Paranormal Investigators

The **Paranormal Investigators** were a group of three who tried to capture paranormal activity on camera in Snake Meadow Hill Church. They're only mentioned in Chapter II's notes.

## Biography

These investigators consist of Lars, Henry, and an unnamed person who's jotting down their journey in notes (for brevity's sake, I'll call them The Notetaker). They seem to be outsiders from Sterling, Connecticut. They aren't completely invested in the history of Snake Meadow Hill Church and only want to investigate to sell their paranormal footage to TV stations for a profit.

### Sometime between Sept. 22nd to Sept. 27th

The rest of the notes and events we see in this chapter heavily imply that everything occurred between the day John failed his second exorcism with Amy to his worst nightmare we see in Chapter II, because he relives the incidents that were reported to the public for his mind to better understand the situation.

#### Night 1

Three paranormal investigators decide to try and capture paranormal activity on their cameras and EVP devices in hopes of selling their footage to TV stations to make a fortune. Before staying in the church for a couple of nights, they gather enough food supplies to last them for days and talk to the locals of the area about anything noteworthy. They hear about the same stories they've heard from somewhere previously, evil spirits dragging children into the cornfield nearby and a secret tunnel underneath the chapel. But something that they've never heard is the "Spindly Lady Game". Apparently, the game is about "summoning the spirit of a woman who used to take care of the orphans back in the 50s." and were even told an old rhyme about it:

*"Walk the church from room to room*
*And maybe you will see her*
*She will move when you do*
*But never try to trick her!"''*

The investigators decide it's a good idea to try out the game when they settle inside.

#### Night 2

The notetaker talks about something they've never captured before. Before this they were able to capture minor things on their camera such as doors opening by themselves and objects moving from a shelf. But, while they were playing the Spindly Lady Game, one of the candles lit up by itself when Lars enters the room. All of them were excited about capturing this and the notetaker can't wait to sell their footage to TV stations.

#### Night 3

This night is overall ambiguous. The notetaker describes their situations in 5 sentences; They never should've gone inside, their tapes somehow gone missing, Lars is stuck behind the basement door, Henry hasn't returned, and that they "can't leave anyway". Their fates are unknown but it's more than likely that two of them were killed by the Spindly Lady. Henry might have been killed by the creature that lurks in the cornfield because it's safe to assume that Henry was running away from whatever incident that was going on inside the church to the cornfield. The Spindly Lady, like most typical ghosts, can't leave the building they're stuck in, which leads to the creature doing its special signature "kill anything that moves" technique.

### September 28th, 1987

During the night, John experiences his worst nightmare yet. After grabbing a key to past through Gallup Cemetery, he walks inside Snake Meadow Hill Church. Inside, he finds notes left behind from the paranormal investigators that detailed their experiences with the Spindly Lady. John banishes said ghost and unlocks the seal to the church's basement. This is the last time that they were mentioned.

## Trivia

* These investigators might be a reference to the protagonists of the movie The Blair Witch Project.
	+ They consist of three people. There are at least two males who are a part of the group.
	+ Tried to record paranormal activity on their cameras.
	+ Their fates are entirely unknown.

## Theories

The reason why I said their investigation happened between the 22nd to 27th is that Chapter II has a running theme of notes and events John sees that have happened recently

* The deaths of Sandra, Troy, and Angel were reported to the Sterling News recently before Chapter II
* The deaths of the travelling couple were reported to the Sterling News recently before Chapter II

So what I could summarize, since there's no news reporting of these investigators, is that they were deemed missing since the Sterling locals last saw them when they were asking questions about the history of the church. The Sterling Police Department searched the premises and only found notes left behind of them. The police reported this to the public and John likely saw this, connecting that ever since he failed his exorcism with Amy there's been strange incidents going on around Sterling and is getting stressed that he's somewhat connected to it (which seems to be true since Gary is scrambling to summon Malphas ever since Amy almost bled out and died in The Forest in Chapter I).