


Shortly after this incident, her father Andy suffers the same scratches on his side. The family believe that there's more to the Dark Figure than just a child's active imagination, after Heidi awakens one night with claw marks on her face. However, Heidi begins to see images of "the Dark Figure", a man whose face is obscured by a hood. The man, whose hand is wrapped in bandages and shirt covered in blood, introduces himself as "Con" but upon investigation, Heidi's mother is unable to find Con that she dismisses him as a figment of Heidi's imagination. Several months later, Heidi is frightened by the appearance of a man at the front door.

Shortly afterward, their four-year-old daughter Heidi begins spending time with an imaginary friend, a kindly old man named Mr. In 1988, the Wyrick family moves into a new home, which was mysteriously abandoned by the previous owners. Note: This story was the basis of the 2009 film The Haunting in Connecticut. An exorcism is performed which banishes the demon from the house. In desperation, the Parkers contact psychic investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren for help. Sure enough, once Paul is gone, the evil forces inhabiting the house turn onto the rest of the family. Before his departure, Paul warns his family that once he is out of the house, the evil will begin to attack everyone else. With his behavior becoming increasingly erratic, his parents have him committed to a mental hospital. He writes dark, sinister poetry and even physically attacks his favorite cousin, Theresa. Paul begins to spend more time alone and his behavior becomes violent and unpredictable. Paul begins seeing evil entities, including four dark men and a demon called the "Man in the Suit", and his mental health worsens while his physical health begins to improve. Soon after learning that their residence was once a funeral home, sons Paul and Bobby start seeing ghosts. In 1986, Ed and Karen Parker with their four children, Bobby, Paul, Connie, and Mark move into an old Connecticut home to be near the hospital where their teenage son, Paul receives cancer treatment. ( May 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
