Welcome back to Avery After Dark. I'm your host, Avery Ross. I'm so glad you tuned in for this episode. I'm so grateful to be a part of your day.

You know, I'm here to give you your daily dose of goosebumps, and we have a lot to cover this episode.

Today's show, I have a bit of everything for you. A little mystery, a touch of paranormal, a bit of true crime, and a lot of goosebumps.

These are real encounters.

Each story, stranger than the last, and tis the season.

It's really starting to feel like fall and winter where I live.

It's getting cold and blustery.

Also, it is getting dark at 5 p.m.

And there's just nothing better than settling in with a good mystery on a chilly night.

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let's dim the lights, get cozy, and begin. First up is hands down one of the most bizarre

stories I have ever heard, a family faced with a shocking and disturbing mystery.

This is the uncle. My family and I have been going through a very strange

experience over the last couple months. It's hard to even put into words or explain what is going on.

I guess I can just start off from where it all started to feel off. A few months back, my family had a big get-together. My parents both

have two siblings. They all got married and had some kids. Well, all of them except Uncle Matt.

He never got married or had kids. That means I have 10 cousins. My aunts and uncles all live within

two hours of us, so we've all grown up together.

That being said, we don't normally have all my aunts and uncles in a house at once.

This was a rare occasion to have a family meal when they were all free. I'm not going to name

every single family member, because that seems like a lot of information, and honestly,

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