This episode features stories of shootings, 9-11, and near-death experiences.

It may be distressing to some listeners.

Listener discretion is advised.

Los Angeles-based artist, Colby, was at a New Year's Eve party in Old Town Sacramento

years ago when this story starts.

He was people watching, as the streets and shops filled with bustling crowds underneath

twinkling lights.

Guests ranged from parents with children to couples looking to get tattoos next door

to intoxicated guests lining up for pizza.

It felt like the whole community was there.

There was an excited buzz to the air, and according to Colby, he never suspected anything out of

the ordinary was going to happen that night, and that's when the shooting started.

At first, he thinks it's a kid hitting a stop sign, but when he sees a mom pick up her child

and start running, he knows it's much more serious, and soon other parents follow suit.

He's been around looking for something to hide behind as the shots are getting louder.

Whoever is doing this is getting closer.

The only cover he sees is a wooden trash can.

It doesn't offer much protection, but it's at least something, and there's no time to think twice.

Just as he crouches down to hide, he hears a voice as clear as day scream, run downstairs now.

But the voice doesn't come from anyone near him.

It comes from inside of him.

It's like someone is in his head screaming orders at him.

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