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Spirits. United States

ID #1617214737
Added Wed, 31/03/2021
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
11.1997
Location: 
AZ
United States

Dwayne Berger, 22,and his friend Mark set up camp in an isolated spot, and as daylight began to fade, they built a fire and sat around eating. 

Soon, they began to hear "terrible screams" that seemed to come from an old mine nearby. After a few minutes of nervous discussions and an assessment of a very creepy situation, the two young men decided to investigate the matter. Armed with a tire iron, the two friends entered the mine. 

They walked a dozen yards (10.8 m) and saw a greenish glow ahead. As they got closer, they saw the dark figures of two men in hooded robes. 

It was clear that they intended to block their progress further into the mine. But when the two young men approached the light, they noticed that the two figures were barely five feet (1.5 m) tall. 

They then boldly demanded that the hooded figures release the women or whoever they had harmed. Then, a deep, mechanical voice came from the hooded figures in unison, saying to them::

"Women can't help you! Leave immediately or die! Leave immediately-or you will join them in the caves." 

The robed figures took out some stick-like tools and shone a yellow light on the two young men who were holding them both immobile. Then they aimed a greenish beam at the wall of the shaft. The solid stone wall seemed to melt, allowing them to enter the wall and disappear. After a few seconds, the wall turned back to solid rock. 

After a few moments, the two men were able to move again and quickly left the place, knowing that there was nothing they could do to help the one they were holding in the caves.

Original news

Location. Arizona, desert area
Date: November 1997
Time: night
22-year old Duane Berger and a friend Mark were camping in an isolated area and as daylight faded they had build a campfire and were sitting around eating. Soon they began to hear “terrible screams” that seemed to be coming from an old mine nearby. After a few moments of nervous discussions and assessment of the very eerie situation the two young men decided to investigate the matter. Armed with a tire iron the two friends entered the mineshaft. They had walked a dozen yards when they saw a greenish glow ahead of them. As they got closer they could make out the dark figures of two men in hooded robes. It was clear that they intended to block their progress farther into the mine. But as the two young men drew nearer to the light, they noticed that the two figures were barely five ft in height. They then boldly demanded that the hooded figures release the women or whoever they were hurting. Then a deep, mechanical voice boomed out of the cowled figures in unison and told them, “The women are beyond your help! Leave at once or perish! Leave at once—or you shall join them in the caves.” The robed figures then produced some type of wand-like instruments and directed a yellow light at the two young men that held them both immobile. Next, they aimed a greenish beam against a wall of the mineshaft. The wall of solid rock seemed to melt away, allowing them to walk into the wall and disappear. Within seconds, the wall was once again nothing but hard rock. After a few moments the two men were able to move again and fled the area quickly, knowing that there was nothing they could do to help whoever was being detained in the caves.
Source: Brad Steiger, Out of The Dark

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