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tvscript124 · 11-22-2025, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike82

I can't speak to the rest of the segment, but as someone who has done home inspections it's an obvious case of ice damming and if the roof had a membrane that would easily explain why it leaked both in the walls and in the middle of the room. Why didn't anybody ask literally any home inspector or roofer instead of the police??

Having said that, I once had the strangest thing happen I have yet to explain: a few years ago in the dog days of summer, one (and only one) window frame started leaking water down the siding. There was no plumbing nearby, we had gone a long time without rain, and the windows were in good condition and properly installed. Happened for about an hour once and never happened again.

Hmmm, maybe they did ask a professional and UM left that out.

The occurrence you describe sounds mysterious.

Sundance · 12-28-2025, 03:56 PM

This one is really difficult for me to believe. The UM segment is quite a bit different from the Paranormal Witness segment, but maybe that's just tv show stuff. My big thing is instead of calling a plumber, inspector, news channel, etc, these people ran for their bibles. Not one picture to show, not that a picture would show much but most people would have been taking pictures of this stuff. And don't give me "this was 1983". I was a kid in 1983 and we all took plenty of pictures and every house had a camera and an envelope full of negatives. All we have is a story from a handful of people telling their story 10 years and 30 years later. I'm not buying it.

Rod8456 · 07-19-2026, 04:10 PM

I used to believe this case until I thought harder about the lack of photographic evidence. The incidents happened in multiple locations with multiple witnesses. This was 1983, not 1923. So, the claims are either highly exaggerated or nothing happened, period.

That said, this remains my most watched segment next to The Mann Family/Lake Wales Haunting.

12-28-2025, 03:56 PM	#17
Sundance Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 09, 2011 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 71	This one is really difficult for me to believe. The UM segment is quite a bit different from the Paranormal Witness segment, but maybe that's just tv show stuff. My big thing is instead of calling a plumber, inspector, news channel, etc, these people ran for their bibles. Not one picture to show, not that a picture would show much but most people would have been taking pictures of this stuff. And don't give me "this was 1983". I was a kid in 1983 and we all took plenty of pictures and every house had a camera and an envelope full of negatives. All we have is a story from a handful of people telling their story 10 years and 30 years later. I'm not buying it.

07-19-2026, 04:10 PM	#18
Rod8456 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2014 Posts: 25	I used to believe this case until I thought harder about the lack of photographic evidence. The incidents happened in multiple locations with multiple witnesses. This was 1983, not 1923. So, the claims are either highly exaggerated or nothing happened, period. That said, this remains my most watched segment next to The Mann Family/Lake Wales Haunting.