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There was once a place where the dead was spurred, where buried
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secrets, lied dormant for Generations.
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Only to unleash a horrific evil most.
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They were Unearthed. This is the story about a family
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who endured a living Nightmare and what was supposed to be
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their dream home. This is the untold story of the
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Summerwind mansion and the hell that dwelled within its walls
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waiting for. The home that would become known
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as Summer Wind was originally built in northern Wisconsin and
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1916 by then US Secretary of Commerce, Robert Le Monde
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originally called the Lamont Mansion after it was finished,
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the sat upon 80 acres of property, alongside the large
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home, which contained three large chimneys, guest quarters
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and a large basement sad. Another smaller building, which
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is where the servants. Lived.
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And from the beginning, things just didn't seem quite right.
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The Mansion was fairly isolated. Especially given the time
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period, the road conditions were poor at best and the area on,
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which it was in receives heavy snowfall throughout various
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times of the year, which led to most of the winters being waited
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Out Among the estate during the first Long Winter at the
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property, the servants were soon being tormented by what they As
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a translucent woman for seeing her staring at them from the
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main window of their quarters from the courtyard to her then
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beginning to materialize within the home itself.
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Mr. Lamont initially dismissed, these claims as nothing more
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than paranoia thinking. His servants were either
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delusional, her getting stir-crazy giving the weather
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and this was until one cold evening.
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When he was made a True Believer while he and his wife.
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Wife were enjoying their dinner together on the first floor.
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They were interrupted by the basement door, shaking
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violently. Terrified knowing that there was
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no one who could be down there. Mr. Lamont pistol, in hand went
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to investigate the shaking door. Abruptly stopped as Lamont came
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with him. Several feet of it fighting
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through nerves in anxiety, mr. Lamont through the door.
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Open expecting there to be someone there.
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Instead, he was met with a bone-chilling silence.
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He was even more unnerved. After sweeping the Basement and
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further confirming that there was indeed, no one there
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afterwards. He began to make his way back
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towards the door to head back upstairs when suddenly the
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ghostly form of a man appeared. It stepped right in front of the
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exit, scared out of his mind Mont, then fired Two Shots from
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his pistol, and The Apparition then disappeared.
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When others were sent to investigate to confirm that
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there indeed was no one there. All they found were fresh bullet
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holes. And after this incident, the
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Lamont Family abandoned, the property never to return events
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at vacant and rotting for decades.
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The Mansion was still owned by the Lamont Family until mr.
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Le Mans death. In 1948, when it was then sold
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it exchanged hands. Several times until it came into
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the possession of mr. And mrs.
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Kefir. The key for family believed that
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they had found their forever home and we're more than excited
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to move in but this Honeymoon Feeling was all too short lived,
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the kefir soon began to experience strange things with
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in the house. Unexplained sounds like banging
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traveled all throughout the home, a random times of the day
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and night glimpses of shadows out of the corner of their eyes
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and the feeling is if they were being Watched at all times.
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These experiences soon led the family to their breaking point
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they too would abandon the Mansion leaving behind all of
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their belongings food, clothes and Furniture.
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Mrs. Kefir would later state that she believed.
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As she took anything with her from that house.
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That something horrible would happen to them.
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And although was still owned by the key for family.
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The estate yet against a trotting away for years to come.
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And not only that, but Edward of just Wyatt.
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Had been abandoned, had reached a local community as well
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leading to it being called the old haunted house.
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The kefir family, despite their unfortunate experiences, would
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end up being the lucky ones in 1969, Ginger Henshaw was
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visiting a friend and was told that she had to visit the old
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haunted house with her. Intrigued she agreed and soon
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found herself approaching in a car catching.
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Her first fleeting glimpses of Summer, Wind Through
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fingerprints, speckled window glass.
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She would later say that upon seeing the home, she felt sorry
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for it. She felt that it was calling out
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to her soul crying out to her soul for her to save him.
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She almost immediately became obsessed with the idea of
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living. There, her husband Arnold.
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Owned a construction company and shortly after her initial trip.
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With her friend would also take a trip there with his wife to
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see just what all her excitement was about knowing what it would
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take Arnold immediately, saw the potential and agreed that it may
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just be the perfect investment for the family since they were
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used to moving due to the nature of Arnold's business.
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The couple's also figured they could use the space for their
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six children as well as themselves.
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They then were able to reach out to the Kiefer's and make them an
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offer that they couldn't refuse for this massive Fixer-Upper.
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First impression, certainly go a long way for most people and not
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everyone will get the same impression either.
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Contrary to her parents impressions of Summerwind
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nine-year-old, April gotten a much different feeling
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altogether, one of unease and fear.
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She described summer went as a huge dingy and decrepit place
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and that she She was immediately, over came with a
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feeling of dread, like she didn't belong there, children.
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Can often be scared by new experiences, but given what was
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about to unfold? I don't think that was the case
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for young April within weeks, the family moves in ginger
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immediately becomes obsessed with restoring, the old home so
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much, so it was like she was being compelled by an unseen
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Force. Some of this work included
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trying to Different paint colors to match the woodwork.
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It was if she had been given an assignment to restore this Relic
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back to its original glory and as ginger fixated on renovating
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her, husband Arnold began to lose interest in the house and
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grew ever more distant from his family.
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He began to wander aimlessly in a state of confusion, starting
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things and stopping them. Just as quickly, he seemed to
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hyper-focus on On the old organ that had come with the home and
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began to play it at all hours of the night along with this.
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He began to be tormented by something that he couldn't see,
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and he believed that if he stopped playing something
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horrible would happen to him. Meanwhile, Ginger continued, her
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work. As the days continue to tick by
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slowly but surely the family began to experience very strange
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activity within the home. This began with small items
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often being misplaced when there was no one around to move them
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but this soon escalated to chairs being moved one moment,
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they'd be up against the dining table and the next moment up
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against the wall, And no matter what room you were in there,
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what you were doing, you always felt as if you were being
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watched along with this omnipresent Watcher, the family
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began to be awakened by disembody crying at all times.
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During the night, the crime was described as something, trying
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to mimic the crying of a baby, but it just wasn't quite human.
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And there were no children that age residing within the home at
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the time. Footsteps.
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Also followed them wherever they win and didn't stop when they
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reached them. They would often Cascade onto
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the walls. They would also hear the walking
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above their heads, as if someone or something simply defy gravity
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walks around and above them. Now, several weeks into what was
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supposed to be there forever home, the Henshaw family was now
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experiencing activity not of this world.
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Arnold had also grown more distant, more reclusive who was
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no longer acting like this sweet man that he had.
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Once been his personality had completely shifted.
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He was no longer himself. He had gone from a loving father
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to an insanely angry shell of his former self.
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His daughter April, would later describe him like this.
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Any little thing would seem to set him off and you would have
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to bear the brunt of his rage. These possession So does only
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grew in intensity and he became more and more evil.
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An example of this is that one day, the family's pet raccoon
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escaped sending Arnold into a frenzy.
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He attempted to force the children into the nearby Woods
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to look for it amidst, the altercation, thankfully their
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mother intervened and kept him from sending them there.
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As a punishment to the children Arnold found and then killed the
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raccoon front of them. Despite the radical changes that
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were taking place within her family and daily life.
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Ginger attempted to regain a sense of normalcy attempting, to
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put the strange activity out of her mind.
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She hosted a dinner party with some friends, who hadn't seen
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her the family, since they had moved into Summer Wind, things
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seemed to be going. Well, and that was until she
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made a quick trip to the kitchen to get some snacks, for her
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guests who were sitting in the Parlor.
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As she loaded a plate with food, the muted warmth of company was
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shattered by his screen. Ginger, rushed to the room to
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find her guests screaming in Terror as they witness the
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ghostly form of a man with a misshapen face appear directly
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in front of them. Within seconds, they rushed out
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of Summer Wind and would never speak to Ginger ever again.
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Although what she had suspected all along Ginger's worst fears
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were now confirmed. She was dealing with something
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not of this realm and even though she knows she's not
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insane. It's of little, consolation
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Arnold has continued to spiral deeper into madness is playing
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on the old. Organ has now become more
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frequent than ever and has grown more dissident and demonic and
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tonality. Within two months, Arnold has
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gone, completely berserk and is lost all grip.
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Of reality he's lost his construction business because he
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simply stopped working and all of the family's assets are
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depleted. Having purchased and renovated,
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the home. And now he's on the verge of
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losing his family, his daughters.
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Now ages 8 and 10 believe that the house is what is destroying
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their family? They have both contemplated.
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Suicide horrific absolute for anyone but it's particularly
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disturbing because of their young ages.
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Ginger. Now often seeks refuge in the
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nearby Woods choosing to sleep on the forest floor rather than
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in her own home because she's grown so terrified of what
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inhabits the property. But this time winter is quickly
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approaching due to the lack of income, the gas and electricity
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to the home of now, been shut off and the family's daily life
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has devolved into basic survival needs.
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A broken water-pump. Now, forces them to also have to
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haul water from the nearby lake along with continuing to deal
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with Arnold's insanity and the Paranormal Activity, they're
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struggling just to stay warm. They've now moved all of their
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mattresses into the living room around the fireplace and have
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resorted to burning the furniture.
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No matter how expensive just to Live While stripping part of the
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woodwork in her room to use as Firewood April was met with a
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horrific Discovery upon pulling a board back.
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She was greeted face-to-face with a human skeleton.
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Its gnarled teeth, and empty eye sockets, staring back at her
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with small, strands of hair, still attached to the scalp.
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Isolated and traumatized the henshaw's continue to barely
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exist. As the icy winds howl outside of
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the mansion and although it's taken nearly everything going
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wrong, Ginger, finally reaches, her Breaking Point pride is kept
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her from calling her father, but pride is slowly giving way to
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her fear fear for herself and her children's lives.
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So she finally does the right thing walking through the Frozen
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Woods. She makes her way to the closest
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neighbors house, makes the call. All and like a knight in shining
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armor the following morning. Ginger.
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And the girls are rescued Arnold stays behind, the would leave
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summer when the following day to be committed to a mental
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hospital. Whatever.
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Hope him. And ginger once had for their
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relationship has long since been shattered.
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He was never seen or heard from by the family.
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Again, the home would be foreclosed on Andre sold to a
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new owner, but just when they thought the war was over a new
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chapter was just beginning. In later interviews, Ginger,
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would state that she wasn't into haunted houses or the spiritual
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world, but after what she experienced It Summer Wind, she
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felt that she had to discover and learn about it to make sense
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of what had happened to upon being rescued by her father.
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Ray Ginger, told him everything every last detail of what had
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taken place. However, her father didn't
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believe her, he didn't doubt that there had been dysfunction
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and breakdown within her marriage, but he did doubt that
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the Paranormal had anything to do with it.
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The years now, 1972, and ginger. And the girls are now living
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with gingers, father and Ontario, Canada.
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Ginger has become an advocate student of the Paranormal
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reading every last book that she can get her hands on to try and
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decipher just what happened at summer went, since her time
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there, she has vowed to never return under any circumstances.
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But to the contrary her father cannot seem to get the place out
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of his mind. Without her knowledge, he
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arranges a meeting and a showing of The Mansion with the new
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owner, a woman named mrs. Marie since purchasing the home,
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she's been unable to sell it and refuses to go one side due to a
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personal experience. She never spoke about upon the
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arrangement rain. His son.
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Ray jr. Go inside.
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Ray jr. Has just been discharged from
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the Army after several tours in Vietnam during the war.
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Or and need something to help keep him busy and help him.
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Adjust back to civilian life upon seeing Summerwind like his
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father. He is also immediately drawn to
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it, describing it as the most fascinating home he's ever seen.
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Like a mix of all different styles of architecture and that
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the home looked like it needed someone to care for like a puppy
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in the rain. Both men make their way inside
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and it isn't long until they feel like the home was watching
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them, but despite a mysterious chill in the air Ray decides to
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make the purchase the like his daughter before him.
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He too will soon discover that he's purchased more than what he
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could have ever bargained for. Ray jr.
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Quickly gets to work renovating the old home, he calls multiple
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contractors to try and get assistance with the work, but as
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soon as they would find out where the work was to be done,
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they would stopped returning his calls.
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So Ray continued alone. One day, shortly after his work,
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had began, Ray was frightened by something.
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He was so frightened that he refused to return to the mansion
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and claimed that he broke all of his tools.
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Tools but not yet telling his father about what had happened.
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Racing your continue to be excited about his plans for
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Summer Wind as he was explaining his layout plan with his
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daughter and son. Ray jr.
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Seemed particularly nervous and kept biting his nails.
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Having also now studied hypnotism Ginger offered to help
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her brother with his nail Body by placing him in a trance.
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However, things soon as escalated, the lights began to
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Flicker and the same mysterious icy wind began to chill the
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entire room. Ray no longer sounded like
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himself. The voice of an old Gruff man.
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Now answered Ginger and old Gruff voice.
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That said, I'm strong that my children are weak.
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You were weak and I am strong. I am very old and have seven
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children, and I despise them all for.
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They are weak and I strong fearing that she had Unleashed
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something she couldn't control. Did you began to panic once the
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traditional methods weren't breaking raised trance?
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She commanded the spirit to leave his body.
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Give her back her brother. With those words, things return
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to normal. Ray soon.
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Woke up. And besides a slight headache,
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had no memory of what had just occurred much to everyone's
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shock. Ray, senior was quick to dismiss
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the event as overactive imaginations.
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However, Ray jr. Had no.
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Children, and none of the statements.
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He had made made any sense. The man's son, then proceeded to
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explain to him. What took place to him at Summer
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Wind, and why he refused to go back.
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He was alone in one of the hallways sweeping, and he began
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to hear voices calling out to them.
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He began to walk towards them where he believed where they
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were coming from. Then, he heard two distinct
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gunshots and smelled burning gunpowder, having just come back
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from a tour War in Vietnam, there was no mistaking, that
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smell for the young veteran. He quickly ran into the kitchen
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where he continued to smell the scent.
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He then checked the perimeter it had rained the night before, but
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there were no tracks besides his, which would have been
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impossible as he continued to check.
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He saw the basement door where he had spotted, two bullet
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holes. And although they looked
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extremely old, he continued to smell gunpowder and was rattled.
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Score upon turning around to face the room.
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Again, he was met by The Apparition of an old man with a
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disfigured face. The spear was racing towards him
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with hell in his eyes, Ray did the sensible thing and ran to
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the safety of his vehicle and left for good.
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Knowing his son was a staunch atheist and non-believer prior
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to this event, Ray senior was astonished.
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All of the information and details.
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Both his daughter and son had now shared with him along with
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his Newfound obsession with the home Ray now believe that there
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was some kind of force attempting to communicate with
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them. But about what exactly, he
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wasn't sure upon her father's request.
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And although it took much longer than anticipated, Ginger placed
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him in the same trance that she had placed her brother during
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his hypnosis racing. Your finds himself at summer
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when It's Halls. He then began to descend into
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the basement where he discovered a box hidden behind some old
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stones. And one of the walls, upon
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opening the box. He sees the land Grand written
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in 1767 signed by someone named, Jonathan Carver as the trances,
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broken, as he re-enters conscious reality race senior,
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along with his family, are shocked that seemingly out of
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nowhere, it I've conjured a name connected to Summer meant a name
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that could help them solve The elusive.
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Mr. He's hiding within its walls, the family quickly gets
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to work heading to the local library, Ray senior finds that
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Jonathan. Carver was an Explorer in the
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late 1700s. He's crowning achievement was
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negotiating a peace settlement between two warring native
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tribes as a reward for this. He was gifted a large swath of
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land. Same land in which some Irwin.
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Now, sits but upon his death, his children were unable to find
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any documents to verify this and thus they were unable to
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inherited. Could a land-grant truly be
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sitting in a box hidden deep within the basement of the
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Mansion. Although both Ginger and her
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brother had vowed to never step Foot In Summer Wind.
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Again given these new Revelations, they both believe
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that perhaps the spirits were attempting to tell them where
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the scram was. Perhaps they wanted in found for
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one reason or another, so they could be at peace for this
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reason. They agreed to go back.
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Although all were fearful, they made their way back into the old
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mansion, and from here, they headed to the basement to
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search. They quickly Came Upon the spot.
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Rey senior had seen during his trance, and after pulling
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several stones out, there was a space behind them just as Ray
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and seen, But shock and happiness.
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Soon turned to an abyss of disappointment.
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There was no box there and after confirming that there was no box
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anywhere in the basement. They decided to do a deep search
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of the entire house, but a box was never recovered realizing
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just how much of an impact the entire Summer Wind experience.
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It had upon them and how much time they had spent searching
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for answers to its elusive enigmas, they collectively
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decided to preserve what was left of their sanity.
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Seemingly tormenting, every single person who had ever lived
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there, perhaps it's Secrets could never be solved.
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So the family gets in their vehicle and leave some point,
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never to return. The property would later be sold
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again and again it would sit vacant for years.
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Then on one stormy night in 1988 lightning strikes.
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The old mansion multiple times burning it to the ground forever
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ceiling its Secrets within a tomb of a shoes Today, All That
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Remains of the rooms of. It's two chimneys and some
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Stones. Carver's descendants,
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researchers, and others. Still to this day have not found
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the land deed but the real question is.
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Did it ever exist at all? Did the spirit of Carver pull
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any and all people. He could to attempt to find it
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or was he ever there at all? Or could there have been
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something else? Something that perhaps was never
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human, stalking the grounds of Summer Wind instead causing the
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torment and Madness to the many residents who dared to call the
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Mansion, their home, the truth for now will forever remain a
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mystery. It seems but the reality of what
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happened to the Henshaw family will forever haunt them until
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