5 Scary Stories You Shouldn’t Watch Alone
Chilling Terror
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'unless I drove straight through the night'}, {'start': '57.273', 'end': '59.459', 'text': 'my dispatcher was breathing down my neck'}, {'start': '59.459', 'end': '61.461', 'text': 'so I decided to take the old highway'}, {'start': '61.461', 'end': '64.881', 'text': 'Route 66 to avoid any more interstate delays'}, {'start': '65.315', 'end': '68.134', 'text': 'it was about 2:00am when I passed through Kingman'}, {'start': '68.234', 'end': '71.371', 'text': 'the moon hung full and heavy over the desert landscape'}, {'start': '71.421', 'end': '73.573', 'text': 'painting everything in silver and shadow'}, {'start': '73.990', 'end': '75.542', 'text': 'my thermos was empty'}, {'start': '75.542', 'end': '78.328', 'text': 'and the radio stations had dissolved into static'}, {'start': '78.428', 'end': '81.281', 'text': 'leaving me alone with the hum of tires on asphalt'}, {'start': '81.347', 'end': '83.583', 'text': "and the occasional glint of an animal's eyes"}, {'start': '83.583', 'end': '85.135', 'text': 'from the scrubby landscape'}, {'start': '85.185', 'end': '86.603', 'text': "that's when I saw her"}, {'start': '86.903', 'end': '88.905', 'text': 'she was standing at the edge of a curve'}, {'start': '88.905', 'end': '91.574', 'text': 'thumb out a small duffel bag at her feet'}, {'start': '91.825', 'end': '94.060', 'text': 'my high beams caught her denim jacket'}, {'start': '94.060', 'end': '96.846', 'text': 'her long dark hair stirring in the desert breeze'}, {'start': '96.946', 'end': '100.750', 'text': "I almost didn't stop company policy and common sense"}, {'start': '100.750', 'end': '103.203', 'text': 'both advise against picking up strangers'}, {'start': '103.369', 'end': '106.372', 'text': 'especially on deserted roads in the middle of the night'}, {'start': '106.539', 'end': '108.741', 'text': 'but something about the slump of her shoulders'}, {'start': '108.741', 'end': '110.693', 'text': 'made me ease off the accelerator'}, {'start': '110.994', 'end': '114.447', 'text': 'she looked tired in a way I recognized deep in my bones'}, {'start': '114.781', 'end': '117.567', 'text': 'I pulled over about 20 yards ahead of her'}, {'start': '117.834', 'end': '118.902', 'text': 'in my side mirror'}, {'start': '118.902', 'end': '121.855', 'text': 'I watched her pick up her bag and walk toward my rig'}, {'start': '122.222', 'end': '125.492', 'text': "her gate was uneven like she'd been walking for miles"}, {'start': '125.909', 'end': '128.428', 'text': 'I reached over and unlocked the passenger door'}, {'start': '128.428', 'end': '129.913', 'text': 'giving myself a mental reminder'}, {'start': '129.913', 'end': '131.631', 'text': 'to keep the conversation light'}, {'start': '131.631', 'end': '134.267', 'text': 'the driving focused thanks for stopping'}, {'start': '134.267', 'end': '136.052', 'text': 'she said as she climbed in'}, {'start': '136.069', 'end': '139.122', 'text': "her voice was raspy like she'd been breathing dust"}, {'start': 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to see my sister she just had a baby'}, {'start': '168.101', 'end': '171.371', 'text': 'I nodded LA was my destination too'}, {'start': '171.704', 'end': '174.507', 'text': 'we fell into the easy conversation of strangers'}, {'start': '174.507', 'end': '176.893', 'text': "who don't expect to see each other again"}, {'start': '176.993', 'end': '179.679', 'text': 'neutral topics nothing too personal'}, {'start': '180.113', 'end': '181.931', 'text': 'she told me her name was Marie'}, {'start': '181.981', 'end': '184.400', 'text': 'said she was a nurse but was between jobs'}, {'start': '184.634', 'end': '186.786', 'text': 'I talked about my kids back in Nebraska'}, {'start': '186.786', 'end': '189.005', 'text': "and the audiobook I'd been listening to"}, {'start': '189.189', 'end': '192.675', 'text': 'normal stuff About 20 minutes into the drive'}, {'start': '192.675', 'end': '195.128', 'text': 'I noticed the temperature dropping in the cab'}, {'start': '195.595', 'end': '198.364', 'text': 'October nights in the desert can get cold'}, {'start': '198.381', 'end': '200.149', 'text': 'but this was different a damp'}, {'start': '200.149', 'end': '202.552', 'text': 'penetrating chill that made my knuckles ache'}, {'start': '202.552', 'end': '205.255', 'text': 'on the steering wheel I turned up the heat'}, {'start': '205.305', 'end': '207.774', 'text': 'you mind if I smoke Marie asked'}, {'start': '208.107', 'end': '209.342', 'text': 'before I could answer'}, {'start': '209.342', 'end': '211.411', 'text': 'I caught a whiff of cigarette smoke'}, {'start': '211.511', 'end': '213.329', 'text': "though I hadn't seen her light one"}, {'start': '213.379', 'end': '215.515', 'text': "actually I'd rather you didn't"}, {'start': '215.515', 'end': '217.533', 'text': 'I said glancing over at her'}, {'start': '217.834', 'end': '220.520', 'text': "that's when I noticed the first strange thing"}, {'start': '220.553', 'end': '222.055', 'text': 'her clothes were different'}, {'start': 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'end': '356.372', 'text': 'she said just like all the others'}, {'start': '356.422', 'end': '358.424', 'text': 'my hands gripped the wheel so tight'}, {'start': '358.424', 'end': '361.010', 'text': 'my fingers went numb what others'}, {'start': '361.027', 'end': '362.862', 'text': "all the Mary's she said"}, {'start': '362.862', 'end': '364.530', 'text': 'as if this explained everything'}, {'start': '364.781', 'end': '367.050', 'text': "all the Janet's and Susan's and Brenda's"}, {'start': '367.183', 'end': '369.252', 'text': "we're all just trying to get where we're going"}, {'start': '369.402', 'end': '370.987', 'text': 'the cab had grown so cold'}, {'start': '370.987', 'end': '372.939', 'text': 'I could see my breath outside'}, {'start': '372.939', 'end': '374.874', 'text': 'the night seemed to press against the windows'}, {'start': '374.874', 'end': '377.510', 'text': 'like something solid the headlights illuminated'}, {'start': '377.510', 'end': '380.146', 'text': 'a green mileage sign that read Los Angeles 2'}, {'start': '380.146', 'end': '384.333', 'text': '87 though I knew we were at least 400 miles from LA'}, {'start': '384.634', 'end': '386.803', 'text': "you're not real I whispered"}, {'start': '387.153', 'end': '390.289', 'text': 'she sighed a sound like wind through dry grass'}, {'start': '390.590', 'end': '392.208', 'text': "I'm as real as this road"}, {'start': '392.275', 'end': '394.594', 'text': "as real as all the men who've offered me rides since"}, {'start': '394.594', 'end': '398.064', 'text': '1957 1957'}, {'start': '398.064', 'end': '400.466', 'text': 'repeated the year I died she said'}, {'start': '400.466', 'end': '403.503', 'text': 'matter of factly about five miles up ahead'}, {'start': '403.503', 'end': '404.320', 'text': 'actually'}, {'start': '404.587', 'end': '407.323', 'text': 'right where Coyote Wash crosses under the highway'}, {'start': '407.790', 'end': '409.659', 'text': 'my boyfriend was driving too fast'}, {'start': '409.659', 'end': '411.210', 'text': "he'd been drinking in Kingman"}, {'start': '411.344', 'end': '412.962', 'text': 'the car went through the guardrail'}, {'start': '412.979', 'end': '414.647', 'text': "he walked away I didn't"}, {'start': '415.064', 'end': '417.383', 'text': 'the story hit me like a physical blow'}, {'start': '417.383', 'end': '419.385', 'text': 'everyone who grew up around these parts'}, {'start': '419.385', 'end': '422.505', 'text': 'knew about the wash a sudden dip in the landscape'}, {'start': '422.505', 'end': '424.907', 'text': 'where flash floods had been known to sweep cars'}, {'start': '424.907', 'end': '428.261', 'text': 'right off the highway there were always flowers there'}, {'start': '428.261', 'end': '430.446', 'text': 'though no one seemed to know who left them'}, {'start': '430.746', 'end': '433.599', 'text': 'Marie was watching me with those two dark eyes'}, {'start': '433.633', 'end': '435.468', 'text': 'usually I just ride along for a while'}, {'start': 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'the steering wheel jerked under my hands'}, {'start': '462.145', 'end': '463.746', 'text': 'pulling hard to the right'}, {'start': '463.746', 'end': '466.682', 'text': 'I fought it but it was like wrestling a living thing'}, {'start': '467.033', 'end': '470.219', 'text': 'outside the windshield I could see the wash coming up'}, {'start': '470.219', 'end': '472.004', 'text': 'a black cut in the landscape'}, {'start': '472.355', 'end': '474.891', 'text': 'the guardrail gleamed dully in my headlights'}, {'start': '475.224', 'end': '477.443', 'text': "Marie's voice had dropped to a whisper"}, {'start': '477.710', 'end': '480.062', 'text': "I've waited so long for someone like you"}, {'start': '480.062', 'end': '481.848', 'text': 'someone who could take my place'}, {'start': '482.315', 'end': '483.666', 'text': 'I stomped on the brakes'}, {'start': '483.666', 'end': '485.735', 'text': 'but the pedal went straight to the floor'}, {'start': '485.868', 'end': '488.020', 'text': 'the 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'text': 'right before he swerved the truck hit something'}, {'start': '517.350', 'end': '519.268', 'text': 'a pothole or debris on the road'}, {'start': '519.268', 'end': '520.803', 'text': 'and lurched violently'}, {'start': '521.120', 'end': '523.673', 'text': "Marie's form seemed to shatter like glass"}, {'start': '523.673', 'end': '525.791', 'text': 'fragments of her scattering into darkness'}, {'start': '525.791', 'end': '528.544', 'text': 'before reforming when she solidified'}, {'start': '528.544', 'end': '530.513', 'text': 'she looked different smaller'}, {'start': '530.513', 'end': '534.200', 'text': "somehow afraid I don't want to do this anymore"}, {'start': '534.350', 'end': '536.719', 'text': 'she said her voice suddenly young'}, {'start': '536.953', 'end': '540.423', 'text': "I'm so tired the wash was seconds away now"}, {'start': '540.423', 'end': '542.525', 'text': 'the guardrail rushing toward us'}, {'start': '542.792', 'end': '544.744', 'text': 'with a strength born 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'no evidence anyone had been there at all'}, {'start': '572.271', 'end': '574.340', 'text': 'just a lingering smell of cigarette smoke'}, {'start': '574.340', 'end': '576.342', 'text': 'and something else'}, {'start': '576.342', 'end': '579.495', 'text': 'a floral perfume that reminded me of funeral homes'}, {'start': '579.829', 'end': '582.782', 'text': 'I sat there until dawn unable to move'}, {'start': '582.782', 'end': '585.084', 'text': 'watching the sky lighten over the desert'}, {'start': '585.384', 'end': '587.703', 'text': 'when I finally pulled back onto the highway'}, {'start': '587.703', 'end': '590.640', 'text': 'I passed the spot where the wash ran under the road'}, {'start': '591.107', 'end': '593.759', 'text': 'someone had placed fresh flowers by the guardrail'}, {'start': '593.793', 'end': '595.811', 'text': 'white lilies tied with a blue ribbon'}, {'start': '596.195', 'end': '598.264', 'text': 'I delivered my freight eight hours late'}, {'start': '598.264', 'end': 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'end': '711.160', 'text': 'the last few years had dimmed her once sharp mind'}, {'start': '711.594', 'end': '712.511', 'text': 'my sister Danny'}, {'start': '712.511', 'end': '715.214', 'text': "and I hadn't visited her Victorian home in Oak Ridge"}, {'start': '715.231', 'end': '717.083', 'text': 'as often as we should have'}, {'start': '717.233', 'end': '720.720', 'text': 'life gets in the way my software job in Seattle'}, {'start': '720.820', 'end': '723.089', 'text': "Danny's medical residency in Portland"}, {'start': '723.222', 'end': '725.341', 'text': 'but now as her only living relatives'}, {'start': '725.341', 'end': '727.493', 'text': 'clearing out her house fell to us'}, {'start': '727.860', 'end': '729.912', 'text': 'do you think we should just hire someone'}, {'start': '729.912', 'end': '730.513', 'text': 'Danny asked'}, {'start': '730.513', 'end': '733.766', 'text': 'as we pulled up to the sprawling three story house'}, {'start': '733.833', 'end': '735.151', 'text': "it's 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'text': "she began I'm sorry for the secrets"}, {'start': '985.584', 'end': '989.371', 'text': 'what I did what we did was unforgivable'}, {'start': '989.505', 'end': '992.708', 'text': 'but you need to know the experiments in Oak Ridge'}, {'start': '992.708', 'end': '994.543', 'text': "weren't sanctioned by any government"}, {'start': '994.543', 'end': '997.980', 'text': 'you know we were contacted in 1967'}, {'start': '997.980', 'end': '999.431', 'text': 'by something that came through'}, {'start': '999.431', 'end': '1003.852', 'text': 'what we called a thin place in the woods outside town'}, {'start': '1004.019', 'end': '1006.472', 'text': 'she described a classified program'}, {'start': '1006.472', 'end': '1009.692', 'text': 'studying entities that could move between dimensions'}, {'start': '1010.309', 'end': '1012.327', 'text': 'entities that needed human hosts'}, {'start': '1012.661', 'end': '1013.862', 'text': 'her team had been tasked'}, {'start': '1013.862', 'end': '1015.681', 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'text': "for those who don't know the story"}, {'start': '1234.466', 'end': '1238.053', 'text': 'my brother disappeared on July 5th 2,012'}, {'start': '1238.303', 'end': '1241.707', 'text': 'he was 19 home from his freshman year at college'}, {'start': '1241.707', 'end': '1244.543', 'text': 'working a summer job at the state park near our house'}, {'start': '1244.543', 'end': '1246.244', 'text': 'in rural Pennsylvania'}, {'start': '1246.595', 'end': '1249.481', 'text': 'he left for work that morning and never came back'}, {'start': '1249.631', 'end': '1252.384', 'text': 'his car was found in the employee parking lot'}, {'start': '1252.384', 'end': '1254.102', 'text': 'keys still in the ignition'}, {'start': '1254.102', 'end': '1256.655', 'text': 'but the extensive searches found nothing'}, {'start': '1256.905', 'end': '1259.725', 'text': 'no body no evidence of foul play'}, {'start': '1259.825', 'end': '1263.011', 'text': 'no Jason it destroyed our family'}, {'start': '1263.428', 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'occasionally'}, {'start': '1372.304', 'end': '1374.623', 'text': 'panning around to capture the dense forest'}, {'start': '1374.623', 'end': '1377.609', 'text': 'on either side it was late afternoon'}, {'start': '1377.743', 'end': '1378.310', 'text': 'the sun'}, {'start': '1378.310', 'end': '1381.413', 'text': 'low enough to cast long shadows between the trees'}, {'start': '1382.147', 'end': '1384.633', 'text': 'I keep seeing someone watching me'}, {'start': '1384.633', 'end': '1387.269', 'text': 'like from a distance at first'}, {'start': '1387.269', 'end': '1389.504', 'text': 'I thought it was a hiker who got lost'}, {'start': '1389.504', 'end': '1391.473', 'text': 'but he trailed off'}, {'start': '1391.473', 'end': '1394.126', 'text': 'as the camera focused on something in the distance'}, {'start': '1394.626', 'end': '1397.729', 'text': 'I paused the video and leaned closer to my TV'}, {'start': '1398.313', 'end': '1399.815', 'text': 'at the edge of the frame'}, {'start': 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'1432.514', 'end': '1434.599', 'text': 'fuck this Jason muttered'}, {'start': '1434.666', 'end': '1437.169', 'text': 'turning the camera around to show his face'}, {'start': '1437.385', 'end': '1439.287', 'text': 'he looked younger than I remembered'}, {'start': '1439.354', 'end': '1442.007', 'text': 'his eyes wide with genuine worry'}, {'start': '1442.707', 'end': '1444.810', 'text': "I'm heading back to the ranger station"}, {'start': '1445.026', 'end': '1447.429', 'text': "if you're watching this and I'm dead mom"}, {'start': '1447.429', 'end': '1449.064', 'text': 'the killer is a really tall'}, {'start': '1449.064', 'end': '1452.334', 'text': 'skinny dude who hangs out by the old fire tower'}, {'start': '1452.501', 'end': '1454.052', 'text': 'love you bye'}, {'start': '1454.786', 'end': '1457.539', 'text': 'he ended with another forced laugh and the recording'}, {'start': '1457.539', 'end': '1461.042', 'text': 'stopped I immediately loaded the second tape'}, {'start': '1462.594', 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'1527.008', 'text': 'then he switched to night vision'}, {'start': '1527.108', 'end': '1530.161', 'text': 'and the yard lit up in eerie green tones'}, {'start': '1530.595', 'end': '1534.015', 'text': 'at the tree line barely visible between two pines'}, {'start': '1534.232', 'end': '1536.935', 'text': 'stood a figure even from a distance'}, {'start': '1536.985', 'end': '1539.454', 'text': 'I could see what had terrified my brother'}, {'start': '1539.871', 'end': '1541.940', 'text': 'it was impossibly tall'}, {'start': '1541.940', 'end': '1545.727', 'text': 'at least 7 feet with limbs too long for its body'}, {'start': '1545.994', 'end': '1548.280', 'text': 'it wore what looked like a dark suit'}, {'start': '1548.430', 'end': '1551.366', 'text': 'its head a pale oval without features'}, {'start': '1551.550', 'end': '1554.286', 'text': 'it stood perfectly still facing the house'}, {'start': '1554.786', 'end': '1556.521', 'text': "it's been there for an hour"}, {'start': '1556.621', 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'end': '2051.682', 'text': 'that never quite masks the underlying mustiness'}, {'start': '2052.150', 'end': '2054.051', 'text': 'I opened my eyes to yellow'}, {'start': '2054.102', 'end': '2055.486', 'text': 'endless yellow'}, {'start': '2055.703', 'end': '2058.506', 'text': 'the walls were that awful shade of nicotine'}, {'start': '2058.506', 'end': '2061.609', 'text': 'stained cream that was all the rage in the 70s'}, {'start': '2061.909', 'end': '2063.845', 'text': 'the carpet moist and matted'}, {'start': '2063.911', 'end': '2065.830', 'text': "smelled like it hadn't been changed since then"}, {'start': '2065.830', 'end': '2068.850', 'text': 'either fluorescent lights buzzed overhead'}, {'start': '2068.983', 'end': '2070.601', 'text': 'some flickering erratically'}, {'start': '2070.902', 'end': '2072.754', 'text': 'casting shadows that seemed to move'}, {'start': '2072.754', 'end': '2074.689', 'text': "when you weren't looking directly at them"}, {'start': '2075.089', 'end': 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'2160.274', 'end': '2163.261', 'text': 'day 3 I found water on the second day'}, {'start': '2163.261', 'end': '2164.195', 'text': 'condensation'}, {'start': '2164.195', 'end': '2166.364', 'text': 'dripping from some pipes in a ceiling panel'}, {'start': '2166.747', 'end': '2168.382', 'text': 'it tasted metallic and wrong'}, {'start': '2168.382', 'end': '2169.534', 'text': 'but I was desperate'}, {'start': '2169.634', 'end': '2172.019', 'text': "I've been collecting it in an empty potato chip bag"}, {'start': '2172.019', 'end': '2173.754', 'text': 'I found not ideal'}, {'start': '2173.754', 'end': '2175.323', 'text': "but it's keeping me alive"}, {'start': '2175.540', 'end': '2178.543', 'text': 'food has been harder I found odd things'}, {'start': '2178.543', 'end': '2179.544', 'text': 'half a granola bar'}, {'start': '2179.544', 'end': '2181.445', 'text': 'wedged between the carpet and the wall'}, {'start': '2181.546', 'end': '2184.282', 'text': 'a pack of stale crackers on a forgotten 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I've seen other things"}, {'start': '2493.390', 'end': '2494.642', 'text': "things that don't belong"}, {'start': '2494.742', 'end': '2498.095', 'text': "a child's toy abandoned in the middle of a hallway"}, {'start': '2498.128', 'end': '2501.932', 'text': 'a single high heeled shoe perfectly placed in a doorway'}, {'start': '2502.183', 'end': '2504.768', 'text': 'a desk with fresh flowers in a vase'}, {'start': '2504.952', 'end': '2507.771', 'text': 'actually fresh not wilted or dead'}, {'start': '2508.422', 'end': '2512.009', 'text': 'these things appear and then disappear when I look away'}, {'start': '2512.393', 'end': '2513.961', 'text': "I don't touch them anymore"}, {'start': '2514.461', 'end': '2515.829', 'text': 'the one time I did'}, {'start': '2515.829', 'end': '2518.282', 'text': 'picked up a cell phone I found on the carpet'}, {'start': '2518.699', 'end': '2520.184', 'text': 'it melted in my hand'}, {'start': '2520.184', 'end': '2523.370', 'text': 'turning to black sludge 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'everything normal except'}, {'start': '2550.781', 'end': '2553.200', 'text': 'all the furniture was covered in yellow wallpaper'}, {'start': '2553.634', 'end': '2556.186', 'text': 'my sister was there asking about the bookshelf'}, {'start': '2556.186', 'end': '2558.005', 'text': 'I was supposed to help her move'}, {'start': '2558.188', 'end': '2560.424', 'text': 'you never showed up she kept saying'}, {'start': '2560.424', 'end': '2563.694', 'text': 'you just disappeared I woke up crying'}, {'start': '2563.794', 'end': '2566.764', 'text': 'actually crying for the first time since I got here'}, {'start': '2566.914', 'end': '2568.499', 'text': 'the dream felt so real'}, {'start': '2568.499', 'end': '2570.150', 'text': 'and waking up to these yellow walls'}, {'start': '2570.150', 'end': '2572.369', 'text': 'was like falling all over again'}, {'start': '2572.870', 'end': '2574.622', 'text': 'after I pulled myself together'}, {'start': '2574.622', 'end': '2576.323', 'text': 'I noticed 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'sometimes you have to be brave enough to go through it'}, {'start': '2915.912', 'end': '2918.982', 'text': 'the light is close now I can see details'}, {'start': '2918.982', 'end': '2920.133', 'text': 'trees I think'}, {'start': '2920.150', 'end': '2923.570', 'text': "a sky colors that aren't yellow or brown"}, {'start': '2923.954', 'end': '2925.922', 'text': "I'm running now toward the light"}, {'start': '2925.939', 'end': '2928.892', 'text': "toward home this is the last I'll write"}, {'start': '2929.026', 'end': '2930.911', 'text': 'either I make it back to our world'}, {'start': '2930.911', 'end': '2932.846', 'text': 'to tell my story in person'}, {'start': '2932.913', 'end': '2934.615', 'text': "or I don't make it at all"}, {'start': '2934.748', 'end': '2935.832', 'text': 'but know this'}, {'start': '2935.832', 'end': '2939.770', 'text': 'the backrooms are real and it is possible to escape'}, {'start': '2940.103', 'end': '2943.123', 'text': 'addendum found scrawled on the back of 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'tuned to pick up whatever response'}, {'start': '3151.865', 'end': '3153.683', 'text': 'I should have sided with Carlos'}, {'start': '3153.867', 'end': '3156.119', 'text': 'but the scientist in me was intrigued'}, {'start': '3156.469', 'end': '3159.272', 'text': "we'd been studying paranormal phenomena for decades"}, {'start': '3159.272', 'end': '3160.373', 'text': 'with little progress'}, {'start': '3160.707', 'end': '3163.009', 'text': 'maybe a more active approach was warranted'}, {'start': '3163.143', 'end': '3165.028', 'text': 'the next night we set up the amplifier'}, {'start': '3165.028', 'end': '3167.647', 'text': 'in the center of what Elaine called a hot spot'}, {'start': '3167.831', 'end': '3169.633', 'text': 'an area where previous researchers'}, {'start': '3169.633', 'end': '3171.768', 'text': 'had documented intense activity'}, {'start': '3172.002', 'end': '3174.571', 'text': 'we positioned Sarah in a comfortable chair'}, {'start': '3174.671', 'end': '3178.425', 'text': 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'unnatural purple swirling like a vortex'}, {'start': '3232.913', 'end': '3235.966', 'text': 'our equipment exploded in cascading sparks'}, {'start': '3236.232', 'end': '3239.519', 'text': 'Sarah convulsed her back arching impossibly'}, {'start': '3239.703', 'end': '3243.690', 'text': 'and then silence the amplifier died'}, {'start': '3243.823', 'end': '3246.860', 'text': 'Sarah collapsed the sky returned to normal'}, {'start': '3246.860', 'end': '3248.695', 'text': 'though no stars were visible'}, {'start': '3248.862', 'end': '3250.847', 'text': 'we rushed Sarah back to the house'}, {'start': '3250.914', 'end': '3252.649', 'text': 'her vital signs were stable'}, {'start': '3252.699', 'end': '3254.484', 'text': 'but she remained unconscious'}, {'start': '3254.751', 'end': '3257.404', 'text': 'the rest of us argued about what to do next'}, {'start': '3257.787', 'end': '3260.724', 'text': 'we need to evacuate Carlos insisted'}, {'start': '3260.991', 'end': '3263.927', 'text': 'whatever 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'text': 'three weeks ago'}, {'start': '3528.508', 'end': '3531.244', 'text': 'I received a package with no return address'}, {'start': '3531.344', 'end': '3533.780', 'text': 'inside was a thumb drive containing footage'}, {'start': '3533.780', 'end': '3536.366', 'text': 'from our equipment at Skinwalker Ranch'}, {'start': '3536.583', 'end': '3538.451', 'text': "footage I hadn't known existed"}, {'start': '3538.501', 'end': '3539.819', 'text': 'most of it was corrupted'}, {'start': '3539.819', 'end': '3543.439', 'text': 'but one file played clearly the amplifier experiment'}, {'start': '3543.907', 'end': '3546.626', 'text': 'in it I saw what happened to Sarah that night'}, {'start': '3546.626', 'end': '3548.695', 'text': 'what actually emerged from her'}, {'start': '3549.028', 'end': '3551.164', 'text': "I won't describe it I can't"}, {'start': '3551.264', 'end': '3553.850', 'text': "but it wasn't Sarah who woke up the next morning"}, {'start': '3554.234', 'end': '3556.803', 'text': "it 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'text': 'the lights in my motel room keep flickering'}, {'start': '3607.704', 'end': '3610.039', 'text': "forming patterns I'm starting to understand"}, {'start': '3610.340', 'end': '3613.726', 'text': 'the mirror shows more people behind me each time I look'}, {'start': '3613.793', 'end': '3615.128', 'text': 'Trevor Denise'}, {'start': '3615.261', 'end': '3616.863', 'text': 'Elaine Carlos'}, {'start': '3616.863', 'end': '3620.283', 'text': 'Sarah all watching with those same black eyes'}, {'start': '3620.433', 'end': '3622.335', 'text': 'their mouths move in unison'}, {'start': '3622.352', 'end': '3625.355', 'text': "counting down if you're reading this"}, {'start': '3625.355', 'end': '3627.073', 'text': "I'm already gone and"}, {'start': '3627.073', 'end': '3629.826', 'text': 'if you ever receive an invitation to Skinwalker Ranch'}, {'start': '3629.826', 'end': '3632.645', 'text': "burn it some doors aren't meant to be open"}, {'start': '3632.829', 'end': '3636.049', 'text': 'and if 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'text': 'and property records'}, {'start': '3662.825', 'end': '3665.945', 'text': 'show no change in ownership of the Skinwalker Ranch'}, {'start': '3665.945', 'end': '3667.930', 'text': 'during the specified time frame'}, {'start': '3668.114', 'end': '3670.700', 'text': 'attempts to locate the other individuals mentioned'}, {'start': '3670.700', 'end': '3672.402', 'text': 'have been unsuccessful'}]