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Damn building. I' m a
night editor. My office is pure,

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quiet and shadows in the middle of
the sleeping city. For years I have

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heard the voices of the night,
but none as disturbing as the one that

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first appeared long ago. It was
an ordinary night. The street lights were

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draining and the noise of my typewriter
keys was the only thing present inside my

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office. Suddenly, a chill ran
through my back. I had not seen

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anything or heard any strange noise,
but the feeling that I was not alone

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was clinging to me. I tried
to concentrate on my work, but the

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atmosphere became increasingly oppressive. Then I
heard a very low noise barely perceptible I

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asked who was there, but only
the echo of my voice could be heard.

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My hands were shaking as I turned
on all the lights in the office,

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but the feeling of a presence persisted
as if something was hiding in the

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darkest part of the room. I
really wasn' t a person who got

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carried away by fear. In fact, I was used to working at night,

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but since that day I had a
bad feeling that something bad would happen.

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Since that night, those noises became
a constant presence in my night life,

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an unwanted company that chased me even
beyond the walls of my office.

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But that was just the beginning.
The real apparitions were yet to come filling

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my world with terror. Once,
the doorman in the building where my office

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was located always greeted me with a
dubious look and a restless question. That

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man every night questioned me if I
wasn' t afraid to go up to

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the twelfth floor. Only at first
did I think it was just an exaggeration,

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a way to spend time on the
long nights on call, but eventually

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I began to wonder if there was
anything else behind his words. Every night,

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as I entered the building I felt
a presence watching from the shadows of

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the stairs, the corridors seemed longer
and darker than usual. Similarly, the

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building remained in spectacular silence. I
held on to my rationality, attributing these

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sensations to my imagination for the long
hours of night work. I was a

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little upset all the time. He
drank a lot of coffee and energy drinks

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to last the night. One day
I arrived earlier than usual at work,

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so I approached the doorman, who
began to talk about various things. But

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in a moment of silence, that
man with a grave gaze confessed to me

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that the building was full of secrets, stories, tragedies and tormented souls that

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still roamed its corridors. That man, by Joseph' s name, had

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quite a few years working in the
building. In fact, he was a

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mature man. Joseph told me about
former tenants who had mysteriously disappeared, about

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strange events that occurred in the darkest
hours of the night and about a dark

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past that had been known for years. It was clear that it was not

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only a soul in sorrow. As
I listened to their accounts, a slight

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sense of fear took hold of me. For a moment I thought it was

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just a bad move by that man
who knew he was the only one in

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the building who worked at night with
just two more companions. I hadn'

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t felt why I should cause fear. So, as I continued with my

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questions, I knew that man was
very wise, for my own supernatural experiences

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in my personal life and professional field
took on a new meaning. One night,

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when I arrived at the building,
I decided to take the elevator instead

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of the stairs. I climbed up
and pressed the button for the twelfth floor,

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but instead of climbing the elevator stopped
abruptly between two floors, Remaining in

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a darkness, my heart began to
pound hard as I tried to keep calm.

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I repeatedly pressed the emergency call button, but no response came from the

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other side. The silence was absolute, interrupted only by the distant buzz of

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the elevator machinery. Then the real
terror began in the middle of the darkness

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and despair I felt inside the elevator. I started to hear laughter, but

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it wasn' t just any kind
of laughter. They went from mocking laughter,

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full of malice and contempt that were
present in the elevator. Scared I

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asked who was there. My voice
was shaky, but laughter only increased in

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intensity. The funny thing is,
there was no shadow or trace of anyone.

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It was just the laughs. Those
who listened to each other in the

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background. Minutes passed, but the
elevator was still motionless, as if trapped

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in a distorted time. The laughter
continued unceasingly, as if the shadows themselves

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were making fun of my despair,
At that moment I thought I was going

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to go crazy. Time became eternal
and I felt that I would not find

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an answer. Finally, when my
forces were on the verge of collapse,

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the flashing lights of the elevator turned
on again and the doors opened slowly,

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opening the dark corridor of the twelfth
floor with a sigh of relief. I

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staggered out of the elevator shaking from
head to toe because of the terrifying experience

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I had just lived in that moment
I rushed to find the old doorman for

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Joseph in search of answers. I
found him sitting in his chair by the

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entrance. I remember how I was
short of breath at the time. I

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told him that I had been trapped
in there for a long time and received

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no answer. The doorman looked at
me with serious eyes as if I were

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in a world totally different from mine, but he told me that I had

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not noticed anything unusual. I insisted
that something strange was happening in the building,

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mentioning the mocking laughter I had heard
while I was trapped in the darkness

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of the elevator, Joseph frowned at
my words as if he was remembering some

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forgotten memory. That man reminded me
again that the building had its own secrets.

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But also at that moment he reminded
me that I should be careful,

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because I knew that those laughter were
a sign that something very bad was near

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to happening. His words only served
to increase my anxiety. That night I

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remember not being able to sleep.
I knew what had happened was something from

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another world. I didn' t
understand why those shadows made fun of me.

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Everything was very confusing and complicated.
The experience in the elevator and the

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warnings of Joseph became an obsession.
I needed to understand what was going on

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in that building. So, armed
with a mixture of curiosity and fear,

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I began to investigate his story.
I had an ease for the investigation.

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I knew it would cost me a
little work, but I' d investigate

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the truth. My search led me
to the local archives and to the city

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' s vires libraries, where I
spent hours checking old newspapers and forgotten records.

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It was there in the yellowish pages
of a newspaper fifty years ago that

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I found the key to the mystery
in an article I read about a tragedy

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that had shaken the community. A
whole family had been pressed into the elevator

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of the building that at the time
had only twelve floors, precisely because at

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present it already had twenty- four. The article described with chilling details how

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the elevator had collapsed unexpectedly, trapping
parents and their two young children. Emergency

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services took hours to release them,
but by then it was too late,

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as I read a chill. He
toured my back the names of the family

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members. Their faces on the bad- quality photographs were etched in my mind.

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Their spirits seemed to have been trapped
in the place of their tragic death,

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unable to find peace. All of
a sudden, it all made sense

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of mocking laughter, disturbing shadows,
the constant feeling of being observed. The

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presences I had felt were not mere
imaginations, but the restless spirits of that

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unfortunate family. With a heavy heart, I returned to the building that very

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night. I felt a mixture of
fear and a need to confront the shadows

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that had tormented me. As Joseph
entered, he looked at me with a

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grave expression, as if he knew
that he had discovered the truth. At

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that moment I realized that man knew
the whole truth. He assured me minutes

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after that place had been cursed.
Since then he told me that few knew

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the true story. Just that family
lived on the top floor, on the

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12th floor where she worked every night. That' s where I understood what

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was happening. Those souls wanted to
drive me crazy so I could run away

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from them. Joseph' s words
were engraved on my mind. As I

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climbed the stairs to the twelfth floor. I knew I had to do something

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to free those trapped spirits, but
I had no idea how. That night,

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in front of my office door,
I felt an even stronger presence than

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before. I closed my eyes and
for the first time I could remember the

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blurry faces of those members. The
air became icy and the lights flashed.

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The laughter turned into tears of despair. I felt an invisible hand touch my

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shoulder and knew that this was just
the beginning. As the following nights passed,

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the atmosphere on the twelfth floor became
even more oppressive. Now it wasn

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' t just laughter or crying anymore. That torture had become shadows that surrounded

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two buildings became clearer and more persistent. Trying to concentrate on my work became

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impossible. My mind was obsessed with
the souls of the building family. One

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night while I was writing an article. The air suddenly became icy and the

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lights flashed before they went out completely. The darkness enveloped me and at that

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moment I knew that there was not
only one voice. Tenue was the one

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who broke the silence. At that
moment I felt a chill travel through my

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body while the shadows I will remember
all my life were present in front of

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me. Blurred but recognizable figures began
to materialize. A woman with eyes full

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of sadness, a man with a
severe face and two small children. Their

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eyes were penetrating and their bodies trembled
slightly. My mind turned trying to ers

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to understand what I was seeing at
the time. I thought it was a

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figment of my imagination. He had
not been able to fall asleep for a

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long time or for another. Second, I thought it was a dream,

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but deep down I knew I had
to do something, but the reality of

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the situation had paralyzed me with fear. I could barely breathe as the figures

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moved slowly towards me. Suddenly,
all the objects in my office began to

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move on their own. Papers were
flying, chairs were dragging and the typewriter

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started typing alone. The lights went
on and off frantically. The children'

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s soul clung to their mother'
s legs. The man raised a hand,

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began to say many words in a
language that he did not understand ever

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stronger until those words became screams.
At that moment I decided to run away

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from the officer. I called the
elevator quickly, but I knew those souls

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weren' t going to rest,
so from one moment to the next.

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Again I was locked in that elevator, along with those souls that this time

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had become present. In them there
was clear pain and helplessness. I screamed

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very loudly to get away. The
figures stopped and for a moment the chaos

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ceased. The man approached and with
that voice and language he did not understand,

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I could only focus on his dark, red eyes. But before I

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could ask more, the figures vanished
and everything was silent, as if everything

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had been a dream, but I
knew it wasn' t. With my

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heart beating hard, I headed towards
the basement of the building, descending down

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the stairs, dark and dusty,
knowing that each step brought me closer to

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the truth and to the horrors it
could reveal. From that moment on,

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I had decided not to use that
damn elevator anymore. After a few minutes,

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frustrated and exhausted, I went up
again to talk to Joseph, my

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only real companion on those nights full
of mystery and terror. Upon arriving at

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the lobby, I found Joseph sitting
in his usual chair, but something was

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terribly wrong. His expression was pure
shock, his eyes wide open fixed at

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an indefinite point, I approached slowly
calling him by his name, but he

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did not respond. That' s
when I realized the awful truth. Joseph

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had lost his life. His face
was frozen and filled with horror as if

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he had seen something so dreadful that
his heart could not bear it. A

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feeling of cold enveloped me and,
despite feeling afraid, sadness won This time

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I tried to find some sign of
what could have caused such a fatal impression

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on him. Looking closer, I
saw that his hands were clinging to something

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in his lap, an ancient key
worn by time. I took the key

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my hands shaking and felt an icy
presence around me, as if the shadows

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themselves were watching every one of my
movements with a knot in my stomach.

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I knew that key was a clue, maybe the last one Jose had ever

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wanted to leave me. At that
point, I called emergencies and described what

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happened. As help came, I
checked the surroundings of the lobby looking for

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a lock that matched the key.
Finally I found a small hidden door behind

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a faded tapestry, a door I
had never noticed before. The key fit

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perfectly and the door opened with a
squeak in the middle of the silence of

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the night. Behind the door one
is a straddle made corridor descended even deeper

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into the illuminated building. Just because
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slowly came down to a small room
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In that place I knew there was
something hidden, but at that moment

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I was no longer interested in knowing. I knew it was a subject that,

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no matter how good it was in
research, I couldn' t control,

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I couldn' t save those lost
souls. Much less after I had

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killed Joseph, I went back to
the vestibule, where Joseph' s body

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now remained with a more serene expression. His death had perhaps been the last

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act necessary to free the trapped souls
and break the curse of the building,

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but it was something I did not
know or care about at the time.

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From that night on, the twelfth
floor remained silent without further shadows to amazement,

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but I knew that I would never
forget the horrors I had witnessed or

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the secrets I had unearthed. Months
after those events, the news of the

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strange deaths and mysterious events in the
building quickly spread the story of the family

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trapped in the elevator, the passing
of Joseph and my own experiences became the

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subject of rumors and speculations throughout the
city. People avoided the building like it

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was cursed. The tenants started moving
one by one. Unable to withstand the

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ghost stories now surrounding the place.
No one wanted to rent a place with

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such a dark and terrifying past.
The owners, unable to find new tenants,

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finally decided to close the building.
The windows were closed and the doors

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sealed with chains and locks. The
days of activity and life in those corridors

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were over, leaving alone. The
echo of past events often passed in front

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of the closed building, remembering Joseph' s candle nights and death the walls

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that once harbored so many lives and
secrets, now stood silent and forgotten.

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No one spoke openly of what had
happened there, but everyone knew that that

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place was marked by a tragedy and
an impossible curse to break and so the

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building was forgotten. But for me, the nights of terror and ghosts of

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the past would never completely fade away. In my memories, there would always

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be a dark corner where I could
see and listen to that family, the

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child of the Balacera. My name
is Michel and I always had a passion

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and fascination for journalism, mainly on
a red note. One night, the

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darkness was present on the streets of
the city as I was advancing towards my

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destiny as an investigative journalist, I
had always been attracted to the mysteries and

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the gruesome tales, as well as
being part of my job of delivering some

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good notes. That night, my
chief of intelligence called me urgently. It

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was a broken traffic light on one
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So I ventured to the scene of
the events, along with my cameraman to

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witness what happened, as everything seemed
to be a good quality report. The

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curious thing about that area was the
series of inexplicable events that had frightened the

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community. Rumors of disappearances, sightings
of ghostly figures and stories. We already

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had the direction of the place and
while looking for something specific, an explosion

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broke the tranquility of the night,
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Without thinking about it. Twice I
went to the origin of the sound looking

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for what caused that chaos. As
I walked around a corner, I came

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across an unreal scene. It was
an exchange of gunshots with bullets passing dangerously

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near me. I instinctively threw myself
to the ground looking for shelter behind a

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trash can, while trying to capture
every detail of what was happening around me.

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It was then that I saw her
a small figure, barely visible between

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the confusion and the smoke of the
shots, a girl no more than ten

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years old, with eyes as dark
as the night itself and a pale countenance

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and who seemed not to belong to
this world. My eyes met theirs for

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a brief moment and in that fleeting
encounter, I felt a chill running around

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my back there was something sinister in
his gaze, something that went beyond the

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limits of the human and went into
the unknown without warning. A stray bullet

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went through the air and crashed into
the girl' s body, taking her

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life. In an instant and in
less than a minute I could see how

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it fell to the ground. Her
tiny figure was lying in the midst of

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the chaos surrounding her. The sound
of the police sirens broke the air charged

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with tension, announcing the arrival of
reinforcements and emergency bodies. The flashes of

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the red and blue lights lit up
the scene as the agents opened their way

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between the disaster I remained paralyzed on
the ground and my mind struggling to process

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what I had just witnessed. The
image of the girl had been engraved on

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my mind, tormenting me with her
sinister presence. It was only when a

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firm hand fell on my shoulder that
I managed to turn my gaze away from

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that scene. I looked up to
meet the worried face of one of the

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police officers, who recommended that I
get up and get away from danger with

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trembling hands. I stood up,
allowing officers to take charge of the situation,

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as I watched from a distance I
saw forensic experts coming to the place

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moving accurately and efficiently, as they
collected evidence and lifted the bodies of the

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victims. To my horror, not
only were the corpse of the girl who

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had witnessed death before my eyes taken
away, but also of three other innocent

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victims, whose lives had been taken
away by the rampant violence that had erupted

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on that dark street. My thoughts
turned to the families of those victims,

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asking me who they were and what
had led them to find themselves in the

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wrong place. At the wrong time, their faces, now silent and lifeless,

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became a shadow. But even in
the midst of that chaos and despair,

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a question remained in my mind who
that child was. One way or

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another, I needed to continue to
investigate what happened, as I had to

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deliver a complete note of the facts
with fear and adrenaline. From the traumatic

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experience I had just lived. I
headed back to the newspaper newsroom. The

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images of the shooting and the mysterious
girl kept spinning in my mind like pieces

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of a macabre puzzle. Upon arriving
at the newsroom, I found the place

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empty and wrapped in darkness. Most
of my colleagues had already gone home,

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leaving me alone with my thoughts and
the task of translating into words, the

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dark truth I had witnessed. That
night I sat in front of my desk,

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letting my fingers slide over the keyboard
as I tried to shape the story

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I had witnessed. Every word was
an effort, every phrase a battle against

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my own memories and fears. It
was in the midst of this writing process

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that I felt an inexplicable feeling that
I was not alone. I looked up

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from my computer screen, looking for
any sign of presence. As I looked

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into the farthest corner of the room, I looked at a barely perceptible figure,

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a dark outline that joined the shadows
around him with trembling hands. I

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got up from my seat and slowly
approached the figure and then, when I

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was close enough to distinguish the features
of the face that watched me from the

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dark, a s s s s
s ns. A feeling of panic took

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hold of me, because in that
face I recognized the same dark and empty

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eyes of the girl who had lost
her life in that event, and now

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she was standing, looking at me
with an intensity that was freezing my blood,

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a cry escaped from my lips as
I receded, feeling the cold touch

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of reality. To fade around me
was perhaps a ghost or an illusion created

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by my mind tormented by the shooting. I decided I needed a breather for

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a moment to clear my mind saturated
with disturbing images. I left the newsroom

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and headed outside the building, looking
for the soothing smoke from the cigar I

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had learned. I tried to put
the events of that night behind me,

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but my mind was just thinking about
it. It' s been years since

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something hit me like that. One
way or another, I was used to

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seeing cruel scenarios. This one had
something that tied me up. After a

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few minutes I decided it was time
to go home and face the rest of

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the story. The next day I
turned off my cigarette and headed towards my

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car, trying to ignore the feeling
that something was not right, that something

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dark and unknown was watching me from
the shadows. When I got home,

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I plunged into an uneasy dream full
of nightmares. The next day I returned

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to the newsroom to face the truth
behind those disturbing events. But what I

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found there was beyond anything I could
have imagined. When I asked the different

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channels of persons in charge, I
was assured that the body of that girl

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was still in the amphitheater, because
they had all been claimed except hers.

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It looks like he didn' t
have a family. A doubt happened not

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only in my mind, but also
in that of all the investigators, because

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they did not understand what a young
girl did at that time in the middle

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of the street, determined to get
answers where others had found only mystery,

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I went to the amphitheater of the
local hospital, where the girl' s

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body had been taken for forensic examination. As I approached the place, an

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anxiety knot formed in my stomach,
following the chilling experience I was about to

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live. The cold of the amphitheater
greeted me with white lights. While walking,

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you could see in the distance the
examination tables and metal cabinets that housed

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the bodies of the deceased. I
was led to the table, where the

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girl' s body rested, surrounded
by a curtain of privacy that concealed her

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figure with n with trembling hands.
I pulled the curtain off and found myself

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face to face with the girl the
night before. His face was completely pale,

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while his eyes remained open. Something
very strange about the situation is that

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that girl kept a smile, but
it wasn' t just anyone. It

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was a macabre thing, something that
resembled the horrors I had witnessed all night

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before. The forensic examiner approached me
as I began to explain the findings of

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the autopsy, but my thoughts were
far from there, trapped in the shadows

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of the past and the unanswered questions
that tormented me. It was then,

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as I watched the girl' s
inert body, that a sense of horror

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and recognition struck me hard because on
that pale face I saw a flash of

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familiarity, a disturbing similarity. I
still don' t remember exactly how I

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ran away from that place. All
I know is that at that moment I

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felt an echo in my ears.
I knew the search would take me beyond

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a simple note or journalistic work.
It was something else, something I had

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chosen and I didn' t know
why. After leaving the amphitheater, I

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was forced to face not only the
darkness that tormented my mind, but also

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the fear that had awakened in the
depths of my being I tried to cling

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to my professionalism, but every time
I felt on the verge of madness.

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I dived into my work, interviewing
witnesses, reviewing files and searching every detail

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in search of clues that might shed
light on the mystery that consumed me,

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but even though I tried to keep
control over my fear. I couldn'

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t find a clear way out of
what happened over time or mud. Fear

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became a constant presence in my life, a shadow clinging to my back and

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following me wherever I went. As
much as he tried to ignore it,

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as much as he tried to drown
him at work and the distractions were still

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there. The nights became a martyrdom. Every time I closed my eyes,

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thousands of nightmares came where the child
appeared with a macabre laugh and deep eyes

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in my dreams. The girl took
disturbing forms. His empty eyes looked at

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me with an intensity that would freeze
my blood in the veins. His presence

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was in the midst of despair.
I tried to seek refuge in the world

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of wilderness, desperately trying to avoid
the dream and nightmares that accompanied it.

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But even when my eyes were open, I could feel his presence, waiting

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for the right moment to manifest.
Once again, nightmares began to see my

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life. I began to experience episodes
of sleep paralysis, where I was trapped

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in my own bed, unable to
move or scream. That pattern was always

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repeated, as the girl approached more
and more. At other times I woke

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up in the middle of the night
only to meet the pale, tiny figure

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of the girl standing at the end
of my bed, her eyes empty fixed

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on mine. While a chill was
running on my back, I tried to

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rationalize what I was experiencing, to
seek logical and scientific explanations for the manifestations

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of terror that haunted me, but
deep down I knew that there was something

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else at stake, something dark and
sinister that hid in the shadows and made

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me tremble in fear. It was
evident that I was in the midst of

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an emotional blockade, caught between the
rationality that had defined my life and the

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fear that had taken over me since
that night. As an investigative journalist,

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I had always been proud of my
cold blood and my ability to keep calm

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in the most extreme situations, but
this time fear clung to me as a

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persistent shadow, defying all my defenses
and weakening my will. I could not

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understand why that particular incident had affected
me so deeply. I had seen violence

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and tragedy in all its forms throughout
my career and had learned to keep an

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emotional distance from the events I covered. The child' s sinister presence had

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pierced all my defenses by wounding my
mind in a way I could not understand.

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Maybe it was the fact that she
was just a girl, an innocent

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victim trapped in a world of violence
and darkness, or maybe it was her

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empty gaze. But what remained unintelligible
was that no one had claimed his body.

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It was like I didn' t
really have an identity, but as

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much as I tried to understand the
fear I kept growing inside me. I

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felt as if I was losing control
over my own mind, as if I

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was being dragged into an abyss of
terror from which I could not escape.

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One day determined to find answers,
I went into the area where I had

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witnessed the shooting and the death of
the mysterious girl. House by house,

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I asked the residents if they knew
anyone who would fit the girl' s

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description in hopes of shedding light on
her identity. After walking several streets without

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getting any meaningful clues, I arrived
at a house at that time gently knocking

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on the worn wooden door, patiently
waiting for someone to respond. From within

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a few minutes later, at ur
that door opened slowly, revealing a hunched

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old woman with tired but wise eyes
with a trembling voice. I asked her

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if she had seen or heard anything
about a girl with characteristics similar to those

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she described. The old lady looked
at me curiously and cautiously before inviting me

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into her house, but as the
minutes passed she began to tell me a

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story. I' m completely frozen. She had lived in that house for

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decades watching in silence how the city
changed around her. But there was something

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else on that street, something that
didn' t appear on maps or official

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records. The old lady told me
about the nights of full moon, when

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a tormented spirit came out of the
shadows herself had witnessed that on several occasions,

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always with the same physical descriptions that
she had shared with me in s

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and s NS. Then the old
lady revealed the truth she had been desperately

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seeking. That child was not an
ordinary victim, but a tormented spirit wandering

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at night. That little girl was
not just a figure of my imagination,

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but a real and powerful presence that
had left an indelible mark in the history

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of that place. With a heart
full of fear and amazement, I left

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the old woman' s house with
the certainty that my search for the truth

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had come to an end. But
as I walked through the dark and silent

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streets, I knew that there were
still many unanswered questions, many unsolved mysteries

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in the dark and sinister world of
the girl. Despite having found some answers,

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the child' s disturbing presence continued
in my mind. Every time I

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closed my eyes, I found myself
trapped in a world of nightmares where the

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child kept appearing her empty eyes and
disturbing whispers, filling my dreams with indescribable

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terror. I realized that leaving those
traumatic events behind and moving on with my

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journalistic life was the best option to
preserve my sanity and emotional well- being.

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But as much as I tried to
ignore the memories and visions that tormented

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me, the child continued to appear
in my dreams as a shadow that refused

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to disappear at times. I went
through that place and I keep remembering all

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the events that occurred in that area. The doubt really led me to go

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further than that, but I know
that I should not mess with lost spirits,

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because sometimes that tends to drive people
crazy. A curse fell on a

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dog. My boyfriend was a well- known columnist. I never feared anything

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raul. He was really passionate about
his work everywhere and at all times he

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was in charge of writing the best
notes. I wasn' t afraid of

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anything. He was a cold-
blooded man, but deep down he knew

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that our loving relationship was very kind. We' d been dating for three

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years and everything was going in order. His work was very demanding, so

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much so that we didn' t
have much time to see each other.

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I knew it was something that made
him passionate and happy. So the days

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and nights passed until one night,
while we were dining together, a call

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came from work. It was at
that time that he had to stop and,

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unfortunately, go on to do his
job. I really understood everything,

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but deep down I was discouraged by
the idea that we never had time for

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a special date. While I was
listening to his call in the background,

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I could hear how far I knew
he was laughing about anthropophagy or better known

413
00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:07.360
as cannibalism. The case was one
dog who had eaten someone else' s

414
00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:13.000
head. Hearing that story to the
point of hunger, it was truly taken

415
00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:17.320
away from me. I could not
imagine how Raul was prepared professionally and personally

416
00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:23.440
to see such unpleasant situations. They
quickly passed him the data on what happened

417
00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:28.000
and when he was about to leave, I told him I was with him.

418
00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:30.840
At that moment, he looked at
me with much doubt. He knew

419
00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:35.920
he supported his work, but he
had a disagreement about living what was happening

420
00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.840
to him. There wasn' t
much to think about or talk about,

421
00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:44.800
so we didn' t leave the
restaurant and headed towards the direction they had

422
00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:49.559
given us. It was the report
by a neighbor who had denounced in a

423
00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:57.519
fractionation the abandonment and foul smell of
several dogs within a department. Allegedly two

424
00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.239
dogs had been abandoned by their owner, who had them in bad condition,

425
00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:07.920
which caused him to end up eating
the other dog. While we were on

426
00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:13.280
our way. Something in me had
a bad vibe. I felt like something

427
00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:17.920
bad was going to happen, but
I also started to feel a little adrenaline,

428
00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:22.920
something that had never happened to me. We were going so fast that

429
00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:29.079
I kept thinking about all the possible
situations of why someone abandons dogs like that.

430
00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:36.480
Raul was going quietly. Everything became
worrying. After about twenty minutes of

431
00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:40.440
travel, we arrived at the place. At that time we had already observed

432
00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:45.400
at least 10 patrols and emergency forces
trying to resolve what happened. Similarly,

433
00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:51.519
there was an animal control van,
which was trying to enter the house.

434
00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:59.079
At that time I went into a
state of shock and Raul quickly got off

435
00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:04.800
to get the information he needed was
at that time when one of the neighbors

436
00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:08.920
called him to make the corresponding report. In fact, that woman had been

437
00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:14.519
the one who had filed the complaint
so that people would come to solve that

438
00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:20.760
mysterious matter. The outrageous situation was
appreciated by the elements, who failed to

439
00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:24.519
rescue the dog, because apparently that
dog had escaped, there was no trace

440
00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:30.840
of him. The neighbor said that
it was an animal with a poor state

441
00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:35.880
of health, as well as the
remains of the animal already deceased, who

442
00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:42.000
was headless in the midst of smells
and blood in states of rot. The

443
00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:46.920
neighbors of the fractionation assured that the
smell was very intense, it was already

444
00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:52.960
unbearable. Then they began to detect
that he smelled like a dead dog.

445
00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:59.519
Things were difficult at the time,
Raúl met the neighbors talking about what happened

446
00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:05.480
to you. It was at that
time that the authorities let my boyfriend into

447
00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:10.559
the apartment. The minutes passed and
I had no news or trace of him.

448
00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:15.320
I tried to stay calm and even
though I wanted to get out of

449
00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:21.840
the car to know what was really
happening, fear invaded me at one point.

450
00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:27.159
I began to hear how the cops
requested urgent support from an ambulance,

451
00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.559
so at that point everyone started running
and I didn' t understand why.

452
00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:39.239
After a few minutes the ambulance arrived. That was when the truck drivers quickly

453
00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:45.599
entered and, to my surprise,
Raúl was on one of those stretchers and

454
00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:51.239
was unconscious with another policeman. It
was something that no one understood or at

455
00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:54.880
least of the people who were outside. So, without thinking twice, I

456
00:41:55.000 --> 00:42:00.320
got out of the car and ran
to the nurses, who were already trying

457
00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:05.159
to give him first aid. My
partner. Asked what had happened, they

458
00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:09.280
told me that my boyfriend had suffered
a state of shock so strong that he

459
00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:15.800
had lost consciousness, just like the
other policeman, but he did not understand

460
00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:22.239
what he had been, exactly to
impress them. Thus, it was a

461
00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:28.280
very strong security force and a journalist
with a greater capacity of reasoning than any

462
00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:37.119
other person, as these two professionals
were able to see situations. So it

463
00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:44.039
took a few minutes until Raul regained
consciousness. At that time, we all

464
00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:47.800
asked him what had really happened to
him, because the state of shock he

465
00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:55.960
would have witnessed a few moments ago
was totally creepy Raul didn' t say

466
00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:00.320
a single word and we headed to
the car. I really already had enough

467
00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:07.079
material to cover that note. We
didn' t get in the car,

468
00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:12.840
but I was very confused about everything
that had happened. I was really very

469
00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:17.440
confused, but mainly worried, because
my boyfriend didn' t say a word.

470
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:23.519
In the course of the road he
took me to my house and so

471
00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:28.440
far the matter remained. After a
few minutes I texted him if he was

472
00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:35.039
really okay. He didn' t
answer me. That night I could not

473
00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:40.840
sleep because I knew what had really
happened. So the next day I contacted

474
00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:46.880
him again to tell me at once
I knew he was calmer already. Only

475
00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:52.360
one night had passed and Raúl had
a totally different look than he was.

476
00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:59.280
I definitely didn' t understand what
was happening at the time. My boyfriend

477
00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:04.039
ran into a lot of dark circles. It looks like I haven' t

478
00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:08.519
slept for a minute. That night
it was in a coffee shop where we

479
00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:15.519
talked. Then I began to understand
everything that had happened. Raúl claimed that

480
00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:20.840
at that time he and the police
could witness something from another world. It

481
00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:25.920
was a dog- like demon.
He began to describe it as a horrible

482
00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.639
being with deep eyes. Smile macabre
and the snout full of blood, which

483
00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:37.280
only looked closely at the policeman and
at him, for a moment, Raúl

484
00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:42.719
claims to have sensed that it was
part of his imagination that it was not

485
00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:45.880
possible to witness something like this.
In almost ten years of experience, he

486
00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:52.840
had never encountered anything as paranormal as
that. But it was true, for

487
00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:59.119
that security policeman had seen and witnessed
exactly what he was at the time when

488
00:44:59.239 --> 00:45:04.440
they understood that it was not a
mere dog who had devoured the other.

489
00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:08.440
It was something else, a demon
who had taken over what was happening in

490
00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:15.679
that place in the midst of discomfort
and despair. I didn' t know

491
00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:20.719
what to say about it. I
knew Raúl wasn' t crazy, but

492
00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:24.840
for a moment I doubted what he
had said to me Maybe he had already

493
00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:30.239
been billed for his work and those
traumatic moments throughout his professional life, I

494
00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:37.159
couldn' t understand the same reaction
from the other cop. My boyfriend got

495
00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:42.719
a call. It was the security
police, named Caesar, who had confirmed

496
00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:47.920
to him at that time that the
owner of the apartment had appeared and was

497
00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:55.000
going to declare what happened after returning
from vacation. So Raúl ran out of

498
00:45:55.079 --> 00:46:00.239
the cafeteria in search of an answer. I went after him. Now it

499
00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:05.559
was not just his work, but
an issue that had affected him psychologically and

500
00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:12.760
personally. I knew him. I
knew I wouldn' t rest until I

501
00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:15.079
knew the truth. When the policeman
who saw the previous scene arrived at the

502
00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:20.960
scene, he was already waiting for
him to begin the statement. So,

503
00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:24.639
by sitting with the man, the
alleged animal abandoner and owner of the department

504
00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:31.360
claimed that it was a confusion,
as he admitted to having gone on vacation.

505
00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:37.960
He claimed that he only had a
dog named Captain, who had been

506
00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:42.679
his best friend for more than four
years now, because he did not understand

507
00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:46.039
how it was possible for someone to
enter his apartment, let alone how they

508
00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:52.280
would eat their dog that way.
That subject claimed that he had left food

509
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:57.480
and conditions so that he could be
well and protected. Both men stared at

510
00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:00.880
each other with a knot in their
throat for less and gave rise to what

511
00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:07.360
had happened. Did they describe what
had happened? While that man looked at

512
00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:12.239
them carefully and surprised at the same
time, So, after the words of

513
00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:15.880
Caesar and Raúl, that man claimed
that they were not crazy, because months

514
00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:22.679
ago, he had seen something similar
in his yard. Several nights, insomnia

515
00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:27.800
took hold of him and when he
looked out the window, he could see

516
00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:34.559
very peculiar eyes sticking out between the
bushes or on other occasions he found traces

517
00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:39.400
and traces of something beyond. Definitely
not a dog. It was a demon

518
00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:45.760
that was hovering all over the fractionation
and had most likely taken over his pet.

519
00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:52.320
Now it was not just Raúl,
but two more men who were going

520
00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:58.360
crazy to know, the truth wanted
to know the origin of that beast so

521
00:47:58.440 --> 00:48:04.039
heinous that it seemed to the devil
himself. They didn' t really know

522
00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:07.320
what was going on, but that
entity wasn' t just a dog.

523
00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:13.920
They began to ask with the neighbors
and they only claimed to hear the howl

524
00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:19.599
of captain' s help. If
from before my boyfriend and I were estranged

525
00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:23.559
things, they started to get even
more complicated. I knew that investigation was

526
00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:29.199
leading him to the brink of madness. I didn' t understand why I

527
00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:34.440
wanted to know more about that dog
who had so much taken his sleep away

528
00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:37.519
and scared him every day. He
assured me that he became present not only

529
00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:43.760
in his thoughts, but also in
his dreams event that had already hit rock

530
00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:49.440
bottom and yet he continued to meet
with those men to continue seeking answers.

531
00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:53.119
That wear and tear was evident.
Not only did I notice it, but

532
00:48:53.159 --> 00:49:00.159
also his family and friends. Everyone
wondered what had happened. It was really

533
00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:04.599
so strange and many of them sensed
that his work was driving him crazy,

534
00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:08.400
so, from one moment to the
next, without telling anyone, Raul quit

535
00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:15.639
his job to focus on knowing about
that demon. We were all worried.

536
00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:23.000
We knew things weren' t right. Everything seemed like a dream, but

537
00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:29.599
unfortunately it was a reality. After
analyzing the situation, I decided that it

538
00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:34.360
was best to end that relationship.
It was pretty toxic to my life.

539
00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:39.800
That terror had taken its toll on
my mental health. Even a few days

540
00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:45.239
I could imagine what that beast was
like that had tormented my boyfriend' s

541
00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:50.480
life. The days passed and I
stopped knowing about Raul' s existence.

542
00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:55.039
All he knew was that his parents
had considered putting him in a psychiatric ward,

543
00:49:55.760 --> 00:50:00.280
there was no trace of that man
so smart and strong. He had

544
00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:06.000
clearly been consumed by that demon.
At that moment I felt a little guilt

545
00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:10.599
for accompanying him that night, where
his life changed completely. But one day

546
00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:15.679
everything changed. I heard the news
that Caesar had died in a dreadful way.

547
00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:21.760
Just one night. He was found
in the courtyard of his house full

548
00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:27.280
of blood and bites of dubious origin. The worst of all is the expression

549
00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:31.599
with which he died was fear and
terror. His family did not understand what

550
00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:37.639
was happening, but Raul and that
other man in the department knew very well

551
00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:42.079
that it was the demon turned into
a dog. That day I couldn'

552
00:50:42.119 --> 00:50:45.960
t take the blame and ran for
my ex- boyfriend. I tried to

553
00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:49.559
talk to him, but it was
all in vain. He had become a

554
00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:54.760
sad person, with desperate countenance.
She looked like a careless person in a

555
00:50:54.760 --> 00:51:00.519
street condition. That day he apologized
for what happened to me, for the

556
00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:04.920
damage he had done to me.
A phrase resonated until my days. That

557
00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:08.840
man with whom I shared more than
three years of my life assured me that

558
00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:15.360
his soul already belonged to the devil. I was just waiting for the time

559
00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:21.239
to be called and finally to rest
from that martyrdom from which I could no

560
00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:27.119
longer escape. No reason. I
was clearly frightened by his words, but

561
00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:32.119
I knew at that time that that
sinister animal or whatever was real. What

562
00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:37.559
he didn' t understand was because
he had chosen Raúl to take him over.

563
00:51:38.199 --> 00:51:43.519
After that meeting, I realized the
strength that demons could have in walking

564
00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:51.159
along with the living. It was
one morning when I woke up with that

565
00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:54.280
news, Raul had died. Rather, he had been murdered in a very

566
00:51:54.360 --> 00:52:00.639
cruel way. His body was undone. I decided not to see his body

567
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:05.559
because I already imagined the conditions in
which he was in. That' s

568
00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:09.480
how I' ll always remember that
beast that usually wanders at night in search

569
00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:14.760
of its prey. It' s
said to be the devil himself, and

570
00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:16.119
if he gets to know it,
it' s shaped like a giant dog.

571
00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:30.480
The pantheon report. It was a
moonless night when I went into the

572
00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:35.599
pantheon of San Eusebio, an old
and forgotten cemetery on the outskirts of the

573
00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:40.360
city of Hidalgo. As a journalist, he had accepted the task of documenting

574
00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:45.000
the growing wave of legends surrounding that
place. People in the village told about

575
00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:50.719
the most common stories and, of
course, shadows that were seen and heard

576
00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:55.039
among the graves, but I was
skeptical, which meant that I was not

577
00:52:55.280 --> 00:53:01.519
really affected or doubted the situation.
This situation was because he was always convinced

578
00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:07.840
that everything had a rational explanation and
the investigation was the fundamental weapon for everything.

579
00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:15.440
I remember, that first night to
perfection was accompanied only by my flashlight

580
00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:20.840
and my recorder. I crossed the
main entrance, an iron door rusted by

581
00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:24.639
time. The squealing at opening it
was a sound, a little annoying to

582
00:53:24.719 --> 00:53:30.000
my ears, but also to realize
that something bad was about to happen.

583
00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:37.519
At that moment I lit my flashlight
and began to record my story clearly telling

584
00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:43.280
that I was in the pantheon of
St Eusebius, a place wrapped in mysteries

585
00:53:43.360 --> 00:53:47.719
and accounts of apparitions. I continued
to narrate about the multiple stories of this

586
00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:53.719
place, as old as it was
chilling, and that night I spoke publicly

587
00:53:53.760 --> 00:54:00.760
that the goal of the night was
to try to investigate or check whether those

588
00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:06.000
rumors were true or were simply legends
that had been made known from generation to

589
00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:10.800
generation. As he progressed he could
carefully observe every tombstone, old, covered

590
00:54:10.800 --> 00:54:16.760
with moss and almost unreadable. Most
of them were forgotten, but from one

591
00:54:16.800 --> 00:54:21.480
moment to another I stopped in front
of a statue of an angel with extended

592
00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:27.360
wings. His stone eyes looked into
the void, but I felt that they

593
00:54:27.519 --> 00:54:31.519
followed each of my movements. At
that time I knew things were getting complicated.

594
00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:38.239
I decided to follow one of the
less busy side paths. The air

595
00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:45.480
became colder with each step and the
silence was evident. I came to an

596
00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:50.719
area where the tombs were more recent, some adorned with flowers, with wilts

597
00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:53.880
and candles off. I took out
my notebook and wrote down some observations.

598
00:54:54.599 --> 00:55:00.679
At the moment everything was fine.
Suddenly, a sound changed everything It was

599
00:55:00.679 --> 00:55:06.480
like that when I turned quickly focusing
my flashlight on the source of the noise,

600
00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:10.519
but I saw nothing out of the
ordinary, just a couple of twisted

601
00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:15.400
trees and more tombstones. At that
point I assumed that that had been the

602
00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:21.840
product of my imagination. Fear was
beginning to become present. I kept walking,

603
00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:27.119
trying to ignore the sounds on the
outside. That' s when I

604
00:55:27.239 --> 00:55:31.280
saw something that made me stop dry. It was a shadow that was very

605
00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:37.280
evident, as if it were a
person who was pursuing every step he took.

606
00:55:37.159 --> 00:55:42.559
For a moment I was in shock, but gained my professionalism, so

607
00:55:42.599 --> 00:55:47.199
I took out my Chamber, willing
to capture anything that could explain that phenomenon

608
00:55:49.199 --> 00:55:53.760
with cautious steps, I approached the
structure at that moment a light continued to

609
00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:59.880
blink as if someone had lit a
candle inside. When I turned around,

610
00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:05.639
I discovered a small window covered in
dirt on one of the tombstones. At

611
00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:09.079
that point I cleaned the glass a
little with the sleeve of my jacket and

612
00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:14.719
looked inside. What I saw burned
my blood. A small group of candles

613
00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:19.840
were placed in a circle on the
ground, specifically in the center. That

614
00:56:19.880 --> 00:56:23.440
' s when I saw him.
It was a hooded figure, kneeling down

615
00:56:23.679 --> 00:56:29.559
whispering something in a low voice.
I quickly pulled out the camera and started

616
00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:34.760
recording. Suddenly the figure stopped and
raised his head. Though I could not

617
00:56:34.840 --> 00:56:39.760
see his face, I felt his
black and deep eyes nailed in me a

618
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chill ran through my back Seeing that
followed by it, he smiled at me

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00:56:44.920 --> 00:56:47.280
in a macabre way. At that
moment. I knew I had to get

620
00:56:47.400 --> 00:56:52.360
out of that place, but my
feet weren' t answering. I tried

621
00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:54.559
to do everything in my hands to
run or, at least, stop seeing

622
00:56:54.599 --> 00:57:00.000
that event, but everything seemed impossible, like a dream from which I could

623
00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:07.360
not wake up. That' s
when that figure got up slowly and with

624
00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:13.840
a quick move, blew the candles. The darkness took over the place and

625
00:57:13.880 --> 00:57:19.920
at that moment I felt a cold
blow that left me breathless. I clumsily

626
00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:24.119
backed back trying to keep the balance. That' s when I heard a

627
00:57:24.760 --> 00:57:30.320
whisper, which warned me not to
be there. After those words, the

628
00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:35.880
fear was so great that my legs
could finally respond without thinking about it.

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Twice I turned around and ran for
the entrance of the pantheon. My heart

630
00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:49.159
was pounding and adrenaline became present in
an impressive way. I did not look

631
00:57:49.239 --> 00:57:52.320
back until I was outside the cemetery, where the street lamp light gave me

632
00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:58.960
a sense of security. I took
a moment to catch my breath and turned

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off the recorder. While I kept
my things, I realized that I had

634
00:58:02.760 --> 00:58:09.199
experienced a real nightmare. When I
arrived home still with adrenaline touring my body,

635
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I rushed to check the material I
had recorded. I sat in the

636
00:58:15.639 --> 00:58:21.320
chair still with the chills of experience
in the pantheon of St Eusebius. I

637
00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:25.320
started playing the first video in which
I narrated my arrival at the cemetery.

638
00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:31.159
The image was clear. The rusty
entrance, the gravel trail the tombstones covered

639
00:58:31.199 --> 00:58:37.800
with moss. Everything seemed to be
in order. I went to the next

640
00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:42.800
file. The moment I heard the
first strange noise on the recording, nothing

641
00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:49.719
unusual was heard. Everything was quiet. My confusion increased when playing the video,

642
00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:53.480
the camera showed the structure, but
the light I had seen inside did

643
00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:58.760
not appear In the recording, there
was no trace of the candles or the

644
00:58:58.840 --> 00:59:02.519
hooded figure. In fact, the
inside of the place I had filmed looked

645
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completely dark and empty, as if
nothing had happened at the time. I

646
00:59:08.280 --> 00:59:14.239
refused to think that was happening.
I tried to play the video over and

647
00:59:14.320 --> 00:59:21.360
over again it was the same darkness
and silence. Even the whisper I had

648
00:59:21.480 --> 00:59:27.480
heard clearly when the figure had blown
the candles was not present in the recording.

649
00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:31.199
I was beginning to doubt my own
sanity. I tried to calm down.

650
00:59:31.840 --> 00:59:37.599
Maybe there was some technical problem with
the camera or the recorder. I

651
00:59:37.639 --> 00:59:42.280
checked the team, but everything seemed
to be in perfect condition. There was

652
00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:47.639
no logical explanation for what was happening. A sense of restlessness took over me.

653
00:59:49.519 --> 00:59:53.199
He had lived a terrifying experience in
the pantheon, but he had no

654
00:59:53.280 --> 00:59:59.760
proof of it. I decided to
take a break and make myself a coffee,

655
01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:02.840
trying to sort out my thoughts.
Back on the computer with my cup

656
01:00:02.920 --> 01:00:07.199
of coffee, I noticed something strange. On the screen. There was a

657
01:00:07.239 --> 01:00:12.920
new video file that I didn'
t remember recording. I opened it with

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01:00:13.000 --> 01:00:17.440
a mixture of curiosity and fear.
The image was blurred at first, but

659
01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:23.960
gradually became clearer. My heart began
to beat hard when the hooded figure appeared

660
01:00:24.199 --> 01:00:29.760
again in the center of the circle. This time, the figure raised his

661
01:00:29.800 --> 01:00:34.599
head and, although his face was
hidden, I felt his gaze directly through

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01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:40.920
the screen. Slowly he raised his
hand and pointed to the House a chill.

663
01:00:40.960 --> 01:00:45.800
He went through my body. I
decided to shut down the computer and

664
01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:50.920
take a hot shower, hoping the
water would help calm my nerves, but

665
01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:54.920
the feeling of being watched did not
disappear. After the shower, I decided

666
01:00:54.960 --> 01:01:00.760
it was better to try to rest. It had been a night full of

667
01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:04.360
many emotions and I didn' t
know how to act on it. So

668
01:01:04.400 --> 01:01:09.199
I tried to fall asleep. The
next morning I went back to the desk.

669
01:01:09.719 --> 01:01:15.719
I stared at the computer off,
doubting if I should turn it back

670
01:01:15.719 --> 01:01:20.920
on. I knew I had to
investigate more about St Eusebius' pantheon,

671
01:01:21.119 --> 01:01:25.199
its history and the possible rituals performed
there, but a part of me also

672
01:01:25.480 --> 01:01:31.239
knew that in doing so I was
risking something far more dangerous than I could

673
01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:37.119
imagine. I took my notebook and
began to notice my thoughts and observations.

674
01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:42.960
I had to understand what I had
experienced, even if the evidence was scarce.

675
01:01:44.519 --> 01:01:49.039
I knew I should go back to
the pantheon, but this time I

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01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:52.719
wouldn' t be alone. I
decided that I would seek the help of

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01:01:52.800 --> 01:01:57.199
someone more experienced in the paranormal,
someone who could accompany me and perhaps give

678
01:01:57.199 --> 01:02:00.360
me answers. As I closed the
notebook, I felt a strange ora mixture

679
01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:06.159
of fear. The night in the
pantheon of St Eusebius had been only the

680
01:02:06.760 --> 01:02:12.960
beginning and although I did not know
where this investigation would lead me, I

681
01:02:13.000 --> 01:02:16.199
was determined to go on with that
old cemetery. I still had a lot

682
01:02:16.239 --> 01:02:22.280
of secrets to reveal and I was
ready to discover them. After spending the

683
01:02:22.320 --> 01:02:25.360
night awake tormented by what I had
witnessed and the lack of clear evidence,

684
01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:34.559
I decided to contact a colleague specialized
in paranormal journalism. His name was Alejandro

685
01:02:34.639 --> 01:02:39.440
Vázquez, a man with decades of
experience and a solid reputation in the countryside.

686
01:02:39.960 --> 01:02:45.280
If anyone could help me unravel the
mystery of St Eusebius' pantheon,

687
01:02:45.079 --> 01:02:52.679
it was he I sent him an
email detailing my experiences and attached the videos

688
01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:55.719
I had recorded. It wasn'
t long before I got your answer.

689
01:02:57.400 --> 01:03:01.800
Alejandro asked to meet me in a
central café. The urgency in your message

690
01:03:02.079 --> 01:03:07.320
troubled me. Upon arriving at the
café, I saw him sitting in a

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01:03:07.360 --> 01:03:14.119
corner with his characteristic leather jacket and
a more serious look than usual. He

692
01:03:14.199 --> 01:03:20.119
greeted me with a slight head tilt
and an intense look. We sat down

693
01:03:20.159 --> 01:03:25.559
and showed him the recordings on my
computer again. Alexander observed everything in silence

694
01:03:25.800 --> 01:03:30.800
and, finally, when he finished
reviewing the last file, he looked up

695
01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:36.199
and looked directly into my eyes.
He asked me if I had any idea

696
01:03:36.280 --> 01:03:42.119
what that questioning was doing. It
sounded with a disturbing voice. I tried

697
01:03:42.239 --> 01:03:47.599
to explain that I was simply investigating
the stories of ghosts and strange phenomena surrounding

698
01:03:47.599 --> 01:03:52.760
the pantheon. But before I could
continue, Alexander interrupted me. He assured

699
01:03:52.880 --> 01:03:58.440
me that St Eusebius was not a
common place. People in the village avoid

700
01:03:58.519 --> 01:04:02.239
talking about it for a reason.
It is said that whoever goes too far

701
01:04:02.239 --> 01:04:08.960
into his secrets does not return himself
or return at all. At that time

702
01:04:09.239 --> 01:04:14.000
he told me he was playing with
strength beyond. The coffee seemed to be

703
01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:18.360
getting colder. I felt a chill. Hearing his words, I asked if

704
01:04:18.440 --> 01:04:25.719
he had ever investigated the place.
Alejandro assured me that many years ago a

705
01:04:25.800 --> 01:04:30.559
colleague named Javier Gómez decided to do
a similar report. He went into the

706
01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:35.840
pantheon alone and found something he couldn' t explain. He returned changed,

707
01:04:38.400 --> 01:04:42.960
disturbed and disappeared within a few weeks. No one ever heard from him again.

708
01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:48.159
Since then, everyone in the journalistic
circle had avoided that place. Alexander

709
01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:54.679
' s words left me breathless.
I asked him what exactly he knew about

710
01:04:54.760 --> 01:04:57.880
the place and if there was any
way to protect himself. While researching,

711
01:04:58.840 --> 01:05:03.360
he reminded me that he had seen
ancients about that pantheon rituals, dark and

712
01:05:03.360 --> 01:05:08.719
sacrifices. It was said to be
a portal to something beyond, a door

713
01:05:08.760 --> 01:05:14.360
that should not be opened after that
deep talk. I asked him to help

714
01:05:14.360 --> 01:05:17.559
me, to come with me.
Alejandro hesitated for a moment, but assured

715
01:05:17.599 --> 01:05:25.199
me that he could not accompany me, because he had a family and could

716
01:05:25.239 --> 01:05:30.239
not risk what he could do was
to give me some contacts of people who

717
01:05:30.239 --> 01:05:33.599
knew how to handle these situations.
At the end of the talk, he

718
01:05:33.639 --> 01:05:38.800
gave me the advice if, at
some point I felt that I was out

719
01:05:39.320 --> 01:05:44.199
of control, I would immediately leave
there, not look back much less,

720
01:05:44.920 --> 01:05:49.000
stare at the hooded man. I
thanked Alexander for his sincerity and help.

721
01:05:50.039 --> 01:05:58.119
We said goodbye with a handshake back
home. I reflected on what St Eusebius

722
01:05:58.159 --> 01:06:00.480
had learned. It wasn' t
just a place of urban legends. Apparently,

723
01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:06.760
he harbored something truly dark and dangerous, but at that time he wanted

724
01:06:06.760 --> 01:06:13.559
to discover the truth, as it
was stronger than fear. That night I

725
01:06:13.559 --> 01:06:18.119
contacted the specialists recommended by Alejandro,
described my situation and sent them the same

726
01:06:18.199 --> 01:06:24.679
recordings. One of them, a
woman named Carmen, agreed to meet with

727
01:06:24.920 --> 01:06:30.079
me and provide me with tools and
knowledge on how to protect me and what

728
01:06:30.079 --> 01:06:35.239
to expect. He knew that returning
to the pantheon of St Eusebius would be

729
01:06:35.320 --> 01:06:41.199
risky, but he also knew that
he had touched the surface of something deep

730
01:06:41.239 --> 01:06:44.039
and frightening and, although the danger
was real, he wanted to know the

731
01:06:44.039 --> 01:06:47.400
truth. Behind all that, After
several days, came the night that I

732
01:06:47.480 --> 01:06:53.360
decided to return to the pantheon.
This time I would not be alone in

733
01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:58.599
spirit, carrying with me the knowledge
and protections of those who knew more than

734
01:06:58.599 --> 01:07:02.000
I did. As I crossed the
rusty entrance of St Eusebius from my new

735
01:07:02.039 --> 01:07:08.639
place, I felt that the darkness
was invading my entire space, as I

736
01:07:08.719 --> 01:07:11.400
was walking towards what made me run
in the past few days. The night

737
01:07:11.440 --> 01:07:15.760
I decided to return to the pantheon
of San Eusebio was as dark as the

738
01:07:15.800 --> 01:07:20.519
first time, but this time I
was armed with the amulets and knowledge provided

739
01:07:20.639 --> 01:07:26.400
by Carmen. The flashlight in my
hand was shaking slightly. As I walked

740
01:07:26.440 --> 01:07:30.079
into the gravel trail. The creaking
of the dry leaves under my feet was

741
01:07:30.119 --> 01:07:34.480
the only sound that broke the silence
of the place. The air was cold

742
01:07:34.519 --> 01:07:41.519
and heavy. As I approached the
tombs, I noticed a blinking light similar

743
01:07:41.559 --> 01:07:45.559
to the one I had seen the
first time. I took out my camera,

744
01:07:45.159 --> 01:07:48.639
hoping that this time I would capture
what my eyes saw. My breathing

745
01:07:48.679 --> 01:07:55.719
became shallow and I decided with fear
to look out for the window through which

746
01:07:55.760 --> 01:08:00.320
I had seen the hooded figure.
I found the window and cleaned the dirty

747
01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:05.280
glass with my sleeve. Like before, I looked inside and my heart almost

748
01:08:05.400 --> 01:08:12.400
stopped. The candles were there in
a circle and in the middle the hooded

749
01:08:12.519 --> 01:08:15.239
figure was on its knees. It
looks like he was repeating. That night

750
01:08:15.920 --> 01:08:21.399
there seemed to be something different,
something darker, as that figure raised his

751
01:08:21.520 --> 01:08:27.880
head slowly and although he could not
see his face, I felt an icy

752
01:08:27.920 --> 01:08:30.159
terror running through my spine. The
scream was so loud that, before I

753
01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:34.920
knew it, my knees fell and
fell to the ground. The vision of

754
01:08:34.960 --> 01:08:42.800
the figure was darkened as everything turned
black. I woke up, disoriented and

755
01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:45.960
with a sharp pain in my head. The sky began to clear with the

756
01:08:46.039 --> 01:08:54.039
first signs of dawn. I was
lying next to the tombstones on them I

757
01:08:54.159 --> 01:08:58.840
could see my flashlight and the camera. By my side I slowly joined in

758
01:08:58.920 --> 01:09:04.000
trying to remember what had happened.
The camera was still recording with trembling hands.

759
01:09:04.439 --> 01:09:08.800
I turned it off and checked the
footage on the spot. To my

760
01:09:08.920 --> 01:09:13.720
surprise and horror, the candles and
the hooded figure were now visible in the

761
01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:18.439
video. The scream had not been
recorded in its place. There was a

762
01:09:18.560 --> 01:09:23.760
bad buzz, but at least I
had something to back me up. This

763
01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:28.520
time it was real. I got
up feeling a mixture of relief and terror.

764
01:09:29.199 --> 01:09:32.000
I had proof of what I had
seen as I was leaving the pantheon.

765
01:09:32.239 --> 01:09:39.239
I could not help but feel that
I was being observed that those invisible

766
01:09:39.439 --> 01:09:44.800
eyes followed each of my movements.
I knew I should share my finding with

767
01:09:44.840 --> 01:09:49.159
Alejandro and Carmen, but I also
knew that this discovery had marked me.

768
01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:57.600
After obtaining those proofs and proving the
existence of the lost soul of the hooded

769
01:09:57.600 --> 01:10:00.239
man, I promised myself that I
would not return that place to him without

770
01:10:00.279 --> 01:10:06.239
being fully prepared, because now I
understood that the true horror was not what

771
01:10:06.359 --> 01:10:14.720
I had seen, but what was
still hidden in the lost souls. Stories

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01:10:14.800 --> 01:10:16.399
written and adapted by Andrea Lezama