Shadow People Page #3

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what they call coded...

nobody was there

at that moment.

There was nothing out of the ordinary

at his residence.

He seemed to be a healthy kid.

There is times that...

truly you say we missed that.

You know, I could name several...

of course, I won't...

but you think,

you know, this is...

we truly missed something,

but this time we did not.

I mean, this was not...

it was truly a mystery.

Hi there.

Hi. Can I help you?

Yeah, I was wondering

if there's a teacher here

named Dr. Ravenscroft.

Never heard of him.

(SIGHS) Oh, okay.

Um, can you tell me where I could

look up information on someone,

like, scientific papers he might

have published, that kind of thing?

Right there.

Science periodicals.

But you're not allowed

to check them out

unless you're faculty

or a student.

Yeah, but I can make copies.

Not unless you're faculty

or a student.

Yeah, well, I'm neither.

Thank you very much.

Say that again.

- Thank you very much?

- Hey.

I'm sorry, but are you

on the radio?

I am, actually.

- Charlie Crowe, KZTO.

- "The Night Shift," yes.

I listen to your show

all the time.

It's the coolest.

And you have the sexiest voice.

Well, uh, thank you very much.

You just don't really look the way

I imagined you would.

Yeah.

Thanks again.

Wait, question.

That kid on your show,

they say he died in the hospital.

- Is that true?

- Yeah, he did.

Freaky.

Yeah.

Well, I'll tell you what.

Go ahead and use the copiers.

I won't tell.

Shh.

(BEEPING)

Maggie, somebody jammed

the copier again.

(GROANS)

(BEEPING)

CHARLIE:
This is KZTO's

"The Night Shift."

If you've been listening,

then you know we had

a rather dramatic incident

on the air the last time

I was with you,

so tonight we're gonna

take some time

to talk about what's on

everybody's mind.

We'll open up the lines.

Caller, you're on the air.

MAN:
Hey, yo.

HEY:
Maggie,

YOU gonna lock up?

I'm just finishing up

a couple things.

Good night, Carl.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BIRD CALLS)

- Mag!

- Jesus! Brit.

(LAUGHS)

- Jesus.

You scared the sh*t out of me.

Oh, my God, that was so funny.

I seriously just pissed.

Why did you do that?

I'm so freaked out right now.

- This kid just died.

- No, no, don't even tell me.

I don't like scary stories

because they give me nightmares.

But there is a huge party tonight

at the Sigma Chi house.

Everybody is gonna be there.

Please tell me you're coming with.

I have to study.

Oh, my God.

You never do anything.

And don't wake me up

when you get home.

I have an 8:
00 a.m. class.

No promises.

MALE CALLER:
I think the kid

sounded like he was on drugs.

I'm sorry he died and all,

but I think it's an overdose.

I mean, I don't mess

with that stuff myself,

but I know people that do

- and they sounded just like that kid.

(MOUTHING WORDS)

Okay, we have

another caller here.

MALE CALLER 2:
Hey, Charlie,

I just want to say

it could be some kind

of government thing,

contamination of our drinking water

they're trying to cover up.

(BUZZES)

(HUMMING)

(WATER RUNNING)

FEMALE CALLER:
It sounded to me

that what the boy described

was a classic

abduction scenario.

You see, the Greys, they're the aliens

from Alpha Centauri,

and they abduct people

for their genetic experiments.

And the thing that tipped me off...

he said he was paralyzed.

(SNARLS)

CHARLIE OVER RADIO:

Psychiatrist on the line here.

Dr. Perkowski, what do you

have to say about all this?

DR. PERKOWSKI:
I'd just like to say,

from my experience,

that there are a number

of different types of mental illness

which could go undiagnosed

for long periods of time.

The caller on the air

may have had an episode

of extreme

schizophrenic paranoia.

In these instances,

the victim can often see things

that aren't there,

react to them.

The world of the imagination

and the real world blends

so that they cannot

distinguish the difference.

In such a case, it's natural

that he could have believed

that a man or a shadowy figure

of some kind was stalking him.

It's important for your audience

to be aware that these delusions

are fairly common,

but we must remember

that they are only

in our imagination.

And no matter how frightening

they seem,

- they can't really harm you.

(STATIONS CHANGING)

(VOICE WHISPERING)

(STATIONS CHANGING)

(STATIC HISSING)

(GASPING)

(BUZZING)

(STRAINED CRY)

CHARLIE:
All right, that is a wrap

for "The Night Shift."

Good night, sleep tight,

and don't let the bedbugs bite.

ANNOUNCER:
Ace Auto

is your headquarters for used...

That is the most callers

we have ever had.

- Any word on the numbers?

- I don't know.

I'm gonna have to check them

tomorrow, man,

but I have a really good feeling

that they're gonna be good.

- Like to get syndicated good?

- Like we could get syndicated good.

MAN:
- What's your name?

- Brittany Daniels.

- And what year are you?

- Sophomore.

I came home and normally

I'm kind of loud,

so I make a lot of noise.

Maggie, you missed the craziest

f***ing night ever.

Okay, so, I'm, like,

still drunk right now.

We're taking all these tequila shots

and they dare me to streak,

so, of course, I did,

and I'm like halfway back

from the f***ing oak tree,

and I totally puked.

Oh, my God, it's like the third time

I've puked there this year.

(MAN TALKING OVER RADIO)

- Hello?

Oh, God, don't tell me

you're pissed at me.

Hello?

(GASPS)

(SCREAMS)

WOMAN:
I mean, I just felt awful

for her parents

and just her friends having to go on

and her roommate.

I knew about her roommate a little bit,

but that's pretty much it.

I mean, they were all...

it's pretty... it's pretty sad,

it's pretty intense.

Not gonna lie.

(CROW CAWS)

Holy sh*t.

I have noticed... not that

I'm a nosy neighbor...

but I have noticed, um,

he sits in that window a lot

and is doing research,

he tells me.

TOM:
The circumstances

of the kid's death

has really affected him.

CHARLIE:
We had a caller

on a previous show

who believed

he was seeing things.

For all I know,

they're unrelated.

I mean, I just... I don't know.

I think some of it's rumor

and speculation,

conspiracy theories...

that kind of stuff.

He said he believed

if he closed his eyes,

he might never wake up.

And, in this case,

he was right.

SPARKY:

Nobody else got sick.

I mean, these few people have died

and under strange circumstances.

It's all he talks about.

I mean, now, since that kid called up

and talked to him on the radio.

People go in for that,

especially in the middle of the night.

I mean, that's...

that's our market.

Who hasn't felt like someone

was watching them in their sleep

or, like, a shadow moved

in the corner?

We usually dismiss this

as paranoia,

that you're seeing things

that aren't there,

that it's a trick of the eyes,

but let's assume,

for the moment, that it's not.

We'll open up the lines.

Caller?

WOMAN:
I was sinking

so much into my bed.

- Eventually I woke up.

MAN:
- I felt like I was suffocating.

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