My Ghost Story (2010) s04e03 Episode Script

Campbell: ALL OF A SUDDEN, I LOOK UP, AND I SEE THIS BLACK SHADOW.
Alne: THERE WAS RED HANDPRINTS WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK.
THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BREATHE.
Montgomery: EVERYBODY'S MADE UP OF ENERGY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING -- THEIR ENERGY.
Brewer: WHEN WE SAW THAT THING CRAWLING OUT OF THE WALL OF THE CAVE, IT JUST LOOKED VERY EVIL.
Hunter: WHAT WE HEARD BLEW ME AWAY.
Leal: ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH US STARTED PICKING UP LIGHTS FLYING AROUND THE ROOM.
-Housewright: OH, MY GOD.
-Leal: WHAT THE Housewright: THAT WAS TERRIFYING.
Campbell: YOU COULD D JUST FEEL SOMEBODY WATCHING YOU.
Alne: I CAN'T BREATHE.
THERE WAS RED HANDPRINTS WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK.
REAL, HARD CORE EVIDENCE THAT I HAD JUST BEEN PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY A GHOST.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE FARRAR SCHOOL.
ME AND MY FRIENDS HEARD ABOUT THIS SCHOOL THROUGH THE INTERNET, AND MY INTERES JUST SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND WE FIGURED THAT IT'D BE A LOT OF FUN TO GO AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS THERE.
Campbell: WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT THE FARRAR SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'D HEARD IT WAS HAUNTED AND WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
Alne: I'VE KNOWN MEEGAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, AND SHE ASKED TO COME ALONG AND CHECK IT OUT WITH US.
Campbell: THE LOCATION IS VERY ISOLATED.
IT'S LITERALLY ONLY THE SCHOOL, THE CEMETERY ACROSS THE STREET, AND A SMALL LITTLE CHURCH.
THERE IS NO CARS, NO HOUSES.
Alne: IT'S FRIGHTENING EVEN IN THE DAYTIME.
THERE'S JUST THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE STARING YOU DOWN, SAYING, "COME ON.
SEE WHAT I GOT.
" Campbell: I COULD IMMEDIATELY JUST FEEL THE DARKNESS.
WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE IN FOR.
Alne: RIGHT WHEN YOU WALKED IN THAT SCHOOL, YOUR ENTIRE BODY JUST FEELS THIS HEAVINESS.
Campbell: IT WAS JUST IMMEDIATE HEART RACING AND CHILLS UP THE SPINE, AND YOU COULD JUST FEEL SOMEBODY WATCHING YOU, LIKE THEY WERE HIDING AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.
Alne: AND THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW, "YEP.
"THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING IN THIS SCHOOL, AND I'M HOPEFULLY GONNA FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS TONIGHT.
" Campbell: THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL HAS A VERY LIGHT ENERGY ABOUT IT.
YOU DON'T GET SCARED.
YOU FEEL A PRESENCE THERE, BUT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING INTIMIDATED IN ANY WAY.
Alne: I JUST HAD THIS FEELING, EVEN WHEN I WALKED IN THE BUILDING, THAT THERE WAS A CHILD-LIKE SPIRIT OR ENERGY ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO START THERE.
I'D SEEN ON DIFFEREN TELEVISION SHOWS AND STUFF THEM DABBLING WITH FLASHLIGHTS.
Campbell: JESSE HAD ACTUALLY SE A TWIST-TOP FLASHLIGHT DOWN ON ONE OF THE BOTTOM STAIRS, JUST TO SEE IF MAYBE SOMETHING COULD TURN IT ON FOR US.
Alne: MEEGAN WAS FILMING, AND, TO BE HONEST, I REALLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO WORK.
SO I STEPPED AWAY, NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, AND [ GASPS .]
IT TURNED ON.
AND I WAS QUITE SURPRISED BY THAT.
Campbell: [ GASPS .]
Alne: I WAS LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.
" LIKE, "THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
" Campbell: WE DECIDED TO JUST SEE IF WE COULD KEEP GETTING I TO GO ON COMMAND.
WE WOULD SAY, "OKAY, ON THE COUNT OF FIVE, I WANT YOU TO TURN THE FLASHLIGHT ON.
" [ GASPS .]
Alne: BAM.
LIGHT TURNS ON.
I FREAK OUT.
NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, NEVER EXPECTED IT TO WORK, AND HERE IT IS -- RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES, THIS LIGHT'S TURNING ON.
JUST THIS EXCITEMEN JUST COURSED THROUGH MY BODY.
Campbell: THAT ENERGY ON THA FLOOR WAS VERY LIGHTHEARTED.
IT FELT LIKE I WAS JUST PLAYING WITH A NORMAL SCHOOLCHILD.
I DIDN'T FEEL THREATENED.
I DIDN'T FEEL SCARED.
YOU COULD HEAR THESE LITTLE PITTER-PATTER FOOTSTEPS WALKING AROUND US, AS IF SOMEONE WAS KIND OF, LIKE, TURNING IT ON, PLAYING WITH US, AND THEN RUNNING AWAY.
Alne: I FELT THAT THE CHILD'S SPIRI WAS DEFINITELY A FORMER STUDEN FROM THAT SCHOOL.
WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.
Campbell: AFTER INTERACTING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, JESSE AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
Alne: AS I WALKED UP THERE, I COULD JUST FEEL THESE EYES ON MY BACK, JUST WATCHING EVERY MOVE I MADE.
Campbell: WITH EACH STEP I TAKE, IT'S A DARKER FEELING.
MY HEART STARTS TO RACE.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE IN TROUBLE, LIKE, WE SHOULDN'T BE THERE AND SOMEONE WANTED US OUT.
Alne: SO, I HAD A CAMERA WITH ME, AND I LITERALLY WATCH THIS BRAND-NEW BATTERY -- 48 MINUTES -- DROP FROM 48 DOWN TO 2 MINUTES IN A SPLIT SECOND.
AND I'M LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.
LIKE, ALL THIS ENERGY'S JUST GONE.
LIKE, WHAT THE HECK?" Campbell: AND WE'RE KIND OF SITTING THERE, TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
JESSE IS STANDING AGAINST THE WALL.
I'M STANDING, ACTUALLY, RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
Alne: AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN TO FEEL THE ENERGY DRAIN FROM MYSELF, AS WELL.
I START FEELING DIZZY.
I START FEELING NAUSEOUS.
Campbell: ALL OF A SUDDEN, I LOOK UP, AND I SEE THIS DARK, BLACK SHADOW.
A FULL, SOLID PERSON STANDING THERE.
IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WAS AN ACTUAL PERSON STANDING BEHIND MY FRIEND.
I WAS LITERALLY FROZEN AND SHAKING IN FEAR.
[ GASPS .]
Alne: WHAT? WHAT? Campbell: WE FELT THE ENERGY BEING SUCKED AWAY FROM US.
Alne: IT JUST TAKES ALL THE ENERGY FROM MY BODY, AND I FALL STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR.
[ PANTING .]
NO.
Campbell: SO, THE RES OF OUR FRIENDS CAME UPSTAIRS.
Alne: AND MY ENTIRE BODY'S TINGLING FROM HEAD TO TOE.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
THERE'S PRESSURE ON MY SHOULDERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE, AND SO I PU TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.
THIS THING'S DRAWING ENERGY FROM THIS CAMERA AND ALSO FROM MYSELF BECAUSE HIS MAIN GOAL WAS TO ATTACK ME.
Campbell: JESSE IS ON THE GROUND, PRETTY MUCH CONVULSING AND ALMOST IN TEARS, AND HE'S SWEATING PROFUSELY.
SO I GO OVER AND TOUCH HIS LEG, AND HE LITERALLY FEELS LIKE HE HAS A FEVER.
HIS SKIN IS JUST BURNING-UP HOT.
IT SCARES ME A LO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MIDDLE OF IOWA IN OCTOBER, AND HE'S BURNING UP.
I TOLD THE SPIRIT TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OF OF JESSE.
Alne: HEY.
Campbell: AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I INSTANTLY COLLAPSE TO THE FLOOR.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT, IS IT FELT LIKE MY ENTIRE ENERGY WAS JUST COMPLETELY DRAINED, AND I JUST DOUBLED OVER.
I STARTED, JUST, CRYING AND SOBBING.
AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY I WAS CRYING.
I PHYSICALLY COULD NOT GET UP.
Alne: I DID FEAR, AGAIN, FOR MYSELF, AS WELL AS FOR MEEGAN, BECAUSE NOW SHE WAS EXPERIENCING EXACTLY WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO GE OUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO I WALKED OUTSIDE.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS SHONE A FLASHLIGHT ON MY NECK.
AND THERE WAS RED HANDPRINTS WRAPPED AROUND MY NECK.
AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BREATHE.
-Man: OH, YEAH.
-Man #2: A LITTLE BIT.
Alne: REAL, HARD CORE EVIDENCE THAT I HAD JUST BEEN PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY A GHOST.
Campbell: WHEN I SAW THE RED MARKS ON JESSE'S NECK, IT REALLY SCARED ME TO KNOW THAT THAT SPIRIT COULD ACTUALLY DO PHYSICAL HARM TO SOMEONE.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.
I SAW THE PRINCIPAL.
Alne: WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
Man: YEAH, YEAH.
Campbell: GOING TO THE FARRAR SCHOOL HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THE SCARIEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
SEEING A FULL, SOLID PERSON, FEELING THE ENERGY, WATCHING JESSE BE ATTACKED WAS TERRIFYING.
Alne: I BELIEVE THE SPIRI OF THAT SCHOOL WANTED US OUT OF THERE, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET US OU WAS TO PHYSICALLY ATTACK ME.
Campbell: I DEFINITELY THINK THE SHADOW IS STILL IN THAT SCHOOL.
HE'S SUCH A STRONG SPIRITUAL PRESENCE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT DARK AND THAT STRONG IS GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.
Alne: IT DEFINITELY CHANGED HOW I LOOK AT THINGS, BECAUSE NOW I KNOW THAT SPIRITS CAN REACH OUT AND GRAB YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, AND THAT SPIRIT'S WAITING FOR ME.
I WOULD TELL THE SPIRI TO BRING IT ON.
I 110% BELIEVE THAT GHOSTS DO EXIST.
Montgomery: IT'S LIKE SNOWING.
THERE'S ORBS EVERYWHERE.
Richardson: I ACTUALLY STATED OUT LOUD, "YOUR SPIRIT IS PRESENT.
I WANT YOU TO MANIFEST YOURSELF.
" Montgomery: WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE LOVED ONES THAT COME THROUGH, THEY DO.
Richardson: I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT WAS ASTOUNDING.
ME FATHER WAS IN THAT PICTURE.
Richardson: IN THESE PICTURES WERE COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS ORBS.
Montgomery: AND THERE'S ORBS EVERYWHERE.
Richardson: SHE HAS A PORTAL THERE.
Montgomery: I TOOK ABOUT FOUR, FIVE PICTURES, AND I COULD SEE JOHN CLEAR AS CAN BE.
Richardson: MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I MET AUDREY MONTGOMERY FOR A GHOST TOUR IN FOLSOM, LOUISIANA.
I WENT TO LOUISIANA TO VISIT FAMILY, AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW WON THIS GIFT BASKET AT A RAFFLE THAT INCLUDED THIS FOUR-PACK OF TICKETS FOR A "FOLSOM SPIRITS GHOST TOUR.
" WE WERE VERY SKEPTICAL, BUT WE DECIDED WE SHOULD GO AND SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WHEN WE DROVE UP, WE CAME UPON AUDREY TENDING A BONFIRE.
Montgomery: I DO THE TOURS WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS.
THE PROPERTY IS 12 ACRES, IT HAS 2,000 LIVE OAKS, AND WE WALK ALL THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
I TAKE PICTURES WITH MY CAMERA.
THEY TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR CAMERAS.
Richardson: SHE OFFERED US HOT CHOCOLATE AND TOASTED MARSHMALLOWS, AND PROCEEDED TO SHOW US PICTURES.
SHE CAME TO ONE THAT WAS HER LATE HUSBAND AND AN ORB THAT HAD HIS IMAGE IN IT.
Montgomery: ME AND JOHN WERE MARRIED 13 YEARS, AND I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN GHOSTS, AND HE DIDN'T.
AND WHEN JOHN PASSED AWAY, HIS FAMILY ASKED ME TO PU HIS ASHES ON THE PROPERTY.
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER WE PUT THE ASHES, I WALKED OUTSIDE AND STARTED TAKING PICTURES.
I TOOK ABOUT FOUR, FIVE PICTURES OF MY HOUSE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ORBS EVERYWHERE.
AND WHEN I WENT INSIDE AND LOOKED IN THEM, I COULD SEE JOHN CLEAR AS CAN BE IN THE PHOTO.
I FELT GREAT WHEN I SAW JOHN.
JOHN SAID THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE A BUSINESS ON THE PROPERTY.
HE DIDN'T SAY WHAT KIND.
AND THIS MADE ME BELIEVE THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I JUST OPENED THE BUSINESS CALLED "FOLSOM SPIRITS GHOST TOURS.
" Richardson: WHEN I SAW THOSE PHOTOS SIDE BY SIDE AND I SAW HOW DETAILED THAT FACE IN THAT ORB WAS, THAT'S WHAT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE -- THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE TWO.
BUT I WAS STILL A LITTLE SKEPTICAL.
AUDREY SHOWED ME A SERIES OF PHOTOS OF PREVIOUS TOURS.
Montgomery: I'VE GOT A LOT OF PHOTOS -- 17,000 PHOTOS NOW.
Richardson: SHE WANTED US TO SEE THAT SHE HAS A PORTAL THERE, AND THAT THE SPIRITS PASS FROM THEIR WORLD INTO OUR MATERIAL WORLD.
Montgomery: SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING TOURS, THERE MAY NOT BE ANY ORBS AT ALL.
SECONDS LATER, THERE'S ORBS EVERYWHERE.
SOMETIMES YOU GET SO MANY IN A PHOTO THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE OU THE PEOPLE STANDING WHEN I TAKE A PICTURE.
Richardson: IN THESE PICTURES WERE COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS ORBS WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE TOURS -- ALL AROUND THEM.
Montgomery: I CATCH A MIST SOMETIMES, AND MOST OF THE TIME I CAN SEE SOME SPIRITS IN THE MIST.
I HAVE PICTURES OF PEOPLE'S PETS.
I HAVE A CROSS THAT APPEARED BY A LADY'S LEG.
EVERYBODY'S MADE UP OF ENERGY, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHA I'M SEEING -- THEIR ENERGY.
[ WHISPERING .]
Richardson: WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING AROUND THE PROPERTY AND TAKING PICTURES OF VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
Montgomery: I SHOW EVERYBODY HOW TO FIND THE SPIRITS WHEN THEY TAKE PICTURES OF THEM SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
Richardson: NOTHING SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING.
AUDREY WAS TAKING QUITE A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
STILL NOTHING.
MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND I WERE ROLLING OUR EYES AT EACH OTHER, GOING, "WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN OURSELVES INTO?" ALL WE WERE DOING WAS STANDING IN THE DARK, GETTING BITTEN BY MOSQUITOES, AND I EXCUSED MYSELF TO GO TO THE RESTROOM.
AND WHILE I WAS IN THERE, I THOUGH, "YOU KNOW, SHE MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE "SEE THEIR DECEASED RELATIVES IN THE ORBS, "BUT YOU HAVE TO REALLY WISH FOR IT.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
" SO WHEN I WAS IN THE RESTROOM, I ACTUALLY STATED OUT LOUD, "DAD, IF YOU'RE HERE, IF YOUR SPIRIT IS PRESENT, "I WANT YOU TO MANIFEST YOURSELF.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME YOU'RE HERE.
" Montgomery: I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE LOVED ONES THAT COME THROUGH, I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY A BIG EFFOR FOR THEM TO COME THROUGH, BUT THEY DO.
Richardson: SO I WENT BACK OUT.
AUDREY HAD US POSE FOR ANOTHER SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE SAID, "I SEE A FEW ORBS.
" AND AT THAT SAME MOMENT, I GET THIS REALLY HARSH CHILL THAT CHILLED ME TO THE BONE INSTANTANEOUSLY.
AS SHE WAS PHOTOGRAPHING, I WAS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I CAUGH A GLIMPSE OF A FEW ORBS BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND WHERE THE REST OF THE GROUP WAS STANDING.
I COULD SEE THE ORBS WITH MY NAKED EYE.
I WAS LOOKING AROUND GOING, "OKAY.
"THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE REPRODUCED THOSE ORBS.
THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO MAKE THEM APPEAR.
" THAT WAS CONCRETE EVIDENCE, IN MY MIND, THEY WERE REAL.
Montgomery: LATER THAT NIGHT, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PHOTOS, AND I SAW A FACE THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE JACK'S.
I CALLED JACK AND TOLD HIM THAT I SAW A MAN IN A PHOTO THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE HIM.
Richardson: I SAID, "THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FAMILY THAT EVEN RESEMBLES ME AT ALL IS MY DAD.
" AND SHE GOES, "GO OPEN YOUR E-MAIL.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES.
" AND WHEN I OPENED THE E-MAIL SHE SENT TO ME, MY FATHER WAS IN THAT PICTURE.
WHEN I WAS IN THAT BATHROOM ASKING FOR HIM TO MANIFEST HIMSELF, HE ACTUALLY SHOWED HIMSELF.
HE ACTUALLY CAME.
I HOLD UP A PICTURE OF HIM IN THE LIVING FORM NEXT TO IT, AND IT'S JUST UNCANNY, THE RESEMBLANCE.
AND SO I HAVE TO BELIEVE -- TO ME -- THAT HE MATERIALIZED TO US.
Montgomery: I MEAN, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
HE WAS LIKE, "WOW.
THAT IS MY DAD.
" HE SAID, "THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
" HE SAID, "I CAN SEE WHA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
" Richardson: THAT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE.
IT REALLY DID.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT JUST -- IT WAS ASTOUNDING.
MY DAD AND I WERE VERY CLOSE.
I WENT BACK AND VISITED HIM QUITE FREQUENTLY BACK IN ARKANSAS WHERE HE PASSED AWAY, WHICH ISN'T TOO FAR FROM FOLSOM.
THAT TOLD ME THAT HIS SPIRI IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND WHEN MY DAD SHOWED HIMSELF RIGHT BETWEEN US -- MY BROTHER AND I -- THAT TOLD ME THAT HE'S WATCHING OUT FOR BOTH OF US.
I BELIEVE HE'S WITH US ALL THE TIME.
Montgomery: I HOPE I NEVER STOP DOING THE TOURS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE MISSING THEIR LOVED ONES SO MUCH, AND IT FEELS SO GOOD TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE STILL WITH THEM, THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T GO AWAY.
Richardson: IT GIVES ME A SECURE FEELING TO KNOW THAT SPIRITS DO EXIS IN OUR WORLD AND FOLLOW US WHEREVER WE GO.
Montgomery: I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE AFTERLIFE, AND SEEING IT IN PHOTOS -- I KNOW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT IT.
Richardson: AUDREY SAID, IF WE DIDN'T BELIEVE WHEN WE GOT THERE, THAT WE WOULD BELIEVE WHEN WE LEFT, AND THAT'S TRUE.
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE SHOULD GO THERE, BECAUSE SHE'LL MAKE YOU BELIEVE.
SHE'LL SHOW YOU THAT WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THE TRUTH.
I STARTED HEARING A VOICE.
Hunter: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT ROOM.
Loftus: WE WERE STANDING IN THE HALL, JUST IN SHOCK.
THAT VOICE IS NOT NORMAL.
Loftus: THAT ORB PHOTO DEFINITELY MADE ME REALIZE THAT WHAT WE LEARNED IN CLASS WAS REAL.
Hunter: IT LOOKS LIKE AN ORB.
IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING.
Loftus: THE ORB PHOTOS SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR MY FIRS PARANORMAL STUDIES CLASS.
I'M A REGISTERED NURSE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS.
I BASICALLY HAVE SEEN LOTS OF PEOPLE PASS ON.
I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO I FOUND THE PARANORMAL CLASS, AND I DIDN' WANT TO TAKE IT ALONE, AND SO I CONTACTED MY MOM.
Hunter: I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF DOING IT.
Loftus: AND SHE DECIDED THAT SHE'D TAKE IT WITH ME.
Hunter: WE WEN TO OUR FIRST CLASS, AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS JUST REALLY GREAT -- LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE THERE THAT WE GOT TO KNOW.
Loftus: WE WERE TAUGH WHAT ORB PHOTOS ARE -- THE CHARACTERISTICS TO LOOK FOR THAT REALLY IDENTIFY A SPIRI ORB FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORB.
WE WERE ALSO TAUGHT ABOUT EVPs, OR ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO TRAIN YOUR EAR TO LISTEN FOR AN ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON, AND JACKIE TAUGHT US HOW TO DO THAT IN CLASS.
AT THE END OF OUR CLASS, THERE WAS A CLASS FIELD TRIP TO THE SIERRA SKY RANCH SO THAT WE COULD TRY OU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN CLASS.
Hunter: NOW, FOR ME, THAT WAS A LITTLE FRIGHTENING, AND IT MADE ME NERVOUS.
WHEN WE GOT THERE, THE RANCH -- IT WAS A VERY RUSTIC, VERY BEAUTIFUL RANCH.
THE TEACHER HAD GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE PLACE.
IN THE 1800s, IT HAD BEEN A WORKING FARM AND RANCH.
ALSO, I GUESS, IT HAD BEEN A PLACE THAT THEY TOOK WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWNS, FOR THEM TO RECOVER.
IT HAD BEEN A T.
B.
HOSPITAL, AND THEN IT WAS ALSO A RESORT.
Loftus: DRIVING UP TO THE RANCH AND GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, THERE WAS A FEELING OF APPREHENSION, FEAR.
Hunter: I FELT THIS KIND OF HEAVY-CHESTED FEELING.
Loftus: THEN WE WEN INSIDE TO THE RANCH.
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED TO US WAS A LIGHT SURGE.
Hunter: THE LIGHTS FLICKER.
AND IT WAS LIKE, "WHOA.
" Loftus: THE DESK CLERK TOLD US AT THAT POIN THAT THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED.
SO THAT MADE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS.
WE WENT TO OUR ROOMS AND, KIND OF, GOT SETTLED THERE AND DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TAKE A WALK AROUND THE RANCH.
SO WE TOOK UP WALKING DOWN THE HALL, JUST TRYING TO FIND WHERE OUR CLASS WAS.
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE LIBRARY IS A ROOM THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY SARAH'S ROOM.
Hunter: SARAH IS SUPPOSEDLY A GHOS THAT IS THERE AT THE FACILITY.
Loftus: IT'S A ROOM THAT A NURSE THAT USED TO TAKE CARE OF T.
B.
PATIENTS SUPPOSEDLY RESIDES IN.
AS I WALK TOWARDS THE ROOM, I STARTED HEARING A VOICE.
Hunter: WE BOTH JUST LOOKED A EACH OTHER AND LOOKED AROUND US.
I WAS SO FRIGHTENED, I COULDN'T -- I WAS LIKE, "LET'S" I SAID, "IS ANYBODY IN THESE TWO ROOMS?" BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO ROOMS JUST TO THE SIDE OF US.
TRACY GOES, "NO, MOM.
" Loftus: THAT VOICE IS NOT NORMAL.
Hunter: WHAT WE HEARD BLEW ME AWAY.
THE EXPERIENCE, I THINK, OF HEARING THAT, TO ME, HAS REALLY MADE ME BELIEVE THAT IT DOES EXIST.
AND MY FEELING IS THAT IT WAS SARAH.
Loftus: WE DID A SMALL INVESTIGATION IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL.
MY MOM AND I WERE STANDING AROUND THE PIANO PLAYING WITH THE KEYS [ PIANO NOTES PLAY .]
DECIDED THAT WE'D TAKE SOME PICTURES.
AND WE DID GET A PHOTO OF A LARGE ORB BEHIND THE PIANO.
THAT ORB PHOTO DEFINITELY MADE ME REALIZE THAT WHAT WE LEARNED IN CLASS WAS REAL.
AFTER THAT, MYSELF AND MY CLASSMATES GOT QUITE A FEW PICTURES OF ORBS AND SPIRIT MISTS.
THE ORB PHOTOS SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
LATER ON, I WENT OVER WITH MY GROUP, AND WE INVESTIGATED THE SHED.
Hunter: IT GIVES YOU A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING, GOING OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST REALLY DARK AS YOU'RE WALKING OUT.
HELLO? Loftus: IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CREEPIEST PLACES ON THAT RANCH -- VERY DARK, VERY SCARY, BAD FEELING UP THERE.
I HAPPENED TO CATCH, OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE, A BLACK SHADOW PASS IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE WINDOWS.
WE THOUGHT, "HEY, MAYBE WE'LL PUT THE K2 MONITOR OU AND SEE IF WE CAN GE A RESPONSE.
" I WALKED THE K2 MONITOR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, SET IT DOWN ON THE TABLE, AND STEPPED BACK.
WE ASKED THE ENTITY IF IT WOULD STEP CLOSE TO THE K2 MONITOR SO WE COULD GET A READING SO WE WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUR K2 MONITOR LIT UP TO RED.
THAT WAS VERY SCARY TO ME, SO I WENT AND GRABBED THE K2 MONITOR AND WE SPLIT, BUT NOT BEFORE TAKING SOME PICTURES.
AND WE ACTUALLY GO A VERY CURIOUS PHOTO.
Hunter: IT LOOKS LIKE AN ORB THAT'S ACTUALLY MOVING.
Loftus: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT WAS THAT SPIRI THAT WAS IN THERE COMMUNICATING WITH US.
Hunter: THEN WE WENT UP TO OUR ROOM.
ABOUT THIS TIME, IT'S ABOUT 4:30 IN THE MORNING, AND OUR DOOR WAS OPEN, AND THE ROOM ACROSS THE HALL FROM US, THE DOOR WAS CRACKED OPEN.
Loftus: I KEPT FEELING, AS WE WERE STANDING THERE TALKING, LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOKING AT ME FROM ACROSS THE HALL THROUGH THAT DOOR.
Hunter: I'M HAVING THE SENSE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT ROOM.
[ SCREECHING .]
AND WE GO, "LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.
" Loftus: WE WALKED IN, CHECKED THE AIR CONDITIONER TO SEE IF, MAYBE, THAT WAS ON, YOU KNOW, SEE -- MAYBE THAT WAS MAKING SOMETHING MOVE IN THE ROOM.
THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT ON IN THAT ROOM.
THERE WAS A COLD SPO IN THAT ROOM.
IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT DEGREES LESS THAN THE REST OF THE ROOM.
Hunter: AFTER THAT, WE JUS BACKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND PULLED THE DOOR BACK.
WE DIDN'T SHUT IT.
WE PULLED IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS.
AND WE WERE JUST STANDING THERE IN THE HALLWAY, CHATTING.
AND AS WE'RE TALKING, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE DOOR JUST STARTS OPENING.
Loftus: THIS DOOR OPENED BACK UP LIKE SOMEBODY WITH INTENT PULLED THE DOOR OPEN.
Hunter: IT JUST OPENED TO ABOUT PROBABLY THAT FAR FROM THE WALL AND STOPPED.
Loftus: WE WERE STANDING IN THE HALL, JUST IN SHOCK, LOOKING AT THIS DOOR THINKING, "HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?" Hunter: IT REALLY KIND OF SETS YOU BACK FOR A MINUTE.
AND WE THOUGHT, "WELL, IT'S PROBABLY JUST OUR MOVEMENT, OR WHATEVER, MAY HAVE CAUSED THAT DOOR TO OPEN UP.
" Loftus: WE TRIED TO RE-CREATE THE WHOLE THING.
WE CLOSED THE DOOR, JUMPED UP AND DOWN IN THE HALL, RAN BY IT SEVERAL TIMES, SEE IF MAYBE THE WIND, OPENED DOORS OTHER PLACES TO SEE IF MAYBE IT WOULD OPEN BACK UP, AND NOTHING WE DID WOULD OPEN THE DOOR.
NOTHING.
Hunter: IN THE MORNING, WE GOT UP.
I STARTED PACKING THINGS, GETTING THEM OUT TO THE CAR.
AND I HAD MY KEYS, AND THE KEY CHAIN THAT THEY GIVE YOU AT THIS LITTLE HOTEL IS REALLY CUTE.
IT'S GOT A LITTLE CERAMIC BOO ON THE END OF IT, AND THEN A CHAIN THAT'S ABOUT THAT LONG, AND THEN YOUR KEY IS ON A LITTLE RING THERE AT THE END OF IT.
AND WE EACH HAD RECEIVED OUR OWN KEY CHAIN.
AND I SAID, "OKAY, TRACY, "THERE'S JUST ANOTHER SUITCASE, HONEY.
YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT, AND I'LL TURN THE KEYS IN.
" Loftus: SHE GRABBED THE KEYS TO THE ROOM, AND SHE ASKED ME, ACTUALLY, WHERE MY SET WAS.
AND I TOLD HER, "MY SET IS RIGH THERE NEXT TO YOURS.
" Hunter: SO I REACH DOWN TO GET THE KEYS, AND OUR TWO KEYS, THE CHAINS, ARE ATTACHED.
I'M LIKE, "WHOA.
OKAY, WHAT IS THIS? OUR CHAINS ARE ATTACHED -- HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?" SO I TELL TRACY, I SAID, "TRACY, YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS.
THESE CHAINS ARE ATTACHED.
" Loftus: WHEN SHE PICKED UP THE KEYS, THEY WERE LITERALLY -- ONE RING WAS INSIDE THE OTHER, AND THEY WERE CONNECTED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.
Hunter: AND I WAS SITTING THERE, WORKING WITH IT AND TRYING TO GET THEM SEPARATED.
BUT I COULDN'T GET THEM SEPARATED.
THE LINK -- THE ONLY OPEN LINK THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A SOLID LINK -- THERE WASN'T ROOM ENOUGH TO PULL IT THROUGH.
AND SO TRACY SAID, "LET ME SEE IT, MOM.
" SO SHE GETS IT, AND SHE'S TRYING TO UNDO IT.
SHE COULDN'T GET IT UNDONE, EITHER.
SO I SAID, "WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS UP AND CHECK OUT.
" AND SHE GOES, "I'M GOING WITH YOU "BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE RECEPTIONIST HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
" WE BOTH WENT UP TO THE RECEPTION DESK, AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN BEHIND THE DESK AND SAID "WE CAN'T GET THEM APART.
CAN YOU GET THEM APART?" AND HE WORKED WITH IT -- COULDN'T GET THEM APART.
TRIES AGAIN.
CAN'T GET IT UNDONE.
Loftus: NONE OF US COULD DISCONNECT THAT RING.
IT WAS STUCK.
IT WASN'T COMING APART.
THAT WAS VERY CREEPY.
VISITING THE SIERRA SKY RANCH REALLY CHANGED MY VIEW ON THE PARANORMAL.
I NEVER THOUGH THAT THE PARANORMAL COULD INTERACT WITH US THE WAY THAT IT DID.
IT REALLY MADE ME REALIZE HOW THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH US.
I WAS AMAZED.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCES I DID.
Hunter: THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS CLASS HAS MADE ME A BELIEVER IN THE PARANORMAL.
IT'S REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE FAC THAT THERE REALLY ARE SPIRITS OUT THERE.
Loftus: THE SPIRITS THAT RESIDE AT THE SKY RANCH, I FEEL, WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, AND I THINK THERE ARE STILL NEW SPIRITS TO STILL BE INVESTIGATED AND COME ACROSS THERE.
I'M TAKING THE NEX PARANORMAL STUDIES CLASS BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE PARANORMAL WORLD.
Housewright: I'VE GOT SOMETHING TOUCHING ME.
Leal: ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH US STARTED PICKING UP LIGHTS FLYING AROUND THE ROOM.
Housewright: I WAS WILLING TO PUSH WOMEN AND CHILDREN OUT OF MY WAY.
I DID NOT WANT TO BE DOWN THERE ANYMORE.
Housewright: ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FEEL A COLD HAND ON THE SMALL OF MY BACK.
Leal: IT LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN DISTRESS.
Housewright: OUT OF NOWHERE, THERE'S THIS BIG FLASH OF LIGHT.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN I VISITED THE LAST DOLLAR INN IN CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
Leal: JENNIFER AND MYSELF DECIDED TO GO TO THE LAST DOLLAR INN BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY -- THE ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN THERE ON MANY OCCASIONS.
Housewright: BRETT WAS A FRIEND OF MY MOM'S, AND IT JUST TURNED OUT THAT WE BOTH HAD A FASCINATION, SORT OF, WITH PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.
Leal: SO, I SAID, "LET'S PUT TOGETHER AN EVEN WHERE WE CAN GO AND HAVE FUN AND DO AN INVESTIGATION.
" THE LAST DOLLAR INN WAS ORIGINALLY LINDA GOODMAN'S HOME.
Housewright: LINDA GOODMAN WAS A FAMOUS ASTROLOGER AND AUTHOR.
SHE REALLY STARTED THE ASTROLOGY MOVEMENT WAY BACK IN THE '60s.
Leal: THERE'S THE BELIEF THAT HER SPIRIT IS STILL THERE.
SHE STILL SEEMS TO FREQUEN THE PLACE.
Housewright: PEOPLE AT THE LAST DOLLAR INN WOULD HEAR STRANGE MUSIC PLAYING.
THEY WOULD HEAR LAUGHTER COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE HOUSE.
SOMETIMES THEY WOULD SEE FIGURES STANDING ON THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.
Leal: THERE WERE SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT THE BASEMEN BEING HAUNTED, SO, OF COURSE, THAT'S THE FIRS PLACE I WANTED TO INVESTIGATE.
Housewright: THERE'S A SIGN, GOING DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT, THAT SAYS, "TO ALL YE FOOLS WHO ENTER, BEWARE.
" IT'S PAINTED ON THERE WITH THESE WEIRD SYMBOLS, AND THAT KIND OF MADE ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
Leal: ONCE I HEADED DOWN THE STEPS AND GOT INTO THE BASEMEN AND STARTED SETTING UP MY EQUIPMENT, I IMMEDIATELY FELT UNEASE.
Housewright: THE WHOLE FEELING IN THE BASEMEN WAS VERY MUCH LIKE WE WEREN'T WANTED DOWN THERE.
I STARTED FEELING NAUSEOUS, DIZZY, AND JUST LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
Leal: I TOOK MY NIGHT-VISION INFRARED SCOPE WITH ME TO CAPTURE ANY POSSIBLE EVIDENCE.
I POINTED IT OVER IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF THE BASEMENT, AND I HAD JENNIFER SE IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT PLACE TO START.
Housewright: SO, I SIT DOWN ON THIS BUCKET, AND EVERYBODY'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LISTENING AND WATCHING.
AND WHILE WE'RE SITTING THERE, I FEEL A COLD HAND ON THE SMALL OF MY BACK.
I'M JUST SITTING THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, 'CAUSE I'M A LITTLE CREEPED OUT.
Leal: JENNIFER STARTED GETTING A VERY UNPLEASANT LOOK ON HER FACE.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN DISTRESS.
Housewright: A FEW MINUTES LATER, I FEEL SOMETHING IN MY HAIR.
Leal: SHE STARTED JUMPING, AND SHE STATED THAT SHE FEL SOMETHING ON HER BACK AND SOMETHING IN HER HAIR.
Housewright: I GOT SOMETHING TOUCHING ME.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING BEHIND ME.
THAT WAS TERRIFYING.
Leal: I WAS DOING MY BES TO CAPTURE WHATEVER IT WAS SHE WAS EXPERIENCING.
I ACTUALLY CAUGHT TWO ORBS OF LIGHT FLY RIGHT BY HER HEAD.
Housewright: SEEING THOSE ORBS OF LIGH TOUCHING MY HEAD IN THE VIDEO AT THE SAME TIME WHEN I COULD FEEL THEM TOUCHING, IT VALIDATED FOR ME THAT SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY DOWN THERE.
Leal: AFTER WATCHING THAT VIDEO OF THE ORBS FLYING BY JENNIFER'S HEAD, I'M CONVINCED THAT IT WAS OF A PARANORMAL NATURE.
[ WHISPERING .]
AS THE NIGHT WENT ON, IT BECAME EVEN MORE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO STAY IN THE BASEMENT, AS WE WERE TRYING TO GATHER EVIDENCE.
WE DECIDED TO TRY TO RECORD SOME EVPs IN THE HOPES OF CAPTURING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRI THAT WAS DOWN THERE.
WE STARTED IT UP, STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, AND AT ONE POINT, WE ALL DISTINCTLY HEARD AT THE SAME TIME, A MALE VOICE THAT CAME ON AND SAID, "OUT.
" Housewright: WHEN I HEARD THAT VOICE SAY "OUT," I WAS WILLING TO PUSH WOMEN AND CHILDREN OUT OF MY WAY TO BE THE FIRST ONE OU OF THAT BASEMENT, IF NECESSARY.
I DID NOT WANT TO BE DOWN THERE ANYMORE.
Leal: EVERYBODY WAS ALREADY WORKED UP AND SCARED, AND THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK.
EVERYBODY STARTED LEAVING THE ROOM.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT.
Housewright: LATER THAT NIGHT, WHEN WE WENT UP INTO THE LINDA GOODMAN ROOM, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS HAD DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAMERAS AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE FILMING WITH.
Leal: ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH US STARTED PICKING UP LIGHTS FLYING AROUND THE ROOM, ACTING FAIRLY INTELLIGEN WITH DIRECTION AND PURPOSE.
Man: YOU SEE THAT? Man #2: SEE THOSE? Leal: SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
YEP, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
-Housewright: OH, MY GOD.
-Woman: WHO SAW THAT? -Housewright: THAT IS CRAZY! -Leal: WHAT THE I JUST HAD NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.
WE WERE ALL MYSTIFIED BY IT.
Housewright: THE ORBS IN THE LINDA GOODMAN ROOM HAD NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE ORBS OF LIGH THAT TOUCHED ME DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT.
Leal: I FEEL THAT THE ORBS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH LINDA GOODMAN AND HER BELIEF SYSTEM.
IT INVOLVED LIGHT ENERGIES AND ORBS.
Housewright: SHE HAD THIS AFFINITY TO ALWAYS HAVING LIGH IN THE ROOM.
SO I'M CERTAIN THAT THE ORBS IN THE LINDA GOODMAN ROOM HAD SOME CONNECTION WITH LINDA GOODMAN HERSELF.
WE'RE ALL SITTING THERE IN THE DARK, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'D SEEN AND HEARD IN THE HOUSE.
Leal: ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH US, HE HAD HIS CAMERA DOWN AT THE FLOOR.
Housewright: AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE, THERE'S THIS BIG FLASH OF LIGH ABOVE THE FOOT OF THE BED.
EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE ROOM SAW THAT BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT.
Leal: EVERYBODY ELSE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.
"YEAH, IT WAS A FLASH.
WHO'S DOING THE FLASH?" Housewright: THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT ROOM THAT COULD HAVE MADE THAT LIGHT.
ALL THE CAMERAS THAT WERE BEING USED WERE OF THE INFRARED VARIETY, SO WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE ANY LIGHT.
Leal: THAT JUST BLEW US ALL AWAY.
THERE WERE NO LIGHT SOURCES.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING TO CAUSE THAT WHITE FLASH LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST UNCANNY.
Housewright: I BELIEVE THAT THA FLASH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM WAS LINDA GOODMAN'S WAY OF PUTTING SOME LIGHT INTO THE ROOM THAT WE WERE ALL SITTING IN IN THE DARK.
Leal: LINDA HAD A BIG THING FOR LIGHTS.
Housewright: SHE WOULDN'T EVEN SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS OFF.
SO I THINK SHE WAS MAKING HER PRESENCE KNOWN.
Leal: MY FIRST THOUGH AND FEELING ON THAT FLASH WAS LINDA WAS SAYING, "HELLO," ALMOST LIKE A SIGN FROM THE OTHER SIDE TO US.
IF I WAS ASKED IF LINDA GOODMAN WAS PRESEN AT THE LAST DOLLAR INN, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A DEFINITE "YES.
" Housewright: THE LAST DOLLAR INN IS MOST DEFINITELY A VERY HAUNTED PLACE.
Leal: WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE WATCHED TRANSPIRE AT THE LAST DOLLAR INN, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN THE REALITY OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Housewright: WHAT I FEL AND WHAT I SAW AND WHAT I HEARD WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST FREAKY EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE EVER HAD.
TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN SPIRITS, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, "IF YOU WANT TO BE A BELIEVER, GO CHECK OUT THE LAST DOLLAR INN IN CRIPPLE CREEK.
" Manda: I WAS TAKING MY PICTURES, AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THE VIEWFINDER AND SAID, "OH, MY GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
" THIS THING CRAWLING OUT OF THE WALL OF THE CAVE.
I KNEW WE NEEDED TO GE OUT OF THERE.
Brewer: I THOUGH I HEARD SCREAMING COMING FROM ONE OF THE CHAMBERS.
Manda: I KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
Brewer: WHEN I SAW THIS THING CRAWLING OUT OF THE WALL, I KNEW THERE WERE DARK FORCES THERE AND THEY WERE WARNING US NOT TO GO ANY FURTHER.
WE WERE DEFINITELY CROSSING A LINE.
MY GHOST STORY BEGAN WHEN MY ROOMMATE AND I SET FOO IN THE CAVE OF THE WINDS AT MANITOU SPRINGS, COLORADO.
WE WENT TO THE CAVE BECAUSE WE HEARD IT WAS HAUNTED.
JAMES WAS VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON, AND I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE HIM TO A PLACE THAT HE WOULD BE EXPOSED TO A PHENOMENON THAT HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
Manda: I THOUGHT, "THERE'S NO WAY THA WE'RE GONNA FIND ANYTHING.
" I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IF I WERE TO HUMOR HIM Brewer: WHEN WE FIRST WEN INTO THE CAVE, IT'S NOT SCARY AT FIRST, BUT THE DEEPER YOU GE AND THE DARKER IT GETS, THE MORE DISORIENTED YOU GET.
YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF DIRECTION THERE.
YOUR ONLY LIGHT ON THIS TOUR IS AN OLD-FASHIONED KEROSENE LANTERN.
Manda: AS WE KEPT GOING, I KIND OF FELT A LITTLE OFF.
I WAS TAKING MY PICTURES, AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THE VIEWFINDER AND SAID, "OH, MY GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
" AND IT'S TRYING TO FORM IN FRONT OF US.
I'M SHOWING CHRISTOPHER, AND HE'S LIKE, "YEP.
THEY'RE HERE.
" Brewer: AND WE STARTED FEELING THAT WE WERE BEING OBSERVED, THAT WITH THE TOUR GUIDE SPEAKING THE NAMES OF GEORGE AND NELLIE, THE PREVIOUS CARETAKERS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE CALLING THEIR NAMES.
AND SO I STARTED TO WONDER IF THEIR SPIRITS HAD JOINED OUR PARTY.
[ LAUGHTER .]
GEORGE AND NELLIE SNIDER WERE THE ORIGINAL CARETAKERS OF THE CAVE.
THEY OPENED THEM UP TO THE PUBLIC IN 1881.
AND NELLIE HERSELF HAD ACTUALLY DIED IN A HOME ABOVE THE CAVE.
SHE FELL THROUGH A PLATE-GLASS WINDOW.
GEORGE DIED SOMETIME LATER ON.
Manda: ONE OF THE PICTURES I TOOK APPEARED TO BE A WOMAN AND THEN AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN IN THE RIGHT.
I'M SURE THAT THAT WAS GEORGE AND NELLIE.
Brewer: WE SAW A WOMAN IN ONE PORTION AND A MAN IN ANOTHER WHO LOOKED TO ME TO BE GEORGE AND NELLIE.
Manda: THAT WAS THE COOLES THING I'D EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
Brewer: WE WERE AT ONE POIN IN THE CAVE WHERE THEY ASKED US TO BLOW ALL OF OUR LANTERNS OU SO WE COULD SEE HOW DARK IT WAS.
I SNUCK AWAY FROM THE GROUP TO EXPLORE.
I HAD A DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER WITH ME, AND I KEPT WHISPERING TO IT GEORGE, NELLIE, CAN YOU HEAR US? AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THIS WOMAN SAY, "I'M COMING OUT THE WALL.
" Manda: WE HAD THAT EVP, AND THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
Brewer: SO, IMMEDIATELY, I PUSHED MY BACK AGAINST THE CAVE, AND I'M CALLING FOR JAMES TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE, AND THE PICTURE HE GO SHOWED THIS THING CRAWLING OUT OF THE WALL OF THE CAVE.
Manda: THERE WAS SOMETHING SITTING RIGHT ON THE WALL.
AND I THOUGHT, "THEY'RE HERE, AND THEY'RE WITH US.
" Brewer: HEARING THE SPIRIT SAY, "I'M COMING OUT THE WALL," AND THEN SEEING HER IN THE PHOTO, COMING OUT OF THE WALL, WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING THINGS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
A LITTLE WHILE AFTER -- IT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE WE TURNED ALL THE LANTERNS BACK ON -- I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT NELLIE AND REALLY TRIED TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH HER.
AND THAT'S WHEN I ASKED FOR HER NAME, AND YOU HEAR A WOMAN'S VOICE SAYING, "I'M FINE.
IT'S OKAY.
" SO I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AND MAYBE COULD FEEL OUR EMPATHY FOR HER AND WANTED US TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE, BUT SHE WASN'T IN ANY PAIN.
SHE WAS THERE BY HER CHOICE AND GEORGE, TOO.
THEY WERE STILL TOGETHER.
THEN WE HEADED DEEPER INTO THE CAVE.
THE FEELING THERE JUST GOT HEAVIER.
EVEN THE PEOPLE JUST SEEMED A LOT MORE SOMBER.
THEY WERE A LOT MORE QUIET.
THERE WEREN'T AS MANY PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE CAME TO AN AREA IN THE CAVE WHICH HAS A STEEP WOODEN LADDER.
CENTURIES AGO, A MAN HAD FALLEN OFF THIS LADDER AND DIED.
AND WE GOT WHAT LOOKS TO BE A PICTURE OF A SHADOWMAN AGAINST ONE OF THE CAVE WALLS.
AND THERE'S WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG RED ORB WHERE HIS HEART WOULD BE.
Manda: WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE, THE SHADOWMAN, I STARTED TO FEEL CREEPED OUT.
Brewer: IT WAS LIKE ALL THIS BENEVOLENCE OF THE SPIRITS OF GEORGE AND NELLIE HAD VANISHED, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
IN THE DEEPEST PART OF THE CAVE, THE CAMERA KEPT GOING OUT OF FOCUS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS.
WE GOT A PICTURE OF A LO OF MIST AROUND THE CAMERA.
WHEN WE SAW THAT, IT JUST LOOKED VERY EVIL.
I TOLD JAMES THAT, "THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
"THIS FEELS MALEVOLENT, YOU KNOW, THIS FEELS KIND OF LIKE A WARNING.
" AND THE SUBSEQUENT SHOTS CONTAINS PICTURES LIKE A SPECTER'S SHROUD WITH ITS ARMS UP, EITHER WARNING US OR TRYING TO SCARE US.
AND THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT I HEARD SCREAMING COMING FROM ONE OF THE CHAMBERS.
THERE WERE DARK FORCES THERE, AND THEY WERE WARNING US NOT TO GO ANY FURTHER.
WE WERE DEFINITELY CROSSING A LINE.
Manda: I KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
Brewer: WE SAW SO MANY THINGS DOWN THERE, AND WE FELT SO MANY THINGS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERN THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED US.
WHEN WE WERE LEAVING, I ASKED JAMES TO ACCOMPANY ME IN A SPECIAL RITUAL.
WE WERE WALKING BACKWARDS IN THE PARKING LOT, AND WE WERE KIND OF WIPING ENERGY OFF OUR HANDS.
AND YOU SAY, "I BROUGHT NOTHING WITH ME.
I TAKE NOTHING WITH ME.
" THESE FEMALE VOICES THAT WE GOT PICTURES OF THINGS COMING OUT OF THE WALL, PICTURES OF THESE SHROUDS AND THESE SPECTERS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK GEORGE AND NELLIE ARE THERE TO KEEP THESE THINGS AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
THEY'RE PROTECTING THIS SPACE, SO I THINK THAT'S STILL PROBABLY THEIR ROLE THERE.
I THINK THEY HEARD US CALLING OUT TO THEM, AND I THINK THEY APPEARED TO US BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM.
Manda: A STARTED OUT A SKEPTIC, BUT THIS EXPERIENCE AT CAVE OF THE WINDS HAS PROVED TO ME THAT GHOSTS AND SPIRITS EXIS WITHIN OUR WORLD AT ALL TIMES.