Recorded EVP at a party and a friend’s coma at 11 p.m.
A caller tells Art Bell about filming a house party with night vision. They say a demonic-sounding voice was captured on the tape when they greeted their friend [name withheld]. Years later, while driving with their girlfriend at 11 p.m., they suddenly remembered the story and told it to her. The next day they learned that a friend, named [name withheld] in the transcript, was in a coma. The friend died three days later. They say a friend, [name withheld], reported the coma began around 11 that Saturday night, close to when they were telling the story. They are unsure whether there was a connection.
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The story as told
The caller says that one night, after a party, they were filming in a house with night vision. They say they approached their friend [name withheld], asked how [name withheld] was doing, and [name withheld] answered. When the group watched the tape the next day, the caller says, the recording captured what they call [quote withheld] right when [name withheld] said hi. They describe it as horrible and horrific. Years later, about a month before this call, the caller says they were driving with their girlfriend at 11 p.m. and suddenly remembered that party story. They asked whether she believed in ghosts and told her about the recorded EVP. They thought they should call [name withheld] because they had not spoken in a few months. The next day, they say, they received a phone call that [name withheld] was in a coma. About three days later, the person died. The caller says they later asked their friend [name withheld] when the coma began. [name withheld] said around 11 p.m. that Saturday night, which was close to the roughly 11:15 p.m. when they were telling their girlfriend the story. They say they do not know whether there was a reach-out or connection.
Reported events, in order
- 0:06
The caller says they were filming a party in a house using night vision.
- 0:12
They approach their friend [name withheld] and greet [name withheld].
- 0:31
Watching the tape the next day, the caller says, a demonic-sounding voice was captured when [name withheld] said hi.
- 0:41
About a month before the call, while driving with their girlfriend at 11 p.m., they suddenly remember the party story.
- 1:00
They ask their girlfriend if she believes in ghosts, tell her about the recorded EVP, and think of calling [name withheld].
- 1:15
The next day they receive a phone call that [name withheld] is in a coma.
- 1:19
About three days later, they say, the person died.
- 1:34
Their friend [name withheld] says the coma began around 11 p.m. that Saturday night, close to when the caller was telling the story.
- 1:44
The caller says they do not know if there was some kind of reach-out or connection.
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· 0:06
The caller says they were filming a party in a house using night vision.
- observation· 0:12
The caller says they greeted their friend [name withheld] on camera.
- observation· 0:31
The caller says the tape captured a demonic-sounding voice when [name withheld] said hi.
- observation· 0:19
The caller says several people watched the tape the next day.
- observation· 0:41
The caller says they suddenly remembered the story while driving with their girlfriend at 11 p.m. about a month before the call.
- hearsay· 1:15
The caller says a phone call the next day reported that [name withheld] was in a coma.
- hearsay· 1:19
The caller says the person died about three days later.
- hearsay· 1:34
The caller says their friend [name withheld] told them the coma began around 11 p.m. that Saturday night.
- interpretation· 1:44
The caller wonders whether there was a reach-out or connection.
- host statement· 2:08
Art Bell says the TV white noise was a completely uninvited EVP and an ideal medium for EVPs.
- host statement· 2:17
Art Bell says white noise is the ideal medium for EVPs.
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 with a coherent sequence and some specific details. But it includes an easy ordinary explanation for the recording and a secondhand report of the timing, and the names are unclear.
Evidence for and against
- The caller describes filming the party themselves.
- They describe the sequence of watching the tape and hearing the sound.
- They admit they are unsure about a connection.
- The strange sound was on a recording and was not examined.
- The timing of the coma is reported by [name withheld], not seen by the caller.
- The transcript uses [name withheld] for the filmed friend and [name withheld] for the coma patient.
- Exact dates and places are not stated.
- Who [name withheld] or [name withheld] is remains unclear.
- 0:06
- 0:31
- 1:34
- 1:44
What the model inferred (not said on air): My judgment weighs firsthand proximity and sequence against the lack of details that can be checked and the easy audio-flaw explanation.
A physical tape recording with the strange sound is claimed to exist, but it is not examined on air. The timing of the coma comes from a secondhand report, and no outside check is performed.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says the sound was [quote withheld]
- Named people and a specific timing detail are given.
- The tape is not produced or examined during the call.
- No second witness confirms the experience on air.
- Whether the tape still exists is not stated.
- [name withheld]’s report is not independently verified.
- 0:31
- 1:15
- 1:34
What the model inferred (not said on air): Claimed physical evidence and a secondhand witness statement place this in the range for claimed evidence, but nothing was checked.
The story includes a described demonic-sounding EVP, a friend’s coma and death, and an eerie coincidence of timing. There is no direct threat or physical harm to the caller.
Evidence for and against
- The sound is called [quote withheld]
- A friend is reported to have died three days after entering a coma.
- The recollection is said to have come near the start of the coma.
- The events are described briefly and without graphic detail.
- The caller is not threatened or touched.
- The listener does not hear the sound, only a description of it.
- 0:31
- 1:19
- 1:34
What the model inferred (not said on air): My judgment of how uneasy a listener would feel, based on the content described and not on how it was told.
EVP recordings and coincidences of timing with a death are familiar ghost-story themes. But the combination of an EVP on a party video with a later recollection timed to a friend’s coma is somewhat distinctive.
Evidence for and against
- The EVP is on a party video.
- The later recollection is tied to a specific reported time.
- EVP and death-announcement motifs are common in the archive.
- No unusual being or setting is described.
- How new the story is compared with the rest of the archive cannot be computed from this one story.
- 0:31
- 1:34
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is a provisional model score. The published value depends on the comparison with the rest of the archive.
Scoring confidence 0.70 · analysis confidence 0.70 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand story; A claimed video or audio tape, not examined; A secondhand report of the timing of the coma from their friend [name withheld]. The originality score blends the model's score (50) 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.
- The strange sound may be an audio flaw or background noise on the night-vision recording. · The host notes white noise is an ideal medium for EVPs, and the sound was only described from a tape, not examined.
- The timing of the recollection and the coma may be a coincidence. · The caller says they remembered the story “for some reason” and later learned the timing of the coma from [name withheld]. No independent record of when they spoke is provided.
- The connection may rest on unclear identities, because the transcript names [name withheld] in the filming story and [name withheld] in the coma story. · The transcript says [name withheld] in one place and [name withheld] in another, while later pronouns refer to “he.”
What stands out
The story links a recorded EVP from a party years earlier with a later recollection that seems timed to the moment a friend is said to have entered a coma. The transcript uses different names for the filmed friend and the person in the coma.
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