Static Interference

As of September 1rst 2011, television antennaes have been decommisioned and removed from use in most North American homes replaced with the conveince of cable/satellite television. They said it was for "conveinience" and that nobody used antenae anymore. This...is not the reason why.

There were many urban legends about how you tweaked the antenae or "rabbit ears" enough that the picture became so distorted you could see nothing but static. But if you looked closley and long enough, you could see a picture. It was unclear what the picture was but many people said it was the face of Jesus...or something else.

March 4rth, 2008. A man was found dead in his home sitting limply in his chair with the t.v. left on. The channel was tuned to nothing but static. Police diagnosed it as a brain aneurism...but the body was not examined. May 23rd, 2009. Two children were found in their apartment building lying sprawled in front of the t.v., agian, tuned to a distorted picture of nothing but static. There were scratch marks on their arms, legs and faces. The police filed that as a scuffel gotten out of hand. But there was no blood found on their fingernails or hands. Months later, Februaury 10th, 2010. A woman was found dead in her basement in front of the t.v. which was strangley...tuned agian to static. She died of bloodloss that was leaking out of her mouth. June 19th, 2010. A suicide was reported to police that a woman hung herself and was found by her husband. And with the t.v....turned to a distorted channel.

After on their were no unusual deaths reported for almost a year. Then a murder came about that baffled police. Saturday, April 16th, 2011. Alan Atwater of Ohio called the local sheriffs station to report an incident.

Operator: "9-1-1 what's your emergency?"

Atwater: "I'd like to report a terrible accident in my house, my wife and three children are dead."

Operator: "Can you explain what happened?"

Atwater: "It told me too..."

Operator: "Excuse me sir?"

Atwater: "It was in the t.v......the static"

Operator: "Sir, how are your wife and children dead?"

Atwater: "Gunshot wound..."

Atwater: "That fucking thing told me to do it...and I believed it!"

Operator: "Sir, Im going to need you to calm down and tell me what happened."

Atwater: "I'm getting ready to kill myslef right now."

Operator: "Sir please, calm down...and tell me what happened."

Atwater: "I killed them...it's my fault"

Operator: "Sir, please...wha-" *Atwater hangs up*

Atwater admitted to killing his family by shooting them and then turned the gun on himself after hanging up. Police were sent to his house were they found two of the three children on the floor dead with the youngest still in bed. His wife was found dead on the floor as well. Police also found the t.v. to be turned on to a static channel. 5 months later it was announced that people across North America were to switch to cable or sattelite televison or they would get no signal through rabbit ears.

Televison Antenae are hard to find these days but if you still have them, or managed to find a pair. Hook them up, turn on the t.v.. And tell me...what do you see in the static?