Cold spot, woman, and giant arm during a church overnight
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], in Pearl, Mississippi, tells Art Bell about a night they and about half a dozen friends spent in their church at the end of a summer. The caller reports a cold spot, a woman seen in the hallway, a huge arm reaching around a classroom door, a moving white pattern on a window, and a face with glowing eyes before the group fled and huddled together. The caller says nothing else happened that night and that they are the only one who has told anyone. The caller thinks the beings were angelic and demonic rather than the dead.
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The story as told
[name withheld], calling from Pearl, Mississippi, says that at the end of the previous summer they and some friends were spending the night at their church. In the middle of the night, the youngest of the group, about ten years old, wanted a Coke. All the church lights were off except in the classroom they were in, so [name withheld], as the oldest, was volunteered to go. [name withheld] says they opened the door and got a creepy feeling that something was not right. [name withheld] grabbed a wooden cross and walked toward another classroom. [name withheld] says they stopped dead in their tracks when they hit a cold spot, and that they have had experiences of this kind since they were about nine. [name withheld] called two of the others to check, and says they felt it too. [name withheld] then took a golf club that one of the friends had brought, and the group went down the hallway. [name withheld] says the youngest stopped, then the next one stopped, and both turned pale. When [name withheld] turned to look, they report, they saw a woman in the hallway. When the host asked whether she was fully manifested, [name withheld] said she was definitely there, they could see her, they could not see through her, and she was shining. [name withheld] says they all turned and ran. Back in the classroom, [name withheld] says, the others were skeptical until their younger brother looked out the door, pointed with wide eyes, and they saw what [name withheld] describes as an unhumanly huge arm reaching around the door. [name withheld] says they backed against the opposite wall. [name withheld] turned away and saw a white pattern moving on a window made of glass they could not see through. They ran for the nearest exit, a clear door, where [name withheld] reports seeing a face with glowing eyes. [name withheld] says they then huddled in one of the classrooms, some praying, and that nothing else happened that night. [name withheld] says the group still talks about it and that they are the only one who has told anyone. [name withheld] does not think these were dead people but angelic and demonic beings, though they have not settled whether they were opposed to each other or protective.
Reported events, in order
- 0:20
[name withheld] says they and friends were spending the night at their church at the end of the previous summer.
- 0:35
The youngest of the group, about ten, wanted a Coke. All church lights were off except in their classroom.
- 0:52
Opening the door, they got a creepy feeling that something was not right, and they grabbed a wooden cross.
- 1:10
The caller says they stopped dead in their tracks on hitting a cold spot.
- 1:25
The caller called two of the others to check. The caller says they felt it too.
- 1:59
The caller took a golf club brought by a friend, and the group went down the hallway.
- 2:08
The youngest and the next one stopped and turned pale. The caller reports a woman in the hallway.
- 2:47
The caller says they all turned and ran back to the classroom.
- 3:24
The others were skeptical until the caller’s younger brother looked out the door and pointed, eyes wide.
- 3:30
The caller reports a huge arm reaching around the door.
- 4:03
The caller reports a white pattern moving on a window of glass they could not see through.
- 4:14
Running for the nearest exit, a clear door, the caller reports a face with glowing eyes.
- 4:51
They huddled in a classroom, some praying. The caller says nothing else happened that night.
- 5:32
The caller says they do not think these were dead people but angelic and demonic beings.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 1:10
The caller stopped on hitting a cold spot inside the church.
- observation· 1:25
Two others the caller called felt the same thing they did.
- observation· 2:08
The caller saw a woman in the hallway.
- observation· 2:29
The woman was visible and not see-through, and she was shining.
- observation· 3:30
The caller saw a huge arm reaching around the classroom door.
- observation· 4:03
The caller saw a white pattern moving on the window glass.
- observation· 4:14
The caller saw a face with glowing eyes at the exit door.
- observation· 5:53
The caller is the only one of the group who has told anyone about the events.
- interpretation· 5:32
The caller believes the beings were not the dead but angelic and demonic, possibly in conflict or protective.
- host statement· 4:31
The host says it is possible to frighten a person to death.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a firsthand story from the person who reports the events, with a fairly concrete sequence and setting. But it has no specifics that can be checked, such as the church's name or a date. The caller also does not address the ordinary readings that fit easily, a dark unlit building and a group already alarmed.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says they were present throughout the sequence.
- The sequence is ordered and consistent: cold spot, hallway figure, classroom, exit.
- The caller separates what they perceived from what they concluded, saying they have not settled the angelic and demonic question.
- No church name, street, or exact date is given. The setting is “our church.”
- A large unlit building at night and an alarmed group are not ruled out or considered by the caller.
- The caller’s answer to whether the woman was “fully manifested” begins with “No,” yet the caller says they could not see through her.
- The automatic transcript has unclear labels showing who is speaking and a low-confidence passage at the description of the arm.
- The phrase [quote withheld] is ambiguous in the transcript.
- 1:10
- 2:08
- 5:32
What the model inferred (not said on air): The component scores are my editorial judgment from the transcript content alone. I used no outside information about the caller, church, or location.
Only the caller's own testimony is present, plus claimed second witnesses who do not speak on the air. A place name is given but the church and date are not, and nothing is checked.
Evidence for and against
- The caller gives a location, Pearl, Mississippi, and a relative time, the end of last summer.
- The caller claims about half a dozen people experienced it and that two others felt the cold spot.
- No witness other than the caller speaks on the air.
- No photograph, recording, document, or physical trace is offered or examined.
- The church is unnamed, and no date or record is given.
- It is untested whether the claimed second witnesses would describe the same events.
- The number of witnesses rests on the phrase [quote withheld]
- 2:20
- 5:53
What the model inferred (not said on air): Under the scoring guide, the claimed witnesses count as claims, not as backing from someone else. Without a second witness on the air or examined material, evidence strength stays in the low band.
The story escalates inside a church at night, from a cold spot to a figure, a giant arm reaching around a door, and a face with glowing eyes, with the group fleeing. The setting is a safe communal space, and the ending is unresolved.
Evidence for and against
- An unlit church at night and a lone walk to fetch a drink.
- Escalation to a woman in the hallway and the group running.
- A huge arm reaching around the door and a face with glowing eyes at the exit.
- The host's jokes about the golf club and the caller's own light remark ([quote withheld]) reduce tension.
- No injury or physical contact is reported, and the strange events stop that night.
- The description of the arm rests partly on a low-confidence passage of the transcript.
- 3:30
- 4:14
- 4:17
What the model inferred (not said on air): Creepiness is a judgment about the story as heard, not about whether the events happened.
The setup is familiar (cold spot, hallway figure, glowing eyes), but the giant arm reaching around a classroom door and the moving white pattern on glass that could not be seen through are less common details.
Evidence for and against
- The reported arm reaching around the door is an unusual element.
- The white pattern on opaque-looking window glass adds a distinctive detail.
- The caller's reading of the beings as angelic or demonic, undecided between conflict and protection, is a less standard explanation.
- Cold spots, a woman seen in a hallway, and glowing eyes are stock ghost-story themes.
- A group of friends spending the night in a building is a common setup.
- Newness compared with the rest of the archive cannot be computed from this one part of the broadcast. The published figure is provisional.
- 4:03
- 5:32
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the model estimate before any comparison with the rest of the archive. It reflects content only.
Scoring confidence 0.70 · analysis confidence 0.75 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: Caller's firsthand testimony; Claimed multiple witnesses (about six) who do not speak on the air. The originality score blends the model's score (52) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- A cold spot in a large, unlit building at night could come from drafts, air conditioning, or uneven heating. · The caller describes stopping at a cold spot in a church where all lights except one classroom were off.
- The hallway figure, the arm, and the face could be pareidolia, or a misreading of shapes in a dark building by a group of people who were already alarmed. · The caller describes a creepy feeling before the sightings, and a window of glass they say they could not see through, with a white pattern on it.
- Group suggestion, or a prank among the friends, could explain the shared reactions. · The caller describes about a half dozen people together, the youngest and the next one stopping and turning pale, and other group members being skeptical in the classroom.
What stands out
The sequence escalates within a single night, from a cold spot to a visible woman, then to a described giant arm reaching around a door and a face with glowing eyes at an exit. The caller explains the beings as angelic and demonic rather than dead. The caller also says they are the only member of the group who has told anyone about it.
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