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When a man dabbles in the occult, he unknowingly unleashes
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a malevolent darkness he can't control.
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Night after night, he is tormented by the tentacles of
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terror. Unable to keep himself or his
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family safe, he consults the help of a white witch as he
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struggles to break the chains that bind him.
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Will he be freed or continue to be besieged by the hands of
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hell? This is the untold story of the
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demonic haunting of the house on Church St. in Michigan, also
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known as the Randy Irvin case. It's been a while since I've
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delved into a haunting as terrifying as this one, so with
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due caution, I wouldn't recommend watching this at night
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or alone. Standish, Michigan, originally
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named Granton, is a rural town near Lake Huron.
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Long before the hustle and bustle of the modern world,
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Native Americans used to call its land home, living, hunting,
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and dying upon its grounds. Their descendants and the modern
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day, like their ancestors, still very much believe in the power
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of the spiritual realm. And with their profound sense of
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respect for it also comes a deep respect of the dead and a belief
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further that disturbing their resting place can bring forth
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horrible things. Perhaps their beliefs are true.
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Our story begins in 1974 in Standish.
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A then 22 year old man named Randy Irvin has lived in the
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area his entire life. After graduating high school, he
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decided that college wasn't the right path for him.
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In fact, he didn't know what that path was.
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As many young people often do, Randy was soul searching surfing
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couches, working random jobs for a few bucks in his pocket and
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not really pursuing a career, but rather trying to pursue just
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who he was and who he wanted to be.
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That would change, however, when one day Randy landed a job at
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the United States Postal Service with a good income.
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Instead of sleeping at friends homes, Randy sought a home of
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his own. Lucky for him, his father, Roy,
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bought properties and fixed them up.
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Neither sold or rented them. He had recently acquired an old
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fixer upper not too far from where Randy was working, and if
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he assists him with the renovations, he'll allow him to
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live there. Randy agrees and soon heads to
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work for his dad. For weeks, Randy works mornings
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and right after work heads to the house to work well into the
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night alongside his father. One chilly afternoon, as father
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and son are digging up the basement floor, they would
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uncover something very unexpected.
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As one of their shovels dug into the earth, it hit something
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solid, pulling it back and shoving the dirt off to the
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side. The two are astonished by what
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they see. They pull forth from the soil
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what appears to be a human femur bone.
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Struck by this unnerving discovery, and as if Pandora's
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box had been opened, the questions on to how and why
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someone would be buried underneath their home began to
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be speculated on at a furious pace.
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The home itself was over 100 years old.
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Was it a deliberate death, an accident, or something else?
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The story of what took place was perhaps lost in the sands of
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time. However, more bones would be
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discovered by the pair throughout the night.
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The following morning, Randy's father contacts a local
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physician to come and inspect the bones to make sure that
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they're human and to get advice as to what to do next.
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When the physician arrives, he examines the remains for several
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minutes and concludes that they certainly are human.
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But judging on their aged appearance and having had
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similar experiences in the past, he explains to the men that they
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probably stumbled across an old Indian burial ground, something
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that was extremely common and Standish.
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His advice was to respect the dead, rebury the bones and be
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done with it. So the two would do just that.
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And although neither of them were happy that someone was
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buried underneath the home, they did what they could to be as
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respectful as possible. Feeling good about the reburial,
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they would continue fixing up the house and several weeks
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later Randy would move in. This newfound sense of freedom
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was coupled with something strange and new.
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Something about the discovery seems to have a grip on Randy.
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It disturbed, but also intrigued him.
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He develops A fascination with Indian burial grounds and their
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mysterious nature. Hungry for more knowledge on his
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lunch break at work one day, Randy decides to stop into a
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bookstore to see just what he can find on the subject.
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As he perused the Isle of Books, one in particular seemed to call
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out to him. It was a leather bound book with
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golden lettering, Its title read witchcraft and practice and
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study drawn to it. He opens the book to reveal its
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contents, and the first page he reads says that spirits can
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manifest from consecrated burial grounds.
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Reading further, he comes across the list of spirits that the
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book said could be communicated with the most.
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That these powerful entities had never been human, but rather
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existed in a state between heaven and hell.
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And if one were to conjure these spirits, each one could assist
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in certain ways. One of those ways was the
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discovery of buried riches. Upon reading this sentence,
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Randy's eyes widened. In the Irvin family, it was
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discussed that many moons ago their relatives had buried some
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valuable goods deep within the Earth, but wear remained a
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mystery. Greatly intrigued in what this
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book had to offer, Randy would purchase it from the store and
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return to work to finish his shift.
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In the words of Randy himself, I kept this purchase very secret.
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I didn't tell my friends, family, or anybody.
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I wanted to experiment on my own without anyone else coming in
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and telling me not to do it or that it was dumb.
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This was my personal decision to venture, and I wasn't going to
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be disturbed while doing that. Later that day, Randy would
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return home with his new book, sitting on his couch and placing
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it on his coffee table. He unfurled its pages and began
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to read. The book laid out various
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instructions for The Conjuring of spirits.
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Prerequisites, if you will. He had to control his
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environment. This meant no music, no light,
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and total concentration when performing the ritual.
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After ensuring that these prerequisites were men, he
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places a chair in his living room.
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And with dusk now settling on the horizon, his windows open to
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a light breeze, Randy sits mostly in darkness, shrouded in
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the shadows. He begins to read out loud,
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following the books instructions to conjure 4 spirits entities
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who will supposedly assist him with specific tasks.
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If successful, he would recite the following, calling forth
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each creature by its name. I call the four to come to me
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Anastosia Lavariki, Horizonia Simasani, and this place that I
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dwell to bring you here with this spell, What is dark to be
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filled with light, bring these spirits into sight.
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He chanced the spell multiple times, and suddenly a strong
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gust of cold wind blows through his living room windows.
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This knocks over a shelf and a lamp.
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The odd thing is, there is no strong wind on the forecast for
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the day. Startled, but not fully
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convinced, he closes both of them and sits back down to
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speculate in his own words. They were supposed to show up
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immediately. I expected perhaps some voices,
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maybe riding on the wall. I waited and waited and thought
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maybe I did something wrong. So I decided to try again
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another time. I closed the book and got ready
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for bed. Randy would lay down for the
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night and begin to sleep, thinking that no one had
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answered his calls. However, the very next night
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something indeed did. As he again lays in his bed
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sleeping, he is suddenly flung back into reality through the
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sound of glass breaking coming from his living room.
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Worried that someone had broken into his home, he grabs a
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baseball bat and apprehensively makes his way towards the room.
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Swallowing his fear, he rushes towards the sound.
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When he gets close enough, he would come face to face with
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nothing, Confused and on high alert now, he glances around the
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room but sees no intruder. Then he hears multiple footsteps
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behind him, rushing towards those.
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He's once again bewildered. There's no one there.
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After a sweep of the entire home, and with this, the
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discovery that all of its doors and windows had seemingly been
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untouched, he spent some time pondering just what exactly it
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happened, but finally decides to lay back down to salvage what
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little sleep is left. The following morning he's
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thrust awake yet again, but this time it's by the ringing of the
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telephone. It's his mother, Belva.
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She's calling from Mississippi. She moved there after her, and
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Randy's father got a divorce some years ago.
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The reason for her call is all the more interesting.
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She had a hunch, a feeling that something was deeply wrong, and
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she felt compelled to move back as soon as possible.
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In the words of Randy, she felt like something was out of sorts,
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that she needed to come back immediately.
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Was it a clairvoyant type of thing?
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She said. Something has happened.
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I don't know what it is, but I'm gonna find out.
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Randy and Belva had always been very close.
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The two have also had a knack for sensing each other's
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emotions. Tammy Irvin, Randy's younger
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sister who was 11 years old at that time, couldn't hear the
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details, but she too sensed something was wrong with her
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brother. The phone call would end shortly
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after, and a month later Belva and Tammy would arrive at
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Randy's doorstep, finally returning to Michigan, then
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moving in with Randy. Tammy would later describe her
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brother when she arrived. He looked pale and sick.
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He had lost a lot of weight and didn't look good at all.
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He looked tired, shrugging things off as a lack of sleep.
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Randy would begin to show his sister around the house.
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His mother was invited as well, but she had a terrible feeling
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in the pit of her stomach. Something about the home seemed
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off. As she examines the front room
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just past the front door, she is suddenly enveloped in an icy
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cold embrace, one that causes her to physically chatter her
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teeth. She is only shaken out of her
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experience by the call of Randy. For her to join them in the tour
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this afternoon would continue rather uneventfully.
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That was until the trio laid down their heads for sleep That
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night, As a glowing white moon hung above them, they drifted
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off to dreamland. That was until they all were
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abruptly woken up by the blaring sound of an organ playing some
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kind of haunting hymn. Randy panicked and sitting up
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out of his bed, he suddenly sees the door Creek open.
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It's his mom. She was asking what the hell was
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happening. She asked him to please turn his
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radio off, but to her bewilderment, Randy tells her he
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doesn't have a radio in this room.
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The two then frantically begin searching around the room,
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heading towards the origin of the sound, the right hand
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corner. Perhaps thinking a friend had
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loved a radio or something of the sort.
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They would find no such radio and the organ music would cease.
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Upon asking just what it could have been by Randy, Velva
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attributes the music to her late mother, who had quite the
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affinity for playing the organ. Randy would also question back,
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how could it be Grandma Mom. She's dead.
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Belva still believes the sign to be something positive, thinking
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it was her mother's way of letting them know that she was
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still there and watching over them all.
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She then would lay back down for the night, given the hour, and
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Randy, left alone once again. To his thoughts, sits in fear.
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He's worried that the bizarre song had something to do with
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the spirits he invoked that night after night.
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His sleep has become less and less attainable, and he can't
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bring himself to tell his mom that he's been dabbling in the
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occult. He tries to brush things off and
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lays his head back down on his pillow.
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He slowly drifts back to sleep. However, he's again woken up by
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something that he can't explain, something that grips him in pure
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terror. A deep gutter will growl, as if
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someone or something is stalking him, feeling the presence of
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whatever this was. He would put his hand out in its
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general direction, only to feel an icy wind as if he had touched
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death itself, sweating profusely yet able to see his breath.
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Randy knows that this is anything but normal.
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He again hears the unholy growling, and this time it seems
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to inch closer to him, feeling the weight as something steps
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onto his bed and as his mattress begins to indent as this
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invisible creature moves towards him, Randy is shaking.
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He closes his eyes as the growl seems to be inches from his
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face. He feels a cold breath on his
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cheek, and right when he thinks that it's the end of his earthly
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existence, it vanishes. This leaves Randy a sweaty and
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emotional mess. Needless to say, he cannot sleep
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this night. The following morning, as Belva
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cooks breakfast for everyone, a disgruntled and exhausted Randy
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stumbles into the kitchen. He again has faced with internal
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thoughts of who he can tell, who would be willing to listen, and
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he doesn't want to frighten his family either.
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In his own words, I knew I had dabbled with something dark,
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that I had unleashed, something evil.
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But any harm, any torment it could inflict, only I wanted to
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endure, because it was my fault and I was willing to see this
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through to the end. And although not much occurs
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during the day, when the sun goes down and the moon rises,
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whatever entities seem to awaken to haunt him, laying his head
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down to sleep, petrified every night.
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He is often woken up by ethereal growls, deep disgusting snarls,
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the likes of which one is seldomly heard before this
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particular night. Whatever.
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This creature was knocked over his shelf and then pulled the
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sheets from his bed and off of Randy and then walked onto his
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bed and began grabbing him, the sensation similar to frozen
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claws, pulling and tugging at his very soul in his words.
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The claws and teeth never broke my skin, but I could feel how
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sharp they were. I was truly fearful, he screams,
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being reduced to tears. The sound of her son screams
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draw Velvet to his room. Rushing in a panic to quickly
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see just what had happened, she finds Randy pacing and looking
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over his shoulders, shaking like a leaf.
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She asked him what is wrong, to which he would reply.
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Every night it's something. Every night I hear the music or
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the footsteps I hear growling at the foot of my bed and something
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just tried to rip me apart. Almost as soon as the words left
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his lips, Randy and Belva both would hear a growl originate
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from behind his TV on his dresser.
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The temperature in the room seemed to drop significantly.
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Believing whatever it was to be evil, Belva grabs her Bible and
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begins to recite verses. Meanwhile, Tammy in her room can
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only hear the growling in her mother reciting the passages.
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She is frightened, but not aware of the full details of what was
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happening. It takes several minutes, but
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the repeated verses seem to work because the violent growls
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slowly subside into silence. Randy prays that this will be
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the end of his horrible affliction, but time will tell
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that it's far from it. His days begin to be affected by
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his lack of sleep. He's emotionally as well as
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physically exhausted. He begins making mistakes at his
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job, but this is far from his main worry.
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He tries to regain a sense of normalcy by spending time with
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his sister, often watching TV with her in the living room.
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But all too often he finds his mind trailing off until the
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inevitable mysterious sounds beckon him back to reality.
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This particular day, he heard banging coming from a storage
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room in the hallway. Leaving Tammy to watch TV, he
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goes to investigate. The bangs turn into scratches as
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Randy approaches the room. The room in question is being
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used as storage, mostly for Randy's father, keeping antiques
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that he had recently acquired. As Randy apprehensively steps
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towards the door and his hand grips the knob, he still hears
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commotion coming from behind it, however the door is locked.
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Also, hearing the commotion, Velva joins him in the hallway,
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curious as to just what it could be.
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Continuing to hear motion from behind the door, she too tries
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the knob and then presses her ear to the door to try and
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discern just what could be making the noise.
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As she listens, she is suddenly gripped by unseen hands, her
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body pulled against the door, lifting her off of her feet and
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towards the ceiling. Choking her, Randy desperately
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tries to free his mother from the invisible devil's grip.
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Tammy, hearing the commotion, rushes into the hallway as well
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to find her mother struggling to breathe and her feet dangling
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mid air. Not knowing what else to do,
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Randy runs as fast as he can to obtain his mother's Bible.
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He returns and places it against her, and this again seems to
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break the demonic chains that grip her.
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Falling back to the ground, she begins sobbing with Tammy as
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Randy stares, visibly shaken by what he had just witnessed.
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In his own words, this thing had her in a chokehold and was
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lifting her off of the ground. I believe it was trying to choke
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the life out of her. This situation in particular is
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what truly convinced me deep down that these things were
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evil, that they were out to get us.
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And it wasn't just me now that was experiencing the dormant as
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a result of what had happened. Randy, Belva and Tammy rush out
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of the house and into Randy's truck.
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They're unsure of where they will go, but that seemed
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irrelevant. They knew for certain that they
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had to get out of that house. Starting the vehicle and
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thrusting the gas pedal to the floor, the trio speeds away.
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The results of this night of horror would lead the three of
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them to move. They would relocate in the next
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week to another home, this 1A newer house located on the
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opposite side of town. Although a much smaller house,
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it's the only thing that they could find on such short notice.
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Once moved in, the guilt of what he had done was beginning to
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take its toll on Randy. He blamed himself for what was
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happening, that not only he but now his family were also
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suffering. He finally decides to come
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clean. He confesses to his mom that he
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and his dad had found an old Indian burial site underneath
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the house that he had then purchased the book on.
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Witchcraft summoned these spirits and didn't think it was
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real until things started happening.
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Belva is shocked and believed that her son had inadvertently
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thrust open a door to the spiritual realm, but she chooses
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to forgive him, hoping that whatever these things were could
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no longer hurt them later that night as they settled down for
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sleep in the new house. As Randy gets under the covers
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in hopes that his mother is right that he can finally attain
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a peaceful night's sleep, he takes one final glance at his
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new room before closing his eyes.
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But his eyes would pop open when his door flung open by itself,
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screaming into the void. Why don't you just stop?
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Why don't you just leave us alone?
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He's only met with silence. His cries once again summoned
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Tammy and Belle vent to his room.
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Upon sitting on his bed, they too begin to hear the ominous
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sounds once again, the scratching, knocking and phantom
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footsteps as before. Randy now knows that these
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entities don't want the house, they want him.
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Refusing to give in any longer, he begins to seek outside help
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for the first time. Although not a religious person
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and not a member of any church, he first meets with a local
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Lutheran minister. Stepping into his office within
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the church and having a seat at his desk, Randy begins to
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explain to him what has been taking place for the past
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several months. However, during his explanation,
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he's interrupted by the minister and told that witchcraft doesn't
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exist, that demons are simply a delusion.
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Randy explains that the entities have been experienced by others,
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that he's awake when they attack, and that they are indeed
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real. He is met by a diatribe of
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religious preaching, only to then be met with Have you spoken
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to a therapist? Labergasted at this And he then
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leaves. He just can't believe the lack
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of assistance, continuing to further search for help.
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He didn't know who else to turn to, but he knew that he wanted
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his life back, that he wanted his family to finally be safe
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again. He gets to thinking, if
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witchcraft unleash these things, could it perhaps banish them?
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With this in mind, he stops by a local metaphysical shop to ask
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if anyone would listen to what was happening to him.
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It's there that he meets a man by the name of Mike Bossick
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who's interested in his situation.
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Mike, as he explains, is a White Witch practitioner of Wicca, a
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modern Pagan religion. In his own words, a White Witch
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is someone who believes in good, believes in God, and believes in
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trying to help people. After listening to Randy explain
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what he had done and how it had affected him and his family,
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Mike wanted to help. So he offers to come over to the
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home later that day. To Randy, this seems like a
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long-awaited answer to his desperate prayers.
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But will the ritual be a success?
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Later that evening, after filling in Belva on what he
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intended to have done, they receive a knock at their door
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with a thunderstorm rolling in and a light rain starting, Mike
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meets them with a bag in hand. After stepping in out of the
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drizzle, he places his bag on the kitchen table, begins to
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unpack its belongings while donning a black cloak, begins to
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explain what he intends to do. He first must create a ring of
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protection around the home, braving the rain again.
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He does this using salt, believed to be a purifying
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substance. He then chants A protective
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incantation 3 times as he circles the home before
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returning. It seems that with each chant
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and each lap that the storm is intensifying as if something
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supernatural was attempting to stop him.
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This is Mike's first attempt at banishing unwanted spirits from
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a person's life. He hopes he will be successful,
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as his intentions are to help this family.
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Upon completing the circle and coming back indoors, he then in
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the center of the house, forms yet another circle of salt, and
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within this circle a pentagram. But unlike A Satanic pentagram,
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it is not inverted and in fact has the opposite intent.
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He places candles at each one of the pinnacles and explains to
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Belva and Randy that the three of them must remain in the
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circle for the entirety of the ritual, otherwise their safety
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may be compromised. The storm outside seems to gain
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intensity as Mike chances banishing ritual.
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The candles at each one of the pentagrams points begins to
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flicker as shadows trace the walls around them.
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Mike then to finish the ritual. After he extinguishes them.
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The energy in the house seemed to be lighter.
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This LED all three of them to smile and begin celebrating that
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Mike's magic had worked. That was until the lights went
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out, leaving only lightning to illuminate the room.
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And then the entire home began to shake.
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Unbeknownst to the three downstairs, Tammy had been
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asleep in her room, unaware of what was taking place.
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She is soon woken up by the shaking of the house and sees
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something outside of her window. Placing her glasses on her face
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and approaching her curtains, she pulls them back.
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She sees several branches scraping against her window as a
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result of the winds of the storm, their leaves being
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relentlessly pelted by the rain, then seemingly out of nowhere
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with the flicker of a lightning flash.
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The most aborn creature was staring back at her and behind
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the glass, a horned abomination with glowing yellow eyes,
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decaying looking skin as black as the abyss with gnarled yet
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sharp fangs stared at her with malice and desire.
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The young girl panics and screams her cries for help,
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prompting Randy to rush upstairs.
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He picks her up out of the corner of the room, sees the
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outline of the horned monstrosity outside of the
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window. Frantically rushing back down
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the stairs with his sister, he sets her down next to his mother
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and confronts Mike. He didn't know at the time that
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this was Mike's first attempt at banishment, and it now seems
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that he only added fuel to the fire.
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Unable to offer another solution, Mike and leaves the
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home, never to return. Left alone to deal with the
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aftermath, Randy, Belva, and Tammy sleep together in the
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living room to watch each other and keep one another safe.
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The power would return hours after Mike's departure and
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Needless to say, Randy, again seemingly defeated, would not
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sleep much this night. Following the chaos of the
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ritual night, Randy began to fall into a deep depression.
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Unsure of who to reach out to, he feels as if he was on the
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brink of insanity and that he could cross that threshold any
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moment. Sitting on his lunch break at
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work one afternoon dealing with these heavy emotions, he appears
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visibly upset by his dilemma. He's then approached by his Co
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worker, Paula. She asked him what was going on
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and no longer caring about his perceived craziness, Randy
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begins to confide in her everything that had been taking
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place. Surprisingly, Paula doesn't
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judge him, but rather she says she knows someone who can help
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him. She directs him to a woman named
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Nora Reiner. Paula explains that Nora's a
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healer, that she had not only assisted her in the past, but is
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known for helping people who are being oppressed by evil spirits.
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Feeling as if he's got nothing to lose, he agrees to go and see
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her. That day.
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He would arrive at the address he was given shortly after
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departing work. A business called Nora's Hair
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inhales. Unsure if Nora could help him or
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not, but again, feeling as if he had nothing to lose, Randy makes
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his way inside the salon. He then meets Nora for the first
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time. Her first impression of Randy is
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the following. When I saw Randy, he was in a
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terrible physical state. He was very thin, very nervous,
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very anxious, and looked sickly. She sensed that he was deeply
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tormented, and so she asked what was bothering him.
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Not having been previously told what he was there for, Randy
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would give a rough explanation of what he had done and would
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follow it up with I just want to die.
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She told him that she believed that she had received a gift
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from God and asked him if she could say a prayer for him out
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loud to try and help him, and if he could repeat this prayer with
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her and mean every word of what was being said.
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Nor then says a prayer of deliverance, calling upon Jesus
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to cast out demons. Randy, although desperately
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trying, finds himself unable to recite the prayer back to Nora.
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He then goes unconscious, sitting in a hair cutting chair
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whilst this is taking place. His head, which was folded down
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into his chest, picks back up, but the eyes that have been
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looking into Nora's were no longer there.
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They had instead gone entirely black.
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The word suicide would erupt from Randy's lips, only to be
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followed by a horrendous scream, one that sounded like multiple
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men yelling at once. The chair would then be thrust
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backwards and make contact with a nearby wall.
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Throwing Randy onto the floor. He would once again open his
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eyes to reveal abyssal orbs staring at Nora, and would let
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out a deep growl in Nora's words.
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I had prayed and delivered many people before, but had never
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seen or experienced or ever thought that something like this
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could happen. Grabbing a nearby crucifix off
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the wall, Nora presented it to Randy.
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He then began to make what can only be described as the noise
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of an angry cat, but in a much lower tone, and then his throat
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began to bulge as if he had swallowed A grapefruit.
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Continuing to pray and plead with Jesus to cast out the
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unholy spirits out of Randy. As the horrendous screams tear
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from his mouth, she places the crucifix to his chest and with
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one final scream, the bulge in his throat disobeys and he goes
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silent and still. After several tense minutes,
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Randy wakes up and begins to weep.
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He said that Jesus saved him, that he felt truly free.
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Accompanying Randy home, Northern meets his family and
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blesses their house for them. But she doesn't stop there.
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She convinces them to allow her to bless the original home where
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she put it, the place where evil had first been released.
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In the words of Randy, Noora had felt that a bottomless pit had
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been opened up within the walls of that home, and she wanted to
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close it. In Noor's words, there truly is
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a darkness that hopes to find those that seek it with
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curiosity, so that it may take advantage of those people and
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wreak havoc in their lives. Nora would conclude the
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blessing, and all four of them would leave the house, never to
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return. All demonic activity from there
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on out would cease. But before we conclude today's
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episode, let us first ponder some questions I found myself
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asking as I explored this interesting case.
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Do you think the Native American bones had anything to do with
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the initial haunting? Personally, aside from perhaps
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inspiring A darker curiosity that led to Randy seeking the
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occult, it doesn't seem so, unless this was the intended
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consequences by those whose resting place have been
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disturbed. I also feel this way considering
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how regular of a finding it was in Standish.
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Secondly, although I researched the supposed demons, I wasn't
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able to find much. Perhaps these particular deities
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aren't very well known, or perhaps their names had been
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changed to protect anyone who may seek them out as a result of
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the story by Randy. It's hard telling.
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I also think that it's interesting that those who
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summon demons typically do so for their supposed powers or
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assistance with particular tasks.
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Although I obviously don't practice this, it would be
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interesting to hear if anyone has or have they been successful
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in their endeavours, or if it's always just a trick.
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I'll weigh in. If Randy was aware that these
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summoned spirits were tormenting him, why would he allow for his
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mother and sister to move in with him?
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Don't you think this would be kind of a no brainer?
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Perhaps he didn't have the forethought to think that they
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might affect them. Then again, he was a younger man
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at the time. Why did the minister refuse to
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offer real help to Randy and his attempts to free himself?
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How can one believe in Christian teachings in the Bible and yet
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not believe in demons? This one really perplexed me
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because it's like wanting your cake and eating it too.
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One can't really exist without the other.
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Good can't truly exist without evil.
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Because of the minister's failure.
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Randy then sought out non conventional help with MM,
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obviously had good intentions but was inexperienced.
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He certainly should have shared that with Randy prior to coming
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to perform a ritual at his house, a ritual which made
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things exponentially worse then to just up and leave following.
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Making things worse was certainly not a good move.
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And during said ritual, why in God's name did no one think to
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at least bring Tammy, who was 11 at the time, into the protection
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circle, but rather just to leave her to her own devices during
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the supernatural battle? This one, too, had me
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questioning Randy and Belva's competency.
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And last but certainly not least, because I'm sure there
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are other questions that you guys will bring up or come up
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with on your own. And Randy met with Nora and an
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exorcism essentially began. He said the word sessage before
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hurling back and then out of his chair.
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This is Jesus spelled backwards. Do you think whatever entities
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that inhabited him did this to mock him?
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Also, the lack of sleep no doubt in my mind, played a major role
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in breaking Randy down in order for him to be possessed.
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I would consider this the previous state of oppression,
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but all the speculation aside, a few things are certain.
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There is a Dark World that exists beyond our veil of
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comprehension, an abyss that hosts abhorrent and terrifying
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entities. And if you dabble in the occult,
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especially if you're an inexperienced person, you might
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not seek to contact them per SE, but they might just take an
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interest in you. Think of it as sending out a
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beacon of light in the dead of night.
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They might notice you, begin to crave you until they finally
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find a way into your life and begin to stalk, oppress, and
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eventually consume you. Be wary, be vigilant and don't
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let that be you. Thank you guys so much for
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watching this brand new video. It has been a good while since
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I've delved into a case as terrifying as this one in my
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opinion. I hope I did this story justice
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spiritually, and I will see you very soon with yet another new
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