Narrator: IN THIS WORLD THERE IS REAL EVIL,
IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN THE MOST ORDINARY PLACES.
THESE ARE THE TRUE STORIES OF THE INNOCENT
AND THE UNIMAGINABLE.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
WHEN JAN FOSTER COMES FACE-TO-FACE
WITH HER SON'S IMAGINARY PLAYMATE,
HER WORLD TURNS UPSIDE DOWN.
SHE SEEKS THE POWER OF ANCIENT RITUALS,
HOPING TO FIND THE STRENGTH TO SAVE HER SON
AND CAST OUT A DEMON HELL-BENT ON POSSESSING HIM.
BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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WESTERN KENTUCKY CAN BE A MYSTICAL PLACE,
WITH ITS DARK CAVES AND TWISTING RIVERS.
SOME BELIEVE THAT EVIL SPIRITS
HAVE WANDERED THIS LAND FOR CENTURIES...
...LURKING IN THE SHADOWS,
WAITING TO TAKE ANOTHER SOUL.
JAN FOSTER KNOWS EVERY HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BACK ROAD
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.
AS A COURIER FOR A NATIONAL DELIVERY SERVICE,
SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN THERE.
JAN'S HUSBAND, DALE,
IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.
THEY BOTH WORK HARD TO PROVIDE A GOOD LIFE
FOR THEIR TWO CHILDREN --
5-YEAR-OLD CODY
AND 16-YEAR-OLD PAMELA.
A NANNY STAYS WITH CODY DURING THE DAY
BUT USUALLY LEAVES WHEN JAN OR DALE GETS HOME FROM WORK.
I NEED WITH YOU. WORD OKAY.
ONE NIGHT, THE NANNY WAITS FOR JAN
SO SHE CAN SPEAK WITH HER IN PRIVATE.
I'M NOT ONE TO JUDGE,
BUT CODY'S BEEN USING SOME VERY BAD LANGUAGE.
WELL, WHAT HAS HE SAID?
I CAN'T EVEN REPEAT WHAT HE'S SAID.
Jan: I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED.
Jan: WE DON'T TALK LIKE THAT AT HOME.
Narrator: TO PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY,
JAN FOSTER AND HER FAMILY HAVE AGREED TO TELL THEIR STORY
ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
THESE WERE UNSPEAKABLE WORDS.
HE WOULD THREATEN HER. HE DEFIED HER.
HE SCREAMED AT HER.
I DID RE-ASSURE HER THAT HE DID NOT --
HE DID NOT HEAR THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IN OUR HOME,
NOR WAS HE AROUND IT WITH ANYONE ELSE.
AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE PICKED UP THIS LANGUAGE.
THERE'S MORE. MORE?
YEAH, HE'S ACTING VERY STRANGE.
CODY?
[ SWING SQUEAKING ]
PROBABLY. MAYBE.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: CODY'S NANNY SUSPECTS
THAT HE HAS AN IMAGINARY PLAYMATE.
[ LAUGHING CONTINUES ]
CODY, IT'S TIME TO GO.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIM.
OKAY, I'LL -- I'LL TALK TO HIM.
I PROMISE. I WILL. SEE THAT YOU DO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
[ COUGHS ]
Jan: WE SHOULD HAVE SAW THE WARNING SIGNAL RIGHT THEN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET YOU TUCKED IN, MISTER...
AND MR. BEAR WITH YOU, ALL SNUGGLY.
SO, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR NEW FRIEND.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
MAN.
JUST MAN?
Jan: "HE DOESN'T HAVE A REAL NAME,
LIKE JOHN OR GEORGE?"
HE SAID, "NO, HIS NAME IS MAN," AND THAT WAS IT.
SAY OUR PRAYERS, SWEETIE.
Both: NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP...
Jan: MOST EVERYBODY HAS AN IMAGINARY PLAYMATE
AT SOME TIME IN THEIR CHILDHOOD.
THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER KIDS AROUND HERE THAT AGE,
SO HE WAS BASICALLY A LONER.
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ CREAKING CONTINUES ]
[ CODY LAUGHING SOFTLY ]
CODY, GO TO BED.
I MEAN IT.
[ LAUGHING CONTINUES ]
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ CREAKING CONTINUES ]
[ HISSING ]
IT'S YOU, KITTY. COME HERE.
COME HERE, KITTY.
COME HERE.
SILLY KITTY.
[ SCRATCHING ]
[ SCRATCHING CONTINUES ]
[ GASPS ]
[ EXHALES ]
WHAT'S THE MATTER, HONEY?
I'M SCARED.
COME HERE.
Jan: SHE WAS HEARING SCRATCHING NOISES,
LIKE FINGERNAILS RAKING ACROSS THE WALLS.
IT'S OKAY. YOU WANT TO CLIMB IN BED HERE?
OKAY.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING JAN IS EXHAUSTED.
[ OBJECT HITTING FLOOR ]
CODY?
YOU REALLY NEED TO START GETTING READY FOR...
FIREFIGHTER TO THE RESCUE!
NO, I WANT TO STAY HERE AND PLAY WITH MY FIRE TRUCK.
Jan: I OVERHEARD HIM IN HIS ROOM
ACTUALLY CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION
WITH THIS INVISIBLE PLAYMATE.
IT WAS, "YOU WANT TO PLAY?"
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH THAT."
"NO, LET'S NOT DO THAT."
HE WAS HEARING SOMETHING AND RESPONDING TO IT.
CODY, UH, WHO ARE YOU PLAYING WITH?
I'M PLAYING WITH MAN.
WELL, TELL YOUR LITTLE FRIEND "BYE-BYE," AND COME GET DRESSED.
I DON'T WANT TO!
CODY, YOU COME GET DRESSED NOW!
CODY FOSTER, YOU LISTEN TO YOUR MAMA.
PICK THOSE CLOTHES OFF THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW AND GET DRESSED,
OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG TIME-OUT, YOUNG MAN!
THIS FRIEND WAS BECOMING A DAILY EVENT.
THANKS, MOM.
SO, CODY HAS AN IMAGINARY FRIEND.
NO KIDDING?
NO KIDDING.
WELL, THAT'S KIND OF NORMAL. WHAT'S HIS NAME?
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE, CODY?
LISTEN -- SIT DOWN. IT'S TIME TO EAT YOUR BREAKFAST.
HAVE SOME CEREAL.
I'M NOT HUNGRY! I WANT TO PLAY WITH MAN!
I THOUGHT, "WELL, THIS IS BASIC BEHAVIOR."
WE TRIED TO CORRECT HIM WITH VERBAL CORRECTION.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
CODY, LISTEN TO ME. EAT YOUR CEREAL.
NO! NO!
CODY, GET IN THE CHAIR...
NO!
I REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HEAR THE WHOLE STORY
ABOUT THIS IMAGINARY FRIEND.
SO, TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR NEW FRIEND, CODY.
HOW OLD IS HE?
HE'S 6.
Narrator: HE TELLS THEM THAT MAN HAS BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES,
AND PALE SKIN.
WHERE'D HE COME FROM, CODY?
Jan: WE ASKED HIM WHERE MAN CAME FROM.
HE REPLIED, "FROM BEHIND THE PARK,
WHERE THE LAKE IS, DEEP IN THE GROUND."
DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO MAN, CODY?
HE SAID THAT A STRANGER TOOK HIM FROM HIS MOMMY
AND DID TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS TO HIM,
AND HE CRIED, AND HE CRIED AND SCREAMED FOR HIS MOMMY,
BUT HIS MOMMY NEVER FOUND HIM.
AND HE NEVER SAW HIS MOMMY AGAIN.
...SCREAM AND CRY ALL THE TIME...
Narrator: IT'S A CHILLING STORY,
A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE.
AFTER THAT...
JAN AND DALE TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS TELLING THEM.
IS MAN DEAD, CODY?
WHAT'S HIS NAME? MAN.
A STRANGER TOOK MAN AWAY FROM HIS MOMMY, AND...
Narrator: DALE AND JAN FOSTER ARE WORRIED.
JAN BELIEVES THEIR SON HAS BEFRIENDED THE GHOST
OF A MURDERED CHILD.
BUT DALE IS NOT CONVINCED.
I WAS NOT REALLY CONCERNED THAT ANYTHING BAD WAS GOING ON.
I JUST THOUGHT, "HE'S JUST GOING THROUGH A CHANGE OF SOME KIND."
MY WAY OF THINKING WAS
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE COULD HAVE HEARD
THAT HE WAS REPEATING
BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THAT STUFF.
I JUST DIDN'T.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WELL, I DO.
THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH DETAIL.
THIS FILLED ME WITH A FEELING OF DREAD
TO KNOW THAT THIS GHOST OF THIS CHILD
WAS ACTUALLY MAKING HIS HOME WITH MY SON.
Narrator: JAN IS DETERMINED TO FIND THE TRUTH.
JUST CHECK THE MICROFICHE. WHAT YEARS DID YOU LOOK UP?
Jan: I DID SEARCH THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CHILD MURDERS
IN THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT CORRESPONDED WITH THAT.
I DID FEEL THAT CODY HAD TOLD US THE TRUTH,
THAT THIS HAD BEEN A LITTLE BOY,
BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND WAS DOUBT,
'CAUSE WE WEREN'T COMING UP WITH ANY EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THIS FACT.
Narrator: JAN IS WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING TO GET HER SON BACK.
[ GATE CREAKING ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
SHE CALLS AN OLD FRIEND,
A NATIVE AMERICAN SHAMAN, A MEDICINE MAN,
WHO SHE THINKS CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT.
DALE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MEETING THE SHAMAN
BUT WANTS TO SUPPORT HIS WIFE.
HE'S BEEN CUSSING.
Dale: I WAS CONCERNED
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD REALLY SCARED HER,
AND I KNEW THAT SHE WAS UPSET.
I HAVE SEEN THIS IN OUR CULTURE,
EVEN WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN THAN CODY.
Jan: I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE
AND HOW THEY WERE ESCALATING,
HOW DISTANT CODY WAS, HIS LANGUAGE, HIS ATTITUDE,
AND THIS IMAGINARY FRIEND JUST POSSESSING HIM.
I BELIEVE YOUR SON INVITED THIS YOUNG SPIRIT
INTO THE HOUSE.
Narrator: HE EXPLAINS THAT THE ONLY WAY
TO GET RID OF THE SPIRIT
IS TO REVOKE THE INVITATION BY PRAYING...
WE'VE GOT TO UN-INVITE HIM?
EXACTLY, AND YOU MUST BE FORCEFUL WHEN YOU DO THIS.
...AND BY USING A TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN RITUAL.
Jan: HE WOULD NOT PERFORM THE CEREMONY HIMSELF.
HE SAID THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE HAS TO DO THIS.
SO, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
Jan: HE INSTRUCTED US TO BURN SAGE
AND SWEET GRASS
AND DIRECT IT AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
Narrator: THE SHAMAN TELLS JAN
SHE MUST ALSO ANOINT THE ENTRYWAYS TO THE HOUSE
WITH OLIVE OIL
AND PRAY FOR HER SON.
THE NEXT MORNING,
JAN WAITS UNTIL EVERYONE HAS LEFT THE HOUSE FOR THE DAY.
SHE HOPES AND PRAYS THE RITUAL WORKS.
Jan: WAS I WORTHY ENOUGH OF GOD FOR HIM TO HEAR MY PRAYERS,
MY STRONGEST PLEAS WITH HIM TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS,
TO HELP ME CLEANSE THIS HOUSE AND THIS PROPERTY?
I DOUBTED MYSELF...
PROTECT OUR WINDOWS...
...FOR BRIEF MOMENTS...
THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
AND IT WAS THE FEAR OF KNOWING IF IT DIDN'T WORK,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN?
Narrator: MIRACULOUSLY, THE BLESSING SEEMS TO WORK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT RAT?
IT'S A BIG RAT, ISN'T IT?
Jan: THERE WAS NO IMAGINARY PLAYMATE.
CODY BECAME MORE PLAYFUL.
HE WAS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE FAMILY NEEDS.
Narrator: EVERYTHING IS FINE...
FOR THREE MONTHS.
[ CODY IMITATING SIREN ]
CALL 911!
Jan: HE WASN'T 100% BACK.
BUT EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY WELL QUIET,
SO I FELT THAT THIS CEREMONY DID HELP.
I'M COMING TO THE RESCUE!
Jan: CODY WAS IN THE HALLWAY, SITTING DOWN,
PLAYING WITH HIS LITTLE TOYS,
MAKING SOUND EFFECTS WITH HIS LITTLE TRUCKS AND CARS.
I WAS FOLDING LAUNDRY.
Cody: 911! 911!
Jan: AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF THE BLUE...
...HE STARTED TALKING TO MAN AGAIN.
[ CODY TALKING INDISTINCTLY ]
I COULD NOT MOVE.
AND HE CARRIED ON A LITTLE CONVERSATION FOR A LITTLE BIT,
AND HE GOT VERY, VERY QUIET.
CODY?
CODY!
HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS HAND, AND IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPH.
AND I SAID, "WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?"
AND I REACHED DOWN TO GRAB IT.
GIVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE!
HE WENT BERSERK.
GIVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE!
CALM DOWN, HONEY. HONEY, IT'S OKAY, BABY.
HONEY, HONEY, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. Shh.
IT'S OKAY.
Jan: IT LOOKED LIKE AN OLDER POLAROID,
MAYBE FROM THE LATE '50s, EARLY '60s.
THERE WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN, LIKE A GRANDMOTHERLY TYPE,
AND THEN THERE WAS A SMALL BOY.
CODY, WHO'S IN THIS PICTURE?
WHO'S IN THIS PICTURE, CODY?
MAN.
CODY, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS PICTURE?
MAN GAVE IT TO ME.
IS MAN DEAD, CODY?
IT'S MINE!
Narrator: JAN PUTS ON A GOOD FACE FOR THE FAMILY.
Jan: I WAS THE ONE EXPERIENCING MOST OF HIS ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR,
AND I WAS TRYING TO COVER IT UP AND BE RATIONAL.
I WAS TRYING TO BE A MOTHER.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER.
I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE THIS WOULD GO AWAY.
CODY, ARE YOU HUNGRY?
I KNEW AT THIS POINT THAT CODY WAS NOT MY SON ANYMORE.
AROUND THIS TIME, I HAD TO START TAKING HIM TO A DISTANT COUSIN
TO WATCH HIM WHILE WE WORKED.
CODY, REMEMBER -- YOU DO NOT TAKE MAN INSIDE THERE TODAY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, SON? YOU LEAVE MAN BEHIND.
CODY?
HEY! HOW ARE YOU?
HI, MISS KAYLIE. YOU GONNA SAY HI?
YOU REMEMBER YOUR COUSIN KAYLIE, DON'T YOU, CODY?
HI, CODY. HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SO APPRECIATE THIS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN PLAYING TOGETHER.
YOU READY TO COME INSIDE?
SHOW YOU SOME TOYS IN HERE?
CALL ME IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED, OKAY?
I WILL. HAVE A GREAT DAY AT WORK.
BYE.
HEY, GUYS.
JAN, YOU GOT A PHONE CALL.
Narrator: JAN IS WORKING
WHEN SHE RECEIVES AN URGENT PHONE CALL.
HEY, THIS IS JAN.
IT'S HER COUSIN.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Jan: SHE WAS INCOHERENT.
HE WHAT?
SHE WAS CRYING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
SHE JUST KEPT REPEATING, "COME GET CODY NOW.
I CANNOT WATCH HIM ANYMORE."
OKAY, I'M COMING. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
BYE.
I GOT TO GO -- FAMILY EMERGENCY.
I'LL CALL YOU. I PROMISE.
WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM?
WHAT HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN THERE FREAKING OUT.
SHE'S TERRIFIED.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
Jan: AT FIRST SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS CHANGING HIS VOICE.
BUT SHE NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A DEEPER VOICE.
Kaylie: AAH! MOM! MOM!
[ GASPS ]
Jan: SHE TOTALLY FREAKED, TOTALLY FREAKED.
TOYS FLOATING IN THE AIR? WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM?
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM...
I CAN'T PUT HER IN THAT SITUATION.
...AND THAT HER DAUGHTER WOULDN'T PLAY WITH CODY ANYMORE.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
HE WHAT?
CODY, LISTEN TO ME.
TOMORROW WE'RE STARTING A NEW DAYCARE,
AND YOU CANNOT -- YOU CANNOT, SON, BRING MAN WITH YOU.
Jan: I REPEATEDLY WARNED HIM, "DO NOT TAKE MAN TO THIS HOUSE.
LEAVE HIM HERE AT HOME."
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
Narrator: CODY AGREES AND KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
BUT AT NIGHT MAN WAITS FOR HIM TO COME HOME.
CODY, SUPPER'S READY.
CODY BEGINS DESTROYING HIS OWN TOYS.
CODY, WHY ARE YOU CUTTING UP YOUR BEAR?
MAN SAID IT WOULD BE FUN.
NO, YOU SHOULDN'T CUT UP YOUR TOYS, SON.
COME ON. LET'S GO TO SUPPER.
LEAVE THE SCISSORS.
DON'T BE CUTTING UP YOUR TOYS ANYMORE.
Narrator: FOR DALE, THE INCIDENT IS DISTURBING,
BUT NOT SO UNUSUAL THAT IT CAUSES HIM
TO BLAME IT ON ANYTHING PARANORMAL.
HHIS TEDDY BEAR.P WHAT?
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?
YOU SAW CODY CUTTING UP THIS?
HE WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR, HE HAD THE SCISSORS,
AND HE WAS CUTTING UPTHE TEDDY BEARS. HERE, KITTY, KITTY.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT MAN SAID IT WAS OKAY.
NO, BUT THIS IS PRETTY VIOLENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO?
Pamela: CODY, WHERE'S MY CAT?!
[ MEOWS ]
CODY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT HAPPENED?
Narrator: CODY'S BEHAVIOR HAS HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
I CAME IN AND HE WAS SITTING ON HER.
SIT-- CODY!
CODY, WHY WERE YOU TRYING TO HURT THE KITTY?!
MAN SAID IT WOULD BE FUN.
CODY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER HURT THE KITTY LIKE THAT AGAIN.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
Jan: HIS DEMEANOR BECAME JUST HORRIBLE --
I MEAN, JUST FRIGHTFULLY HORRIBLE.
I WAS ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,
TRYING TO COPE WITH ALL THIS.
JAN, I JUST HAVE TO TALK TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING THAT FOR.
DALE, HE JUST TRIED TO KILL THE CAT.
I KNOW. I'M AT MY WIT'S END...
Jan: I COULD NOT BE RATIONAL ANYMORE.
WE HAD TO FINALLY COME FACE-TO-FACE
THAT THIS BOY HAD A PROBLEM.
NOT MY BOY.
Narrator: JAN IS AFRAID OF WHAT HE'LL DO NEXT.
Jan: NOW, CODY, I'VE ASKED YOU MANY TIMES
TO HELP MAMA CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM.
YOU'RE BIG ENOUGH NOW THAT YOU CAN HELP ME OUT
WITH SOME CHORES AROUND HERE, YOUNG MAN.
I'VE GOT A LOT TO DO AROUND HERE.
IF YOU AT LEAST PICKED UP YOUR CLOTHES
AND PUT YOUR TOYS AWAY, IT WOULD REALLY HELP ME.
Narrator: ONE MORNING, AS JAN IS CLEANING,
SHE NOTICES THAT EVERYTHING IN CODY'S CLOSET IS WET.
UGH.
CODY, ARE YOU PEEING IN THE CLOSET?
Jan: I DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD URINATED ALL OVER HIS TOYS
AND HIS TOY BOX, ALL OVER HIS CLOTHES.
MAN SAID IT'S OKAY.
WELL, IT'S NOT OKAY, CODY.
YOU GO PEE IN THE BATHROOM, NOT IN THE CLOSET.
MAN SAID I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE!
Narrator: EVEN AFTER ALL JAN HAS BEEN THROUGH,
CODY'S RESPONSE IS A SHOCK.
Jan: "I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE.
"I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING YOU SAY,
'CAUSE MAN SAID I DON'T HAVE TO."
CODY!
CODY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
CODY, STOP IT!
STOP IT, CODY!
IT'S MAMA! STOP IT!
CODY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?
Jan: EVERYTHING STARTED HAPPENING
AND AT SUCH A FAST PACE --
THE BEHAVIOR, THE URINATING, TRYING TO KILL THE KITTEN.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
Narrator: FINALLY, CODY BECOMES FRUSTRATED WITH MAN.
MAMA.
WHAT'S WRONG, BABY DOLL?
Jan: HE SAID, "MY BED IS SHAKING.
MAMA, I NEED YOU."
COME HERE, SWEETIE.
FOR THAT MOMENT,
I SAW THE LITTLE BOY I HAD NOT SEEN IN OVER A YEAR.
HE WAS REACHING OUT TO ME.
I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO HOLD HIM LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
I GOT YOU.
I KNEW FOR THAT INSTANT THAT MAN WAS NOT WITH HIM.
I WAS READY TO CONFRONT THIS BEING.
I WAITED TILL HE FELL ASLEEP IN MY ARMS.
I GOT OUT OF THE BED.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THIS CHILD WAS GOING THROUGH.
I WANTED TO TRY AND PUT MYSELF IN HIS PLACE, IN CODY'S PLACE.
I WANTED TO SEE IF MAN WOULD SOMEHOW COMMUNICATE WITH ME.
[ EXHALES ]
[ INHALES ]
[ EXHALES ]
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
CODY?
COME HERE, BABE.
HIS BODY WAS GROWING INTO THIS ENTITY.
HE STARTED LAUGHING VERY DEMONICALLY.
THE SUDDEN REALIZATION CAME OVER ME...
[ SCREAMS ]
...THIS WAS MAN.
PUT ME DOWN!
JAN! HONEY, WHAT IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?
WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S WRONG, BABY?
[ SOBBING ]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I'M FINE.
I'LL BE OKAY.
I CALMED THE FAMILY DOWN AS BEST I COULD.
I TOLD THEM TO GO BACK TO BED.
CODY PUT HIS LITTLE HAND IN MINE,
AND HE WAS SQUEEZING IT REASSURINGLY,
AND HE WAS LOOKING AT ME, AS IF TO SAY, "SEE?
SEE, MOMMY? IT WASN'T ME."
I SAW MAN.
I UNDERSTAND NOW.
Narrator: LATER THAT NIGHT...
WHILE HER FAMILY SLEEPS...
...JAN PRAYS FOR GUIDANCE.
PLEASE PROTECT US...
THE TOTAL REALIZATION
OF THE TRUTH OF WHAT MAN WAS HIT ME.
Bring my baby back.
I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT...
WHAT'S WRONG, BABY DOLL?
MAMA, I NEED YOU.
CHEERLEADING PRACTICE TODAY, RIGHT?
YEAH.
Jan: I GOT EVERYBODY OFF TO WORK AND SCHOOL AND GOT...
DID YOU GRAB YOUR LUNCH?
YEAH, I'VE GOT IT.
...CODY TO THE DAYCARE.
YOU BE GOOD TODAY, OKAY? YOU MAKE YOUR MAMA PROUD?
BEHAVE? OKAY, ANGEL.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY, BABY.
I PROMISE.
GO. I PROMISE.
HELLO?
HI, SHAMAN, IT'S JAN.
I NEED HELP.
I WANT THIS THING OUT OF MY HOUSE.
I UNDERSTAND. YOU DID WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO?
I NEED HELP. I'VE SEEN HIM.
YEAH, CODY'S PLAYMATE -- IT'S NOT A LITTLE BOY.
IT'S A MAN. IT'S A DEMON...
Jan: I TOLD HIM I DO NOT THINK
WE WERE DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF A LITTLE BOY,
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING...MORE DEMONIC.
HE, IN TURN, TOLD ME,
NOW HE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHY THE FIRST TIME WE BLESSED THE HOUSE,
IT DIDN'T WORK.
WE WEREN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
YES, I UNDERSTAND.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE DEALING
WITH THE SPIRIT OF A SMALL CHILD.
THAT'S WHAT WE WAS ASKING TO LEAVE OUR HOME.
YOU HAVE TO START WITH CODY'S ROOM...
Narrator: THE SHAMAN TELLS HER
SHE WILL HAVE TO BLESS THE HOUSE AGAIN,
ONLY THIS TIME SHE MUST FOCUS ON RIDDING THE HOUSE
OF AN EVIL SPIRIT.
I WANT THIS THING OUT OF MY HOUSE.
AFTER HER FIRST FAILURE,
JAN WONDERS IF SHE CAN DO IT ALONE.
THANK YOU. BYE.
I'M JUST A MOM.
ALBEIT I HAVE A VERY STRONG SPIRITUAL SIDE,
BUT I'M NOT A PRIEST.
I'M NOT A SHAMAN.
I WAS JUST A MOM, AND I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY FAMILY.
Narrator: THE SHAMAN TELLS JAN
SHE WILL HAVE TO BE VERY FORCEFUL WITH HER PRAYERS.
SHE MUST NOT SHOW ANY DOUBT.
Jan: I GOT THE OLIVE OIL AND THE SAGE
AND THE SWEET GRASS.
I STARTED OUT ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I WAS THINKING,
"AM I GONNA BE ATTACKED?"
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
I WAS IN CONSTANT PRAYER,
AND I FELT, AS I WENT ALONG DOING THIS BLESSING
AND THE HOUSE CLEANSING...
HE GUIDES ME...
...I BECAME STRONGER, I BECAME BRAVER.
...WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DARKNESS...
I BECAME MORE CONFIDENT.
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
GOD, GIVE ME STRENGTH.
GOD, TAKE AWAY MY SINS AND MAKE ME WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE.
GRANT ME THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND GUIDANCE OF YOUR HANDS
TO RID MY HOME OF THIS ENTITY CALLED MAN.
UM, CHOCOLATE.
Jan: YOU GONNA GET ONE SCOOP OR TWO?
UM, TWO.
TWO!
Jan: I WAS FEELING A MUCH-NEEDED ESSENCE OF PEACE.
I FINISHED THE OUTSIDE, AND I CAME TO THE FRONT DOOR.
IT WAS VERY COLD IN HERE, EXTREMELY COLD,
AND I COULD FEEL A PRESENCE.
[ LOW MOANING ]
...WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES,
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US...
...KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
[ GASPING ]
...STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO...
HE ANOINTS MY HEAD WITH OIL...
I THOUGHT, "ARE THE WINDOWS GONNA BREAK?
IS THE HOUSE GONNA SHAKE?"
HE ANOINTS MY HEAD WITH OIL. MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
I FELT, AT TIMES, THAT I WAS JUST GONNA LOSE IT.
MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND PROTECTION...
I REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR STRENGTH TO FINISH THIS,
TO BAN THIS ENTITY FROM OUR HOME.
[ GROWLING ]
...TO MAKE ME WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE.
PLEASE PROTECT MY HOME.
I DEMANDED, VERY LOUD, IN A SCREAMING TONE,
THAT HE WAS TO GO BACK FROM WHENCE HE CAME.
RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN.
RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN!
RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN,
IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD, OUR CREATOR,
THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN!
Narrator: MAN IS FINALLY GONE.
JAN CAN FEEL IT.
I WAS VERY EXHAUSTED.
I COULD SEE THE WORLD AGAIN.
IT WAS LIKE A VEIL HAD LIFTED,
A DARK VEIL OF PAIN AND CONFUSION.
I NOTICED THE TREES. I COULD HEAR THE BIRDS.
I WAS BACK TO REALITY.
Narrator: THE NIGHTMARE IS OVER.
MOMMY, MOMMY...
JAN FOSTER FINALLY HAS HER SON BACK.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
Jan: HE ACTUALLY RAN TO ME.
"MOMMY, MOMMY...
"LOOK WHAT I DREW.
LOOK WHAT I DID."
AND I REMEMBER HOLDING HIM AND JUST CRYING AND CRYING,
AGAIN GIVING MY THANKS TO GOD.
FOR ME?
AND THEN WE GET TO HAVE A SONG.
Jan: WE STILL FEEL THINGS AROUND HERE.
WE STILL EXPERIENCE THE NOISES,
THE FEELING OF SOMEONE WATCHING YOU.
WHEN THINGS DO HAPPEN AROUND HERE,
IT'S THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT RUNS THROUGH MY MIND...
THAT THIS COULD BE MAN TRYING TO GET INTO OUR LIVES AGAIN.