Spooked - Possession

Episode Date: September 28, 2017

Stories: "Indonesian Ghost Show" - When a TV crew shows up to film a ghost show their disrespect angers the gods. "Daikon" - Susan's dog Daikon kept giving signs that an intruder was haunting her old Victorian in New Orleans. Then one night in October, the intruder crossed the line. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We like to think that we're in control, that our words are our own, that we step where we decide to step. But what if something else starts pulling the strings? From Snap Judgment's underground layer, you're listening to Spoot. Stay. So here's the thing. When the creepy, crawly, ghosty stuff starts to happen, usually there's only one or maybe two people there to see it. They lose their minds. Sound nuts.

People dismiss the disturbed person, but what if the bad thing? It happens on a bright sunny day. With the birds chirping, lots of people around and cameras everywhere. From Snap Judgment's underground layer. My name is Clint Washington. And spooked starts now.

Three years ago, Harry Obama was in West Java, Indonesia, in a village called Bameng Thub. There's a village. The story behind that is, according to history, there's according to legend. I don't know, is it true or not, but they say that this place is haunted,

this place is full with spirits. So what do you mean by spirit? Indonesian believe that there's a two dimension, our dimension and spirit's dimension. The people in the village said that to mention, was ruled by animal spirits. For Hario, those were the magic words. He'd come hoping to find a haunted location for his TV show, Masi Dunia Lane. He was a TV producer from the big city, Jakarta. I'm a city boy who really doesn't believe in ghosts and these are

country people who really believe in spirits and ghosts. The locals told Hario that there was one particular spot in the village, where he and his crew might find what they were looking for. There's one place in the middle of jungle. A house that had been abandoned. The local took me there. But they refused to go inside the building. Before we went to the house, the locals warn us that we have to act polite. Can you tell me what the house looked like?

The building is in a good condition, but it's all dirty. It smells not good Maybe it's only my imagination But I think I smell blood The floor was littered with dirt and rocks Grass had started to grow in between the floorboards First thing I do, I pray I pray please protect us

God, please protect us Don't make us harm I will not us but me actually I pray only for myself Hario had brought along with him the two people you need when checking out a haunted location. A shaman and a fixer, a guy who handles the logistics. His name was Garnas. It's about 19, 20.

Well, he said that, I don't believe in ghosts. Why are you looking for a ghost? I don't believe in spirits. Garnas doesn't care. He's disrespectful. And what did you say to him? I'll say that careful, this is not our town, this is not our place. You're not supposed to say that.

And after Haryo told Garnas off, Garnas headed to the back of the house to take a leak. But when he did that... He's being in the place that he's not supposed to be. Suddenly, he's screaming, he's yelling, he's rolling on the floor, he's scratching the wall. What? Wait, Garnas, what happened to you? What are you doing? Garnas's hands were behind his head, his arms making the shape of two triangles on either side. As if he were taking the shape of a cobra. His face looked different. His eyes is closed, and then he tried to bang his head on the floor.

He's slithering like a snake, and it's like, I think he got possessed by the snake spirits. What I do, I pray, so that he doesn't hurt me. Hario says the shaman was casting spells to pull Garnes out of the spirit's possession. And he was also apologizing to it. And the Saman said that, we mean no harm. I'm apologized for him. And that moment, I feel relieved. And although the bruises and his hand is been cut, Garnes is okay.

Well, actually, he said like, where am I? Who are you? Oh, man, you get possessed. Oh, what did I do? You pee! So now that this happened, do you feel like, oh, maybe we should leave this location? Maybe we're not safe? Or how do you feel? Well, at that time, I think that's...

This is the right spot for we doing our show. This is the right spot. It was everything he'd hoped for. And that's when he gave his TV crew the go-ahead. Next day is the shooting day. Hario led the contestant past a crowd of around 50 people gathered outside the house. Locals know that we are shooting in that place. We want to see what's going on inside.

when the wheel starts to film and the contestant lived alone inside the house. At first, the contestant feel bored. They feel bored, nothing happened, but suddenly something happened. The contestants is not himself. He only has a blank stare. His face looks different. looks different and then the consentent began to grow and suddenly he became like a tiger and we believe the tiger is Siliwangi the king's spirit of West Java he has opened his mouth

and said in a different voice why are you disrespecting me and the priest said we're not trying to disrespect you The contestant was still growling, held back by the arms of the shaman, before he clapsed to the ground. Hario and the crew took the contestant to the medical tent. They gave him hot tea and some hot lotion to calm him down. I'm in the medical room with the contestant. When I first realized they're screaming outside. When I look out the tent, I see one man in a crowd.

He's on his hands and knees. and the crowd is surrounding him he's growling he's scratching the floor he's rolling he's act like an animal he tried to attack the people near him harrow called the priest to come heal the man the priest grabbed him by the neck and doing spells and peers

but then hario said it's like the spirits moved to someone else The same spirits move to another person. Another person get possessed. It's a woman. The crew was trying to hold down the woman while the priest was casting spells.

I tried to help the priest, but what can I do? I'm not a more person. I don't have any powers. I don't have any gift. What I do is I try to make the crowd back up. And I say that, Backed up, back up.

This is not a show. This is real. This is not acting. This is real. Back down. Back down. It's dangerous. I don't want to anyone get harm.

The crowd is freaking out. But they're not screaming. They're praying. And the priest also doing the spells, doing the prayers. As the men in charge, I feel hopeless. I feel like. my god what what is happening I don't expect this I don't expect the crowds are possessed and the priest is overwhelmed when he cue the one person and other

person get possessed when he cue that person and other person get possessed as more and more people get possessed and there are even more animal spirits now it's not only tiger spirits, there are also monkey spirits and snake spirits and others. And I take the possessed person to the medical room. I'm running around. Medical room and the crowd. To the medical room and the crowd. Back and forth.

Back and forth. It's draining me. It's... Avek exhausted. Very exhausted. I think I don't remember. breathing at the time. At one point, I leave the medical tent.

Now it's different. It's quieter. Uh, there's no more else possessed. I go outside, no one's screaming, there's no growling, there's no scratching, no one's fighting. I see the priest, he's talking to the crowd. He's speaking to the Danish, the local language. and all together we start to pray we pray for the spirits

we pray for the spirits go to the next level, go to paradise so they can move on do you think you'll ever go back no no I said loud and clear and no I never going to back to Pamu Mbuk anymore just because they're off stage

doesn't mean they aren't there now Do you listen to your pooch When he says don't go down those stairs Maybe you should When spook continues Stay tuned They say that our furry friends can see

Ghosts that can hear spirits more easily than we can My dog Georgie He thinks we have an entity in our basement And when Georgie barks out of the window Into the darkness at night I run away Because animals They don't need to be...

So I live in New Orleans, and I have a dog, and her name is Daikon. Fast forward, I move into this place. An old Victorian on the bayou, called the Bayou St. John. And she would never just walk in the house. I'd open the front door, and she'd stop. She'd go in the house, and she'd be staring in the living room. So I always knew there was something. in the living room. I didn't know what it was. This was a Sunday in October, early October,

on that Sunday night. Got into bed. My dog, DiConn, was on her pillow across the room, turned off the light, and I couldn't go to sleep. There was something that just kept presence that was in the room with me. And I could feel the presence on my back, breathing, on my neck. Like, this is crazy. And I would turn over the other way. I still felt it. It was there.

That same feeling of that heat when you put it just up to your face. Just before you touch your face. That's what it felt like. I felt like it now was nose-to-nose with me. And it was there. It was there. Whatever it was, it was there in the bed with me. So this went on for about an hour and a half, two hours in the dark.

I finally turn on the light, but it's midnight now. So I go in the bathroom, splash water on my face, and I'm like, all right, stop, go back to bed. So I go back in my bedroom. I got in the bed, I reached up and turned off the light, and before my hand was away, the whole bed slammed. And the headboard hit the wall. It slammed. the wall. And I immediately, in that split second thought, that's the dog, Dikon, trying to get in bed with me. So I quickly turned on the light and I looked down, sound asleep. She was sound asleep. And I was like, oh, M. G. It's in my bedroom. And then I pulled the covers up really tight around my neck. And that's when I saw it, him.

And it was an older white man, really, really pale. He had a very thin, thin nose. It was long and narrow, kind of had a little point at the end. And he had long gray hair bald on top, a stringy long, and he was wearing one of those turn-of-the-century or mid-1800s. I'm not sure. one of those nightgowns where they used to tie it around their neck and then it tied around the wrists and then it was open you know at the bottom a nightgown and that's who was in my room and so

I laid there all night I don't know what made me stay there I had no idea I got up the next morning you know got dressed went to work and I called a friend of mine and she She was crazy mad at me. Something's in your house. It's coming to your bedroom. You need to get out of there. You need to get out of there. So when I came home that night from work, my dog came out of the house onto the porch, which

she never does, and was pushing against my knees. What's going on? And I'm petting her and I'm petting her. And I looked down and she had chewed her tail to a bloody stump. She was completely wigged out. out. So I took heed to my friend's advice and I took my dog out of the situation for the week. Then by middle of the week, I guess it was about Wednesday, I decided this was crazy. So I came home from work, I went straight to my bedroom down the hallway. The dog, Diacon, would not come in the bedroom.

And I just stood in my bedroom and I said, all right, enough. I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. sorry you're trapped here. I'm really sorry that you have a miserable life. I said, but it's over. I can't help you. I can't do anything to make it better. But I will tell you, get the out of my bedroom. Get the F out of my bedroom. And while you're at it, if you touch or torture my dog again, I will burn this house. Do not torture my dog. Leave her alone. Go back to your whole. Go back to your in the living room. You were fine there. I accepted you there, but you crossed the line. And I kind of was shaking when I was saying it, but it was empowering at the same time. I took my dog and we went for a walk. I came back that night. I thought, well, let's see what

happens. And she followed me into the room, my dog. It was back in the living room. I think within two or three weeks of that, I decided I was moving. I didn't want to put DiConn through that. So that's what happened. So I moved, and I moved three blocks away. I have a great place. DiCon loves it. Totally fine there.

She's just like a whole other dog. Never choose herself. Thank you, Susan, for sharing your story with Spooked. A big shout out as well to DiCone for keeping that ghost at bay. Good dog. Special thanks as well to Hayo Bamba. Hio is a producer on that popular. Indonesian reality show.

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