Satan's Workshop

By John Zaffis

This case was only investigated on one occasion. This was a phenomenal case, very impressive and while discussing Satanism and the occult, it definitely explains why people should not get involved with it. The two gentlemen involved owned this home which had a look to it as if no one was living in it; it was very unkempt, with the outside shutters hanging on their sides. This home was located in Northern Massachusetts. The two gentlemen were active in Satanism until June 1996 or as we were told. The first man's name was Tim, he was sociable and sincere with the fact that he needed help to get rid of whatever was plaguing them. The other man's name was Robert, he was very quiet and seemed like a sneaky man; in fact we were in the home for over an hour and never knew he was in the house. When he did come out, one of the investigators went over to him to shake his hand and Robert had a smile that would have scared Satan himself, it was a half cocked smile almost a smirk and his eyes showed no life in them. There was no doubt that he was still into the Occult. There were eight of us to investigate this home and indeed we needed all eight, as this night would be one to remember.

They were experiencing psychic colds moving throughout the three story home, and shadow ghost and objects that moved on their own accord. We arrived at the home at nine o'clock and Tim showed us around the home. During this time many of the investigators who were accompanying me were extremely psychic and stated that the two upstairs levels were the hottest with much activity, we all agreed that we would spend our time on those floors. It did not take long for the activity to begin. We split up into two groups, four on the second floor and four on the third floor. Within fifteen minutes in our rooms, one of the investigators on the third floor stood up to make an adjustment on his infrared camera and then stood by the window. When all of a sudden one of the psychic investigators cried out for him to sit down. Confused at her scared tone he sat down puzzled. She then stated that when he was by the window he began to grow into a very large, grotesque figure with arms and legs the size of tree trunks. He never felt anything happening to himself. An hour after that incident one of the other investigators who was sitting by the open closet, began to get the familiar creepy, scared feeling on the back of his neck. Almost immediately two others saw a shiny scythe appear in the darkness of the closet and begin to swing towards him. Shouting for him to get out of the way, he did. These were not the typical manifestations we were used to dealing with.

One investigator happened to be sitting in a position to be able to see down the fifteen feet hallway, on the third floor. He saw a small phosphorous green blob similar to the shape of a hand appear around the corner at the end of the hall and as he watched, what looked like a head with the same greenish color came into view as if it was peering around the corner. He told us what he was seeing and when we all looked it had disappeared. It was now time for a break. So we all decided to take a walk to the nearby cemetery and take a few photos and get some air. We returned to the house at about one in the morning and decided to switch floors. Before situating ourselves, all eight investigators decided to make a quick trip outside and take some photos of the outside of the house in all directions. As we were leaving one of the psychic investigators decided to go in the bathroom on the second floor. After realizing she was not outside we went in to check on her. Because the bathroom door jam was improperly aligned, she just propped it closed against the jam. She turned the light off and tried to pull door open and it would not open. She began yelling for someone to help, and after continuously ramming the door with our shoulders it opened. It was physically impossible for that door to close as it had! The door would hit the jam and therefore not completely close regardless. After getting her out, we proceeded outside, took our photos then returned for the remainder of the night.

Four of the investigators were all sitting on the bed now, one was at the foot of the bed, two feet from the bedroom door and the other three were sitting by the head of the bed. One of the women whispered to the investigator at the foot of the bed that there was a face staring at him, about a foot in front of him. He never saw it. She continued to give reports of what it was doing because no one else could see it. She stated that it was very vague with no details. Frustrated and nervous that it was in front of him, he quietly commanded it to reveal itself in hopes that it would. It did not to him, but to the other investigator it did, she whispered that she could now see details. A wide face with big eyes and ears, almost animal like. She continued to state it was shaking his head almost as if saying no to something. No one knew that the investigator had commanded it to show itself, beside myself. Soon it had disappeared to all our relief.

It was now after two in the morning and the activity began to subside and by four in the morning, all activity stopped. We decided to call it a night at about four thirty, so we said our good-byes to Tim, went to Dunkin Donuts to talk about the case and get a coffee for the long ride home. We all agreed that Robert was still into Satanism and it would be impossible to help Tim while Robert was still practicing. Several days later we called Tim to find out the status, give him some helpful things to do and told him to call in a few days to give us the results...he never did. We have not heard from him since that last phone conversation....We can only hope things are going well for Tim and Robert.