Inside the Legend: Long Distance Call

THOMAS EDISON’S SPIRIT PHONE

Thomas Edison believed in the possible communication with the dead. To bring about such a communication in 1920, he developed a spirit phone. “If our personality survives, then it is strictly logical or scientific to assume that it retains memory, intellect, other faculties, and knowledge that we acquire on this Earth. Therefore, if we can evolve an instrument so delicate as to be affected by our personality as it survives in the next life, such an instrument, when made available, ought to record something.” Unfortunately, Edison died before he could complete his final invention and contact was never made. Edison’s final dying words were, “it is very beautiful over there.”

Edison's Spirit Phone - The Rumor

Psycho-Phone Device

CROCATA

A Crocata is some kind of scavenger that whispers, “Come to me,” to lure you into the dark and swallow your soul. These things also live in filth, such as fly-infested flea traps.

“Some calls I make, some calls I take. But, you have to admit I had you fooled you fooled for a while with all that Edison phone crap. Found Dean’s number, then your number, then your father’s numbers. And e-mails. Voice mails. Everything. You see people think that that stuff just gets erased, but it doesn’t. You’d be surprised about how much of yourself is just floating out there waiting to be plucked. Technology makes life so much easier. Used to be, I’d hide in the woods for days, weeks, whispering to people trying to draw them out into the night but they had community. They all looked out after each other. I’d be lucky to eat maybe one, two souls a year. But, now when I’m hungry all I have to do is make a phone call. You’re all so connected. But, you’ve never been so alone."

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