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A new home means a new beginning of Fresh start, and for this
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family, that's exactly what they thought they were getting.
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But when a slumbering darkness from the past awakens, it will
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take them all to the brink of destruction.
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Will they make it out alive, or will this evil consume their
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very souls? This is the untold story of the
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Beckwith family haunting in Connecticut, also known as the
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Hell House Case. And this is not a story for the
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faint of heart. Seymour, Connecticut.
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Originally a farming settlement turned small industrial town in
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the 19th century, it would later become home to the HP&E Day
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Company, which would evolve into the Big Pen Company.
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Today. It's known for its scenic
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beauty, sense of community, and blue collar living.
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But over the years, having previously been home to several
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Indian tribes, it is also been the scene of numerous
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altercations. Altercations that have spilled
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gallons of blood upon the earth. And perhaps those who suffered
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never truly left. Our story begins in the summer
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of 1998. The Beckwith family is in search
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of a new home. The family consists of Sean and
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Bonnie, along with their two teenage daughters, Francis and
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Jennifer, and their young son Jeremy.
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They finally reached a point in life where they can afford to
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expand to a larger home to hopefully give everyone the
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space that they need, especially the girls.
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As they browse various listings, they happen to drive by one and
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are instantly drawn to it. The home has sat abandoned for a
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year and is listed on the market at such a low price it almost
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seems too good to be true. As the family steps out to meet
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the waiting real estate agent, they're all ecstatic except for
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one member, the oldest of the kids.
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She felt as if something was wrong with the house and she
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didn't want any part of the experience.
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But after a pep talk by Bonnie with her saying that it was just
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a house, that she hadn't even seen it yet, she eventually
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agrees to accompany the rest of the family inside.
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As the parents get the tour with the real estate agent, the kids
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take to exploring the massive 19th century home.
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The home is huge, and the tour itself takes a good while as
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parents and kids alike peruse the seemingly endless hallways
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and rooms of the estate. Once the tour is done, the
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family calls a meeting to decide if the home is for them.
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Both parents are in love with the house, as well as Jennifer
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and Jeremy, but Francis is the only one who openly says
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otherwise. She says that the house is evil
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and she did not want to live there, but after a vote, the
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decision is made and in due time the young woman will seemingly
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be proven right. In the weeks to come, following
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their initial experience of the house, the family moves into
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what they believe will be a fresh new start for them.
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Once everything is inside, they all start to allocate their
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belongings and their new bedrooms, feeling happy and
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excited as to what the future could hold.
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And with everyone getting their own space, their girls were
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particularly happy. As the first full day at the
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house comes to an end, the family settles down to sleep
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with everyone headed to their own bedrooms for the night.
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As they curl up feeling safe and sound, something sinister lurked
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within the darkness. Suddenly woken up out of a sound
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sleep. Jeremy bolts awake at a loud
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banging noise in his room. As his eyes dart back and forth
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to discover the source, he begins to hear a chorus of
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whispers, seemingly coming from all directions.
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This terrifies the young boy, who quickly rushes to his
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parents room and wakes them. Bonnie, although startled,
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understands that the home is a new environment.
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It's a big, drafty house and she thinks this is the reason that
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her son is scared. She gently calms him and escorts
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him back to his bedroom. Once the two arrive, Bonnie
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finds her son's toy flashlight, which had a tricolored lens.
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She tells Jeremy that whenever he feels scared to turn on the
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green light and any monsters that were there would go away.
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This seems to reassure Jeremy, and once he's calmed down and
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laying back in his bed, Bonnie heads back to bed herself.
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The two then drift back off to dreamland.
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Later that night, Jeremy is again jolted awake by a loud
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banging noise in his room. The young man sits up and
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shakily grabs his flashlight as he points the green tinted light
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into the corners of his room to make the monster go away.
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There is a massive shadow that interrupts the light.
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This sends the boy into a terror frenzy as he dives under his
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sheets with his protective light as he shakes, trying to come to
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terms with what was happening. His sheets are then pulled off
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of him and thrown by the window in his room.
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He screams into the void. Whatever this presence was
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seemed to know what it was doing and tormenting the poor child
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because as persistently as the moon hanging overhead night
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after night, from then onward around 11:00 PM, it would visit
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Jeremy in the weeks to come. This darkness seemed to target
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other members of the family as well, and next was Jennifer.
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One evening, as she brushes her hair in front of her large
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mirror, she is interrupted by the sound of whispers coming
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from behind her, but when she turns around she is only met
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with silence and sees nothing. She feels as if she's being
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watched, but either not wanting to admit that there was
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something strange happening and or not wanting to get too
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scared, she writes it off. Later in the night, as she
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sleeps in her bed, she too is jolted awake, but for a very
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different reason than her younger brother was.
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Her entire bed is shaking and she begins to feel a fist hit
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her through her mattress, something that should be
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impossible, as if someone or something is punching her
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through the bed itself. But on the other side, as she
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scrambles to get out of bed, she apprehensively glances
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underneath it and sees nothing. Jennifer knew what she had
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experienced as she felt fists hitting her from underneath her
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mattress, but she had no idea how to explain this to anyone,
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so therefore for the time being she decides to keep it to
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herself. Unsure of what to make of this
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interaction, Jennifer moves the bed forward and into a different
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position, thinking that this somehow would help solve the
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strange situation. But for how long?
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That was the real question. The force that dwells within the
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Beckwith home has targeted two members of the family,
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specifically the youngest of them.
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It seems like whatever it is, it's stirring up and feeding off
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of the children's fear. Two nights following Jennifer's
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initial experience, she's laying in bed talking on the phone with
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a friend as the girls gossip away having a laugh.
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Those laughs are soon cut short by the shifting of Jennifer's
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bed yet again. She is so scared that she cannot
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speak. She is frozen in place as the
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bed continues to move by itself and her friend continues to
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speak on the other end of the phone.
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Suddenly, the shaking stops, leaving the young woman ever
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more speechless. She couldn't believe that it had
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happened initially, but yet again a second time.
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Needless to say, she would not get much sleep that night as her
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anxiety continued to grow. The following morning, Jennifer
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can't take it anymore. She heads out of her bedroom to
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find her mother, Bonnie. She eventually finds her pruning
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bushes in the large courtyard of their estate.
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At first, after voicing her concerns, telling her mother
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that her bed was moving on its own and shaking, that she was
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terrified. Bonnie thought it was some kind
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of joke, but after Jennifer began to cry, she soon took her
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daughter's feelings and story to heart.
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Unsure of how to approach this kind of situation.
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She calls an emergency family meeting in the living room of
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the house, finally breaking the ice.
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Bonnie explains that Jennifer has been having strange
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experiences in her bedroom and asked if anyone else has been
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seeing or experiencing things that they can't explain.
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This question seems to open the floodgates and almost the entire
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family begins to divulge various experiences that they had been
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keeping to themselves. Bonnie would later say that when
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something strange happens to you, you try to rationalize it
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and ride it off. But when we had this meeting, as
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everyone was sharing their experiences, it became far too
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much to be a coincidence, finally bringing to light that
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something was very wrong in their new home, the Beckwith
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family is collectively anxious and scared.
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They aren't quite sure of what they're dealing with or how to
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deal with it. After some brainstorming, Bonnie
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remembers the names Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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She had recalled the couple from their involvement in The
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Amityville Horror investigation and really could only think of
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them when it came to anything paranormal related.
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Feeling as if this was their best bet, she told the family
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that she would do some research and see if she could get in
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touch with them to try and get some help.
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Jennifer, although only 15 at the time, was very skeptical
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about the investigators coming to the house.
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She didn't really think that anything could be done by them
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and questioned how they could resolve much of anything, but
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was willing to give the Ghostbusters a chance.
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Surprisingly, with the conversation happening earlier
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in the day, Bonnie was able to make contact with the warrants
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and shortly after the family meeting they would arrive that
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very same evening to speak with the family.
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By this point they've been actively investigating for over
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30 years and had been on numerous, now infamous cases.
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Upon greeting the family and stepping inside the home,
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Lorraine would later say upon crossing the threshold of the
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house, I could feel a very heavy feeling, almost smothering.
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It was very uncomfortable to experience, but alone live
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there. After an introduction to the
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family and hearing some of the things that they had
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experienced, the rain did a walkthrough of the house to try
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and determine just what could be lurking there.
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She wasn't told who the rooms particularly belong to.
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Stepping through the halls, Lorraine unknowingly makes her
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way into Jennifer's room, where she has stopped in her tracks by
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a flashing image. In her mind, it's the image of a
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demonic creature. She would then feel as though
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that the room was the origin of the heaviness in the house, that
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something dark had taken place there, and that many instances
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of violence occurred within its walls.
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Shortly thereafter, she would conclude her walkthrough and
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meet with the family again to discuss what she felt that they
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were dealing with. Her conclusion was that their
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home was infested with very strong demonic entities.
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Bonnie and Sean initially discussed moving out, but the
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Warrens quickly advised against that because even if they got in
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their car and left at this very moment, these beings could
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follow them. So it seemed like their only
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choice was to stay and fight. But this fight was going to be
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much more than they had originally bargained for.
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The Warrens advised the family that they needed to gather more
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evidence of what exactly they were dealing with before a plan
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of action could be formed. Therefore, they suggested that
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they all keep cameras by their beds and to snap photos whenever
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activity began and or whenever they felt that something just
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wasn't right. As the investigators depart, the
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family has mixed emotions, some of relief but also still
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anxiety. What if these things couldn't be
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banished? What if instead of their fresh
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start, they were trapped in their very own fresh hell?
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Unfortunately, although things were going badly, life doesn't
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stop. By this time it was November and
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Bonnie's mother had arrived to visit the family for
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Thanksgiving. She's been made aware of the
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recent events, but chooses to come anyway to see them.
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Being a very upbeat person, she was known for her rambunctious
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sense of humor, and to have someone outside of the situation
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who could make light of it all, perhaps, is what the family
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needed. After spending the day together,
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night now approached and the family needed to get some sleep
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for the big holiday. The following morning.
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As Bonnie's mother retired to her room for the evening, she
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took her medication and decided to unwind to some TV.
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As she sits on the edge of the bed watching the TV, it suddenly
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turns off. Thinking perhaps it was going
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out or something of the sort, she clicked it back on to
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continue to watch her program. Several minutes would pass by
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and all would seem fine until the TV shut off again.
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Glancing at the TV when this happens, she sees standing in
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the corner of the room and the reflection of the blank screen,
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3 entities and she cannot make out their faces.
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However, upon seeing the figures, she is startled to say
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the least. She bolts to the left of her bed
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and faces the direction that they would have been.
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But instead of coming face to face with whatever they were,
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she's meant by nothing. Although she doesn't see them,
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every hair on her entire body is on end.
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It's as if electricity permeates the air.
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She barely gets any sleep. She's in fact so scared that she
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doesn't stay for the holiday. She leaves the following morning
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before any festivities can begin.
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Following her grandmother's departure, Jennifer takes it
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upon herself to take photos of the room that she was staying
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in. The rest of the house was about
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70 degrees, but this room, although upstairs, felt like it
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was only 35 degrees. It was freezing.
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You could see your breath hang in the air.
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She snaps several photos and quickly gets out of there.
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Several days later, as promised, the Warrens arrived for a second
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time, and this time they're accompanied by a crew to begin a
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proper investigation of the home to find out what was dwelling
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inside of it. Among the crew accompanying the
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Warrens is a psychic medium by the name of Lee.
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Her task was to try and make contact with whatever these
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entities were to figure out why and how they were there.
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The Beckwiths have arranged for their son Jeremy to stay with
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nearby relatives, but their two teenage girls are allowed to
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stay and experience the investigation alongside the
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crew. The Warrens again interview
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everyone about their experiences in the house.
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They're also made aware of Bonnie's mother's recent
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experiences as well. After doing this, they decide to
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begin looking through the family's photos that have been
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taken prior to their second arrival.
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At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary until they reach
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this photo. Bonnie, who had thought it was
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some kind of glitch in the film, hadn't thought much of it.
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The Lorraine Warren felt heavily otherwise.
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She told Bonnie that not only was this the manifestation of a
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demonic entity, but that it was a high level entity as well.
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As the family starts to digest this information, almost as soon
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as the words leave Lorraine's lips, Lee begins to erratically
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shake and tremble, familiar with this protocol, the Warren's hand
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her a pen and paper for her to perform automatic writing, a
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practice where the spirits of the dead allegedly take control
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over a person's body to convey a message.
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Automatic riding, according to Lorraine Warren, in a house such
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as this one, is extremely dangerous because it's an open
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door and you never know who or what will come through once Lee
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is finished riding. As her shakes come to a
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controllable level, the paper reads.
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Get out. And that's repeated several
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times, along with the final line of You Don't Belong Here.
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This scares everyone in the room, but especially the
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Beckwiths. They knew that these entities
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wanted them scared, but now they know for sure that they don't
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want their presence there at all.
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Lee is mentally and physically taxed, and given the time of the
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night, all of this concludes the two parties decide to part ways.
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The Warrens, Lee and some of their crew depart, but two
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additional investigators that were with them choose to stay
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overnight to collect additional data.
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They set up multiple cameras and microphones, but I've reserved
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the bulk of the equipment for Jennifer's room or the most
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violent activity has occurred. After setting everything up, the
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kitchen is essentially the main hub, and here the investigators
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and the Beckwiths meet to talk and monitor things.
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Although the warrants have convinced them to stay,
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something wants them out. Torn between fight or flight as
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the family hashes out what to do next, Bonnie suddenly loses her
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breath. It's as if she's frozen or
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something arctically cold has passed through her very soul.
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As the family tries to figure out what's taking place,
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Jennifer goes into comfort her mother when she too is overtaken
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by the very same experience. As the activity begins to
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dissipate, the Beckwiths are left with more questions than
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answers. In the meantime.
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Shortly following the incident, the two left overnight by the
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warns begin to pick up unnatural noises originating from
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Jennifer's room. The sound of flapping wings like
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those of multiple birds could be heard.
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However, there are no birds and the room is completely sealed as
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they focus on just what could be causing this strangeness.
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Banging noises begin in the very same room, but almost
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immediately make their way to where the investigators are in
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the kitchen. The sounds themselves are coming
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from inside of the walls and then not just the walls.
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They soon begin coming from the ceiling above and even the floor
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underneath their very feet. The two would make their way
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back into Jennifer's bedroom. Where the activity was
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originating from and they begin to ask a series of provoking
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questions, hoping to interact with the entities present to try
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and decipher if the haunting was intelligent or not.
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Asking multiple questions with one knock for yes and two knocks
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for no, they are soon answered time and time again through
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their inquiries. They believe that there are two
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human spirits residing within the home and one non human
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spirit. Basing their knowledge off of
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previous cases that they had worked on, they believed that
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this entity was attacking and keeping the two human spirits
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from passing on. Demonic entities hate human
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beings just as much when they are alive and death.
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They also believe that if they could get rid of the demon, it
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would ultimately get rid of the other two spirits as well.
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The activity would continue the majority of the night until
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Daybreak the following morning. Once the researchers bid
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farewell to the family for the day, they would take their
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findings to the Warrens and together along with the original
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crew, Lee included, they would all return two days later to
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attempt to make contact with the inhuman spirit.
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As they discussed the new developments in the kitchen, the
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Warrens are also made aware of the strange experience that
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Bonnie and Jennifer had shared, as well as the sounds and
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intelligent responses, as well as the convictions of the two
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men who had stayed overnight to document on their behalf.
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Suddenly, Lee begins to shake yet again.
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As she's handed paper and a pen, she begins to furiously write.
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As she writes, the Warrens begin to ask the spirit that is now
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channeling through her just what it wanted and why it was there
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specifically. Ed Warren was inquiring.
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He again asked who was there, what did it want, and why was it
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there. He also asked what year it was.
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Upon this last question leaving Ed's lips, Lee suddenly stopped
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writing and dropped the pen. Then twitching, she answered him
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in a voice that was not her own. A deep and raspy voice replied
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to Ed and said why are you questioning me?
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She then nastily told him to shut his mouth and that he had
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no right. With these words, Lee threw back
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her chair and shoved the table that they were all sitting at
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back towards Ed, scooting him backwards and pinning him
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against the wall. It's important to note that this
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table was solid oak and very heavy and that Lee was a rather
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petite woman. This would have been challenging
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for anyone, let alone a small woman to accomplish and moving,
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let alone at such a rapid pace. It takes 3 grown men to hold Lee
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back from continuing to jam the table into Ed.
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Several minutes later, after this freakish occurrence, Lee
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finally seems to return to her normal self after making sure
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that Ed was Okay. The group all looks to see what
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was written on the notepad by Lee when she was in her trance.
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They read the names Anna, then George Robertson, as well as a
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partially written year of 188, and the last year was scribbled
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and incomprehensible. At the time.
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The names in the year didn't mean anything to any of them.
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As the dust settled and the Warrens and the crew left for
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that night, the family all slept together in the living room as a
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single unit. The Warrens had also recommended
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this to keep any one member from being targeted.
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They also said that the only way to resolve this haunting would
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be to face it together, head on as a family.
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This night they all seem to sleep normally as the wind blows
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outside and the crisp autumn moon shines its light above
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them. The following morning, Jennifer
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and Bonnie head to the local library to try and research the
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names that Lee had written down to try and gain some sort of
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insight into just who these people were, or if they existed
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at all. They try several starting points
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but don't find anything at first.
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But as they read through old property records dating back to
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the 1800s, they are shocked by what they find.
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A man named George Robertson owned their very same home in
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the year 1888. This discovery intrigues and
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bewilders both of them. They now know that Lee's
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automatic riding was not a show, and now that they had some real
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concrete information to work with, perhaps it could hold the
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key to solving the paranormal crisis they now found themselves
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in. To further solidify the
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existence of the man whose name they now had emblazoned in their
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minds, they find themselves in an old graveyard about 10
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minutes away from their home. Upon walking onto the lot, the
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first gravestone they read says George Robertson, born 1860,
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died 1927. After letting this information
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sink in, Bonnie and Jennifer would further inquire about
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George's life and would also try to discover additional
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information about the name Anna that we had also written down,
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but unfortunately they were not able to find anything else out.
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They would attribute this to a great flood that had overtaken
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the town in the year 1955, and this flood destroyed many
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records, among lots of other things in the town.
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Perhaps any additional information became lost within
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its murky waters after the visit to the graveyard.
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The family seems to have several days of uneasy peace within
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their house. Christmas time was just around
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the corner, so together the children were wrapping gifts and
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the oldest child's bedroom. This cheerful and wholesome
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time, however, was soon interrupted by the shaking of a
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doorknob to the closet. At first they thought their
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minds were playing tricks on them, and not wanting to scare
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Jeremy, they tried to play the incident off, But as they calmed
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him, the doorknob began to shake yet again.
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Then, like the flip of a switch, all the doorknobs in the room
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all began to violently shake, as if there were people at each one
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of the doors desperately trying to come in.
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This panicked the children, who all ran out of the room and
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downstairs to get their parents as fast as they possibly could.
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Seeing the fear in her children's eyes leads Bonnie to
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take immediate action. She calls Lorraine Warren, who
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arranges to have a priest come out that day and bless the
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house, hoping to quell things as much as possible for the family.
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The Beckwiths desperately hope that the Blessing will bring an
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everlasting peace to their home within several hours.
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The priest arrives along with Lorraine Warren as he blesses
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the home, flicking holy water upon the walls, the rain
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ponders. Is this going to be enough to
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quell the demon, or is it just going to anger it?
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When the priest is finished with his blessing, the oppressive fog
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that was Once Upon them seems to lift, but will it stay away?
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Two days after this interaction, Bonnie, seemingly out of the
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blue, is compelled to draw. She keeps getting flashing
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images in her head, and it seems like the only way to relieve
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this is to transfer them as best she can onto paper.
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She soon begins isolating herself.
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To do this, she keeps seeing the flashing image of a tree and
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begins to draw it over and over again.
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As the days pass, the compulsion gets worse.
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She is soon overcome with intense sorrow that she can't
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explain, that she draws the images she continues to see in
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her head. Then it all clicks for her.
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She believed that she was being influenced by Anna.
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Given her horrendous sorrow, she thought that Anna had
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experienced the loss of a very dear loved one, and it broke
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her. So as she began to draw her on
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paper, she cried the entire time, as if she was mourning.
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Even once she got Anna drawn, she knew that whatever was
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happening wasn't over as time continued to pass.
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The family continues to sleep in the living room day after day,
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only managing a few hours of sleep a night and still having
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to go to work. Bonnie, a registered nurse, and
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Sean, a heating and air repair technician, were struggling to
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keep it all together. The lack of sleep, long hours,
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juggling of schedules on top of the toll the anxiety was taking
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on them, made it nearly impossible for the parents to
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stay calm and rational. It seemed like they were living
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on borrowed time, continuing to deal with the intense emotions,
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some that were her own and others perhaps not so much,
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Bonnie reaches back out to Lorraine Warren.
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The rain believed that the blessing had unfortunately not
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cleansed to the home entirely, but rather it had wounded
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whatever demonic entity that was there, and given enough time, it
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would come back worse and angrier than before.
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Her timing could not have been more precise.
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That night, as the family lays in the living room as what has
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become their routine, as they drift off to sleep, a book
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suddenly falls off a shelf near the couch where Jeremy and
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Francis are sleeping. And then another book falls.
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And then books begin to fly from the shelf and towards the
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family, waking them all up. In a panic.
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A vase shatters as it is too thrown from this very same shelf
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and towards them The assault continues for minutes, although
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it feels like hours. Once it seemingly ceases, Bonnie
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once again calls the rain, desperate for some kind of
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advice to make this all go away. She's been informed that
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Lorraine had already contacted the local archdiocese and had
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been in contact with the priest. He was already preparing himself
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to come and perform an exorcism. The priests have to rid
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themselves of any sin through confession, as well as fast and
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pray for several weeks before they're ready to perform the
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ritual. Thankfully, by the time she was
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informed, the priest had already had those qualifications
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underway and only needed about three more days before he would
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be ready. This places him to conduct the
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exorcism right after Christmas Day.
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In the meantime, Bonnie and Sean consider moving their family to
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a hotel, feeling that the home itself was too unsafe.
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However, given the state that they were in and the fact that
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Lorraine had been adamant that leaving the home was not the
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answer that this entity or entities would and could simply
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follow them anywhere they decided to flee to, They
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ultimately decided to wait it out and didn't go.
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In the coming days, the family remains close to one another as
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they try to keep each other safe.
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That is, however, except for Bonnie, who is once again
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compelled to isolate herself and draw.
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This time she's compelled to draw a very different set of
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images. Within the image there is a
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pyramid, and on one side there are heavenly rays of light
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coming down, and on the other, a raging storm, and there are
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three spirits heading towards the pyramid.
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This bizarre symbolism is something that Bonnie doesn't
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even understand, yet she is relentlessly compelled to draw
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it. In the midst of her drawing, she
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receives a call from Lorraine and when she explains what she's
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doing, or rather what she feels compelled to do, Lorraine
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informs her that the spirits are channeling through her and that
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she needed to stop what she was doing immediately because her
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actions were now opening a door that she perhaps couldn't close.
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So against her intrusive thoughts, she ceases drawing for
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the time being. The following day is Christmas
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Eve, and Bonnie's mother has worked up the courage to again
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visit for the holiday. As she arrives and talks with
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the family, not having seen them since Thanksgiving morning, she
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suddenly and unexpectedly falls ill with a fever, seemingly out
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of nowhere. Within hours, her fever reaches
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over 104 degrees and shows no signs of stopping, so they take
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her to the hospital. Never having had issues
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previously, doctors find an irregular heartbeat and are
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concerned, so they decide to keep her overnight while the
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oldest daughter is out running last minute Christmas errands
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for the family, Bonnie and Jennifer try to comfort their
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loved 1, agreeing to pray with her before they depart for the
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night. They gather around her and
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start, but something is immediately off.
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She began to say her prayers backwards.
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Confused and shocked, she tried to correct herself but couldn't
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seem to do so. Bonnie, worried about her
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mother, contacts the hospital chaplain and asked him to pray
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with her as he meets with her. Without anyone being aware, the
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oldest daughter was about to take an unexpected turn for the
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worst as she's out driving. As she rounds a corner headed
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back home, she is met and hit head on by another vehicle.
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The car is completely totaled, but thankfully she escapes with
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only minor injuries. It seemed like whatever entity
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that dwelled within their home was now doing anything it could
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to prevent the arrival of the Exorcist.
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The stress is almost too much for Bonnie to take.
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Her mother being in the hospital, her daughter being in
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the accident, coupled with everything else that had
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happened to her left her on the brink of insanity.
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She can only tremble and pray for a better tomorrow.
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Two days later, the exorcist finally arrives.
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From the moment his foot breaches the threshold of the
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house, he seemed disturbed. It's as if he sensed the unholy
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inhabitant and knew exactly what he was dealing with.
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Since an entity can dwell within a place or a property, but
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doesn't take possession of it like a can, a living vessel, the
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priest has decided to try a bold but risky strategy to rid the
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home once and for all. He decides to use Lee, the
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medium, essentially his life bait.
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He will attempt to draw the demon into her and then cast it
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out and back to the depths of hell where it came from.
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In preparation, the Warren's team restrain her in an effort
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to protect her and everyone else in the room from what could
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happen. They then open all the windows
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in the house. This is done to try and cleanse
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the home of any and all negative energy.
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Once all of these steps are completed, the priest begins the
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ceremony by blessing the house and an effort to anger the
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demon. His efforts are successful.
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Lee had fallen into a deep trance while the father was
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blessing the house, and upon him, stepping back into the
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room, she looked back at him with such hate and malice.
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As if a being of pure rage was staring into his soul.
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She began to hiss and scream an unearthly growl.
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This began a battle of wills that lasted hours.
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But alas, the demon seems to have finally left Lee's body.
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Or so they thought, including the exorcism.
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The priest places a blessed crucifix upon Lee's forehead.
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She lets out a gasp that sounds like two people speaking at
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once, and then goes limp. Suddenly, she glances back up at
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the priest with a sinister grin on her face.
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Then the sound of splintering wood can be heard.
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She broke the legs off the chair that her legs were restrained
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to, and then lunged at the priest, hissing and screaming at
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the top of her lungs. The ensuing continuation of the
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ritual would last another hour. Then finally, after one last
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horrific scream, Lee went unconscious and the smothering
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cloud of miasma that once filled the entire house and taken over
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the lives of the Beckwith family seemingly had been lifted,
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finally freeing them from the torment that they had endured
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since purchasing their home. After this point, life seemed to
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go back to normal for the Beckwith family.
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The feeling of pressure and 1000 eyes bearing down upon them have
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been lifted and soon became a distant memory.
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That was until a home began to be restored across the street
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from them. As excavators dug into the earth
37:44
around the home, they discovered numerous human bones.
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It is believed that they had disturbed an ancient Native
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American burial ground. Following this accidental
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exhumation, the family once again begins to experience
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paranormal events within their home.
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But this time they are much tamer than what they had
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previously endured. So ultimately they were
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uncomfortable, but it was tolerable.
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The family would continue to live in the house till at least
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the year 2005, but at some point would sell the home.
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It seems like a revolving door of owners followed in the years
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to come. Then after sitting vacant on and
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off, it seems to have finally been purchased again in 2018,
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although I'm unsure if anyone currently lives there in that
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regard. Despite the incredible story
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that's just been told to you. Please respect people's privacy
38:40
and do not harass anyone. Although the existence of George
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Robertson is verifiable, Anna, whose last name was never
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discovered, is not again. Perhaps this was due to the
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records being destroyed in the aforementioned town flood in the
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1950s. We are also left with more
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questions than answers when it comes to the haunting itself.
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Just how did a demon find its way into the home?
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Seances were certainly popular for a time when this house would
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have been inhabited. Could this have perhaps been the
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cause? Or how about the Indian burial
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ground itself? Disturbed or not?
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Could it have had something to do with the haunting prior to
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the exhumation? And although I searched, I can't
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seem to find any updates on the beck with family.
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But I hope wherever they are, that they know that their story
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is a harrowing one, and I commend them for having the
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strength to endure such events and remained strong and
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resilient. If you were in the beck with
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shoes, how would you have handled the situation?
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Would you have chose to run or would you have stayed and
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fought? It's truly hard to say unless
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you experience such a thing for yourself.
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But this much I do know. There is a darkness that exists,
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an ancient evil that feeds upon fear and misery.
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It seeks to sow discord and destroy anything beautiful that
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it can. So if I were you.
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I'd steer clear of those monsters as best as you can,
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because otherwise what goes bump in the night may just take you
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with it. Thank you all so much for
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watching this new video. I would like to thank Rogu 75
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