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Incident report: 9182018

Subject: unidentified sounds/ noise complaint

Responding Officer (R/O): John Hobleton

At 0123hr: R/O received a call from unit #1512. #1512 informed the R/O that they heard something scratching/ tapping on the outside balcony window. There were also reports of a low growling noise followed by what is described as "wings flapping".

R/O went out to walk perimeter of building with flashlight. Unable to locate anything suspicious. R/O called #1512. Informed the unit that he could find nothing. R/O is under the assumption it must be some sort of bird. Nothing further to report.

At 0205hr: R/O received a second call from #1512. Residents sound panicked on the phone. R/O assured them he found nothing out there. Unit #1512 invited R/O up to have a field contact. 

At 0213hrs: Field contact with #1512. Heavy smell of marijuana and alcohol coming from unit. Renters, residents and guests observed inside the unit. R/O took note of an Ouija board, burning black candles, strange marks painted on the floor/walls/ windows, three huge scratch marks on the outside glass of the patio door. 

R/O will have to write a second incident report for the property damage. R/O believes too many drugs and booze led to these two annoyance calls this evening. 

R/O spoke with male resident. He was in an agitated state. R/O had to keep reminding him to keep his voice down. Male Resident was rambling about a beast he described as some sort of human-sized bat monster composed of shadows with flaming red eyes. Male Resident insists that the creature was hungry for resident’s “soul”. R/O believes that drugs and alcohol have a large part to play in this situation. To put residents and guest at ease, R/O promised to do another check of the perimeter. R/O also advised group to put away the board/candles and call it a night.

At 0225hrs: R/O conducted a second check of the perimeter of the building. R/O was again using the flashlight. R/O experienced a strange gust of wind, as if something had flown directly over him. 

Loud audible sound could be heard in R/O’s ears. R/O followed this phenomenon around the building attempting to pinpoint its source with flashlight. R/O was unable to find the noise's origin. 

R/O is declaring this an unfound call. R/O assumed his mind was obviously playing tricks on him due to the atmosphere he found in unit #1512. R/O has nothing further to report. 

At 0300hrs: R/O received yet another phone call from #1512. The female resident let out what sounded like a joyful scream when R/O answered. Female resident just kept repeating “it’s inside now the dark god is inside now”. Female resident sounded excited/ happy. 

R/O heard the sound of breaking glass and cheering in the background. R/O heard Male Resident scream in terror. R/O demanded to know what was going on. Female Resident informed R/O “that he would make his sacrifice”. 

More screams from the Male Resident. Phone line has gone dead. Power in the building has now gone out. R/O is going up to unit #1512 to investigate.

BACK… at post… they are mad… 1512… they are all mad… dear God… what is it... what is it… they seemed scared at first… it was all a sham… no cell service in the building… checked… why the hell isn’t there cell phone service…have to remain calm…have to tell people what I saw…have to report… last things I will ever… right no time left… it's coming… I can hear its wings behind me… send help… send help… send……………… 

Marc Tizura is a published author. His debut novel was The Man from Grenin. 

He is also an actor and is the host of an awesome and always entertaining hashtag game on Twitter #tfteotw, which stands for "Tales From The End of The World". If ever you feel like playing, tune in to his YouTube channel and watch out for his weekly video prompts where he explains how to play.

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