1. Reaching Someone

1. Reaching Someone is the first video of The Record of Stan Frederick. It was uploaded on March 18th, 2016.
== Youtube Description ==
It's good to be back.
== Transcript ==
[Video starts with Stan standing in front of the camera, setting it up. When he sits down, we see his face and the room behind him. He settles.]
Stan: Hi. My name is Stan Frederick. [He looks to the side, for a moment, then down.] That felt weird to say. I haven't said that out loud in, like, forever, but yeah: as far as me and you are concerned, my name is Stan Frederick. I'm 20 years old and, uh... I'm sure this is very confusing to some of you that have been subscribed to my YouTube channel since 2012. Uh, and in my 2013 video, the last video I posted on this channel, I basically said that... I would never post here again. I would never make another video. Very bold statement, but... yeah, y'know, uh. Situations change, I guess. I'm back. I'm back because... I missed it. This. Me and you.
Stan: I've been very lonely and such, and... you know what, before I get into all that, I do want to make sure I, uh, cover everything that's happened that's important, for those of you that are just joining me, because... there's a little bit of context.
Stan: So, when I was young, I found myself faced with some very strange circumstances.
[Video of Stan talking is replaced with a clip dated 7 MAR 2010 in the corner, taken at 9:45 PM. The clip is very dark, but shows a younger Stan- only 14 years old- holding the camera at a low angle. He turns the camera to show Slenderman under an arch of a house's interior. Current-day Stan speaks over top.]
Stan: Terrifying, even.
[A second clip, dated 19 FEB 2009, taken at 1:36 PM. Taken from outside, the frame zooms in on a fire pouring out from one window of a wide, stout building.]
Stan: A circumstance that was so horrifying and scarring, that...
[A third clip, dated 08 SEP 2006, taken at 2:33 PM. The frame points at Erik, a young boy in a black jacket, waving his arms and cheering something inaudible on top of a green tower in a clearing.]
Stan: ...it cost me my family. It made me an orphan. It took away my childhood. [Cut. The video returns to current-day Stan speaking to the camera.] I'd rather not get into the details, but, in all honesty, eventually, you'll probably find out what they are anyway, because they are kind of the driving force for what I'm doing now. What am I doing now? Well, I am spending my life helping people that have shared similar circumstances. Because, against all odds, I was able to escape from them. I'm free. 
[A fourth clip, a blurred whipping shot that lands on Slenderman. A fifth clip, a blurred whipping shot that lands on Slenderman. The video returns to current-day Stan.]
Stan: The thing that was following me around, making my life a living hell, is not following me around anymore. Not many people can say that. [The video is briefly overlayed with a zooming-out photo of a young Stan on a plane.] So, I've made it my job to travel, to look for other people that have shared similar experiences. People that contact me, call me, message me, whatever. With their paranormal stories, and sightings of unusual things. And I travel out to meet them, I investigate- a lot more often than I would think, I find stuff. I've even run into some of the things I've seen previously. [Stan takes a moment.] But yeah. That's my life. That's what I do, now. 
Stan: After the event of my last update video, me and my girlfriend Susan, uh, we packed up all our stuff from New York, and we moved over here. To Maine. [The video overlays with more images; a grayscale shot of Stan kissing Susan's cheek, a snowy highway illuminated by oncoming cars and their headlights, a clip in front of Stan's house. After a moment of current-day Stan, it's a clip from a year ago, of Stan standing at the top of the stairway in front of the door and waving at the camera, dated February 5, 2015.] And, this is my house in Maine. It is one of my favorite places in the world. It's quiet, it's a great place to just think in silence, and it's a great place for me to work on the things that I'm doing now, so, I love it. It's like my little base of operations. It's my sanctuary.
Stan: What else has happened... uh! Oh! In a miraculous turn of events, and I mean that, it is the most ridiculous, uh, situation ever, but it's amazing: Susan found her birth father. Uh, she was an orphan with me, that's actually how we met. She found her birth father. His name is David, he's a novelist, he's a very nice guy, he's living in Connecticut with his wife Julia, who is not Susan's mother- Susan's mother passed away. But yeah. [A picture of Stan and Susan, holding hands and walking down a street lined with brick-built buildings.] Susan has been reacquainted with David and reconnected with her family, so, she is actually living in Connecticut right now. On-and-off. She comes here and stays here for a couple months at a time, and then goes back to Connecticut for a couple months at a time, but... right now, we're in the point in time where she's not here. And... that's where that loneliness I mentioned earlier starts to set in. That's kind of why I wanted to start up these videos again. I need someone to talk to.
Stan: And, you know, I figure... even for the people that think that these videos are fake, because... why wouldn't you. Why not. This could be some quality entertainment for you. And for everyone else, that knows the truth, it'll be like watching a documentary. Either way, I'll be reaching someone.
[Stan nods. He dons a New York brand baseball cap.]
Stan: This ought to be interesting.
[He turns off the camera.]