Barney carefully removes the DVD from
the box and pops it into a player.
Betty and Barney's largest monitor
dissolves from black to a flicker and then
a hand held camera's POV image appears.
The POV image walks a wide and grassy
The POV image walks a wide and grassy
path beneath enormous power lines.
The sound on the DVD is only footsteps
and breathing - until a soft whisper of a
voice begins:
"I DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME, SO I WILL
TRY TO MAKE MY REPORT TO YOU SHORT
AND CONCISE. MY NAME, AS YOU MAY KNOW
BY NOW, IS PEEPS. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT
I BELIEVE MY NAME TO BE. MY MEMORY IS
SHAKY AT BEST."
(strained breathing)
I BELIEVE MY NAME TO BE. MY MEMORY IS
SHAKY AT BEST."
(strained breathing)
"WHENEVER I CLOSE MY EYES TO SLEEP OR TO
TRY TO REMEMBER, I AM SUDDENLY FALLING
DOWN A VERY LONG AND AT TIMES FRIGHTENING
TUNNEL. I SEE MANY FACES AND MANY OBJECTS
WHILE I AM FALLING BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE
I AM FALLING FROM OR WHY."
(strained breathing)
"I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PART OF SPOOCHEEE."
(strained breathing)
"I CAN TELL YOU THIS MUCH - THE SKY ABOVE
(strained breathing)
"I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PART OF SPOOCHEEE."
(strained breathing)
"I CAN TELL YOU THIS MUCH - THE SKY ABOVE
ME IS SOMETHING TO SEE. IT IS A HAZY ORANGE
AND YELLOW GREEN. STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL.
(strained breathing)
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LOUD BREATHING, BUT
IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO CATCH MY BREATH
HERE."
(strained breathing)
"AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM MOVING AS FAST AS I
(strained breathing)
"AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM MOVING AS FAST AS I
CAN TO GET TO SOME OTHER PLACE."
(strained breathing)
"MY LEG STILL HURTS FROM MY FALL BUT
I AM ABLE TO USE IT WELL ENOUGH. THIS
NICE ORDINARY MAN, WITH A HAIRY FACE -"
The camera's POV turns and shows a scruffy looking
The camera's POV turns and shows a scruffy looking
HAIRY FACED MAN with a long beard who smiles
and waves.
The camera's POV then turns back to the path ahead.
"HE HAS LED ME TO THIS WIDE PATH. HE TELLS
ME THIS PATH WILL TAKE ME TO A BETTER PLACE.
I HOPE IT IS A PLACE WHERE I CAN BREATHE EASIER.
The camera's POV then turns back to the path ahead.
"HE HAS LED ME TO THIS WIDE PATH. HE TELLS
ME THIS PATH WILL TAKE ME TO A BETTER PLACE.
I HOPE IT IS A PLACE WHERE I CAN BREATHE EASIER.
(strained breathing)
THIS NICE, HAIRY FACED, ORDINARY MAN HAS ALSO
PROMISED TO GET THIS VIDEO RECORDING TO OTHERS
WHO CAN HELP. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY... BUT I AM VERY AFRAID."
The image on Betty and Barney's monitor
flickers and dissolves back to black.