Shadow People Page #7

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or anything back there?

Rough night last night, huh?

Yeah, I guess you could say that.

Let me tell you

my hangover cure.

I drink a can of tomato juice,

suck on a lemon,

and smoke three cigarettes.

Works every time, guaranteed.

Better than aspirin.

That doesn't work.

It's an old wives' tale.

Aw, hell, works for me.

- It's a placebo.

- A what?

A placebo.

The mind tells...

oh, my God.

Ma'am?

You want your change?

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Many primitive cultures under...

(SIGHS)

Just relax, buddy.

You can do this. Ahem.

Up until several hundred years ago,

many different cultures...

Charlie, you can't

go through with this.

- You can't show that film.

- What are you talking about?

(PLASTIC CRINKLES)

MAN ON TV:
Okay,

thanks for the story, Barbara.

So now in just a little while...

Listen to me.

The body responds

to what the mind tells it.

It's called the "placebo effect."

If you give a patient

a sugar pill

and you tell them

that it's medicine,

in many cases

the body will heal itself.

So if the mind tells the body

that there are shadow people

and that they can kill us,

then, by God, they can.

I don't know

what your agenda is.

I don't know if you're trying to squash

this because you don't want it out

or now someone from the government

wants to keep a lid on it.

No, I want to keep a lid on it.

We're actually creating

these things in our mind.

When you sleep, you can't

control what you think.

Two minutes.

LACOMBE:

Charlie, listen.

Charlie, all the people who died,

they were believers.

If you put this on national television

and you say it's real,

a lot of people will believe.

LACOMBE:
As recently as 2002,

the CDC is investigating

a condition called

Morgellons disease.

And this was a condition

in California

where people became ill

after watching television.

They would hear about a rash,

develop the rash,

the skin biopsy showed

dermatologic irritation,

but absolutely no source.

Due to the fact that when people

believe they are sick,

they will actually

make themselves sick.

And if that happens,

the end result in this condition

is mortality.

MAN:
Let's get him

spinning it around.

MAN 2:
- All right, hold it.

MAN:
- Camera one, crop the top.

MAN 2:
One more.

Let's test camera two.

WOMAN:
Okay.

(CLEARS THROAT)

WOMAN:
- In 10, nine...

MAN:
Camera three,

let me see your shot.

All right, we got that.

Roll in five.

...five, four, three, two...

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

We're here with radio talk show

host Charlie Crowe.

Okay, I'll just say it.

Well, all this shadow people stuff

is a pretty hard pill to swallow,

you have to admit.

CHARLIE:

Uh, yeah, I know.

But we're told you say

you have proof of them.

Is that right?

Are you ready to show us

that proof now?

Here is your forum.

- Mr. Crowe?

(CLEARS THROAT)

- We are live.

- Uh, yes. Ahem.

The proof I have

of the shadow people...

is...

that...

there is no proof.

Um...

this is all an elaborate hoax.

It's a... a stunt I pulled

at the station.

It's a ratings stunt.

I... I should apologize

to everyone.

I'm very sorry.

This is a huge mistake.

So you're admitting on live TV

that this is all a hoax

and there are no shadow people?

Are you worried how this might

adversely affect your career, Mr. Crowe?

I'm not sure,

to be honest with you,

if it was a great idea

to even be here today.

Thank you for your time.

We'll be right back.

And there you have it, folks.

- Decide for yourself.

(TV TURNS OFF)

Hey, buddy.

Let's go.

Come on.

LAWYER:
Are you still working

for the radio station?

No, sir, I'm not.

You're not?

Did you leave

on your own accord

or were you fired?

I can't comment on

what the circumstances were

of his termination.

WOMAN:

So he was fired?

I can't comment on

the circumstances of his termination.

Did he leave on his own, then?

Charlie doesn't

work here anymore.

I was like four

when we went fishing

and you taught me how to fly-fish.

That was... that was fun.

Good memory.

LACOMBE:

In the '70s and '80s,

these conditions

were relatively self-limiting

by the lack of media.

They were limited by the lack

of communication.

And now with globalization

of social media, Internet, e-mail...

that sharing this information

would cause a public health risk.

My strong recommendation

is that we keep

this information sealed

until further research

can be done.

LAWYER:
Are you sure you're lying

about having any evidence

or are you just

keeping that to yourself

- to maybe...

- I don't have...

- ...write a book

or something after this?

LAWYER 2:
Objection, objection.

Asked and answered.

LAWYER:
Are you instructing him

not to answer, Counsel?

LAWYER 2:
I've instructed him

not to answer that.

LAWYER:
We'll certify that question

to the court, then.

Hey, Dad.

MAN OVER RADIO:

R-R-R-Raunchy Paul!

(FARTS) (CACKLING)

I hate that show.

Me, too.

LAWYER:
I want the truth and I want it

on this deposition and I want it now.

- Who sees this?

- Oh, well, this is a public record.

Anybody can see

this deposition.

Anybody can see that you're...

how you're answering...

I'm sorry. I think I've given you

all the information

I'm gonna give you today.

- I'm sorry.

- You don't have a right to...

- now sit down in your seat.

- No.

We're not through

with the deposition.

You don't have

a right to get up...

(FOOTSTEPS)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(TOUCH-TONES BEEPING)

BOY:
- Hey, what's up?

- Dude, I found the DVD. It's real.

BOY:

No. No way, man.

You're so lying.

No, I'm not.

I'll rip you a copy.

No, no.

Load it on YouTube.

- Do it right now.

- Okay, fine.

CHARLIE:
And that's how

the shadow people spread...

from person to person

around the world...

whether by

word of mouth, a book,

the Internet...

or a movie.

(STATIC HISSING)

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

My hands kind of like paralyze.

I can't move the minute

it walks into that room.

And when I opened my eyes,

there was these three

solid black shadows.

I'm talking solid.

Point to the ceiling.

Can't you see that?

Can't you see that shadow

or that person?

And I was in

that paralyzed state

where it was

just my eyes moving.

That's all I could see in my room,

but I knew something was there.

I felt like something

had jumped on me.

Whatever was there

had jumped on me.

It was holding me down.

And the next thing I know,

I'm just wide awake

and there's this sound,

like, resonating in my ears.

Sorry.

(SNIFFLES)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(SOUTHERN ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Stand down

Ride that preacher train

Stand down

Ride that preacher train

You've been looking

for love now

Rolling fire and rain

Light the burning

heart now, higher, yeah

Keep on breaking

the cage down

Grant this bird its wings

We are all together now

Come and stand by me

Stand down

Ride, ride, yeah

Stand down

Ride, ride, yeah

Holy One who come down

Drop your heavy weight

Brother, don't you

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