site that was never completed. 747 00:36:03,262 --> 00:36:10,700 We feel like if people aren't inhabiting it, something must. 748 00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:12,903 Thompson: You know, I don't necessarily believe 749 00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:16,873 in like, paranormal activity or ghosts or [bleep] like that, 750 00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:20,076 but I was genuinely freaked out. 751 00:36:20,078 --> 00:36:23,813 I was like, "uh, [bleep]. That was weird." 752 00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:26,316 man, have you seen those movies? I don't want to stick around. 753 00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:27,884 I don't know what's gonna happen to me. 754 00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:29,619 I'm not like the movies where I stay around 755 00:36:29,621 --> 00:36:30,954 and figure it out. I left. 756 00:36:30,956 --> 00:36:33,990 ♪♪ 757 00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:37,127 oh! [bleep]ing [bleep]! 758 00:36:39,464 --> 00:36:41,031 Narrator: Coming up... 759 00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:44,000 A notoriously haunted hotel in texas. 760 00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:48,071 ♪♪ 761 00:36:55,981 --> 00:36:59,482 ♪♪ 762 00:36:59,484 --> 00:37:01,585 narrator: The magnolia hotel in seguin, texas, 763 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:04,287 has gone through many iterations. 764 00:37:04,289 --> 00:37:07,424 Originally built in 1840, it was an outpost 765 00:37:07,426 --> 00:37:08,892 for stagecoaches to stop 766 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:11,661 as they continued their journey west. 767 00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:15,131 In the 1930s, it was converted into apartments, 768 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:17,534 but eventually fell into disrepair. 769 00:37:17,536 --> 00:37:20,837 So, when the new owners bought the building in 2013, 770 00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:22,973 they decided to honor the history 771 00:37:22,975 --> 00:37:25,275 and began to restore the rundown rooms 772 00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:27,410 to their frontier day conditions. 773 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,814 But the construction process may have unleashed 774 00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:34,684 a torrent of spirits that had long laid dormant. 775 00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:42,926 ♪♪ 776 00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:46,062 slaughter: The magnolia hotel has a very checkered past. 777 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:48,999 Throughout the whole tail end of the 1800s, 778 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:52,302 all types of people came and stayed at that hotel. 779 00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:55,005 And I could see that as being a hotbed for haunts 780 00:37:55,007 --> 00:37:57,907 because it's being thrown back into the era 781 00:37:57,909 --> 00:38:01,011 of when it was first built in the 1840s. 782 00:38:01,013 --> 00:38:03,280 You're allowing these spirits or energies 783 00:38:03,282 --> 00:38:05,181 that were there from the traumatic times 784 00:38:05,183 --> 00:38:10,253 of the stagecoach days to relive its past all over again. 785 00:38:10,255 --> 00:38:13,456 Sturges: Now as they're doing the renovation, I guess the workers 786 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,091 and the people that would visit the location 787 00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:16,826 were having a lot of experiences, and they 788 00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:17,994 were hearing footsteps. 789 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:20,530 They were hearing people call their names. 790 00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:22,132 Narrator: Word began to spread in texas 791 00:38:22,134 --> 00:38:25,101 of the unexplainable events at the hotel 792 00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:28,071 piquing the interest of a local ghost hunting team 793 00:38:28,073 --> 00:38:30,140 who contacted the property's new owners 794 00:38:30,142 --> 00:38:34,044 and asked to investigate the alleged paranormal activity. 795 00:38:34,046 --> 00:38:35,679 My name is mark morrow. 796 00:38:35,681 --> 00:38:37,681 My name is billy driver. 797 00:38:37,683 --> 00:38:40,684 When we first went down there to meet with them 798 00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:43,153 and to hear the stories, I mean, there was like 799 00:38:43,155 --> 00:38:48,091 this energy of this building that I've never felt. 800 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:51,094 And you know, as of today, they've accounted 801 00:38:51,096 --> 00:38:53,596 for over 13 spirits in this building 802 00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:54,998 through their research. 803 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,000 The reading lady is such a sad story. 804 00:38:57,002 --> 00:39:00,937 And they actually caught an incredible picture 805 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:03,206 of her leaning out the window. 806 00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:05,675 We were one of the very first teams 807 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:08,278 to ever investigate the property. 808 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,314 Narrator: Mark and billy got to work at the magnolia hotel 809 00:39:11,316 --> 00:39:13,483 where they set up stationary cameras 810 00:39:13,485 --> 00:39:15,452 and investigated throughout the building 811 00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:17,087 to see if they could make contact 812 00:39:17,089 --> 00:39:19,356 with one of the ghosts that live there. 813 00:39:19,358 --> 00:39:25,729 And on may 14, 2016, they may have done just that. 814 00:39:25,731 --> 00:39:28,531 Mark was leading a group of fellow curious ghost hunters 815 00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:31,568 through the cellar when their electromagnetic field meters 816 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:34,637 started going off, alerting them to possible activity 817 00:39:34,639 --> 00:39:36,239 in the room. 818 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:39,075 Morrow: Our mel meters started lighting up, which was indicating 819 00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:42,345 that the electromagnetic energy was changing down there. 820 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:45,682 It was -- we were getting spikes and people 821 00:39:45,684 --> 00:39:49,185 in the circle, as we formed a circle in the room, 822 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:50,720 we all were getting the goose bumps. 823 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,623 You know, all of our hair was standing up. 824 00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:56,626 Narrator: Mark couldn't believe what happened next. 825 00:39:56,628 --> 00:39:59,829 ♪♪ 826 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:03,333 morrow: One the women in the group, she kept feeling something 827 00:40:03,335 --> 00:40:05,835 touching her shoulder and like stroking her hair. 828 00:40:05,837 --> 00:40:10,273 As I was talking to her to kind of suss out what was happening, 829 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:13,610 I suddenly felt the hand that she was describing 830 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:15,111 come up and touch my shoulder. 831 00:40:16,515 --> 00:40:20,517 I just felt this cold, the weight of a hand touching me. 832 00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:23,319 There is really nothing else like it. 833 00:40:24,389 --> 00:40:26,156 Narrator: Mark and billy watched back the footage 834 00:40:26,158 --> 00:40:28,224 to see if they could make out anything that might 835 00:40:28,226 --> 00:40:29,893 have touched mark's back, 836 00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:32,395 and what they saw surprised them. 837 00:40:32,397 --> 00:40:35,265 ♪♪ 838 00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:38,935 morrow: We saw this orb that was almost kind of taunting us. 839 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:42,872 You see it fly behind people. You see it fly behind me. 840 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:45,542 And then it's like "okay, I'm done," 841 00:40:45,544 --> 00:40:49,245 and it just flies up into the ceiling and disappears. 842 00:40:49,247 --> 00:40:52,081 Kissel: You see that dust floating by, but the orb and the dust 843 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:53,883 look different. They're at a different speed. 844 00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:55,618 They're going at a different rate. 845 00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:57,520 So, I mean, you know, it definitely makes 846 00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:58,922 it more compelling. 847 00:40:58,924 --> 00:41:01,891 Cano: When it comes to any paranormal activity 848 00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:03,660 what a good investigator will look for 849 00:41:03,662 --> 00:41:06,029 is secondary indications. 850 00:41:06,031 --> 00:41:09,532 In this case, someone present felt like something 851 00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,000 touched their back. 852 00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:14,571 So, the coincidence of this orb being there at the same time 853 00:41:14,573 --> 00:41:16,739 it might be that, coincidence, 854 00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:19,809 but it also might be that secondary indication. 855 00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,847 Narrator: Could it have been one of the 13 spirits 856 00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:26,316 said to haunt the hotel? 857 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:28,985 Mark and billy think it's possible. 858 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:31,354 So we'll sit down and we'll look at the clip 859 00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:34,557 and we'll review it, and we'll even go back into the room 860 00:41:34,559 --> 00:41:37,560 and see if we can try to debunk it or figure it out. 861 00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:42,932 In regards to these clips, we were not able to debunk them. 862 00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:46,503 Driver: It's quite an amazing building and, I mean, 863 00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:49,072 even with the history that it has in central texas, 864 00:41:49,074 --> 00:41:51,574 I mean, it's, that building is alive. 865 00:41:51,576 --> 00:41:52,742 I mean, it really is. 866 00:41:52,744 --> 00:41:59,015 ♪♪ 867 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,517 narrator: What should you do in the event 868 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:02,719 you witness something paranormal? 869 00:42:02,721 --> 00:42:05,488 Here are some tips to get it all on camera. 870 00:42:05,490 --> 00:42:08,057 Go to where the spirits are. 871 00:42:08,059 --> 00:42:11,394 Check all your footage for something strange. 872 00:42:11,396 --> 00:42:15,164 Never stop recording even when you're scared. 873 00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:18,101 And if you do catch something, e-mail us at 874 00:42:18,103 --> 00:42:20,436 submitparanormal@gmail.Com 875 00:42:20,438 --> 00:42:22,305 and connect with us on social media. 876 00:42:22,307 --> 00:42:24,841 Your footage could be seen right here on 877 00:42:24,843 --> 00:42:26,743 "paranormal caught on camera." 878 00:42:26,745 --> 00:42:28,678 ♪♪