Conjuring<\/em>\u00a0movie, was so severe that physical injury occurred on a regular basis and even a murder was linked to the haunting, which was investigated by famed Catholic ghost-hunters\/exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren. A number of priests were eventually called to fight that intense assault.<\/p>\nThe phenomena, witnessed by laypeople and the priests alike, was just that: phenomenal. (Let us note that spirits can transfer from books or movies about such matters, if not properly and prayerfully presented.)<\/p>\n
But of nearly equal note was the emotional upset the demons provoked in a family called the Glatzels (and those\u00a0in their circle) \u2014 upset similar to what we all experience from time to time, ascribing upsets and antagonisms to simple normal events, personalities, and conflicts in life, when in fact spirits are behind it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house, set back in the woods\u00a0off a rambling country road, was just across the Brookfield line, in Newtown,\u201d wrote author Gerald Brittle. \u201cThe place was perfect. It had everything they wanted. Even George, their reliable sheepdog, was welcome.\u201d The head of the household was Carl. His wife was Judy. The most afflicted was a son named David, who actually became possessed in a way mindful of\u00a0The Exorcist<\/em>.<\/p>\nBut let\u2019s stay with the emotional turmoil.<\/p>\n
Right off, bizarre happenings caused concern \u2014 and led to the first argument.<\/p>\n
A daughter named Debbie had it out with her fianc\u00e9, Arne \u2014 who lived with the Glatzels and later was arrested (after also becoming possessed) for murder. In that argument, Debbie used foul, blasphemous language she was never prone to deploy. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for yelling,\u201d she said shortly after. \u201cI don\u2019t know what came over me.\u201d They soon found out what it was.<\/p>\n
Such tension recurred throughout the famous case. \u201cThere is such a thing as getting too mad,\u201d her fianc\u00e9 protested after an inexplicable eruption. It afflicted and affected everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cDebbie went back\u00a0into the house and found Arne arguing with his mother,\u201d noted Brittle. \u201cThe house seemed to breed animosity. Unable to get through to anyone, Arne and Debbie took the dog and drove back to Brookfield.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/span>Often such upsets are site-specific \u2014 not just at a particular home, but to a particular room or even spot\u00a0in<\/em>\u00a0the room. With this case, the young boy who was especially plagued was \u201cbeaten physically\u201d as well as \u201ctormented mentally.<\/p>\n\u201cWorse, whatever was manipulating the boy moved him to extremes of such hate and fury that he couldn\u2019t be trusted alone for even a moment.\u201d And then there was what happened to Arne.<\/p>\n
These were not human \u201cghosts.\u201d It became clear that the family was being plagued and destroyed by demons (one chief spirit they called \u201cthe Beast,\u201d three helpers, and forty others \u2014 a legion).\u00a0It was the worst such case the Warrens, who had begun investigating hauntings in 1952, and claimed to have looked into 10,000 of them, ever encountered.<\/p>\n
Phenomena occurred all day every day, especially at three a.m., torturing young David, who was constantly assaulted and thrown across rooms, even impaled by a wood stake during a sled outing, as had been threatened by \u201cthe beast.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The spirits traveled relentlessly between the rental home they fled due to the disturbances and another home. The boy was able to see the spirits.\u00a0\u201cThe [main] entity then attempted entry through every door, window, and access point \u2014 including the cellar and fireplace,\u201d says the book. \u201cFrantically, Judy threw Holy Water wherever and whenever David told her to.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It helped, but the battle was a long one we\u2019ll discuss at a later time, perhaps in a \u201cspecial report.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tough stuff.<\/p>\n
Writes Brittle, \u201cSuddenly, Judy heard the sound of a loud slap, David\u2019s head spun to the side as a red mark appeared on his cheek. The event was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
And yet as damaging as dozens of such attacks were, memorable in the midst of it was the emotional damage caused by the arguments, which the boy said were caused when the \u201cbeast\u201d stared at one of them, influencing or implanting thoughts, memories, and emotions. Unfortunately, father Carl and another son, Carl Junior, refused to believe what was going on until it was too late. Carl became openly hostile, taunting and arguing with his mother and siblings as they initially called them all crazy (he too became partly possessed). As Ed Warren noted, \u201cTruth is the enemy. Denial of the truth is the way of the devil. Sweeping dirt under the rug only causes one to later trip on it.<\/p>\n
Speaking through the boy, the \u201cbeast\u201d spewed a profusion of unthinkable blasphemies against God, Jesus, and Mary. With each such utterance, it worked its way to a higher and more irrational state of vehemence.<\/p>\n
Evil also does this \u2014 causes irrational thinking, obsession with a slight, and false accusation \u2014 to incite simple discord in daily life. As evil rises around the world, it also is provoking extreme of political discord and argumentation \u2014 its hallmark of division.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beast is staring a hole through [another son] little Carl\u2019s head. and helpers are by the refrigerator, laughing like crazy at everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they start the argument?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started it all right,\u201d David said flatly. \u201cThey start them all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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