PITFALLS
05/05/1990

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(Underlined parts indicate parts hard to make out and that could be wrong)
{ASYNC RESEARCH INSTITUTE}
{May 6,1990 [Documented by Marvin E Leigh]}
[A seemingly altered version of "Hazmat" starts playing.]
[Video cuts to handheld footage of the ASYNC facility]
Stage model KX ???
Investigator over excelent data logs
I'll be in touch.
You have... Good idea and then actually the entire building, I don't think it's just that
Just math... ??? description.
Certain buzzing over there
Yeah I... we just
[Video cuts to a stationary camera]
... a week and nobody’s come in?
Yeah I think it we will leave it like that.
I have got a call out for Oak Ridge.
We have proceedings ???. Um, yeah it's difficult to get people down here.
You don't look at our timetable?
[Video cuts to handheld footage]
Check 1 2 3, 1 2 3. Mark, mic check.
[Phone calling]
You're all good, this is Marv. 1 2 3 Marv mic check 1 2 3.
Okay.
Uh this is George mic...
[Video cuts to handheld footage of Marvin entering the backrooms]
[Video cuts to handheld footage of the crew walking]
Has the vertical expansion been approved yet?
They're not getting to that until after the presentation.
When did that go through?
Sorry can you repeat?
What day will the tour be over?
Uhh from the seventh through the tenth.
[Video cuts]
Electric cord out?
[Drilling / screwing noises]
Uhh yes should be good.
Alright, and the day tomorrow I think?
[Drilling / screwing noises]
Get a cable.
Okay.
[Drilling / screwing noises]
[Video cuts]
Okay, go north.
Uh, gain caution
[Video cuts]
[Video cuts]
Oh wow. This is new.
Wow...
Is that all... carpeted?
Huh. Looks like carpet on all sides.
Uh 7, 35. [7 by 5 which makes 35 holes in total]
Okay.
Visibility falls off pretty quick, might be at an angle.
Okay, we've got a door.
Don't recognize the design.
[Video cuts]
You need to cover all the way over there, having someone to walk with would be redundant. For all that we know it's just another dead end.
All right, I'll take a look.
Go notify Clyde.
[Video cuts]
Easy...
I'm good.
[Video cuts]
[Door creaks]
Oh my god.
What do you see?
Everything okay?
Uh... Marvin, get the camera over here.
A- across? Uh.
You're fine, just.. Hurry.
Okay, sure yeah.
Okay, just uhh... One moment. Uh..
Okay... Okay.
Quick, seriously.
Yeah, I'm- I'm going.
Just like walking on normal ground.
Pretend it's not even there.
[Video glitches with text visible]
{While data could be inferred from these readings. Nobody knew what would actually be on the other side.}
{While data could be inferred from these readings. Nobody knew}
Okay... Hmm...
Hey, watch it.
Woah! AAH!
OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!
AAHH!
[Inaudible]
AAHH!
[Marvin coughs twice]
Shit...
Marv! Marvin! Do you copy?!
Yeah... Yeah, I'm alright.
Oh thank Christ... Are you injured?
Give me a moment...
I think I pulled something... in my shoulder.
I'm a- I'm a bit dizzy, but... n- no, I'm fine.
Where are you? Can you describe your surroundings?
Uhhh, it's- it's different. Like a room up there, but... Architecture is the same but the wallpaper is different. It's a bit greener.
Hold on I need to see if... Nope.
What?
I'm not reaching that tunnel I fell from.
The opening comes out through the wall, but it's too high.
Okay, just stand by and stay put for a moment.
Got it.
Is the camera intact?
Seems to be fine. I'm recording, but who knows what the output will be like.
Mark. Make your way back over to this side. Carefully.
Do we have another camera? I need to get this.
It has to wait. This takes precedence.
[Video cuts]
Just throw down the guideline with a weight attached. I can use it to climb up.
Just tried that. There won't be enough length to reach you.
George, go run back to standard and bring a tether.
Hang in there, Marv.
[Video cuts]
[Distant screaming]
What was that?
What was what?
I don't- I don't know...?
I didn't hear anything up here.
Sounded like...
[Distant voice]
I think there's somebody down here.
What?
Uh, I hear yelling. Like, a person is yelling.
Wait, what? A- A person?
Yeah.
Wh- That... makes no sense. Are you sure you're not just hearing us?
No, it's definitely not from you.
[Video cuts]
What the...
[Weird sounds]
Are those street lights?
[Glitchy voice]: What street lights?
[Video cuts]
The left hallway, and it's right there, under the gap in the wall.
[Weird sounds continue]
You need to stay at the hole.
George will be back any minute, then we can assess the situation with him there.
[Distant voice]: Can anybody hear me?!
Shhh, shhh.
[Weird sounds continue]
But what if Miller's right about the null zones?
Even if that's the case, I agree with Mark. It's not worth the risk.
Oh my god.
Marvin? Marvin do you copy?
Hello??
Can you hear me?
Marv, what are you doing?
I'm trying to find them.
I know how to get back. It's fine.
[Sighs] Oh my god...
Keep us posted.
[Video cuts]
14, 15, 16.
It's like a neighborhood.
[Marvin keeps whispering]
[Screaming from house nearby]
Can you see them?
Hello? [echoes]
[Screaming continues]
Can you hear me?
I'm he...
[Video cuts]
Anything?
[Door creaks]
I’m entering one of the houses...
I can hear where the yelling’s coming from
Oookay? This is... odd.
There are inverted turn signs in this room. Coming out of the... carpet.
They're inverted? What do you mean by that?
Mirrored, they're not oriented properly.
[Screaming] Can anybody hear us?
[Wailing]
[Video cuts]
??? inverted is the union. You even ??? backward, stop doing that. Ummm, so this is getting weird. Keep us posted, sup.
??? 203, 203 come in, over
[Overlapping voices, communication gets interrupted]
I think I'm losing you just stand, [Video glitches] by.
[Video cuts]
[Communication fades back in from the noise]
[On earlier version of this video, the song "Kids" by MGMT was played. This got removed due to YouTube's copyright issues]
403, Marvin 403, Do you copy?
{2015 ABC News broadcast} "...To the US. Do you think that (Cuba's) current President..."
Repeat. Marvin? Do you copy?
{2015 ABC News broadcast} "...visit the United States?"
This is Marv.
Okay. Good, we read you.
[Video cuts]
Oh my god.
What?
I think... Someone's been living down here.
Living down there?
[Loud screaming], can anybody hear us?
That's not possible.
Hey! Can you hear me?
I think I found them.
Sorry, can you repeat that? Marvin?
That's not a person...
What is it?
[Screaming]
THAT IS NOT A FUCKING PERSON!
What? Marvin, talk to me. What do you see?
What's going on?
[Marvin falls over, video gets temporarily interrupted]
Marvin, talk to us. What's happening?
Marv? Marvin?!
[Video cuts]
Can somebody come down here?
George, come in! George, it's immediate!
Marvin! What's going on?
Hang on,I've got the tether.
[Video cuts]
Kim, I need that suitcase!
Okay, hold it like this...
[Marvin breathes heavily]
George!
OKAY, I'M HERE! SEND IT DOWN!
George, hold one end.
Gonna take a moment. Grab it like- Yeah, hold it!
[Video cuts]
[Marvin coughs]
[Loud, distant clattering]
Stand clear, we're sending it down!
[Suitcase falls]
[Video cuts]
[Marvin coughs]

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