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True Stories Of The Unexplainable
A Daring Fight With The Unparalleled Power Of Something Evil
Of all the possibilities to explain the obscene strength and unfathomable power of a 117-pound teenager, one doctor had an answer that stunned the rest of us. Many of us got hurt that day, and those who didn’t believe in the supernatural were changed.
Once upon a time, believing in the supernatural felt like a foolish endeavor. Legends, folklore, and myths were all it seemed like. For most people who don’t believe in monsters, demons, and the bizarre, it takes a profound experience to change their beliefs.
During the winter of 1996, under a near-constant blanketing of clouds that left the city in darkness for days, a young boy came to a hospital in the custody of the police. The boy was only 17 or 18, a high school dropout, and a slight young man. What happened in the following days left an entire security team exhausted, astonished, and confused.
By day three, the boy suffered violent outbursts twice a shift. Even in a locked ward, the boy was hard to keep contained. Hospitals have protocols for extreme mental health patients. One of those…