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How long would you fight a demon?
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Would you devote your entire life to defeating 1?
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When a man deals with a supernatural entity in his
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youth, it seemingly never stops haunting him as its dark
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tendrils grab a hold of his life and squeeze with unyielding
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force. Will he finally defeat his
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childhood nightmare come to life or will the force consume him
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and his family? This is the true and terrifying
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story of Bob Baker, otherwise known as the Nightmare in
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Bridgeport case which took place in Connecticut.
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This is the Untold story series where we take a look at some of
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the most terrifying paranormal haunting cases and try to give
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the most in depth story possible.
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With this story, I will warn you, it's been a while, but this
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case is particularly creepy to me, especially since I dealt
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with paranormal happenings in my childhood.
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So I would as always recommend that you don't watch this
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episode alone or in the dark unless you like a challenge.
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I will also be joined in telling this harrowing story today by my
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good friend The Tape Library. This has been a very highly
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requested collaboration and one I've been looking forward to
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doing for a long time since I genuinely enjoy his content.
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I hope you all enjoy as well. And now let's get to it.
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Our story begins in Bridgeport, CT, a town famous for its
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manufacturing, especially in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Producing goods like sewing machines, brass fittings and
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ammunition, the town saw a population explosion with a
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growth of more than 50% during World War One.
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Known for many things, it would soon become known for something
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else, something far darker. The year is 1962 and the Baker
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family is living a rather normal and happy existence.
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With mother Dorothy, father Francis, and their two children,
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son Bobby and daughter Robin. It has always been a dream for
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the family to own their own home.
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That dream would come true following Dorothy's parents,
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giving the family some land and a home that they could finally
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call their own. They couldn't have been more
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excited. Dorothy's father and brother had
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built the home by hand some years earlier, and her parents
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had originally lived there, but now it has since been gifted to
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them to help make their lives easier and bring them all closer
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together. Dorothy's parents would then
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build a second home on the same land, essentially just a few
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houses down, making for a very close and big happy family
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across the board. With Dorothy being a homemaker,
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this is exactly what she'd wanted for her family.
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Francis, who is an ex Marine, works at an aircraft
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manufacturer in Stanford. With a good job, a beautiful
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home, and family close, this should have been a recipe for
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the perfect childhood for Bobby and his sister.
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A beautiful existence for the whole family really, but this
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unfortunately would not be the case.
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Bobby and Robin, who were very close as brother and sister,
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often relied on each other for entertainment.
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The two would typically play outside in the lush trees and
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bushes that surrounded their house.
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One afternoon, as the kids rush outside as they would any other
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day to play, they make their way towards the looming trees and
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green leafed bushes. A man suddenly appears from
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behind one of the trees, seemingly materializing out of
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nowhere. As Bobby's gaze meets the man's,
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he freezes in place, stopping his sister dead in her tracks as
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well. Asking her who this man was.
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He's puzzled by her reply. She asks him what man, Bobby?
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Bobby, confused to say the least, replies to her.
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That man over there by the tree, I'm looking at him right now.
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Robin says she doesn't see anyone.
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Although the man doesn't say anything or threaten the
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children in any way, something about him terrifies the poor
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boy. So, doing as any sensible kid or
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person would do, he grabs his sister's hand and tells her to
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run. The two then bolt back to the
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family house. With the house being empty, they
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call out for their mother and quickly make their way out of
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their front door and into their front yard.
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There, tending to her small garden, is Dorothy.
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Relieved to see her. Bobby runs up and immediately
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tries to explain what had just happened.
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Dorothy, thinking that her kids imaginations are just running
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wild, tells them to stop talking about a make believe Invisible
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Man and to quickly go and start getting ready for dinner.
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Frustrated that his sister couldn't see him now at his
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mother's lack of concern, Bobby remains confused and unnerved,
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thinking back to that dark and creepy feeling he had just
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experienced minutes earlier. But doing as he's told, he makes
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his way back inside the house to prepare for the family to eat.
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Later that evening, Bobby is by himself in his room.
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He's playing with his army men toys, trying to forget the
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creepiness from earlier in the day.
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Over the sounds of fake explosions and simulate a
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gunfire that the boy makes, he soon begins to hear something
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else. He suddenly begins to hear his
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name being called. The first call startles him and
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he looks around to try and find the origin of it.
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He then hears his name again in a low, hushed tone and realizes
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that it's coming from the air vent near his bed.
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In later interviews, Bob himself would say that I was certainly
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intrigued when I first heard the voice coming from the vent.
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I was intrigued yet also afraid. As the boy apprehensively makes
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his way towards the vent, he begins to talk back to the
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mysterious voice as it asks him to play with him.
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Bobby asks. Just where are you?
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Assuming the vent was coming from the cellar, how did you get
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down there? To which the voice would reply.
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I live here. Do you want to be my friend?
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Before Bobby has a chance to answer, the bizarre interaction
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is interrupted by his mother, Dorothy, asking him just who he
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was talking to. And Bobby would reply.
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Just a friend. Thinking this was weird and
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feeling uneasy about it, but assuming it was just an
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imaginary friend, she doesn't make a big deal out of it.
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She instead leans into things, telling her son that he needed
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to tell his friend that he'd be back in a little bit because his
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grandma was coming over to spend some time with the family.
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As the two make their way out of the bedroom, little does she
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know that his friend is more than happy to wait for the boy's
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return. When Bobby's grandmother arrived
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shortly after, they greet her in the living room.
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As a family living so close to them, she enjoys coming over to
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spend time with her grandkids and daughter.
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Francis, her daughter's husband, has recently also taken up a
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part time job alongside his main job at the aircraft
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manufacturing plant in order to help make ends meet for the
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family. So in order to help take care of
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the children and relieve some stress off of Dorothy, she often
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comes over. This particular day.
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After she arrives, Bobby and Robin ask her if she can tell
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them a story. She agrees, and soon the four of
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them gathered together in the living room of the house.
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She begins the story by asking them if their grandfather had
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ever told them about the history of the house they now lived in.
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With a resounding no. She proceeds.
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Well, she says, when your grandfather purchased this land
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and began building this very house, he hired a few
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contractors to assist in some of the construction.
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As they were digging up the dirt to lay the foundation of the
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home, they made a very strange discovery.
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As one of the men dug into the earth with his shovel, he made
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contact with something solid. Thinking it was a rock, he
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brushed the dirt off to the side to reveal something else.
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Instead, there before him, he found a bone.
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But this bone didn't seem to be that of a small animal and
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instead seemed too big. Placing it to the side, he
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continued to dig, only to reveal more bones and eventually a
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skull. A human skull.
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Quickly getting your grandfather's attention.
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Along with the other contractors, they discussed
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things as a group. Ultimately, though, they decided
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that they would not report the grisly discovery to the
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authorities. If they did, it would
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effectively tie up the construction of the house.
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Instead, assuming it had to have been an old, previous family's
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grave or something similar, they laid the bones back where they
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had found them and simply covered them back up.
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They would then pour the concrete of the home's
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foundation over the top of the grave, effectively sealing it.
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Part of the reason as to why they decided this, the
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grandmother continued, was that winter was coming and if they
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decided to wait any longer, they wouldn't have been able to pour
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the foundation and continue building the home because the
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ground would be frozen. With the children creeped out.
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The story time would be ended by Dorothy, who told the kids not
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to worry because it was nothing more than an old legend.
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In due time that day, Grandma would leave, but something else
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would not. As days turn to weeks and weeks
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to months, Bobby would continue to talk to who his parents
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believed to be his imaginary friend.
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His mother, by this point, had become fairly acclimated to
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hearing her son speak to someone, but she believed it was
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harmless. One day, as her son played in
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the living room while she cleaned, the phone would ring.
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Dorothy, setting her duster down, would quickly answer it.
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On the other end, however, there was some kind of voice, but it
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was masked by static. The voice then turned to
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multiple whispers that were too heavily distorted for her to
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understand as she asked. Who is this that's calling?
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The line dropped. Perplexed, she slowly set the
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phone down and tried to go back to dusting the living room.
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However, Bobby, who I'd been playing, was nowhere to be
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found. Calling out for her son, she
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received no reply. Growing concerned, she continued
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calling out to him and frantically started searching
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behind furniture. Thankfully, she found Bobby
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laying behind a sofa but in the fetal position.
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Relieved that she had found him, but now also concerned as to why
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he was behaving this way, she asked him why he was hiding and
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Bobby ominously responded. Because of my friend.
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Bobby no longer enjoyed interactions with his friend.
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Upon hearing this, Dorothy became even more concerned as
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she probed him for information as to why he felt this way.
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Bobby went on to tell her that this friend, this man, had
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turned from a friendly, playful type of person to someone who
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had become very mean in controlling and this scared him.
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As she heard these words, Dorothy too became scared.
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In later interviews, Bob would say this thing became the
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opposite of what I thought it was.
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I dreaded hearing its voice coming from my vent and it began
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to push me to do bad things. But despite his best efforts,
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the boy couldn't hide from him. One night, as Bobby lay in his
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bed asleep, he was suddenly woken up by the crashing of
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Thunder and the flickering of lightning.
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As the storm was salted the house, He quickly realized that
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his window was open and rain and wind were rushing in.
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Directly across from where his room was located, he could see
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the family clothesline and upon it were several sheets and
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articles of clothing that his mother had left to air dry
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earlier in the day. Then, without a gust of wind
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behind it, he watched as the sheet pulled away from the
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clothesline and as if it had a mind of its own, it quickly and
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aggressively flew through his window and on to Bobby.
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Caught off guard, the boy stumbled backwards and fell down
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as the sheet covered his entire body.
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He was pinned to the ground, screaming and writhing.
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Underneath it, the sheep began to pull tighter and tighter.
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A face pressed itself into the sheet before him and said the
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name. He then began to suffocate,
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screaming for his parents. The sheep was suddenly pulled
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away by Dorothy and Francis. They believed that their son had
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just had a terrible nightmare, but Bobby knew otherwise.
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In later interviews, Dorothy would say Bobby began to change,
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and this greatly bothered me. He was becoming more timid, more
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frightened, and I didn't know why.
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My husband and I began to notice that he was exhausted.
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He wasn't sleeping much at night and seemed drained during the
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day. Something, and I didn't know
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what, was causing this. The following morning concern
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for her son, she called in a doctor to examine him.
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Since he was acting so strangely, she believed that it
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could be some kind of medical problem that was affecting him.
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The doctor asked Bobby a series of questions and ran several
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tests to check if the boy was healthy.
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With his vital signs and reflexes being just fine, the
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doctor concluded that the boy was healthy.
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When told by Dorothy that he had been interacting with an
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imaginary person and that he'd been having horrible nightmares,
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the doctor again told her that it was perfectly normal for a
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child of his age to have an imaginary friend and that the
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nightmares were more than likely a result of an overactive
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imagination. Although she'd been told that
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her child was healthy, Dorothy wasn't satisfied.
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She believed that the doctors had dismissed her and or
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underestimated the severity of these nightmares and their
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effects on her son, but she chose to remain hopeful that for
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whatever reason, this phase of his life would pass and Bobby
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would go back to normal soon. However, this would prove to be
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far from what would happen over the next several weeks.
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Bobby's behaviour would only continue to decline.
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He developed an absolute fear of the cellar.
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One day, his mother made homemade jam and placed it into
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jars. She asked her son to go down and
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grab some more jars from the cellar so she could finish her
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batch. Refusing at first, he was
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quickly scolded. At this point, Dorothy's
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patients had borne Finn. She told her son that he was too
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old to be acting like this and that it had to stop.
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Still terrified, but not wanting to get into further trouble, the
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boy slowly and reluctantly made his way to the cellar door.
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He opened the door and began to descend the stairs, feeling the
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presence of someone or something slowly enveloping him the deeper
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he went into the cellar. Finally making it over to where
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the jars were stored, he turned towards the shelf and grabbed
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several as he turned around and started making his way back
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towards the stairs. Before he can make it, he heard
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a familiar voice from behind him.
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A dark, brooding voice called his name.
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As the boy turned around, he saw something that chilled him to
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the bone. A dark figure with pale skin
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stood before him. Its eyes were like that of a
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goat, its pupils horizontally elongated.
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Within its mouth he could see sharp and crooked teeth.
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Its hands contained sharp long nails at the end of each finger.
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The figure lifted up its hand and beckoned for Bobby to come
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closer. Feeling absolutely terrified,
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but also feeling a white hot rage well up inside him, Bobby
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told this figure that he was sick of it, that he wanted it to
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leave. In a moment of fury, he screamed
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at it to get out while simultaneously throwing one of
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the jars in his hands at it. With this, the figure vanished
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almost as quickly as the throne jar shattered on the concrete
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wall behind where it once was. Startled by the sound of
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breaking glass, Dorothy rushed from the kitchen and down into
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the cellar to check on her son, frantically asking if he was OK
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and what's happened. She was told by Bobby that he
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was OK and that the man was finally gone.
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Thankfully for the immediate future, this was the last time
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he had to deal with the entity. In later interviews he would say
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it's like you're standing up to a bully, one you've dealt with
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for years and you finally have your day.
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I basically took the house back. Bobby would return to being a
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normal, happy child once again, to much the relief of the rest
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of his family. He started playing sports at the
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encouragement of his father and turned around his grades and
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attitude. He then effectively put the
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terrifying experiences behind him and moved forward with his
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life. The days turned to months and
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the months to years, and over the course of the next 40 years,
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Bob would become a child safety specialist with his career
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revolving around the safety of children.
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Believing his career was born out of his experiences from his
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own childhood. He wanted each and every child
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to feel safe, be safe, and be protected.
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Though this is his main career, Bob has also had a lifelong
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fascination with the paranormal as a result of those same exact
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experiences stemming from when he was a child.
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So he founded the Connecticut Paranormal Investigators in 2001
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with several other like minded colleagues.
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He wanted to help people who may have felt the same sense of
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hopelessness and oppression that he himself felt as a child.
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Bob's parents, Francis and Dorothy, still live in the same
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house that he and his sister grew up in.
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Bob often stops by to check on his parents and to help his
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mother take care of his father, who has suffered with
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Parkinson's and dementia for the last 10 years.
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His father, an ex marine, had always been so strong his entire
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life. To see him take a turn for the
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worse is very difficult to watch.
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Recently he seemed to go further downhill and at a faster pace.
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He started to complain about dark figures that no one else is
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able to see and has developed an absolute fear of the cellar,
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refusing to even go near the door to it within the kitchen,
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believing that this was just the progression of his father's
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disease. Bob is disturbed but continues
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to do what he can. In May of 2003, Francis Baker
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would ultimately pass away following his funeral.
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Dorothy, after 50 years of marriage, now has to adjust to
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living by herself after she discovers some of his old
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belongings in their bedroom. She longs for his presence as
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she mourns Frances. She is startled when she begins
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to hear a series of faint whispers coming from the living
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room. Believing that it could be her
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departed husband, she finds a sense of peace within the
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experience and carries on with her day when the whispers cease.
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Although she felt as if her departed love was still reaching
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for her from beyond the grave, she would have a very different
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experience. Later that night, as Dorothy
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lays sleeping in her bed with the pale moonlight draping over
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her, she suddenly wakes up when she feels a force upon her.
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Petrified, she feels the weight of someone or something
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depressed the bed next to her. Then the experience turns
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violent. Whatever this thing was shoved
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her, then began to thrash her from side to side.
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Though she had believed it was Francis trying to communicate
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from beyond the grave previously, this energy feels
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very different. It feels scary, abusive and
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smothering, not at all like her husband.
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And the evil presence finally leaves the room.
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Dorothy breaks down in tears, trying to come to terms with
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what had taken place. She contemplates life for
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several more hours, unable to go back to sleep.
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Finally, in the early morning hours, she decides to call Bob
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for help. Hearing his mother sobbing on
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the other end, Bob doesn't hesitate to come over with his
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equipment as soon as he can. After hearing his mother's
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testimony, he first dismisses her.
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He thinks that it's possible she had a night terror of sorts or
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was dealing with some kind of anxiety.
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Now, having to live alone after being with his father for so
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long, he agrees to visit Moore and starts getting ready to
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leave. But when Dorothy grabs his hand
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with tears in her eyes and tells him that this presence was evil
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and that she was utterly terrified, he can't help but
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reconsider what he had initially thought.
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Now convinced that something could be lurking within the
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confines of his childhood home, he starts his investigation.
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Using an audio recorder, he attempts to capture an EVP or
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electronic voice phenomena. As he records, he wanders
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throughout the house, asking if there's anything or anyone
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present that wishes to communicate.
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At first, things seem to be benign, but as he continues to
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probe, he suddenly feels a tension building within his
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chest. Then he hears footsteps cross
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the path in front of him. With this, he feels nauseous in
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this very moment. It's as if he's been sucked into
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a rift in time. He is taken back to the very
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moment when he first encountered the malevolent entity all those
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years ago was a boy terror stricken.
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But not wanting to further scare his mother, he decides to tell
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her that he believes that there is something there within the
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home, that they should have it blessed.
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He promises he will come back shortly with his team to further
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dig into just what they could be dealing with.
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Later that day, several members of the Connecticut Paranormal
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Investigators arrived. In Bob's words, it was bizarre
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to me because here I was, after all these years back in the same
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exact place where it all started for me.
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Bob is accompanied by his colleague Joel Myers, as well as
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Mary Curing. Mary, like Bob, was plagued by
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the paranormal in her childhood as well and seems to have an
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extra sense when it comes to dealing with the supernatural.
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As per her ability, Mary is not given any details about the case
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and is sent in first, acting almost as some kind of radar to
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see if there is something there and if it's good or bad.
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Within minutes of being inside, she senses a man and a woman,
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among several other spirits. As she continues to walk
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throughout the house, she makes her way into Bob's old bedroom,
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and it is here that she senses something evil, but it's not
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coming from directly inside the bedroom itself, rather seeping
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into the room from the vent, the very same vent that leads to the
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cellar. Notifying Bob and Joe of her
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findings, she tells them that they need to investigate the
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cellar because she believes that it's possible that this darker
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entity may have something to do with the other spirits within
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the house. In her own words, as we stepped
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down each step of the stairs leading into the cellar, the
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oppression became thicker and thicker.
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Finally making it down to the base level floor.
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She continues to walk around and pick up on numerous things as
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Bob and Joel take photos of the area for any potential evidence.
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Mary believes that something tragic occurred, something awful
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that now haunts the land itself. Something that when it occurred,
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drew this negative energy in as a beacon of sorts.
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In her mind's eye, she sees a vision of a man carrying bodies
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and burying them on the land. She now believes that perhaps
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these very same people are now buried underneath the house
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itself. Again, she has no prior
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knowledge about anything related to the house or the case.
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Following this vision, she sees something else appear before
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her. There, tucked in the darkest
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corner of the cellar, she sees an abhorrent robed figure with
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horrendous features. She believes that this entity is
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a demon. Asking Bob if he too sees the
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manifestation, she points to where it had appeared.
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After being asked to describe it, Bob is speechless.
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What she describes to him is the very same entity that he had
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stood up to when he was a child, in his own words.
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I never told Mary about my experiences or anything else
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about this house, and to have her describe to me exactly what
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I had seen myself was scary but also such a relief to me.
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It meant that what I had seen was real.
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The team decides to stay overnight to continue the
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investigation and to review the photos and recordings they had
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taken for any potential evidence, as well as to keep an
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eye on Dorothy and allow her to feel protected.
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As they review numerous photos, they eventually come across
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something peculiar in one of them that was taken in Bob's old
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room. At first glance, it appeared to
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be an orb. In Bob's words, it seemed to be
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an orb and I usually tend to dismiss those because they're
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more often than not a speck of dust or water vapour.
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But this one was different. Upon closer inspection, when
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zoomed in, it appeared to contain a face, one that was
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gnarled and rotting. It was the face of the same
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demon that Bob had seen all those years ago.
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Although this is incredibly unnerving, Bob does find solace
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knowing that he now has some kind of proof of its existence.
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As the team continues to dive into more photos, Dorothy is
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suddenly woken up by the feeling of two large hands pressing down
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on her shoulders and back, forcing her face into her
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pillow. Then there is a booming noise as
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her bed begins to shake up and down.
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Screaming out for her son, Bob and his team rushed to her
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bedroom. Whatever this thing was, it
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released her as they forced open the door.
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Dorothy would later say. I now knew that I was living in
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a house with something that could physically hurt me.
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I was terrified and I certainly didn't want to be there anymore.
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Bob now believes that the malevolent entity that is
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plaguing his mother is the very same one that plagued his
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childhood. Greatly concerned for his
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mother's welfare, they both decided that moment that she
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will move out of the house and come to live with Bob.
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With his mother now out of the haunted house, the group has
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also decided to bring in a Catholic priest.
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Believing that whatever demonic force that dwelled within the
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walls of the home was far beyond their capabilities to defeat,
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they anxiously await his arrival.
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Soon, they receive a knock at the door.
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Upon answering it, Bishop Robert McKenna steps over the threshold
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and into the home. Bishop McKenna is a world
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renowned exorcist and no stranger to evil.
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They help that with his assistance, it can finally free
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the House of this tormentor. Wasting no time, the Bishop
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begins the exorcism prayer and walks from room to room
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throughout the house, sprinkling holy water as he consecrates the
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home. He's ultimately drawn to the
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cellar, making his way through the kitchen and opening the door
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leading to it. He seems to have a sixth sense
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as to where the entity dwelled. He was not given specific
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details about the case, only what had happened, not where.
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As he walks down, each step further descending, he is
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suddenly and viciously shoved by an unseen force.
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This violent push sends him falling down the rest of the
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stairs. As the group rushes to assist
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him at the bottom, they realize that this demon has real power.
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If it could shove a Bishop down a flight of stairs, it might be
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capable of much more. Thankfully, Bishop McKenna isn't
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seriously harmed. If anything, he's angry and
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further determined to attack the devil.
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As he continues his prayers and holds a blessed crucifix high
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into the air, they began to hear sounds echo all around them in
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the dark cellar. This was almost certainly due to
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the agitation the Bishop was causing the demon.
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Though the atmosphere grows thick with animosity and the
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noises further intensify, the group stands their ground and
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begins to pray with the Bishop. With the lights flickering and
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the sounds louder than ever and items now being hurled around
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the cellar, they focus on the Bishop's words and hope their
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efforts will work. As the activity and the prayers
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both reach a synchronized crescendo, things suddenly cease
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as quickly as they had started. Sighing and feeling relieved,
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they all believe the demon has been vanquished.
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The environment seems lighter and calmer.
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They then head upstairs, thanking the Bishop for his
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help, believing that he was the ace in the hole for the fight
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itself. They would then pack up and
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leave for their respective homes for the rest of the day.
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Later that night, with his mother still at his home, Bob is
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greatly relieved, believing that the entity is finally gone and
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that he can in good conscience, allow his mother to return to
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the house, knowing she'll be safe.
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It's lightly raining outside, and the droplets pelt the
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outside of his bedroom window as Bob lies in his bed, drifting
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off to dreamland. All seems peaceful until his
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sheet is suddenly wrapped around his head, screaming and gasping
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for air. He's being suffocated, just as
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he had when he was a child that stormy night all those years
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ago. Finally, through the thrashing,
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he's able to free himself from this cocoon of suffering.
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Shocked and upset, he now believes that their efforts have
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only angered the demon. It was most certainly not gone,
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but rather had followed him home, violating what should have
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been his sanctuary. With this revelation, over the
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course of the next several months, Bob and his team battle
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the demon with help from various outside organizations.
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Different blessings and religious groups are brought in,
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yet nothing seems to work. Also beginning to be attacked
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late at night is Bishop McKenna, who realizes that prayer alone
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has failed. The entity is much stronger than
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any of them realize. He arranges with Bob and the
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Connecticut Paranormal Investigators to return to
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Dorothy's home to try and rid the demon from the premises once
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again. When the day comes, the Bishop
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returns with Bob, Mary and Joel and in conjunction with another
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exorcism prayer, he fills the house with thick plumes of
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blessed incense. This time the blessing doesn't
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seem to cause the entity to manifest physically.
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Upon finishing, they have the back and front doors open to
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expel the entity and allow the incense smoke to escape the
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home. They thank Bishop McKenna once
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again for his time and efforts. Following his orders.
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Upon the smoke departing the home, they allow it to sit for a
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week before returning, hoping that the demon has been
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vanquished back to hell. Upon returning, Bob and Joel sit
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at the kitchen table comparing notes and evidence.
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They had been there for several hours with no interruptions.
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That was until they heard three distinct knocks emanating from
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the cellar door. These knocks continued to
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repeat, and alongside this, they began to hear footsteps walk
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throughout the house. As the men glance at one another
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in disbelief, the footsteps begin to make their way toward
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the kitchen where they both are. Within seconds, both men grab
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their chests and fall to the floor, unable to breathe.
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In Bob's words, it felt like I was having a heart attack, like
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the weight of an elephant was sitting on my chest.
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I cannot breathe at all. Fearing for their lives, Bob
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manages to get back to his feet, begins dragging Joel toward an
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upright position. The two men then flee the home
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and utter panic. Believing this attack to not
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only be spiritual but also a near death experience as a
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result of it, Bob decides to call it a quits.
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Although he doesn't want to stop fighting, he believes that
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anyone involved may lose their lives as a result of the battle,
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so he vows to never return to the home.
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Nobody to this day has set foot back in the house feeling as
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though he was perhaps too close to the situation, that he should
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have let someone else conduct the investigation from the
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outside. But also now, knowing how
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powerful the entity is and having exhausted every effort,
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Bob didn't want anyone else to have their lives put at risk
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either. You essentially have to know
36:52
when to hold them and when to fold them, as the old saying
36:56
goes. Digging into this case was
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utterly fascinating to me and there are a few updates and
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opinions I'd like to share with you now.
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As far as updates go, Bishop Robert Mckenna's no longer with
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us. He passed away on December 16th
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of 2015 at the age of 88. He had been involved in numerous
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famous haunting cases such as the Smurl haunting case as well
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as many other lesser known cases.
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Robin Baker married named Robin Santiago, passed away peacefully
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on Sunday, July 21st of 2019 at the age of 64.
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Lastly, Dorothy Baker passed away on February 1st of 2021 at
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the age of 87, never having remarried.
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She hopefully has now been reunited with her beloved
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Francis and her loving daughter Robin.
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I researched as deeply as I could to avoid any
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misinformation and I believe I found both Bob's company and his
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paranormal investigation website.
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Bob seems to still be with us and I hope wherever he is that
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he's thriving with his wife and family.
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I'm not going to share the company information or location
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to help maintain Bob's privacy. However, regarding his
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paranormal group, the Connecticut Paranormal
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Investigators, I'm unsure if they're still active.
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I was able to find their old website link, but upon clicking
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on it, it redirects to an archived site of a group known
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as Montana Paranormal. This group, at least as of last
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year, seems to still be active, but upon checking their staff
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directory, I didn't see Bob listed so I don't believe he's
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affiliated. Bob's story was made famous by
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the show A Haunting with the release of the episode An Evil
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in Bridgeport, which was later renamed The Nightmare in
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Bridgeport, which originally aired on October 26th of 2012.
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Shortly after this time, Bob also did an interview with AOL,
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their YouTube channel. As for the case details
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themselves, I believe that odds are there had to have been some
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kind of killing and the bodies buried upon the land.
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Perhaps with the violent nature of the deaths it could have
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attracted something evil like a demon, but the bodies sealed
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underneath the foundation of the home, the poor souls trapped
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within never may be able to leave this and or they're being
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held captive as a power source by the demon itself.
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It certainly had to have been difficult to choose to walk away
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from the situation when he had been battling this creature
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since his childhood, but I do ultimately think that Bob made
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the right choice. I do think that if another group
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had been willing to take their chances that they should have
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been allowed to investigate the property, but I also respect him
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for not wanting other people to be put in harm's way.
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As far as the house goes, despite my best efforts, I'm
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unsure just what happened to it. If it still stands vacant today
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or has since been sold off, that would be something Bob himself
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would have to answer if he ever sees this video.
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And as with all the cases that we've covered here, we are
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sometimes left with more questions than answers.
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But one thing remains certain. There was some kind of dark,
40:38
demonic force that stalked the walls of the Baker family home
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for one reason or another. One that tormented them with
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bated breath, seizing every opportunity to attack the weak.
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Stay safe out there. Stay vigilant, but don't allow
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yourself to become a sheep for the Devil's Wolf.
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Was this a demon or something else?
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