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[woman 1] When I woke up
from my surgery,
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my mother was standing
beside my bed.
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But there's a lot of dark
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in the hospital as well.
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[woman 2] You would get
this uneasy feeling...
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[growling]
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...because you knew that
you were not alone.
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[woman 1]
I saw this apparition...
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[screaming]
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Whatever it was
had ill intentions.
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Get out!
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[woman 2] His eyes were black.
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Something was taking
over my body.
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I have never ever been
that scared in my life.
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[theme music playing]
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[screaming]
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[narrator] It's 2019,
in a Canadian industrial town.
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Michelle Wadge is facing
the fight of her life.
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July 2018,
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I was diagnosed with
a form of thyroid cancer.
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I had surgery to have
my 18.5cm tumor removed
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out of my chest.
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Finding out at 37 years old
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that you have cancer
is absolutely terrifying.
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You don't know what's gonna
happen the next day,
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you don't know if you have six
months to plan for the rest of your life.
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[machine beeping]
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In order to crack my chest open,
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they had to stop my heart, and I was
physically dead for 4 minutes and 31 seconds,
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while they proceeded
to take the tumor out.
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[narrator] Six hours later,
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Michelle is in
her recovery room.
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[Michelle] This is where it's
gonna get really emotional for me,
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because I haven't told
anybody this.
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Except... you guys.
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Mom?
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My mother passed away
May of 2013,
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and when I woke up
from my surgery,
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my mother was standing
beside my bed.
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She didn't say anything to me,
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she didn't speak in anyway,
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but, the love in her eyes,
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and the warmth that I felt
from her,
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made me know that
everything's gonna be okay.
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Mom?
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[sobbing]
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[Michelle]
That was my first encounter
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with an apparition ever.
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But that wasn't the only one.
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Something in me
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and about me had
completely changed.
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[narrator]
Six months after her surgery,
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Michelle is in remission
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and working at the very
hospital that saved her life.
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It has a place in my heart.
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I'm very drawn to that place.
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I work in the cafeteria.
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I love my job because
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I have a sense of pride.
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Keeping the doctors and
the nurses and the PSW's fed,
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and keeping their brains
all to their full potential,
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so they can do whatever they
can for the patients of our hospital.
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But not everything that occurs in
a hospital is always a good thing.
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There's a lot of dark
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in a hospital as well.
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[gasping]
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It was very, very early morning
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and my supervisor and I, we
were prepping for the breakfast rush.
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Where's the bacon?
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It's right there.
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[Michelle] I had set the tray
of bacon on the cooling table
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in order to get prepped.
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What the hell?
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[Michelle] How does
a huge pan of bacon
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just up and disappear?
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It doesn't have legs.
I know it didn't walk away.
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It... It can't be.
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I... I took it out.
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The tray of bacon
is back in the warming oven.
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It was about
eight o'clock in the morning.
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Nobody else in there whatsoever.
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The other staff don't start until
about an hour and a half later.
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My supervisor and I
were flabbergasted.
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Very weird and confusing.
I was very, very puzzled.
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When we close the cafeteria
at night time,
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the kitchen has to be
in a certain pristine order.
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Everything has a place.
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[objects clattering]
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The next morning,
there was another incident,
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[gasps]
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It was almost like somebody
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had flipped all the pots
and pans upside down,
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and they were stacked
on each other.
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But how they were
stacked was weird.
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[screaming]
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[objects clattering]
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What the hell?
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[Michelle] We did not know what
to think of this whole situation.
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Both of us bought it down to,
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there was something
in that kitchen with us.
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Something definitely
wanted our attention.
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Maybe there was
a message for somebody,
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maybe there was
a message for me.
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I was definitely scared.
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Shortly after,
I had to go to the basement
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to have a photo ID made
for a staff member.
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The photo room also happens
to be where the morgue is as well.
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I was so nervous,
I had this feeling
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that somebody was watching me.
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It was like, all the little hairs
on the back of my neck stood up.
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I could not shake that feeling.
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We've all had that experience
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of being alone in a room
but being convinced
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that somebody else
is in there with us.
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That we're being watched
by unseen eyes.
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Maybe it's just our imagination.
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But maybe,
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especially in the case of somebody
who's sensitive, like Michelle,
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it's something more than that.
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[Michelle] There was a wheelchair
leaned up against the wall.
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The wheelchair started
moving very slowly.
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Almost like somebody
was sitting in it
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and taking their foot
and moving themselves
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back and forth
and back and forth,
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and back and forth.
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[breathes shakily]
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[gasping]
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I saw this apparition
or mass or thing,
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or whatever you wanna call it.
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Whatever it was,
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had ill intentions.
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[screaming]
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It was every single thing
I have ever been scared of
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in my entire life.
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It was as black as night, is
the only way I could describe it.
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I was terrified.
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It was making its way in
through the doors to the morgue.
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This seven foot
solid black thing
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slid through this crack.
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And I knew at that point I had
to get out of there right away.
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[gasping]
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[panting]
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[panting]
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I was visibly shaking,
almost to the point of tears.
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You okay?
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Yeah.
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[Michelle] I didn't say
anything to him at that point
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because I couldn't explain
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what I saw or what I had felt.
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I couldn't gather
my thoughts at first,
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and that's not me.
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[sirens wailing in distance]
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I went back to work,
tried to get into my groove,
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you know, tried to forget
everything that's happened.
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[eerie giggling]
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[Michelle] As I was
coming out of the fridge,
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I could hear what I thought
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was a distinctive little giggle.
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[mimicking giggling]
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[eerie giggling]
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Did you hear that?
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Nothing.
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[Michelle] I kind of
brushed it off at first.
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[eerie giggling]
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[Michelle] Later, as I was
closing, the giggles started again.
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[giggling continues]
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It was pretty much anywhere
I walked in that hospital.
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It was like
I was being followed.
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Next morning, it started again.
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[eerie giggling]
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[giggling continues]
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Did you hear that?
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[Michelle] And he goes,
"Can you hear that giggling?"
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At that point in time,
I knew, right there,
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that it wasn't all in my head,
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and there was something that
was following me around, giggling.
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[eerie giggling]
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All these occurrences
in the past couple of weeks
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happening, basically
surrounding me,
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really had my red flags up.
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I really, really felt that
something was
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specifically trying to
get my attention.
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[eerie giggling]
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Hello?
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[giggling continues]
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So I started talking to it.
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- I know you're here.
- What are you doing?
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[shushing]
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I'm trying to find out
what you want.
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[eerie sobbing]
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Do you need help?
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[sobbing continues]
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I thought maybe they
don't know that they're dead.
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They don't know that
they have passed on.
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[sobbing continues]
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And things like moving pots
and pans and the giggles,
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maybe this was somebody
trying to reach out to me
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saying, "Hey, I'm here.
I need your help"
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- Dear Lord...
- [sobbing continues]
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...a lost soul is here with me.
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A soul that needs your help
to cross over.
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I said a little prayer,
sending them into the light.
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Please help them.
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Help them find their way.
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[sobbing ceases]
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[Michelle]
And after that was done,
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I didn't feel anything
in that kitchen anymore.
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It felt a lot lighter.
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[sighs in relief]
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It was almost like the air
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was a little bit easier
to breathe.
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I sat in the cafeteria table
on my lunch break,
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and just tried to
process my thoughts,
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and that's when I came to
the conclusion,
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"Okay, Michelle, you got something
here that everybody else doesn't have."
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The surgery,
and dying on the table
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has allowed me to
connect with the other side.
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Michelle has undergone
a life or death surgery.
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She had her heart stopped
by the surgeon
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for four and a half minutes.
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Which means she was technically
dead for that period of time.
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And time and time again, we
hear these experiences of people,
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men and women that
passed through death's door,
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even for a brief period,
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and when they come back,
they are changed.
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Their perception of the world
has broadened.
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They're able to see spirits.
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They're able to hear
spirit voices.
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[Michelle] Once I confronted
the spirit,
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I honestly thought
that would be it.
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That would be it
for the experiences
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that I've had at the hospital.
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And that's when I had the most
terrifying experience of my life.
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My supervisor had informed me
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that we're not allowed to keep
any of our personal belongings
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up in our workspace,
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and that there's
a locker room downstairs.
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So I had to go to
the dreaded basement again.
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I could feel my anxiety rising.
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It's a huge room.
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There has to be about
1,500 to 2,000 lockers in there,
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if not more.
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This is the locker room for
the entirety of the hospital.
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[rattling]
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Hello?
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Is... somebody in here?
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It was eerily silent.
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You couldn't hear the furnace,
you couldn't hear the lights above.
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And usually,
with fluorescent lights,
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you will hear them...
[mimics buzzing]
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[breathing shakily]
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[exhales]
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There was no sound at all.
Nothing.
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A locker is made out of metal.
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I would think that there
would be some sort of sound.
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Nothing. Not a sound at all.
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And I started to feel
really, really strange.
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It almost felt like something
was taking over my body.
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Almost like I was being engulfed
260
00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:11,983
in a big cloud of fear.
261
00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:17,455
My heart was pounding
out of my chest.
262
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:20,158
The hairs of my neck
were standing.
263
00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,696
My mouth went very, very dry,
264
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:29,734
and I had this really distinct
metallic taste,
265
00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:32,069
like having a mouthful of blood.
266
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:44,248
My brain was saying
it's time to run,
267
00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:46,250
but my feet didn't wanna move.
268
00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:16,013
[locker opening]
269
00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,383
[lockers rattling]
270
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:31,195
The one set of lockers,
they started opening slowly,
271
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:34,398
one by one by one.
272
00:20:34,433 --> 00:20:35,366
[gasps]
273
00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:41,239
[breathing shakily]
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
274
00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:43,307
Stop.
275
00:20:45,944 --> 00:20:50,214
And then, boom! There was
the black mask again.
276
00:20:51,216 --> 00:20:53,217
[screaming in terror]
277
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,018
I was terrified.
278
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,355
There was something in there
that wanted me to know,
279
00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:00,391
"Hey, I'm here,"
and that's terrifying.
280
00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:04,262
Stop. Stop.
281
00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:08,366
[Michelle] The feeling that I got
from it, it wasn't a good feeling.
282
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,036
It wasn't a feeling of
light-hearted play.
283
00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:16,240
Stop!
284
00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:19,310
Leave me alone!
285
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,981
[screaming in terror]
286
00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:29,453
Whatever was
in that locker room with me
287
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:32,456
was not of good intention.
It was evil.
288
00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:34,091
It was dark.
289
00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:37,962
It had an intention in mind,
290
00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:42,133
and I did not want to be the one
to find out what that intention was.
291
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:46,137
[sobbing]
292
00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:49,674
[breathing frantically]
293
00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:53,044
I got out of there
and I physically cried.
294
00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:55,246
[sobbing]
295
00:21:56,481 --> 00:22:01,085
[sobbing, panting]
296
00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,087
Hey.
297
00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:05,056
Are you all right?
298
00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:11,128
I'm never going
into that basement again.
299
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,864
What the hell happened?
300
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,834
[Michelle]
And from that day forward,
301
00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:19,403
I refused to go down
into the basement.
302
00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:20,404
[sobbing]
303
00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:22,540
Anytime they try to
send me down there,
304
00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:26,310
"Nope. You can fire me
before I go back down there."
305
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,446
That's how terrified I was.
306
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,548
I'm willing to lose my job
307
00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:33,417
as long as I don't have to
go back into that basement.
308
00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:41,959
I definitely now believe that
it doesn't matter.
309
00:22:41,993 --> 00:22:45,830
A hospital, anywhere that
there is life,
310
00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:49,200
or death, traumatic experiences,
311
00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:51,302
natural experiences,
312
00:22:51,336 --> 00:22:53,771
there's gonna be
paranormal activity.
313
00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:54,939
If you have unfinished business,
314
00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:58,209
that you will stay behind
to finish your business.
315
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:05,216
Usually, every day, there's
something that happens at work.
316
00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:07,518
- [crashes]
- [terrified scream]
317
00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:12,656
[Michelle] I might see something,
or I might hear something,
318
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:15,659
but that's become
my everyday normal now.
319
00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:19,864
This is what I'm used to.
This is what I'm subjected to.
320
00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:24,535
So, unless anything feels
malicious, or dark,
321
00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:27,538
or bad or evil
in any way, shape, or form,
322
00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:29,073
I just embrace it.
323
00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:33,511
I let it go, and I say, "There's
enough room here for the both of us."
324
00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:35,146
And that's it.
325
00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:50,294
[growling]
326
00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:04,041
[narrator] At a group home
for youth,
327
00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:08,479
May Gagne is starting
her shift as a caseworker.
328
00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:12,383
My duties include
taking care of the clients
329
00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:15,920
of their daily routines,
bathing, feeding,
330
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,989
recreational activities.
331
00:24:19,691 --> 00:24:21,959
That is so gross.
332
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:25,162
I enjoy making them laugh.
333
00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:26,564
- Oh.
- No, no.
334
00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:29,400
[laughing]
335
00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,770
- Hey.
- [laughing]
336
00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:37,007
And it puts a smile
on your face everyday.
337
00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:44,615
[suspenseful music playing]
338
00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,517
- [growls]
- Screw you, Steve!
339
00:24:46,551 --> 00:24:48,052
[Steve laughs]
340
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:49,653
I'm gonna kill you for that.
341
00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:53,624
I spent my night shift
with my co-worker,
342
00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:55,693
and he was quite the character,
343
00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:57,628
and he would scare
the crap out of me
344
00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:01,532
just because he thought it was
funny to see me freaking jump.
345
00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:05,169
He was a riot. We had so
much fun on the night shift.
346
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:13,210
[narrator] But May senses that
the facility holds dark secrets.
347
00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:16,247
[May] The house is
approximately a hundred years old.
348
00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:20,484
[exhales]
349
00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:23,020
The house had
a weird vibe to it.
350
00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:27,191
It was creepy...
351
00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:29,059
[growling]
352
00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:31,161
...especially in the basement.
353
00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:36,033
I hated going down there
by myself.
354
00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:47,611
The hair would kind of go up
on the back of your neck,
355
00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:53,517
you would get kinda like this
uneasy feeling because you knew
356
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:56,587
that you were not alone
357
00:25:56,621 --> 00:26:01,458
and that you were being watched.
358
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,994
All the time, all the time.
359
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:10,301
It was just a feeling that
you're not alone.
360
00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:13,003
[eerie panting]
361
00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:21,245
I could feel something
breathing on the back of my neck.
362
00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:23,113
I started to shake,
363
00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:27,518
and I got shivers going up
and down my entire body.
364
00:26:27,552 --> 00:26:31,922
The little hairs on the back
of my neck were standing up
365
00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:35,492
and it was like a tingling
feeling going up into my head
366
00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:37,962
and over my body.
367
00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:43,667
[growling]
368
00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:47,037
What was behind me.
From what I felt...
369
00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:49,440
[inhales]
370
00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:50,374
...was dark.
371
00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:01,218
[growling]
372
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:05,456
I saw this vision, a man,
373
00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:08,258
and he was very angry.
374
00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,994
[growls]
375
00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:18,135
And then he disappeared.
376
00:27:18,436 --> 00:27:19,970
[panting]
377
00:27:31,549 --> 00:27:33,951
Boy, did I ever bolted
out of there.
378
00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:39,323
- [sobbing]
- Hey. What's up with you?
379
00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:42,126
There's something down there.
380
00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,462
You want me to call
ghostbusters for you?
381
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,998
I'm serious.
I'm not imagining it.
382
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,800
He didn't really believe
in the paranormal.
383
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:55,005
Hey. It's okay to be scared.
It's just a creepy basement.
384
00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:57,341
Yeah.
385
00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:16,460
After all our work was done,
we ended watching ghost shows.
386
00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:17,428
- [growls from laptop]
- [gasps]
387
00:28:20,832 --> 00:28:24,401
-Don't worry. I'll protect you.
-Stop it.
388
00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:29,973
[distant knocking]
389
00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:32,042
[May] We heard knocking,
390
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:37,014
and someone running up and
down the stairs from the basement.
391
00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:39,550
There's no way
anyone could have got past us.
392
00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:41,185
[knocking]
393
00:28:45,323 --> 00:28:49,093
[May] We assumed that it was a
client from upstairs coming down.
394
00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:15,052
There's no one here.
395
00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:33,036
[growling]
396
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:39,109
There was nobody there. No one.
397
00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:43,213
[footsteps approaching]
398
00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:49,219
We could hear footsteps
running up the stairs.
399
00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:58,061
And it was fast, it was like,
not normal walking up the stairs.
400
00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:05,836
We could hear...
401
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:09,673
the urgency in the footsteps
going up and down,
402
00:30:09,707 --> 00:30:12,409
like someone
was trying to get out.
403
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:15,145
[eerie panting]
404
00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:28,192
I was so scared 'cause I've
never experienced that before.
405
00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:30,394
[exhales]
406
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,733
[narrator]
Despite feeling uneasy,
407
00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:40,103
May is unable
to avoid the basement.
408
00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:47,978
[May] I had to go downstairs 'cause it
was my job, and I had to clean the fridge.
409
00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:50,280
I was scared.
410
00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:58,956
I felt something around me.
411
00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:05,729
An uneasy feeling of that
I was not alone,
412
00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:09,032
and that someone
was there with me.
413
00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:15,105
[eerie panting]
414
00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:23,347
I saw this young adolescent boy.
415
00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:25,249
Who are you?
416
00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:28,952
He just...
417
00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:30,954
stood there.
418
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:36,994
How did you get in here?
419
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:42,399
Are you okay?
420
00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:50,173
[gasps]
421
00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:52,976
My God.
422
00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:54,444
Oh, my God.
423
00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:56,413
I was terrified.
424
00:31:58,116 --> 00:31:59,516
[growling]
425
00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,218
My heart was racing.
426
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:01,685
Oh, my God!
427
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:06,156
[May] I got out there
like a bat out of hell.
428
00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:07,357
[gasping]
429
00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:10,394
[growling]
430
00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:15,365
[panting]
431
00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:19,036
[narrator] Despite
the terrifying encounter,
432
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:21,838
May continues to work
at the group home.
433
00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:25,309
But things are only
about to get worse.
434
00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,245
[sniffing]
435
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,280
Do you smell that?
436
00:32:32,583 --> 00:32:35,953
[May] We started to smell
weird things in the house.
437
00:32:39,257 --> 00:32:40,290
[sniffs]
438
00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,258
Yeah.
439
00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:41,992
What the hell?
440
00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:45,963
[May] And it kinda smelled
like rotten eggs.
441
00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:49,533
It was a smell that it was
like, "What in the heck?"
442
00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:53,036
It smelled like
something died, really.
443
00:32:59,043 --> 00:33:04,414
Smells that were coming
throughout the house in different spots
444
00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:09,286
were just pretty freaky
and eerie,
445
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,155
and it gave me the chills,
446
00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:16,126
especially with
that putrid smell everywhere.
447
00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:32,743
I was very nervous, and we had
completed all of our chores early,
448
00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:36,146
and it was about 3:00 a.m.
in the morning.
449
00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:40,784
[eerie grunting]
450
00:33:40,818 --> 00:33:42,819
- [Steve] What the hell?
- Oh, my God.
451
00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:45,255
There was this weird,
452
00:33:46,557 --> 00:33:48,258
weird, weird sound
453
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,228
coming at full blast
from upstairs.
454
00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,665
I turned to Steve
and I said, "Oh!
455
00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,137
Clyde upstairs is playing
his wonky music again."
456
00:34:04,442 --> 00:34:08,378
It kinda sounded like whales.
457
00:34:12,483 --> 00:34:16,353
And it was like coming
through, like, the walls.
458
00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:21,958
Charlie?
459
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:30,267
[growling]
460
00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:45,649
Clyde was sound asleep
in his room,
461
00:34:46,517 --> 00:34:49,019
and we couldn't hear
the music anymore.
462
00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:56,326
Let me tell you, I kinda got
the shakes a little bit there.
463
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:57,961
It scared me,
464
00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:03,166
and Steve too.
465
00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:07,737
I could tell from his eyes
that he was a little bit unsure
466
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:11,908
of what was going on, and it was
kinda freaking him out a little bit too.
467
00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:16,246
He wouldn't admit it though,
because he's Steve.
468
00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:28,091
[door closes]
469
00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:32,896
[growls]
470
00:35:32,930 --> 00:35:37,968
I was kinda hoping that it was
gonna be the last of it,
471
00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:41,004
that shift, but...
472
00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:44,241
[clicks tongue] I was wrong.
473
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:51,414
Things were getting
worse and worse.
474
00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:53,083
[woman] May's goin' home!
475
00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:58,455
A female client,
all of a sudden,
476
00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:02,192
I heard her get
quite aggressive, verbally.
477
00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:04,227
[girl] Go home!
478
00:36:04,262 --> 00:36:05,629
[May] When we went upstairs,
479
00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:09,332
he goosebumps, instantaneous,
came over me.
480
00:36:10,234 --> 00:36:13,003
The... The rapid heartbeat,
481
00:36:13,337 --> 00:36:16,740
the, um,
482
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,308
uneasy feeling.
483
00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:21,344
The air in there
was heavy and cold.
484
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,047
[girl] May, go home!
485
00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:28,585
Natalie.
486
00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:30,253
Can I come in and talk to you?
487
00:36:31,422 --> 00:36:34,891
[shouting] May, go home!
Steve, go home!
488
00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:37,594
[May] She opens up the door
and she says,
489
00:36:37,628 --> 00:36:40,530
"May's going home,
Steve's going home!"
490
00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:42,666
[Natalie] Go home, May!
491
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:47,037
She was not
in her normal state of...
492
00:36:48,272 --> 00:36:50,373
She wasn't... She wasn't her.
493
00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:52,342
[upbeat electronic
music playing]
494
00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:58,048
All of a sudden,
I heard music at full blast.
495
00:36:58,082 --> 00:36:59,416
Charlie!
496
00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:01,384
[music continues playing]
497
00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:22,105
[exhales] That was one heavy,
heavy, heavy air in there.
498
00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,174
Charlie?
499
00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:27,377
[Charlie growling]
500
00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,083
Charlie?
501
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:34,918
[growling continues]
502
00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:38,989
And he's growling, and he's
rocking back and forth.
503
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:50,333
Charlie!
504
00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:57,941
His eyes were black.
505
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:00,377
[in distorted voice] Get out!
506
00:38:01,345 --> 00:38:03,079
- Get out!
- Charlie!
507
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:10,220
I have never, ever seen
black eyes before.
508
00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:17,260
Charlie! Charlie!
509
00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:22,999
- [demon] Get out!
- [in distorted voice] Go!
510
00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:25,769
[May] I was petrified.
511
00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:26,303
- Charlie!
- Get out!
512
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:29,172
Charlie!
513
00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:30,173
Get out!
514
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,147
That really scared me.
515
00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,984
And I was trembling. [sighs]
516
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:44,020
[pounding on door]
517
00:38:46,691 --> 00:38:50,360
I just wanted to get out
because I was so scared
518
00:38:50,394 --> 00:38:53,363
that I didn't wanna be there.
519
00:38:53,397 --> 00:38:55,465
I didn't...
520
00:38:55,499 --> 00:38:56,433
I didn't wanna get hurt by him.
521
00:38:56,467 --> 00:38:58,535
- [pounding continues]
- [Natalie] May, go home!
522
00:38:58,569 --> 00:39:01,171
Steve, go home!
523
00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:03,807
This is insane.
524
00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:05,408
I knew right then and there
525
00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:08,878
that it was that dark presence,
526
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:12,182
- that man from the basement...
- [pounding continues]
527
00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:13,316
...that affected him.
528
00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:19,689
[breathing heavily]
529
00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:21,491
The disturbing
physical manifestations
530
00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:22,726
experienced by the client,
531
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,663
especially those of his eyes
turning completely black,
532
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,499
suggest that an outside force
533
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:32,469
is trying to,
if not just influence him,
534
00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:34,704
perhaps even take him over.
535
00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:37,040
[narrator] Desperate for peace,
536
00:39:37,074 --> 00:39:40,977
May looks for the cause
of the dark disturbances.
537
00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:44,180
I came to learn
the history of this house.
538
00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:47,350
There was their
former staff member
539
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,386
who worked in the house.
540
00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:51,187
He was taking care
of the children.
541
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:52,922
He was the one that was
542
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:56,025
administering
the medication to them.
543
00:39:58,696 --> 00:39:59,896
He overmedicated them
544
00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:03,933
and they fell asleep
and they drowned in the tub.
545
00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:08,805
And that is who I felt...
546
00:40:09,707 --> 00:40:13,276
was that dark presence
in the basement.
547
00:40:15,446 --> 00:40:17,447
[exhales]
548
00:40:17,481 --> 00:40:18,515
The question remains,
549
00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:21,818
why is the entity still
attached to this location?
550
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,889
He may be worried
about being judged
551
00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:26,656
in the next life.
552
00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:29,392
And perhaps he's sticking around
553
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,593
because he's frightened
554
00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:33,096
of what comes next for him.
555
00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:38,334
He tortured himself
after he passed away
556
00:40:40,337 --> 00:40:43,807
with his anger, guilt,
557
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:45,475
and pain.
558
00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:49,179
And I needed to
set him free of that.
559
00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:58,488
I have never, ever
560
00:40:58,522 --> 00:41:01,124
been that scared in my life.
561
00:41:06,163 --> 00:41:08,031
[exhales]
562
00:41:10,534 --> 00:41:12,035
[growling]
563
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:20,109
[breathing shakily]
564
00:41:21,378 --> 00:41:23,079
[growls]
565
00:41:23,113 --> 00:41:25,148
You know what you did
to those children.
566
00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:31,421
You have to forgive yourself.
567
00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:34,090
I forgive you.
568
00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:37,060
[growling]
569
00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:41,097
You have to leave here!
570
00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:48,104
[roaring]
571
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:52,909
Oh, my God.
572
00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:54,611
Oh, my God.
573
00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:57,780
Then all of a sudden,
the air changed.
574
00:41:57,815 --> 00:42:03,219
And there was no more
heaviness in the basement.
575
00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:08,591
[Richard] One might expect
the last meeting
576
00:42:08,626 --> 00:42:09,792
to be a confrontation,
577
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:12,695
but that's not how
it actually turned out.
578
00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:16,199
Instead, she goes downstairs
to the basement
579
00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:17,500
to seek him out
580
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:19,702
on his own terms,
in his own place,
581
00:42:19,737 --> 00:42:22,405
and she offers him forgiveness
582
00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:23,873
for the things that he's done.
583
00:42:23,908 --> 00:42:26,643
And it's possible that
all he's ever wanted
584
00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:29,512
is some form of absolution.
585
00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:30,647
He wants to be redeemed.
586
00:42:30,681 --> 00:42:32,649
And once he has
that forgiveness,
587
00:42:32,683 --> 00:42:34,517
he is able to move on
588
00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:38,388
and leave the location
behind for the living.
589
00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:43,993
The activity in the house
just stopped.
590
00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:47,530
[laughs]
591
00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:50,233
The house has been very calm.
592
00:42:50,267 --> 00:42:51,434
It's back to normal.
593
00:42:51,468 --> 00:42:54,437
[laughing]
594
00:42:54,471 --> 00:42:57,740
This event has changed my life
in a lot of ways.
595
00:42:57,775 --> 00:43:02,478
It has given me more insight
into the paranormal,
596
00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:05,481
the history behind
what has happened
597
00:43:05,516 --> 00:43:07,016
in that house.
598
00:43:11,689 --> 00:43:16,125
I do have
a respect for the dead.
599
00:43:16,694 --> 00:43:18,861
And I do feel that...
600
00:43:18,896 --> 00:43:19,696
[in distorted voice] Get out!
601
00:43:19,730 --> 00:43:22,098
...some of them,
not all of them,
602
00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:25,201
can turn around
and go towards the light.
603
00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:29,005
[somber music playing]
604
00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:36,446
And I felt that I really
helped this dark presence,
605
00:43:38,682 --> 00:43:41,551
and that was
very satisfying to me
606
00:43:41,585 --> 00:43:43,419
because I kind of feel like
607
00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:46,656
it's a lifelong passion,
is to help other people.
608
00:43:46,690 --> 00:43:49,125
Hence why I'm in this field.