Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil Page #2

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[Samantha] I don't know.

But when I was here the

other day, I felt something.

Like someone was watching me.

And you know me,

I'm not like that.

And I thought I heard

people whispering.

Like they were talking

about me being here.

What do you mean

talking about you?

Like ghosts?

Like what are we

talking about here?

In the sound of

bugs I heard whispers.

Listen, I'll admit

this is interesting,

but this kind of

stuff freaks me out.

Well, can you

imagine if we're able

to really find out

what's going on here?

Isn't that how

horror movies begin?

Whoa.

Just want me to get

some B roll of the tree?

Yeah, grab some

shots of the tree alone

and then some with

me standing near it.

All right.

(leaves rustling)

What?

What is it?

Nothing, I thought

I heard something.

All right, go

stand by the tree.

If you're brave enough.

Stop.

I think all these horrific

acts happened here,

but all the folklore

around the tree

has been blown

out of proportion.

Yeah?

Tell that to old man Harris.

Uh.

Damn it.

That f***in' hurt.

[Samantha] Oh my

God, are you okay?

Yeah.

Just hope the camera's okay.

Oh, thank God.

How did you fall?

I don't know.

I couldn't see

where I was goin'.

Look, can we get out of here?

It's gettin' dark.

Yeah, we can go.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just wanna get

out of these woods.

(ominous music)

(water running)

(clock ticking)

(dramatic music)

(door creaking)

(dramatic music)

Denzel?

Can you do me a huge favor

and convert this for me?

Thank you.

(suspenseful music)

[Samantha] I believe

all these horrific

acts happened here, but

I think all the folklore

around the tree has been

blown out of proportion.

Yeah?

(suspenseful music)

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just hope the camera's okay.

Oh, thank God.

(suspenseful music)

Yeah, I'm fine.

Wait.

(suspenseful music)

Wait a minute.

(suspenseful music)

What the f***?

Oh my God, this can't be.

(camera clicking)

Show me yours first.

(gasping)

Oh my God, look!

It's him!

And you can't see

it in this picture,

but it even has the same

black spot on the tree.

How is this possible?

I mean, look at the detail.

You can see his face,

his clothes, everything.

Looks like he's from the

'40s or '50s or something.

I mean clearly it's

the same kid, but how?

And what is that black

spot on the tree?

I don't know.

Maybe the tree is cursed?

The kid's a ghost

probably trapped there?

I mean, what other

explanation is there?

Like Professor Simon says,

it's our job to find the

truth, not our opinion.

Well, it's my

opinion that the truth

is that there's something

evil at that tree.

I mean, look at my arm.

Can you explain this?

What happened to your arm?

From when you fell?

What does it look like to you?

A bullseye.

Does it hurt?

Not really, but

it's getting worse.

And I think old man

Harris has a scar

on his arm, too.

What, now you have

the same scar as him?

I can't believe

I'm sayin' this,

but I think we need to

go back and talk to him.

I agree.

None of this is

making sense to me.

He died?

What?

You've got to be kidding me.

Does it say how?

No, no it doesn't.

Excuse me, ma'am.

Do you know what

happened to Mr. Harris?

Yeah.

He blew his head off.

Cops have been

here for two days.

Weren't you guys

here the other day?

Yeah.

We're just journalists

working on a story.

Thank you.

[Samantha] There has

to be something here

about a missing boy

from the '40s or '50s

in this area.

You think you're gonna

find out who this boy is?

This is crazy.

If you want to

look something up,

look up what this mark means.

Look, there has

to be an explanation

for all of this.

Even your bullseye, which

I'll admit is pretty weird.

Wait, look at this.

The bullseye symbol has

appeared on people in the past

and has been associated

with the devil.

Some have received the mark

and not too shortly

died or were killed?

Oh my God, Rob.

Look!

It's him!

Holy sh*t!

How?

Told you I'd find something.

Benjamin Munson, age eight,

disappeared walking home

from school on October 15th.

A neighborhood

search was conducted

in the area for three

days before the search

was called off.

Fears that something

more sinister happened,

as his body was never recovered.

But certain items

of his were found

along the road where

he was believed

to have been abducted.

Rob, I think he was

killed at the tree.

I don't know what to say.

I think you're right.

What if you're right

and something evil

is there and has

trapped all the victims

of those who've been murdered?

I need to eat.

You hungry?

You have to see this.

All these kids and

other people have gone

to the tree and filmed it.

[Rob] Yeah?

What are they doing

in the videos?

[Samantha] Mostly

just playing around.

Where there was a

double homicide in 1971

from Gerard Shaefer.

We've been dared to spend

the night here, the night.

(laughing)

The girl was tied

up right here, man.

Right here.

Hey, now that we

know who the kid is,

I'd like to try and

communicate with him.

I feel like that's what

I felt when I was there.

You know, Sam.

When I chose to become

a cameraman journalist,

I kind of pictured

myself scalin' a volcano

with Nat Geo or possibly

covering a third world country.

I didn't think I'd

be summoning spirits

and playing Shaggy and Scooby.

Oh, nice.

Are you calling me a dog now?

No, I just,

I don't know how I

feel about all this.

That's all.

Well, think of it as

uncovering the truth.

When I was at my yoga

studio the other day,

there was a sign up that

said learn to speak spirit.

(ominous music)

Like those people could maybe

help us with that, you know?

Hey, are you listening?

Yeah, I heard you.

Ooh, this looks good.

[Rob] Uh-huh.

Maybe you should become a chef

instead of a cameraman.

You know, stick with

what you're good at.

Screw you.

What else you find?

Well, it looks

like in the '90s

there was a girl who was abducted

along with her boyfriend.

Yeah, and?

Seems that they

were apparently used

in some type of satanic ritual

and somehow she

was forced to watch

her boyfriend get

brutally murdered.

What are you doin'?

I'm looking her up.

See if I can find her like

I found Officer Harris.

(ominous music)

Found her!

Damn, I'm good.

(sighing)

Hey, maybe you should go

talk to her by yourself.

You probably won't need

a cameraman for this one.

You okay?

You're not givin'

up on me, are you?

No, just tired.

I'm gonna get some rest.

You go.

Okay.

Hey, thanks for lunch.

Next time I'll make it.

You make lunch?

I don't know.

Wow, really?

Call me when you're done.

Okay.

(sighing)

(dog barking in background)

(knocking)

Who are you?

And what do you want?

Hello, ma'am.

My name is Samantha.

I'm an investigative

reporter looking to

talk to Natalie.

About what?

About what happened in

those woods 20 years ago.

We talked to all the

people we needed to talk to.

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