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Hell no.

Hello, humans.

It's Flip, the Dark Prince of Pranking.

And I've been summoned here

from your collective nightmares--

To take ordinary people,

people who have it coming to them,

and drop them into frightening scenarios of my own creation.

This time, let's see if we can convince one human

that they have superpowers.

Holy-- Whoa!

I was not ready for that.

And another that Bigfoot is literally trying to eat them.

OMG!

All right, y'all, let's do better by being badder.

This is "Scare Tactics."

Jack!

Jack?

Jack.

I brought lunch, your favorite.

Jack?

Hey, sweetie.

Please.

You know you get hangry when you don't eat.

Today is a very important day.

Now, you promise me, don't do what you did last time.

OK, I think I saw a spider.

I got to go.

Joy here is fascinated with mythical things

like unicorns, monsters, and the ever elusive

affordable two-bedroom.

Her true passion is real estate,

so her cousin Joe brought her along to look at a cabin

in the woods.

But the previous tenant might not be ready to leave.

Hi, welcome.

Would you mind having a seat and we'll just get started?

Hi. - Can I just leave

my stuff here? - I'm Michelle.

Yeah, you can just put your bags down.

- I'm Joe. - No big deal.

Nice to meet you. - I'll be the person buying.

This is my cousin Joy. - Hi, Joy.

Nice to meet you.

Before we get started, would you mind putting on the vest?

If we're gonna be out in this sort of hunting area,

we have to wear brightly colored things.

They're not hunting right now.

It's just for insurance.

So my buddy is, like, in real estate.

He said you would be able to help find a place.

- Yeah, no. - Because we wanted to be--

I'm excited to show it to you.

Okay, we wanted to be in Atlanta,

but like not in Atlanta, like outside.

Have you looked at any other properties yet?

- No. - We have not looked

at any other properties.

Well, I'm excited for you to come see this one today.

We'll do a tour of the property.

But I would love to just talk to you, get some questions,

see what you're looking for.

I don't know if this is exactly what we had in mind.

Well, this is a place that's about vision.

- OK. - It's really a potential

investment property.

And then, Joy, you're tagging along.

Is this a place you're gonna come visit a lot?

Are you guys close?

I ain't coming to visit this.

- What? - We're close.

She would come visit.

I live by the river, and there's animals,

and I don't do animals.

Did something happen to you?

- Girl, snakes. - OK.

Girl, I had a snake on my car,

I had a snake on my trampoline,

I had a snake on my air conditioning unit,

and I had a snake travel right in front

of me on my sidewalk.

Yes, ma'am.

Have you looked up a snake spirit animal?

- Ooh. - Huh?

She's not big on snakes, but I'm fine with, like, outdoors.

I grew up kinda in the country more.

No trees.

I'm not a fan of trees. - Not a fan of trees?

I told you. Snake came out the tree.

OK, so you have some tree trauma.

Yeah.

So I'd love to tell you a little bit about

the property before we get started.

It was in one family since 1832.

- Did you say 1832? - Yes.

- In Georgia? - Thank you.

I'm glad you went there 'cause I was gonna

ask it before it ended.

Yeah, some of these cabins,

if they had slaves in this cabin,

maybe they don't want nothing to do with that.

But I'm gonna preserve it and give tours and stuff.

That's a whole business.

Let me get back to this.

What is their reason for wanting to get rid of it

and get far away from it?

That stands out to me.

If they're trying to do that, there's something.

Uh, so it's a family thing. Uh...

I didn't really want to get into it 'cause it's personal,

but a couple of years ago, all of the family members

gathered here

and they were meeting

to discuss selling it.

They never returned from that meeting.

OK.

All of their cars were found here.

And the kids think something terrible happened.

So I think they're just like,

let's be done, let's get rid of this,

let's get rid of the bad memories.

OK.

Um, do you know why there's caution tape over there?

Let's talk about the price.

OK.

I want to tell you--

You can't jump there.

I think that--yeah,

there are things that you're seeing that are maybe

like not the best, but they're trying to sell this,

all 14 acres, for $300,000.

You could probably buy it today and resell it for $500,000.

- For half a million, yeah. - It's just doing it.

You saw the houses down there were starting at four.

I seen that.

This is 14 acres.

I feel like you need to do your investigation first.

- OK, that's true. - I think--

Yeah, do you want to see the property?

Let's check it out. - Yeah, we got a little bit

of time. - Let's start.

OK.

- Coming back this way? - Yeah, yeah.

OK.

Can you fight?

Fight?

Can you fight?

I'm--I'm being legit.

Can you fight?

- Can you fight? - Fight?

I'm--I'm being legit.

Can you fight?

Because the area that we're in

and the people who we met here--

I'm paranoid.

Making sure that you-- - Oh.

Between the two of us, we got it.

- I think we're-- - Yeah, we got you.

We're gonna be all right. All right, watch your head.

Watch your step.

This is the closest first building,

also been here since 1832.

Yeah, see? They got stores. This is Christmas.

And everything comes with it.

They're selling it as-is.

So anything you want, you can resell.

Very exciting.

I saw this and, you know, I'm like,

your country...

living vibe, like waking up.

I would make this a chicken coop.

Everything comes with it?

Everything comes with it.

I'm gonna assume that's paint

on those pants.

I love the idea of having, you know, fresh eggs.

You know what my problem is?

Damn movie we just seen today.

What did you watch?

Oh, yeah, that probably was a bad idea.

We went and saw this movie where they were, like,

at a cabin in the woods and--

I'm gonna walk around the other side, if you don't mind.

We have a ton of buildings, picnic tables here.

All that stays, picnic tables, everything?

Everything. It comes as-is.

You could rent this out for weddings,

use it as an event space.

Obviously, if you want to do the soccer stuff.

Yeah.

You wouldn't.

Is that a moth?

Man, I don't care what it is.

So this has been used as a summer camp.

There's so many trees.

That's where all the snakes are.

More cabins up here.

We don't go in that cabin.

I don't want to talk about it.

You don't talk about it.

There's a lot of things we ain't talking about.

I'm really excited about this.

Like, there's so many options.

There's a ton of bedrooms.

Again, everything comes with it.

So there's built-ins.

Um, you know,

you have all of this old lumber.

I'm walking around and I'm like,

they don't make stuff like this anymore.

The pavilions, the picnic tables,

everything is still really sturdy.

- Yeah. - So...

I mean, obviously, we have to get some

of these stains out of here.

Oh, I know.

I think that's one of the things about this.

It's been used by kids.

Yeah.

So there is a lot of work to be done.

Next cabin, watch your head.

Um, so this is, you know, stables.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I had a groundskeeper... - Oh, my God.

And he was keeping his dog.

So sorry about that.

We can go right this way.

I think animals, there's a lot of opportunities.

And we can just come out the back

and we'll go see the rest of the camp.

What the [bleep]?

Don't! Back up.

Just no! just no!

I'll kick your ass, man.

You're on "Scare Tactics."

Oh, what the [bleep]?

Shit ain't funny, man.

I'm gonna beat your ass, man.

Dude, I'm sitting looking at the rake to hit his ass with.

Now, you know you bring me nothing but joy.

I love you to the bottom of my heart.

You my ride or die,

you have been since day one,

but I had to get you.

We had to make some memories for your 40th,

and we made them.

I didn't know if you were gonna make it to 41

at one point with your heart racing, but we made it.

No, cause I was like, [bleep] this.

We about to fight.

You gonna fight Bigfoot?

I was gonna get his big ass.

We was gonna go down together.

I didn't know you were gonna fight Sasquatch.

I didn't know, all right?

But I was excited.

I live in the hood.

I know you live in the hood,

but we don't be having Sasquatches

just walk through the West End.

That's not a thing. That's not really a thing.

And to be honest, a lot of your exes are big and hairy,

so I thought maybe-- - I gotta fight.

Worst case scenario, you might date Sasquatch.

Anyway, it's gonna be an everlasting memory.

We're going to have it for the rest of our lives.

When I'm 80 and on my deathbed, she's gonna come in

and she's gonna pull the plug and be like,

remember "Scare Tactics"?

And then walk out. So we--

Pull your bedpan.

She gonna pull my bedpan on me

'cause she gonna be the nurse. See, look.

- Jesus. - Whoo.

Oh, this ain't funny, y'all.

It was very good.

You did such a good job.

Dr. Daniels.

Tick tock.

It's the 31st.

We just need a few more days.

We are so close to a breakthrough--

You've found us three mutants in two years,

and you promised us an army.

Our patience has run out, as has your time.

Are you ready to present your findings to the board or not?

We're not ready.

We just need a few more days.

You have 24 hours or you're done.

What'd he say?

We have until tomorrow.

Didn't say goodbye, either.

Manners.

CJ says his best buddy, Ronald,

isn't scared of technology,

so he didn't think twice

about going to a government lab to test out new tech.

But what he doesn't know is this is a secret agency

looking for people with superpowers--

To exploit.

Wonder how this will go?

Oh, hello there.

How are you? I'm Dr. Stevenson.

How you doing? - CJ.

- CJ, pleasure. - I'm Ron.

Ron.

Gentlemen, can you come over here real quick?

Just need you folks to put these on.

- OK. - Go ahead and slide that in.

Awesome. All set.

Go ahead and take a seat right over there.

Remember this?

- Yeah. - Hello. How you doing?

- Gabriella. - I'm Ron.

Nice to meet you all. - Nice to meet you.

- Adriana. - Nice to meet you.

Great, well, thank you all for joining us today.

Thank you for having us.

Yeah, so how much do you know about electromagnetism?

Anybody?

- A good amount. - Not a lot.

It's all around us, right?

But we're all made of subatomic particles.

Some of them have negative charge,

some of them have positive charge

and they even each other out, right?

But you know how sometimes you'll like rub your feet

on a rug or something like that

and then you'll shock somebody? - Mm-hmm.

And these energies exist in all of us at all times.

And what we're trying to do is harness that energy.

Wow.

So we just want to get a sense of like your experience

with what we would classify as like--

- Magic. Paranormal. - Paranormal energies.

It's science that's been unexplained, right?

When I was younger, my uncle had passed away

and I swore I saw him walk in the room.

'Cause I moved into his room after he had passed away.

I saw this figure just walk in and look just like him

and then just walk out.

So I don't know if somebody was joking

or playing or what they were doing.

And you don't have an explanation for it?

- No. - OK.

So that brings us to this machine over here.

What this is is our electron collider.

Essentially, it starts to separate

the positive and the negative and makes them collide.

And so that creates a sort of a focused energy

that I will demonstrate for you right now.

Is that a blood pressure machine?

They put that thing on your finger for blood pressure.

A little like it.

So, like I said, this focuses the energy.

For example, let me just--

- Oh, shit. - Oh my gosh.

My gosh.

So, yes, that's how that works.

And essentially it creates-- - I was not ready for that.

But yeah, so it creates, you know,

kind of an electrical charge that we can focus.

And our goal is to make that energy transfer

instantaneous and intuitive.

Intuitive.

Meaning you wouldn't need the finger things?

This isn't just a test of, like, our technology.

This is also a test of you

and what your special abilities may be.

Superpowers?

Well, we don't use that kind of word,

but I guess you could say that.

Sure.

Oh.

So if you could step up here for me.

Stand right here in this hexagon

and we are going to put these on your pointer fingers.

Those wires make me a little nervous.

You're gonna concentrate on that pen right there.

Think about moving it, all right?

OK.

One, two, three.

Go.

- What the hell? - All right.

Wow.

- Thank you very much. - I'll take those off.

Also, you are next.

Pretty cool, right?

Oh, my gosh.

Push forward.

Wow.

I'll say that this is the simplest one.

Just about everybody passes this one.

Now, we're gonna do this

with something that's denser, right?

Yeah, pens for beginners, this, next level.

I do.

One, two, three, go.

- Oh. - Brilliant. You can relax.

I told you he was Professor X.

I am?

One, two, three, go.

OK, totally, totally all right.

Did I break them?

No, no, nothing's broken.

In fact, you are actually all set for today.

- Oh. - Guard will escort you out.

I don't get to watch?

Unfortunately, not everyone survives

each stage of the process.

Unfortunately, not everyone survives

each stage of the process.

Wow.

Next up.

Concentrate on moving that can.

One,

two,

three.

All right, hey, you can relax.

Moved quite a bit.

It moved a little too fast for me.

- Stay focused. - Well done.

With a little more focus,

we'd be able to control exactly where it goes.

Oh, OK.

This one's gonna be a little harder.

You can step up.

Ready?

All right, take your time.

This one's a lot harder, OK?

OK.

One, two, three.

Great try.

Great try. No worries at all.

All right, I can take those off.

Man, I really thought I had it.

Thank you. Liquid is very different.

Liquid is harder.

Nice. Thumbs together.

Clear your mind.

Think about pushing.

One, two,

go.

Oh. OK.

- The hell? - Uh...

- OK. - Yeah,

I've never seen that before.

No, me neither.

While we have you in position,

let's try something a little different.

Oh, my gosh.

What the hell is going on?

We have to put some protective eyewear on for this.

- OK. - Yeah, honestly,

I don't anything is gonna happen with this one,

but you never know.

All right, thumbs together for me.

Bring it on back.

Clear your mind.

Can I drop my arms for a second?

Oh, it's OK. It's OK.

What's going through your head?

That right there happened out of nowhere.

I wasn't even looking over there.

Clear your head.

Think about something pleasant.

On the count of three. Ready?

One,

two...

Three.

OK. All right.

- All right, stop. Yeah. - OK, OK, out. Out. Out.

- Stop. - Stay right here.

Stay right here. Stay right here.

You stay here, please.

Just--what were you thinking of just then?

- I don't know. - OK, oh, God. OK.

Um, just please wait right there.

Thank you. - Why do I gotta wait?

Oh, my God.

There's something very important I have to tell you.

What?

You're on "Scare Tactics."

You know what?

I wanted to prank him because he feels like

he can never be pranked.

That's why he says nothing ever scares him.

- I'm nervous. - Yeah.

I'm very nervous. Whew.

I really thought it was real science

that we were moving some things up in there.

OK, OK, y'all got me.

Nice work, gentlemen.

Unfortunately, your time with us has come to an end.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

The technology worked.

Oh, we'll be using the technology.

The government thanks you for your service.