Intruder Alert

0:00

[static]

Distorted Voice: I am inside your home.

A police sketch of a man, the intruder, with short black hair stares at the viewer.

["Dusk At the Oasis" by The Healing Sounds of Nature plays, it is quiet and calm piano music]

Yellow text in all caps against a blue background says, "Mandela Catalogue child awareness association presents... keep an eye on your children!"

0:26

AI Informational Voice: Let's face it, us parents know how time consuming it is to keep an eye on our young children.

There is a silhouette stick man of a person working on their computer at their desk with a clock on the wall.

AI Informational Voice: While working is essential, they must recieve attention from us so that they know we love them too.

A stick men family are seen with a mother, father, and baby. Red hearts appear above them when the voice says they must receive attention.

AI Informational Voice: Some of us may rely on key things that keep them entertained: like toys, walks in a stroller, or even cartoons on the family television.

The baby can be seen crawling next to a rabbit plush, an abacus, and a stuffed bear inside of a present box. It switches to show a mother with her baby in a stroller. Finally, it switches to a silhoutette of a television. It stays on the graphic for an uncomfortable amount of time as the intruder's face fades in.

AI Informational Voice: Be cautious with what channels your children view on the television since you never know what harmful content they may be seeing.

An alert symbol is seen, it is a triangle with an exclamation point inside.

AI Informational Voice: Your children may be viewing elements of violent content, sexual content, graphic content, scary imagery.

The text on screen reads each of the content warnings said.

[distorted music]

The text then types out, "they exist on a different spectrum."

1:16

AI Informational Voice: If you hear your child screaming or crying in front of the television, wait until your child stops making noise before entering the room.

Silhouette stick men of a mother and father are seen beside a door. The door has volume lines. The video then glitches with a harsh sound and static.

[child crying]

["Ave Maria" by Alessandro Moreschi, it is sung in falsetto]

The mother enters the room, which contains a television and crib. The mother approaches the crib.

[crying and singing stop, white noise]

A photo of inside the crib is shown, there is no baby.

[singing continues]

The mother moves away from the crib. The intruder smiles at her from inside the television screen before the television turns off.

[singing stops, white noise]

The mother backs away from the television and her silhouette begins floating.

[flip switch]

[singing continues]

The background turns from dark to white. The mother hanged herself, her silhouette now more realistic. The door and television silhouettes ahve been replaced by photos and the crib has become a coffin. The audio distorts as the phrase, "distraught at the sight of her missing infant," is repeated and begins taking over the screen.

[white noise]

2:44

[emergency alert]

Text on screen reads in all caps, "emergency alert system." Underneath it is the word, "urgent," in all caps, underlined, and in bright red with two alert symbols on either side. Beneath that says, "local authority has issued an immedaite safety warning for multiple counties."

Distorted AI Voice: Local authorities have issued an immediate safety warning to multiple counties. Please await futher instruction. As of now, a total of [different voice: three thousand four hundred and twenty six] children have gone missing within the following counties: Bythorne County, Herksha County, Mandela Counry, Yonder County. Deter vulnerable children away from any television or medium that can project possible frightening imagery.

The text on screen matches the dialogue.

[emergency alert]

Text on screen says, "updates will soon follow."

3:40

Text says, "Suicide Investiagation Recording #1," underneath it says, "Property of the Mandela County Police Department."

It then says, "After receiving neighboring noise complaints of a prolonged child-like crying followed by a loud crack, an investigator was sent over to survery the home in the form of photos and video."

It shows a photo of a large yellow suburban home. It is labeled, "Primary Victim's Home."

The text now says, "After taking the previously shown photo, the investigator reported feeling an 'overwhelming sense of dread' and left the scene immediately."

Then, it reads, "In order to provide security until another investigator was available, an on-site officer volunteered to set up a camera that took one photo every five minutes facing the room that the event occured in."

[white noise]

[flipping between photos]

The photos show the upstairs hallway, facing several doors and a staircase. There is text at the bottom right indicating the image number, the time taken, and the threat level. The e's in the word, "level," are made of backwards 3's.

The first photo says, "Image 1, 3:34AM, threat level - none," the hallway is lit up and empty.

The second photo is slightly more zoomed in, so the last letters of each note are cut off. "Image 2, 3:39AM, threat level - none," the lights are turned off.

The third photo still has the last letters cut off, it says, "Image 1, 4:45AM, threat level - vague," a pair of eyes are seen in the darkness along with a deep repeating sound.

The fourth photo zooms out so all letters are seen, it says, "Image 21, 5:20AM, threat level - none." The hallway is still dark.

The fifth photo says, "Image 26, 5:26AM, threat level - evident." A smiling face is seen in the darkness paired with a strange sound.

The sixth photo says, "Image 38, 6:40AM, threat level - evident." The lights are turned back on and a large black box censors the staircase. Text above says, "victim's corpse is seen being tampered with by in invisible force [censored]."

The seventh photo says, "Image 38, 6:42AM, threat level - none," the hallway is still lit but is now empty.

5:28

The text now says, "Conclusion: The suspect shown in the evident images is completely unidentified at this time. The entire department has ruled out the possibility of it being an alternate. Said images will be sent to the higher-ups for further analysis."

Then, it ends with, "Previously shown evidence must not, and will not, be released to the public for any reason. - Lieutenant Davis."