1 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:12,807 - We said, "is there a friendly spirit here?" 2 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:15,383 It said, "no." 3 00:00:15,449 --> 00:00:16,619 - [Deep voice] Hey! 4 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,383 - Something odd was happening in the house. 5 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:19,922 - What have we done? 6 00:00:19,987 --> 00:00:21,147 What have we done? 7 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:22,491 - It was, like, a long streak. 8 00:00:22,556 --> 00:00:24,016 It had fire coming out of its back. 9 00:00:24,025 --> 00:00:26,115 - This woman thinks she's seeing a ufo. 10 00:00:26,193 --> 00:00:27,793 I mean, you could hear her nervousness. 11 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:29,361 - It's still moving. 12 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:32,129 - All of a sudden, everything electronic in my vehicle dies. 13 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:33,729 - 998, do you read me? 14 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,700 - Any unit who doesn't answer, that's a crisis. 15 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:37,739 - Do you read me? 16 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:42,208 - I really knew that I wasn't alone in that house anymore. 17 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:45,335 I was scared it was gonna hurt one of us. 18 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:47,952 - My hand goes right on my pistol. 19 00:00:48,014 --> 00:00:49,654 - This is weird. Wait a minute. 20 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,276 Oh, my god. I ain't ready for this. 21 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,291 - It was unbelievable. 22 00:00:59,894 --> 00:01:02,904 [Siren wailing] 23 00:01:06,167 --> 00:01:09,167 [Police radio crackling] 24 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:12,166 - Do you want to head over to that area? 25 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:15,839 - I remember that night vividly. 26 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,179 It was a December night, and it was unusually warm 27 00:01:18,245 --> 00:01:22,005 because I remember not wearing a jacket. 28 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:26,352 My first call was a domestic between a male and a female. 29 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:30,890 Usually when it's warmer, we seem to be busy. 30 00:01:30,957 --> 00:01:33,187 And I had to fill out a report, 31 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:36,090 and so I had made plans with the other officers 32 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:39,403 to meet up and have a coffee. 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,730 I love being a cop. 34 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,150 I believe this is a calling for me. 35 00:01:42,169 --> 00:01:44,099 This is what I was meant to do. 36 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:51,282 - I have been a police officer for 15 years. 37 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:52,284 - Hey, Roy Anne. 38 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,705 - When I worked at 911, 39 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:56,050 we dispatched for the greater portion of trumbull county. 40 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:59,776 It's a pretty vast area. 41 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:02,347 We would receive calls for emergency service, 42 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:05,962 and we would also dispatch police units. 43 00:02:06,026 --> 00:02:08,486 I was expecting what we had every other night: 44 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:11,062 A little bit of traffic-related calls. 45 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,571 We're gonna have a few bar fights. 46 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:18,373 The calls that begin that night initially caught me off guard. 47 00:02:18,438 --> 00:02:19,868 - Dispatch. May I help you? 48 00:02:28,349 --> 00:02:29,729 - He was calm, but at the same time, 49 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:30,949 you could hear a nervousness. 50 00:02:31,017 --> 00:02:34,187 He wasn't familiar with what he was seeing. 51 00:02:57,845 --> 00:02:59,635 - Knowing that our jurisdiction 52 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:01,653 is quite in line with an air base, 53 00:03:01,715 --> 00:03:04,015 my first reaction was, "oh, my gosh. 54 00:03:04,018 --> 00:03:06,278 "What if there's something wrong with one of the aircrafts 55 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:07,487 or something in the area?" 56 00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:09,324 But the tone in his voice doesn't reflect 57 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:10,923 he's watching a plane crash. 58 00:03:10,925 --> 00:03:12,415 It's quite different. 59 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:20,068 - All right. Thank you. 60 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:25,166 - And I tell the other people, "okay, guys, 61 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:26,768 everybody grab your pens," you know, 62 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,480 "we're gonna have to get to work here now. 63 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:30,238 "Something odd's going on 64 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:31,980 "because this guy's seeing fire 65 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,445 "coming out of the back of a plane. 66 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:36,253 Are we gonna prepare for an airplane crash?" 67 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:37,416 There's a buzz now. 68 00:03:37,484 --> 00:03:39,654 This isn't something you normally hear. 69 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:41,753 So while I am taking the first call, 70 00:03:41,821 --> 00:03:45,521 I am alerted that there's another call. 71 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:47,156 - Liberty dispatch. Can I help you? 72 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,427 - It's a mother and daughter, 73 00:03:48,495 --> 00:03:53,365 very excited about these lights they were seeing. 74 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,733 She more or less just tells me 75 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,302 the same thing the first guy says. 76 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:58,640 "I'm seeing lights in the sky." 77 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,635 - Right behind our backyard. 78 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:02,937 - They're not hearing any noise, and it just hovers. 79 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:06,009 That seems to be what really troubled her. 80 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,049 - It's just hovering there. 81 00:04:08,114 --> 00:04:10,954 - They were very certain they were not looking at a plane. 82 00:04:11,017 --> 00:04:13,147 - Thank you so much. Bye-bye. 83 00:04:13,153 --> 00:04:17,363 - Now you think, "okay, this is kind of crazy." 84 00:04:17,358 --> 00:04:19,658 It's caught the attention of all the other dispatchers, 85 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,526 and we're all kind of listening to everything. 86 00:04:21,561 --> 00:04:22,491 - Roy Anne. 87 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:24,502 I got a reporter from 33. 88 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,864 - Oh, my god... 89 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,706 - The next call we received was from the media. 90 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:29,904 - Liberty dispatch. Can I help you? 91 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:32,203 - They were scanning all the police traffic. 92 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,832 What the heck am I gonna tell the media? 93 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:51,761 It was clear to me this woman thinks she's seeing a ufo. 94 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:53,785 I don't want to acknowledge this. 95 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:07,441 So I kind of gaff it off and make a joke. 96 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:13,712 [Laughter] 97 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:16,820 - I'm confirming, "yeah, we heard about the lights too, 98 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:18,717 "but there's no need to make this a panic. 99 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:20,385 We're not having war of the worlds here." 100 00:05:26,894 --> 00:05:28,434 - Right after that, someone announces, 101 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,225 Liberty, you have another ufo call." 102 00:05:30,296 --> 00:05:31,456 "Oh, gosh. Here we go again." 103 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:32,431 - Liberty dispatch. 104 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:34,869 - This is getting kooky. 105 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:37,144 - Okay, sorry... Lights in the sky? 106 00:05:51,385 --> 00:05:53,485 - We're checking on it. Thank you. 107 00:05:53,487 --> 00:05:55,647 - The thing that's remarkable is, 108 00:05:55,656 --> 00:05:59,786 this is all going on in small, quiet street. 109 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:02,559 Samson drive's a nice residential area. 110 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:04,629 It's not a ton of crackpots. 111 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:07,997 At this point, there's too many calls just to sit on this 112 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:11,497 and make it my problem because I don't pass it along. 113 00:06:11,505 --> 00:06:15,505 That night, officer meloro was working with me... Toby. 114 00:06:18,478 --> 00:06:20,578 - Two, three times in the last... 115 00:06:20,647 --> 00:06:23,247 - Toby and the other officers have kind of assembled 116 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:27,346 for an informal shift briefing. 117 00:06:27,354 --> 00:06:29,154 - One of those two, every three months. 118 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:30,362 It's like clockwork. 119 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:33,093 - They normally stop for coffee, doughnut shop. 120 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,890 Very cliche. 121 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:36,391 - I know it's a cliche. 122 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:39,063 However, it was one of the only places that's open at night. 123 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:40,272 - Thanks. 124 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,233 - Toby and I had known each other for years. 125 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:44,766 And I think he's gonna be the one out of the group working 126 00:06:44,838 --> 00:06:47,868 that will handle this the best. 127 00:06:47,941 --> 00:06:50,411 I chose to use his cell phone and not the radio 128 00:06:50,411 --> 00:06:52,741 because this is something not recorded. 129 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:57,682 If it makes me sound nutty, it's just between Toby and I. 130 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,460 - I remember, I had just picked up my coffee 131 00:06:59,486 --> 00:07:00,646 and was putting it to my lips 132 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,020 when I received the call from the 911 center. 133 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,090 - 'Ello. 134 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:06,468 - I've known Roy Anne a long time. 135 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,533 - Hey, Roy Anne. What's up? 136 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:09,834 - I could tell usually by the voice 137 00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:12,596 whether I need to jump up and run. 138 00:07:12,665 --> 00:07:15,725 - This is gonna sound really crazy. 139 00:07:15,736 --> 00:07:17,796 - This call, I didn't jump right away. 140 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:19,201 I took my time. 141 00:07:19,206 --> 00:07:20,506 - I tell Toby over the phone, 142 00:07:20,507 --> 00:07:22,507 "Toby, these people are calling about a ufo." 143 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:23,935 He says, "are you kidding me?" 144 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:25,980 And we just kind of chuckled about it. 145 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:27,709 - We get calls all the time from people 146 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:29,880 that are drunk, intoxicated, 147 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,550 people that don't have anything better to do. 148 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,293 - I said, "it's all Samson drive. 149 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:35,954 "It's all fifth Avenue extension. 150 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:38,262 "It's just that little area. 151 00:07:38,324 --> 00:07:40,204 "Tell me you went there, tell me you saw nothing. 152 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:41,286 We'll be great." 153 00:07:41,361 --> 00:07:43,031 - I swear to you, it's not a prank. 154 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:44,600 - I felt like I had to assure him. 155 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,698 You know, "this isn't a prank. 156 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,060 You need to go and check this out." 157 00:07:48,101 --> 00:07:49,431 - Okay. 158 00:07:49,503 --> 00:07:51,383 - It wasn't anything that I was in a rush to do. 159 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,804 - I'm gonna go take care of this. 160 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:55,512 - And I proceeded to tell the guys that I was sitting with, 161 00:07:55,575 --> 00:07:57,075 "let me go get this over with." 162 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,443 - Keep an eye on my coffee. 163 00:07:58,511 --> 00:08:01,311 - "And I'll be back in a couple minutes." 164 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:06,123 I took my time getting there. 165 00:08:06,185 --> 00:08:07,745 I obeyed all the traffic. 166 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,320 No lights, no sirens, nothing like that. 167 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:11,994 I was thinking of two things. 168 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:14,328 Either people had been drinking, 169 00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:17,498 or they were actually seeing some type of aircraft. 170 00:08:17,564 --> 00:08:19,234 It was not a priority call. 171 00:08:19,299 --> 00:08:21,129 - I contact the sergeant of the term. 172 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,940 He's the one who's gonna answer for all this later. 173 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:26,804 I said, "Bob, calls are coming in. 174 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:28,143 You've got to hear this." 175 00:08:37,985 --> 00:08:39,375 - Bob even made a crack... 176 00:08:48,161 --> 00:08:51,431 [Dial tone humming] 177 00:08:51,497 --> 00:08:55,327 - It probably took me three, four minutes to get in the area. 178 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:57,041 As I was approaching, 179 00:08:57,103 --> 00:09:00,203 I called in to get a little bit more information. 180 00:09:00,207 --> 00:09:03,207 - 998 to dispatch. - 1080 good. 181 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:30,799 - As I turned on to Samson drive, 182 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:32,670 gentleman ran over to my car, 183 00:09:32,739 --> 00:09:34,669 saying, "please stop, please stop." 184 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:36,271 He seemed frightened. He seemed upset. 185 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:37,776 - Big white light! 186 00:09:37,844 --> 00:09:40,084 - I'm thinking that there's something major going on. 187 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:00,711 - The gentleman came over and flagged me down, 188 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:02,073 and he seems frightened. 189 00:10:02,135 --> 00:10:05,595 I proceeded to roll down the window, and I ask him, 190 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:06,972 "sir, what's going on?" 191 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,640 - What's wrong? 192 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:09,908 - He hesitated. 193 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:12,480 He was, like, catching his breath. 194 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:15,175 He then proceeded to point up in the sky and say, 195 00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:17,548 "this huge light was just over my house. 196 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:21,217 This light, I don't know what it was." 197 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:24,087 I looked at him kind of out of the corner of eye and said, 198 00:10:24,091 --> 00:10:25,821 "uh, okay." 199 00:10:25,892 --> 00:10:28,232 And then I leaned over to smell his breath 200 00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:30,328 to see maybe he had been drinking... 201 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:31,826 - I don't know. 202 00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:33,668 - Because he wasn't making a lot of sense. 203 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:36,573 - Went... whoom! Down the street. 204 00:10:36,570 --> 00:10:38,470 - He was very insistent on what he saw, 205 00:10:38,538 --> 00:10:41,538 and he wanted me to go check it out right away. 206 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,878 He believed that it was something that was serious. 207 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:45,937 - All right. 208 00:10:48,881 --> 00:10:51,751 - I'm thinking if Toby just goes and sees a helicopter, 209 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:53,318 this'll be put to bed. 210 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:56,346 That is not what happened. 211 00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:58,892 - I couldn't have been more than a couple hundred feet away 212 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:02,428 from where I'd stopped the individual. 213 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,295 I could see a light in the distance. 214 00:11:05,364 --> 00:11:08,434 It was little bit away from me, and it was large. 215 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,601 So I proceeded to let Roy Anne know, 216 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,700 "you know what? There is some type of light." 217 00:11:12,772 --> 00:11:15,042 - 998 to dispatch. 218 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:27,224 - Oh, no. You see a light now too. 219 00:11:27,286 --> 00:11:28,616 - Oh, you're kidding me. 220 00:11:28,622 --> 00:11:30,292 - Great. Great. 221 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,660 Now you're in with the whole hysteria of the thing. 222 00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:45,369 - Okay, now, this is Toby. This is somebody we know. 223 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:47,668 And he's now seeing it, and he's adding to it. 224 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:50,140 So it kind of kicks it up a notch. 225 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:03,423 - At that point, it comes out of his mouth, "flying saucer," 226 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:05,289 and this is over the radio, so I thought, 227 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:08,388 "oh, this is gonna be where everybody joins in." 228 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:10,361 And he goes on and tells me, 229 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:12,160 "look, I'm trying to get closer to it." 230 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,352 - What do you mean, you're trying to get closer to it? 231 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,700 - What's going on? 232 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:19,098 - I thought maybe it's some type of aircraft. 233 00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:21,112 - So I call the air base. 234 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:37,487 - The gentleman was very cordial, very nonchalant. 235 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:40,187 I, on the other hand, was sort of embarrassed. 236 00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:49,474 - I wanted an answer, 237 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:52,535 and he was very kind about it, but he was very nonchalant, 238 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,665 and, "no," just kind of brushed it off. 239 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:08,154 - I was gonna try to get to the light as quickly as possible. 240 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,021 Just wanted to get this over with. 241 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:12,019 I wanted to say that this is the aircraft 242 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:14,831 that this gentleman saw and go finish my coffee. 243 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:17,534 I went down the street 244 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:20,097 probably another quarter of a mile. 245 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:23,766 All of a sudden... 246 00:13:23,836 --> 00:13:26,866 Everything electronic in my vehicle dies. 247 00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:37,245 I'm going, "what is going on here?" 248 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,417 And I start turning my ignition 249 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:43,745 to try to start the car back up. 250 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:46,123 I've never encountered anything like this before 251 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:49,062 where a car just stops. 252 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:51,628 It was a mechanical failure and an electronic failure. 253 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:53,457 The whole car failed. 254 00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:59,243 I remember bending over and checking my portable radio, 255 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:01,765 trying to click it to see if that was working. 256 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:09,349 But that wasn't working either. 257 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:13,275 When you have no ability to contact the 911 center, 258 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:15,352 you're out there by yourself. 259 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:18,585 - I called for him over the radio. 260 00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:20,218 - 998? Come in, 998. 261 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:23,133 - Toby typically would always pick right up. 262 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:25,029 - 998. Come in, 998. 263 00:14:25,097 --> 00:14:28,897 - He didn't respond right away, so you call his number again. 264 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:31,398 - 998. Come in, 998. 265 00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:32,471 - No response. 266 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,335 - 998, do you read me? Come in. 267 00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,107 - My sergeant, at that point, he's listening, 268 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:38,109 and, "okay, why isn't he answering?" 269 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:39,907 - Toby, do you read me? 270 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:42,009 - He didn't respond again. 271 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:44,375 Any unit who doesn't answer, that's a crisis. 272 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,460 So we start directing the units towards his location. 273 00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:47,616 - Head over to Samson drive. 274 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:49,087 We've got an officer not responding. 275 00:14:49,155 --> 00:14:50,485 - This went from playful and fun... 276 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:52,990 "Ha-ha, lights over Liberty. Oh, yeah, little green men," 277 00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:56,129 and now it's getting more concerning. 278 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,830 - I'm holding on to the steering wheel 279 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,629 after I tried to restart the car. 280 00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:09,505 A huge light hits my vehicle. 281 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:15,375 Huge light. 282 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:18,418 It's like it encompassed the street. 283 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,690 I'm going, "what... what is going on here?" 284 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:28,986 I'm thinking to myself, "I need to exit the vehicle." 285 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:32,355 I open the car door... 286 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:39,365 My hand goes right on my pistol. 287 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:41,208 There's a double lot that's wooded, 288 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:46,214 and the object was hovering directly over that wooded lot. 289 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:48,808 It's huge. 290 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:50,151 It was unbelievable. 291 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,771 - The light was so intense. 292 00:16:10,836 --> 00:16:13,236 I had to shield my eyes so I could look towards it. 293 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:18,979 It's almost like you're looking up at the sun 294 00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:20,945 on a sunny, bright day, 295 00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:25,453 and you get those spots in your eyes. 296 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:27,048 There was a structure there, 297 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:28,889 but it was so bright, so intense, 298 00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:34,764 there was no way of saying exactly what it was. 299 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:37,091 I would say it was the size of a football field, 300 00:16:37,097 --> 00:16:38,557 100 yards. 301 00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:40,361 It's huge. 302 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,833 It was unbelievable. 303 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:45,042 I'm saying, "could this be a helicopter 304 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:46,774 with huge lights on it?" 305 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,439 However, there was no sound. 306 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:50,407 All right, it can't be a helicopter. 307 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:52,076 It's not any type of aircraft 308 00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:54,784 because it's hovering over the tree line. 309 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,847 What can this be? 310 00:16:58,884 --> 00:17:02,254 As I'm standing there, the object begins to move off, 311 00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:05,821 and I began to see somewhat of a shape of the object. 312 00:17:12,998 --> 00:17:14,528 [Siren chirrups] 313 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,570 [Engine turns over] 314 00:17:17,636 --> 00:17:20,496 Then I look, and my car is running again. 315 00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:22,507 - 998 998, come in. 316 00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:24,705 - I can hear my radio kick back on. 317 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:26,677 - 998, do you read me? Come in. 318 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:31,175 - I could hear my call sign, 998, being called by Roy Anne. 319 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:33,680 And you could hear concern in her voice 320 00:17:33,752 --> 00:17:36,092 as she's, you know, trying to get ahold of me. 321 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:40,286 - There was radio feedback, and all of a sudden, 322 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,359 Toby comes back on. 323 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,720 - What do you mean, you have to collect your thoughts? 324 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:50,908 You had us worried about you. 325 00:17:50,936 --> 00:17:52,266 You have to collect your thoughts? 326 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:54,008 We're the ones who worried about you. 327 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,138 - So even though I'm happy to hear from him, 328 00:17:58,210 --> 00:17:59,280 I'm a little annoyed. 329 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:00,545 We don't need any added drama. 330 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:02,319 What is this? Are you playing around with me? 331 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:06,648 - I just needed a few minutes to collect my thoughts. 332 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,356 I was overwhelmed. 333 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:15,265 What happened to me didn't make a lot of sense. 334 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:20,925 I'm saying to myself, "what the hell?" 335 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,840 I don't want to put that I saw a frickin' ufo over the area, 336 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,874 and they think I'm crazy or something. 337 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:29,839 What I wanted to do is call Roy Anne, 338 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:32,509 let her know what exactly I saw. 339 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:33,928 I chose to use the phone. 340 00:18:33,930 --> 00:18:36,580 I didn't want to put information out on the radio 341 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,749 so people think that I'm nuts. 342 00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:40,077 - 998. 343 00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:41,592 - Toby. Go ahead. 344 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:43,394 - I'm okay. I'm back in service. 345 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:47,555 - He calls in, and we have a conversation over the phone, 346 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,486 and I said, you know, "what's going on?" 347 00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:52,232 - The ufo. I saw it. 348 00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:54,968 - Did you really? 349 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:58,644 - Like, "okay, Toby. Don't." 350 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:02,174 - I used the words "ufo, unidentified flying object" 351 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,841 'cause I had no idea what this was. 352 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,540 - This is pretty far-fetched. 353 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:07,812 I really wanted to feel better 354 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,056 when I told you to go check this. 355 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:11,981 I don't feel any better. 356 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:15,291 - I was not joking one minute about what I saw. 357 00:19:15,354 --> 00:19:17,664 I told her, "Roy, I'm being honest with you. 358 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,163 "This is what I saw. 359 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:22,685 I know it's unbelievable." 360 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:25,701 You could hear her voice come down, 361 00:19:25,764 --> 00:19:27,804 so she kept on asking me questions, 362 00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:29,167 what the object looked like, 363 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:30,665 what colors I saw, 364 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:31,870 what it was doing, 365 00:19:31,938 --> 00:19:35,108 what direction it was heading in. 366 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,784 - And I understand that he's had a huge experience. 367 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:42,054 But while he's processing that, the radio started buzzing. 368 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:46,554 - Liberty dispatch. Go ahead. 369 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:49,519 - Different officers who were listening over the open channels 370 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:51,119 started commenting on 371 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:53,390 they're seeing lights in the sky. 372 00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:00,427 - Five miles away, they're seeing it. 373 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:09,706 - And then five miles in another direction. 374 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:18,751 - All the way up into the northern areas of our county. 375 00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:23,521 [Sirens wailing] 376 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,189 - I jumped in my car, 377 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:28,932 activated my lights and sirens. 378 00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:32,555 I was going like it was a priority call. 379 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,061 The object was heading south, 380 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:38,043 and it looked like it was going extremely fast. 381 00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:41,373 I'm trying to catch up and cut through side streets. 382 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,410 However, I'm in a residential area. 383 00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:48,748 I was trying to find a direct line. 384 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:52,354 I was cutting through every street that I could come across. 385 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:56,248 I shouldn't say how fast I was going. 386 00:20:56,322 --> 00:20:59,462 I was exceeding the speed limit. 387 00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:02,555 I could hear other police trying to catch up to it. 388 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:11,999 - You could hear everybody talking about it. 389 00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:14,001 "Where do you see it? Where is it now? 390 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:15,207 Where it's going?" 391 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,675 - The 911 center was holding calls 392 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:24,317 because everybody was consumed chasing this object. 393 00:21:24,383 --> 00:21:27,723 - These are sergeants and seasoned veterans. 394 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:30,086 They were all excited about this. 395 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:38,202 - The room was buzzing. 396 00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:50,138 - Brookfield had an officer. 397 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:52,709 He climbed up an old radio tower. 398 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:55,278 He was getting really vivid, vivid accounts 399 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:57,677 of the colors, of the shapes. 400 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:09,090 - He was really emphatic. 401 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,278 - I told Roy Anne, "you call the air base, 402 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:35,593 "and you let them know 403 00:22:35,654 --> 00:22:37,434 that we want to know what the hell's going on." 404 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,156 - So I called back to the air base. 405 00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:43,658 - Yes, ma'am. 406 00:22:43,729 --> 00:22:46,859 - And I say, "now we have people that are miles and miles 407 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:48,202 "and miles and miles apart. 408 00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:49,197 "They can see it. 409 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:51,368 Surely you see something, right?" 410 00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:00,808 - And I'm thinking, "I don't understand this." 411 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:15,485 - I don't understand why they're denying seeing that. 412 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:18,361 Doesn't make sense. 413 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:19,960 There's multiple jurisdictions, 414 00:23:20,032 --> 00:23:23,202 multiple police departments, 415 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:24,898 multiple citizens seeing this, 416 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:27,140 and I feel like they're giving us a lot of bull. 417 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:30,036 All right, I want to know what's going on. 418 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:31,678 - We're in a basement. [Laughs] 419 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:34,314 I'm... all I'm getting is all the excitement 420 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,579 of everyone else who can experience this. 421 00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:38,222 I want to see it too. 422 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:40,153 I got on the phone with another officer. 423 00:23:40,153 --> 00:23:42,153 He said, "I'll come get you." 424 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:45,089 I wasn't supposed to be there. 425 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:46,557 He wasn't supposed to take me. 426 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:50,325 But I'm so wanting to see what everybody else is seeing. 427 00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:53,856 We get on 82, and we could see the lights. 428 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:56,202 - I could see it off in the distance, 429 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:58,438 but there was no way that I could get underneath it 430 00:23:58,504 --> 00:24:01,614 and get a clear look at what it was. 431 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:12,679 - We stopped the car. 432 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,590 We get out on the side of the road, 433 00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:18,855 and he takes a pair of binoculars, 434 00:24:18,858 --> 00:24:23,958 and he takes the first look. 435 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:26,399 I see something hanging from the bottom, 436 00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:28,995 like, it's suspended, and a red light on it. 437 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,467 - That is really weird. 438 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:35,366 - What sticks with me even now was that it was just still. 439 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,570 - Do you see that? 440 00:24:36,642 --> 00:24:38,142 - Why am I not hearing it? 441 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:40,510 Why is it not moving? 442 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:43,583 And then all of a sudden... 443 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:47,549 It just shoots off. 444 00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:50,019 No noise. Just pshew. 445 00:24:50,088 --> 00:24:51,388 - I'm just thinking to myself, 446 00:24:51,456 --> 00:24:54,186 "what the heck just happened?" 447 00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:56,259 - We just kind of, like, looked at each other like, 448 00:24:56,262 --> 00:25:00,162 "did... you did see that, right?" 449 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:03,132 It was intense, just that, "oh, wow. 450 00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:05,302 I've never seen anything move like that." 451 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,740 - I was angry. 452 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,208 I wanted to catch it. 453 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:14,646 I wanted to see what it was. 454 00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:16,053 I just took a minute. 455 00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:19,745 I just wanted to separate myself for a moment from everything 456 00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:23,618 and just reflect on what just happened. 457 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,759 - I have no idea what it was. 458 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:27,744 It was nothing that I'd ever seen or experienced. 459 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:31,756 - Hiya, Randall. - Hey. 460 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:35,230 - I get teased endlessly. 461 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,401 The other officers in this got teased... 462 00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:39,473 Endlessly. 463 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,508 - Everybody denied seeing anything 464 00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:44,343 or knowing anything about anything going on that night. 465 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:51,479 But I felt there was nothing wrong with what happened. 466 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,820 This was something that was unexplainable. 467 00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:56,685 This was something that happened in a town that I live in. 468 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:00,160 It's the truth. 469 00:26:03,128 --> 00:26:07,128 I mean, I can't tell you what it was. 470 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:09,299 I know what it wasn't. 471 00:26:12,505 --> 00:26:14,265 I know planes. I know helicopters. 472 00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:15,899 I know weather balloons. I know planets. 473 00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:17,151 God, if this thing was a planet, 474 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:18,445 I would have got a suntan from it, 475 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:21,237 how close I was to it. 476 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,753 It's one of those things that just baffles you. 477 00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:26,615 - In my mind, I want to think that it was something 478 00:26:26,685 --> 00:26:28,445 related to that air base. 479 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,320 There's no resolution with anything else. 480 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:32,389 [Laughs] I like resolution. 481 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:36,391 - I never believed in any type of ufos and that sort of thing. 482 00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:40,895 I still don't, but I see myself saying to myself, 483 00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:42,696 "it's possible now." 484 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:45,198 That's where I'm at with it. 485 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:08,790 - I am originally from Australia. 486 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:12,561 I moved to the states in June of 2000. 487 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,731 I have a son, Zac, from a previous marriage, 488 00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,371 and I met Mike through a friend. 489 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:21,037 I think you could say it was love at first sight, yep. 490 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,810 - We've now been together for almost seven, eight years. 491 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,135 - We'll get around to it. 492 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,614 - It was early 2008 493 00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:30,008 that a friend brought up about the ouija board. 494 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:31,182 She told me, you know, 495 00:27:31,249 --> 00:27:32,819 she had contacted different spirits, 496 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:35,018 and basically, it works. 497 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:39,617 I was definitely curious and also skeptical. 498 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:42,461 So we decided to purchase our own board. 499 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:49,528 I think part of the motivation of getting on the board 500 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:52,501 was being able to get in contact with family. 501 00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:56,911 And we were just, like, amazed when it started to work for us. 502 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,345 - Sometimes we might go on the board 503 00:27:58,376 --> 00:28:00,636 maybe two or three times a day. 504 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:03,112 - It kind of sucks you in. 505 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:04,581 - I didn't care for it much 506 00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:08,189 because they kind of really got into, like, believing it. 507 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:10,673 - You guys aren't really messing around with that board again? 508 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:12,059 - They would ask it questions like, 509 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:14,124 "oh, when will I get pregnant?" 510 00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:18,496 They really took everything it said seriously. 511 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:20,233 - I'd read that it can be dangerous. 512 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:22,129 You don't know what you're calling forward, 513 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,300 that sort of thing. 514 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:24,768 But I think once you find 515 00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:27,296 that you're getting these questions answered correctly 516 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,672 time and time again, 517 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:30,240 your skepticism's gone. 518 00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:33,038 You truly do believe. 519 00:28:33,111 --> 00:28:35,411 So for about a month we'd been using the board, 520 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,750 having a good time with it. 521 00:28:36,815 --> 00:28:38,445 - You ready? - Yeah. 522 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:40,217 - Then one day, um, we said, 523 00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:42,549 "is there any friendly spirit here 524 00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:45,691 who would like to come forth and communicate with us?" 525 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:51,730 And it said, "no." 526 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:55,666 - The room felt different. 527 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,634 - Something weird going on. 528 00:28:57,702 --> 00:29:00,202 - We both noticed it, like, right away. 529 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,812 And we said, "who is this?" 530 00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:06,608 - It spells out "v-o-x." 531 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:09,008 - Vox. 532 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,380 What are we dealing with? 533 00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:14,789 And then all of a sudden, things got really weird. 534 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:20,356 - It was out of control, like... Choo-choo-choo-choo. 535 00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:21,889 - It was scary. 536 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,030 We're barely touching it, and it's just moving everywhere. 537 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:27,537 - It just kept on saying the same stuff 538 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:30,196 over and over and over again. 539 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:33,738 - It was all directed to me. 540 00:29:33,806 --> 00:29:35,536 He loved me, 541 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:40,237 that Mike was lucky that he was able to sleep with me. 542 00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:43,312 I was a porn star. 543 00:29:43,382 --> 00:29:48,352 It was weird, sickening, nerve-wracking. 544 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:50,000 - It was out of my hands, out of my control, 545 00:29:50,021 --> 00:29:53,261 and it was frightening. 546 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:54,435 - And then it said good-bye, 547 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:55,459 and then it spelled out, 548 00:29:55,493 --> 00:29:59,503 "you will never be rid of me." 549 00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:01,925 - "There's nothing you can do about it." 550 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,730 All of a sudden, it started counting down. 551 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:08,072 10, 9, 8, 7, 552 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:10,809 6, 5... 553 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,640 - All of a sudden, it started counting down. 554 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:32,832 10, 555 00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:35,328 9, 556 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,200 8, 557 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:38,839 7, 558 00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,844 6, 559 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,670 5... 560 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:47,183 - Stop it! 561 00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:50,845 - That really freaked me out. 562 00:30:50,916 --> 00:30:52,346 - I'm like, "what have we done? 563 00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:54,917 What have we done?" 564 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:02,060 We put the board in the closet, put it up high, 565 00:31:02,127 --> 00:31:03,567 and we're not touching it ever again. 566 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:10,696 Basically we'd forgotten about the board. 567 00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:14,599 Just before Christmas, I found out I was pregnant. 568 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:18,113 And then in July of 2009, I had Brodie. 569 00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:31,986 It was spring 2010 when odd things started happening. 570 00:31:31,991 --> 00:31:33,561 I was home alone. 571 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:34,855 Crash! 572 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:37,856 [Creaking footsteps] 573 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:44,001 I heard footsteps, 574 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,499 and not only footsteps, 575 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,500 but there's a loose floorboard sort of up there. 576 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,012 - Zac? 577 00:31:49,008 --> 00:31:51,538 - Did Zac come home and I didn't notice? 578 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:57,846 [Running footsteps] 579 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:02,048 Not even just one footstep. 580 00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:08,487 [Creaking] 581 00:32:08,494 --> 00:32:10,664 I'm calling, "Zac, if you're up here, just let me know. 582 00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:12,659 I just want to know if you're home." 583 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,268 It doesn't feel good there. 584 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:23,269 It feels heavy. 585 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:33,519 I have the feeling that if I turned my head quick enough, 586 00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:36,085 I'd see someone standing there. 587 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:40,620 There's somebody here. 588 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:05,819 Things started really picking up from the November onwards. 589 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:11,653 - It's quiet. 590 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:15,293 It was just me and her in the house. 591 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,730 Well, the baby was sleeping. 592 00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:21,428 [Creaking] 593 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:22,429 And all of a sudden... 594 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:23,770 - [Deep voice] Hey! 595 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,795 - Right between our heads. 596 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,841 - I got goosebumps. 597 00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:33,438 Something odd was happening in the house. 598 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:37,951 - It started to become more physical. 599 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,676 I was in the kitchen by myself, 600 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,422 and I felt a tug on the back of my shirt. 601 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:48,734 There was nobody there. 602 00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:50,133 It was scary. 603 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:53,295 I almost felt like it was starting to take over the house. 604 00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:54,934 A couple of weeks later, 605 00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:56,973 Mike was making himself something to eat, 606 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,595 and as he walked out of the kitchen, 607 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:01,941 I looked over, and I said, "oh, what have you got?" 608 00:34:02,006 --> 00:34:03,766 And as he said, "pizza..." 609 00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:13,077 I'm thinking it's starting to escalate. 610 00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:14,951 What's it going to do next? 611 00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:24,558 Just before Christmas, 612 00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:29,273 things started to take a turn for the worse. 613 00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:30,434 It was Thanksgiving, 614 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:33,542 so we had a group of friends over. 615 00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:37,705 Everybody was relaxed, having a good time. 616 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:39,305 - Just sitting around, talking. 617 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:41,477 And then, on the other side of the room, 618 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,050 Brodie's toys started going off. 619 00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:47,475 [Train tooting] 620 00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:51,122 [Beeping] 621 00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:54,119 - And more toys start going off. 622 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:04,301 So by this stage, we've got toys spontaneously going off, 623 00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:06,699 going off, going on, going off, going on, 624 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:07,871 lighting up, making noise, 625 00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:12,509 singing, music. 626 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:14,507 - [Gasps] 627 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:23,115 - And as rapid as it started, it stopped again. 628 00:35:23,188 --> 00:35:24,488 It was done. 629 00:35:24,556 --> 00:35:26,386 - It was kind of like it was toying with us. 630 00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:28,927 - No one really knew what to say, 631 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:33,227 apart from, "that's really weird." 632 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:36,228 They couldn't wait to leave. 633 00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:39,535 That was just the turning point right there. 634 00:35:39,604 --> 00:35:43,444 I really knew that I wasn't alone in that house anymore. 635 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:48,180 I was scared it was gonna hurt one of us. 636 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:49,606 But we can't just up and leave. 637 00:35:49,681 --> 00:35:50,911 We can't break our lease. 638 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,922 We can't find somewhere else to rent. 639 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,754 - So we figured that just try 640 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,750 to deal with the stuff best as we could. 641 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,861 - When it turned to night, 642 00:36:01,927 --> 00:36:03,857 you didn't want to be in the house at all. 643 00:36:09,935 --> 00:36:14,495 You always feel a cold chill coming down the stairs. 644 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:16,372 Sense of something standing there, 645 00:36:16,441 --> 00:36:18,841 watching you from above. 646 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:28,523 [Creaking] 647 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:41,055 I wouldn't walk with my back against Brodie's door. 648 00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:45,242 I would just turn my body towards it. 649 00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:47,583 It was just, like, a sense, if it was outside of his room, 650 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,039 just kind of challenging you. 651 00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:00,617 [Creaking] 652 00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:05,864 That whole hallway was just terrible at night. 653 00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:09,726 - I was trying to go to sleep, 654 00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:13,064 and I could hear a whisper in my ears. 655 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:16,195 I could feel tugging on the sheets. 656 00:37:19,203 --> 00:37:21,873 I'm just trying to ignore it. 657 00:37:21,939 --> 00:37:24,169 - Suddenly I woke up. 658 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:27,082 My leg felt it was on fire. 659 00:37:27,145 --> 00:37:28,575 I look down. 660 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:32,446 On my leg was a scratch 6 inches long. 661 00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:35,251 - [Shrieking] 662 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,690 - We hear bloodcurdling screams. 663 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,686 I was scared what I was gonna see. 664 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:41,888 It was that horrible. 665 00:37:41,959 --> 00:37:44,029 - [Screaming] 666 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:50,129 [Screeching] 667 00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:53,141 And he's pointing to the closet. 668 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,881 It was shut when he went to bed. 669 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:07,246 Couple days later, it happened again. 670 00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:09,988 - [Shrieking] 671 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:14,921 The closet doors were open again. 672 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:16,556 I said, "that's it. I'm shutting 'em. 673 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,257 I'm tying them shut." 674 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:24,729 As I shut the door, I hear, in his room, 675 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,973 the closet doors are just shaking. 676 00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:45,798 - I was like, "there's something in there. 677 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:49,064 It is rattling those doors." 678 00:38:49,127 --> 00:38:51,527 No wonder this kid is so scared. 679 00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:56,926 That is what Brodie was dealing with. 680 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,540 I was scared it was gonna do something much, much worse. 681 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:12,922 You can feel it around you, but how do you fight that? 682 00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:15,454 You can't see it. 683 00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:23,863 It was just an average day. 684 00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:25,658 Mike was at work, 685 00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:28,974 and Brodie was waking up from his afternoon nap, 686 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,373 and I went up the stairs to get him. 687 00:39:31,436 --> 00:39:32,836 - Hello, little man. 688 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:35,714 - He was babbling to himself when I went in to pick him up. 689 00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:39,383 I was just turning out of the doorway... 690 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:45,918 I realized, "oh, my god. This is it. 691 00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:50,053 It's showing itself to me." 692 00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:53,061 It's this black figure. 693 00:39:53,058 --> 00:39:55,888 I moved back out, and it was still there, 694 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,160 and I glanced back, 695 00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:03,802 and it was gone. 696 00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:05,668 Just knew I had to get out. 697 00:40:05,736 --> 00:40:10,606 I couldn't stand being there a second longer. 698 00:40:10,675 --> 00:40:12,065 - I'm pretty much freaking out now. 699 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,743 Like, "who's in this house?" You know? 700 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:17,582 - Just felt like you're about to get attacked or something. 701 00:40:17,648 --> 00:40:18,578 - I just knew then and there 702 00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:21,249 that we just had to take a stand. 703 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:22,789 We had to take our house back. 704 00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:28,992 [Knocking] 705 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:31,180 We were a little bit skeptical about going to a church 706 00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:34,729 and saying this is what's going on in our house. 707 00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:37,829 We were put in contact with grey wolf. 708 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:39,642 - She was very frightened 709 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:41,814 with things that had been happening. 710 00:40:45,977 --> 00:40:47,907 My attention was drawn to the stairs. 711 00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:53,149 You can feel every hair stand up on your body, 712 00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:55,451 all of the hair on your arms. 713 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,020 And that's when I asked her, 714 00:40:57,088 --> 00:41:00,288 "what else is up here that you haven't told me about?" 715 00:41:00,358 --> 00:41:03,288 And she started explaining about the ouija board. 716 00:41:03,361 --> 00:41:04,631 - This cupboard? 717 00:41:04,695 --> 00:41:08,325 - It was in a closet that was directly connected 718 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,899 to the closet in the baby's room. 719 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:19,243 - He told me, "it is attached to you. 720 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,510 It's attached to you through the ouija board." 721 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:24,449 That's when I realized it was vox. 722 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:29,391 I felt sick. Tears welled up. 723 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:30,387 I felt ashamed. 724 00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:32,764 I felt mad at myself. 725 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:37,163 He said we need to get rid of the ouija board. 726 00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:38,628 - Water is the one element 727 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:42,296 that doesn't allow spirits to travel. 728 00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:43,996 - We had a kiddie pool for Brodie, 729 00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:46,138 so we decided to use that. 730 00:41:46,203 --> 00:41:49,673 - We wrapped the board in a personal item of mine, 731 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:51,410 seeing as it was attached to me, 732 00:41:51,475 --> 00:41:53,605 and he said, "before we put it in there, 733 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:57,008 "you need to be firm and tell it it's got to go. 734 00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:59,851 It was no longer welcome." 735 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,347 We put it into the water, weighed it down, 736 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:04,490 and then to help keep it submerged, 737 00:42:04,555 --> 00:42:07,685 we had a gallon jug to place on the top. 738 00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:15,697 As soon as grey wolf finished, the house felt lighter. 739 00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,026 It looked lighter. 740 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:21,801 - Like, the sun just passed, 741 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:24,672 and everything just lit up. 742 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:28,012 - We had our house back. 743 00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:58,472 - We made a mistake of messing with ouija boards. 744 00:42:58,476 --> 00:42:59,976 Now I know the other side is real. 745 00:43:01,479 --> 00:43:03,479 - I wish I could say it was just a bad dream, 746 00:43:03,548 --> 00:43:06,048 but it was my life.