Narrator: A CURIOUS TEEN COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH A MUMMY...
THERE'S STILL... SKIN ON HER FACE.
Narrator: ...AND IS HAUNTED BY AN EVIL BEAST
FROM AN ANCIENT WORLD.
FOR YEARS, IT PURSUES HIM WITHOUT MERCY.
Caleb: THE THING WAS COMING AFTER ME
LIKE A CREATURE WOULD STALK PREY.
Narrator: CAN HE ESCAPE FROM ITS CLUTCHES
BEFORE IT CLAIMS HIS SOUL?
[ SCREAMING ]
THIS ENTITY WAS MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANY ONE PERSON COULD HANDLE.
[ GRUNTING ]
Caleb: IT WAS HELL ON EARTH.
Narrator: IN AMERICA, THERE IS REAL EVIL.
IT LURKS IN THE DARKEST SHADOWS AND IN OUR MOST ORDINARY TOWNS.
BETWEEN THE WORLD WE SEE AND THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THERE ARE DOORS.
WHEN THEY ARE OPENED,
NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY.
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ON THE NORTH SHORE OF SENECA LAKE
LIES A SMALL, SLEEPY TOWN.
IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE FAMILIES LIVE
IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR GENERATIONS.
Caleb: THE COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN --
IT WAS A SMALLER COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A NICE PLACE TO GROW UP AS A KID
BECAUSE YOU COULD RIDE YOUR BIKES UP AND DOWN OUR ROAD
WITHOUT FEAR OF TRAFFIC.
AND YOU HAD OPEN FIELDS FOR BASEBALL.
WE LIVED IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AT THE TIME --
MY MOM'S MOM.
Narrator: 14-YEAR-OLD CALEB WEAVER
LIVES WITH HIS PARENTS, CHRIS AND SUSAN.
Caleb: MY CHILDHOOD WAS PRETTY TYPICAL.
I MEAN, IT HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS,
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PRETTY HAPPY FOR THE MOST PART.
Narrator: CALEB'S MOTHER WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS
DUE TO HER OCCUPATION.
CALEB HAD A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS
FROM THE TIME HE WAS LITTLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
HE WAS IN SWIM CLUB,
AND HE PLAYED TROMBONE IN A BAND.
MORNING, DAD.
HEY, SON.
CALEB, YOU BETTER GET GOING.
DON'T YOU HAVE A-A FIELD TRIP TODAY?
YEAH, IT SOUNDS BORING.
BORING OR NOT, DON'T BE LATE.
HE WAS YOUR TYPICAL TEENAGER.
THANKS. SEE YOU LATER, MOM.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
I THINK WE WERE THE BASIC, WELL-ROUNDED FAMILY.
Narrator: BUT IN THE SPRING OF 1997,
CALEB'S HAPPY LIFE IS DISRUPTED.
THAT AFTERNOON, CALEB'S CLASS VISITS A LOCAL MUSEUM
SHOWCASING RECENTLY ACQUIRED EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS
DATING BACK TO 2000 B.C.
WELCOME TO THE EGYPTIAN GALLERY.
THERE ARE MANY PRICELESS ANTIQUITIES HERE,
SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
FOLLOW ME THIS WAY.
DON'T GO BUMPING INTO THINGS.
YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THAT VASE.
Caleb: AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THERE,
I JUST FELT ODDLY DRAWN TO THE EXHIBIT AND THESE ARTIFACTS.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED TO HAVE JUST TUNED ITSELF OUT.
AS I'M LOOKING AT EVERYTHING,
I FELT KIND OF SEPARATED FROM EVERYONE.
Guide: AND THIS IS THE REAL TREASURE OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION.
HERE LIES THE MORTAL REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN,
PRESERVED ACCORDING TO CUSTOM.
IN SHORT, A MUMMY.
WE BELIEVE SHE WAS A PRIESTESS
WHO SERVED ONE OF EGYPT'S MAJOR DEITIES.
YOU SEE HOW WELL-PRESERVED SHE IS?
SHE'S GOT THE FINGERNAILS AND THE BONES, THE TEETH.
YEAH, YEAH.
AND HER TEETH ARE STILL INTACT.
Narrator: THE MUMMY WAS RUMORED TO BE A PRIESTESS
WHO WORSHIPPED A VOLATILE AND AGGRESSIVE GOD.
AND THE DEITY MAY STILL BE PROTECTING HER IN THE AFTERLIFE.
HERE ARE SOME ARTIFACTS WE FOUND IN THE PRIESTESS' TOMB.
Caleb: THE UNWRAPPED HEAD OF THE MUMMY WAS PRETTY INTENSE.
IT WAS THE WHOLE FACE.
THE FACE WAS INTACT, EVERYTHING.
KIND OF LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE.
Narrator: SUDDENLY, CALEB IS STRUCK
BY AN OVERWHELMING SENSATION.
Caleb: EVERYTHING BLURRED.
I WAS JUST TRAPPED IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE EVEN REALIZED,
YOU KNOW, WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING.
IT GOT SO INTENSE THAT IT WAS UNBEARABLE.
AS SOON AS WE LEFT THAT GALLERY, I JUST FELT A LOT OF RELIEF.
I WAS JUST GLAD TO BE OUT OF THERE.
Narrator: THAT EVENING,
CALEB STILL CAN'T SHAKE THE UNNERVING EXPERIENCE.
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
Caleb: AS SOON AS I GOT HOME,
I STARTED TO FEEL THAT SAME UNEASINESS
THAT I FELT WHEN WE WERE AT THIS GALLERY.
SO, WAS IT BORING?
NO. [ CHUCKLES ]
NO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH...
THERE WAS THIS MUMMY -- A PRIESTESS.
THERE'S STILL... SKIN ON HER FACE.
AND I LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH HER EYES.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY,
BUT FOR A SECOND, IT FELT LIKE
SHE WAS LOOKING RIGHT THROUGH ME.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I COULDN'T BREATHE.
Susan: HE WAS SCARED AFTER VISITING THE MUMMY EXHIBIT.
WE ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS CALEB.
FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE,
HE ALWAYS HAD VERY DEEP INTEREST IN DIFFERENT TOPICS.
WHEN HE GOT HIS MIND ONTO SOMETHING,
IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET HIM TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
SO, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE MUMMY,
WE KIND OF SAID TO OURSELVES,
"OKAY, THIS IS CALEB'S NEW OBSESSION."
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, HONEY?
I'M SURE HE'S FINE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY JUST A LITTLE FREAKED OUT.
YOU SAW A REAL MUMMY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THAT CAN BE A LITTLE SCARY.
Caleb: MY PARENTS -- THEY KIND OF BLEW IT OFF
AS I SAW A DEAD BODY, A MUMMY, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE FRIGHTENING.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY TRIED TO RATIONALIZE IT.
Narrator: BUT CALEB FINDS LITTLE COMFORT
IN HIS PARENTS' REASSURANCES.
Caleb: I JUST GOT THE DREADFUL FEELING
THAT I WAS IN HARM'S WAY.
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
[ CHOIR CHANTING OMINOUSLY ]
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
[ SCREAMING ]
Narrator: IN A SMALL TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK,
MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENT CALEB WEAVER
HAS AN EERY ENCOUNTER WITH AN ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN MUMMY.
HERE ARE SOME ARTIFACTS WE FOUND IN THE PRIESTESS' TOMB.
IT FELT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING WAS THERE,
KIND OF LOOKING AT ME.
I FELT VERY SINGLED OUT.
Susan: WHEN CALEB RETURNED THAT DAY
FROM THE FIELD TRIP AT SCHOOL, HE WAS VERY QUIET.
HE DID TALK ABOUT SEEING THIS MUMMY EXHIBIT,
AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
THERE'S STILL... SKIN ON HER FACE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I COULDN'T BREATHE.
Narrator: THAT NIGHT...
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
WE BELIEVE SHE WAS A PRIESTESS
WHO SERVED ONE OF EGYPT'S MAJOR DEITIES.
Narrator: THE MUMMY WAS RUMORED TO BE A PRIESTESS
WHO WORSHIPPED AN ANGRY GOD...
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
...WHO MAY STILL BE GUARDING HER IN THE AFTERLIFE.
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
[ GASPS ]
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Caleb: I JUST SEE THESE GLOWING GREEN EYES,
AND IT JUST LETS OUT THIS LOW, GUTTURAL GROWL.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
[ SCREAMING ]
AND I JUST REMEMBER BEING ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
AND I HEARD THE HEAVY FOOTSTEPS OF THIS THING
AS IT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS MY BEDROOM.
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
AND THEN IT WAS GONE.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
CALEB DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
THE NIGHTMARE FELT SO REAL.
Susan: WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR ROOM LAST NIGHT?
ALL THAT RUCKUS?
YOU HEARD IT?
YOU HEARD THE... THE GROWLING?
Susan: RIGHT AFTER HE WENT TO SEE THIS MUMMY EXHIBIT,
THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED SAYING HE HEARD THINGS.
HE THOUGHT HE COULD HEAR SOMETHING BREATHING
UPSTAIRS IN HIS ROOM.
WHAT'S GOING ON, CALEB?
IT WAS SOME SORT OF ANIMAL.
A MONSTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT...
I DO KNOW IT WANTED TO HURT ME.
I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING I SAW AND EXPERIENCED.
CALEB, YOU'RE PROBABLY JUST UPSET
FROM SEEING THAT MUMMY AT THE MUSEUM.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD SOMETHING, BUT THIS HOUSE IS OLD.
IT MAKES ALL KINDS OF STRANGE NOISES.
MY DAD -- HE'S DISMISSING IT AS, YOU KNOW, I'M TOO OLD
TO BE EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, THE BOGEYMAN OR MONSTERS.
NO!
NO, THIS WAS REAL!
ITS EYES, THEY WERE GLOWING!
Susan: HIS DAD AND I CHALKED IT UP TO HIS IMAGINATION.
MAYBE IT WAS JUST A VERY BAD DREAM.
FORGET IT.
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME.
CALEB'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL,
AND HE SEEMS TO EXPERIENCE EMOTIONS VERY STRONGLY.
WE JUST ASSUMED THAT IF WE WERE PATIENT
AND LET HIM WORK HIS WAY THROUGH IT,
IT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
Caleb: MY PARENTS SAID IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A NIGHTMARE,
BUT WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU KNOW THAT DISTINCTION.
I KNOW IT WASN'T THAT.
[ GROWLING ]
[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]
Narrator: CALEB FINDS HIMSELF IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FEAR
BUT CHOOSES TO SUFFER IN SILENCE.
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
Caleb: I DID HAVE A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS,
BUT I NEVER SPOKE ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
MY PARENTS DISMISSED ME,
SO, YOU KNOW, ARE MY FRIENDS JUST GONNA DISMISS IT, TOO?
I FELT VERY ISOLATED.
SO I JUST KEPT EVERYTHING TO MYSELF.
I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD REALLY ANY OTHER OPTION AT THAT POINT,
OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO SUCK IT UP
AND DEAL WITH IT.
HEY, SO, UH, CALEB,
WHO WAS THAT GIRL YOU WERE TRYING TO TALK TO TODAY?
YEAH, 'CAUSE THAT GIRL DEFINITELY SHOT YOU DOWN.
SERIOUSLY. OH, MY GOSH.
SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU, MAN.
SHE SEEMED KIND OF ANNOYED, HONESTLY.
LIKE, NEXT TIME, I WOULDN'T EVEN TALK TO HER.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I'M GONNA TRY.
HEY, GO FOR IT. GO FOR IT, DUDE.
PLEASE, BE MY GUEST.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE GOT TO GO.
WE'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SOCCER.
ALL RIGHT. TALK TO YOU LATER.
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU LATER. SEE YOU.
Caleb: A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THIS STARTED,
I CAME HOME FROM THE SCHOOL BUS.
I'D LEFT MY KEYS INSIDE,
SO I WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE
WAS TO GO THROUGH THE BASEMENT.
THE MOMENT I WALKED IN THE BASEMENT,
I WAS CREEPED OUT BY IT.
[ VOICES WHISPERING ]
I PAUSED FOR JUST A MOMENT, AND I HEARD THIS WHISPERING.
AND WHEN I TURNED TO LOOK IN THE CORNER...
I SAW THE EYES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE HEAD AND THE SCALES OF THIS THING.
HERE LIES THE MORTAL REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN,
PRESERVED ACCORDING TO CUSTOM.
WE BELIEVE SHE WAS A PRIESTESS
WHO SERVED ONE OF EGYPT'S MAJOR DEITIES.
Narrator: EVER SINCE CALEB WEAVER
ENCOUNTERED AN ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN MUMMY
ON A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP IN UPSTATE NEW YORK...
...HE'S BEEN HAVING DISTURBING NIGHTMARES
THAT FEEL ALL TOO REAL.
THE MUMMY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN A PRIESTESS
WHO WORSHIPPED AN AGGRESSIVE AND ANIMALISTIC GOD,
AND IT'S NOW PROTECTING HER IN THE AFTERLIFE.
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
THIS THING IS JUST CONSTANTLY
JUST TRYING TO TERRORIZE AND TORMENT ME.
I JUST TRIED COPING WITH THAT SENSE OF DREAD.
Narrator: ONE DAY,
CALEB ACCIDENTALLY LOCKS HIMSELF OUT OF HIS HOUSE
AND IS FORCED TO GO THROUGH THE BASEMENT.
Caleb: AS SOON AS I STARTED WALKING DOWN INTO THIS BASEMENT,
IT LOOKED LIKE A CRYPT...
WHERE YOU JUST --
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOMAIN.
AND WHEN I TURNED TO LOOK IN THE CORNER,
I SAW THIS PRESENCE AGAIN.
IT WAS CROCODILE IN APPEARANCE
AND PARTLY MUTATED WITH A PERSON
AND JUST VERY, VERY MASSIVE AND VERY MENACING.
AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
THIS THING WAS COMING AFTER ME
LIKE A CREATURE WOULD STALK PREY.
I RAN OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS I COULD.
AT THIS POINT, I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING PARANORMAL.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING ON,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THIS THING WAS TARGETING ME,
AND IT WAS NOT FRIENDLY.
Narrator: HIS PARENTS THINK
CALEB HAS AN OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION
UNTIL HIS MOTHER NOTICES AN ALARMING CHANGE
IN HER SON'S DEMEANOR.
HE DID BEGIN TO HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING.
HE DID BECOME VERY FRUSTRATED.
CALEB?
IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU WANT TO TALK?
[ SIGHS ] WHEN I GOT HOME, THE DOOR WAS LOCKED,
AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY KEYS ON ME.
HE HAD BEEN LEFT HOME ALONE,
AND HE HAD GOTTEN VERY UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING.
BUT WHEN I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS TO THE BASEMENT,
THERE WAS THIS MONSTER.
Narrator: THE MORE CALEB DESCRIBES THIS FRIGHTENING ENCOUNTER,
THE MORE SUSAN SUSPECTS SHE KNOWS
WHY HE SENSES SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
I-I THINK I UNDERSTAND.
THIS HOUSE -- OUR FAMILY HOME...
A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
LIKE, UM, MY FATHER -- HE WAS A VERY ANGRY MAN.
Susan: WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
MY FATHER WAS A VERY ABUSIVE ALCOHOLIC.
THERE WERE MANY INSTANCES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WHEN I MOVED BACK INTO THE HOME AS AN ADULT,
I WOULD EXPERIENCE A MEMORY, A FLASHBACK
OF A VIOLENT EPISODE IN THE HOUSE.
YOU'RE WORTHLESS.
GET OUT OF HERE!
I THOUGHT THAT THE HOUSE MAYBE HAD SOME RESIDUAL ENERGY
FROM EXPERIENCES WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
Narrator: BUT SUSAN HAS NO IDEA THAT HER TROUBLED CHILDHOOD
IS UNRELATED TO WHAT CALEB IS GOING THROUGH.
Caleb: I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT I ALWAYS FELT THIS THING THERE.
I WOULD AVOID BEING IN THE HOUSE BY MYSELF.
MOM?
DAD?
HELLO?
[ CLACKING NOISE ]
[ DOOR CREAKS, SLAMS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I STARTED GETTING VERY SICK TO MY STOMACH.
IT WAS A VERY OVERWHELMING SENSATION,
LIKE I WAS JUST HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK.
[ GROWLING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
MY ARM!
Narrator: FOR MORE "A HAUNTING," VISIT...
Narrator: FOR MONTHS, CALEB WEAVER HAS BEEN TORMENTED
BY A MYSTERIOUS AND HORRIFIC MONSTER
THAT RESEMBLES AN ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN GOD.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I JUST FELT A SEARING PAIN.
I FELT LIKE SOMEONE PUT MY ARM IN A VICE.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA LET GO.
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
MY ARM FELT LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE.
AND I REALIZED I WAS BLEEDING.
IT WAS CLEARLY A BITE MARK.
Narrator: CALEB KEEPS THE ASSAULT A SECRET FROM HIS PARENTS.
Caleb: I HID IT
BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVED WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH.
I'M THE ONLY ONE SEEING THIS THING
AND EXPERIENCING WHAT'S GOING ON.
I FELT JUST HELPLESS.
Narrator: WITH NOWHERE TO TURN, CALEB SPIRALS INTO DARKNESS.
Susan: IT DID GET WORSE.
HE DID BECOME MORE DEPRESSED
AND HAD WHAT I REFERRED TO AS AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN.
[ MOANING ]
Susan: WE GOT CALEB COUNSELING
BECAUSE WE WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
AFTER A WHILE, CALEB PULLED AWAY FROM US.
HE DID NOT SHARE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Narrator: SOON AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL,
CALEB FLEES HIS CHILDHOOD HOME,
HOPING TO ESCAPE THE MONSTER
THAT HAS TERRORIZED HIM FOR YEARS.
I MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN JUST TO ESCAPE THIS.
Narrator: CALEB EVENTUALLY LANDS IN GLEN BURNIE, MARYLAND,
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY,
WHERE HE FINDS WORK AS A SECURITY GUARD AT A LOCAL MALL.
Caleb: I STARTED ACTUALLY HAVING A NORMAL LIFE
WITHOUT BEING TERRORIZED EVERY NIGHT.
Narrator: AND HE MEETS HIS GIRLFRIEND, LAURA.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
Caleb: [ CHUCKLES ]
OTHER THAN SOME TROUBLEMAKING SKATEBOARDERS?
EH, IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
Laura: CALEB OPENED UP WITH ME ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD.
I WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE WHEN HE TOLD ME
ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCES
BECAUSE I DID ALWAYS BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE.
Caleb: LAURA, SHE'S VERY OPEN.
YOU CAN TALK TO HER ABOUT ANYTHING.
SHE'S CARING AND SWEET,
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME TO HER.
THAT REALLY STRENGTHENED OUR RELATIONSHIP.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S FULLY ACCEPTING OF IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN HER EYES.
Laura: YOU HUNGRY?
I CAN EAT.
I'M GONNA MAKE SOME DINNER. COME ON.
Narrator: IN HIS NEW LIFE,
CALEB FORMS ANOTHER IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP
WITH A CO-WORKER NAMED JOHN.
SO, HOW DO YOU LIKE WORKING AS A SECURITY GUARD?
OH, I LOVE IT. YEAH?
IT'S A GREAT JOB.
IT PAYS THE BILLS, YOU KNOW?
IT DOES PAY THE BILLS.
I STARTED WORKING WITH A COMPANY THAT HE WAS A SUPERVISOR FOR.
AND WE JUST BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS EVER SINCE.
THERE'S THIS ONE LADY THAT ALWAYS GIVES ME TROUBLE.
UM, BLUE CARDIGAN?
[ CHUCKLES ] I KNOW WHO YOU MEAN.
ENOUGH SAID? ENOUGH SAID.
OHH.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SHE'S INTERESTING. SHE'S A CHARACTER.
I'VE BEEN MEANING TO...
ASK YOU ABOUT THOSE FOUR SCARS ON YOUR ARM.
WHAT HAPPENED?
UH...
THE CONVERSATION JUST KIND OF GOT BROUGHT UP,
AND HE WAS VERY VAGUE ABOUT IT.
HEY, I CAN'T GET THIS FLASHLIGHT TO WORK.
[ SIGHS ]
DO YOU, UM...
BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL,
THAT CREATURES CAN EXIST THAT AREN'T FROM THIS WORLD?
ACTUALLY, I DO.
I WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE,
AND FOR A WHILE, THIS THING MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL.
John: WHEN I WAS A KID, I WENT INTO THE WOODS
AND CAME ACROSS THIS OLD BUILDING.
IN ONE OF THE CORNERS WAS THIS OLD BOOK.
I PICKED IT UP. IT WAS A SATANIC BIBLE.
Narrator: A DEMON ATTACHED ITSELF TO JOHN THAT DAY.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
AND HE WAS EVENTUALLY FREED
BY A DELIVERANCE MINISTER.
JOHN LATER BECAME HIS ASSISTANT.
AMEN.
John: IT TORTURED ME FOR YEARS.
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO
UNTIL I-I MET THIS MAN NAMED BILL BEAN,
AND HE DELIVERED ME FROM IT.
John: I WAS STUDYING UNDER THE MINISTER
THAT DELIVERED ME
TO HELP OTHERS IN DEALING WITH THE SUPERNATURAL.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YEAH.
GROWING UP, I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF.
John: CALEB DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT MUCH.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH IT TOO FAR,
JUST GIVEN WHAT I HAD WENT THROUGH.
YOU'RE VERY RECLUSIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT
FOR FEAR OF THEM THINKING THAT YOU'RE CRAZY.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME MORE WOOD FOR THIS FIRE, HUH?
Narrator: IN DECEMBER 2013,
CALEB RETURNS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
[ SQUEALS ]
OH, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!
OHH!
GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, MOM.
IT WAS NICE TO HAVE HIM HOME, AND I ENJOYED SEEING HIM.
WELCOME HOME, SON.
HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AFTER YOU.
Narrator: THAT NIGHT, CALEB SLEEPS IN HIS OLD BEDROOM
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE ESCAPED HIS TORMENTER YEARS AGO.
[ VOICES WHISPERING ]
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
[ VOICES CONTINUE ]
Caleb: THE NAME THAT I KEPT HEARING OVER AND OVER WAS SOBEK.
AND AS SOON AS I TYPED IT IN, EVERYTHING CLICKED.
THE NAME CAME UP WITH THIS ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN DEITY.
TOOK THE FORM OF A CROCODILE.
WAS WORSHIPPED BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS...
OH, MY GOD.
...AS A PROTECTION ENTITY TO THOSE THAT WORSHIPPED HIM.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO EGYPTIAN LORE,
THE DEAD ENLISTED THE HELP OF SOBEK
TO PROTECT THEM AS THEY TRAVELED THROUGH THE AFTERLIFE.
[ CHANTING ]
SOBEK COULD BE GUARDING THE MUMMY
THAT CALEB ENCOUNTERED ON HIS SCHOOL FIELD TRIP
SO MANY YEARS AGO.
AND NOW CALEB BELIEVES SOBEK VIEWS HIM AS A POTENTIAL THREAT.
[ GROWLING ]
Caleb: TOOK ME AS A THREAT
AND BASICALLY TARGETED ME FROM THAT POINT ON.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
THIS THING THAT HAD TERRORIZED ME FOR YEARS --
IT'S NO LONGER A MYSTERY.
I KNEW THIS THING THAT I WAS GOING UP AGAINST.
Narrator: BUT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
[ VOICES WHISPERING ]
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
Narrator: WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER,
CALEB WEAVER WAS TORMENTED BY A MONSTER HE COULDN'T IDENTIFY.
[ SCREAMING ]
I COMPLETELY STARTED SHUTTING DOWN.
I ENDED UP MOVING OUT OF THE HOUSE,
AND I MOVED OUT OF THE STATE,
FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN JUST TO ESCAPE THIS.
Narrator: YEARS LATER, WHILE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
CALEB RE-AWAKENS THE ONCE-DORMANT BEAST
AND LEARNS HIS NAME.
Caleb: THIS THING WAS AN EGYPTIAN GOD.
I KNEW WHAT IT WAS NOW -- SOBEK.
OH, MY GOD.
Narrator: IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT SOBEK WAS A DARK GOD
WHO TOOK THE FORM OF A VICIOUS CROCODILE
PROTECTING THE DEAD IN THE AFTERLIFE.
[ GROWLING ]
[ WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
I FELT A WEIGHT COME RIGHT ON ME.
LIKE I WAS GONNA JUST FALL RIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR.
[ GRUNTING ]
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER, CALEB RETURNS
TO THE MARYLAND HOME HE SHARES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, LAURA.
HI, BABY. WELCOME HOME.
NOT NOW!
AS SOON AS HE WALKED IN THE DOOR,
I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
I CAN HELP YOU.
I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP, LAURA!
[ GROANS ]
THIS ANGER THAT HE WAS DISPLAYING
TO THAT LEVEL WAS NOT HIM.
IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE LOOKING AT A STRANGER.
I STARTED TO BECOME AFRAID ALL THE TIME,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA SET HIM OFF NEXT.
John: GOT THE, UH, CHICKEN NUGGETS.
Narrator: LAURA ISN'T THE ONLY ONE
WHO NOTICES A DRASTIC CHANGE IN CALEB.
JOHN IS ONE OF CALEB'S BEST FRIENDS.
LOOK AT THAT WEASEL.
HE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON.
John: BEFORE CALEB WENT UP TO NEW YORK FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
HE WAS A FUN-LOVING PERSON.
HE CAME BACK, AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE HOSTILITY IN HIM.
I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK HE'S UP TO ANYTHING.
WHO CARES? LOOK AT HIM.
ALL RIGHT, HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHO RUNS THINGS AROUND HERE.
HEY, DIRTBAG!
GET OVER HERE!
WHAT DID I SAY?!
GET OVER HERE NOW!
HE WAS GOING OUT LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS.
HE JUST -- HE WANTED TO ASSERT HIS DOMINANCY.
WHAT DID I DO?
LOOK, I'M JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT.
NOW I'M GONNA KICK YOUR SORRY ASS INTO NEXT FREAKING MONTH!
HE WANTED TO HURT SOMEBODY.
Narrator: JOHN THINKS HE UNDERSTANDS.
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,
JOHN HIMSELF WAS TORMENTED BY A DEMON.
NOW HE RECOGNIZES THE SAME DISTURBING SIGNS
IN HIS FRIEND CALEB.
IT WAS CALEB PHYSICALLY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY,
IT JUST WASN'T.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP.
IN DEALING WITH MY EXPERIENCES,
IT LED ME TO BELIEVE ONE THING --
THAT HE WAS POSSESSED.
Narrator: DESPERATE TO HELP,
JOHN AND LAURA DECIDE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
Laura: I DIDN'T START TO THINK IT WAS PARANORMAL
UNTIL JOHN AND I SAT DOWN AND DISCUSSED IT.
I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING HAD COME HOME WITH HIM.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO TO HELP HIM.
I WAS DESPERATE.
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHEN YOU WENT BACK HOME?
Laura: YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ACTING LIKE YOURSELF.
CALEB...
SOMETIMES I'M SCARED OF YOU.
SCARED OF ME? WHY?
I THINK SOMETHING FOLLOWED YOU FROM NEW YORK.
IT'S LATCHED ONTO YOU,
AND I THINK IT'S THE REASON FOR THE WAY YOU'RE ACTING
AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
Narrator: SINCE HIS OWN EXPERIENCE WITH A DEMON,
JOHN HAS LEARNED TO FREE OTHERS FROM POSSESSION.
I WANT TO PERFORM A DELIVERANCE ON YOU,
TO BREAK THE ATTACHMENT OF THIS EVIL
AND TO RID YOU OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.
[ SIGHS ]
OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
I WAS OPEN TO BREAKING THIS ATTACHMENT
OF THIS THING AND GETTING RID OF IT.
John: AT THAT POINT, I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW,
"I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW BEFORE THIS GETS OUT OF HAND.
IT'S JUST GONNA GET WORSE FROM HERE."
Narrator: JOHN EMPLOYS SPECIFIC PRAYERS
TO COMMAND THE DEMONIC ENTITY TO LEAVE CALEB'S BODY.
BY THE POWER OF HIS CROSS, HIS BLOOD, AND HIS RESURRECTION,
I BIND YOU, SATAN, THE SPIRITS, POWERS,
AND FORCES OF DARKNESS,
NETHERWORLD, AND THE EVIL FORCES OF NATURE.
[ LAUGHING ]
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,
BY THE POWER OF HIS CROSS...
John: THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE PRAYER IS USED
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BATTLE THE DEMONIC ENTITIES.
IT'S CALLING UPON GOD TO SEND DOWN HIS ANGELS
AND BE YOUR PROTECTION AND FIGHT FOR YOU.
[ SCREAMING ]
Caleb: IT WAS OVERWHELMING. I WAS PUT INTO A HAZE.
I ONLY REMEMBER BITS AND PIECES HERE AND THERE OF THINGS.
EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED LIKE A BLUR.
[ GRUNTS ] YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
[ Singsong voice ] YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
John: AT THIS POINT, I STARTED BECOMING FEARFUL.
IT'S STIRRED UP. IT'S OUT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO DO THIS,
OTHERWISE, THINGS ARE GONNA GET REALLY, REALLY BAD.
GET OUT OF HERE, LAURA. GO!
JOHN TOLD ME TO LEAVE BECAUSE CALEB HAD THREATENED HIM.
AND HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO GET HURT.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
I WAS AFRAID THAT SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
[ GRUNTING ]
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,
BY THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD, HIS CROSS, AND HIS RESURRECTION,
I BIND YOU, SATAN, THE SPIRITS,
THE NETHERWORLD, AND THE EVIL FORCES OF NATURE.
[ GASPS ]
[ GROWLING ]
[ PANTING ]
[ ROARS DEMONICALLY ]
Caleb: [ GRUNTING ]
John: IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH...
Narrator: AN ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN GOD NAMED SOBEK
HAS POSSESSED CALEB WEAVER,
TAKING CONTROL OF HIS BODY AND MIND.
...THE EVIL FORCES OF NATURE.
CALEB'S FRIEND JOHN ATTEMPTS TO PERFORM A DELIVERANCE
TO FREE HIM FROM THIS EVIL.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT!
John: IT FREAKED ME OUT,
BUT I DIDN'T WANT THIS ENTITY TO KNOW THAT IT SCARED ME.
IF YOU SHOW FEAR, IT CAN JUST TAKE YOU OVER.
IT WILL COMPLETELY DEVOUR YOU.
...AND THE EVIL FORCES OF NATURE.
[ GASPS ]
[ GROWLING ]
[ PANTING ]
[ GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
JOHN, THIS IS ME.
YOU'VE GOT TO STOP, OR SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE.
[ GRUNTS ]
Laura: IS CALEB ALL RIGHT?
THIS THING IS TOO POWERFUL.
[ SOBBING ]
I NEED HELP.
John: I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED STRENGTH LIKE THIS.
IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH
THAT COULD NOT HAVE COME FROM A HUMAN BEING.
Narrator: JOHN ADMITS DEFEAT
AND CALLS IN THE ONLY MAN HE KNOWS WHO CAN HELP --
HIS MENTOR.
BILL BEAN IS AN ORDAINED DELIVERANCE MINISTER
WHO SPECIALIZES IN FREEING
THOSE POSSESSED BY THE SUPERNATURAL.
HE SAVED JOHN ONCE,
AND NOW HE IS HERE TO SAVE CALEB.
Bill: CALEB WAS UNDER DEMONIC POSSESSION.
CALEB WAS EXPOSED TO SOMETHING IN HIS EARLY-CHILDHOOD YEARS.
SOME SORT OF DOORWAY WAS OPENED SOMEHOW, SOME WAY,
FOR THESE DEMONIC FORCES TO COME ONTO HIM.
ARE YOU READY?
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: AS A SAFETY MEASURE, BILL RESTRAINS CALEB.
Laura: MY BIGGEST FEARS
WERE THAT CALEB COULD POSSIBLY DIE FROM THIS
OR KILL ONE OF US.
AFTER WE HANDCUFFED HIM AND PUT HIM IN THE CHAIR,
IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH.
IT WAS TOTAL NIGHT AND DAY.
[ GROWLING ]
WHOEVER DWELLS IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH...
DIE!
...REST IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY!
I WILL SAY TO THE LORD, "YOU ARE MY REFUGE."
SURELY, HE WILL SAVE YOU.
[ SCREAMS ]
YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE DARKNESS.
[ Demonic voice ] AHHH!
CALEB'S FACIAL FEATURES WERE ACTUALLY CHANGING.
THIS DEMON INSIDE OF HIM HAD THIS SINISTER GRIN.
YOU WILL NOT FEAR PESTILENCE
THAT STALKS IN THE DARKNESS, THAT DESTROYS IN THE DAY.
[ WATER SIZZLING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ SPITS ]
[ GROWLS ]
BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF THE MIGHTY NAME OF YAHWEH,
I CAST YOU OUT AND COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE!
I LITERALLY FELT THE DEMON LEAVING HIM THROUGH HIS MOUTH,
AND HE WAS DELIVERED RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
Caleb: I KNEW IT WAS OUT OF ME.
I FELT LIGHTER. I FELT PEACEFUL.
I REMEMBER JUST BREAKING DOWN AND CRYING.
I FELT THAT INTENSE FEELING OF RELIEF
WHEN YOU WAKE OUT OF THE WORLD'S MOST HORRIBLE DREAM.
WHEN I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES, I ACTUALLY SAW CALEB.
I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM ANYMORE.
Narrator: IN APRIL 2014, CALEB AND LAURA MARRY.
Laura: THE FACT THAT WE SURVIVED THIS,
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TOGETHER
FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
IF A POSSESSION DID NOT TEAR US APART,
THEN THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
THAT CAN TEAR CALEB AND I APART.
Narrator: SINCE THE FINAL DELIVERANCE,
CALEB NO LONGER FEARS HIS TORMENTOR.
Caleb: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF ANYMORE,
AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL FEELING.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS GONNA HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION
WITH THIS ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN DEITY.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SAY TO MAKE ANYBODY BELIEVE.
IT'S YOUR OWN LITTLE HELL ON EARTH.
I DON'T WISH ANYONE TO GO THROUGH IT,
BUT I KNOW WHAT'S REAL.
I KNOW WHAT'S NOT REAL.
AND I'M NOT ALONE.