Paranormal Activity Page #5

JOSH (V.O.)

You know, the loner, the oddball,

the one everybody called “weirdo”?

RESUME SCENE:

Josh checks Delila’s nose and ears.

JOSH:

I was a curious kid too, almost to

the point of stupidity. (off

Delila) Ears are clean, no

discharge or ectoplastic residue.

EXT. (FLASHBACK) COAL MINE --DUSK

Young Josh crawling out of an old coal mine, blackened with

soot, sputtering, BATS flying past him.

JOSH (V.O.)

If somebody said Big Foot was

living in the old abandoned mine?

I’d crawl in there and take a look.

RESUME SCENE:

Josh puts a THERMOMETER in Delila’s mouth.

JOSH:

When I was ten years old I even

camped out in the cemetery on

Halloween night. I wanted to see a

ghost.

JIM:

How did your folks feel about that?

13.

INT. YOUNG JOSH’S ROOM/APARTMENT --SAME EVENING

Josh still reading his comic book.

JOSH (V.O.)

My Mom raised me by herself and she

worked nights.

Josh’s mom, RACHEL enters. Attractive and warm, early

thirties, nurses uniform. She’s putting on her coat.

RACHEL:

Are you sure you don’t want to go

trick or treating?

YOUNG JOSH:

I’m sure.

RESUME SCENE:

JOSH:

She never knew and I never told

her.

Josh checks Delila’s thermometer.

JOSH:

Low grade fever, her tongue is

discolored too. I’ll need a blood

sample.

JIM:

And did you? See a ghost?

COLLIN (O.S)

Josh, over here!

JOSH (V.O.)

I saw a lot of things that night

MOMENTS LATER:

Everyone gathered around Collin, kneeling in the wreckage of

Delila’s stall, a MOUND OF MANURE in front of him. He shines

a UV light on the manure illuminating HUNDREDS OF TINY WORMS.

COLLIN:

Worms.

JIM:

Cows get worms all the time and

they don’t act like Delila.

COLLIN:

I found these in Delila’s stall and

nowhere else.

14.

JOSH:

I want them collected, Collin.

Every single one.

Delila stirs, groans.

JOSH:

She’s going to wake up pretty soon.

Can we put her someplace secure?

JIM:

I’ve got a breeding corral. We

could roll her on to a tarp, drag

her in there with the tractor.

EXT. MILKING BARN --SAME DAY

The group comes out.

JIM:

Do you think she’s possessed?

JOSH:

She’s showing some of the signs;

anomalous aggression, preternatural

strength --but the worms, I’m not

sure how they fit in. (then) You’ve

got to stop selling milk.

JIM:

Okay, but I can’t do it forever.

I’ve got a small operation here.

JOSH:

We’ll work as fast as we can and

I’ll call you as soon as we know

something.

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