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outside the men's cottage. The next day, Mark discovers a hidden side panel in the church, but he is disturbed by an unseen force before he can enter. Mark's ear suddenly starts bleeding, which he states is most likely a ruptured eardrum due to changes in air pressure during his flight to the location.
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Deacon and Gray visit the local pub and are met with hostility after
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temples. He has evidence that the church is situated on a site – still visible in aerial photographs – of human sacrifices to an unnamed pagan deity. That night, during the exorcism, violent and invisible forces shake the church. Mark is apparently killed and
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A multi-mic radio setup detects the sound of deep growls and whispers, followed by the sound of an infant crying. While the three men try to trace the source of these sounds, Deacon sees
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questions whether he has witnessed a miracle or something far worse – he leaps to his death before a horrified Mark. Mark insists on closing the investigation after this, citing that no concrete evidence of supernatural activity has been found.
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of one of the tunnels. Following the sound of Mark's voice, they crawl through a narrow, foul-smelling passageway whose exits suddenly contract via a membranous material before the tunnel itself begins to move, revealing it to be part of the
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he has seen in the diaries of the last minister to serve at the church until it was closed in the 1880s. Behind the door, a set of stairs leads down into darkness and Deacon is assailed by the sounds of a baby crying and
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