The Night My Dead Father Spoke Through My Mother

The Night My Dead Father Spoke Through My Mother

An emergency alert commanded everyone in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to close their eyes and ignore all sounds and touch. M. Callis followed the instructions, holding her mother's hand, but then something sat beside her that was not her mother. What happened in that dark room, and who or what was detected?

In this episode, we hear the chilling account of M. Callis, a 23-year-old woman who experienced a terrifying event on August 16, 2016. She recounts the night an unusual alert swept through her town, forcing her and her loved ones into a silent, eyes-closed vigil, and the unsettling changes she felt in her mother's hand.

Person: M. Callis
Location: Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Date: August 16, 2016
Age: 23 years old
Status: Currently held in a facility in Arizona

- The emergency alert arrived at 11:47 on a Tuesday night.
- The alert instructed people to find loved ones, take their hands, sit down, close their eyes, and not open them or react to sounds or touch.
- M. Callis was with her mother and friend Lynn on the back porch of her ranch house when the alert sounded.
- Her father, Charleston Callis, had died six years prior to the event.
- While holding her mother's hand with her eyes closed, M. Callis noticed a change in the texture, temperature, and grip of the hand she was holding.

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