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An idyllic
new England town
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Surrounded by a cursed forest.
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It is well known
as the dark woods.
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Here darkness reigns.
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You have all that evil
that went on over there.
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Satanic cults.
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He called himself
the son of satan.
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You could see pentagrams
painted everywhere.
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We saw a group of people
standing around with rifles.
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All echoes of a hidden
past and a centuries-old portal.
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To the underworld.
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I felt like I was
in a horror movie.
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But it wasn't. It was real.
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For most of history,
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New England was blanketed
in forests.
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But today, many of these trees
have been cut down
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And replaced by modern housing
and urban sprawl.
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However, a few remain along
with their ancient powers.
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I worked for the freetown
police department
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And I worked for
the bristol county
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District attorney's office.
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Alan alves spent
his career patrolling
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The freetown state forest.
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That state forest is not the
same as any other forest
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Anywhere that I've ever been
in my life.
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The hairs on your arms stand up
on end, and if you notice
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When you're in the woods,
you don't hear birds.
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You don't see deer.
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It just feels very eerie
here, very eerie.
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It's, like, cold.
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When I was a young rookie
and I rode with the lieutenant,
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And I saw these people
in the woods.
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Red robes and stuff
like that around the fire
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And I said "what's going on
here?"
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He said, "those are just
hippies left over from the '60s.
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Don't worry about it."
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But it turned out not to be.
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These groups,
these people were doing some
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Very heinous things
in the forest.
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Alan's career
will take him
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Deep into this fortress
of darkness...
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...Commonly known
as the cursed forest.
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Settled by the pilgrims
in 1659,
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Freetown is one of
the oldest communities
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In the united states.
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Today, residents paint a serene
picture of a modest village
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That takes care of its own.
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I grew up here
in freetown, massachusetts,
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Lived here
pretty much all my life.
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You know, it is very much
a friendly country setting.
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Freetown is a very small town.
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A little, quaint town with not
too much industry going on.
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That's the way the locals
seem to like it.
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It's a good place to grow up.
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The people are good.
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We look out for each other.
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But one thing sets
freetown apart
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From the many other idyllic
villages that pepper the region.
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Within the town of freetown
there is a huge forest.
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That's about a 10,000-acre
preserve.
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And it's called the
freetown-fall
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River state forest.
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As clean and quaint
and beautiful as freetown is,
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Everybody who lives around
here knows about the shadow
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That the forest
casts upon the town.
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I always describe the forest
as its own entity.
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There's something
in the forest.
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It is well known
as the cursed forest.
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Residents commonly refer to
the freetown state forest
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As the cursed forest
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Because it is well known
as a place where terrible
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And unexplainable things happen.
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I believe the curse is to
keep people out of the forest.
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I believe the power of the curse
is what's fueling
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All the bad things
that have gone on.
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Many keep their
distance at all costs.
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When I was growing up
my parents told me
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They never wanted me
to go in the forest by myself.
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You definitely feel that
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There might be something
walking with you.
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But for others the
forest is a source of curiosity
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That's impossible to resist.
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When I was a kid, my friends
and I would spend a lot of time
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Out walking in the woods
and exploring the swamps.
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James rice grew up
just steps from the woods.
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But when he was 12 years old,
he had an experience
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That made him understand
why his hometown state forest
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Is believed to be cursed.
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We're walking down elm
street, a friend and I
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And we happen to notice some
footsteps.
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And we thought that was unusual.
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So we started following
the footprints
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And they disappeared
into the woods.
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So we followed this path for
quite some ways to the woods.
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And I just felt
very uncomfortable.
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This sort of sense of dread
and a mental chill.
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We could see a girl
coming from the woods
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And someone's chasing her
or something's chasing her.
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When we got there
she'd had disappeared.
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And I called my friend over
and said, "I'm feeling
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Something very strange here."
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I could sense sadness or despair
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Or fear sort of all
combining at once.
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My friend said,
I don't feel anything."
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I said, "well, no, come stand
exactly where I'm standing."
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And he said,
"wow, yeah, you're right.
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I don't understand it
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And I've never felt
this way before.
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I don't feel comfortable
in this particular place."
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I think a part of me wondered
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If maybe what I was experiencing
was a call for help,
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But being a 12-year-old boy
I had no idea
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How I could possibly help
this person or this spirit.
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James doesn't realize
that the mysterious woman
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May have been warning him of the
dangers in the cursed forest.
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Within months of this
unexplainable encounter,
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James has another
more terrifying experience.
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One Halloween night,
we were coming back
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From a little bit of trick
or treating
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And we saw a car that looked
like an elderly couple.
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We thought that they were lost,
but they pulled down this road
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With great deliberation
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As if they knew exactly
where they were going.
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We built up the courage
to go down there.
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When we got down there
just around this area
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We found a burned cross...
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...And some bones
from some animals.
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My friend said, "wow, I think
that what we're seeing
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Is some sort of gathering
on Halloween night."
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We saw a group of people
standing around with rifles.
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And they turned
in our direction.
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We weren't sure if the intention
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Was just to scare us or
if they had a darker intention.
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Eventually we knew we'd have to
come out from behind the rocks
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And we didn't know if somebody
would be
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Lying in wait for us
at that time.
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And they weren't.
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And we were able
to get away safely.
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James wonders if this
terrifying encounter
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Has anything to do
with the mysterious girl
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And the chilling sense of dread
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He experienced
a few months earlier.
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Is it all evidence of a curse
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That earned the dark forest
its nickname,
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And what was
this menacing group?
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These are questions that
retired detective alan alves
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Began asking early in his career
when he was assigned
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To investigate
the freetown state forest.
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Originally believed by other
officers to be harmless hippies,
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Alan soon learned that
the group was far more dangerous
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Than he could
have ever imagined.
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They would tie ribbons
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That you could track.
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The yellow means turn right.
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You come to another ribbon
that might be red.
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Turn left.
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Until you came to the site
of the actual rituals.
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And that's where we would find
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Some of the evidence
the ritual took place.
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A large stone.
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Pentagrams in the ground.
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Dead animals.
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There was one where we found
20 or 25 calves
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Completely drained of blood.
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I felt like I was
in a horror movie.
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But it wasn't. It was real.
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In the center of
freetown lies a forest
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Constantly teeming
with mystery and terror.
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Are all the horrors people
experience today
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Connected to a mysterious curse
from the past?
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Police officer alan alves
began examining
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Disturbing activity
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In these so-called cursed woods
in the 1970s, embarking on
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One of the most frightening
investigations of his career.
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I started doing research
and I brought
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Photographs of what I took,
what I saw in the state forest.
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Alan discovered
that the pictures
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That he had taken
matched up with symbols
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Commonly used
in satanic rituals.
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And I started understanding
what was going on there.
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There was rituals
worshipping satan.
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Since first stepping
into the forest,
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Alan felt a dark energy.
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And as a young and hungry
rookie, he was determined
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To find out the source of the
evil gripping his hometown.
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He soon learned that a man
named carl drew
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Was at the center
of the disturbing activity
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Taking place in freetown forest.
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I think the forest brought up
the darkness in carl drew.
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When carl drew's
crimes were discovered,
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He was brought in
for questioning.
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To this day, a few figures
cast as dark a shadow
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As this menacing cult leader.
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I saw an evil.
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It was like looking
at the devil himself.
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He called himself
the son of satan.
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He believed that satan
will punish you
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Even if he has carl drew do it.
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Carl drew was a pimp.
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If any called of carl drew's
girls got out of line,
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They would be violently
punished.
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It was a very active cult.
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They were doing their rituals in
the forest.
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You have all that evil
that went on over there.
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Rumors
of cult activity
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Begin to spread through freetown
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Giving the cursed forest an even
more sinister reputation.
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As a teenager, local resident
john brightman
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Started to hear the stories
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But he had no idea
that the area of the forest
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That he and his friends
often explored
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Was once the site
of horrific cult sacrifices.
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I became aware of
some of the darker things
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That went on here
in the freetown state forest
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When I was probably about 14.
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I was told a lot of bad things
happened there
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And that people were afraid
to go into the forest.
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But when john ventures
into the woods on a sunny day
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In 1984, he can't imagine
the dark energy
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He will come in contact with.
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I was riding my bike
with some friends.
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I was riding fast.
I pulled away from them.
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And I needed to stop
to let them catch up.
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And I hear this noise.
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It's almost like a branch
break in the back.
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I noticed this figure
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About maybe 3-1/2, 4-foot-tall,
child-like,
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Standing there staring
right at me.
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You could see right through it.
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His eyes were
just piercing black.
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Never said a word.
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Never moved.
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I can hear the bikes coming.
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And as I turned back,
it was gone.
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It was the first time
that anything like this
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Has happened to me, and it
really did shake me.
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It sent chills down my bones
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Because I didn't know
what it was.
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John's encounter
with the black-eyed boy
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Haunts him to this day.
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I was right about
where the car is
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And I just happened
to turn around
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And right here
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I saw the little boy.
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The little boy
just standing like this.
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Just kind of looking
right up at me.
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The memories are spinning
through my head
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And I'm just kinda thinking
of me
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As a little boy
kind of freaking out again.
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It's stuck with me for
so long and still to this day
251
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That it made me draw it out.
252
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:26,544
And I decided to finally
get it tattooed on me.
253
00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:31,883
Over the years, john
also repeatedly returned
254
00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:35,753
To the site where he encountered
the black-eyed boy.
255
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On one of his visits
he noticed a beaten-down shack.
256
00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:43,995
The shack that used to be
at this site was here
257
00:17:43,997 --> 00:17:45,696
When I was a young kid.
258
00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:49,067
And it was very broken down
259
00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:53,137
But it was covered with graffiti
and satanic symbols and signs.
260
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Pentagrams painted everywhere.
261
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,844
Hearing the stories of what
I grew up hearing
262
00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:05,216
And thinking this was so close
to home, it really startled me.
263
00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:07,285
When I think about
what could have happened,
264
00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:10,088
It scared me.
265
00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:13,758
Back in the 1970s,
detective alan alves
266
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,562
Was once called to this
very location to investigate
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An ominous shack rumored
to be associated
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00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:24,102
With a disturbing
cult activity in the area.
269
00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,437
I was directed to an area
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00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:29,740
Where these hunters
found the bunker.
271
00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:32,810
The cults are very secretive,
they're very protective.
272
00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:36,047
They're the ones who become
very dangerous.
273
00:18:36,049 --> 00:18:39,317
The horror that he is
about to unearth reveals
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00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:42,720
A whole new level
to the group's depravity.
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As a child growing up
in the mid-1980s,
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John brightman came face-to-face
with the dark side
277
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Of the freetown forest,
278
00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:07,044
When he encountered a mysterious
black-eyed child
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Near an ominous shack
covered with satanic symbols.
280
00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,585
It's just a few miles from town
and is a site
281
00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:19,557
That detective alan alves had
also discovered in the 1970s
282
00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:23,661
When he was investigating
disturbing cult activity.
283
00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:27,532
What he found there were
the makings of a nightmare.
284
00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:33,237
Chair had an upside-down
cross on it.
285
00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:40,745
And then there was all kind of
baby clothes all there.
286
00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:48,753
And then they had several dolls.
287
00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:54,425
Some with their eyes taken out
some with the heads off.
288
00:19:56,529 --> 00:20:00,164
I learned that in the satanic
religion sacrifices
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00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:01,632
Of newborn babies
290
00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:07,638
Are the best sacrifice followed
by children, followed by female.
291
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,142
Though it is never proven that
children were sacrificed,
292
00:20:11,144 --> 00:20:15,279
Eventually the cult's leader,
carl drew, is arrested
293
00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:17,782
For murdering
one of his followers.
294
00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:22,153
And the activity
in the forest seems to subside.
295
00:20:22,155 --> 00:20:25,656
But john's encounter
with the black-eyed boy suggests
296
00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:29,627
That a dark presence
continues to linger.
297
00:20:29,629 --> 00:20:31,862
I started learning
the history of the forest
298
00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:34,532
And heard about the cults
and the rituals.
299
00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:37,001
Who knows
if the black-eyed child
300
00:20:37,003 --> 00:20:42,006
Could be possibly one of
the victims of this cult.
301
00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:45,076
John will always
wonder if the mysterious spirit
302
00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:47,445
Who he encountered
by the satanic shack
303
00:20:47,447 --> 00:20:50,848
Is connected to carl drew's
cult.
304
00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:54,585
But he is not the only one to
have an unexplainable encounter
305
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:58,289
With a disturbing apparition.
306
00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:03,461
Friends luann joly and
rené car live near the forest.
307
00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:05,596
One day, a walk in the woods
308
00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,432
Leads to a chilling
confrontation.
309
00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:12,837
René and I were in the forest
walking through.
310
00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:17,174
And I thought I saw a figure,
a dark figure
311
00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:19,944
Step behind a tree.
312
00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:24,749
It felt like something else
was there with us, a presence.
313
00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:28,386
But there was no one
for miles around.
314
00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,321
I was scared.
I even stepped down
315
00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:34,191
And I looked around
with my flashlight.
316
00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:37,395
Moments later, I heard
a voice say...
317
00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:42,800
Carl drew.
318
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:46,871
Was this a victim
or a warning to stay away?
319
00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:48,906
When you hear the name
carl drew,
320
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:55,813
It is like somebody
poured ice water down your back.
321
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:59,050
It was very, very upsetting.
322
00:21:59,052 --> 00:22:01,452
But not every
eerie encounter
323
00:22:01,454 --> 00:22:04,221
Can be connected to carl drew.
324
00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:08,125
You have people right up
to today, they're enacting
325
00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:10,161
The same kind of things
that the cult did.
326
00:22:10,163 --> 00:22:13,364
Which came first,
the chicken or the egg?
327
00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:17,168
You know, in this case, was
there a negative energy
328
00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,836
Before the cult came
329
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:24,709
And that's why they even
picked the forest?
330
00:22:24,711 --> 00:22:27,845
The problem was that strange
things in the state parks
331
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:32,216
Didn't stop with carl drew
or end with carl drew.
332
00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:35,119
What is the curse
that lies beneath the surface
333
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:37,655
Of the forest and seems
to attract
334
00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:40,257
So much darkness and evil?
335
00:22:42,095 --> 00:22:44,695
Travis pike grew up in freetown
336
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,597
And heard all of the stories.
337
00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:50,935
It has quite the reputation.
338
00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:52,770
Despite that
reputation,
339
00:22:52,772 --> 00:22:54,438
When travis was a teenager
340
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,007
The cult hadn't been active
in years
341
00:22:57,009 --> 00:23:00,544
And he and his friends enjoyed
the eerie feeling they got
342
00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:03,481
Exploring the freetown forest
343
00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:05,282
We're all used to being
out in the woods.
344
00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:07,885
So when we started to come out
on some of these old dirt roads
345
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,955
You get a sense of being
completely isolated
346
00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:14,492
And on top of that
you always felt like
347
00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:17,395
You were kind of being watched.
348
00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:20,064
But one day,
travis had an experience
349
00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:24,301
In the cursed forest that
still shakes him to his core.
350
00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:28,939
It's just a group of friends
in a rural town
351
00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:31,275
With not much really to do.
352
00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:33,978
So we would go out
to have a bonfire.
353
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,987
I was kind of standing
over the firepit
354
00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:44,822
Trying to get it going and...
355
00:23:47,393 --> 00:23:49,160
...One of my friends
had yelled, you know,
356
00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:50,361
"I think there's
somebody over here."
357
00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:52,396
Guys, I think
there's someone over here.
358
00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:05,443
Hey! Who's in there?
359
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:08,245
Hello?
360
00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:11,816
Hey.
361
00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:14,552
We could all see bits
of something
362
00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:15,986
Moving through the brush.
363
00:24:22,195 --> 00:24:23,561
He was there.
364
00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:27,932
We were kind of yelling,
"hey, why are you following us?"
365
00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:30,167
We never got any answer.
366
00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:33,504
Who's back there?
367
00:24:33,506 --> 00:24:37,308
It was almost taunting us
to come into the woods.
368
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,243
- Come on, let's get out of here.
- Yeah, let's go.
369
00:24:39,245 --> 00:24:41,345
Everybody panicked
and freaked out.
370
00:24:41,347 --> 00:24:44,515
- Hurry up!
- Come on!
371
00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,085
Damn it! Come on, please?
372
00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:49,987
And we turned the keys
and nothing happened.
373
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:51,555
- Start the car.
- I'm trying.
374
00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:53,891
- Start it!
- Come on!
375
00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:56,527
- Go! Go!
- It's not starting.
376
00:24:56,529 --> 00:24:59,897
You got to be kidding me.
377
00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:01,932
Come on!
378
00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:06,270
Hurry!
379
00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:08,172
Let's go, let's go!
380
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:11,008
And when I went to jump in
the driver's side of my truck...
381
00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:15,679
What is it?
382
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:22,086
I went pale and all the hair
on my neck stood up.
383
00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:40,538
In a forest
where unexplainable encounters
384
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:43,173
Frequently occur
and a dark energy
385
00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,609
Is rumored to inspire evil,
386
00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:48,946
An ominous note is enough
to send travis pike
387
00:25:48,948 --> 00:25:50,848
Into a fit of terror.
388
00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:53,317
Jump back in the car
and turn the key.
389
00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:56,287
- Start it. Start the car.
- Stat the car!
390
00:25:56,289 --> 00:25:59,490
And again, nothing happened.
Everybody's freaking out.
391
00:25:59,492 --> 00:26:03,594
Hurry! Hurry.
392
00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:06,664
And then the third time
I turned the key...
393
00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:09,633
- Yeah!
- Yes! Yes!
394
00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:12,036
...The car started
like nothing was wrong.
395
00:26:12,038 --> 00:26:15,005
And we left that dirt road
sideways.
396
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:20,311
Who was the author
of this threatening note
397
00:26:20,313 --> 00:26:22,546
And what did it mean?
398
00:26:22,548 --> 00:26:25,649
After I had that experience
it kind of intrigued me.
399
00:26:25,651 --> 00:26:31,755
Was it just us being anxious and
scared or was there actually
400
00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:33,324
Something else at work?
401
00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:35,526
Travis isn't alone in feeling
402
00:26:35,528 --> 00:26:38,195
That there might be
a threatening presence
403
00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:40,598
Lurking in the trees.
404
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:45,002
Many believe that there are
dark forces in the forest.
405
00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:47,671
Years after alan alves
investigated
406
00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:51,308
Carl drew's evil cult,
disturbing things
407
00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:55,112
Continue to happen
in these mysterious woods.
408
00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:58,349
Evil things, satanic things
still went on in the forest.
409
00:26:58,351 --> 00:27:00,084
People were still
having rituals,
410
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:02,353
People were committing suicide,
411
00:27:02,355 --> 00:27:04,855
Other people had been found
dead there.
412
00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:07,358
Why does everyone
pick the forest?
413
00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:12,563
Something's drawing them to it.
414
00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:15,933
The freetown state forest
appears to be a force field
415
00:27:15,935 --> 00:27:17,801
Like no other.
416
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:19,870
Something deep in these woods
417
00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:22,906
Has an immense power
to bring out evil.
418
00:27:26,345 --> 00:27:28,479
It's interesting
with route 24,
419
00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:32,016
People call it massachusetts's
deadliest highway.
420
00:27:32,018 --> 00:27:33,751
It goes right through
the forest,
421
00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:35,653
And it's very narrow.
422
00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:39,056
Manny famalore has
been a paramedic in freetown
423
00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:41,291
For almost 20 years.
424
00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:44,628
He knows the horror
stories well.
425
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:45,996
A lot of people say that there's
426
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:48,165
Really negative energy
in this area.
427
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,901
I believe that there must be
something in this area
428
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:53,337
Because with
the stories consistent,
429
00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:54,571
There has got to be something
430
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:57,608
That keeps them
the way that they are.
431
00:27:57,610 --> 00:28:00,911
In his job, manny
has seen trends that suggest
432
00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:03,580
All the chatter
about the cursed forest
433
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:06,183
Is more than just speculation.
434
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:09,787
He has seen an unusually
high number of car accidents
435
00:28:09,789 --> 00:28:11,922
On route 24, the highway
436
00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:16,060
That runs directly through
the freetown state forest.
437
00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:20,097
In 2009, there
was over 650 accidents.
438
00:28:20,099 --> 00:28:22,933
On route 24 in freetown,
this was the scene
439
00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:24,902
Shortly after 4:30 this evening.
440
00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:26,804
The victim is 53-year-old...
441
00:28:26,806 --> 00:28:30,741
In 2017, there was over
500 accidents.
442
00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:32,710
Massachusetts state
police have confirmed
443
00:28:32,712 --> 00:28:35,612
That one person died
at the scene.
444
00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:37,881
A lot of these
accidents have fatalities
445
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:40,084
And these are very,
very violent accidents
446
00:28:40,086 --> 00:28:45,289
And people can't explain why
there's so many on this highway.
447
00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:48,726
There's deaths everywhere,
but there's a consistency
448
00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:52,429
In the deaths and in the
suicides in the area.
449
00:28:52,431 --> 00:28:54,364
And it really makes you wonder,
450
00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:58,469
Is there something that's
drawing that negative energy?
451
00:28:58,471 --> 00:29:01,171
Manny has a theory
that the forest's history
452
00:29:01,173 --> 00:29:03,373
May provide an important clue.
453
00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:05,509
People say that
the area is cursed.
454
00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:09,480
So could it be because the area
was built parallel
455
00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:10,881
To an old indian trail?
456
00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:14,551
But it's just
one of those mysteries.
457
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,754
Those who know
the history of the region
458
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:20,824
Are certain that the experiences
of the native americans here
459
00:29:20,826 --> 00:29:24,161
Have contributed to the forest's
dark energy.
460
00:29:26,031 --> 00:29:28,232
Long before the cult activity
461
00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:30,033
And other modern murders,
462
00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:32,469
The native american
wampanoag people
463
00:29:32,471 --> 00:29:35,072
Faced horrors
in these cursed woods
464
00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:38,408
That nearly led
to their annihilation.
465
00:29:38,410 --> 00:29:42,446
The wampanoag people came up
from the south as the ice
466
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:45,482
Retreated, as the bays
were formed.
467
00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:48,652
We've been here
about 12,000 years.
468
00:29:48,654 --> 00:29:50,320
Hartman deetz is a member
469
00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:54,124
Of the mashpee wampanoag tribe.
470
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:56,326
The freetown state forest
in particular
471
00:29:56,328 --> 00:30:00,330
Is an area where wampanoag
people have
472
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:02,432
Had ongoing presence.
473
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:05,102
One place in the
forest that has always been
474
00:30:05,104 --> 00:30:07,971
Especially significant
to the wampanoag people
475
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,240
Is the hockomock swamp.
476
00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:12,910
Now separated
by modern architecture,
477
00:30:12,912 --> 00:30:15,012
The hockomock swamp
was considered
478
00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:17,181
Part of the freetown state
forest,
479
00:30:17,183 --> 00:30:20,651
Wetlands to be respected
and feared.
480
00:30:20,653 --> 00:30:22,820
The wampanoags felt that
this swamp held
481
00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:24,555
A lot of negative energy.
482
00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:28,859
That it was basically a gateway
to their version of hades.
483
00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:31,495
In fact, the name hockomock
swamp loosely translated
484
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:34,965
From algonquin means "dark
place" or "place of the devil."
485
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:37,935
A local author,
andrew lake, has researched
486
00:30:37,937 --> 00:30:42,606
The wampanoag's troubled history
with the swamp.
487
00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,409
From the time that
the pilgrims landed in plymouth
488
00:30:45,411 --> 00:30:47,544
The wampanoags would tell
the settlers not
489
00:30:47,546 --> 00:30:48,946
To venture too far in the swamp
490
00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:51,849
Because they may
never come back.
491
00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:55,052
This was considered to be
a very spooky place
492
00:30:55,054 --> 00:30:57,921
Of superstition
and supernatural beings.
493
00:30:57,923 --> 00:31:00,457
Despite these
warnings, tensions between
494
00:31:00,459 --> 00:31:05,362
The wampanoags and the european
settlers arose, and a bloody war
495
00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:07,531
Was fought for control
of the lands
496
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,566
Surrounding the hockomock swamp.
497
00:31:12,571 --> 00:31:15,606
King philip's war, as it's
known, is the war
498
00:31:15,608 --> 00:31:18,041
That was fought in the 1670s
499
00:31:18,043 --> 00:31:23,146
Between the wampanoag people
and the english.
500
00:31:23,148 --> 00:31:26,083
There's conflicts over land
transactions which are happening
501
00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:28,318
Very constantly
and big chunks of land
502
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,721
Are being transferred
from native hands
503
00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:33,390
To foreigner hands.
504
00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:36,326
And ultimately people fought
back and forth and whole towns
505
00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:41,331
And whole villages were
destroyed on both sides.
506
00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,867
The king philip's war
was actually bloodier
507
00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:48,138
Than our own civil war, american
civil war, per capita.
508
00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:50,941
It was a very horrible,
horrible war where both sides
509
00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:55,112
Did very horrible things
to one another.
510
00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:57,848
Some believe that
the brutality of the war
511
00:31:57,850 --> 00:32:01,218
Was due to its proximity
to the hockomock swamp
512
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:04,087
With all its mystical powers.
513
00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:09,259
The idea that the forest
was cursed began to take shape.
514
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:10,861
Because even the warfare
515
00:32:10,863 --> 00:32:12,996
Was almost horrific
and supernatural.
516
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:15,465
I mean, there were crimes
committed on both sides
517
00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:18,468
To women and children that were
just absolutely unspeakable.
518
00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:21,471
And a lot of people believe
519
00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:24,107
That it was supernatural forces
within the area
520
00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:27,144
That may have actually
influenced the wampanoag
521
00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:31,048
And the plymouth colony to be
so violent towards one another.
522
00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:37,621
Like the spirits
reminding residents of the cult
523
00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:41,992
And other modern evil,
there is unexplainable activity
524
00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:46,096
That harks back
to the king philip's war.
525
00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:49,199
There have been
the stories of drumbeats.
526
00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:51,568
That happens at all
the locations
527
00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:56,139
That seem to be key
to the king philip's war.
528
00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:58,542
We've heard the stories
and we were out there.
529
00:32:58,544 --> 00:33:02,579
We heard drumming, we heard
15 beats in intervals of three.
530
00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:05,949
Boom boom boom.
Boom boom boom.
531
00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:08,385
It was pretty dramatic.
532
00:33:08,387 --> 00:33:10,153
And it wasn't anybody
messing with us.
533
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:13,223
You hear the drumming.
534
00:33:22,234 --> 00:33:24,468
It's kind of an
eerie feeling that,
535
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:25,802
"hey, there's
something out there
536
00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:27,804
That wants to
play this for you."
537
00:33:49,428 --> 00:33:51,628
Mysterious encounters
with spirits
538
00:33:51,630 --> 00:33:53,597
And vicious criminal activity
539
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,799
In the freetown state forest
540
00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:58,969
Follow in a long tradition
of violence and blood
541
00:33:58,971 --> 00:34:01,872
That has been spilled
for centuries.
542
00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:05,409
It could be argued
that the hockomock swamp
543
00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:09,046
And freetown seem to be
the real centers
544
00:34:09,048 --> 00:34:12,582
For the spirit activity because
of their connection to the war.
545
00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,751
The dark history trickled
down the evil
546
00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:17,387
That could be responsible
for the king philip's war
547
00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:20,490
May be the reason
why you have such dark crimes
548
00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:23,627
Such as the satanic activity.
549
00:34:23,629 --> 00:34:25,996
To this day people
still report very strange
550
00:34:25,998 --> 00:34:28,031
And unsettling things
around this area.
551
00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:34,571
In the cursed forest,
a spot known
552
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,908
As the assonet ledge has been
the unfortunate site
553
00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:41,011
Of many suicides.
554
00:34:41,013 --> 00:34:43,847
Could this have something to do
with its proximity
555
00:34:43,849 --> 00:34:46,283
To the hockomock swamp?
556
00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:48,051
The first time
I went up there,
557
00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:52,155
I felt an enormous
feeling to jump.
558
00:34:52,157 --> 00:34:54,057
And I backed away from it.
559
00:34:54,059 --> 00:34:56,927
It was really
a strong feeling
560
00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:58,228
And then I tried to get back
561
00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:00,330
And it was a strange feeling
that I was gonna fall.
562
00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:02,365
And I got further
and further back.
563
00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:05,001
And I've never walked
to that ledge ever since.
564
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,241
Once a bunch of us friends
were at the assonet ledge.
565
00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:15,045
I'm afraid of heights,
would not go near the edge.
566
00:35:15,047 --> 00:35:18,949
And I felt this weird
feeling come over me.
567
00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:29,593
And my friends saw me
start walking
568
00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:31,194
To the edge of the ledge.
569
00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:37,367
They thought I was gonna jump.
570
00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:43,907
And I don't remember
any of it.
571
00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:51,047
One local legend
says that during
572
00:35:51,049 --> 00:35:54,851
The king philip's war, a number
of wampanoag warriors
573
00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:57,721
Leapt to their deaths
from the assonet ledge
574
00:35:57,723 --> 00:36:00,724
To avoid being killed
by the colonists.
575
00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:05,128
Might this be the reason
people feel
576
00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:08,131
That they are being lured
towards the edge?
577
00:36:10,135 --> 00:36:13,970
Haunted by their own experiences
at the assonet ledge
578
00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:18,608
And throughout the forest,
john, alan, and andrew
579
00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:20,577
Decide to see if
they can connect
580
00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:22,679
With the source of the curse.
581
00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:24,915
We've always been told
don't go there at night
582
00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:28,418
And a lot of people
will purposely stay out of there
583
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:33,723
And I'm nervous about
being there at night right now
584
00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,226
Because of what
could be going on
585
00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:38,295
Or what could happen.
586
00:36:42,601 --> 00:36:45,368
You know, a lot of people
have gone into the woods
587
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,571
And some haven't come out.
588
00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:55,478
What is the evil
that's in here
589
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,682
That draws the people
to come here and interact
590
00:36:58,684 --> 00:37:00,684
And cause the trouble
that they cause
591
00:37:00,686 --> 00:37:02,619
And the problems
that they bring here?
592
00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:05,522
I mean, to have
that much crime,
593
00:37:05,524 --> 00:37:08,558
I mean, and satanic stuff
all concentrated
594
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:09,993
In one area like that.
595
00:37:09,995 --> 00:37:13,396
It is a place I find strange.
This is no doubt about it.
596
00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:15,098
Let's face it,
the native americans
597
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,666
In this area always felt that
the swamps
598
00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:19,502
Were special places
places, places to fortify.
599
00:37:19,504 --> 00:37:22,372
But this place right here,
the hockomock,
600
00:37:22,374 --> 00:37:24,307
This is a place of darkness,
a place of evil.
601
00:37:24,309 --> 00:37:26,876
The indians always known,
it's always been.
602
00:37:28,447 --> 00:37:30,614
It could show itself.
603
00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:33,450
Andrew, john, and alan
are about to venture
604
00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:36,686
Into the heart
of the hockomock swamp.
605
00:37:36,688 --> 00:37:39,656
They have all been
impacted by the cursed woods
606
00:37:39,658 --> 00:37:43,526
And are uniting in a mission to
confront the source of the evil
607
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:46,630
Head on.
608
00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:49,199
It is a crazy, crazy
place, that's for sure.
609
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:55,772
I don't know.
It might be my imagination
610
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,007
But it does feel heavy
back here.
611
00:37:57,009 --> 00:38:01,478
Yes, very, very heavy
back here.
612
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,180
It is very, very quiet.
Very quiet.
613
00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:06,049
My experience has been,
you know, human activity
614
00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:10,120
Doesn't shut tree frogs up.
Those things are awful quiet.
615
00:38:15,227 --> 00:38:17,360
Do you feel cold?
616
00:38:17,362 --> 00:38:19,696
It does -- it does feel like
the temperature's dropped.
617
00:38:19,698 --> 00:38:22,432
It does.
618
00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:26,336
And being summertime,
almost the first week of July,
619
00:38:26,338 --> 00:38:31,107
It should not be this cold
but it has dropped.
620
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:34,144
As the group moves
deeper into the swamp,
621
00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:37,213
They begin to feel
that they are not alone.
622
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:40,583
The hell was that?
623
00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:47,724
What the hell was that?
624
00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:49,092
I heard some movement
over there.
625
00:38:49,094 --> 00:38:50,794
Yeah, you did too. Right?
Yeah.
626
00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:52,329
You definitely heard
that, like, a little splash.
627
00:38:52,331 --> 00:38:53,697
I did. Yeah.
628
00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,332
Hey, andrew?
Yes.
629
00:38:55,334 --> 00:38:58,034
Come here and take
a look at this.
630
00:38:58,036 --> 00:39:00,603
Straight ahead,
where my light is.
631
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:02,605
We're being watched
right now.
632
00:39:16,788 --> 00:39:20,156
The dark energy emanating
from the hockomock swamp
633
00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:22,992
Is believed by many
to be the root of the evil
634
00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:26,262
Pervading the freetown
state forest.
635
00:39:26,264 --> 00:39:29,466
Something was reflecting back,
looking back us.
636
00:39:29,468 --> 00:39:31,901
You mean like eyes?
Yeah, like eyes, yes.
637
00:39:31,903 --> 00:39:34,904
John, alan, and andrew
are venturing deeper
638
00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:37,607
Into the notorious
hockomock swamp.
639
00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:40,043
They are experiencing
the dark energy
640
00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:42,379
That usually keeps people away
641
00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:46,249
And believe that a mysterious
presence is following them.
642
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:48,017
You know, the indians
would warn the settlers,
643
00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:50,186
You know, don't go
too far into it
644
00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:52,088
And you don't get lured into it.
645
00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:54,090
Are we allowing
our own fascination,
646
00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:56,926
Our own interests,
our own curiosity
647
00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:58,962
To have us walk further
and further into this?
648
00:39:58,964 --> 00:40:01,898
And that's what
I'm getting afraid of.
649
00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,968
As they get closer
to the heart of the swamp,
650
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:08,605
The forest's dark energy
becomes too much.
651
00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:11,541
I can't. I'm feeling
very uncomfortable over here.
652
00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:13,810
Yeah. Yeah. You know,
you were saying earlier,
653
00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:17,247
Maybe we could find, you know,
the evil that's in here.
654
00:40:17,249 --> 00:40:19,015
I don't know, maybe
if we go a little further
655
00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:21,017
We're going to and I don't know
if that's such a good idea.
656
00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:23,219
Not what we want to find.
Yeah.
657
00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:24,654
No, I agree.
658
00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:26,823
The group stops
in their tracks.
659
00:40:26,825 --> 00:40:29,626
They are not comfortable
traveling any deeper
660
00:40:29,628 --> 00:40:32,262
Into the dark swamplands.
661
00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:34,531
Just the heaviness of it.
662
00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:35,965
It was uncomfortable.
663
00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:38,435
It made me very nervous
664
00:40:38,437 --> 00:40:40,270
And anxious
to actually get out of there.
665
00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:41,337
Yeah, no, I'm glad you said it
666
00:40:41,339 --> 00:40:42,405
'cause I was keeping
it to myself,
667
00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:43,807
I didn't want to, you know.
Yep.
668
00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:45,575
You guys ready
to get out of here?
669
00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:52,015
From the ancient
powers of the hockomock swamp,
670
00:40:52,017 --> 00:40:55,084
To the bloodshed
during the king philip's war,
671
00:40:55,086 --> 00:40:57,921
To murders, suicides, accidents,
672
00:40:57,923 --> 00:41:02,759
Cult sacrifices, and mysterious
encounters with lost souls,
673
00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:04,661
The freetown state forest
674
00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:07,197
Has more than earned
its reputation
675
00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:10,033
As a cursed forest.
676
00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:12,602
And many freetown
locals believe
677
00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:16,973
That their state park is
destined to be cursed forever.
678
00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:20,743
I was definitely
skeptical growing up
679
00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:23,046
But the more time
I spend out here
680
00:41:23,048 --> 00:41:26,082
The more I feel that there's
definitely something not right.
681
00:41:29,488 --> 00:41:32,856
I think freetown state
park will always be remembered
682
00:41:32,858 --> 00:41:35,325
As an odd and strange place.
683
00:41:38,029 --> 00:41:41,631
Everybody around the area
knows about it.
684
00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:48,771
Freetown will always
be haunted by its dark history.
685
00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:52,675
There will always be something
that is attaching to this town.
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