Things continue to get stranger and stranger in this city. My name is Officer Hallie Everett and I’ve been a police officer for the past 5 years. When I first started, never would I have ever believed the things I saw in the line of duty. If the case of the mother murdering her daughter wasn’t enough. Then there was the kidnapping and murder of that poor woman. The boyfriend was devastated. We’ve also had an uptick in human trafficking. The girl in the latest kidnapping case was a close call. If it wasn’t for her mother finding her cellphone, we wouldn’t have been able to save her before they took her and god only knows what they would’ve done with her. However, this case… This is the strangest one yet. 

I arrived on the scene to find a suicide. That much was clear. However, after further investigation, we found recorded videos. It appears that the man’s entire apartment was tapped with hidden security cameras. That is not unusual, but rather suspicious. We’ve also discovered he carried a hidden body cam. I and my fellow officers proceeded to watch the recordings and what follows is altogether the most unsettling thing I’ve ever seen. As the recordings start, the victim, a 28 male, with brown hair and blue eyes shows up in front of the camera. 

“I don’t know how to explain the events of what happened before today. I’ll try to go over the details of my discovery. My name is Reece Adkins, I’m only 28 and up until recently, I lived a rather normal and boring life. I do live by myself in an apartment that’s not too cheap, but not too expensive. I work a job as an adjunct teacher at a local community college. 

Here’s where things start to get strange. It all started a few months ago. I began to notice chunks of time missing from my memories. There were moments where I’d just blank out and when I came back to consciousness, I was somewhere where I had no idea how I got there. I even had a friend tell me they saw me near downtown, they tried to stop me to say hello, but I wouldn’t acknowledge them. I have no memory of the occasion. 

There were times where I was standing in the middle of nowhere or in a bad part of town. I had no memory of what happened when I blacked out. At first, the blackouts happen very rarely. But as time carried on, they began happening more and more frequently. I went to see a doctor to see if there was something wrong with me. He had me get a few brain scans and found nothing out of the ordinary. 

I started keeping a journal, however, the blackouts were happening more and more frequently. I finally decided to invest in a security system, placing hidden cameras all over my apartment, in my car, and even going to the extent of wearing a small hidden body camera. One way or another, I was going to figure out what was happening to me. 

Oddly, weeks went by before another blackout. I woke up in the middle of a sandy area that I didn’t recognize. Fortunately, I was still wearing my camera. I had to walk for miles before getting back to any highway. After walking down the highway for what felt like hours, someone was kind enough to give me a ride back to my place. I quickly took the camera, and all the footage from all my hidden cameras and went through it all. 

What I found made me sick to my stomach. It seemed the moment I blacked out I was in my apartment. I stood there for over 20 minutes before moving. I nearly jumped out of my seat when I looked over to the closet hidden camera and smiled. My eyes… They were entirely pitch black, devoid of any presence of who I am. 

An unsettling feeling crept over me as the person that controlled my body waved at the camera. I truly had no idea what the fuck was going on. I began to walk out of the apartment. I quickly switched to the body cam footage. There I see myself walking for miles. I was downtown long after the sun went down. I continued to walk in the dark until I reached a building that looked rather shady. I entered the building. It was in terrible condition. The walls had holes and there wasn’t even carpet. I proceeded down a set of stairs to a dingy looking basement. There were more people down there. From what I could tell, they too had pitch-black eyes but it was hard to make out who they were, it was too dark. 

They had a woman tied up and what looked like another person unconscious. They took the woman and circled around her. One of them drew a pentagon and a star within it around the woman as she cried and pleaded with them. Then I came up and grabbed a dagger as the rest of them chanted something I couldn’t quite understand. 

What happened next made me vomit all over the floor of my apartment floor. I stabbed the woman. I stabbed her several times. I killed an innocent person. That wasn’t me. Was it? I forced myself to continue watching. What happened next is hard to explain. I’m not quite sure if I fully believe it myself. 

A dark black portal appeared and sucked a luminescent glowing orb-like thing from the woman. She fell to the ground and her body withered up and practically looked like a mummy. Next, a dark black orb-like thing came out of the portal and went into the unconscious man. When he opened his eyes, they too were pitch black. He stood up and joined the rest of them. What they said next made me shiver. Words came out of their mouths and I understood them. “All hail Beelzebub.”

I soon left that building and continued on. I walked for a few more miles before I came across a woman standing on the street corner. My heart began to race as I watched myself walk up to her. I tried to close my eyes, but I couldn’t. I watched with trepid anxiety as I went up to the woman and grabbed her. I dragged her kicking and screaming down a dark alley. What I did to her I don’t want to repeat. I vomited again all over again. I continued to watch myself do even more horrendous things. The things I did were unspeakable. Eventually, I found myself walking out to the middle of nowhere before I collapsed. That’s where I woke up as the sun started to rise. 

I’m recording all of this down and hopefully, someone will find it and can do something about it. I still don’t understand any of it. Something or someone is taking control of my body. That part is clear. I looked up this Beelzebub and discovered he is some kind of demon. To whoever finds this, I hope you do not have to bear the horrors of knowing through your body terrible things occurred. I hope you can do something about this. What I don’t know. 

I cannot continue living knowing what had been done with my body even though I know it was not me. Therefore, these are my final words. If you are to see this, know that we are not alone. Demons are among us and they do exist. Watch the videos for yourself and you’ll see the proof I recorded. I hope you do not incur the same fate as I. Be vigilant.”

It ended there. We continued to watch the other videos and confirmed his story. None of us knew what to make of it. We investigated the house and found the dead body of the woman and it looked mummified. We also found the body of the prostitute and it was hardly recognizable. I can’t say whether or not I believe it all but I can’t deny the proof of the videos. We are to make a full investigation of what happened in the building. It is hard to identify those involved in the video. It was too dark to get any recognizable facial features. Besides, in the video, they didn’t look all that human. What’s worse is that I’m starting to see pitch black eyes everywhere I go in everyone I see. It’s hard to trust anyone after seeing those videos. This job is starting to wear on my sanity. I will do what I can, but it’s getting harder and harder to continue on. Especially after his last case. I’m thinking about putting in my resignation, but I don’t know if I can live a normal life after this. I have a hard time sleeping at night. If you’re reading this, take my advice and remain vigilant.

The End.

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