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Next on "Paranormal Caught on Camera,"

a villa in Kansas...

Cross the rods if you're standing to the left of me.

...that's teaming with spirits.

You can definitely sense

that there is something else around you.

A ghost takes his seat on a porch swing.

This is the kind of video that makes believers out of people.

A man captures a dazzling UFO while camping.

There's something flying over the river.

I just happened to be

at the right place at the right time.

A bizarre glowing entity

emerges from a streetlight in Arkansas.

I think it's opened my eyes to what could be, what can be.

And even more paranormal footage

you have to see...

Aah! What's going on?

...to believe.

Electricity is the backbone of our civilization.

It is used by billions on a daily basis

and at this point,

touches almost every aspect of our lives.

But what if we told you that the infrastructure

that provides us with electricity

also provides paranormal entities

with an intricate network of travel routes,

enabling them to show up anytime, anywhere

at a moment's notice?

Crazy, right?

Not for a woman in Arkansas

who may have captured this bizarre phenomenon in action,

when some kind of elemental creature

manifested from a streetlight.

August, 2020, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Kelly Nickell is in a parking lot

waiting to meet a friend

when she notices something odd happening

to a nearby streetlight.

So she starts recording on her dash cam.

Watch as what appears to be a glowing blob of energy

emerges from the light, drop slowly toward the ground,

and then after a few moments,

almost seems to bounce across the parking lot.

And if you think this is simply something moving

on the lens of the camera,

look again.

As it approaches the right side of the screen,

it appears to be split by this pole in the parking lot.

Kelly is blown away.

My name is Kelly, and this is my video.

It looked different in person than it did on camera.

It was more pronounced than the naked eye.

It was kind of distorted and moving in an odd way

that normally when it's raining and you look at a light,

that's what it would look like.

In this instance, it wasn't raining.

Um, so there was no reason

for it to be morphing and looking like that.

It did not scare me. I actually felt excited.

It doesn't frighten me at all.

It wasn't coming towards me. It wasn't speaking to me.

It was moving away. And it actually is kind of cool.

So what was it that Kelly captured that night?

At first I thought it might have been a bead of water

just dripping down that happened to coincide

with the position of the streetlight

until it started to walk.

And it even seemed to have gait.

You can see shoulders and arms and legs

as it walked away.

And I'm -- I'm baffled by that.

Usually when people see light anomalies,

they're a ball of light,

whether it's in the sky or in your basement.

Usually it's a very consistent shape that looks like a orb.

But this is changing shape the entire time that we see it.

And it's acting in a way that is very unusual and strange.

I truly don't know what this could be.

McNEILL: This is a really bizarre phenomenon.

It looked like a plasma creature.

It almost looked like the light gave birth to this creature

that then had an immediate sense of purpose

and set off to go achieve it, which is distressing.

I've seen spirits and ghosts of human beings

able to manifest, you know,

electromagnetic energy and devices,

drain batteries from cameras,

even manipulate light fixtures and things of that sort.

But this is on some other level.

This is a-a totally different, you know,

alchemical process in practice

that leads me to believe

that this is some sort of extra dimensional being

walking within our realm, using our energy

to manifest itself within our plane of existence.

This almost appears to be energetic in nature,

almost like an inhuman entity.

And where my mind goes to

are sightings of nature spirits, elementals.

That's what these look like

according to people who have seen them,

Elementals are a form of inhuman entities,

which means they have never inhabited a human body.

They are as old as the Earth itself.

Whether it was an elemental

an extra dimensional being, or just a plain old ghost,

the experience solidified Kelly's beliefs.

I've always been open minded.

I've never been a skeptic.

I think overall, this experience has been positive.

I think it's opened my eyes to what could be, what can be.

And it makes me think about life and the afterlife.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

Um, it's -- it's something that we all need to think about.

Coming up,

a notoriously haunted villa in Kansas...

Cross the rods if you're standing to the left of me.

...lives up to its reputation.

From the outside, the McInteer Villa in Kansas

looks like a beautiful Victorian style home.

But things aren't always what they seem.

It was built in 1889 by John McInteer,

an Irish immigrant who made a fortune

selling harnesses and saddles.

Since then, there have been nine documented deaths

on the property...

and one suicide.

With that type of dark history,

it's no wonder the house is said to be

one of the most haunted locations in the Midwest.

Today, the villa can be rented out

and is popular among paranormal enthusiasts.

Recently, a group of ghost hunters went there

hoping to gather some evidence of their own.

Cross the rods if you're standing to the left of me.

And the villa did not disappoint.

How old are you?

Nine.

Oh, my God.

July, 2020, Atchison, Kansas.

After a fruitful first visit to the McInteer Villa,

Michael Johnson, Kyla Pillow, and Joey Harper

have returned to investigate it for a second time.

This entire house just gives you an eerie feeling

whenever you're inside of it.

And not long after they arrive,

they already start to feel a bit uneasy.

My name is Michael Johnson, and this is my video.

Usually when I walk into the villa,

you can definitely sense

that there is something else around you.

It's a feeling of eyes on you.

And you can't really tell where those eyes are coming from,

but you can tell that something there

is just paying attention to you.

And according to the owner, Stephanie O'Reilly,

it's not just a feeling.

There is indeed something watching you.

When we've got to the villa,

we asked if she's caught any really compelling evidence

since the last time we'd been there.

And she told us, "Yes."

She had somebody there that had taken a photo,

and in the photo they saw a clear silhouette

of what looked to be, like,

a shadow figure of almost, like, a man.

But you can see in the picture

that the eyes kind of are reflective

or have a glowing quality to them,

which is, you know, always spooky.

Now, that photo was chilling.

The form, dark, shadowy. The eyes, glowing.

These are the things that nightmares are made of.

It's pretty obvious that whatever spirit

was captured in this photograph

is well aware of the person taking the photo

because it is looking right at the camera.

That definitely to me indicates an intelligence entity.

Hoping to establish communication with that entity

or any other spirits inhabiting the villa,

Michael, Joey, and Kyla begin their investigation

by using a technique called the Estes method.

Basically, what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna put on a blindfold.

I'm gonna put the headphones on with the spirit box running.

So I'm gonna be the only one

that can hear what the spirit box is saying.

They're gonna be the ones asking questions

so we can see if we get some appropriate responses.

Remember, Michael is not hearing the questions.

He is only repeating what the spirit box says

through the headphones.

How old are you?

Nine.

Oh, my God.

Can you tell us what your name is?

Look.

Where?

Room.

What room?

Picture.

While I was sitting there with the headphones on,

I was just saying the words

that I was hearing in my ears through the static.

I didn't know the context until I took off the headphones.

And once they had told me the questions they were asking

and the answers I was giving,

that's kind of when I had that moment of,

"Wow." What -- We really were talking to somebody.

Can you tell us something about the room

so we know which one it is?

Man.

The room with the man in it?

Soldier.

The library.

I have chills all over my entire body right now.

The group then heads to the library...

Whoever we were talking to said

go to the room with the soldier.

Yeah, they wanted us to go in here.

And they said, "Picture."

...and eventually seem to find

what the spirit was leading them to.

There is a picture of a little girl there.

Is that it, maybe?

That's so weird. It's a little girl.

How old does she look?

9, maybe.

I feel like I heard nine. What age did I say?

9.

'Cause I remember saying -- I remember saying, "Nine,"

like, but I didn't know the context.

I wonder if that's who was talking to me?

It's just one of those moments where you get chills.

But at the same time,

it's just incredible to feel like

I really was communicating with something.

And this isn't the first time

Michael has communicated with spirits at the villa.

During the team's last visit,

Michael established contact in this very same room

by using another device from his paranormal toolkit,

dowsing rods.

I have my dowsing rods with me.

We're gonna try a dowsing rod session in here

to see if anything will communicate using these.

Usually dowsing rods are made from

a mixture of copper and brass,

which are themselves conduits of energy.

And when you mix that with your living energy,

you can establish a connection with the other side.

If there's anybody in this room with me,

can you cross the rods to let me know that you're here?

Thank you.

It was a great moment.

He asks if there are any spirits in the room

and can you cross the rods if there are.

And the rods cross immediately.

And they definitely cross with purpose.

And it seems that he was receiving an answer

from some kind of spirit.

So in my opinion, if I had to give my best guess,

I would say that this is some kind of

apparitional or intelligent type of haunting.

Can you point both rods in the direction of the room

that you're standing in?

It is not typical to get answers like that.

There have been times that I've used dowsing rods

and they have just stayed perfectly still

and not moved at all.

Cross the rods if you're standing to the left of me.

That crossed really quick.

Between the two investigations,

Michael, Kyla, and Joey

gathered more than enough evidence to confirm

that the McInteer Villa is, in fact...

haunted.

This experience at the McInteer Villa

and using the Estes method was a game changer for me.

Knowing that you can use a method

to clearly communicate with the spirit

and have it direct you

to something it wanted you to see is --

it's just incredible.

Coming up,

a camping trip takes a paranormal turn.

Uh, there's something flying over the river.

Camping is a great way to get away from it all.

It's a chance to become one with nature,

maybe do a little fishing, and look up at the stars

that are untainted by the lights of the big city.

But be prepared,

because as you're sitting around the campfire stargazing,

you might catch sight of something

more than just a few shooting stars.

Uh, there's something flying over the river.

That's what happened to a man in Texas

when he captured this light anomaly,

which was so bizarre

we don't even know how to classify it.

It's, like, really weird.

July, 2020, Castell, Texas.

JC Powers is camping with his daughter

at a secluded campsite along the Llano River.

After his daughter goes to bed,

JC stays up to enjoy the campfire

when he suddenly spots something in the sky.

And it's unlike anything he's ever seen before.

Uh, there's something flying...

over the river.

We're here at camp.

And there's something...

that keeps coming in and out of view.

It's in the distance.

My name is JC Powers, and this is my video.

It's going, like, behind the tree line.

I'm gonna try to zoom in.

It's, like, really weird.

When I first saw it up in the air,

I wasn't sure what I was looking at.

So I thought maybe a drone, but I kind of ruled that out.

It wasn't making any noise, any sound, or whatsoever.

There's no noise. No sound.

It looked almost like, uh, bioluminescence --

things that you would see, like, underwater,

like jellyfishes would do.

But it was up in the sky.

It would come in and out of view.

At first it would show up and it would be there,

and then it would do, like, a little bit of a light show.

It's, like, really weird.

But you see like three of them joining together,

and then, like, they split and they rejoin.

And then it would completely disappear

and it would reappear and then it would move.

So it was nothing that I've seen before.

It's really weird.

The bizarre object

hangs around for about 15 minutes,

then goes out of sight.

When he gets home, JC posts his video online

to see if anyone can help identify what it is.

Everybody said a drone.

But, uh, due to the location that we were at,

the nearest highway is about 10 miles away

and the closest little town's

about another 30, 40 minutes away.

So it was very secluded area.

McNEILL: If this were a drone,

if this were something being controlled

by an unseen human on the ground,

we would expect it to make noise.

This is something we're familiar with.

We know what drones sound like.

And this was silent.

I think that's significant

to the perception of what's going on here.

Something big enough and clear enough to be seen

as well as we can see this

should be making some sort of auditory impact.

So if it wasn't a drone, then what was it?

My initial reaction to this UFO video was,

"Wow, bravo. What a great capture,"

because there are several elements with this video

that I was noticing right away.

There is no signs of propulsion.

And this thing is just moving along

at a pace where it seems like these lights

are shooting back and forth between each other

as it seems to be some kind of a power generator itself.

And I think we have a legitimate UFO capture on film.

But you see like three of them joining together,

and then, like, they split and they rejoin.

It's, like, really weird.

With the way this thing's blinking,

it makes me think perhaps it's -- it's malfunctioning.

Is there something wrong with it?

Is it struggling to stay in the sky?

Or is it possibly communicating?

Is it some sort of beacon or Morse code-like signal?

The lights seem to be oscillating,

like almost breathing.

It didn't feel erratic in any way.

It was definitely fluid, but changing.

So is that some sort of cloaking device

that we're seeing glimpses of it going in and out?

It's really weird.

I'd like to challenge this clip and not call it a UFO,

but call it a cryptid.

Because it looks to me

like something you would see in the deep ocean.

You see these rods of light

inside this gelatinous floating bioluminescent shape.

So it makes total sense to me

that this would manifest over a body of water.

And thinking in that head space,

I do believe that this could be a flying jellyfish of sorts.

Anything is possible.

whatever it was that JC captured on camera that night

is still up for debate.

But he feels fortunate

to have gotten a glimpse of something

that could prove we are not alone in this universe.

I just happened to be

at the right place at the right time.

I've always been kind of skeptic,

and it's more to I won't believe till I see it.

But seeing this made me believe a little bit more.

For us to really think that there's nothing else

besides us in this vast universe is kind of --

it's kind of insane.

You know, we have to understand

that if we're able to have life here,

there's got to be life somewhere else, as well.

There's something flying over the river.

It's really weird.

Coming up, is this a sign...

This is terrifying.

...of bad things to come?

Aah! What's going on?

Throughout history,

certain animals have been linked to signs of impending doom.

Many believe that if a black cat crosses your path,

it is a symbol of bad luck.

In Celtic mythology, a white stag is an indicator

that the other world is near.

And in literature and popular culture,

blackbirds like ravens and crows

are thought to pretend the arrival of very dark forces,

which is what might have been happening one day in Texas

when thousands of blackbirds

descended on this grocery store parking lot...

Oh, this is so weird.

...terrifying everyone in sight.

Aah! What's going on?

December, 2016 in Carrollton, Texas.

Lindsey Venable has just finished grocery shopping

when she looks outside and sees something dark and terrifying

swarming in the sky above.

Fearing for her safety, she makes a run for her car

and gets there just in the nick of time.

Then she takes out her phone and starts to record.

Um, I'm getting attacked by birds.

This is terrifying.

What happens if I honk?

Aah! What's going on?

Thousands of blackbirds known as Grackles

are descending onto the parking lot,

trapping Lindsey in her car.

My name is Lindsey, and this is my video.

Oh, this is so weird.

When I got outside,

I noticed there were a lot of birds swarming around.

And by the time I got to my car,

I was surrounded by all of these birds.

I got in my car just in time. This is ridiculous.

Wow.

There were a lot of people

that decided to wait just at the entrance of the door

instead of trying to walk to their car.

I should have done that,

but I felt safer being in my car, actually.

A wise choice,

because it was clear that she was indeed

much safer in her car.

This is terrifying.

When they were on top of my car,

I could hear their talons tapping.

They're on top of my car.

And it was quite loud just to hear their little taps.

Go away.

Oh, my God.

And I know a lot of people would see this footage

and think that it is quite scary.

And rightfully so.

This is something straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock film.

Whenever you get a swarm of blackbirds like this,

it puts forth an ominous feel.

I can't imagine anyone that was present to see this

felt like they were going to make it home

in time for dinner.

It looks like these birds didn't know what to do,

like something was wrong.

Like something in the air was about to happen.

Flying in circles.

It almost seems like

they were forced out of the sky by something,

perhaps not of good nature.

We just don't know what it is.

This is ridiculous.

Oh, this is so weird.

Lindsey later posted her video online,

and the comments she got were not comforting.

People were saying it was a sign of the end times.

"Something bad to you is gonna happen."

"Get out of the area."

So if this was a sign of something bad to come,

what is that something and when is it coming?

Throughout history, birds have been seen as omens.

An augury is actually the art of interpreting birds

as a sign of things to come,

and it goes back to ancient Rome.

One bird, maybe two birds,

doesn't necessarily seem like an intimidating omen.

But when you see this swarm

almost behaving as a unified organism,

that's intimidating.

And maybe it's Mother Nature herself

sending mankind an unmistakable message.

It is very unnerving

to see swarms of animals invading a space.

But really, we have to think about who are the true invaders?

And it's really the concrete jungle

that we humans have built up in the path of nature

over the last several hundred years.

So you will have this collision

of nature and manmade structures.

Regardless if this is a natural phenomenon or not,

it is incredibly freaky.

I've been in a similar situation.

I was stuck in my car for over two hours

because of crows, and it was terrifying.

Oh, this is so weird.

Luckily, Lindsey walked away unharmed that day.

But it's something she will never forget.

Ever since I posted this video,

I think about being there in my car at the time

and how it could possibly happen again.

And as far as she knows,

nothing bad has yet come to pass...

or maybe it has.

There were no scratches on my car,

but there was a lot of, um, poop.

Ew. Got to get in the car wash.

Coming up,

an apparition pops by for a quick visit.

There are many theories

as to what happens to us after we die...

but no definitive answers.

And the fear of the unknown can be scary

for those who are nearing the end of their lives.

But there are some who believe that as we approach death,

we might receive a visit from a familiar face

who's there to usher us peacefully and without fear

to the other side.

A woman in Texas might have captured proof of this

when she recorded one of these visitations

just a few months before a loved one passed away.

November, 2019 in Portland, Texas,

Norma Leal has been taking care

of her terminally ill Mother, Teresa, for the past two months.

Tonight, Norma is feeling overwhelmed,

so she asks her father,

who passed away more than 10 years ago, for guidance.

At that very moment, her home security camera

captures movement on the front porch.

When Norma checks to see what set it off,

she cannot believe her eyes.

Watch closely as a ghost-like figure

sits down on the porch swing and rocks back and forth.

Once Norma gets over her initial shock,

she is sure she knows who it is.

My name is Norma, and this is my video.

I kept looking at it over and over.

And the first thing that really came to my mind

'cause I had just had a conversation with my dad,

I let my emotions out, and I felt it was him.

I know it was him. I really do.

My first impression on seeing this is...wow.

Just wow.

I almost get a sense --

it's as if it is picking

this particular spot on the swing for a reason.

According to Norma,

that's exactly what it was doing,

because the apparition just happens to be sitting

in the same spot her father used to sit in

when he would have a cigaret years ago.

It brought me a lot of comfort, actually.

I didn't know what was gonna happen.

I was really afraid for my mom.

But after that, I felt good.

I had a feeling of peace.

This is the kind of video

that makes believers out of people.

Where the visual evidence is so compelling

and the narrative context

adds so much logical sense to what we're seeing,

that I feel this is one of

the most compelling videos that I've seen.

Norma shows the video to her mother

and it makes her mom smile.

The first words that came out of her mouth was,

"They're coming for me."

And then I even told my mom, "I think it was Dad."

And, um, she agreed. She thought it was him, too.

McNEILL: That is a very commonly reported experience,

and it feels like with this video,

we're getting a glimpse at that same experience of --

of the people, the loved ones from the other side,

arriving to wait and greet the member of their family

who's headed towards them.

I would be deeply, deeply comforted

if I were any member of this family.

And stories like this are not uncommon.

A lot of hospice workers do report

that the people in their final moments, uh,

will call out family members' names

or seem to be talking to people that -- that aren't in the room.

It is pretty remarkable,

and it's something that I do believe in.

And be a really nice thought that people are -- are there

kind of easing you through the next part of your journey.

Three months to the day

after Norma captured this video,

her mother passed away.

And she finds comfort

that the spirit of what might have been her father

stopped by to help make that transition smoother.

It has changed my life tremendously

because now I know for a fact that there is an afterlife.

I think that, um, they are reunited now.

In fact, I know so. I know they are.

Coming up,

bizarre objects appear in the sky over California.

I have no idea what this thing is.

Perception is the ability

to become aware of something through your senses.

And the input from all of those senses

acts like a lens through which we view the world.

But there are many who believe that our perception is limited

and that, in fact, we are only aware

of a fraction of what is happening around us.

A man in California

may have experienced this phenomenon firsthand

when he captured this incredible UFO on video

flanked by two others,

all of which were invisible to the naked eye.

Man, I have no idea what this thing is.

July, 2020, Ventura, California.

Professional videographer Richard Cranor

shoots an orange grove for a client with his drone.

The next day as he reviews the footage,

he sees something that wasn't visible

while he was filming.

There are three objects in the distance,

a large rectangular one in the center

and two smaller objects on either side of it.

Unable to fathom what he has seen,

or even how he's seeing it,

Richard posts his video online along with his own analysis,

hoping to find some answers.

Here we are launching the drone off the truck

and in the spin around,

you will see this object in the back.

And that was a bee that just buzzed by.

I did not see this object with the naked eye.

This is something that I found

in the footage scrubbing through.

And I have no idea what this thing is.

My name is Richard, and this is my video.

When I was there filming, I just --

I didn't notice any of that.

That's why I was like, "What the hell is that?"

It just didn't make any sense to me.

So that's when I zoomed in.

And luckily, I shot it, uh, in 2K,

which is a higher resolution than 1080p.

And that allowed me to kind of zoom in a little bit more.

And that's when I started seeing the other objects.

I know it's just a little speck, but I'll blow it up in a second.

You'll see it maneuver, uh, quite radically to the left

after it appears.

So there it is. Bam!

And then watch it disappear.

And then it'll come back and spin off to the left.

The first two objects, the large banner

and the other smaller object that was next to it,

that was already interesting.

So I was kind of glued into that.

But it wasn't until I saw the other object

that flew right next to it.

That really kind of -- that tripped me out

because of the way it came in and out of the clouds.

That just seemed very odd to me.

The way it was flying,

it wasn't typical of what you see most aircraft perform,

the maneuvers they perform.

So that was the object that really made me wonder,

"Wow, I wonder what's going on here?"

So there's a lot of stuff flying around here, guys,

and I don't know what any of it is.

What puzzled Richard even more is that to him,

the flying objects were clearly breaking FAA regulations.

In the real world,

the FAA would never allow

another object to fly like that that close.

The risks associated with that are pretty great.

So what were those objects in the sky?

So what's interesting is that we are seeing

more and more UFOs like this on this show.

We've seen them flying over Phoenix.

It's definitely square or rectangular in nature to me.

I don't see any plane in front of that.

And like that sighting,

the object Richard saw had no visible means of propulsion.

It definitely was not a banner attached to a biplane

flying over an agricultural field.

I mean, first of all, the thing is pitch black.

I mean, what would it be advertising?

You can't see any writing or anything on this thing.

Why would it be out there?

And what about the other two objects

flying nearby?

Are they escorting this larger one?

Is it some sort of, uh, coordinated mission

that they're on?

I mean, we do that with our Navy cruisers

and with our large bombers.

We have smaller craft that are quicker

and can defend aircraft carriers and ships like that.

It's not that much of a stretch of the imagination to imagine

that's the scenario that we see going on here.

Or you could stretch your imagination even further.

To me, this diamond rectangular shaped object in the sky

isn't really an object. It's a portal.

And the reason why it seems like this empty square space

is moving slowly

is because we know that the earth is constantly moving.

It's rotating on its axis around the sun in its orbit.

So that's the reason why it gives the illusion

that this portal is slowly moving,

when in reality, the portal is stationary,

but the planet is moving.

And I believe that the two crafts

that we see in this footage

are coming from that portal.

Something to consider.

But still, why were none of them visible with the naked eye?

Richard has a theory.

I think human perception is limited by something.

We're just -- We're just not configured properly

to see the entire bandwidth of reality.

So I think these UFOs are some other phenomenons

that's intersecting right on the fringes

of what our perception, uh, can handle.

You know, whatever our nervous system is configured to

is what we're going to experience.

I've done a lot of research on this

because I am fascinated by it.

As with the majority of UFO sightings,

there are many questions left unanswered.

But Richard plans to continue seeking out the truth.

This experience, at the end of the day,

it just makes me want to keep questioning

and keep investigating.

Uh, I think there's much more going on

than meets the eye, obviously.

And, uh, it's -- it's worth the not living in fear of it

or, you know, allowing the stigma

to stop myself or anyone else

from -- from asking the bigger questions

that need to be asked.

There's a lot of stuff flying around here, guys,

and I don't know what any of it is.

What should you do in the event

you witness something paranormal?

Here are some tips to get it all on camera.

Keep your eyes on the skies.

It's, like, really weird.

Never stop recording...

...even when you're scared.

Aah! What's going on?

Trust that what you're seeing really is otherworldly.

And if you do catch something,

e-mail us at submitparanormal@gmail.com

or connect with us on social media.

Your footage could be seen

right here on "Paranormal Caught on Camera."