1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,800 DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS... 2 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,040 HE'S GOING ALL IN! 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,180 APROTIC INSECTS FOR THE FOOT- 4 00:00:12,180 --> 00:00:14,840 There's something going on here, that's not normal. 5 00:00:19,220 --> 00:00:22,280 Now we do have something here, other tenants are seeing this. 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,280 You're still in denial. 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,280 You don't want to admit that anything like this 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,280 could ever happen to you. 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,280 People just don't understand. 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,280 There's some stuff in this world that's just so... 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,280 so bad. 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,280 Ah. 13 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,280 Aah! 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,280 Aah! 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,280 Aah! 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,280 Aah! 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,280 Aah! 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,280 Aah! 19 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,280 Aah! 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,280 Aah! 21 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,280 MUSIC 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,280 MUSIC 23 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,280 MUSIC 24 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,280 MUSIC 25 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,280 MUSIC 26 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,280 MUSIC 27 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,280 MUSIC 28 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,280 MUSIC 29 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,280 MUSIC 30 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,280 Sirenac Lake is a beautiful spot in New York. 31 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,280 It referred to it as the greener side of the Big Apple. 32 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,280 MUSIC 33 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,280 There's a lot of fresh air. 34 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,280 It's a great place to live. 35 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,280 When you begin to see these beautiful homes 36 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,280 that just appear out of nowhere... 37 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:44,280 MUSIC 38 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,280 ...what I had actually decided to do 39 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,280 is start a business, a property development. 40 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,280 There was one old home that caught my eye 41 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,280 that sat up on a hill. 42 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:01,280 MUSIC 43 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,280 I looked at it and I'm like, 44 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,280 wow, this is just incredible. 45 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,280 MUSIC 46 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,280 It was bigger than big. 47 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,280 MUSIC 48 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,280 What particularly attracted me 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,280 was the fact that it needed some work. 50 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,280 MUSIC 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,280 It was a diamond in the rough. 52 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,280 MUSIC 53 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,280 I made some inquiries and I purchased the property. 54 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,280 MUSIC 55 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,280 The very day that I closed the deal, 56 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,280 I already had my tools in my car. 57 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,280 I wasn't going to waste any time. 58 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,280 MUSIC 59 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,280 The building was already divided into apartments. 60 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,280 MUSIC 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,280 What I was going to do is remodel each apartment one by one, 62 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,280 move new people in. 63 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,280 MUSIC 64 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,280 The property was in a terrible state. 65 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,280 A lot of these homes were built in 1900s. 66 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,280 There was a lot that needed to be done. 67 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,280 MUSIC 68 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,280 Right on the first floor immediately, 69 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,280 there were five apartments. 70 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,280 MUSIC 71 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,280 Then you go up the staircase 72 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,280 and there's three more up there. 73 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,280 MUSIC 74 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,280 On the third floor was another apartment. 75 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,280 MUSIC 76 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,280 It was all locked up, which I thought was a little odd. 77 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,280 MUSIC 78 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,280 MUSIC 79 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,280 That third floor was full of junk. 80 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,280 MUSIC 81 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,280 Now was the breathtakinger. 82 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,280 That was going to be a big job. 83 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,280 MUSIC 84 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,280 That would be the one that would kill you. 85 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,280 MUSIC 86 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,280 So I figured I'd save that one to last. 87 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,280 MUSIC 88 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:56,280 SIGHS 89 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 MUSIC 90 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,280 SIGHS 91 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,280 MUSIC 92 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:01,280 SIGHS 93 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,280 MUSIC 94 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,280 SIGHS 95 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:05,280 MUSIC 96 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,280 SIGHS 97 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,280 MUSIC 98 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,280 SIGHS 99 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,280 MUSIC 100 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,280 SIGHS 101 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,280 MUSIC 102 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,280 The only way I was going to be able to afford to do this project 103 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:20,280 and cut my expenses was to live in one of my apartments. 104 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:23,280 So that's why I chose to live in apartment G. 105 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,280 MUSIC 106 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:28,280 That night I started work. 107 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:29,280 SIGHS 108 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:31,280 MUSIC 109 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:32,280 SIGHS 110 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,280 MUSIC 111 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:37,280 I had sunk all my money into it. 112 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:41,280 I was going to work every night, every weekend, every month 113 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:42,280 SIGHS 114 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:43,280 SIGHS 115 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:44,280 SIGHS 116 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,280 until I got whatever it is that I needed to get done done. 117 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:48,280 SIGHS 118 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:49,280 SIGHS 119 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:50,280 SIGHS 120 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:51,280 SIGHS 121 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:52,280 SIGHS 122 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,280 SIGHS 123 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:54,280 SIGHS 124 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:55,280 SIGHS 125 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:56,280 SIGHS 126 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,280 SIGHS 127 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:58,280 SIGHS 128 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,280 SIGHS 129 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:00,280 SIGHS 130 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:01,280 SIGHS 131 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:02,280 SIGHS 132 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:03,280 SIGHS 133 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:05,280 My trowel's missing. 134 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:06,280 SIGHS 135 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,280 That drill was just within hands reach. 136 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:10,280 SIGHS 137 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:11,280 SIGHS 138 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:12,280 SIGHS 139 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:13,280 SIGHS 140 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:14,280 SIGHS 141 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,280 The bathroom light was on. 142 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,280 I hadn't been in the bathroom. 143 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,280 SIGHS 144 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:20,280 SIGHS 145 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:21,280 SIGHS 146 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:22,280 SIGHS 147 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,280 SIGHS 148 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:24,280 SIGHS 149 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,280 SIGHS 150 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:26,280 SIGHS 151 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:27,280 SIGHS 152 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:28,280 SIGHS 153 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,280 SIGHS 154 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,280 My drill is right there on the floor, standing upright. 155 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:33,280 SIGHS 156 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:34,280 SIGHS 157 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:38,280 Well, that's odd. 158 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:43,280 Tay, you know, maybe I'm tired. 159 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:48,280 So I started working again. 160 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,280 SHRPS 161 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,280 SHRPS 162 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,280 SHRPS 163 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:52,280 SHRPS 164 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:53,280 SHRPS 165 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:55,280 SHRPS 166 00:05:55,280 --> 00:06:02,280 The sound that I was hearing was like a thump thump. 167 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:08,280 Like a heavy footstep, like on wood. 168 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:15,280 The footsteps were coming from the hallway outside, coming towards my door. 169 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,280 Hello? 170 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:24,280 Nobody answered. 171 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:31,280 I left my door open because I figured, well, if somebody's out there, somebody's playing games. 172 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:36,280 I was like, what's going on? 173 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:40,280 I was like, what's going on? 174 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:45,280 I left my door open because I figured, well, if somebody's out there, somebody's playing games, 175 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:53,280 then I would definitely see them coming. 176 00:06:53,280 --> 00:07:00,280 I was just about ready to turn myself back on again. 177 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:09,280 Six times. 178 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:15,280 That's weird. 179 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,280 I didn't believe in ghosts. 180 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:29,280 So I just kind of brushed it off, figured, well, maybe I need a break. 181 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:50,280 A few days later, I needed to do a little laundry. 182 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:59,280 To wash the machine in the dryer, we're right next to the staircase. 183 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:26,280 I saw legs run really quick right around the banister. 184 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,280 I ran up that staircase. 185 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:37,280 I chased it. 186 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:43,280 I went into a closet. 187 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:55,280 And I stood there, I'm like, do I open the closet door or not? 188 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:01,280 I'm like, all right, so now I'm going to open this door. 189 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:11,280 I'm going to face my fears. 190 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:50,280 I'm scared because now I am going to take the next step to see what's behind this door. 191 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,280 All this stuff just comes out. 192 00:09:52,280 --> 00:10:01,280 Scared a crap out of me. 193 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:18,280 There's nobody there, but I had seen somebody go in there. 194 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:24,280 Weeks went by, I've got one apartment done now, and now I'm beginning to see progress. 195 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,280 We're moving forward. 196 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,280 I had one person call me who was very interested. 197 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,280 Her name was Cynthia. 198 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:36,280 She was exactly the kind of tenant that I was looking for. 199 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,280 She was a professional, she was in real estate. 200 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,280 Wow. 201 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,280 Seeing the apartment for the first time, it was amazing. 202 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,280 It's so rare to find properties like this even available for rent at all. 203 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,280 For someone that really loves architecture, it was just phenomenal. 204 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,280 It was completely private and wooded and just really exquisite. 205 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,280 It's great. 206 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,280 Is there anything else that I should know? 207 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:07,280 In the beginning, I never told anybody about what was going on. 208 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,280 I wasn't sure what I was seeing. 209 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:18,280 Until I found out why I say anything to anybody else, until I have a logical explanation. 210 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,280 No, I don't think so. 211 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,280 Can I show you the greenhouse? 212 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,280 Come on. 213 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,280 I took the apartment straight away. 214 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,280 I really liked Mike. 215 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:39,280 I love the architecture and I love the location. 216 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:57,280 There was a common laundry area and every time I went there, my dog buddy would come with me. 217 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:03,280 But there was one weird thing. 218 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,280 All of us and I would see my dog shoot upstairs. 219 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,280 Boom. 220 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,280 Buddy? 221 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:14,280 So I followed him up to the third floor. 222 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:15,280 Buddy? 223 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:26,280 The main hallway was a little creepier to me. 224 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:34,280 It felt colder. It felt a little angrier, actually. 225 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,280 It wasn't his normal character. 226 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:49,280 He was attracted to something. 227 00:12:49,280 --> 00:13:02,280 Weeks went by, I finally managed to get a few of the apartments ready for rental. 228 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,280 I was living with my son's father at the time and things weren't really working out. 229 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:12,280 So I decided to find a place on my own for myself and Ashton. 230 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,280 I had a big yard behind the house with woods. 231 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,280 I know my son likes to play in the woods. 232 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:28,280 It seemed like a safe, quiet place. 233 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:29,280 And I'm about soccer practice. 234 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:30,280 Was Matthew there? 235 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:31,280 Yeah. 236 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,280 Is he feeling better now? 237 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:33,280 Yeah. 238 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,280 Good. 239 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:39,280 Four months later, Ashton and I were sitting in the kitchen. 240 00:13:39,280 --> 00:14:00,280 All of a sudden, it gets like this chill in the room for a moment. 241 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:07,280 He turns to me and he has this look on his face. 242 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280 I said, Ashton, what's wrong? 243 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:13,280 Ashton, what's the matter? 244 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:21,280 There was someone breathing on my neck. 245 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:26,280 I didn't really think at the time that it could have been anything. 246 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,280 There's no one here. 247 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:52,280 Maybe he just felt a breeze of air on the back of his neck. 248 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,280 This particular time, a buddy ran up to the third floor. 249 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,280 And it was pretty routine by now. 250 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,280 I let him stay up there. 251 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:01,280 I'd get my laundry done. 252 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:17,280 And at the end, I'd go and get my dog. 253 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:26,280 I felt as if there was something behind me. 254 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:35,280 My hair was standing on end, literally standing up. 255 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:48,280 You could almost break the air. 256 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,280 I ran. 257 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 I ran fast. 258 00:15:50,280 --> 00:16:13,280 I just remember thinking, oh my god, I have to go get my dog. 259 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:21,280 I got the feeling I was being looked at. 260 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:33,280 I saw two children. 261 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:43,280 A taller boy and a smaller little girl. 262 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:53,280 There was something very unusual about them. 263 00:16:53,280 --> 00:17:18,280 I got the sensation a little girl was frightened to death. 264 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Hey. 265 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,280 Cynthia. 266 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,280 Are you okay? 267 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:27,280 I talked to Mike about it and I told him what I saw. 268 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,280 She had a very concerned look on her face. 269 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,280 There's no one on the third floor, right? 270 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,280 I said, well, no. 271 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,280 There's no one up there. 272 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,280 She said that there's two kids up there. 273 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,280 He was quite surprised. 274 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,280 That's impossible. 275 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:53,280 I was really taken by that because the door to the third floor was locked. 276 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,280 I knew what I saw. 277 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:08,280 There's something up there, you know? 278 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,280 Okay, now we do have something here. 279 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,280 Other people are seeing this. 280 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:18,280 I feel like this thing is messing with me, so I'm going to chase this. 281 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,280 I'm going to get down to the root of this problem. 282 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:41,280 I'm going to figure it out. 283 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:57,280 I stood up there for a minute just to kind of get my bearings for my eyes to adjust to, like, the darkness up there. 284 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:05,280 It was very cold. 285 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:10,280 My heart's pounding a mile a minute. 286 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:23,280 It stopped, and I thought I heard something. 287 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:52,280 I see something over there. 288 00:19:52,280 --> 00:20:11,280 And I knew 100% sure at that point in time that I just wanted it. 289 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,280 I couldn't ignore the problem anymore. 290 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,280 I was raised Catholic. 291 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,280 I put some crosses up. 292 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:33,280 By doing this, I was hoping to achieve a peacefulness throughout the house. 293 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:44,280 I figured something up in the house is better than not having it up at all. 294 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:56,280 I was worried about new tenants moving in and seeing things. 295 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:00,280 It's beautiful. Wow. 296 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,280 When I walked into the apartment, I just fell in love with it. 297 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,280 I want to show you one thing about the kitchen. 298 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:10,280 Jody is really impressed with the size of the kitchen, the size of the living room. 299 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,280 Just in this pantry here is where the breaker box is. 300 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,280 And I've got everything listed on the left. 301 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,280 I was talking with Michael the landlord. 302 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,280 If anything goes off, just kind of switch it one way and switch it back on. 303 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:31,280 I could feel my body tensing up. 304 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,280 I felt something on my leg. 305 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:38,280 As if somebody was grabbing my leg and hugging me almost like a child. 306 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:45,280 I looked down and there was nothing there. 307 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,280 You okay? 308 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,280 I didn't say anything to the landlord. 309 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,280 Yep. 310 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,280 Okay. 311 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,280 I just pushed it aside. 312 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,280 Like maybe I was just imagining things. 313 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:04,280 Oh, here's the keys. 314 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,280 What is your name, buddy? 315 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,280 Naked my fort. 316 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,280 Naked the fort? 317 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,280 Yes. 318 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:17,280 I began to notice a bit of a change in Ashton. 319 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,280 He would cling to me. 320 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,280 What's up? 321 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:26,280 He became very frightened of being alone in the apartment. 322 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,280 I need to go to the bathroom. 323 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,280 Okay. 324 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Go. 325 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:50,280 As a mom, I was starting to think that there was something going on and my child was scared. 326 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:56,280 He was the only one in there. 327 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:04,280 Wash your hands. 328 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:14,280 Wash your hands. 329 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:24,280 Wash your hands. 330 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:34,280 Wash your hands. 331 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:44,280 Wash your hands. 332 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:51,280 What's the matter? 333 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:57,280 It just looked like a frantic look on his face. 334 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:04,280 He was in shock like something had happened and he didn't know what it was. 335 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,280 What's the matter? 336 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:31,280 There's someone in the bathroom. 337 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:36,280 I didn't really have an explanation for it. 338 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,280 There's no one there. 339 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:54,280 All of a sudden, this big rubber ball rolls from the kitchen into the hallway. 340 00:24:54,280 --> 00:25:23,280 And it stops at the top of the stairs. 341 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:32,280 And then it goes down the stairs. Boom. 342 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,280 Boom. 343 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:43,280 Boom, boom, boom. 344 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,280 What could that possibly be? 345 00:25:47,280 --> 00:26:07,280 It's just a little bit of a fright in me to think that there's something really here. 346 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:15,280 It was the dead of night and I'd been working all day. I was tired. 347 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:42,280 I was still kind of freaked out by the things that have been happening over the last few weeks. 348 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:49,280 I heard the footsteps come right up behind me. 349 00:26:49,280 --> 00:27:10,280 I didn't want to move because I was thinking maybe if I moved, it would know that I was there. 350 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:22,280 I thought the girl appeared on the other side of my glass course. 351 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:28,280 At that point in time, it's like, what do you do? 352 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:36,280 You don't really know what it's like until you're in that position. 353 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:54,280 To see something like that happen is just unreal. 354 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,280 I tried to push it away. I tried to forget about it. 355 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,280 I tried to say, no, there's no such thing just like a lot of people would. 356 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:05,280 But I knew. 357 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:13,280 It was hard for me to admit because I was in denial the whole time. 358 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:18,280 You have to get up every morning and look at yourself in the mirror. 359 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:27,280 And you ask yourself, am I the person I was a year ago? 360 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:33,280 All this stuff that happened is exciting to people because you're here in a story. 361 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,280 But to live it is completely different. 362 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,280 He's going all the way! Touchdown! 363 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,280 The last girl left came out from... 364 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,280 During the summer months, the robin keeps close to the river. 365 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,280 Food is plentiful. 366 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:58,280 Every month that I'm living here, it's becoming creepier. 367 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,280 Aquatic insects form the bulk of their diet. 368 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,280 It didn't feel good at all. 369 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:09,280 I was starting to become more afraid of living there. 370 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:18,280 Soon females arrive and the breeding season begins. 371 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:27,280 I felt as if somebody went on my neck. 372 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:34,280 To encourage females to come close, he sings the most kung fu song he can teach. 373 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,280 Drift to the top bro! 374 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:42,280 Male run-ups don't sing for hours. It's time to get a f- 375 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,280 Okay. 376 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,280 I was in shock. 377 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,280 I saw something almost six feet tall, 378 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,280 slowly moving across the room. 379 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 380 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 381 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 382 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 383 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 384 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 385 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 386 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 387 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 388 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 389 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 390 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 391 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 392 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 393 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 394 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 395 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 396 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 397 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 398 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280 I watched it go into the kitchen right into my pantry. 399 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,280 I watched it go into a kitchen right into my pantry. 400 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,280 There was nothing there. 401 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,280 And that's when I decided 402 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,280 I have to move out. I had enough. 403 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,280 I am done. I have to get out of here. 404 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,280 There were a few tenants that didn't know what to think 405 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,920 about what was going on, so the only alternative they had 406 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,280 was to leave. 407 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,680 I felt bad that Jody had had an experience like that 408 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,280 that just devastated her. 409 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,280 All the major renovations were just about done 410 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,280 when I met Nicole. 411 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,280 Hi. 412 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,280 It was a big relief because I had somebody that I was able 413 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,280 to share my experiences with, things that were going on 414 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,280 around the property. 415 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,280 Are we still on for tonight? 416 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,280 I'll pick you up at seven. 417 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:08,280 Bye. 418 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,280 That was a great show. 419 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,280 It's so good. 420 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,280 That's hilarious. 421 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,280 This one particular night, we went to a show in Lake Placid. 422 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:23,280 We left at intermission and we decided to stop at the apartment 423 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,280 because he had tenants that had left, and we wanted to see 424 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,280 what kind of condition they left it in. 425 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,280 It was about 10 o'clock at night. 426 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,280 The apartment lights were completely off. 427 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,280 That's weird. 428 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,280 This is the first time that I've ever been in that apartment. 429 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:18,280 There was crosses over every single door. 430 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,280 Crosses on the walls. 431 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,280 Crucifixes everywhere. 432 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,280 Four or five on each of the door casings. 433 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,280 It was scary. 434 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,280 It was like they were trying to keep things out. 435 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:46,280 There was like a coldness in the air that makes you feel like 436 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,280 you don't want to be there. 437 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,280 I looked over at Nicole. 438 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,280 She seemed very scared. 439 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,280 All of a sudden, I had this excruciating pain. 440 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,280 It was something that I have never felt before. 441 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,280 Nicole's getting more and more sick. 442 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,280 I didn't have control of my body. 443 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,280 Something had attacked me. 444 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,280 Who knows, it's bleeding. 445 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,280 She completely disappears and runs outside. 446 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,280 I just wanted to get the heck out of there. 447 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,280 All of a sudden, I see something in the road. 448 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,280 We saw this figure. 449 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,280 It was like darker than dark. 450 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,280 I came faster at the car. 451 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,280 It just disappeared into midair. 452 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,280 You're still in denial. 453 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:09,280 You don't want to admit that anything like this could ever happen to you. 454 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,280 Before this had happened with the road, 455 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,280 all the experiences that I had had with Nicole 456 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,280 were just a little bit more serious. 457 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,280 I was just like, 458 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,280 I'm not going to be able to get out of here. 459 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,280 This had happened with the road. 460 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,280 All the experiences that I have had 461 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,280 and other people have had 462 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,280 was right at the property. 463 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,280 Now all of a sudden, 464 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,280 whatever was angry 465 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,280 and it followed us a mile from the house. 466 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,280 I had had enough. 467 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:47,280 It was attacking me. 468 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:48,280 That's one thing. 469 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,280 But when it's attacking my girlfriend, 470 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,280 I needed to take action. 471 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,280 There was one person that I thought 472 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,280 would actually be able to help. 473 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,280 A good friend, Cheryl. 474 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,280 Cheryl is a very deep, 475 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,280 spiritual type of person. 476 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,280 For me to confide in Cheryl 477 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,280 and for her to listen to me, 478 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,280 it was a big relief. 479 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,280 I got all the things that you asked for. 480 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,280 She proposed to do a blessing of the house. 481 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,280 I felt really good about that 482 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,280 because nobody had recommended that to me. 483 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,280 She set out white candles for peace 484 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,280 to let whatever it was there 485 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,280 know that we weren't there to harm anybody 486 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,280 or do anything bad. 487 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,280 She goes, you've got something here. 488 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,280 She had her book with her, her Bible, 489 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,280 and she opened it and she looked at me 490 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,280 and she says, we're going to take care of this. 491 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,280 And I just looked at her 492 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,280 and I just didn't know what to think 493 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,280 because I knew, I knew there was something there. 494 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,280 When I am afraid, I will trust in you. 495 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,280 She started praying and stuff. 496 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,280 And God, whose word I praise. 497 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,280 She started hearing sounds, whispering sounds. 498 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,280 And she was like, Mike, this isn't good. 499 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,280 So do not fear. 500 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,280 For I am with you. 501 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:56,280 I will uphold him with my righteous right hand. 502 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,280 Behold! 503 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,280 And then she got attacked. 504 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,280 All of a sudden, she started feeling sick. 505 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,280 She just puked. 506 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,280 She's something bad happened to somebody 507 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,280 that you've known for a long time. 508 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,280 To see them get attacked by something 509 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,280 that you can't explain is crazy. 510 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,280 So do not fear. 511 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,280 Cheryl, Cheryl, are you okay? 512 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,280 People just don't understand. 513 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,280 There's some stuff in this world that's just so, so bad. 514 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:10,280 I grabbed the holy water and went on her back with a cross. 515 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,280 All of a sudden, I did that and like everything stopped. 516 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,280 Everything was fine. 517 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,280 After that, everything was just good. 518 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,280 Everything seemed peaceful. 519 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,280 But if something's been bothering me, 520 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,280 I wanted to know about the building's past. 521 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,280 I needed to get more answers. 522 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,280 What I had decided to do is head to the town records 523 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,280 and see what I can actually find out about the property. 524 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,280 Back in the 1900s, a lot of people from the cities 525 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:23,280 came to Saranac Lake for the fresh air to cure tuberculosis. 526 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,280 Doctors and nurses bought these big mansions 527 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,280 and turned them into a cure cottage. 528 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,280 These homes had huge porches. 529 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,280 They'd wheel them out onto the porch. 530 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,280 They'd put them out there for like fresh air treatment 531 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,280 with the hope that they could cure themselves of tuberculosis 532 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,280 and they could go back home to their families. 533 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,280 Hundreds were cured. 534 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,280 Thousands died from the disease. 535 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:08,280 There were records of people being admitted for TB in my house. 536 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:13,280 My house was referred to as the Williams Cottage. 537 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,280 There were names of men, women, children. 538 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,280 It was actually all starting to come together. 539 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,280 There was a lot of people that had come through the Williams Cottage 540 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,280 that had passed away. 541 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,280 They didn't want the role of the house to be forgotten. 542 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,280 This is why they were angry 543 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,280 and doing what they were doing during the renovations. 544 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,280 They didn't want me to change the building away from what it was. 545 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,280 They wanted to have it stay that way. 546 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:56,280 We decided to keep a part of the house unchanged up on the third floor. 547 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:02,280 Just one little piece of the house that they have 548 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,280 that nobody will ever touch. 549 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,280 It was going to be like my peace offering to them. 550 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,280 It was like a piece of my house. 551 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,280 It was like a piece of my house. 552 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,280 It was like a piece of my house. 553 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,280 It was like a piece of my house. 554 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,280 Peace offering to them. 555 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,280 Since I've dedicated that spot, things have calmed down a lot. 556 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:36,280 I don't feel that the spirits are evil anymore. 557 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,280 And I realized that this is what they wanted everybody to know.