Eerie Encounters : A Demonic Curse

 Lee Moore had been dating his girlfriend Alyssa since he was 18. They were a great couple who were supportive of each other. Alyssa was an extremely sympathetic partner who was always there for Lee. With everything so perfect, Lee was praying that the relationship would last long. He even started working double jobs to save enough money for their marriage but things quickly took a U-turn after Alyssa met her new friend named Cheryl in early 2007. Cheryl was a self-proclaimed witch who dabbled in the occult.

A Supernaturally forced Break-Up

 After meeting her, Alyssa’s demeanour completely changed. From a humble and caring woman, she turned into a dark and irritable one. Over the next few weeks, Alyssa started hanging out more with her new witch friend and it had adverse effects on her relationship with Lee. It appeared as if Alyssa’s new friend had a romantic interest in her and she was persuading her into breaking up with Lee. Soon, Lee started having terrible nightmares. Even while awake, he had a constant sense of being watched even while no one was around. When he told this to Alyssa, she simply shunned him away.

 One day, while Lee was walking down the driveway towards his house, he saw a huge black mass floating above his house. Looking at it gave Lee a “twisting feel” in his stomach and he collapsed down on the floor. Seeing him suffer, Alyssa rushed towards him to lift him up. Lee showed the mass to Alyssa but before she could see it, it disappeared. Before Lee could get a proper word with his girlfriend, Cheryl walked towards the couple. She looked dead at Lee and told him, “It’s nothing” in a sarcastic way.

 Following this event, Lee started feeling as if someone else was in the house with him but his girlfriend never believed him. One day, while getting ready to go for a baseball match, Lee was looking for his favourite baseball shirt which he had since high school. But since he couldn’t find it, he asked Alyssa if she had seen it. Alyssa started beating around the bush when he asked this question and he understood that she was trying to hide something. Alyssa’s behaviour towards him was getting worse with every passing day and not being able to bear with it anymore, Lee split up with her. To focus more on himself and recover, he went back to St Louis, Missouri.

Into a New House

 5 years later, Lee fell in love with another woman named Claire. They got along well with each other and they ended up marrying each other. With Claire pregnant, the first thing they did after their marriage was get a house for them to move into. After a thorough house search, the couple purchased a considerably spacious old house with their savings and moved in. On the very first day after moving in, the couple heard footsteps and shuffles in their bedroom.

 Lee immediately drew out his pistol and holding it high, walked into his bedroom to investigate. The moment he opened the door of the bedroom, the footsteps stopped and he found no one inside it. Since the house was old, the couple concluded that the sound was being caused by the house itself and brushed it off.

Confirmation of the Paranormal

 A few days later, while the couple were sound asleep in the bedroom one night, Lee heard a loud slamming sound come from the hall and it woke him up. Thinking he had an intruder, Lee immediately rushed towards the hall with his gun but when he reached the hall, he found everything in place and there was no one else. As he stood there clouded with confusion, a coffee table in front of him slowly raised up the floor and fell back with great force. It appeared as if something invisible lifted the table off the floor and threw it back. This completely creeped Lee out and he started sweating profusely. Hearing the sound of the table falling, Claire rushed to the aid of her husband only to find him in a petrified state. The couple understood that they had a paranormal guest.

 The next day, while the couple were cleaning their porch, Claire headed to the shed to pick a shovel for her husband. The moment she stepped into the shed, she started feeling extreme darkness around her. Completely contrary to the temperature outside, the shed was freezing cold. Sensing that something was wrong, Claire turned around and tried to run out of the shed but before she could take a step, something invisible pushed her hard from behind. Hearing her screams, Lee rushed towards the shed but he found nothing unordinary inside it. Claire was unnerved by this incident and she felt extremely uncomfortable staying in the house.

 Later that day, while Claire was lying down in the bathtub, she started hearing the sound of heavy footsteps and they seemed to be coming from the neighbouring room. Thinking it was her husband, she started calling out his name but she got no reply. The footsteps kept getting louder and they started approaching the bathroom. Once, the footsteps reached the bathroom door, the sound stopped. As Claire stared at the bathroom door of the eerily silent room, a black demonic figure with bright glowing eyes appeared right in front of her and it started drowning her by pushing her head into the water. With Claire struggling for her life, the demonic figure magically disappeared. Following this event, the couple concluded that their house was haunted but little did they know the problem was not with the house but with Lee himself.

The First Cleansing

 In attempts to get a better understanding of the paranormal entity in the house, the couple reached out to a local paranormal investigator named Lita who had considerable strangeness attached to her. The moment Lita entered their house, she claimed that she sensed something demonic inside it. After scanning the house completely, she started doing the EVP session in which she asked Lee to ask questions to the entity in the house. Although his initial questions did not seem to trigger anything unnatural, the moment he shouted “Are you demonic?” strange things started to happen.

 The lights of the house started flickering and Lee’s eyes rolled back. Lee started growling in a demonic voice and he was acting as if he was under the control of something. Lee told “I don’t know” in this demonic voice and collapsed onto the floor unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he did not seem to remember anything. Lita told them that they had a demonic infestation and she sent two demonologists named Deel and Farah to investigate their house.

 After investigating, the demonologist duo concluded that the house indeed had a demon in it and proceeded with the cleansing ritual after seeking the couple’s permission. During the cleansing ritual, Lee started feeling short of breath. Suddenly, a demonic figure appeared right in front of him and it started choking him. Seeing that he was struggling, Deel placed his hand on him and started praying. As Deel prayed, Lee saw the demonic figure disappear and he was able to breathe again. Deel and Farah successfully completed the cleansing ritual and the couple was able to feel relief instantly.

 Deel told Lee that it was not the house that was not haunted but him. After questioning Lee, Deel concluded that his ex-girlfriend Alyssa with the help of her girlfriend Cheryl put a demon on his trial. According to Deel, Lee’s missing baseball T-shirt did not actually go missing but it was used by Alyssa and Cheryl to put a curse on him. Following the cleansing, the disturbing events in the house stopped. With the delivery date nearing, the couple were peacefully getting ready to welcome their baby.

Possession and Exorcism

 A few days after the cleansing ritual, the couple was visited by Lita again. She claimed that the demon was still present in their house and she said that she had to drive it away with a ritual. As they were expecting their baby, the couple decided not to take any risk and allowed her to do the ritual. After completing the ritual, she ended up leaving the house without uttering a word. Following this ritual, the demonic presence returned.

 That night, Claire found her husband lying unconscious on the bed with blood oozing out of his nose and mouth. Claire immediately called the ambulance and rushed him to a nearby hospital. On the way, she called Deel and Farah and asked them to come to the hospital as well. After checking Lee, the doctors figured out that his liver and kidneys were shutting down but they were not able to figure out the reason behind it. The doctors told Claire that if things didn’t get better, her husband would surely meet his demise. This completely broke Claire’s heart.

 As she stood near Lee’s bed with tears rolling down her cheeks, the demonologist duo reached the hospital. Asking Lee not to worry, they started exorcising Lee. During the exorcism, Lee’s body started shaking violently and he gave out demonic growls. The growls suddenly stopped and Lee opened his eyes. His vitals became normal and his liver and kidney started functioning normally again. Claire was elated to see her husband recover and even the doctors were pleasantly surprised. According to the demonologist duo, Lita did a pagan ritual in their house in an attempt to drive out the demon but instead of driving it out, it caused the demon to return. Lee and Claire continue to happily live in the same house with their child.