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- 0:00We all seek a respite. From the current.
- 0:03A shelter. From the storm.
- 0:06But what happens when that warm place of rest becomes part of
- 0:10the storm itself? Does one get dragged underneath
- 0:15by the raging current? I mentioned in my last video,
- 0:19which was the haunting of the Shea family in Arkansas, that I
- 0:22had personally experienced sage working against a dark entity
- 0:27and a lot of you asked me to elaborate on what I meant by
- 0:30that. Following story not only goes
- 0:32into detail on that in particular, but everything else
- 0:36that I experienced and what I would consider to be arguably
- 0:39the most haunted place I've ever personally experienced and in
- 0:43all honesty. I still get chills.
- 0:45Talking about it even now I speak these words into my
- 0:48microphone. To share with all of you,
- 0:51because this was. Not an experience I was
- 0:54expecting to have when it happened.
- 0:56Please like. Share and subscribe, and
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- 1:02Thank you for your time, and now let us begin.
- 1:16December of 2023 I found myself in.
- 1:19Appalachia with at the. Time were my 2 best friends,
- 1:23another couple named Bob and Brittany and my now
- 1:26ex-girlfriend Megan. I was lucky enough to have been
- 1:28successful during that time and had the means to travel and
- 1:32explore the country a little bit.
- 1:34I had been visiting them at their house in Missouri.
- 1:36Prior to our. Trip in Kentucky and we'd been
- 1:39conducting various paranormal investigations, spirit box
- 1:43sessions and other. Coal related activities before.
- 1:46And throughout the time frame in which this particular event
- 1:49takes place, I feel like it's important to mention this
- 1:53because although I don't think it was the main cause of the
- 1:56haunting, it certainly could have been a contributing factor.
- 1:59We decided to venture from Missouri to Kentucky not only to
- 2:02continue our investigations, but to.
- 2:05Explore various caves. Within the larger Mammoth Cave
- 2:08system that spans all throughout Appalachia, being one of the
- 2:12oldest places in the world. I feel like it.
- 2:14Carries its own kind of ancient energy, and this could certainly
- 2:18be why. Appalachia, of all places.
- 2:20Has such a haunted reputation and being in a position to be.
- 2:24Able to step foot. Within the system itself, among
- 2:27many other activities, I wanted to see it all.
- 2:30Considering it was my first time not only doing longer term
- 2:34traveling and investigations, but spelunking as well, I was
- 2:38nervous but excited. Prior to our arrival.
- 2:41Bob had booked us an Airbnb located in Nancy, KY, having had
- 2:46a long drive down from where we were in.
- 2:48Missouri, but eager to. Explore.
- 2:50We had. Visited a few.
- 2:51Caves and spots before heading to our main destination cave.
- 2:56Prior to this, we arrived at the.
- 2:58Airbnb, which at the time was called Royce Place, according to
- 3:02the sign out front to load our things in and get.
- 3:05Ready for the? Exploration that evening.
- 3:08The house itself was. Fairly unassuming, it was a
- 3:12fairly normal looking house all things considered.
- 3:15It was located kind of in the middle of nowhere.
- 3:17There was a large swath. Of land between any of the
- 3:20homes, so albeit people were nearby.
- 3:23Ish. They were spaced out pretty far
- 3:27the house. Had a wrap around porch and.
- 3:29A white shop. Building that was located next
- 3:32to the driveway of the house and the yard.
- 3:35We first noticed things were slightly strange when upon
- 3:38following the directions. Which said to use.
- 3:40The back sliding door to enter the home that the sliding door
- 3:44which led to a sunroom of sorts was unlocked and so was the door
- 3:48leading from that room into the house, despite there being a.
- 3:51Keypad with a code. Because this isn't normally the
- 3:54case when you check into an Airbnb, you know typically you
- 3:58would. Use that code to.
- 3:59Get in or there'd be a key stash somewhere or the person would
- 4:02meet you there. So at least from my experience I
- 4:05can't say that that's a normal thing.
- 4:07Me and Bob who is ex military then swept the house and nothing
- 4:12seemed out of the ordinary. We thought this was odd to say
- 4:15the. Least and messaged the owner of
- 4:17the property and asked if this was normal for them.
- 4:20They responded by saying that their mother lived nearby and
- 4:24occasionally cleaned the. Property prior to arrival.
- 4:27And that she had. Probably.
- 4:28Just left things unlocked. For us.
- 4:30Thinking that answer was fair enough, we let things be, and
- 4:34little did we know that it was an omen of stranger things to
- 4:38come. We left the property.
- 4:40After gearing up for. Escapades.
- 4:42And had quite the interesting time to.
- 4:44Say the least. With our adventure that night in
- 4:46The Cave on our way out, we weren't sure how we didn't
- 4:50notice it before because this information wasn't listed on the
- 4:53Airbnb listing whatsoever. But there was.
- 4:56A Civil War Memorial. Located like half a.
- 4:59Mile from the house and upon closer inspection, it was not
- 5:02only a memorial but a mass grave in.
- 5:05Battlefield. It was dedicated.
- 5:07To the Confederate. Soldiers who had died.
- 5:09There, and besides the numerous graves, we noticed.
- 5:13That the battlefield itself. Actually spanned up to and.
- 5:16Possibly past the property. Line where we were staying.
- 5:20Being a huge fan of history, I thought this was extremely cool.
- 5:23To be honest, I'd never until that point visited any civil.
- 5:27War, battlefield or graveyard? Or memorial or anything.
- 5:31So I was pretty. Excited to experience that, and
- 5:34it was even more interesting to imagine the battle itself taking
- 5:38place, where I was standing at the time and where I'd be laying
- 5:40my head down. To rest.
- 5:43We went and explored our. Caves for hours.
- 5:45We ended up going miles into a particular cave opening and
- 5:49well, it was interesting to say the least.
- 5:51After our adventure was said and done, we were pretty exhausted
- 5:55and decided. To head back to the house to
- 5:57relax. For the rest of the night upon
- 5:59arrival as all. Four of us got out of the.
- 6:02Car and headed. To the back.
- 6:03Door to head in having had secured the house.
- 6:06Prior to. Leaving as well, we noticed that
- 6:09yet again the sliding back door and then the door headed into
- 6:12the house or unlocked. Me and Bob sent the girls back
- 6:15to the car and decided. To sweep the house.
- 6:17Yet again feeling much more apprehensive this time because
- 6:21surely this woman's mother had not randomly come back and left
- 6:25things unlocked again. Upon entering the home, we
- 6:28noticed that not only were these doors unlocked, but every window
- 6:33we could see was unlocked and open as well.
- 6:36The doors leading to the rooms were mostly open and the front
- 6:39door itself was also unlocked. Going room to room, following
- 6:44one another and searching for someone or a reason as to why
- 6:47things were the way they were. We began to notice some very
- 6:51bizarre things taking place Now, me and Bob and all.
- 6:55Of us, really. Have a good sense of humor but
- 6:57pranks weren't part of what we. Did or how we vibed?
- 7:02As we entered the room where Bob and Brittany would be sleeping,
- 7:05which was the master bedroom which had its own bathroom, we
- 7:08noticed that things were placed in different.
- 7:10Spots where they had. Been before.
- 7:12Versus our first sweep. Of the house, the mirror in the
- 7:15bathroom. Which was a large.
- 7:17Oval mirror that had been on the wall was not only off the wall,
- 7:20but it was laying on the floor and it was facing upright in the
- 7:24opposite corner and to the left of where it should have been.
- 7:28That alone freaked. Us out because the.
- 7:30Odds of it falling and not shattering and ending up not
- 7:34only. Face up, but.
- 7:35Completely not broken in any fashion.
- 7:39Like that? Threw our minds for a loop in
- 7:41and of itself. Then there were.
- 7:43These decorative glass leaves that.
- 7:45Had been on the dresser and they were moved into different spots
- 7:48on the dresser. Itself.
- 7:50And creepily. A statue of.
- 7:52Jesus and Mary, which had been on another table, was turned
- 7:56backwards when it had been facing the entrance to the door
- 7:59it had originally been on. Which was the.
- 8:01Position it had originally been in.
- 8:04At a loss for words, we. Vaguely discussed things and
- 8:07continued to look around the house.
- 8:09Inside the room where me and Megan would be staying laid one
- 8:13of those glass Leafs on the pillow side of the.
- 8:15Bed where I would be. Sleeping.
- 8:17What made that in particular beyond strange?
- 8:20Is that door? Had been closed and that was one
- 8:24of the only. Doors, that was still.
- 8:25Closed when we got there and did the sweep the second time around
- 8:29so. That's.
- 8:30Also an anomaly that I can't truly wrap my head around
- 8:34because the door was closed. I mean, I don't know how.
- 8:37Else the leaflet would. Have gotten in there unless
- 8:40someone grabbed it, oened the door, set it down on the pillow
- 8:43and then closed the door. Or it was something else,
- 8:45something I can't explain within that same room.
- 8:49And this was the exact thing with a lot of other things in
- 8:52other rooms. The closets were wide.
- 8:55Open and all of the everything that was within the closet, all
- 8:59the belongings. Such as towels.
- 9:02And blankets and extra pillows, et cetera.
- 9:04Were all tossed. Out onto the floor as if someone
- 9:07had like dragged them out or thrown them out in a fit of
- 9:09rage. This.
- 9:11Was also the case. Within the bathroom as well.
- 9:13Being freaked out to say the least, but no strangers to the
- 9:16paranormal. We decided to.
- 9:18Go and get the girls and explain just what was going on.
- 9:22We hadn't found anyone, but something was just not.
- 9:25Right about this place. Upon bringing the ladies inside
- 9:29and all sitting in the living room together.
- 9:31We decided to. Discuss what was happening.
- 9:34We decided collectively to. Try and do a spirit box session
- 9:38to see that if there was something there.
- 9:40Whatever it was. To see if it wanted to
- 9:42communicate as we gathered the things from our bags to try and
- 9:45initiate the session. Walking back into the split
- 9:49level from the kitchen area from the back entryway, we all began
- 9:52to hear a tapping sound and to explain.
- 9:55Where I was standing was within the kitchen area at this time
- 9:59and I was looking towards everyone who had made their way
- 10:02to the living room. And I kid you not, and this is a
- 10:06promise on the window above the sink.
- 10:09I saw a pale. Looking hand.
- 10:12Is the best way I could describe it.
- 10:14And it's nails were tapping on the glass as soon as I could
- 10:19voice what I had just seen, that there was a hand there,
- 10:23everyone. Rushed over to see.
- 10:24What was happening and with the scream, me, Brittany and Bob ran
- 10:29outside. We.
- 10:31Rushed towards that side of the house.
- 10:33And not only was there nothing there, but where the window.
- 10:37Was was at least. 15 to 20 feet away from the ground.
- 10:41Because there was a. Descending staircase that went
- 10:43into that basement at the split. Level of the house.
- 10:46Which was not occupied. By the way, we were also
- 10:49supposed to have full access. To the basement because I guess.
- 10:52There was supposed to be like a pool table.
- 10:55Down there and other. Activities but.
- 10:57That door in particular was not only locked, but it was like
- 11:00chain shut and the basement door.
- 11:04Which I'll get. To shortly, which was basically
- 11:07in between where the living room was and the hallway.
- 11:10That led to the. Bedrooms and the bathroom and
- 11:12all of that was completely locked as well.
- 11:14And it was not only locked at the handle level.
- 11:17But it was dead bolted too, so. There's no way that anyone could
- 11:21have been pranking us. It was quite.
- 11:23Literally a physical impossibility, albeit at the
- 11:27time we thought someone had to have been messing with us.
- 11:31I mean Bob. Is a real he's.
- 11:32A pretty tall guy. I mean, he's like. 646.
- 11:35Five and he stood where someone would have had to have been to
- 11:39reach up and unless. They were able to.
- 11:43Maneuver a 20 foot ladder from where that was and be pretty
- 11:47tall themselves. They would not have been able to
- 11:49put their hand up on that window and by the time we saw the hand
- 11:53to the time we ran outside to see what the hell was going on,
- 11:56if there was someone somehow messing with us, I mean we would
- 11:59have seen them running off. So after coming to this
- 12:03realization, we started walking back towards the front door and
- 12:07Brittany saw what she. Believed was a.
- 12:09Person at the edge of the driveway next to the trash cans
- 12:13and barefoot, mind you. It's it was.
- 12:15Really cold. I don't remember the exact
- 12:17temperature, but. It it couldn't.
- 12:19Have been more than like 20° outside.
- 12:21She's out there basically in in shorts and AT shirt and no shoes
- 12:26and just runs towards this thing with 0 hesitation only for there
- 12:30to be literally nothing there again thinking someone or a
- 12:34group of someone's are messing with us.
- 12:37We decided to sweep the property.
- 12:39And with our anxiety high now. We all three saw a tall,
- 12:43shadowy. Figure standing towards the back
- 12:46end of the shop building that I'd previously mentioned was on
- 12:49the property. Me and Brittany then at the same
- 12:52time ran opposite sides around the building thinking that if
- 12:57someone was there that we would corner them and catch them and
- 13:01and instead we just met one another in the middle on the
- 13:04other. Side utterly.
- 13:06Flabbergasted now, Brittany went back towards the front of the
- 13:09house while. Bob swept the backyard so.
- 13:12Basically there was a little garden slash backyard area that
- 13:16wasn't very big that was behind where.
- 13:19Basically that back. Door into the sun room and in
- 13:21the back end of the house was. So he was back.
- 13:23There and where that was just a large open field.
- 13:27So if someone had been messing with us and they took off that
- 13:31with all that open space on all sides and no hiding spots,
- 13:35there's no foliage or anything, we would have seen them.
- 13:38I was standing towards the back door facing where the shed was
- 13:42on the wrap around porch and with no wind.
- 13:45Mind you, the wind chime about 10 feet away from me began to
- 13:49Jingle and I don't think I've shared.
- 13:51This but I. Hate wind chimes.
- 13:54I don't know why they just creep me out.
- 13:57It's There's something unnerving about them to me, and when I
- 14:00heard this Jingle I then looked. Back towards the shed.
- 14:04And I again, and I kid you not, I saw the same.
- 14:08Tall shadowy figure. Standing there.
- 14:10That all three. Of us had seen previously I.
- 14:14Feel like it was. Staring into my soul and it
- 14:17began to glide. Backwards towards the field.
- 14:20Until it just dissipated fully into nothingness.
- 14:23At that moment I knew that without a doubt, whatever this
- 14:27thing was or these things were, that they were paranormal in
- 14:31nature, that something that we couldn't see was messing with us
- 14:36and I wanted to know why. Heading back into the house, I
- 14:40convened with everyone in the living room and they began to
- 14:43inform me that things had continued to move on their own
- 14:46accord when we had all been with one another or within view of
- 14:49one another the entire time. Still in semi denial at this
- 14:53point. We even tried to contact the
- 14:56local police, but there was no one at the.
- 14:59Office like that's how. Rural we were, which to me is a
- 15:02wild concept considering I've always had law enforcement
- 15:06available to me if I needed them.
- 15:08With items continuing to move and the mood being
- 15:11overwhelmingly negative and frankly pretty terrifying,
- 15:15Brittany ended up initiating a cleansing of the home using sage
- 15:19and sigils upon lighting the bundle.
- 15:22Of herbs, the activity. Seemed to kick into.
- 15:25OverDrive. Then a massive series of bangs
- 15:30came from that locked basement door.
- 15:33Feeling a personal challenge, Brittany then drew a sigil onto
- 15:37the basement door and then onto the front door.
- 15:39Of the house itself. And ordered the entity to leave
- 15:43the home. This whole experience was insane
- 15:47to see happen in real time to say the.
- 15:50Least. I mean, this was and I think
- 15:54aside from maybe one other experience that I'll go into
- 15:57another time as well, which. Was at the Sally house has to.
- 16:01Be the most aggressive haunting I've ever experienced.
- 16:05I mean the things that were happening and and how fast they
- 16:08were happening were mind boggling.
- 16:12Following this, things seem to calm down within the house
- 16:15itself at. Least where we were.
- 16:17At however, it wasn't the end. Knocks and bangs continue to
- 16:22surround. Us, but they all.
- 16:24Came from outside of the house or from that basement door.
- 16:28By this point it was really late, like probably 3:00 to 4:00
- 16:31AM from what I can remember and what's.
- 16:34Crazy is that. Bob and Brittany who were well
- 16:37versed in the occult, certainly much more than me and Meg were
- 16:41at the time. Decided to do.
- 16:43Of all things, go to sleep in the haunted ass house in the
- 16:47back bedroom where the mirror. The glass.
- 16:50Thieves and the Jesus and Mary statue kept moving.
- 16:53Because of course they. Would it actually became an
- 16:56inside joke between us? Because the Jesus statue.
- 16:59In particular, kept moving positions throughout the night.
- 17:03I mean, it moved, I want to say like a good four or five times,
- 17:06several times of which the door had been closed and we'd all
- 17:10been together prior to checking. We ended up calling it Break
- 17:13Dancing Jesus to make light of it all.
- 17:15Later. Now.
- 17:16Those 2GO lay. Down and I'm like I cannot wait
- 17:20to get. The hell out of here.
- 17:22But also I was exhausted. And not wanting to lay in the
- 17:26bedroom that was meant for us, I instead decided to go try and
- 17:30doze off in the living room. Meg who could sleep through a
- 17:33cyclone? Was able to fall asleep, but
- 17:36with. Me every single time I started.
- 17:39To doze off. I got a bang from behind my head
- 17:43on the wall from. Outside of the house.
- 17:46Whilst on the couch and then move to the floor.
- 17:49And I'm not exaggerating when I say this.
- 17:53That thing knocked on the basement ceiling where my head
- 17:56was, and I tried moving it, I want to say at least two other
- 18:00times, and it would just follow me.
- 18:02And it seemed like every time I dozed off.
- 18:05It would just. It would just mess with me.
- 18:08It would bang on the floor or the.
- 18:10Wall or. Wherever and just keep me awake
- 18:13once the morning sun pierced the sky and tapped out from lack of
- 18:17sleep and my adrenals running on high all night.
- 18:21Needless to say. I was ready to get out of there.
- 18:25I went and woke everyone back up so we could figure out another
- 18:28Airbnb to go to. We had originally decided A2
- 18:32night stay at Roy's. Place, but I decided to say.
- 18:36Screw it and take the loss on the second night because after
- 18:40messaging the owner and telling them what had happened all night
- 18:44she completely denied everything and said that we were trying to
- 18:47scam her despite just asking for a refund for the second night
- 18:52which we absolutely were not staying for.
- 18:55So how that's a scam? All I I can't do the math isn't
- 18:59mapping. So with our bags packed.
- 19:01We moved to another Airbnb. That I believe.
- 19:04Was near or end Lexington, KY and the vibe was entirely not
- 19:09weird at all and the place thank.
- 19:11God for the sake. Of my sleep that day was not
- 19:15haunted. Now what's funny is.
- 19:17That we'd booked the. Airbnb through Bob's account on
- 19:20the Airbnb app and the lady ended up leaving him a terrible
- 19:24review saying. That we were crazy.
- 19:26And we were trying to pull some kind of a scam.
- 19:29Which is hilarious. Mind you, but the irony.
- 19:32Is that despite this? And despite the positive.
- 19:36Reviews. Which I'm honestly convinced or
- 19:38fake at this point. The property itself was.
- 19:41Delisted as an Airbnb within about a month following our
- 19:45stay. Now considering how haunted the
- 19:48house was, the owner had to have known.
- 19:50Dude I have no clue how you wouldn't.
- 19:54Also the better at burial ground and the civil war battleground.
- 19:58None of that was listed as being attractions or anything, and
- 20:02considering it was that close, I mean up to and.
- 20:05Possibly past the property. Line.
- 20:07We thought that was weird. Too.
- 20:09Now I have no idea if anything entity.
- 20:12Wise had followed us. From prior paranormal
- 20:14investigations or spirit box sessions or the.
- 20:18Caves we had visited. Or anything.
- 20:20Previously, I have no idea if the haunting had anything to do
- 20:24with. The Civil War.
- 20:25Or battleground or memorial. Or what have you.
- 20:28Those questions I don't think I'll ever get answers to, but
- 20:32what I do know? Is that it?
- 20:34Very. Much was one of the most, again,
- 20:37if not the most aggressive, haunting or manifestation of the
- 20:41paranormal that I've ever seen. It not only was aggressive, but
- 20:46it seemed intelligent and calculated and unyielding.
- 20:51You know, I grew up in 2 haunted.
- 20:52Houses which those? Stories I've shared in their own
- 20:55video, which I'll link below, as well as in my second.
- 20:58Book which is stories. From the archives volume 2.
- 21:01And with those experiences, albeit there were many
- 21:04terrifying manifestations, they were much more spaced out.
- 21:09I definitely experienced what I would consider long term
- 21:12hauntings in this. Place AKA Royce Place.
- 21:16Was something else entirely in a league of its own, and I've
- 21:20experienced a lot of other places since then, and this one
- 21:24still prominently stands out anytime I think of a haunted
- 21:28place now. Those I've talked to about this
- 21:31story have. Asked me if I'd ever return and
- 21:34honestly, I had the time and resources and ability.
- 21:38I'll be it. It's not an Airbnb anymore.
- 21:41I think I would, despite being so scared the first time.
- 21:44At that point I hadn't been out in the field very long.
- 21:48I was pretty new to the occult and paranormal, Investigating
- 21:52and. All of the above.
- 21:53Certainly not necessarily the paranormal, but I wasn't nearly
- 21:57as desensitized as I am now. So if I did go.
- 22:01Back I definitely think I'd have a better handle on things
- 22:05emotionally and maybe not be as scared and I'd definitely be
- 22:09anticipating activity. Now I have reached out to
- 22:12everyone who was involved and asked them to share if they want
- 22:16to but with it being the holidays and the fact.
- 22:18That we all have. Different schedules and what
- 22:20not. It may take a while if anyone
- 22:22does share and what I'll probably do is.
- 22:26Gather. Those testimonies of either Bob,
- 22:30Brittany or Megan and. Basically do a follow up video
- 22:34so. They can share their
- 22:36perspectives on what happened and hopefully I'll be doing that
- 22:39in the near future. So yeah, that was my story to
- 22:43finish up the year. And let me tell you, it's taken
- 22:46quite some time to come to terms with those experiences.
- 22:49Because they were, truly. Scary, and I do not scare
- 22:53easily, that I can assure you of.
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- 23:28Said thank you guys. So much for your time, 2020. 5
- 23:32was quite literally like the worst.
- 23:35Yet one of the best years of my life all at the same time.
- 23:40And if anything, it kind of showcased to me the duality of
- 23:43our existence as human beings. And I really mean this.
- 23:48Appreciate each and every single one of you, not only for your
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- 23:55And your kindness and for you allowing me to even have the
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- 24:03To be able to. Craft this beautiful community.
- 24:06I wish you all an amazing New year in 2026.
- 24:09And with that, this has been Cody here in mystery.
- 24:12Archives, please stay safe out there.
- 24:15From any and all negative energy or dark entities and take care.
- 24:21I'll see you next time.