>> Narrator: TWO YOUNG BROTHERS
VENTURE INTO THE WOODS
AND ENCOUNTER A DEMONIC ENTITY.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
A MONSTER MAYBE.
>> NO!
>> Narrator: NO PLACE IS SAFE,
NOT EVEN THEIR HOME.
>> [ GASPS ]
>> I WAS TERRIFIED.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING IN
OUR ROOM.
IT WAS LOOKING AT ME.
>> Narrator: AS CHILD'S PLAY
TURNS INTO A REAL-LIFE
NIGHTMARE.
>> IT -- IT'S OUT THERE!
>> Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE
IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS
AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS WE SEE AND
THE THINGS WE FEAR, THERE ARE
DOORS.
AND WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
>> [ Laughing ] HEY.
OH, THANK YOU, SWEETIE.
GOD, IT'S GORGEOUS OUT HERE.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> I'M GOING DEEP.
>> ALL RIGHT, SUPERSTAR.
>> Narrator: IN THE LATE 1960s,
SONNY YANCEY AND HIS FAMILY LIVE
IN LAKE WORTH IN THE LARGELY
UNDEVELOPED SOUTHERN FLORIDA
WOODS...
>> ON TWO. HUT, HUT!
>> Narrator: ...WHERE HE PLANS
FOR A QUIET LIFE WITH HIS WIFE,
BARBARA, AND TWO SONS,
12-YEAR-OLD TOM AND 7-YEAR-OLD
TIM.
>> OUR HOUSE WAS PRETTY REMOTE.
IT WAS AT THE END OF THIS DIRT
ROAD OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE.
PRETTY ISOLATED.
>> BARBARA IS A STAY-AT-HOME
MOTHER.
>> MY MOTHER, AS A CHILD, I
REMEMBER HER AS A BIG, SILVER,
SHINY, CHERUBIC SMILE ON HER
FACE ALL THE TIME.
JUST GREAT ENERGY.
>> Narrator: SONNY IS A
CARPENTER AND WORKS IN
CONSTRUCTION.
HE'S ALSO A KOREAN WAR VET WHO
SUFFERS FROM BOUTS OF
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
>> GO DEEP!
GOT TO RUN FASTER THAN THAT,
SON!
>> MY MOM MENTIONED QUITE A FEW
TIMES HOW HE WAS CHANGED BY
KOREA.
YOU GONNA GET IT OR WHAT!
>> YEAH.
>> Narrator: PART OF HIM HAS
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SHAKE THE
HOLD OF THE BATTLEFIELD.
>> IN KOREA, HE WAS A SERGEANT
IN CHARGE OF A MOTOR PLATOON.
>> HE WOULD TELL STORIES EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE ABOUT HOW THEY
WOULD TAKE BULLDOZERS AND DIG
BIG HOLES AND PUSH THE BODIES IN
IT AND COVER THEM UP.
HE NEVER WAS LIKE THAT THE WHOLE
TIME.
WHEN I WAS REALLY LITTLE, HE WAS
BOUNCING ME ON HIS KNEE AND, YOU
KNOW, BEING A TYPICAL DAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, BIG THIRD DOWN
PLAY COMING UP.
>> Narrator: BUT THAT SUMMER,
SONNY'S TEMPER GETS INEXPLICABLY
WORSE AS HE GROWS INCREASINGLY
DARK.
YOU KNOW, I'M TIRED.
I'M GOING INTO BED TO TAKE A
NAP.
>> AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
MAN, HE JUST GOT WICKED.
>> HEY, HON.
>> Narrator: AND WHATEVER IS
AFFECTING HIM NOW SEEMS TO BE
COMING FROM...THE WOODS.
LAKE WORTH IS A CITY IN SOUTHERN
FLORIDA SETTLED IN THE LATE
1800s.
BEFORE THAT, ITS LUSH FORESTS
AND WATERWAYS WERE A REFUGE FOR
ESCAPED SLAVES, AS WELL AS
NATIVE AMERICANS FLEEING THE
SEMINOLE WARS.
THE WOODS ARE RUMORED TO STILL
HOLD SECRETS FROM THE PAST...
AND AN UNEXPLAINED EVIL.
>> MY BROTHER AND I SPENT A LOT
OF TIME IN THE WOODS.
>> IT WAS PROBABLY TWO, THREE
SQUARE MILES OF WOODS.
>> WE HAD PATHS THAT WE WOULD
USE TO WALK AROUND THROUGH
THERE.
SPENT A LOT OF TIME PLAYING
TOGETHER.
MY DAD BUILT A FORT OUT THERE.
IT WAS THIS AMAZING THING.
>> PEW, PEW, PEW!
>> AAH! YOU GOT ME.
I'M GOING DOWN TO THE LAKE TO
LOOK FOR FROGS.
WANT TO COME?
>> NAH. I'D HOLD THE FORT.
>> JUST SO FUNNY, I FORGOT TO
LAUGH.
>> PIP-SQUEAK.
[ TWIG SNAPS ]
>> I GOT THE FEELING THAT I WAS
BEING WATCHED.
I KNEW IT.
I MEAN, EVERYONE HAS THAT INNER
FEELING TO WHERE YOU KNOW
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
>> [ GASPS ]
[ LEAVES RUSTLE ]
>> MY MIND RAN AWAY WITH ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
[ WIND HOWLING ]
A MONSTER, MAYBE.
BUT I KNOW IT SCARED ME TO
DEATH.
>> Narrator: TOM TELLS NO ONE
ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE
WOODS.
[ CLANKING NOISES ]
BUT 7-YEAR-OLD TIM CONTINUES TO
EXPLORE ALONE AND UNAWARE.
[ WARBLING ]
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE
TREE, BUT I COULDN'T SEE IT WITH
MY EYES.
I COULD JUST SEE THE TREE
REACTING TO IT BEING THERE.
[ BRANCHES RATTLING ]
THIS THING MADE ITS WAY DOWN THE
TREE TO THE BOTTOM BRANCH, AND
IT LANDED IN THE LEAVES.
>> [ GASPS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
>> WHATEVER IT WAS, I DIDN'T
WANT TO BE NEAR IT.
>> MOM, MOM!
MOM!
>> TIMMY!
WHAT HAPPENED?!
>> THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.
>> I TALKED TO MY MOM.
I SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
OUT IN THE WOODS.
>> JUST CALM DOWN, AND JUST TELL
ME EVERYTHING.
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I TOLD HER THAT SOMETHING WAS
OUT THERE AND I COULD HEAR IT
BEHIND ME IN THE GRASS.
I COULD HEAR THE TWIGS AND
BRANCHES BREAKING BEHIND ME.
>> IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, SWEETIE. CALM DOWN.
>> SHE SUMMED IT UP AS JUST AN
ANIMAL THAT I HAD PERHAPS
STARTLED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Narrator: THE BOYS IGNORE
THEIR EXPERIENCES AND TRY TO
ENJOY THE SUMMER.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> Narrator: FEARING ANY MENTION
OF THE HAUNTING COULD SUMMON
WHAT THEY CALL "THE SHADOWMAN."
>> GENTLEMEN, ATTENTION, IF YOU
WILL.
PLEASE NOTE THE WAND I HOLD IN
MY HAND IS SOLID WOOD.
>> WHEN WE WOULD SEE THESE
SHADOWS MOVING OUTSIDE THE
HOUSE, THEY WERE VERY
FRIGHTENING, AND THEY WERE
TERRIFYING FOR ME AND TOM.
AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
>> Narrator: ONE NIGHT, TIM IS
SUDDENLY JARRED AWAKE FROM HIS
SLEEP WHEN HE FEELS...
A PRESENCE.
>> I LOOKED OVER AT OUR WINDOW.
I SAW A SHADOW GO PAST THE
WINDOW.
I GOT UP, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW,
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
>> TOM, TOM!
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> Narrator: IN THE LATE '60s,
BROTHERS TOM AND TIM YANCEY ARE
HAUNTED BY AN EVIL FORCE THEY
CALL "THE SHADOWMAN" IN THE
LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, WOODS WHERE
THEY LIVE.
>> I KNEW THINGS WEREN'T RIGHT.
WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
>> Narrator: LATE ONE NIGHT,
7-YEAR-OLD TIM CAN FEEL IT
COMING CLOSER.
>> TOM, TOM!
>> I LOOKED OUT THROUGH THE
WINDOW TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND
BEYOND THE YARD IN THE TREES,
YOU COULD SEE A DARK FIGURE.
IT'S HUMAN-SHAPED, AND IT WAS
VERY FRIGHTENING.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> TIM, WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?
TOM, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?
>> ME? NOTHING.
>> THERE'S A MAN IN THE YARD!
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
>> [ SIGHS ]
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> Narrator: THEIR FATHER,
SONNY, IS A KOREAN WAR VET
SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
EVER SINCE THE ENTITY BEGAN
TORMENTING THE BOYS, HE'S GROWN
INCREASINGLY ANGRY AND VOLATILE.
>> THAT'S JUST GREAT.
>> Narrator: THE SHADOWMAN
DISAPPEARS INTO THE NIGHT...
FOR NOW.
BUT JUST TWO WEEKS LATER,
12-YEAR-OLD TOM BEGINS ACTING
STRANGELY.
>> ONE NIGHT, I OPENED MY EYES
TO SEE TOM STANDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.
>> TOM!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> AND HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR.
>> MOM, DAD?
MOM, TOM'S OUTSIDE.
>> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THERE WAS
SOMETHING DRAWING HIM OUT THERE.
>> TOM, TOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
TOM, WAKE UP, WAKE UP.
>> IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING FOR
ME, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT
SOMETHING WAS OUT THERE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
INTERACTION WAS, WHAT WAS GOING
ON THERE.
>> Narrator: FOR WEEKS, TOM
CONTINUES TO SLEEPWALK, OFTEN
FINDING HIMSELF BY THE LAKE.
>> IT'S A WEIRD FEELING, TO WAKE
UP AND NOT KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT.
>> Narrator: TO KEEP TOM FROM
SLEEPWALKING, SONNY AND BARBARA
RESORT TO DRASTIC MEASURES.
>> HEY, GUYS, DON'T STAY UP TOO
LATE.
>> MY PARENTS WERE GETTING
FRUSTRATED.
THEY WERE HAVING TO GET UP OUT
OF BED EVERY NIGHT, NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT, SO THEY MADE THE DECISION
TO STACK CHAIRS IN FRONT OF THE
DOOR.
>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS.
>> LOOK, IF I CAN'T SLEEP, I
CAN'T WORK.
I CAN'T WORK, WE DON'T EAT, ALL
RIGHT?
>> I KNOW!
AND WE CAN'T HAVE THEM FALL IN
THE LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT EITHER.
BUT THIS IS EXTREME.
>> LISTEN, LET'S JUST TRY AND
SEE IF THIS WORKS, AND MAYBE THE
SLEEPWALKING WILL STOP, OKAY?
>> [ SIGHS ] OKAY.
>> HEY, WHAT IF I HAVE TO GO TO
THE BATHROOM?
>> SUCK IT UP, SOLDIER.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
>> HEY, BOYS, KNOCK IT OFF IN
THERE!
LIGHTS OUT.
>> Narrator: THAT NIGHT, TOM
SLEEPWALKS ONCE AGAIN.
>> TOM, BE QUIET!
YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP DAD!
>> NO SIGN OF FRUSTRATION ON HIS
FACE.
HE WOULD JUST STAND THERE AND
WORK AT THAT DOOR FOR A LONG
TIME.
>> [ SIGHS ] TOM, CUT IT OUT!
[ DOOR RATTLING ]
I SAW OUR CLOSET DOOR OPEN UP BY
ITSELF.
TOM TURNED, HE WALKED INTO THE
CLOSET, AND THE DOOR SHUT BEHIND
HIM.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
I COULD HEAR A CONVERSATION
GOING ON IN THERE.
THERE WERE TWO VOICES IN THERE.
>> Narrator: THE BOYS ARE NOT
ALONE.
>> MOM, MOM, MOM!
>> Narrator: IN THE LATE '60s,
AN EVIL FORCE THEY CALL
"THE SHADOWMAN" TORMENTS
BROTHERS TIM AND TOM YANCEY IN
THE WOODS AND IN THEIR HOME IN
LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, WHILE THEY
PLAY...
AND WHILE THEY SLEEP.
ONE NIGHT, IT BEGINS CALLING
12-YEAR-OLD TOM OUTSIDE.
HIS FATHER BARRICADES THE DOOR
TO KEEP HIM SAFE.
>> TOM WASN'T ABLE TO GET
OUTSIDE ANYMORE.
HE WASN'T ABLE TO GO OUT INTO
THE WOODS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
>> TOM, YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP
DAD!
>> Narrator: BUT THE DARK ENTITY
WILL STOP AT NOTHING.
>> I THINK THAT WHATEVER THERE
WAS THAT WAS THERE THAT HE WAS
INTERACTING WITH DECIDED TO COME
INSIDE.
[ DOOR RATTLING ]
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]
I HEARD DEFINITELY TWO VOICES
TALKING.
I COULD HEAR TOM AND SOMEONE
ELSE INSIDE THAT CLOSET.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
>> [ GASPS ]
>> I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMEONE IN HER
ROOM.
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]
>> MOM, MOM, MOM!
MOM!
>> WHERE'S TOMMY?
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOOR CREAKING ]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> THERE WAS A MAN IN HERE.
>> WHERE?
>> IN HERE, WITH ME.
>> I REMEMBER SEEING A BLACK
SHADOW FIGURE IN THERE WITH RED
EYES.
>> Narrator: BUT HIS MOTHER
DOESN'T BELIEVE HIM.
>> THOMAS YANCEY, GET OUT OF THE
CLOSET AND BACK INTO BED.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR
NONSENSE.
IT'S GONNA MAKE REAL TROUBLE
AROUND HERE.
>> SHE THOUGHT I WAS IN THERE
PLAYING TOYS, MESSING AROUND.
>> I WAS SCARED FOR HIM, BUT
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD
DO.
MY PARENTS -- THEY DIDN'T
BELIEVE US.
SWEET DREAMS.
>> Narrator: WHILE THEIR PARENTS
GROW INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED,
THE DARK SHADOWMAN SHOWS NO
SIGNS OF LETTING UP.
THEN, ONE NIGHT, IT FINDS A NEW
WAY TO TERRORIZE THE BOYS.
>> I WAS LAYING IN BED, AND I
FELT SOMETHING HIT THE MATTRESS,
AND I REACHED OVER.
IT WAS A PEBBLE -- SMALL ROCK.
>> CUT IT OUT.
>> MORE OF THEM STARTED FALLING,
AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS FROM A
GREAT HEIGHT.
AND, THEN, IT STARTED BRINGING
THINGS INTO THE HOUSE -- THINGS
FROM THE WOODS.
AND I FELT SOMETHING LAND IN MY
HAIR.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
>> JIMMY, WHAT IS ALL THIS STUFF
IN YOUR BED?
>> IT WOULD DROP INSECTS IN OUR
BED -- BIG, CREEPY FLORIDA
COCKROACHES.
WE DIDN'T BRING THEM IN.
THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THEM TO BE
INSIDE WITH US, NO WINDOWS OPEN,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY WOULD BE THERE.
AND THAT REALLY CONFUSED MY
MOTHER.
>> JIMMY, WHAT IS ALL THIS?
>> THAT'S WHEN MY MOM STARTED TO
NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING
ON.
>> Narrator: DESPERATE TO HELP
HER CHILDREN, BARBARA GETS ANGRY
AND SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS
ANYWHERE SHE CAN FIND THEM.
>> WHO ARE YOU?
>> SHE BOUGHT A SPIRIT BOARD.
SHE BROUGHT IT INTO THE HOUSE,
AND SHE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE
WITH IT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> I THINK THAT SHE TRIED TO DO
SOMETHING TO SAVE HER KIDS, TO
SAVE HERSELF, TO SAVE HER
FAMILY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT
SHE KNEW WHAT TO DO.
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> [ YAWNS ]
>> Narrator: BUT LITTLE DOES THE
YANCEY FAMILY KNOW...
>> HEY.
>> Narrator: ...BARBARA HAS JUST
UNLEASHED THE SHADOWMAN'S FURY.
>> GOOD NIGHT, BOYS.
[ CREAKING NOISES ]
>> [ GASPS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
>> Narrator: FOR MORE
"A HAUNTING," VISIT
destinationamerica.com.
>> Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF
1968, AN EVIL ENTITY IS AWAKENED
IN THE WOODS OUTSIDE TIM AND
TOM YANCEY'S HOME IN SOUTHERN
FLORIDA.
FOR MONTHS, IT TORMENTS THE
BROTHERS DAY AND NIGHT.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> TIMMY!
>> Narrator: THEIR MOTHER,
BARBARA, SUSPECTS THERE IS
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN THEIR
HOME, BUT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO
HELP HER 7- AND 12-YEAR-OLD
SONS.
ONE NIGHT, THE SHADOWMAN IS TOO
CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
>> TOMMY, TOMMY!
>> IT WAS ON THE WALL, ACROSS
THE ROOM.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
>> MOM, MOM!
>> I REMEMBER THE FEELING OF
BEING THERE AT THE DOORWAY TO
THEIR ROOM AND KNOWING THAT I
HAD TO WAKE MOM AND DAD UP.
JUST THE FEAR OF HOW THEY WERE
GONNA REACT, WHAT THEY WERE
GONNA SAY.
TIMMY, IS THAT YOU?
>> THE MAN -- HE'S ON OUR WALL,
LIKE A FLY!
>> Narrator: HIS FATHER REACTS
WITH FURY.
>> NOW, YOU LISTEN HERE, SON!
I'M-A TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS HERE.
YOU EVER HEARD OF THE BOGEYMAN?
>> BOGEYMAN?
>> THE BOGEYMAN!
BOGEYMAN DOES BAD THINGS TO BAD
KIDS!
IF YOU'RE GOOD, THE BOGEYMAN
WILL GO AWAY, SO YOU HAVE TO BE
GOOD!
NOW GET BACK TO BED!
>> THAT NOTION THAT I WAS A BAD
KID AND THAT I WAS DOING BAD
THINGS AND THAT SOMETHING HAD
COME TO PUNISH ME HAD AFFECTED
ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I HAD DONE TO
DESERVE THIS.
I FELT THAT I WAS A BAD KID AND
THAT I WAS BEING PUNISHED FOR
SOMETHING.
>> Narrator: FROM THAT POINT ON,
THE BOYS KEEP SILENT ABOUT THEIR
FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCES.
>> IT WAS EASIER NOT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS STUFF AND KIND OF
DEAL WITH IT OURSELVES.
YOU TOUGH UP.
THERE ARE SO MANY NIGHTS THAT
YOU WOULD LAY THERE, STILL,
COVERS OVER THE HEAD KIND OF
MENTALITY, AND HOPE THAT
WHATEVER IT WAS, THAT IT WASN'T
COMING AFTER YOU THAT NIGHT.
>> Narrator: AS THE SHADOWMAN
GROWS STRONGER, THEIR FATHER,
SONNY, A KOREAN WAR WHO SUFFERS
FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER, GROWS ANGRIER.
>> HE WOULD BE SO FRUSTRATED,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR HOUSE.
A LOT OF FAMILY DYSFUNCTION, A
LOT OF CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT.
THAT THOSE THINGS SEEMED TO
ATTRACT THIS NEGATIVE ENERGY
INTO THE HOME, AND IT'S LIKE A
COUPLING, THAT IT ATTACHES TO A
FAMILY OR TO A LOCATION, AND IT
THRIVES OFF OF THE NEGATIVE
ENERGY THAT'S THERE.
>> Narrator: THE BROTHERS VOW TO
STICK TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT
AND HAVE A NEW NAME FOR THEIR
TORMENTOR -- THE BOGEYMAN.
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE BOYS SNEAK
DOWNSTAIRS TO LOOK AT PRESENTS
UNDER THE TREE.
>> WE HAD GOTTEN UP, AND WE HAD
DARED TO VENTURE INTO THE LIVING
ROOM.
[ BANGING NOISES ]
THE BANGING STARTED.
IT WAS BACK IN MY ROOM.
[ BANGING NOISES ]
>> WE'RE TRAPPED.
DAD'S AWAKE NOW, AND WE'RE
OUTSIDE, IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND
WE KNOW HE'S GONNA BLAME THAT
SOUND ON US, AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
>> BOYS, I WARNED YOU.
YOU LITTLE...
COME ON!
TELL ME THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT.
>> WE DIDN'T DO IT!
>> TELL ME THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT!
>> WE DIDN'T DO IT, HONEST.
IT STARTED SHAKING.
>> SO, YOUR FRIEND FROM THE
CLOSET COMES DOWN HERE ON
CHRISTMAS EVE AND STARTS
THROWING THINGS AROUND!
WHERE IS HE, HUH?!
IS HE IN THE TREE?!
IS HE IN THE KITCHEN?!
>> LEAVE HIM ALONE.
>> YOU WANT TO STAY UP?
YOU CAN STAY UP...OUTSIDE!
FOLLOW ME!
>> WHATEVER THIS WAS HAD THE
ABILITY OF CONSCIOUS CHOICE.
IT WAS INTELLIGENT.
IT COULD GET US IN TROUBLE, AND
IT TOOK GREAT DELIGHT IN DOING
THAT.
>> YOU GUYS LIKE TO STAY UP ALL
NIGHT?
THEN STAY UP ALL NIGHT.
I'M GONNA GET A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP.
>> Narrator: THEIR FATHER
EMPLOYS A SCARE TACTIC HE
LEARNED WHILE IN THE MILITARY.
>> STAY OUT HERE WITH YOUR
GHOSTS.
STAND HERE ALL NIGHT.
WITHOUT REALIZING IT,
SONNY YANCEY DELIVERS HIS
CHILDREN DIRECTLY INTO THE ARMS
OF THE DARK ENTITY THAT HAUNTS
THEM.
>> WE STOOD THERE, AND WE STAYED
THERE.
>> FEEL THAT?
>> MY BROTHER WORKED VERY HARD
TO TALK TO ME, TO TELL ME
STORIES, TO KEEP US CALM.
BUT BEING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE,
KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
IN THOSE WOODS, AND I WAS
TERRIFIED.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> TIM, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> MOM!
MOM!
[ SCREAMING ]
>> Narrator: FOR THE PAST FEW
MONTHS...
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> Narrator: ...AN EVIL SPIRIT
THEY CALL THE SHADOWMAN HAS
BEEN HAUNTING 7-YEAR-OLD TIM AND
12-YEAR-OLD TOM IN AND AROUND
THEIR HOME IN LAKE WORTH,
FLORIDA.
THAT WINTER, IT FINDS A NEW WAY
TO TORMENT THE YANCEY BROTHERS.
>> BOYS, I WARNED YOU.
YOU LITTLE...
>> Narrator: PROVOKING THE WRATH
OF THEIR FATHER, WHO SUFFERS
FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER...
>> SO YOU WANT TO STAY UP?
YOU CAN STAY UP...OUTSIDE!
FOLLOW ME!
>> Narrator: THE PUNISHMENT --
STAY OUTSIDE ALL NIGHT IN THE
WOODS -- THE WOODS WHERE THE
BROTHERS FIRST ENCOUNTERED
THE SHADOWMAN.
>> STAY OUT HERE WITH YOUR
GHOST.
[ GHOSTLY MOANING ]
>> YOU COULD HEAR IT WALKING
AROUND.
YOU CAN SEE A SHADOW MOVING
THROUGH THE TREES.
AND WE'RE OUT THERE, AND WE'RE
WITH IT, AND IT'S ME AND MY
BROTHER, TWO KIDS, IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT, STANDING OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.
IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
MOM!
MOM, IT -- IT'S OUT THERE!
>> IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> GET OUT THERE AND GET THEM.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE KIDS LIKE THAT.
>> MOM FINALLY GOT DAD TO COME
OUT AND LET US BACK IN.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS CAN GO
BACK IN NOW.
>> MY FATHER GREW MORE AND MORE
FRUSTRATED.
THE PHENOMENON THAT WAS GOING ON
WAS INCREASING, AND HE WOULD
BLAME THE NOISES THAT WERE
HAPPENING ON US.
HIS PUNISHMENTS WERE VERY
SEVERE.
THE GOAL OF THIS MONSTER, I
THINK, WAS TO CREATE MORE
NEGATIVE ENERGY, MORE CHAOS,
MORE DEPRESSION IN US AS KIDS,
AND A MORE CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT
IN OUR HOUSE.
>> Narrator: THE HAUNTING OF THE
YANCEY HOME GROWS MORE
DANGEROUS.
>> YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING
THERE.
SOMETHING'S DOING IT.
IT'S IN THE ROOM.
IT'S WITH YOU.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO REACH DOWN
THERE AND PULL THOSE SHEETS UP.
IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY'S
FINGERNAILS RAKING ACROSS YOUR
RIB CAGE.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
DAD!
>> I BROKE BOTH MY COLLARBONES.
THAT'S WHEN THINGS STARTED
GETTING PHYSICAL.
>> DAD!
>> TIM, TIM?
>> [ SCREAMS ]
[ SCREAMS ]
>> TIMMY, TIMMY!
>> PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN
SIZE, HUH?
HE'S YOUR BROTHER.
>> I DIDN'T DO IT.
HE JUST RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE
WALL, I SWEAR.
HE JUST GOT UP AND RAN STRAIGHT
INTO THE WALL.
>> WE HAVE TO GET HIM TO A
HOSPITAL.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> Narrator: MONTHS OF TERROR
HAVE LED UP TO THIS MOMENT --
AN ATTACK.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> Narrator: BUT IT WOULD TAKE
ANOTHER 30 YEARS BEFORE THE
BROTHERS WOULD RID THEIR HOUSE
OF THE SHADOWMAN.
>> Narrator: FROM THE TIME THEY
WERE YOUNG BOYS, TIM AND
TOM YANCEY WERE TORMENTED BY AN
EVIL ENTITY THAT CAME OUT OF THE
WOODS AND INTO THEIR HOME.
THEY CALLED THE DARK FIGURE
THE SHADOWMAN.
>> I'M-A TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT
THE PROBLEM IS HERE.
BOGEYMAN DOES BAD THINGS TO BAD
KIDS!
AND WHEN TIM WAS JUST A BOY, IT
ATTACKED HIM.
>> SOMETHING -- IT FELT LIKE
SOMEBODY'S FINGERNAILS.
VERY FRIGHTENING.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> I PANICKED.
I JUMPED UP OUT OF BED
SCREAMING, JUST BLINDLY TRYING
TO GET AWAY FROM WHATEVER IT WAS
THAT WAS ATTACKING ME.
>> [ SCREAMING ]
DAD!
>> TIM, TIM?
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> I HAD NO IDEAS THAT GHOSTS
COULD ACTUALLY HARM YOU.
>> THINGS NEVER GOT ANY BETTER
FOR US.
AS SOON AS MY BROTHER WAS OLD
ENOUGH, HE LEFT THE HOUSE.
HE'D HAD ENOUGH, AND I DIDN'T
SEE HIM AGAIN FOR YEARS.
IT WAS GONE.
>> Narrator: IT IS NOW 2009.
IT'S BEEN NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE
TIM AND TOM HAVE LIVED IN THE
HOUSE.
THEIR PARENTS, SONNY AND
BARBARA, HAVE SINCE PASSED AWAY.
TOM WENT ON TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND
LATER BECAME A FIREFIGHTER AND
ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.
>> TIM AND I JUST KIND OF GREW
APART, AND IT KILLED ME.
I MEAN, ALL I WANTED WAS MY
BROTHER BACK, YOU KNOW?
>> Narrator: TIM EVENTUALLY
BECAME A PARANORMAL
INVESTIGATOR.
>> IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO TAKE
SOMETHING BAD THAT HAPPENED IN
YOUR LIFE AND TO TURN IT INTO
SOMETHING POSITIVE, IT'S BY
TAKING THE INFORMATION THAT
YOU'VE LEARNED AND USING IT TO
HELP OTHERS.
>> Narrator: BUT THE BROTHERS
STILL HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
>> MY BROTHER AND I RECONNECTED
AGAIN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO WITH THIS HOUSE.
>> IT WAS QUITE A WHILE SINCE
I'D BEEN TO THAT HOME.
IT HAD A SICKENING FEEL TO IT.
IT WAS PRETTY SICKENING.
IT WAS JUST EVIL.
IT WAS JUST AN EVIL FEELING.
>> SO, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH
THIS PLACE?
>> Narrator: TIM TELLS TOM HE
AND HIS WIFE, TRISH, WENT TO
RECLAIM THE HOUSE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?
>> I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT TIM
WANTED TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSE,
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED.
I FELT LIKE HE WANTED TO STOP
THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
COMPLETELY, AND I THINK THAT'S
WHY HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE -- TO
PUT A STOP TO IT, TO END IT.
>> WE MADE A DECISION THAT WE
WEREN'T GONNA BE AFRAID ANYMORE.
WE WERE GONNA TAKE BACK THAT
HOUSE.
>> Narrator: TIM REACHES OUT TO
HIS FRIEND ROY HALL, A
VIOLENT-HAUNTING EXPERT, TO HELP
HIM PERFORM A CLEANSING RITUAL
IN THE HOME.
ROY BELIEVES THE DEMONIC ENTITY
FROM THE WOODS HAUNTED THE
YANCEY FAMILY BECAUSE TIM'S
FATHER WAS ABUSIVE.
>> BOYS, I WARNED YOU!
TELL ME THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT!
WHERE IS HE?!
IS HE IN THE TREE?!
IS HE IN THE KITCHEN?!
>> TIM'S HOUSE HAD A LOT OF
DYSFUNCTION IN IT, AND THAT'S
THE THING THAT SOMETHING LIKE
THAT FEEDS UPON.
TIM YANCEY'S AND TOM'S FATHER,
HAVING SERVED OVER IN THE
KOREAN WAR, I'M SURE HE'S SEEN A
LOT OF BAD THINGS.
>> FEEL THAT?
>> I'VE NEVER STOPPED FEELING
THAT.
>> THIS THING THAT ENTERED THE
HOME COULD HAVE DEFINITELY
MAGNIFIED THAT AND KEYED ON
THAT TO TRY AND MAKE HIM WORSE
THAN WHAT HE REALLY WAS.
>> WHERE'S THE ROOM?
>> UPSTAIRS.
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
>> ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL...
>> Narrator: THE NEGATIVE ENERGY
IS STRONGEST IN TIM AND TOM'S
OLD BEDROOM.
>> LORD, PLEASE HELP CLEANSE
THIS HOUSE OF EVIL AND
NEGATIVITY.
>> [ GASPS ]
>> HELP US MAKE IT A PLACE OF
LIGHT AND LOVE --
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> -- A HOME FIT FOR A FAMILY.
>> ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,
DEFEND US IN BATTLE AGAINST A
WORLD OF DARKNESS, AGAINST EVIL
SPIRITS.
>> WHEN WE WERE DONE, YOU COULD
FEEL THAT THE ENERGY WAS
DIFFERENT IN THE HOME.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE AIR.
WE HAD DISPLACED THE NEGATIVITY
IN THE HOME.
>> IS DINNER ALMOST READY?
>> ALMOST. I'M CHECKING NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Narrator: IN AUGUST OF 2009,
TIM, TRISH, AND HER SON,
GABRIEL, MOVE INTO THE
LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, HOUSE.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DAY
WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
TURN A PAGE AND SAY, "OH, PHEW.
THAT'S DONE."
>> Narrator: TOM OFTEN DROPS BY
FOR A VISIT.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> IT'S NOT EASY SOMETIMES,
BECAUSE YOU CAN FEEL AN ENERGY
THAT UNDERLIES THE HOUSE, THAT
UNDERLIES MY HUSBAND.
>> OOPS.
GOT A LINEMAN IN THE FAMILY.
>> LUNCH IS READY!
>> ALL RIGHT. I'M STARVING.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> AFTER I LEFT HOME, I HAD NO
INTEREST IN PARANORMAL OR
GHOSTS.
BUT NOW THAT I'M BECOMING CLOSER
WITH MY BROTHER, I'M STARTING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
AND MY CHILDHOOD.
>> I LIVE IN A HOUSE TODAY THAT
IS FULL OF FAMILY, FULL OF
LAUGHTER, FULL OF HUMOR.
IT'S A JOYOUS PLACE.
SO MANY TIMES, WHEN TRISH AND I
WORKED WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE
GOING THROUGH A VIOLENT
HAUNTING, THE KEY IS MIND-SET.
IF YOU HEAL THE DYSFUNCTION IN
THE FAMILY, YOU CAN HEAL THE
HAUNTING.