The Entity: True Story About A Woman Who is Attacked by Invisible, Paranormal Forces

The Entity is a movie starring Barbara Hershey in a gripping portrayal of one woman's struggle against the paranormal.

Carla (Carlotta) Moran is a single mother whose life is forever changed when she is assaulted by unseen forces.

The popular movie, The Entity, was based on the book, written by Frank Defelitta and published in 1978. Defelitta's book detailed the purported experiences of Doris Bither in Culver City, California, USA. Bither was battered and raped repeatedly by unseen forces, ghosts or demons intent on harassing and abusing her.

Is the Entity a true portrayal of events? Paranormal investigators witnessed first hand strange phenomena that convinced them that something was going on.

The Entity case is persuasive and has fired speculation as to the possibility and potential of contact with the other side.

The Entity opens with Carla who has just come home from work. She is slapped on the cheek, then thrown on the bed and sexually assaulted by an invisible assailant. A pillow is held against her face to prevent her from crying out for help. Her son convinces her it must have been a nightmare.

But the nightmare is just beginning . . .

Soon after, Carla's room starts shaking--and terrified, she flees the house with her children and runs to a friend's home. Carla confides in her friend and her friend suggests that Carla see a psychiatrist.

A terrifying incident in her car convinces Carla to seek help. She sees Dr. Sneiderman and is somewhat reassured by plausable sounding explanations for her experiences. She returns home, determined to recover, and is assaulted while in the bathroom. This time the entity has two helpers who hold her down while she is raped.

Carla's body bear's witness to the violence she has suffered by means of the unseen entities while Dr. Sneiderman becomes increasingly concerned for her mental well-being. Carla refuses to go into the hospital, opting to stay near her children.

Author Frank De Felitta witnessed events firsthand. He chronicled his incredible firsthand experiences in the Culver City house in his book, The Entity.

August of 1974 saw the start of an investigation at 11547 Braddock Drive in Culver City, California that would shake the paranormal world and parapsychologists, Kerry Gaynor and Dr. Barry Taff.

The two UCLA researchers encountered a woman in a bookstore who overheard them talking and mentioned that her house was haunted. While skeptical, the two agreed to investigate.

As events unfolded, it became clear that this case was unusual. Bither was not alone in witnessing and experiencing paranormal activity. Her children and others had experienced phenomena.

Over two and a half months, investigators saw lights and poltergeist activity, and at one point, a green mist appeared and took form as a large male, causing one investigator to faint.

Bither's story is considered one of the most compelling in the history of paranormal research.

Further Reading:

• Sexual Alchemy: Magical Intercourse With Spirits
  
• Entities: Angels, Spirits, Demons, and Other Alien Beings
• Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences
• Adventures in Paranormal Investigation
• When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spirits
• Ghosts: True Encounters With the World Beyond
• Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
• Our Haunted Lives: True Life Ghost Encounters
• How to Communicate With Spirits
• Kids Who See Ghosts
• Ghost Worlds: A Guide to Poltergeists, Portals, Ecto-Mist, & Spirit Behavior
• Synchronicity and the Other Side: Your Guide to Meaningful Connections and the Afterlife
• How to Talk to Spirits Ghosts, Entities, Angels and Demons
• Summoning Spirits: the Art of Magical Evocation

The Entity is a gripping movie and will leave audiences with a new respect for the paranormal. This is one of the better movies, based on a true story and portrayed in a believable movie, which includes interviews with investigators who were involved with the case--sure to get viewers thinking about entities and ghosts, spirits and incubus, and the potential for their contact with humans in a whole new light.

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