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[00:00:00] Odd Trails is a true paranormal podcast. If you have a story to share, send it to stories at oddtrails.com. Enjoy the show.
[00:00:10] Forget facts. Forget logic. Forget everything that seems real. You just trust. Believe.
[00:00:23] I ran into myself in the future, then in the past, by ComfyDW.
[00:01:05] It all started when I was 19. I used to run down this long, open road in northeast Tennessee.
[00:01:13] The area was wide open, with only fields on either side, and barely any houses in sight.
[00:01:20] I ran this same route every day as I was training hard before joining the army.
[00:01:26] One day I was planning to take a rest day, but I had this strange wave of motivation pushing me to go.
[00:01:33] It stayed with me all day, so I finally chalked it up to just that, motivation.
[00:01:40] It was 3pm, which was a lot later than my usual runs. Normally I'd go at around 6 or 7am.
[00:01:49] I was about 3 miles in, when I looked down at my phone to change the song.
[00:01:54] And out of nowhere, I ran straight into someone.
[00:01:58] This man was the same height as me, with a long beard and a pretty large build.
[00:02:04] He was on the ground, so I helped him up.
[00:02:07] I said,
[00:02:08] My bad sir, I didn't see anyone else around here.
[00:02:12] He replied,
[00:02:14] All good.
[00:02:15] But then he looked up at me,
[00:02:16] and it was like he'd seen a ghost.
[00:02:19] I've never seen fear like that in someone's face unless I was pranking them.
[00:02:24] His mouth was wide open,
[00:02:26] eyes locked on me,
[00:02:28] almost frozen.
[00:02:30] He stuck his hand out,
[00:02:32] and I wasn't sure what he was doing.
[00:02:34] So I just said,
[00:02:36] Take care.
[00:02:37] Sorry again.
[00:02:38] And kept going.
[00:02:41] Fast forward about 10 years later.
[00:02:44] I've been in the army for 6 years now.
[00:02:46] I have a religious exemption to grow my beard,
[00:02:49] and I started lifting a lot more.
[00:02:52] I'm feeling good,
[00:02:53] doing well.
[00:02:55] Leave for the holidays comes around,
[00:02:57] and I get this feeling that I should go home and visit my family.
[00:03:01] I hadn't been back since 2019,
[00:03:04] because flying out of Hawaii was just too expensive.
[00:03:07] And back then I was just a poor private.
[00:03:11] Now I'm stationed closer to home,
[00:03:13] and a sergeant with some money saved up.
[00:03:16] So I flew into East Tennessee,
[00:03:19] and stayed at a hotel.
[00:03:21] On the third day,
[00:03:22] the air smelled nostalgic.
[00:03:25] It was the start of fall.
[00:03:26] I kept thinking about the old house
[00:03:29] where I used to live with my parents,
[00:03:31] about 30 minutes away.
[00:03:33] My mom's ex-boyfriend still lives there.
[00:03:36] It's around noon.
[00:03:38] I had lunch,
[00:03:39] and decided to drop by
[00:03:41] and see how he and his kids were doing.
[00:03:43] We sat and talked for a while,
[00:03:45] had a couple of beers just for old time's sake.
[00:03:49] Then, for no specific reason,
[00:03:51] I felt like checking out my old running route.
[00:03:54] I told him,
[00:03:56] I'm gonna go walk my old route.
[00:03:58] It's nostalgic,
[00:03:59] and it did a lot for me,
[00:04:00] especially as a young adult preparing for the army.
[00:04:04] I started walking,
[00:04:06] and it was dead silent.
[00:04:08] There was a slight breeze,
[00:04:10] and the fields around me were just beautiful.
[00:04:14] Suddenly,
[00:04:15] I felt like I got tackled out of nowhere.
[00:04:18] As far as I knew,
[00:04:20] no one was around.
[00:04:22] Then,
[00:04:23] I heard someone say,
[00:04:25] My bad, sir,
[00:04:27] I didn't see anyone else around here.
[00:04:29] I looked down from my phone,
[00:04:31] which had fallen out of my hand,
[00:04:33] and responded,
[00:04:34] All good.
[00:04:36] Then I looked up,
[00:04:38] and it felt like the world turned upside down.
[00:04:41] Panic hit me like a wave.
[00:04:44] Nothing felt real.
[00:04:46] I saw the kid,
[00:04:47] and it was literally me.
[00:04:50] I tried to say something,
[00:04:52] but my mouth went dry.
[00:04:54] I just reached out,
[00:04:56] instinctively wanting to touch my younger self.
[00:04:59] He looked at my hand,
[00:05:01] smiled,
[00:05:02] and said,
[00:05:03] Take care.
[00:05:04] Sorry again.
[00:05:06] Then put his headphones back in
[00:05:07] and took off running.
[00:05:10] I stood there for just a few seconds,
[00:05:12] trying to piece my brain back together.
[00:05:15] Then,
[00:05:16] I yelled,
[00:05:18] Joe,
[00:05:18] come back,
[00:05:19] and started running to catch up to him,
[00:05:22] but I never saw him again.
[00:05:25] This was an open road.
[00:05:26] He couldn't have gotten far,
[00:05:28] but he was gone,
[00:05:30] vanished.
[00:05:32] This has been sitting with me ever since,
[00:05:34] like some weird dream I can't shake.
[00:05:57] Somewhere in Time by As Above So Below 75
[00:06:02] In the early 90s,
[00:06:04] I went to school in upstate New York.
[00:06:07] It was my first experience away from home
[00:06:09] for any length of time.
[00:06:11] This particular college town
[00:06:13] was built around a beautiful lake,
[00:06:14] and because of that,
[00:06:16] when summer came to a close,
[00:06:18] everything closed up with it.
[00:06:21] Picture a vibrant,
[00:06:22] happening center
[00:06:23] turning into a barren ghost town overnight.
[00:06:28] With the cold weather,
[00:06:29] the sky went from beautiful blue
[00:06:31] to dull,
[00:06:33] lifeless gray,
[00:06:34] and it stayed that way until spring.
[00:06:37] One of my housemates was also a weed dealer,
[00:06:40] which was convenient for me
[00:06:42] as I was a chronic stoner at the time.
[00:06:44] We would make these elaborate dinners
[00:06:47] where every course featured weed in the recipe.
[00:06:51] The result were full bellies,
[00:06:53] stoned mines,
[00:06:54] and huge messes to clean up.
[00:06:57] Our dinners quickly became something
[00:06:59] that people from other houses
[00:07:00] wanted to join.
[00:07:02] So,
[00:07:03] we would have guests over,
[00:07:05] and the rule was that they had to clean up
[00:07:07] after the meal.
[00:07:08] Somehow,
[00:07:09] they didn't mind,
[00:07:10] and ours quickly became the house
[00:07:12] that everybody wanted to hang out at.
[00:07:15] One very dark,
[00:07:16] cold,
[00:07:16] and windy night,
[00:07:17] we had four to five female guests
[00:07:20] from another school.
[00:07:21] I had a girlfriend at the time,
[00:07:23] so,
[00:07:24] I behaved,
[00:07:25] but the rest of the housemates,
[00:07:26] hooked up,
[00:07:27] and a good time was had by all.
[00:07:30] It was a weeknight,
[00:07:32] and when it came time for the girls to leave,
[00:07:34] their car wouldn't start.
[00:07:36] Naturally,
[00:07:37] they came knocking on my door,
[00:07:38] as I was the only one with a car.
[00:07:41] It was around midnight,
[00:07:42] and they lived a good hour away,
[00:07:44] so I reluctantly agreed to take them.
[00:07:47] My housemate,
[00:07:48] James,
[00:07:49] agreed to come with us.
[00:07:51] There were no streetlights,
[00:07:52] and it was dark and cold as hell.
[00:07:55] It began to snow.
[00:07:57] On a good day,
[00:07:58] we hardly knew our way around our own school,
[00:08:00] and this was a totally different area.
[00:08:03] It was a tense,
[00:08:05] white-knuckle ride the whole way,
[00:08:06] but eventually,
[00:08:07] we got there.
[00:08:07] The house where they lived
[00:08:10] was a converted estate
[00:08:12] with a long driveway
[00:08:13] and huge iron gates.
[00:08:15] As I turned into the driveway,
[00:08:18] the snow really started coming down.
[00:08:20] We could see two dull red lights
[00:08:23] off in the distance.
[00:08:24] As we got closer,
[00:08:26] we saw that it wasn't a car,
[00:08:28] but an elaborate stagecoach
[00:08:30] lumbering through the snow.
[00:08:33] As we went to overtake it on the road,
[00:08:36] we all looked over and saw that it was a huge black stagecoach
[00:08:40] being pulled by a team of black horses.
[00:08:44] The red lights that we saw were lanterns on its sides.
[00:08:48] The driver was also dressed in black,
[00:08:52] sitting pinned straight and looking straight ahead.
[00:08:55] He didn't even glance at us.
[00:08:57] It was like we weren't even there.
[00:08:59] Everyone in the car saw this.
[00:09:01] We asked the girls
[00:09:03] if this was a common thing
[00:09:04] where they lived.
[00:09:05] They said no.
[00:09:07] They had never seen anything like it before.
[00:09:10] At the time,
[00:09:11] we just thought that it was very strange.
[00:09:14] Why would someone be out in a stagecoach
[00:09:17] after midnight in a snowstorm?
[00:09:19] I remember thinking
[00:09:20] maybe this is just how things are done up in the country.
[00:09:24] It didn't occur to us right away
[00:09:26] that it could be anything else.
[00:09:29] After we dropped them off at the house,
[00:09:31] we turned around to leave,
[00:09:33] both fully expecting to see that stagecoach again
[00:09:36] since their house
[00:09:37] was the only thing
[00:09:38] at the end of the driveway slash road.
[00:09:41] Instead,
[00:09:42] we saw nothing.
[00:09:44] No horses,
[00:09:45] no hoofprints,
[00:09:46] no other tracks
[00:09:47] but our own
[00:09:48] coming from the other way.
[00:09:50] At that point,
[00:09:52] it finally dawned on us,
[00:09:54] no doubt a delayed reaction from dinner.
[00:09:56] James and I realized
[00:09:58] that we may have just seen
[00:10:00] not only a ghost
[00:10:01] but ghost horses
[00:10:02] and a ghost stagecoach.
[00:10:06] It's been more than 30 years
[00:10:07] and anytime I see James,
[00:10:09] we still talk about that night.
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[00:12:10] My Family Sees Me
[00:12:12] When I'm Not There
[00:12:13] by Parker Uwu Forever
[00:12:15] This happened around a year ago.
[00:12:20] My mom, stepdad, and I
[00:12:22] are driving about
[00:12:23] three hours away
[00:12:24] to pick up our new motorhome.
[00:12:26] We stopped at the gas station
[00:12:28] and I ran inside
[00:12:29] with my mom
[00:12:30] to grab some food
[00:12:31] while my stepdad
[00:12:32] filled the motorhome
[00:12:33] with gas.
[00:12:34] My mom went to speak with him
[00:12:36] while I put some things
[00:12:37] in the car.
[00:12:38] Then I went back around
[00:12:40] to find her
[00:12:40] as she started looking for me.
[00:12:43] As I reached the back
[00:12:44] of the motorhome,
[00:12:46] I heard her say,
[00:12:47] Why are you hiding?
[00:12:49] I assumed she was talking
[00:12:51] to our dog Ripley
[00:12:52] who was in the car.
[00:12:54] I then happened to sneeze
[00:12:56] and my mom turned
[00:12:57] to look at me.
[00:12:58] Her eyes got wide
[00:12:59] and she looked at me
[00:13:01] completely freaked out.
[00:13:03] I was confused
[00:13:04] and asked her what happened,
[00:13:06] thinking maybe
[00:13:07] Ripley was being weird.
[00:13:10] My mom didn't say anything.
[00:13:12] Once I got into the front seat,
[00:13:14] she let out a stressed,
[00:13:16] panicked laugh,
[00:13:17] like she was
[00:13:18] trying not to cry.
[00:13:20] The following conversation
[00:13:22] ensued.
[00:13:24] Mom,
[00:13:25] what happened?
[00:13:26] She didn't say anything,
[00:13:29] just sat there,
[00:13:30] frozen in fear.
[00:13:32] What is it?
[00:13:34] I continued.
[00:13:35] Is Ripley being weird?
[00:13:38] No,
[00:13:39] she said.
[00:13:40] I saw you
[00:13:41] in the back seat.
[00:13:44] Apparently,
[00:13:45] when she got to the car,
[00:13:47] she saw me lying
[00:13:48] on the floor
[00:13:49] of the back seat,
[00:13:50] grinning up at her.
[00:13:52] She thought I was being goofy
[00:13:54] and trying to scare her.
[00:13:56] The
[00:13:57] why are you hiding comment
[00:13:58] was directed towards me.
[00:14:00] When she heard me sneeze,
[00:14:02] she turned her head.
[00:14:03] Once she saw the real me,
[00:14:06] her eyes got wide
[00:14:07] and she whipped back around,
[00:14:09] only to see that I was suddenly
[00:14:11] no longer in the back seat
[00:14:13] and had vanished,
[00:14:15] or perhaps
[00:14:16] teleported.
[00:14:19] Rightfully so,
[00:14:20] she started crying.
[00:14:22] Imagine seeing your child
[00:14:24] in the back seat of your car
[00:14:25] being a little weirdo,
[00:14:27] only to turn your head
[00:14:28] and,
[00:14:29] in an instant,
[00:14:30] see that same child
[00:14:31] in a different location.
[00:14:33] To make things
[00:14:35] even more concerning,
[00:14:36] she said that
[00:14:37] before she turned her head,
[00:14:39] she saw my smile
[00:14:40] go from silly and playful
[00:14:42] to very menacing
[00:14:44] and scary.
[00:14:46] I have one other
[00:14:48] similar occurrence to share,
[00:14:50] this time involving
[00:14:51] my brother Robert,
[00:14:52] who was sixteen at the time.
[00:14:54] The details are foggy,
[00:14:56] so bear with me.
[00:14:59] I walked out of my room
[00:15:00] and stopped at the door
[00:15:01] to the living room,
[00:15:02] which is where Robert was.
[00:15:05] He and I chatted for a minute,
[00:15:06] with him looking at me
[00:15:08] as we did.
[00:15:09] He looked down at his phone
[00:15:11] when it dawned on him
[00:15:12] that I had left
[00:15:13] over an hour ago
[00:15:14] to go to the store.
[00:15:16] I wasn't home.
[00:15:18] He looked back up
[00:15:19] and I was gone.
[00:15:22] Around twenty minutes later,
[00:15:24] I returned home
[00:15:25] and he was still there.
[00:15:27] A little freaked out,
[00:15:28] you could say.
[00:15:30] He told me about
[00:15:31] what happened
[00:15:32] and we were both
[00:15:33] so confused
[00:15:34] as to what it could have been.
[00:15:36] On top of that,
[00:15:38] I've heard my family
[00:15:39] calling me numerous times,
[00:15:41] only to find that
[00:15:43] they haven't.
[00:15:44] The most notable incident
[00:15:46] involved both my mom
[00:15:47] and Robert.
[00:15:49] One night,
[00:15:50] I was at my desk
[00:15:51] and heard Robert
[00:15:52] call my name,
[00:15:53] so I got up
[00:15:55] and went into his room
[00:15:56] to see what he wanted.
[00:15:57] He said he didn't call me,
[00:15:59] but we stood talking
[00:16:00] for a minute.
[00:16:02] As I turned on my heel
[00:16:03] to leave,
[00:16:04] I heard my mom
[00:16:05] call out my nickname,
[00:16:07] Monkey.
[00:16:08] So I did a 180
[00:16:09] and headed into her room.
[00:16:12] But when I got there,
[00:16:13] she said she didn't
[00:16:15] call me either.
[00:16:16] It was memorable
[00:16:18] since I was called out
[00:16:19] for twice
[00:16:20] in a matter of minutes.
[00:16:23] I do know
[00:16:24] we have at least
[00:16:24] two spirits in my house,
[00:16:27] one attached to my mom
[00:16:28] and one to me.
[00:16:30] Nothing has ever
[00:16:31] seemed hostile.
[00:16:33] The worst thing
[00:16:34] they've done
[00:16:34] is move stuff around,
[00:16:35] which has made me
[00:16:37] late a few times.
[00:16:39] Just a mild inconvenience.
[00:17:06] I went through a town
[00:17:08] that doesn't exist
[00:17:09] by death turkey.
[00:17:12] For some context,
[00:17:14] I'm a 25-year-old male
[00:17:15] and this happened
[00:17:16] when I was about 13.
[00:17:18] Yes,
[00:17:18] it's been a long time,
[00:17:19] but my family and I
[00:17:21] still talk about it
[00:17:22] to this day.
[00:17:23] It involves
[00:17:24] all of us.
[00:17:26] While I still talk about it,
[00:17:27] I unfortunately
[00:17:28] have a hard time
[00:17:29] remembering the exact dates
[00:17:31] and some parts of it
[00:17:32] due to some head trauma.
[00:17:34] That means
[00:17:35] some of the finer details
[00:17:37] I can't remember exactly,
[00:17:39] but
[00:17:40] I know this happened
[00:17:41] sometime during 2012.
[00:17:43] I think it happened
[00:17:45] on our way from
[00:17:46] Washington to Oklahoma.
[00:17:48] We had made this trip
[00:17:49] several times
[00:17:50] and
[00:17:51] I can't remember
[00:17:52] which way we were headed
[00:17:53] on this specific trip.
[00:17:54] I just know that
[00:17:56] it was somewhere
[00:17:57] in Washington State.
[00:17:58] We had been on the road
[00:18:00] all day.
[00:18:01] It was nighttime,
[00:18:02] probably around
[00:18:03] 10 or 11 p.m.
[00:18:04] The sun had already set
[00:18:06] and everyone was tired.
[00:18:08] We had two cars
[00:18:09] to fit everything.
[00:18:10] My sister,
[00:18:11] my mom,
[00:18:11] and I
[00:18:12] rode in the SUV
[00:18:13] while my brother
[00:18:14] and his girlfriend
[00:18:14] at the time,
[00:18:15] who is now his wife,
[00:18:16] rode in the small
[00:18:18] four-door car.
[00:18:20] We had been on
[00:18:21] a long stretch of road
[00:18:22] surrounded by pine
[00:18:23] and evergreen trees
[00:18:24] on both sides.
[00:18:26] The GPS said
[00:18:27] that we wouldn't reach
[00:18:27] another town
[00:18:28] for a good 10 miles
[00:18:29] or so,
[00:18:30] but there were lights
[00:18:31] just down the road.
[00:18:33] We thought that maybe
[00:18:34] the GPS
[00:18:35] needed to be updated
[00:18:36] or something
[00:18:37] because small towns
[00:18:38] didn't show up
[00:18:39] on these at the time.
[00:18:40] It was a Garmin,
[00:18:42] the kind that you
[00:18:43] stuck to the car window,
[00:18:44] plugged into your car,
[00:18:45] entered an address,
[00:18:46] and picked up your route.
[00:18:49] We took the same routes
[00:18:50] every time,
[00:18:51] depending on the time of year.
[00:18:53] I believe we went
[00:18:54] during this summer,
[00:18:55] but I could be wrong.
[00:18:57] We knew the routes
[00:18:58] by this point,
[00:18:59] and we didn't expect
[00:19:00] this town.
[00:19:02] As we came closer,
[00:19:04] my brother called my mom,
[00:19:05] saying he was tired
[00:19:07] and his girlfriend
[00:19:08] was already asleep,
[00:19:09] so she couldn't drive.
[00:19:11] My mom agreed
[00:19:12] that she might be
[00:19:13] too tired for this as well,
[00:19:15] so we needed to pull over
[00:19:17] and find a hotel
[00:19:18] in this town.
[00:19:19] My brother said all right,
[00:19:21] slowed down to get behind us,
[00:19:23] and followed us
[00:19:24] to pull over.
[00:19:25] At this point,
[00:19:27] everything seemed fine,
[00:19:28] and nothing was
[00:19:29] out of the ordinary.
[00:19:30] It wasn't until
[00:19:31] we passed the sign
[00:19:32] with the town's name on it
[00:19:34] that my gut
[00:19:35] twisted into knots.
[00:19:36] I remember watching
[00:19:38] as we neared the town,
[00:19:40] feeling an inkling
[00:19:41] of something
[00:19:42] that I didn't quite
[00:19:42] understand yet.
[00:19:44] Everything seemed fine,
[00:19:46] but I kept watching
[00:19:47] my surroundings
[00:19:48] as we drove.
[00:19:49] The lights had a sickly
[00:19:51] yellow or orange hue,
[00:19:53] as if they were old
[00:19:55] and weary.
[00:19:56] I remember looking
[00:19:57] at the sign
[00:19:58] as we passed,
[00:19:59] but I can't remember
[00:20:00] the name of the town.
[00:20:01] And the funny thing is,
[00:20:03] nobody can.
[00:20:05] No one has been able
[00:20:07] to remember.
[00:20:08] We even wrote it down
[00:20:10] that night
[00:20:10] so that we would
[00:20:11] stay away from this road.
[00:20:13] We passed the sign,
[00:20:15] and my gut dropped.
[00:20:17] At the time,
[00:20:18] I didn't understand
[00:20:19] that what I was feeling
[00:20:20] was anxiety.
[00:20:22] I just remember thinking
[00:20:23] we were being watched,
[00:20:25] but looking around,
[00:20:26] there was no one.
[00:20:28] It was the middle of the night,
[00:20:29] so people were probably asleep,
[00:20:31] but there were no cars,
[00:20:33] no signs of life,
[00:20:34] and the air itself
[00:20:35] was stagnant
[00:20:36] as we drove through.
[00:20:38] Yes,
[00:20:39] the kid in me
[00:20:40] had a very active imagination,
[00:20:41] but my older brother
[00:20:43] can confirm
[00:20:44] the town was empty
[00:20:45] in a way
[00:20:46] that scared even him.
[00:20:48] Buildings had lights on,
[00:20:50] but there was no one inside.
[00:20:52] No employees,
[00:20:54] nothing.
[00:20:55] We saw a church
[00:20:56] sitting on a small hill
[00:20:57] just to the right side of town
[00:20:59] and drove up to it,
[00:21:00] parking near the door
[00:21:01] as it was the only light
[00:21:03] in the gravel parking lot.
[00:21:05] Oddly,
[00:21:06] this was the only light
[00:21:07] that was white
[00:21:08] and didn't have
[00:21:09] that sick hue to it.
[00:21:11] We all stepped out of the cars
[00:21:13] to stretch our legs
[00:21:14] and find a hotel.
[00:21:15] My mom told me
[00:21:16] and my sister,
[00:21:17] who was about nine or ten
[00:21:18] at the time,
[00:21:19] to stay close,
[00:21:21] slipping in the fact that
[00:21:22] she had a creepy feeling
[00:21:23] as well.
[00:21:25] At the time,
[00:21:26] I dismissed the small statement
[00:21:28] and just walked around the car
[00:21:30] to move my legs
[00:21:31] when something moved
[00:21:32] behind the dumpster
[00:21:33] that was across the parking lot.
[00:21:36] The light on the door
[00:21:37] didn't reach
[00:21:38] all the way to the dumpster,
[00:21:40] but I could barely see
[00:21:41] its outline enough
[00:21:42] to know
[00:21:43] it was a dumpster.
[00:21:45] Of course,
[00:21:46] I thought,
[00:21:46] it's an animal,
[00:21:48] but that feeling
[00:21:49] came back.
[00:21:50] It was like
[00:21:51] I was being watched.
[00:21:53] At this point,
[00:21:54] I didn't want to be there.
[00:21:56] As if reading my mind,
[00:21:58] something scattered
[00:21:59] along the gravel,
[00:22:00] seemingly darting
[00:22:01] behind the dumpster.
[00:22:04] My mom heard this
[00:22:05] and ordered my sister
[00:22:06] and me to get into the car.
[00:22:08] I stood staring
[00:22:09] for a moment
[00:22:10] before walking backwards
[00:22:11] to the car.
[00:22:12] For whatever reason,
[00:22:14] I just didn't feel like
[00:22:15] turning my back to it.
[00:22:17] It felt dangerous.
[00:22:20] We waited in the car
[00:22:21] as my brother
[00:22:22] had his girlfriend
[00:22:23] get back in their car.
[00:22:24] He walked over to my mom,
[00:22:27] helped her put the address
[00:22:27] and the GPS,
[00:22:29] and then got into his car
[00:22:30] as we drove off.
[00:22:32] I couldn't bring myself
[00:22:34] to look back
[00:22:34] at the dumpster
[00:22:35] as we left.
[00:22:36] We drove through town,
[00:22:37] and again,
[00:22:38] everything seemed
[00:22:39] eerily empty and clean.
[00:22:41] There was no litter,
[00:22:43] no trash,
[00:22:44] nothing suggested life
[00:22:45] besides the streetlights
[00:22:47] that were still on.
[00:22:49] We reached the edge of town
[00:22:50] following the GPS
[00:22:52] and turned into
[00:22:53] this gravel road
[00:22:54] that led down
[00:22:55] into a giant opening
[00:22:57] surrounded by thick,
[00:22:58] dense woods.
[00:23:00] In this lot
[00:23:01] was a motel.
[00:23:02] And I don't mean
[00:23:04] a hotel
[00:23:04] or anything fancy.
[00:23:06] It was a two-story
[00:23:07] L-shaped building
[00:23:08] with about 30 to 40 rooms.
[00:23:11] The check-in
[00:23:12] was a separate
[00:23:13] small building
[00:23:13] just to the side
[00:23:14] of the rooms.
[00:23:16] It had only one light
[00:23:18] in the parking lot,
[00:23:19] besides the small ones
[00:23:20] above the doors.
[00:23:21] This light
[00:23:22] was a hollow white.
[00:23:25] We pulled in,
[00:23:26] and my mom
[00:23:27] called my brother,
[00:23:28] telling him to park
[00:23:29] near the SUV
[00:23:30] and stay in the car
[00:23:31] while she went
[00:23:32] to check in.
[00:23:34] Here's where it gets
[00:23:35] a little tricky.
[00:23:36] The building was small,
[00:23:38] but the windows
[00:23:39] were big.
[00:23:41] We could see inside,
[00:23:43] just enough
[00:23:43] to watch our mother
[00:23:44] go in
[00:23:45] and talk to the guy
[00:23:46] at the counter.
[00:23:47] The building
[00:23:48] was simple,
[00:23:49] white walls
[00:23:50] with soft pastel
[00:23:51] grain trim
[00:23:52] and a dark gray counter.
[00:23:55] But here's the thing.
[00:23:57] My sister,
[00:23:58] brother,
[00:23:58] and I
[00:23:59] all saw
[00:24:00] different things.
[00:24:02] When our mother
[00:24:03] went in,
[00:24:03] I saw her talking
[00:24:04] to an old man
[00:24:06] with a thin,
[00:24:07] frail stature
[00:24:08] and a permanent scowl.
[00:24:10] He looked old,
[00:24:11] weary,
[00:24:12] and miserable
[00:24:12] with slightly sunken eyes
[00:24:14] and pale,
[00:24:16] hanging skin.
[00:24:17] My sister says
[00:24:19] she saw
[00:24:20] a young man
[00:24:21] who seemed nervous
[00:24:22] and annoyed
[00:24:23] with dark hair
[00:24:25] and deep eyes.
[00:24:26] My brother says
[00:24:28] he saw
[00:24:29] a middle-aged man
[00:24:29] who was aloof
[00:24:30] and uncaring
[00:24:31] with a beard
[00:24:32] and dark hair.
[00:24:34] I cannot remember
[00:24:35] all of the details
[00:24:36] they gave me,
[00:24:37] but I remember
[00:24:38] the main differences.
[00:24:40] When our mother
[00:24:41] came out,
[00:24:42] she got in the car
[00:24:43] and waved
[00:24:44] for my brother
[00:24:44] to follow.
[00:24:45] We parked in front
[00:24:46] of our rooms
[00:24:47] which were two
[00:24:48] side-by-side rooms.
[00:24:49] We were told
[00:24:50] to only bring
[00:24:51] the essentials
[00:24:52] in for the night
[00:24:53] because she didn't
[00:24:54] want to stay
[00:24:54] any longer
[00:24:55] than necessary
[00:24:56] in the morning.
[00:24:57] We all agreed,
[00:24:58] grabbed as little
[00:24:59] as we needed
[00:25:00] and headed
[00:25:00] to our rooms.
[00:25:02] My sister,
[00:25:03] my mom,
[00:25:03] and I
[00:25:03] stayed in the right room
[00:25:05] while my brother
[00:25:06] and his girlfriend
[00:25:07] stayed in the left room.
[00:25:09] My sister asked
[00:25:10] to take a shower
[00:25:11] and my mom
[00:25:12] went to help her
[00:25:13] get ready
[00:25:13] since she wasn't
[00:25:14] sure how it worked.
[00:25:16] It turns out
[00:25:17] it didn't.
[00:25:18] The water
[00:25:19] would not turn on
[00:25:20] so my mom
[00:25:21] called my brother
[00:25:22] to let him know.
[00:25:23] He came in
[00:25:24] to get her
[00:25:24] so that she could
[00:25:25] use their shower.
[00:25:26] While they were gone,
[00:25:27] my mom looked
[00:25:28] at the beds,
[00:25:29] noticing I was
[00:25:30] staring at them
[00:25:31] as well.
[00:25:31] She asked,
[00:25:33] You don't want
[00:25:34] to touch them
[00:25:34] either,
[00:25:35] do you?
[00:25:36] I smiled
[00:25:37] and shook my head,
[00:25:38] relieved
[00:25:39] that I wasn't
[00:25:39] alone in this feeling.
[00:25:41] I told her
[00:25:42] that they
[00:25:43] felt gross.
[00:25:44] She agreed.
[00:25:45] My brother
[00:25:47] then suddenly
[00:25:47] burst back
[00:25:48] into our room
[00:25:49] looking a little
[00:25:50] frantic
[00:25:51] but trying
[00:25:51] to keep calm.
[00:25:52] He told us
[00:25:53] to pack our things
[00:25:54] and asked my mom
[00:25:55] to follow him.
[00:25:57] She nodded
[00:25:58] and followed.
[00:25:59] I began
[00:26:00] putting stuff
[00:26:00] in my bag.
[00:26:01] My sister
[00:26:02] returned
[00:26:03] looking very
[00:26:03] freaked out
[00:26:04] and I offered
[00:26:05] to help her
[00:26:06] pack
[00:26:06] while asking
[00:26:07] what happened.
[00:26:08] She struggled
[00:26:09] to explain
[00:26:09] while finally
[00:26:10] saying
[00:26:11] there was blood
[00:26:12] in the shower
[00:26:13] when they went in.
[00:26:15] She freaked
[00:26:16] out,
[00:26:17] had my brother
[00:26:17] check it out
[00:26:18] and then they
[00:26:19] came to get
[00:26:19] my mom.
[00:26:20] She returned
[00:26:21] and calmly
[00:26:21] told us
[00:26:22] to put our
[00:26:22] things back
[00:26:23] into the truck
[00:26:23] and get in.
[00:26:25] At that point
[00:26:26] I could feel
[00:26:27] how bad
[00:26:27] this place was.
[00:26:29] I began
[00:26:29] to panic
[00:26:30] and hurried
[00:26:31] to get our
[00:26:31] stuff into the car.
[00:26:33] I then
[00:26:33] offered to help
[00:26:34] with my brother's
[00:26:35] stuff and of course
[00:26:36] curiosity
[00:26:37] got the best
[00:26:38] of me.
[00:26:38] I snuck
[00:26:39] into the bathroom
[00:26:40] to look at
[00:26:40] the shower
[00:26:41] and yes
[00:26:42] there was
[00:26:43] definitely
[00:26:43] blood
[00:26:44] splattered
[00:26:45] all along
[00:26:46] the tub.
[00:26:47] I turned
[00:26:48] meeting my
[00:26:49] brother's
[00:26:49] girlfriend
[00:26:50] and we
[00:26:50] both
[00:26:51] just left.
[00:26:52] We got
[00:26:53] in the cars
[00:26:54] and neither
[00:26:55] my brother
[00:26:55] nor my mom
[00:26:56] wasted time
[00:26:57] driving away
[00:26:57] not even
[00:26:59] stopping for
[00:27:00] a refund
[00:27:00] or to report
[00:27:01] the blood.
[00:27:03] My brother
[00:27:03] wanted to
[00:27:04] but my mom
[00:27:05] insisted
[00:27:05] it didn't
[00:27:06] matter
[00:27:06] since she
[00:27:07] used cash.
[00:27:08] We drove
[00:27:09] on
[00:27:09] intending
[00:27:10] to reach
[00:27:11] the next
[00:27:11] town.
[00:27:12] Unfortunately
[00:27:13] my brother
[00:27:14] needed gas.
[00:27:15] Luckily
[00:27:15] as we
[00:27:16] reached
[00:27:16] the edge
[00:27:17] of the
[00:27:17] town
[00:27:17] and left
[00:27:18] it in
[00:27:19] our
[00:27:19] rear view
[00:27:19] mirrors
[00:27:20] there
[00:27:20] was a
[00:27:21] gas
[00:27:21] station
[00:27:21] but again
[00:27:22] there were
[00:27:23] no cars
[00:27:24] not even
[00:27:25] an employee's
[00:27:25] car.
[00:27:27] My brother
[00:27:27] pulled to
[00:27:28] the pump
[00:27:28] and my mom
[00:27:29] pulled next
[00:27:30] to him
[00:27:30] so that we
[00:27:31] were all
[00:27:31] still together.
[00:27:33] We all
[00:27:33] jumped out
[00:27:34] and went
[00:27:35] inside after
[00:27:35] he pumped
[00:27:36] the gas.
[00:27:37] We were
[00:27:37] all wide
[00:27:38] awake by
[00:27:38] now so
[00:27:39] we grabbed
[00:27:39] a drink
[00:27:40] and a
[00:27:40] snack
[00:27:40] and paid
[00:27:41] for the
[00:27:41] gas.
[00:27:42] That part
[00:27:43] went fine
[00:27:44] until we
[00:27:44] got back
[00:27:45] outside.
[00:27:46] As we
[00:27:47] headed back
[00:27:47] to the
[00:27:47] cars
[00:27:48] I was
[00:27:49] walking
[00:27:49] next to
[00:27:49] my brother
[00:27:50] laughing
[00:27:51] with him
[00:27:51] to ease
[00:27:52] the tension.
[00:27:53] Then
[00:27:54] as he
[00:27:54] was putting
[00:27:55] the gas
[00:27:55] cap back
[00:27:56] on
[00:27:56] something
[00:27:57] moved
[00:27:57] across
[00:27:58] the
[00:27:58] parking
[00:27:58] lot.
[00:28:00] Both
[00:28:00] our
[00:28:00] heads
[00:28:01] shot up
[00:28:01] and we
[00:28:02] stared
[00:28:02] at the
[00:28:03] shed
[00:28:03] in the
[00:28:03] back
[00:28:04] corner
[00:28:04] with
[00:28:05] tall
[00:28:05] intimidating
[00:28:06] trees
[00:28:06] behind
[00:28:07] it.
[00:28:08] All of
[00:28:08] a sudden
[00:28:09] two
[00:28:09] figures
[00:28:10] about
[00:28:10] six feet
[00:28:11] tall
[00:28:11] darted
[00:28:12] and ran
[00:28:13] behind
[00:28:13] the
[00:28:14] shed.
[00:28:15] My
[00:28:15] brother
[00:28:15] slowly
[00:28:16] closed
[00:28:16] his
[00:28:17] gas
[00:28:17] tank
[00:28:17] without
[00:28:17] taking
[00:28:18] his
[00:28:18] eyes
[00:28:18] off
[00:28:18] the
[00:28:19] shed
[00:28:19] and said
[00:28:19] get
[00:28:20] in
[00:28:20] the
[00:28:21] car.
[00:28:22] As
[00:28:23] soon
[00:28:23] as he
[00:28:23] said
[00:28:23] that
[00:28:23] three
[00:28:24] pairs
[00:28:24] of
[00:28:25] glowing
[00:28:25] yellow
[00:28:26] amber
[00:28:26] eyes
[00:28:27] stared
[00:28:27] back
[00:28:28] at
[00:28:28] us
[00:28:28] from
[00:28:28] beside
[00:28:29] the
[00:28:29] shed
[00:28:29] and
[00:28:30] they
[00:28:30] were
[00:28:30] both
[00:28:30] taller
[00:28:31] than
[00:28:31] said
[00:28:32] shed.
[00:28:33] We
[00:28:33] just
[00:28:34] stood
[00:28:34] there
[00:28:34] staring.
[00:28:35] I
[00:28:36] remember
[00:28:36] watching
[00:28:37] as
[00:32:37] three
[00:32:38] million
[00:32:38] dollars
[00:32:38] to
[00:32:39] date.
[00:32:39] To
[00:32:39] get
[00:32:39] 15%
[00:32:40] off
[00:32:40] your
[00:32:40] next
[00:32:41] gift
[00:32:41] go
[00:32:41] to
[00:32:42] uncommon
[00:32:42] goods
[00:32:42] dot
[00:32:43] com
[00:32:43] slash
[00:32:43] trails
[00:32:44] that's
[00:32:44] uncommon
[00:32:45] goods
[00:32:45] dot
[00:32:46] com
[00:32:46] slash
[00:32:46] trails
[00:32:47] for
[00:32:47] 15%
[00:32:48] off.
[00:32:49] Don't
[00:32:49] miss out
[00:32:49] on this
[00:32:50] limited
[00:32:50] time
[00:32:50] offer.
[00:32:51] Uncommon
[00:32:52] goods.
[00:32:52] We're
[00:32:53] all out
[00:32:53] of
[00:32:54] the
[00:32:54] ordinary.
[00:33:00] Evil
[00:33:00] Lurked
[00:33:01] in
[00:33:01] My
[00:33:01] Childhood
[00:33:02] Home
[00:33:02] by
[00:33:03] Nitro
[00:33:03] Ninja.
[00:33:06] When I
[00:33:06] was a
[00:33:07] kid we
[00:33:07] lived in
[00:33:08] a small
[00:33:08] isolated
[00:33:09] house on
[00:33:10] the edge
[00:33:10] of a
[00:33:11] half
[00:33:11] developed
[00:33:11] neighborhood.
[00:33:13] There were
[00:33:14] only about
[00:33:14] six houses
[00:33:15] on our
[00:33:15] block and
[00:33:17] ours was
[00:33:17] the last
[00:33:18] one before
[00:33:18] many
[00:33:19] overgrown
[00:33:19] weeds and
[00:33:20] empty
[00:33:20] land
[00:33:21] stretched
[00:33:21] out into
[00:33:22] the
[00:33:22] dark.
[00:33:23] At
[00:33:24] night the
[00:33:25] area was
[00:33:25] deserted
[00:33:26] and you'd
[00:33:27] rarely see
[00:33:27] anyone
[00:33:28] stepping
[00:33:28] outside.
[00:33:30] I
[00:33:30] lived there
[00:33:31] from the
[00:33:31] ages of
[00:33:32] seven to
[00:33:32] thirteen and
[00:33:34] looking back
[00:33:35] it felt like I
[00:33:36] was trapped
[00:33:36] inside one of
[00:33:37] those disturbing
[00:33:38] uncanny horror
[00:33:40] films where
[00:33:40] reality always
[00:33:41] seems just a
[00:33:42] little bit
[00:33:43] off.
[00:33:44] Before I
[00:33:45] dive into
[00:33:45] the incidents
[00:33:46] it's worth
[00:33:47] mentioning that
[00:33:47] our life in
[00:33:48] that house was
[00:33:49] filled with a
[00:33:49] sense of
[00:33:50] suffocating
[00:33:51] dread.
[00:33:52] Financially
[00:33:53] we struggled
[00:33:54] a lot during
[00:33:54] those years
[00:33:55] drowning in
[00:33:56] death.
[00:33:58] Strangely
[00:33:58] though
[00:33:58] things turned
[00:33:59] around for
[00:34:00] us as
[00:34:00] soon as
[00:34:01] we moved
[00:34:01] out.
[00:34:02] Family
[00:34:03] fights
[00:34:03] erupted
[00:34:04] daily and
[00:34:05] I remember
[00:34:05] feeling terrified
[00:34:06] constantly.
[00:34:08] I remember
[00:34:09] not going
[00:34:09] too far
[00:34:10] into any
[00:34:10] room so
[00:34:11] that if
[00:34:12] anything
[00:34:12] jumped out
[00:34:13] I could
[00:34:14] run through
[00:34:14] the door
[00:34:14] easily.
[00:34:15] I don't
[00:34:16] know why
[00:34:17] I did
[00:34:17] that to
[00:34:17] be honest.
[00:34:19] Here are
[00:34:20] some of
[00:34:20] the events
[00:34:20] that made
[00:34:21] me believe
[00:34:21] that something
[00:34:22] was haunting
[00:34:23] us.
[00:34:24] Incident
[00:34:25] 1
[00:34:25] the unseen
[00:34:26] watcher
[00:34:28] I remember
[00:34:29] staying home
[00:34:30] from school
[00:34:31] one day
[00:34:31] because I
[00:34:31] was sick.
[00:34:32] I was
[00:34:33] curled up
[00:34:34] on the
[00:34:34] couch
[00:34:34] watching
[00:34:35] Barney
[00:34:35] trying to
[00:34:36] distract
[00:34:36] myself
[00:34:37] from the
[00:34:37] eerie
[00:34:38] feeling
[00:34:38] of the
[00:34:38] house.
[00:34:40] At some
[00:34:41] point I
[00:34:41] felt someone
[00:34:42] standing
[00:34:43] beside me.
[00:34:44] I assumed
[00:34:45] it was my
[00:34:46] mom joining
[00:34:46] me to
[00:34:46] watch the
[00:34:47] show so
[00:34:48] I didn't
[00:34:48] think much
[00:34:49] of it.
[00:34:50] A few
[00:34:51] minutes
[00:34:51] passed and
[00:34:52] I casually
[00:34:52] asked her
[00:34:53] something.
[00:34:54] There was
[00:34:55] no response.
[00:34:56] I asked
[00:34:57] her one
[00:34:58] more time
[00:34:58] and again
[00:34:59] there was
[00:35:00] no response.
[00:35:01] So I
[00:35:02] turned and
[00:35:03] I found
[00:35:03] no one
[00:35:04] there.
[00:35:05] That's
[00:35:06] when it
[00:35:06] hit me.
[00:35:07] My mom
[00:35:07] wasn't even
[00:35:08] home.
[00:35:09] She had
[00:35:09] left for
[00:35:10] work hours
[00:35:10] ago and
[00:35:11] I was
[00:35:12] completely
[00:35:12] alone in
[00:35:13] the house.
[00:35:14] This
[00:35:15] freaked me
[00:35:15] out and
[00:35:16] I opened
[00:35:16] the front
[00:35:17] door and
[00:35:18] sat on
[00:35:18] the porch
[00:35:19] until my
[00:35:19] parents came
[00:35:20] home because
[00:35:21] it felt
[00:35:22] so real.
[00:35:23] It felt
[00:35:24] like someone
[00:35:24] was actually
[00:35:25] there.
[00:35:27] Incident
[00:35:28] 2.
[00:35:29] The
[00:35:29] yellow
[00:35:29] ball
[00:35:30] and
[00:35:30] the
[00:35:30] swarm.
[00:35:32] This
[00:35:33] incident
[00:35:33] happened to
[00:35:34] my sister
[00:35:34] but I'll
[00:35:35] explain it
[00:35:36] from my
[00:35:36] perspective.
[00:35:37] We all
[00:35:38] used to
[00:35:39] sleep in
[00:35:39] the same
[00:35:39] room since
[00:35:41] our house
[00:35:41] only had
[00:35:41] one bedroom.
[00:35:43] My
[00:35:43] sister and
[00:35:44] I would
[00:35:44] sleep in
[00:35:45] between
[00:35:45] our
[00:35:45] parents
[00:35:46] to feel
[00:35:46] safe.
[00:35:47] One
[00:35:48] night she
[00:35:48] was studying
[00:35:49] for a
[00:35:49] test in
[00:35:50] the living
[00:35:50] room.
[00:35:51] At
[00:35:52] around
[00:35:52] 1230 in
[00:35:53] the morning
[00:35:53] I started
[00:35:54] to fall
[00:35:55] asleep when
[00:35:56] suddenly my
[00:35:57] sister burst
[00:35:58] through the
[00:35:59] door and
[00:36:00] jumped on
[00:36:00] the bed crying
[00:36:02] and scared.
[00:36:04] After calming
[00:36:05] her down she
[00:36:06] told us what
[00:36:06] happened.
[00:36:07] She was in
[00:36:08] the living
[00:36:09] room studying
[00:36:10] for a test
[00:36:10] when out
[00:36:11] of nowhere a
[00:36:13] yellow ball
[00:36:13] with a smiley
[00:36:14] face on it
[00:36:15] rolled into the
[00:36:16] hallway from
[00:36:17] the other
[00:36:17] room and
[00:36:18] as it came
[00:36:19] to a stop
[00:36:20] dozens of
[00:36:21] cockroaches
[00:36:22] scurried out
[00:36:22] from the
[00:36:23] same room
[00:36:23] like they
[00:36:25] do when
[00:36:25] they hear
[00:36:25] humans
[00:36:26] walking.
[00:36:27] Our
[00:36:28] house had
[00:36:28] a serious
[00:36:29] cockroach
[00:36:30] problem.
[00:36:30] The floors
[00:36:31] practically came
[00:36:32] alive with
[00:36:33] them at
[00:36:33] night.
[00:36:34] She set a
[00:36:35] heavy sense
[00:36:35] of dread
[00:36:36] washed over
[00:36:37] her as
[00:36:38] she stared
[00:36:38] into the
[00:36:39] dark
[00:36:39] hallway.
[00:36:40] Then
[00:36:41] she saw
[00:36:42] it.
[00:36:43] A
[00:36:43] shadowy
[00:36:44] figure
[00:36:44] emerging
[00:36:45] from the
[00:36:46] darkness,
[00:36:47] moving in
[00:36:48] a way that
[00:36:49] made her
[00:36:49] feel cold
[00:36:50] all over.
[00:36:52] She told us
[00:36:53] that she
[00:36:53] felt stuck
[00:36:54] for a
[00:36:54] second and
[00:36:55] frozen fear
[00:36:56] before running
[00:36:57] to the
[00:36:57] bedroom.
[00:36:59] Incident
[00:37:00] 3.
[00:37:01] The
[00:37:01] Disappearing
[00:37:02] Glasses
[00:37:04] My dad
[00:37:05] couldn't
[00:37:05] find his
[00:37:05] glasses one
[00:37:06] morning.
[00:37:07] He had
[00:37:07] recently
[00:37:08] undergone
[00:37:08] cataract
[00:37:09] surgery,
[00:37:10] so they
[00:37:10] were essential.
[00:37:12] The whole
[00:37:12] family spent
[00:37:13] what felt
[00:37:14] like hours
[00:37:14] scouring
[00:37:15] every inch
[00:37:16] of the
[00:37:16] house.
[00:37:17] We checked
[00:37:18] his shelf
[00:37:19] multiple
[00:37:19] times,
[00:37:20] which was
[00:37:21] where he
[00:37:21] usually kept
[00:37:22] them,
[00:37:22] but they
[00:37:23] were nowhere
[00:37:23] to be
[00:37:24] found.
[00:37:25] We left
[00:37:26] for school,
[00:37:27] defeated
[00:37:28] and convinced
[00:37:28] that the
[00:37:29] glasses were
[00:37:29] gone for
[00:37:30] good.
[00:37:31] But later
[00:37:32] that evening,
[00:37:33] as we were
[00:37:33] sitting around,
[00:37:35] my dad
[00:37:35] suddenly called
[00:37:36] out to my
[00:37:37] mom,
[00:37:38] sounding
[00:37:38] almost angry.
[00:37:40] We rushed
[00:37:41] over to
[00:37:42] find the
[00:37:42] glasses sitting
[00:37:43] right there
[00:37:44] on the
[00:37:44] shelf,
[00:37:45] exactly
[00:37:46] where we
[00:37:46] had checked
[00:37:47] over and
[00:37:47] over again.
[00:37:49] My dad
[00:37:50] thought we
[00:37:50] were playing
[00:37:50] a prank
[00:37:51] on him,
[00:37:51] but we
[00:37:52] weren't.
[00:37:53] There was
[00:37:54] no explanation
[00:37:55] for how they
[00:37:55] could have
[00:37:56] reappeared like
[00:37:57] that.
[00:37:57] And it
[00:37:58] wasn't him
[00:37:59] pranking us
[00:37:59] either.
[00:38:00] He was
[00:38:01] clearly mad
[00:38:02] that whole
[00:38:02] day.
[00:38:04] Incident
[00:38:05] 4.
[00:38:06] The Mysterious
[00:38:07] Fortune Teller
[00:38:09] How would
[00:38:09] you feel
[00:38:10] if a
[00:38:10] random,
[00:38:11] creepy-looking
[00:38:11] guy stood
[00:38:12] in front
[00:38:12] of your
[00:38:13] house and
[00:38:14] started
[00:38:14] chanting?
[00:38:16] Well,
[00:38:16] in South
[00:38:17] Indian
[00:38:17] culture,
[00:38:18] there's a
[00:38:18] figure known
[00:38:19] as a
[00:38:19] Kudu
[00:38:20] Gudupu.
[00:38:20] I probably
[00:38:21] mispronounced
[00:38:22] that.
[00:38:23] I have not
[00:38:23] heard much
[00:38:24] about them,
[00:38:25] but they are
[00:38:25] like devotees
[00:38:26] of God
[00:38:27] who roam
[00:38:27] the streets
[00:38:28] and randomly
[00:38:29] tell fortunes
[00:38:30] to people.
[00:38:31] But most
[00:38:32] people avoid
[00:38:33] them,
[00:38:33] fearing that
[00:38:34] his predictions
[00:38:35] might bring
[00:38:36] misfortune.
[00:38:37] my first
[00:38:38] encounter
[00:38:39] with one
[00:38:39] of them
[00:38:39] was when
[00:38:40] I was
[00:38:40] young.
[00:38:41] I remember
[00:38:42] hearing a
[00:38:43] man singing
[00:38:43] some kind
[00:38:44] of religious
[00:38:45] song,
[00:38:45] just a few
[00:38:46] meters from
[00:38:47] our doorstep.
[00:38:49] I went to
[00:38:50] check on it,
[00:38:50] but my mom
[00:38:51] quickly grabbed
[00:38:52] me and told
[00:38:53] me to be
[00:38:53] silent and
[00:38:55] not to make
[00:38:55] any sound.
[00:38:57] We pretended
[00:38:58] like nobody
[00:38:59] was home,
[00:38:59] and eventually
[00:39:00] he went
[00:39:01] away.
[00:39:02] I was so
[00:39:03] confused and
[00:39:04] asked my mom
[00:39:05] who he was,
[00:39:05] but she
[00:39:06] didn't explain
[00:39:07] and just
[00:39:08] brushed the
[00:39:09] whole thing
[00:39:09] off.
[00:39:11] Years later,
[00:39:12] as the
[00:39:13] strange
[00:39:13] happenings
[00:39:14] in our
[00:39:14] house
[00:39:14] grew more
[00:39:15] intense,
[00:39:16] a similar
[00:39:16] figure began
[00:39:17] appearing near
[00:39:18] our house
[00:39:19] while my
[00:39:19] dad was
[00:39:20] home alone.
[00:39:21] For several
[00:39:22] days,
[00:39:23] this man
[00:39:23] stood near
[00:39:24] our door,
[00:39:25] chanting and
[00:39:26] seemingly
[00:39:26] delivering
[00:39:27] cryptic
[00:39:27] messages at
[00:39:28] night.
[00:39:30] Finally,
[00:39:31] my dad
[00:39:31] confronted him,
[00:39:33] telling him
[00:39:33] to stay
[00:39:34] away.
[00:39:35] I never
[00:39:36] saw the
[00:39:36] man again
[00:39:37] after that,
[00:39:37] but I
[00:39:38] couldn't
[00:39:38] shake the
[00:39:39] feeling that
[00:39:39] his presence
[00:39:40] was somehow
[00:39:41] connected to
[00:39:42] the disturbances.
[00:39:45] Incident 5,
[00:39:46] the chanting
[00:39:47] yogi.
[00:39:48] my sister
[00:39:49] also had
[00:39:50] recurring
[00:39:50] nightmares
[00:39:51] while we
[00:39:51] lived there.
[00:39:53] She remembers
[00:39:54] one in
[00:39:54] particular
[00:39:55] that
[00:39:55] terrified
[00:39:55] her.
[00:39:56] She would
[00:39:57] wake up
[00:39:57] to a
[00:39:58] vivid
[00:39:58] vision
[00:39:58] of a
[00:39:59] figure,
[00:40:00] like a
[00:40:00] yogi
[00:40:01] or a
[00:40:01] mystic,
[00:40:02] sitting on
[00:40:03] her chest,
[00:40:04] chanting
[00:40:04] in an
[00:40:05] unknown
[00:40:05] language.
[00:40:07] She could
[00:40:07] feel his
[00:40:08] weight
[00:40:08] pressing
[00:40:09] down on
[00:40:09] her,
[00:40:10] making it
[00:40:11] almost
[00:40:11] impossible
[00:40:12] to breathe.
[00:40:13] This
[00:40:14] vision
[00:40:14] plagued her
[00:40:15] until we
[00:40:15] left that
[00:40:16] house for
[00:40:16] good.
[00:40:17] We
[00:40:18] finally
[00:40:18] moved out
[00:40:19] of that
[00:40:19] place,
[00:40:20] and to
[00:40:21] our relief,
[00:40:22] the strange
[00:40:22] experiences
[00:40:23] almost
[00:40:24] entirely
[00:40:24] stopped.
[00:40:26] Our
[00:40:27] financial
[00:40:27] situation
[00:40:28] improved,
[00:40:29] the family
[00:40:30] conflicts
[00:40:30] became less
[00:40:31] frequent,
[00:40:32] and that
[00:40:33] constant
[00:40:33] creepy
[00:40:34] fear
[00:40:34] seemed
[00:40:35] to lift.
[00:40:36] I can't
[00:40:37] explain what
[00:40:38] was happening
[00:40:38] in that
[00:40:39] house,
[00:40:40] but living
[00:40:40] there always
[00:40:41] felt like I
[00:40:42] was stuck in
[00:40:42] a disturbing
[00:40:43] horror film,
[00:40:44] one that I
[00:40:45] desperately
[00:40:45] wanted to
[00:40:46] escape.
[00:41:07] Parker's
[00:41:08] story seems
[00:41:08] simple on
[00:41:09] the surface,
[00:41:10] but I
[00:41:10] think it
[00:41:10] has some
[00:41:11] interesting
[00:41:11] layers.
[00:41:12] The mom
[00:41:13] and brother
[00:41:13] both on
[00:41:14] separate
[00:41:14] occasions
[00:41:15] think they
[00:41:15] interacted
[00:41:16] with Parker,
[00:41:17] but it
[00:41:17] ended up
[00:41:18] apparently
[00:41:18] being Parker's
[00:41:19] doppelganger.
[00:41:20] Yeah,
[00:41:21] I wonder if
[00:41:22] something runs
[00:41:23] in the
[00:41:23] family,
[00:41:23] because then
[00:41:24] Parker
[00:41:25] heard them
[00:41:26] both calling
[00:41:27] out their
[00:41:28] name just
[00:41:28] minutes apart.
[00:41:29] Yeah,
[00:41:30] that's what I
[00:41:30] mean by all
[00:41:31] the interesting
[00:41:32] layers.
[00:41:32] The mom and
[00:41:33] brother each
[00:41:33] have an
[00:41:34] experience that's
[00:41:35] like,
[00:41:35] oh wait,
[00:41:36] that's not
[00:41:36] you,
[00:41:36] Parker.
[00:41:37] And Parker
[00:41:38] later had that
[00:41:38] experience where
[00:41:39] he heard his
[00:41:40] mom and brother
[00:41:41] call for him
[00:41:41] separately,
[00:41:42] but it ended
[00:41:43] up not being
[00:41:44] them.
[00:41:45] Maybe
[00:41:46] it's a mimic.
[00:41:47] Yeah,
[00:41:48] perhaps.
[00:41:48] I do want to
[00:41:49] talk about the
[00:41:50] name Parker
[00:41:50] though.
[00:41:51] I have a bone
[00:41:51] to pick with
[00:41:52] that one.
[00:41:53] Well,
[00:41:54] I don't know
[00:41:54] what's there to
[00:41:55] talk about.
[00:41:56] No,
[00:41:57] I'm kidding.
[00:41:57] I mean,
[00:41:58] at least not
[00:41:59] Parker
[00:41:59] specifically.
[00:41:59] I was just
[00:42:00] thinking about
[00:42:01] names that are
[00:42:02] basically verbs
[00:42:03] or at least
[00:42:04] seem like they
[00:42:04] are.
[00:42:05] Like if your
[00:42:06] last name were
[00:42:06] Tater,
[00:42:07] I'd be wondering
[00:42:08] what does a
[00:42:09] tater do?
[00:42:10] Yeah,
[00:42:10] I thought about
[00:42:11] that too.
[00:42:11] Someone who
[00:42:12] tates.
[00:42:13] And you've
[00:42:13] been a tater
[00:42:14] all along.
[00:42:15] I'm the
[00:42:15] Tate.
[00:42:17] The signs
[00:42:17] were all
[00:42:18] there.
[00:42:18] How could
[00:42:18] I have not
[00:42:18] known?
[00:42:19] I think about
[00:42:20] that too,
[00:42:21] to be honest.
[00:42:22] I knew somebody
[00:42:23] with the last
[00:42:24] name Poacher
[00:42:25] and I was
[00:42:26] always wondering
[00:42:26] like how did
[00:42:27] their family
[00:42:28] end up with
[00:42:28] that one
[00:42:29] and why?
[00:42:30] Yeah,
[00:42:30] did their
[00:42:31] ancestors
[00:42:32] discover the
[00:42:33] perfect formula
[00:42:33] for boiling
[00:42:35] poached eggs
[00:42:35] or are they
[00:42:37] forever on
[00:42:37] the run
[00:42:38] from Fish and
[00:42:38] Game?
[00:42:39] I don't know.
[00:42:40] Yeah,
[00:42:40] it makes me
[00:42:40] think of the
[00:42:41] bad guy in
[00:42:42] The Rescuers
[00:42:43] Down Under.
[00:42:44] Oh yeah,
[00:42:45] Joanna!
[00:42:46] Yeah,
[00:42:47] yeah.
[00:42:47] But when in
[00:42:48] doubt,
[00:42:48] always ask.
[00:42:49] Yeah,
[00:42:49] demand
[00:42:50] explanations.
[00:42:51] Yeah,
[00:42:52] definitely.
[00:42:53] So I do
[00:42:55] love Sobelow's
[00:42:56] stories.
[00:42:57] Great storyteller
[00:42:58] with a lot of
[00:42:58] creepy experiences
[00:42:59] I can see.
[00:43:00] Yeah,
[00:43:01] yeah,
[00:43:01] I'll always
[00:43:02] feature any
[00:43:03] of the stories
[00:43:03] that they're
[00:43:04] willing to
[00:43:04] share.
[00:43:04] It seems
[00:43:05] like they
[00:43:05] have plenty.
[00:43:06] At first I
[00:43:07] thought it
[00:43:07] could have
[00:43:07] been like
[00:43:07] an Amish
[00:43:08] person and
[00:43:09] a horse
[00:43:09] and buggy,
[00:43:10] but the
[00:43:11] author mentioned
[00:43:11] they hadn't
[00:43:12] seen anything
[00:43:12] like that
[00:43:13] before,
[00:43:13] so I
[00:43:14] don't know.
[00:43:14] Yeah,
[00:43:15] yeah,
[00:43:15] you'd expect
[00:43:16] two girls
[00:43:16] living on
[00:43:17] that same
[00:43:17] road that
[00:43:19] they would
[00:43:19] know about
[00:43:20] an Amish
[00:43:20] community in
[00:43:21] their area.
[00:43:22] You would
[00:43:22] think.
[00:43:23] Yeah,
[00:43:23] I know that
[00:43:24] there are a
[00:43:24] decent amount
[00:43:25] of Amish
[00:43:25] communities in
[00:43:26] upstate New
[00:43:26] York,
[00:43:27] so it's not
[00:43:27] completely out
[00:43:28] of the realm
[00:43:29] of possibility,
[00:43:29] but the
[00:43:30] house was,
[00:43:32] you know,
[00:43:32] at the end
[00:43:33] of the road
[00:43:34] and there was
[00:43:34] nothing else
[00:43:35] out there.
[00:43:35] It's like the
[00:43:36] carriage was headed
[00:43:37] out there to
[00:43:38] nowhere and
[00:43:39] then it just
[00:43:39] disappeared.
[00:43:41] Yeah,
[00:43:41] it doesn't
[00:43:41] really make
[00:43:42] much sense
[00:43:42] because like
[00:43:43] you said,
[00:43:43] you would
[00:43:43] definitely know
[00:43:44] if there was
[00:43:44] an Amish
[00:43:45] community right
[00:43:46] near your
[00:43:46] home,
[00:43:47] especially on
[00:43:47] such an
[00:43:48] empty road
[00:43:48] that doesn't
[00:43:49] really lead
[00:43:49] to anywhere.
[00:43:50] Yeah,
[00:43:51] you know,
[00:43:52] their story
[00:43:52] reminded me of
[00:43:53] the first time
[00:43:53] I got my
[00:43:53] ticket.
[00:43:54] Did you get
[00:43:55] a DUI on
[00:43:55] a horse?
[00:43:57] No,
[00:43:58] no,
[00:43:58] it was a
[00:43:59] 95 Saturn.
[00:44:00] I thought
[00:44:00] that it was
[00:44:01] hideous at
[00:44:01] the time,
[00:44:02] but I've
[00:44:02] looked at
[00:44:03] pictures of it
[00:44:03] now and it
[00:44:04] actually looked
[00:44:04] kind of
[00:44:05] cool.
[00:44:05] But it
[00:44:06] wasn't a DUI
[00:44:08] No,
[00:44:09] it wasn't a DUI.
[00:44:10] I've never
[00:44:10] done that.
[00:44:11] Okay,
[00:44:12] good,
[00:44:12] good.
[00:44:12] Yeah,
[00:44:13] I mean,
[00:44:13] that's just how
[00:44:13] things go.
[00:44:14] You never
[00:44:14] really know
[00:44:15] what you have
[00:44:15] until it's
[00:44:15] gone.
[00:44:16] Like the
[00:44:16] Mustang.
[00:44:17] Remember the
[00:44:17] Mustang era?
[00:44:18] That was
[00:44:18] fun.
[00:44:19] Oh,
[00:44:19] we had good
[00:44:20] fun in that
[00:44:21] Mustang.
[00:44:21] Yes,
[00:44:21] we did.
[00:44:23] Yeah.
[00:44:24] Anyways,
[00:44:25] I apologize if
[00:44:25] I've told this
[00:44:26] story before on
[00:44:26] the show,
[00:44:27] but I'm
[00:44:27] going to do
[00:44:27] it.
[00:44:28] Yeah,
[00:44:28] no,
[00:44:29] as far as
[00:44:29] I know,
[00:44:30] we haven't
[00:44:30] aired the same
[00:44:31] story twice
[00:44:31] unless it was
[00:44:32] one of like the
[00:44:33] compilation episodes.
[00:44:33] So I think as
[00:44:34] long as we
[00:44:35] avoid that
[00:44:36] knock on wood,
[00:44:37] we can repeat
[00:44:39] ourselves here
[00:44:39] without much
[00:44:40] consequence.
[00:44:41] That's just how
[00:44:41] conversations go.
[00:44:43] Yeah,
[00:44:43] yeah.
[00:44:44] So it was the
[00:44:45] opening night of
[00:44:46] Star Wars Revenge
[00:44:47] of the Sith.
[00:44:49] And it was a
[00:44:50] late showing.
[00:44:50] I can't remember
[00:44:51] what time we got
[00:44:52] out,
[00:44:52] but it was
[00:44:52] really close to
[00:44:53] my curfew.
[00:44:54] And yeah,
[00:44:56] I did have a
[00:44:57] curfew.
[00:44:57] I was a
[00:44:58] sheltered kid.
[00:44:59] Aw,
[00:44:59] sweet little boy
[00:45:00] Tate and his
[00:45:01] caring parents.
[00:45:02] Yeah,
[00:45:02] you'd think.
[00:45:03] Anyway.
[00:45:04] Wait,
[00:45:04] wait,
[00:45:04] are you saying
[00:45:05] like,
[00:45:05] are you not
[00:45:06] sweet or
[00:45:06] your parents
[00:45:06] not caring?
[00:45:07] This is,
[00:45:07] we got to
[00:45:08] dive deeper
[00:45:08] on this one
[00:45:09] impromptu
[00:45:10] therapy session.
[00:45:11] It was just
[00:45:12] a joke.
[00:45:13] Oh,
[00:45:13] okay.
[00:45:14] It's not that
[00:45:14] deep.
[00:45:15] No,
[00:45:15] it's not that
[00:45:15] deep.
[00:45:16] Okay,
[00:45:16] we'll proceed.
[00:45:18] Yeah,
[00:45:18] so I was
[00:45:18] with a friend
[00:45:19] that I had
[00:45:20] to take home
[00:45:20] in a hurry,
[00:45:22] but we ran
[00:45:23] into two of
[00:45:24] his friends
[00:45:25] after the movie.
[00:45:26] These were
[00:45:26] two girls
[00:45:27] that didn't
[00:45:27] have a ride
[00:45:28] home,
[00:45:28] so we offered
[00:45:28] to take them
[00:45:29] home.
[00:45:30] But we had
[00:45:31] the curfew
[00:45:32] thing.
[00:45:32] They took
[00:45:33] us all
[00:45:33] over town,
[00:45:34] and I mean
[00:45:35] like back roads
[00:45:36] and places
[00:45:36] that I had
[00:45:37] never been
[00:45:37] before,
[00:45:38] and the
[00:45:39] thing is,
[00:45:40] they had
[00:45:40] no idea
[00:45:41] where they
[00:45:42] lived.
[00:45:43] How does
[00:45:43] that even
[00:45:44] happen?
[00:45:44] I mean,
[00:45:45] I guess this
[00:45:46] is probably
[00:45:46] before the
[00:45:47] time of
[00:45:47] maps on our
[00:45:48] on our
[00:45:48] phones and
[00:45:49] all that
[00:45:49] and widespread
[00:45:50] GPS,
[00:45:51] but still,
[00:45:51] I don't know
[00:45:53] how people
[00:45:53] could be
[00:45:53] comfortable
[00:45:54] leaving their
[00:45:54] house without
[00:45:55] knowing exactly
[00:45:56] how to get
[00:45:56] back home.
[00:45:57] That's what
[00:45:58] I thought,
[00:45:58] and I don't
[00:45:59] remember if
[00:46:00] they even
[00:46:00] had an
[00:46:00] explanation on
[00:46:01] I can only
[00:46:02] guess that
[00:46:02] they had
[00:46:02] never been
[00:46:03] to the
[00:46:03] movie theater
[00:46:03] or that
[00:46:04] part of
[00:46:04] town,
[00:46:05] which it's
[00:46:05] weird because
[00:46:06] we know what
[00:46:06] town we're
[00:46:07] talking about.
[00:46:07] It's very
[00:46:08] small.
[00:46:08] Yeah,
[00:46:09] yeah.
[00:46:10] Yeah,
[00:46:10] they didn't
[00:46:10] have a good
[00:46:11] explanation.
[00:46:11] When I look
[00:46:12] back on it
[00:46:12] now,
[00:46:12] it feels like
[00:46:13] they were
[00:46:13] messing with
[00:46:14] me,
[00:46:15] but they
[00:46:16] were so
[00:46:16] apologetic and
[00:46:17] upset at
[00:46:18] themselves.
[00:46:18] It just
[00:46:18] didn't
[00:46:19] make any
[00:46:19] sense.
[00:46:20] Yeah,
[00:46:20] that's
[00:46:20] really
[00:46:21] bizarre.
[00:46:21] I don't
[00:46:21] see the
[00:46:23] gain there.
[00:46:23] It just
[00:46:24] wastes
[00:46:24] everybody's
[00:46:25] time.
[00:46:26] Yeah,
[00:46:26] it took me
[00:46:27] like an
[00:46:27] hour or two
[00:46:27] just to
[00:46:28] find their
[00:46:28] house and
[00:46:29] it was on
[00:46:29] the outskirts
[00:46:30] of town.
[00:46:31] Then I had
[00:46:31] to find my
[00:46:32] way back
[00:46:32] into town,
[00:46:33] obviously
[00:46:34] without maps
[00:46:34] on my phone
[00:46:35] or anything,
[00:46:36] and I had
[00:46:36] to drop my
[00:46:36] friend off and
[00:46:37] then try to
[00:46:37] get home.
[00:46:38] Okay,
[00:46:39] I got you.
[00:46:39] So you were
[00:46:40] probably speeding
[00:46:41] to avoid
[00:46:41] breaking your
[00:46:42] curfew,
[00:46:43] pissing off
[00:46:43] mama bear.
[00:46:44] Yeah,
[00:46:45] exactly.
[00:46:45] And I was
[00:46:46] speeding by
[00:46:47] a high school,
[00:46:48] which makes it
[00:46:49] worse.
[00:46:49] And,
[00:46:50] you know,
[00:46:50] I had to
[00:46:50] get my
[00:46:50] friend home
[00:46:51] and a
[00:46:51] cop pulled
[00:46:52] me over,
[00:46:52] not because
[00:46:53] I was speeding,
[00:46:54] but because
[00:46:54] I had my
[00:46:54] lights off.
[00:46:56] I mean,
[00:46:57] I would say
[00:46:57] that's a lot
[00:46:58] more dangerous
[00:46:59] than the
[00:46:59] speeding itself.
[00:47:01] I agree.
[00:47:03] Well,
[00:47:03] maybe the
[00:47:04] adrenaline
[00:47:04] gave you
[00:47:04] night vision,
[00:47:05] so I can't
[00:47:06] fault you too
[00:47:06] bad.
[00:47:07] Yeah,
[00:47:08] it must have
[00:47:08] been that
[00:47:08] because I was
[00:47:09] seeing just
[00:47:10] fine as far
[00:47:10] as I can
[00:47:11] remember.
[00:47:13] Anyway,
[00:47:13] he gave me a
[00:47:14] ticket and I
[00:47:14] got grounded
[00:47:15] and yelled at.
[00:47:16] It was a
[00:47:16] nightmare of a
[00:47:17] night and I'll
[00:47:18] never ever
[00:47:19] forget it.
[00:47:20] What's so sad
[00:47:21] is that you
[00:47:21] weren't even up
[00:47:22] to any trouble.
[00:47:23] You were just
[00:47:23] trying to help
[00:47:24] out those two
[00:47:24] girls and help
[00:47:25] them get home.
[00:47:26] Yeah.
[00:47:26] And you still
[00:47:27] beat your
[00:47:27] curfew,
[00:47:28] but because you
[00:47:28] got that ticket,
[00:47:29] oh no.
[00:47:31] Yeah,
[00:47:31] yeah,
[00:47:31] it still got
[00:47:32] grounded.
[00:47:32] It sucked,
[00:47:33] but at least I
[00:47:33] didn't come
[00:47:34] across some ghost
[00:47:34] carriage.
[00:47:35] Wild drunk.
[00:47:37] Yeah,
[00:47:38] exactly.
[00:47:39] Yeah.
[00:47:39] Yeah.
[00:47:40] So I noticed
[00:47:41] that in Death
[00:47:42] Turkey's story
[00:47:43] about the ghost
[00:47:44] town,
[00:47:44] the kids all
[00:47:45] saw a different
[00:47:46] person at the
[00:47:47] counter of the
[00:47:47] motel office,
[00:47:48] but they didn't
[00:47:49] tell us who
[00:47:50] the mom saw
[00:47:51] when she talked
[00:47:51] to them.
[00:47:52] Yeah,
[00:47:53] so yeah,
[00:47:53] they all saw
[00:47:54] the person
[00:47:54] as a different
[00:47:55] type of
[00:47:56] person.
[00:47:57] They just
[00:47:58] portrayed
[00:47:59] themselves or
[00:47:59] they projected
[00:48:00] themselves differently
[00:48:01] to each person.
[00:48:02] That was actually
[00:48:03] addressed online.
[00:48:04] She unfortunately
[00:48:05] passed away a few
[00:48:06] years ago,
[00:48:06] so they didn't get
[00:48:07] a chance to talk
[00:48:07] to her about it
[00:48:08] when they shared
[00:48:08] the story.
[00:48:09] That's too bad.
[00:48:10] Rest in peace,
[00:48:11] mom.
[00:48:12] Yes,
[00:48:12] definitely.
[00:48:13] They did say
[00:48:14] that they thought
[00:48:15] she saw an
[00:48:16] older man,
[00:48:17] man,
[00:48:18] but he didn't
[00:48:18] quite have the
[00:48:19] same features
[00:48:19] that the author
[00:48:20] saw.
[00:48:21] Oh,
[00:48:22] another story
[00:48:22] that just
[00:48:23] barely dips
[00:48:24] its toes into
[00:48:24] the paranormal,
[00:48:25] but I love
[00:48:25] those ones.
[00:48:26] Yeah,
[00:48:27] me too.
[00:48:27] It's so much
[00:48:28] more impactful
[00:48:29] when it's subtle
[00:48:30] like that,
[00:48:31] all those creepy
[00:48:32] yellow eyes
[00:48:33] from behind
[00:48:33] the dumpster.
[00:48:34] Yeah,
[00:48:35] it's such a
[00:48:35] haunting image
[00:48:36] like a
[00:48:36] jack-o-lantern
[00:48:37] or something.
[00:48:38] Yeah,
[00:48:38] I agree,
[00:48:39] I agree.
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