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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[Amber] This little boy
passed away unfortunately.
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His hand twitched.
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Help. Somebody help.
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I was terrified.
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[Gord] I had an aunt who was put
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into psychiatric hospital.
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Things weren't
like they should be.
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[laughs]
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[woman]
I had both knees replaced.
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It's not for the faint of heart.
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I didn't realize how vulnerable
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it was going to make me.
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[Amber] I am telling myself,
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"You're losing it."
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[Gord] That's when I saw
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the first glimpse of a shadow.
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[woman] They were upset
that I was there.
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I just felt like I wasn't alone.
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I felt like there was somebody
watching me.
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I didn't know
what I was gonna find.
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[whirring]
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Hi.
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Just leave me alone.
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[whistles]
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This was not my imagination.
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[girl laughing]
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[Amber] I didn't know why
or what was following me.
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[indistinct chatter]
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This was a ghost.
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- [laughs]
- [screams]
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[woman screams]
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[eerie music playing]
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[screams]
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[dramatic music playing]
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[narrator] It's 2010
in Denver, Colorado.
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In one of the city's hospitals,
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nursing assistant, Amber Mackey
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begins her evening shift.
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[Amber] I've worked
on the pediatric ICU unit.
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I would do everything,
from setting up rooms
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to helping run codes
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where you're getting supplies
for everything,
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changing linens,
answering call lights,
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helping support the families.
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[eerie music playing]
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[whistling]
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Working on a pediatric ICU unit
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is probably one
of the most difficult
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but yet the most rewarding unit
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you could ever work on.
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We see a lot of death
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and that is the sad part
about it.
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We see a lot of horrific trauma
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and accidents.
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[narrator] Amber thought
that this night
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in the pediatric ward
was going to be
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just like any other,
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but she was dead wrong.
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[eerie music playing]
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[Amber] I definitely just had
like a heavy kind of feeling,
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something
just didn't feel right.
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[whistling]
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[gasps]
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[woman] Sorry,
I didn't mean to scare you.
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I need you to set up room 25.
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Sure. No problem.
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[exhales deeply]
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[Amber] In charge in nursing,
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we have a trauma coming in.
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Some of these rooms, you know,
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that if a patients goes in there
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and they're really critical,
they're probably
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not gonna make it out.
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Room 25 is one of them.
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[rock music playing]
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[siren wailing]
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[Amber] I see the gurney
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go through that corridor
towards the room.
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There's blood dripping down
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onto the floor at that time.
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Who's the patient?
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[radio chatter]
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Twelve-year-old boy,
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he's been mauled by a dog.
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[Amber] The kid was playing
in the backyard
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and the dog busted through
the fence
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and just attacked his face
and his body.
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[paging system chatter]
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[eerie music playing]
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[groans]
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[Amber] Once I saw him
with the extent of damage
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and the amount of blood
coming from him,
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I didn't know
if he was gonna make it.
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It was pretty emotional
and scary.
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[machine beeping]
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[narrator] Despite best efforts,
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the little boy cannot be saved.
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Amber is tasked
with creating a memento
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for the family.
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[Amber] We normally have
a child life specialist
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that comes in
and they will create
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little memories for the family,
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like, handprints or a footprint
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and because it was the middle
of the night,
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at this point,
they were like nope, like,
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we don't have anybody.
Can you make it?
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[eerie music playing]
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[gasps]
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[panting]
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His hand twitched.
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Help. Somebody help.
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I was terrified.
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Oh, my God.
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His hand twitched.
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He's not dead.
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No pulse.
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He's gone.
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Are you sure?
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Maybe you're just imagining
things.
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Come on, let's get
these molds finished.
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[Amber] I was just waiting
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for something to happen again,
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waiting for the hand to twitch,
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waiting for the little boy
to open his eyes.
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[eerie music playing]
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Offer these away
for the parents.
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We need some more
cleaning supplies and linen,
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- would you mind getting them?
- Sure.
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I had to go and get linen,
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we like to change the bed,
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just so the family
could see him cleaned up
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all the way before they left
for the night.
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They had to go
to our overflow unit
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because that's all we stopped.
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I always had felt nervous
going in there
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just because it's so quiet.
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It's like an eerie quiet.
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[door creaks open]
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[Amber] Just the emergency
lights were on
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because we don't keep
the lights on in a unit
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that's not being used.
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[kid groaning]
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[eerie music playing]
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[Amber] It's just very weird.
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It's just very scary
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feeling all together
just to go over there
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even if nothing is going on.
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It just gives you the,
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"Ooh, I don't know
if I really wanna be here."
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[kid groans]
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[Amber] I see this little kid
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out of the corner of my eye
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and I turned and looked
and there was nothing there.
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Hello?
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Are you lost?
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Where did this kid go?
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What am I gonna find?
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Am I gonna find something
behind this curtain?
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[gasps]
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What the...
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And there was nothing there.
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At that point,
I was just terrified.
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As I am leaving,
I am telling myself,
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"You're losing it."
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[kid groans]
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[Amber] Could that be
that little boy
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from that room?
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I went down to the storage room
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just to get the supplies
so I could get back
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to our unit.
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[dial tone beeping]
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[Amber]
I start hearing something
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that sounded like a phone.
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[eerie music playing]
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Hello?
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Like, what if there's somebody
in here?
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What if somebody was laying
on the floor
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and I think of the worst,
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I didn't know
what I was gonna find.
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[dial tone beeping]
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[Amber] It was just a phone
sitting on the couch
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that was going off,
but it was still hang up
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and I didn't know
how this was possible.
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[dial tone beeping]
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Hello?
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Hello?
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And it's still was going off.
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Hello?
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I just felt like I wasn't alone.
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I felt like there was somebody
watching me.
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I didn't know what to do,
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so I just unplugged it
from the wall
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and it went off and I'm like,
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"Okay, this has to be
defective."
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So I just beeline and straight
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towards the storage room.
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And at this point,
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I am terrified
just trying to put my code
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and as fast as I can
to get out of there.
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[eerie music playing]
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[whistles]
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[man] Hello.
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Oh, my God.
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[whistling]
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[kid laughing]
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[man] Hello.
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I could hear a laugh.
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[kid laughing]
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[Amber] Then I was like, [bleep]
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"I gotta get out of here."
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- [panting]
- [kid laughing]
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[Amber] I slowly turned my head,
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there was a ball
that was in the middle
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of the hallway
that wasn't there before.
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Oh, my God.
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I just wanted to scream and cry
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because I didn't know why
or what was following me.
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[kid laughs]
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[screams]
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I just had my eyes
on the exit only
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and just straight line,
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just straight
out of that hallway
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into the main unit.
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[panting]
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- Are you okay?
- There's...
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I was shaking and I said,
"You don't understand,"
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like, I just explained
the whole story to her
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of what had happened
and so, she was like,
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"I'll go with you, like,
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I think you probably
are just seeing things."
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And I definitely
held onto her the whole time
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we went back over
into that unit.
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And I kinda stood behind her,
and was like,
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"If you're gonna see
this ball sitting in this...
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In the hallway..."
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I don't see any scary ball.
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[woman] It was right there.
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It was right there.
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I swear.
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She thought I was nuts,
and she kinda was like
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joking about it, like,
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"There is nothing here,
what are you talking about?
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You're losing it."
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Come on.
Let's get this stuff back.
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Sounds like you could use
a break.
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[panting]
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I am just exhausted.
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6:00 can't come fast enough
to do change of shift,
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so that I could go home
and go to sleep.
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[eerie music playing]
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I could put these away if you
need to go get some air.
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It's fine, really.
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[Amber] All of a sudden,
the call light went off
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and it happened to be the room
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that that little boy was in.
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[alarm beeping]
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I wonder if his parents
went back in there.
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[Amber] There was nobody
in there.
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This nurse was just like,
"Eh, it had to have been
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just a fluke or a short
in the cord.
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We'll just get a new call
light for it."
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But I knew that
that wasn't a fluke.
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[child groaning]
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[Amber] I knew that it was
not just a short in the...
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in the cord. I, at this point,
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is getting that feeling
that this is the little boy
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trying to just reach out.
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I think the spirit might've
wanted acknowledgement
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from Amber, because he died
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in such a tragic
and painful way.
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You know, he might be
in so much pain
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that that's all he sees,
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he can't see anything
outside of that.
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So, he needs
a human counterpart,
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a human guide,
that could release him.
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[eerie music playing]
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[Amber] The rest of the night,
I went in, did vitals,
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I made my rounds to each room,
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make sure everything
was stocked up.
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[door creaks open]
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[Amber] They took him down
to the morgue.
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And I thought in my head
kind of whispered that,
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"Hey, I know it's you
and it's okay.
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It's okay that you're here,
and that you're safe now."
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This has changed me...
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a lot.
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I think about it probably
on a daily basis,
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and with that,
I always wondered,
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could I help out? Is there a way
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that I could help
these spirits cross over
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or let them know that it's okay.
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When I have a patient that is
getting ready to go,
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I will let them know,
"It's okay. We will be back.
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You can go. You're safe."
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You know, just try
to give them comfort.
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I find that talking to them
beforehand helps them go.
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And then once they do,
I acknowledge them
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as if they were still there.
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I have a small boy at home.
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I don't ever want spirits
to come home with me,
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attach themselves to me.
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I just would like them
to stay where they're at
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so that I can go home,
and be at peace,
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and be able to go home
and be a mom.
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[eerie music playing]
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[laughs]
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[narrator] It's 1984.
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Gord McLean is on his way
to visit a relative.
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My childhood was
your typical, normal,
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happy, healthy childhood.
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Play baseball, sports,
all the usual fun stuff,
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had no problem finding friends
or adjusting with people.
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[narrator] But there is
something sad
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in Gord's young life.
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Don't be nervous, sweetie.
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Aunt Max is just sick right now.
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I had an aunt who suffered
from mental health issues.
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00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:13,477
She was put into the
psychiatric hospital
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several times
throughout her life.
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00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:19,550
And there was one time
that I can vividly remember
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that we went up to visit her.
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Gordy, just be a good boy
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for me and mom, okay?
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00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:27,758
We even coordinated
with the doctor.
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I had only, kind of,
overheard the stories
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00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:32,797
of the adults talking
about what was going on there,
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00:20:32,831 --> 00:20:35,533
so I didn't really know
what to expect.
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[eerie music playing]
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00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,425
[door creaking]
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00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:04,773
[door slams]
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[Gord] The psychiatric
hospital smelt like
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an industrial cleaner,
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00:21:09,801 --> 00:21:12,470
like, it just had this
very powerful
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00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:14,972
disinfectant smell.
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00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:19,377
It was very industrial
and barren.
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00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:21,579
There was no artwork,
there was no color.
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00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:24,081
It was all drab.
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00:21:32,257 --> 00:21:34,325
- Mr. McLean?
- [man] Yup.
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[woman] This is a very
high security facility.
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00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:41,499
I'm going to ask you
to follow me.
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00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:43,601
You're not to veer off.
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00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:46,437
You're to stay right behind me.
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00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,879
[Gord] We would be taken
to meet my aunt
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00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:57,381
in the heart of the building,
which was down
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00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:59,483
a whole series
of different corridors.
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00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:01,252
There'd be a security door.
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00:22:01,286 --> 00:22:02,720
We'd all have to get
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00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:03,754
escorted through that door.
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00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:06,424
The nurse, she'd make sure
that door was closed.
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00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,167
[Gord] So, we would go down
one hallway.
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00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:20,571
And she would do the next thing
355
00:22:20,605 --> 00:22:23,474
at the next door.
356
00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:26,310
We probably did that
four, five times.
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00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:29,413
As a kid getting into
this building,
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00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,948
getting deeper and deeper,
359
00:22:30,982 --> 00:22:32,650
the hairs on the back
of my neck are starting
360
00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:36,187
to stand up
a little bit straighter.
361
00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:46,030
And almost feels like
there's eyes on me.
362
00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:54,105
I didn't know what was
going on around me.
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00:22:56,608 --> 00:22:59,043
I just knew something
was going on.
364
00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:10,588
There are no children allowed
beyond this point.
365
00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:13,457
Will you take a seat
on the couch, young man?
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00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:15,393
And you two, follow me.
367
00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:16,427
[beeping]
368
00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:17,995
[door opens]
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00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,438
[Gord] They left me out
in the hall.
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00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:28,773
They knew it was safe and secure
371
00:23:28,807 --> 00:23:29,673
because we had just gone through
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00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:31,642
all these security door locks.
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00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:37,348
[eerie music playing]
374
00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:39,483
[Gord] But I had
that feeling that...
375
00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:42,386
things weren't
like they should be.
376
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,422
[clapping]
377
00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:50,027
[Gord] I knew my parents were
in the room next door.
378
00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:54,498
There was a meeting room where
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00:23:54,533 --> 00:24:00,104
there was my mom, my dad,
the nurse, a doctor.
380
00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:05,776
And still, there was a feeling
that something was there.
381
00:24:05,811 --> 00:24:09,947
I didn't know what
or who it may have been.
382
00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:16,120
But there was something
in that hallway with me.
383
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:22,493
I just didn't know what
was going on.
384
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,195
[man] Hi.
385
00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:30,601
[Gord] I tried to put it
out of my mind
386
00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,436
as best as I could.
387
00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:38,275
I had brought a couple
small toy cars with me.
388
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:39,543
I got down on the floor
389
00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:41,479
and started playing
with the cars.
390
00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:43,447
I would, kind of, roll
the car down
391
00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,649
three or four feet
before it would veer off.
392
00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:48,953
I'd run, pick it up, come back.
393
00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:52,289
I had pushed the cars maybe
394
00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:53,657
two or three times down the hall
395
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:56,560
and gone and collect them up...
396
00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:58,462
[clapping]
397
00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,530
[Gord] ...when I heard a sound.
398
00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:01,799
[clapping]
399
00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,434
[Gord] It sounded like clapping.
400
00:25:03,468 --> 00:25:04,702
[clapping]
401
00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:08,439
It wasn't like your typical,
like, applause,
402
00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,708
but it was more like
somebody's just super excited
403
00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:13,844
about something fun happening.
404
00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:17,448
I stood up, looked around.
405
00:25:17,482 --> 00:25:21,051
It sounded like it was
at the end of the hallway.
406
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,288
Couldn't see anything.
407
00:25:24,322 --> 00:25:26,223
There was nobody there.
408
00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:31,495
I kept trying to find it.
409
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:35,232
The hairs on the back
of my neck were standing up.
410
00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:38,736
There was nobody around
411
00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:40,804
that could've made that sound.
412
00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:44,174
The dread really started
to rise up in me.
413
00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:51,582
I had that feeling
that I wanted to run,
414
00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:54,151
but there was nowhere
I could run to.
415
00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:57,321
[clapping]
416
00:25:57,355 --> 00:25:58,889
[Morgan]
Kids like Gord are often
417
00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:00,858
more receptive
to paranormal activity.
418
00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:04,528
Their minds just aren't
as busy as we are as adults.
419
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,530
Their brainwaves tend to be
a lot different than adults
420
00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,765
and often, if you've got
421
00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:09,700
a hotspot of
paranormal activity,
422
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:12,336
kids will be the ones
to pick up on it,
423
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:14,371
whether it'd be
frightening or not.
424
00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:20,611
I had to, kind of,
425
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:23,347
just gather my thoughts,
426
00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:24,315
try to convince myself
427
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,616
that maybe I was just
hearing it,
428
00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:28,052
that it wasn't actually there.
429
00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:34,258
But then this blast of cold air
430
00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:36,093
came from behind me
431
00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:40,598
and pushed the car down,
432
00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:42,533
not to four feet, not five feet,
433
00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:45,636
but pushed it down the entire
length of the hallway.
434
00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:49,173
[eerie music playing]
435
00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:53,477
[clapping]
436
00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:55,479
[Gord] And I heard
the clapping again.
437
00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:56,880
[clapping]
438
00:26:56,915 --> 00:27:01,151
[Gord] It was very excited,
like uncontrollable joy.
439
00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:02,620
It was almost like
440
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:05,255
somebody or something
wanted to play.
441
00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:09,760
I walked slowly
down the hallway.
442
00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:13,163
This sense of terror and dread
443
00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:14,665
just came over me.
444
00:27:14,699 --> 00:27:16,467
This dread just kept increasing
445
00:27:16,501 --> 00:27:19,069
the closer I got to the car.
446
00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,674
[panting]
447
00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:26,377
The car had flipped over
on to its roof.
448
00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:29,647
The car just started spinning
449
00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:32,750
and there's no way that
it could've been doing that.
450
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:35,786
It was just spinning around,
and around, and around.
451
00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,721
Almost as if somebody had
taken their finger
452
00:27:37,756 --> 00:27:40,157
and flicked
the front of the car.
453
00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:43,093
It wasn't explainable.
454
00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:48,332
It just drained
the blood from my body.
455
00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:49,933
I just felt ice cold.
456
00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:52,636
I had this pit in the bottom
of my stomach
457
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,339
and just this fear
that I haven't felt before.
458
00:27:56,574 --> 00:27:58,509
I quickly reached down,
459
00:27:58,543 --> 00:27:59,643
grabbed the car,
460
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,278
ran as fast as I could
461
00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:02,680
back down the hallway.
462
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:05,949
I curled up into
a little tiny ball.
463
00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,285
My heart is pounding,
I'm out of breath,
464
00:28:08,319 --> 00:28:11,321
and I just want to go home.
465
00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:13,323
I just want to go
to some place safe.
466
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:16,360
[eerie music playing]
467
00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:22,466
[Gord] That's when I saw
468
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:25,169
the first glimpse of a shadow.
469
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:28,739
[eerie music playing]
470
00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:31,308
It just didn't make sense
why a shadow would be
471
00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:32,409
where it was.
472
00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:35,612
It was just there, watching me,
473
00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:37,347
almost like it wanted me
to keep playing
474
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,216
with the cars.
475
00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:41,318
[eerie music playing]
476
00:28:41,352 --> 00:28:43,587
[Gord] I just froze.
477
00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:46,323
I knew my parents were in
the room next door,
478
00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:47,591
but I couldn't get to them.
479
00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:48,892
I tried to scream,
480
00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:52,763
but it was as if there was
no air in my lungs.
481
00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:54,431
It was a face that I will
482
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:55,833
- never forget.
- [laughs]
483
00:28:55,867 --> 00:29:00,404
[Gord] And there was just this
big smile on his face.
484
00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:04,708
Almost like a crazy,
happy smile.
485
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:08,579
The arms and the body
were in a straitjacket.
486
00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:11,548
It was moving towards me.
487
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,117
This was not my imagination.
488
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:14,218
This was a ghost.
489
00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:17,254
[eerie music playing]
490
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:27,397
- Hi.
- [screams]
491
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:34,271
[Gord] It was the most
terrifying thing
492
00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:36,306
that I've ever experienced.
493
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:39,309
[dramatic music playing]
494
00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,180
My parents came out of the room.
495
00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:44,515
I instantly jumped up,
496
00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:46,517
and I ran over to my mother,
497
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:49,386
and gave her a huge hug.
498
00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:51,221
What's the matter, sweetie?
499
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:55,793
[dramatic music playing]
500
00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:58,195
I could see the shadowy
figure still down
501
00:29:58,229 --> 00:29:59,263
at the end of the hall.
502
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:01,965
What is that?
503
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,034
Do you see anything
at the end of the hallway?
504
00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:08,338
[Gord] My mom said
she didn't see anything.
505
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,508
No.
506
00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,610
Gord, we're here now.
507
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,245
- What is it?
- What is it?
508
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,348
I was playing with my cars,
509
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,284
and then it started going
by itself, and...
510
00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:22,452
[Gord] I began to tell
511
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,521
what had happened
to my mom and dad.
512
00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:26,490
And then I saw a man
in a straitjacket...
513
00:30:26,524 --> 00:30:27,858
[Gord] They didn't believe me.
514
00:30:27,892 --> 00:30:30,561
They thought it must have
just been in my imagination.
515
00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:32,396
- We're here now, okay?
- [woman] All right.
516
00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:35,465
We're ready for you now.
Come on.
517
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,968
[Gord] But I know
what I saw that day.
518
00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:47,010
[Morgan] Psychiatric hospitals
are often hotspots
519
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:50,347
for the paranormal,
often because emotionally,
520
00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:51,782
emotions are just raging.
521
00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:53,784
You've got the ups,
you've got the downs,
522
00:30:53,818 --> 00:30:55,452
you got the highs,
you got the lows,
523
00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:57,287
and wherever
this emotional activity,
524
00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:59,022
you get paranormal activity
as well.
525
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:01,525
And I think what was going on
in this particular case
526
00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:04,528
was that we had an entity
that was trying to relate
527
00:31:04,562 --> 00:31:06,530
to Gord
on a very child-like level.
528
00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:09,499
And this can be quite common
when it comes to children
529
00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:11,935
and paranormal experiences.
530
00:31:14,239 --> 00:31:15,739
[narrator] Six years later,
531
00:31:15,773 --> 00:31:18,308
Gordon McLean is looking
through a history book
532
00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:20,344
in his high school highway.
533
00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:24,815
As the years went on,
534
00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:28,485
I kind of didn't really
forget about what happened,
535
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,687
but I thought that was
the end of it.
536
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:35,726
It wasn't until
grade nine history,
537
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,328
where we were studying
the First World War,
538
00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:40,497
that I was instantly transported
539
00:31:40,531 --> 00:31:44,167
right back into that hallway,
curled up,
540
00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:47,204
watching that figure
at the end of the hall.
541
00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:49,506
[eerie music playing]
542
00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:52,376
[Gord] It was a picture
of a soldier
543
00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,411
from the First World War,
544
00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:56,413
from the Battle
of Passchendaele,
545
00:31:56,447 --> 00:31:58,782
where the caption underneath
546
00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:03,387
was unidentified soldier
suffering from shellshock.
547
00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:05,522
And he had the same eyes
548
00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:09,326
and that same smile that I saw.
549
00:32:10,361 --> 00:32:11,595
The face was the same.
550
00:32:11,629 --> 00:32:14,298
That psychiatric hospital
did take in
551
00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:16,466
a lot of World War I veterans
552
00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:18,435
that did suffer from
553
00:32:18,469 --> 00:32:20,270
what we now call PTSD.
554
00:32:21,306 --> 00:32:23,407
I think that maybe...
555
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,409
the ghost was a soldier
556
00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:26,777
from the First World War
557
00:32:26,811 --> 00:32:30,747
that unfortunately got
put into the hospital.
558
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:33,450
I haven't really told this
story to too many people,
559
00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:35,752
it's not, uh, a story
that I'm telling
560
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,422
for adventure or fame,
or anything like that.
561
00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:40,557
It's something that happened
and I'm telling it
562
00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:45,662
just because it's a story
that needs to get told.
563
00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:48,432
This incident
has made me realize
564
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:49,833
that we're not alone
565
00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:52,069
and there are things
that we can't explain.
566
00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:58,041
This isn't just
my imagination running wild.
567
00:32:58,076 --> 00:33:02,079
There were too many things
that I saw or I heard,
568
00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:04,614
from the clapping
to seeing the car
569
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,616
spinning on the hood.
570
00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,785
If it was one thing,
571
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:11,755
maybe I could write it off
to just being my imagination,
572
00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:14,791
but when you stack
all the evidence together,
573
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,494
it adds up to something
that doesn't make sense,
574
00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:20,330
something that shouldn't be,
but was.
575
00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:22,532
I am so very skeptical
of some stories
576
00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:24,601
and some things
can be explained away,
577
00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:28,338
but this is one story
that I can't explain.
578
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,273
So, do I think
that ghosts exist?
579
00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:31,274
Yes, they do.
580
00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:34,311
[eerie music playing]
581
00:33:46,390 --> 00:33:47,991
Just leave me alone.
582
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,330
[eerie music playing]
583
00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:03,607
[narrator] It's 2016,
584
00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:05,442
Author Kitty Janusz
585
00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:08,478
is about to undergo
a risky operation.
586
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,614
[Kitty] I had to go in for
587
00:34:10,648 --> 00:34:12,749
what is a very difficult
surgery.
588
00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:17,554
I had both knees replaced
at the same time.
589
00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:19,556
[doctor]
Nurse, let's get started.
590
00:34:19,590 --> 00:34:20,424
Don't worry,
it's going to be fine.
591
00:34:22,427 --> 00:34:24,594
[Kitty]
It was a terrifying surgery.
592
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:26,563
Essentially,
they cut your legs off
593
00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:28,298
and reattach them.
594
00:34:28,332 --> 00:34:29,599
They slice your leg open,
595
00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:32,269
they remove the knee,
then they...
596
00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:33,570
So you back up.
597
00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:36,173
It's not for the faint of heart.
598
00:34:42,380 --> 00:34:45,382
[dramatic music playing]
599
00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:50,287
Hi, there. How are you feeling?
600
00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:53,323
Tired. Really tired.
601
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:56,159
I promise, I will be out
here soon, okay?
602
00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:59,429
I was excited
to be out of surgery.
603
00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:02,132
Looked down to see
I still had both legs on.
604
00:35:05,636 --> 00:35:07,804
They put ice packs
on your knees,
605
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:10,874
which are run through hoses
that go into coolers
606
00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:14,678
so it's circulating ice water
around your knees.
607
00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:17,314
I can't move, I can't walk.
608
00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:19,382
I'm in a very vulnerable state,
609
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:21,284
just lying in this bed,
610
00:35:21,319 --> 00:35:23,420
looking at my legs.
611
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:26,957
[dramatic music playing]
612
00:35:29,527 --> 00:35:32,662
[Kitty]
I didn't realize, mentally,
613
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:35,398
how vulnerable
it was going to make me.
614
00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:37,200
[indistinct ghostly chatter]
615
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,674
[Kitty] I heard voices
in the room with me.
616
00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:46,977
I couldn't tell
what they were saying.
617
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:51,448
[eerie music playing]
618
00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,451
[Kitty]
Then I see these two girls.
619
00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:56,419
At first, I thought
they're real humans,
620
00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,555
some visitors
who had been in the room.
621
00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:01,691
[eerie music playing]
622
00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:03,994
Then I noticed
I could see through them.
623
00:36:06,430 --> 00:36:07,564
I'm looking directly at them
624
00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:09,599
and they're looking back at me.
625
00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:11,601
Last step, the night nurse
will be here shortly
626
00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:12,702
to check up on you.
627
00:36:12,737 --> 00:36:14,404
[Kitty]
The nurse didn't see them.
628
00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:19,543
[eerie music playing]
629
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:22,479
[Kitty]
Every time I get that visual
630
00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:23,480
of those two girls...
631
00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:24,648
[indistinct whisper]
632
00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:26,850
...I still get the chills
633
00:36:26,884 --> 00:36:28,985
every time I think
of those two girls.
634
00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:32,088
What do you want from me?
635
00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,327
[Kitty]
I'm looking at their faces.
636
00:36:38,796 --> 00:36:42,499
They look really, really angry.
637
00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:44,467
They are not just looking at me,
638
00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:46,236
they are glaring at me.
639
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:48,405
As I'm looking at these girls,
640
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:49,673
I'm trying to figure out
641
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:53,476
why they would be so upset
of my presence.
642
00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:55,879
They weren't upset
of the nurse's presence.
643
00:36:55,913 --> 00:36:58,782
They were upset
that I was there.
644
00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:01,585
And I can only imagine
that they were upset
645
00:37:01,619 --> 00:37:04,287
by the fact that I saw them.
646
00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:06,556
[eerie music playing]
647
00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,491
[Kitty] Never before had...
648
00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:10,493
I had the urge to run
649
00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:14,264
and never before had I had
the inability to move.
650
00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:19,569
I felt so trapped within my mind
651
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:23,173
and in my body
as I lay there in the bed.
652
00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:24,341
And it was terrifying.
653
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:27,510
These two girls...
654
00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:31,681
turned to each other and spoke.
655
00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:34,618
I heard no voices coming
from their lips.
656
00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:38,154
[indistinct whisper]
657
00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:40,624
[eerie music playing]
658
00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:43,260
[Kitty]
And I knew at that point,
659
00:37:43,294 --> 00:37:46,162
they were talking about me.
660
00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:49,566
And I could only imagine
661
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,902
what they were thinking about
doing to me
662
00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,705
and to this... I'm just
getting the chills again
663
00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:59,242
because it was
the creepiest thing
664
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,044
that I've ever seen.
665
00:38:02,346 --> 00:38:03,346
Leave me alone.
666
00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:08,351
[indistinct whisper]
667
00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:10,120
Just leave me alone!
668
00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:17,093
They just completely vanished.
669
00:38:19,664 --> 00:38:23,300
I was feeling so vulnerable
after the surgery,
670
00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:26,269
and to think of it now,
671
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,705
my heart still races.
672
00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:31,508
Kitty talks about two
aggressive entities
673
00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:32,609
that she sees,
674
00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:35,211
that appeared to her as sisters,
675
00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:36,346
but she inherently knows
676
00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:38,315
that something's not right
with them,
677
00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:40,283
that this is an evil force
678
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,518
or something that's negative.
679
00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:42,852
This is likely a negative entity
680
00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:46,456
that was feeling territorial
over its base.
681
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:47,657
Kitty wouldn't leave,
682
00:38:47,692 --> 00:38:50,293
which was ultimately
gonna cause a problem.
683
00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:54,130
[knocks on door]
684
00:38:55,499 --> 00:38:56,533
Hi. Kitty?
685
00:38:56,567 --> 00:38:58,868
Is it all right if I come in?
686
00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:00,704
I had to get some answer,
so I waited
687
00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:03,206
until the night nurse came in.
688
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,374
Yes, please do.
689
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,680
I have a strange question
to ask.
690
00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:12,649
Sure. How can I help?
691
00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:15,452
Has anyone ever complained
about this room?
692
00:39:15,486 --> 00:39:16,686
[Kitty]
I did not tell him anything
693
00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:19,122
that I had seen or encountered.
694
00:39:20,324 --> 00:39:22,492
Well...
695
00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:25,328
we get patients
complained about...
696
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:27,097
ghost children.
697
00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:29,699
[Kitty] He says,
"We always get patients
698
00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:32,669
who say
there's children in that room,
699
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:35,305
standing, just staring at them."
700
00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:36,639
Like little girls?
701
00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:40,110
[nurse]
Yeah, something like that.
702
00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:43,046
[Kitty] There was no way
I was gonna get any sleep...
703
00:39:44,348 --> 00:39:46,349
between staring at that corner,
704
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,151
staring at the door,
705
00:39:48,185 --> 00:39:50,286
wondering what might be
coming in.
706
00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:54,524
As the night progressed,
707
00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:56,259
I didn't see the girls anymore.
708
00:39:57,728 --> 00:39:59,596
But I'm just staring
at that empty corner
709
00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:01,431
where those two girls had been.
710
00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:06,403
Feeling the walls
close in on me.
711
00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:10,573
I wanted to get out so bad.
712
00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:15,044
[eerie music playing]
713
00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:27,557
Are you all right?
714
00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:29,659
You don't look like
you slept a wink.
715
00:40:29,693 --> 00:40:31,561
I need to get out of this room.
716
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:32,996
[nurse] Well, I have good news.
717
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:34,731
I'm here to move you
from the recovery wing
718
00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:36,733
- and into your new room.
- [exhales]
719
00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:40,103
[Kitty] I was so relieved
to get out of that room.
720
00:40:40,137 --> 00:40:40,970
I thought, "Finally,
721
00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:43,206
I'm gonna go to a place
where I can heal
722
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,374
and I can get some rest,"
723
00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:46,843
because I hadn't slept a wink.
724
00:40:46,877 --> 00:40:49,279
[man] Dr. Hannigan,
call on line one,
725
00:40:49,313 --> 00:40:51,247
Dr. Hannigan.
726
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,550
[eerie music playing]
727
00:40:53,584 --> 00:40:55,351
[indistinct ghostly chatter]
728
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,925
[Kitty]
And I thought at that point
729
00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:03,960
I was finally gonna get
some peace.
730
00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:11,267
I wasn't gonna get any peace.
731
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,635
[indistinct ghostly chatter]
732
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:16,406
Because that's when
I started hearing the voices.
733
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,342
These voices were in the room.
734
00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:22,345
I think I was able
to distinguish
735
00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:23,680
at least 10 different voices.
736
00:41:24,915 --> 00:41:27,650
And as I'm just laying there,
listening to these voices
737
00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:30,420
going back and forth,
738
00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:32,222
the light started flickering.
739
00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:38,228
[woman screams]
740
00:41:39,396 --> 00:41:41,965
But now I see the shadows.
741
00:41:43,734 --> 00:41:46,436
These are shadow figures
within the room.
742
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:49,639
[growling and whispering]
743
00:41:49,673 --> 00:41:51,641
My heart's racing right now.
744
00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:55,411
[growling and whispering]
745
00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:57,747
I call for the angels.
746
00:41:57,781 --> 00:41:59,582
[Kitty]
And in my own exhaustion,
747
00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:02,752
I just...
I called forth the universe,
748
00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:04,554
I called forth angels.
749
00:42:04,588 --> 00:42:07,624
Please help
these tortured souls.
750
00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:08,758
I need this to stop now.
751
00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:12,161
I need you guys to just go home.
752
00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:14,364
[growling]
753
00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,368
Please help them just get home.
754
00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:20,436
Please guide them to the light.
755
00:42:20,471 --> 00:42:23,106
[faint screaming]
756
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:28,711
[exhales sharply]
757
00:42:28,746 --> 00:42:31,614
And they finally just stopped.
758
00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:32,682
I stopped hearing the voices
759
00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:36,319
and I stopped
seeing the shadow figures.
760
00:42:36,353 --> 00:42:39,689
[sighing]
761
00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:42,325
She very clearly
and very definitively
762
00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:44,460
told the spirit
she'd had enough,
763
00:42:44,495 --> 00:42:47,830
and that active dominance,
that assertion
764
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:50,366
was enough to get the entity
to back off.
765
00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,402
So in this case,
she was really fortunate.
766
00:42:52,436 --> 00:42:54,370
If it had have been left,
however,
767
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,606
and this had have continued,
768
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:57,874
then she likely
would've end up injured.
769
00:42:57,908 --> 00:42:59,809
[woman] [on radio]
Dr. Hannigan, please come...
770
00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:03,479
[narrator] Kitty spends five
more days in the hospital
771
00:43:03,514 --> 00:43:07,417
with no further
paranormal experiences.
772
00:43:07,451 --> 00:43:09,419
Even to this day,
when I retell the story,
773
00:43:09,453 --> 00:43:11,654
I remember those two girls
774
00:43:11,689 --> 00:43:13,723
and I remember
those shadow figures.
775
00:43:13,757 --> 00:43:15,758
[woman] [on radio] Radiology,
pick up line two.
776
00:43:15,793 --> 00:43:20,964
[Kitty] Seeing those two
evil little girls
777
00:43:20,998 --> 00:43:24,734
standing in that corner,
glaring at me, to realize
778
00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:27,437
that there is still evil
779
00:43:27,471 --> 00:43:28,972
on that other side of the vale,
780
00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:31,474
that they do have
the power to harm.
781
00:43:31,508 --> 00:43:35,211
And you have to have
really strong
782
00:43:35,245 --> 00:43:36,713
personal boundaries,
783
00:43:36,747 --> 00:43:39,115
dealing with the paranormal.
784
00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:44,253
[eerie music playing]
785
00:43:54,365 --> 00:43:58,334
[indistinct whisper]
786
00:44:00,504 --> 00:44:04,307
[eerie music playing]