1 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:12,160 Curiosity sometimes gets the best of us, and we begin to experiment with things 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:18,600 that we don't understand. Such was a case with today's storyteller when she was 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:25,199 given a simple gift that eventually called up an entity and then welcomed into her 4 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:34,280 home. My name is Edwin, and here is tia true scary story. 5 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,520 My story pretty much begins. It was my twenty second birthday and we were 6 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:54,039 having a birthday celebration at my mom's house. A friend of mine actually that 7 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:57,799 day went to a flea market and he just so happened to be given a 8 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,920 free deck of oracle cards, which are like tarot cards, but they're a 9 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,719 little bit different. They're a little bit easier to read. They usually have 10 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,599 like illustrations on them that are a little bit different than tarot cards. So 11 00:01:08,599 --> 00:01:11,079 anyways, he just so happened to get one for free, and he thought 12 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,760 of me, so when he came to my birthday party, he gave those 13 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:22,359 to me as my gift. I've always had a draw to anything like spiritual 14 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,120 or paranormal related. I've always liked scary movies and really just anything to do 15 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:34,680 with paranormactivity things like that. When I got home that night, right away. 16 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,840 I was so excited. I started reading my cards and I had no 17 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,159 idea what I was doing, so I was just learning how to do it, 18 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,159 and eventually I got good at it, and I thought like, this 19 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:52,840 was really cool. I think it was about six or seven months later I 20 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:56,359 started to get really good at reading, so I wanted to try something different, 21 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,640 and so I went to a metaphysical store in my area and they were 22 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:05,879 selling these little trinkets. They're called pendulums, and they're basically a crystal that 23 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,560 hangs on a chain, and I thought it was so cool. You could 24 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:14,319 hold the chain and you would ask a question and it would swing one way 25 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:16,439 for yes, or swing a different way for no. Or you could have 26 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,919 you could make a board and it would swing to different answers based on what 27 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,360 your board looked like. So I did this, and I had a board 28 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:29,000 and I put yes going vertical, and no going horizontal, and maybe going 29 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:35,000 diagonal. I held it over the board and instantly just started moving on its 30 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,960 own, and I thought it was really cool, but also a little bit 31 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:44,840 terrifying. I started messing around, asking some questions and getting some answers. 32 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,039 I actually tried to get one of my friends to try using the pendulum, 33 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:51,240 and they couldn't make it move it and I thought, that's so weird because 34 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:53,280 the very first time I touched it, it just started swinging right away on 35 00:02:53,319 --> 00:03:00,039 its own. So I'd been playing with the pendulum and reading cards for a 36 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:02,039 longer period of time now, and a friend of mine called me and she 37 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:05,319 said, Hey, can you give me a reading? And I was like 38 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,599 sure. So we got on a FaceTime call and we started with the cards 39 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:14,039 and we were messing around, asking questions, and then we started using the 40 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,919 pendulum. One thing I've always been able to do was I've always been able 41 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,560 to visualize family members or relatives of my friends that i'm reading for that have 42 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:29,120 passed on. And I've perfectly described to my friend her cat that she had 43 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:30,639 when she was a kid, that she lived in Japan that passed away. 44 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,520 I've described my friend's grandma to him like it's just it's happened a lot throughout 45 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,680 my life. So as I'm doing these readings, I kept on thinking of 46 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:43,039 this name Steve. When I was asking her, like, who's Steve, 47 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,599 and she said, I don't know who Steve is, And I said, 48 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:49,840 Okay, keep on hearing Steve and I'm seeing this man and he's wearing jeans 49 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,039 and a yellow flannel and a blue shirt underneath. And his name is Steve. 50 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,960 He has a goatee. And she says, no, like, I 51 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,759 don't know anyone named Steve, and I don't even know anyone in my family 52 00:03:58,919 --> 00:04:00,639 or my friends or anyone, and that even looks like that that would fit 53 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:03,919 that description. So I'm like, okay. Anyways, So we tried to 54 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,159 move on, and I kept trying to ask our questions, but this name 55 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,759 Steve kept coming up, and I kept swinging. My pendulum would keep swinging 56 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,759 to know whenever I would ask about something else. So I said to her, 57 00:04:14,759 --> 00:04:15,439 you know what, I said, I have a really bad feeling. 58 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:21,480 I think it's time for us to stop because this Steve or whatever is interfering 59 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,160 with our reading is just it's very strong. It's making me uncomfortable, like 60 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:30,000 it's time to stop. Even though we knew it was time to stop, 61 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,600 we had kept going. As we're going, and we're still asking questions. 62 00:04:33,639 --> 00:04:36,000 I'm getting more and more uncomfortable. And I said, okay, listen, 63 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,920 like we need to stop. I really don't feel good, like I was 64 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:43,720 starting to physically feel nauseous, like I felt like I had a pit in 65 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,079 my stomach and it was making me feel sick. So I said, okay, 66 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:48,800 look, we're gon We're gonna stop now. I'm not comfortable anymore. 67 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,879 I'm just I'm going to get off the phone now. So I get off 68 00:04:51,879 --> 00:04:56,360 the phone with her, and I don't to this day, I don't know 69 00:04:56,399 --> 00:05:00,839 why I had this reaction. It was very unlikely. It's not something that 70 00:05:00,879 --> 00:05:03,279 I would normally do. But I felt so uncomfortable and I was so freaked 71 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:09,079 out that for some reason, I snapped the pendulum in half. I ripped 72 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:11,199 the chain right off of the crystal, and I put it down on the 73 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,680 table, and I told myself it made me so uncomfortable that I was never 74 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,480 going to use it again. I put down the pendulum and I looked at 75 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,240 it for a second. I said, okay, now I need to do 76 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,240 something with it. So I picked it up and I took it to my 77 00:05:24,319 --> 00:05:27,000 room, and I was going to place it in a box so I could 78 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,000 get rid of it. I walked out of the room and my fiance was 79 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,800 in the room and he was playing a video game or whatever. I don't 80 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,079 even think he really knew what was going on because he was playing his game. 81 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,560 I didn't want to freak him out, so I didn't say anything, 82 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,879 but I walked out of the room and I walked into my bedroom, which 83 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,040 is just around the corner, and he goes, hey, like, babe, 84 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,240 did I don't mean to be like weird, but did you fart? 85 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:56,680 I was like what. He was like, yeah, like just there's a 86 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:00,560 really weird it smells like rotten eggs in the living room, like really bad, 87 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,839 like the whole room stinks. And I was like, what, No, 88 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 that wasn't me. So I run back into the living room and it 89 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:13,000 was just the most rotten, foul smell, and it just it came out 90 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,399 of nowhere, and the entire living room stumped. So I walked to one 91 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,480 side of the living room, and I'm trying to figure out, like, 92 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:24,000 what could cause such a strong sense so quickly, because it couldn't have been 93 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:27,040 it couldn't have been food or something like that, because it was just out 94 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,959 of nowhere and it was so sudden and so strong. So I went to 95 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,120 one side of the living room and I'm following my nose through the living room 96 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,360 and I get to the other side and I noticed the smell kind of stopped, 97 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:38,480 like it was like once I got to the other end, it stopped. 98 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,480 So I stood there for a minute and I wait, and all of 99 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,160 a sudden, I can smell it, and I'm like, okay, now 100 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,600 it's over here too. And so I kept walking around the house and smelling, 101 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:46,959 and every time I would walk into a room and wait a minute, 102 00:06:46,959 --> 00:06:50,240 the smell would pump like it was like it was either spreading throughout the house 103 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:57,639 or it was following me. You know, just because of my knowledge of 104 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,600 things that are paranormal, whenever you smell anything that is so strong and pungent 105 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,879 and rotten, like anything like rotten meat, rotten flesh, rotten eggs, 106 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:09,319 immediately it's something extremely negative, like this could be a demon, this could 107 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:17,279 be just something super super dark. So immediately my first reaction was to start 108 00:07:17,319 --> 00:07:21,360 cleansing the house. So I start burning sage, I'm burning incense, I'm 109 00:07:21,399 --> 00:07:26,279 praying, I'm actually reading the Lord's Prayer off my phone while I'm walking around 110 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:29,759 the house. I'm saging and trying to cleanse the house. The smell goes 111 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,439 away, but I just in the back of my mind and in the pit 112 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,120 of my stomach, like I know something was wrong, like I messed up, 113 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,920 I messed with something I really should not have been, and I just 114 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:43,040 I took it too far and I was basically in big trouble at this point. 115 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,360 So later that night, I had a really hard time getting into bed 116 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:53,680 because I was still uncomfortable, and my fiance was really trying to assure me 117 00:07:54,279 --> 00:07:57,720 everything is fine. You're just you're getting in your head about it. You 118 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:00,959 need to relax. It's okay, We're fine, and I'm like, okay, 119 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:03,720 yeah, you're probably right. So I get into bed, and it 120 00:08:03,839 --> 00:08:07,240 was weird because that night was the first night my cat did not come into 121 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:11,120 bed with us. He always, every single night would come and lay at 122 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,240 the foot of our bed and he would sleep at the end of our bed, 123 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:16,399 but he didn't that night, and it was the first time ever. 124 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:22,839 So I'm laying in bed and I just I couldn't shake the feeling that something 125 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,480 was staring at me, or watching me, or trying to approach me, 126 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:33,360 or something. Something was very persistently trying to get my attention. So I'm 127 00:08:33,399 --> 00:08:37,799 laying down, my fiance has already fallen asleep, and I felt like it's 128 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,120 like being paralyzed with fear not anything is holding me down or I can't move, 129 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,600 but I don't want to move, and I'm so scared, and I 130 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:48,840 was sweating, and it was just like this deep feeling of discomfort and the 131 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,639 terror. I was laying in bed and every time I would close my eyes 132 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:56,919 in my doorway and I wouldn't see this physically with my eyes. I would 133 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,799 only see this when I closed my eyes, almost like I was seeing in 134 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,879 a but I know I was awake, and it looked like there was a 135 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:07,159 big figure in the doorway, and it was super tall all the way up 136 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:13,799 to the doorframe. It just looked like some sort of It looked like some 137 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:18,360 sort of creature wearing a long cloak, and it had twisted horns coming out 138 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:26,200 the top of its head. And I would open my eyes and nothing would 139 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:31,360 be there. I just would see it every time I close my eyes, 140 00:09:31,399 --> 00:09:35,080 and it wouldn't stop. It was persistent. Every time I tried to fall 141 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,320 asleep, I would close my eyes and I would see the doorway and its 142 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,960 figure in the doorway. So eventually I said, you know what, this 143 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,639 isn't working. I can't fall asleep. So I sat up, and there's 144 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,200 my cat in front of the doorframe inside the bedroom, and he's staring at 145 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,600 the same spot that I keep seeing this figure, and he looks like he's 146 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,440 ready to pounce, like he's not fully laying down, but he's also not 147 00:09:58,519 --> 00:10:01,159 sitting up. He's in this half per position and he's his back is puffed 148 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,960 up and his tail is puffed up, and he's staring right in the same 149 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:09,240 spot I'm looking at and right there. I tried to wake up my fiancee 150 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,240 to be like, hey, if something's wrong, but he couldn't wake up. 151 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,000 He was really tired. He had work in the morning, and I 152 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,720 was pretty much on my own for this. So again, I pull up 153 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,240 my phone and I pull up the Lord's Prayer, and I wanted to stay 154 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,559 it out loud, but I just had a feeling that if I was to 155 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,480 start to speak, or to move or to do anything like something was going 156 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:33,320 to happen to me. So I pulled up the Lord's Prayer and I'm reading 157 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,759 it over and over again, and I just kept on reading it, and 158 00:10:35,799 --> 00:10:37,639 I just didn't let myself focus on anything else. And all of a sudden, 159 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,399 I noticed the time, and it's now six thirty in the morning. 160 00:10:41,399 --> 00:10:45,840 So I did not sleep at all that night, and I'm waiting because I 161 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:50,320 know my alarm and my fiance's alarm go off at seven am. So I 162 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,080 stay in the bed. My cat is still down by the doorframe, and 163 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:56,519 I keep reading the Lord's prayer, and all of a sudden, ding dig 164 00:10:56,519 --> 00:11:05,120 I hear the alarm start going off. So I didn't work that day until 165 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,559 ten am, but my fiance had to leave for work, and I said, 166 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,399 there's no way I'm staying in this house by myself, and so I 167 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:13,120 got up with him. I got ready for work, and instantly I left. 168 00:11:13,159 --> 00:11:15,759 I refused to stay in the house. I was out of there, 169 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:20,519 so I went straight to Of course, everyone runs to their mom, and 170 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,600 I said, Mom, she's also she went through a phase when she was 171 00:11:22,639 --> 00:11:28,159 around my age of being really into the paranormal and supernatural as well. Now 172 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,720 that she's older, she really just turns to God. She's very religious and 173 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:35,879 she doesn't really allow these paralorble things into her life. Her faith is very 174 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:39,759 strong. But I knew that because my mom has had similar experiences to me, 175 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,600 that she might be able to help me. So I drive to my 176 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:48,799 mom's house and it's probably seven fifteen. I got there as fast as I 177 00:11:48,799 --> 00:11:50,799 could, and I said, mom, here's what happened. And I sat 178 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,279 down and I told her the story, and she, you know, kind 179 00:11:54,279 --> 00:11:58,519 of rushed me off. I don't know to this day if she didn't believe 180 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,759 me, or if she just didn't want to believe that there was something like 181 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:05,320 that in my life or in my household with a fiance and my son and 182 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,600 my cat. I kept explaining to her, mom, this is what happened. 183 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,159 I'm really scared. I don't know what to do. I tried cleansing 184 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,240 my house, like I think I cleansed my house like six times last night, 185 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,159 and it's not working. And she just kept reassuring me, no, 186 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,360 honey, it's okay, there's nothing there. You just scared yourself. Get 187 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,399 rid of your cards, don't pick up your pendulum again, like it's fine, 188 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,639 Like you're fine. She just really didn't take me seriously. As the 189 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,519 day goes on, it's time for me now to go to work, and 190 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,840 I just all day I felt like there was a dark cloud looming over me, 191 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,159 like I know that when I get home, I have to deal with 192 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,600 this thing. I don't know if this thing is with me or if it's 193 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:46,559 in my house, and I just really couldn't shake the feeling of this terror, 194 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,000 like this fear that there's this thing I have to deal with and my 195 00:12:50,039 --> 00:12:52,279 mom doesn't believe me. And I actually remember that day. I have a 196 00:12:52,360 --> 00:13:00,279 very vivid memory of pulling out my phone. I was at work and I 197 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:07,840 was actually googling signs of possession. Oh my god. Now you can't hear 198 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:13,519 me in that recording, but it was at this moment when something strange happened 199 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:18,799 during our call. Wow for context. During the calls, I sit in 200 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:22,039 my studio with a couple of lamps on. One of them is by the 201 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,519 door and the other is on my desk. Now, when you call in 202 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,480 to tell your story, you're given a form, and in that form, 203 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:31,519 there's a question if you want a video call or an audio call, so 204 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,759 you'll actually be able to see the lamp in the background. But we determine 205 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,600 that base on the connection and devices available to us. During my call with 206 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,480 Tia, it was right at this moment when she mentioned that she had googled 207 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:50,720 signs of possessions, that the lamp behind me started flickering. Now, it 208 00:13:50,759 --> 00:13:54,320 isn't the first time that it does that, and it definitely isn't the first 209 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,399 time that I experienced something during a phone call. However, it is kind 210 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,879 of a strange coincidence that it only happens during these calls, and only these 211 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:07,600 certain types of calls. So again, in this call, we were talking 212 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,559 about, well, a demon. Again, it's not a first and if 213 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,120 you check out the story called Three Faceless Demons, you'll know exactly what I'm 214 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:22,480 talking about. But anyway, after speaking briefly about it, Tia continues telling 215 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:28,399 us about what she did and how the thing started to make itself known in 216 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,159 the creepiest way. I completely agree. I've seen it happen. Actually, 217 00:14:31,279 --> 00:14:35,919 oh yeah, I definitely am a strong believer in the paranormal because of these 218 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:48,519 things. The story is continuing right after this. I was at work that 219 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:54,399 day and I caught myself. I actually very vividly remember sitting down in googling 220 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,759 signs of possession because I thought that this thing was out to get me and 221 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:01,879 that I had really just pissed off the wrong kind of spirit, I messed 222 00:15:01,879 --> 00:15:05,919 with the wrong kind of thing, and that I was in big trouble. 223 00:15:05,799 --> 00:15:09,600 Throughout the day, I just I kept calling my mom and texting my mom 224 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:11,320 saying, Hey, I'm really scared to go home. I don't know what 225 00:15:11,399 --> 00:15:16,519 to do. I'm really uncomfortable. And my fiancee believed me, but also 226 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:18,840 it was like, you're like, no one really believed me when it was 227 00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:22,799 happening, which honestly made it a little bit scarier because I felt like I 228 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:26,799 was really on my own dealing with this. Was so all day. I 229 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,360 was very persistent. I called my mom, texted my mom, and she 230 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,720 said, Okay, you know what, fine, since you're so scared, 231 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,639 I will call grandma and there's this Greek traditional thing. It's some sort of 232 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:39,559 something she can do. I'm not sure what it's called. I guess you 233 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,080 could call it a ritual and it has to do with oil and water and 234 00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:46,600 a candle kind of thing from the church. And she said she, I'm 235 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,159 going to ask Grandma to do this and depending on what the outcome is, 236 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,480 like, I'll call you and we'll figure it out. And I'm like, 237 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:58,919 okay, I guess she calls my grandma. My grandma calls me and she's 238 00:15:58,919 --> 00:16:02,879 okay, like what's going on? So I tell her and she's saying this 239 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:07,360 prayer and Greek while she's doing whatever ritual this is I really don't know how 240 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:08,279 it works. I wish I could explain it, but I just have no 241 00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:11,279 idea. And then she goes, okay, honey, okay, I'm going 242 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,159 to call your mom. But she honestly, now that I think about it, 243 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,360 she never actually told me what happened, like what the outcome was of 244 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,919 this little thing that she did. But she called my mom, and my 245 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:22,799 mom calls me and she goes, Okay, honey, I'm going to come 246 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,960 over after work. And so now I guess something must have happened. There 247 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,919 must have been something there that told him that I was in trouble. If 248 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:34,080 I get off work and I start driving home, and now my fiance is 249 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,360 calling me like NonStop, like repeatedly calling me, and I remember I was 250 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:41,879 in a meeting, but because I knew he was at home and I knew 251 00:16:41,039 --> 00:16:45,279 what was going on, I actually excused myself from the meeting and I answered 252 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,559 the phone. He said, Hey, like, you got to come home. 253 00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:49,720 Something's not right in the house. I just I really need you to 254 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:52,879 come home right now. And I'm like, well, I'm in a meeting, 255 00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:56,360 Like I can't just leave, and I don't know what's going on here. 256 00:16:56,399 --> 00:17:03,759 But I was just doing the dishes and something pulled on my shirt and 257 00:17:03,839 --> 00:17:07,400 I said, okay, I'm almost done. I can't leave right now, 258 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:08,839 but I called my mom. She's coming over, she's gonna help us, 259 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:12,119 and she's okay. So I get off the phone with him, I go 260 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,960 finish my meeting and I start heading home from work. And I remember this 261 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,839 day. While I was driving home, I had so much anxiety in me, 262 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:26,519 but it wasn't It wasn't like my normal kind of anxiety where I feel 263 00:17:26,519 --> 00:17:30,160 stressed or overwhelmed or a little bit like uncomfortable. It was like like this, 264 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:36,279 like fearful something is wrong. There's like I know something bad is going 265 00:17:36,319 --> 00:17:38,799 to happen kind of anxiety. And I remember having to actually pull over to 266 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:44,400 take deep breaths and let it pass so I could get home. And so 267 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,400 I got home and my fiance comes running outside and he actually found me sitting 268 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,200 on the steps right outside the door, and he said, I was waiting 269 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,440 for you, and you didn't, like I thought something happened. You didn't 270 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,519 come inside. It's going on. I said, I can't go in there. 271 00:17:56,559 --> 00:17:57,559 He was like, what do you mean. I was like, I 272 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,880 can't, I can't go in the house. I'm terrified. I don't know 273 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,039 what's going on. I really don't want to be in that house. I 274 00:18:03,079 --> 00:18:04,880 want to wait until my mom gets here. Where is she? I said 275 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,680 she'll be here in about an hour. He's liked, no, you're not 276 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,920 going to sit outside. It's cold, it's you. Just come inside, 277 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,319 sit with me. Don't be scared of your own house. Everything's fine, 278 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:18,160 We'll just go sit down and watch TV. And I'm like, okay. 279 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:23,799 So I go inside and we sit down and my son is watching cartoons in 280 00:18:23,799 --> 00:18:27,440 the living room and me and my fiance are sitting We had an L shaped 281 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,839 couch and my son was in the corner. My fiance was on the edge, 282 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:34,079 and I was sitting in his computer chair next to him, and we're 283 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,839 watching TV. And I just the whole time was sitting there and I just 284 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,000 couldn't. I couldn't focus on anything. I felt I felt like I was 285 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:45,440 trapped in my own body almost, or I felt like I just didn't It's 286 00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:49,599 really it's a really weird feeling to explain. I felt like I wanted to 287 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,839 get up and move and do something, but I felt like if I did 288 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,640 something bad was gonna happen. Or I shouldn't move, I should just stay 289 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,960 right here, stay still, do not leave this room, just whatever. 290 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,400 So I'm sitting in the chair and I just had this weird feeling of eyes 291 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:10,400 on me from like from down below, like near the floor, and it 292 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:11,839 just I don't know how to describe it. I couldn't see anything, but 293 00:19:11,839 --> 00:19:15,839 I just felt like something was looking at me. So I looked down at 294 00:19:15,839 --> 00:19:18,480 the bottom of the coffee table, and there was like a platform at the 295 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,960 bottom of the coffee table where you could put things, like you could put 296 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:25,519 a basket or whatever. And I looked down at the platform and I didn't 297 00:19:25,519 --> 00:19:29,119 see anything. But the second I looked down, my cat actually pounced right 298 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,279 at the table at the exact spot where I thought I was seeing something. 299 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,720 And I'm like, oh my gosh, Like I was like that, I 300 00:19:36,759 --> 00:19:40,119 can't believe that just happened. And as I'm thinking, like, oh my 301 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:45,720 god, I actually heard in my right ear a very high pitched but loud 302 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:53,079 child's laugh. I know it wasn't something from the TV or outside of me, 303 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,799 because my ear was burning as soon as I heard it, like my 304 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,720 ear turned red and it was so hot. And I heard this it was 305 00:20:00,759 --> 00:20:06,440 just high pitched, child like laughter in my ear. When I heard it, 306 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,519 I actually took a second to process what had just happened, and I 307 00:20:08,599 --> 00:20:11,759 flinched. It was like a late reaction because at first I thought we tried 308 00:20:11,759 --> 00:20:15,880 to explain it away and say it was the TV or like my son was 309 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,720 watching a video or something. But then as soon as my ears started to 310 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:22,720 burn, I like flinched in my fiance it looked at me and he was 311 00:20:22,759 --> 00:20:25,400 like, what, like what happened? And I was like, did you 312 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,319 hear a laugh? He was like, no, loo, I didn't hear 313 00:20:27,319 --> 00:20:33,880 anything. So then I'm like, okay, so I take him to the 314 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,720 kitchen. I'm like, you need to tell me what your experiences were today, 315 00:20:37,759 --> 00:20:40,799 because I just heard that laugh. And that's the first physical thing other 316 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,440 than the cat that I've actually had happened since the actually since the cat in 317 00:20:45,519 --> 00:20:48,079 the smell in the living room. That's the first physical thing to happen to 318 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:49,799 me. And he said, while I was doing the dishes and I felt 319 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:52,200 something pull on my shirt and I said to our son, I told him 320 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,119 to stop, and I turned around and he wasn't there. And as soon 321 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,079 as he turned around to say stop, there was actually three knocks on the 322 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,640 door, like three loud knocks, and it wasn't our front doors, the 323 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,759 door that goes upstairs. We were actually living in his parents' basement suite at 324 00:21:07,759 --> 00:21:10,960 the time. There's three loud knocks on the door, and he thought his 325 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:14,839 parents were there, so he opened the door and there was nobody there and 326 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,359 he and that was when he got freaked out and he called me, and 327 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,000 then I guess up until I got home, every few minutes there were three 328 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,279 loud knocks, either on the walls or on the door. So he went 329 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,119 upstairs to his parents and were like, hey, are you guys like working 330 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,519 on a project? What is this banging? And they're like, actually, 331 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:33,440 I don't know, because his dad had the entire day off, and he 332 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:38,880 said all day he was hearing knocks in threes coming from downstairs from our suite. 333 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,960 And when he told me that, I was just like, Oh my 334 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:45,279 gosh, that shook me to my corks. I thought, whatever I did, 335 00:21:45,759 --> 00:21:48,640 whatever I brought into this house, it's not only affecting me, but 336 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,559 it's also affecting my fiance and now it's also affecting his parents. So right 337 00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:55,640 then I called my mom and said, hey, you need to get here 338 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:03,279 now, and I will never forget this moment. She showed up and I 339 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:07,240 opened the door, and she had this giant Walmart bag in her hand, 340 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,440 and the first thing she said to me, I don't know if you can 341 00:22:10,599 --> 00:22:11,920 I can swear in your podcast, but I just want to tell you what 342 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,799 she said. She looked at me and she said, I'm going to show 343 00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:21,160 you, bitch, how to deal with the devil. And I was like, 344 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,640 okay, Mom, okay, come inside. Oh yeah. It was 345 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,920 My mom's very dramatic. She's amazing, though without her, I don't know 346 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,880 what would have happened, because honestly, she saved us. So she has 347 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,519 this big Walmart bag and she puts it down on my table and she starts 348 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:38,039 pulling out So we're Greek and were My family is extremely religious. So she 349 00:22:38,079 --> 00:22:41,880 starts pulling out these icons, which are like pieces of wood and they'll have 350 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:48,960 images of God or Jesus or Mother Mary and they'll they're embellished with gold and 351 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,839 they're actually very beautiful. And she pulled out three or four of those. 352 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:56,480 She had a lemon like candles from the church. She had not sure what 353 00:22:56,519 --> 00:23:00,359 the English word is forn. It's like a grail, almost like a holy 354 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,400 grail that you would burn charcoal inside of. And she had holy water and 355 00:23:03,519 --> 00:23:07,640 oil that had been blessed in the church, and she just starts putting all 356 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,079 these things together. I think she also had a bay leaf, like a 357 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,160 branch of bay. And she goes okay, and she's the lines up me 358 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,319 and my fiance and my son, and she starts using the oil to actually 359 00:23:17,319 --> 00:23:21,319 put crosses on our foreheads and over our mouths and over our eyes, so 360 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,279 it's like the here no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. 361 00:23:23,279 --> 00:23:27,799 And she did it over our ears as well. And then she starts burning 362 00:23:29,079 --> 00:23:33,480 a coal in the cup with some incense from the church, and she's burning 363 00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:36,960 it. She's making crosses in the air, and she's praying, and I'm 364 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,920 following right behind her. I was terrified. I needed my mom and I 365 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:44,440 needed her to protect me. Sim just following her around the house and she 366 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:48,359 does this whole blessing in every room, every crevice of the entire house. 367 00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:56,839 And then she's done and we go and we sit in the kitchen and she 368 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,279 goes, okay, like, how do you guys feel? And I was 369 00:23:59,319 --> 00:24:00,799 still terrified. I still had a lot of anxiety. So I said, 370 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:03,640 no, it wasn't good enough, you need to do it again. But 371 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,640 my fiance is no, Like, I feel better. I think we're okay 372 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,920 now. So what she did was she took all of those things and she 373 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,519 actually put them on top of a bookshelf. Everything that she used to cleanse 374 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:15,920 the house and to bless the house she put on top of a bookshelf in 375 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:22,119 my living room. And from that night on, it completely stopped. There 376 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:27,759 was no more knocking. My cat felt relaxed. I didn't have, honestly, 377 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:36,240 any experiences that were paranormal for a really long time after that. I 378 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,240 don't know what it was like. Is there really a way to know? 379 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,599 Like it could have been. It had to be something dark, and it 380 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:48,160 had to be something evil because I know that smell is associated with dark, 381 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,359 evil presences. I believe it was a demon, but you know, who's 382 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,240 to really say. I don't think there's really a way to know. Whenever 383 00:24:55,279 --> 00:25:00,960 I think about Steve, I think that was some sort of pricks, like 384 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,759 trying to mislead me away, trying to have me focus on something different than 385 00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:10,519 what was happening, because I had already started to feel uncomfortable and It almost 386 00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:15,039 felt like whatever this thing was wanted me to focus on this Steve character so 387 00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:18,599 that I would pay less attention to what I was feeling and what was happening 388 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,759 around me. So I think it was almost like a coax or like a 389 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:27,079 distraction to keep me going and keep me my energy connected with the energy of 390 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:32,559 whatever it was. It honestly had scared me off from things like tarot cards 391 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:36,440 and pendulums for a really long time. 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