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Robbie: I don't like the tree, Dad. Steve: That's an old tree, it's been around here a long time. I think it was here before my company built the neighborhood. Robbie: I don't like its arms. [whispering] It knows I live here, doesn't it? Steve: It knows everything about us, Rob, that's why I built the house next to it, so it could protect us: you and Carol Anne, and Dana and your mom and me ... That's a very wise old tree. Robbie: It looks at me. It knows I live here.

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Steve: Tomorrow, I'm going to call someone -- Diane: Oh yeah? Who, for instance? I already looked in the Yellow Pages. "Furniture Movers" we got; "Strange Phenomenon", there's no listing.

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Steve: You know Teague, he won't take "Go to Hell" for an answer. Diane: What are you going to do? Steve: I'm gonna give him directions.

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Diane: How long have you been investigating haunted houses? Dr. Lesh: Mrs. Freeling, the determination as to whether your home is haunted is not very easy. [A heavy teapot slides across the table by itself in front of her] I -- what I meant to say was, it might very well be a poltergeist intrusion instead of a classic haunting. Steve: There's a difference? Ryan: It's electrical. You can smell the charge. Dr. Lesh: Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually. Marty: Poltergeist disturbances are of fairly short duration, perhaps a couple of months. Hauntings can go on for -- years. Diane: Are you telling me that all of this could just suddenly end at any time? Dr. Lesh: Yes, it could, unless it's a haunting. But hauntings don't usually revolve around living people. Diane: Then we don't have much time, Dr. Lesh, because my daughter is alive somewhere inside this house.

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Ryan: Mr. Freeling, we'll record any psychotronic energy or event. Dr. Lesh: Yes, Ryan photographed an extraordinary episode on a case in Redlands. Ryan: That's right. It was a child's toy, a very small Matchbox vehicle. Rolled seven feet across a linoleum surface. The duration of the event was seven hours. Steve: Seven hours for what? Ryan: For the vehicle to complete the distance. Of course, this would never register on the naked eye. But I have it recorded on a time-lapse camera. It's fantastic. Steve: -- Mm-hm --

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Dr. Lesh: Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances by someone who can make first-hand observations? Steve: Dr. Lesh, we really don't care about the disturbances -- the pounding and the flashing, the screaming ... the music. We just want you to find our little girl.

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Diane: Uhhh ... this is probably going to be seem a little strange. We hear better on this channel, don't ask me why. Well, uh -- I guess I'll call her. Carol Anne? ... it's Mommy, sweetheart. We want to talk to you. Please answer me, baby. Please answer me. Please talk to me, bunny. Marty: -- look at the dog -- Diane: Are you with us now? Can you... can you say hello to daddy? Carol Anne: Hello, Daddy. Steve: Hello, Sweetpea. Diane: It's Mommy, sweetheart. Carol Anne: Hello, Mommy. Diane: Hello, baby. Can you see me? Can you see Mommy? Carol Anne: Mommy? Where are you? Where are you? Diane: We're home, baby. We're home. Can you find me? Can you find a way to us, baby? Carol Anne: Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light. Dr. Lesh: Tell her to stay away from the light. Diane: Maybe it's a way out -- Dr. Lesh: It is -- it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly. Diane: Stay away from the light. The light is dangero

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Dr. Lesh: Some people believe that when you die, your soul goes to heaven. Robbie: When Grandpa was dying, I looked at him in the hospital bed. And I was watching. But I didn't see anything go up out of him. Diane: Well, his soul is invisible, Robbie. You couldn't see it. Robbie: But how come Grandpa isn't there on television with Carol Anne? Dr. Lesh: Some people believe that when people die, there's a wonderful light -- as bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever. (beat) And then, some people die but they -- don't know that they've gone. Robbie: They think they're still alive? Dr. Lesh: Yes. Maybe they didn't want to die. Maybe they weren't ready. Maybe they hadn't lived fully yet or they'd lived a long, long time and they still wanted more life. They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them. They just --

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Dr. Casey: I was just about to check out the kids' bedroom, and I don't know, something took a bite out of me! Robbie: You got bit? Dr. Casey: Yeah, that or the worst muscle spasm in the world.

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Tangina: I'd give my strongest feeling. The point of origin is in the child's closet upstairs. Diane: Yes, I believe that too. Tangina: Honey, are you gonna be strong for me and for your daughter? I can do absolutely nothing without your faith in this world and your love for the children. Diane: I will, believe me I will. Tangina: And will you do anything I ask, even if it comes contrary to your beliefs as a human being and a Christian? Diane: Yes, I promise, please.

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Tangina: You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between. Now tell her before it's too late. Diane: Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light. Tangina: Tell her you're waiting for her. Diane: Mommy's waiting for you in the light. [under her breath to Tangina] I hate you for that.

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Tangina: Help me tie this around my waist. Diane: What do you think you're doing? Tangina: I'm going in after her. Diane: She won't come to you. Let me go. Tangina: You've never done this before. Diane: Neither have you. Tangina: [pause] You're right. You go.

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Dana: Wh-What's happening? What's happening? WHAT'S HAPPENING?! Steven: [Drives up to his panicking older daughter] Dana! Get in the car! Robbie: Daddy! Drive away! Drive away! Diane: Steven, hurry! Dana: Daddy! Robbie: The house is coming! Faster! Faster! Steven: Don't look back!