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I'm Melissa Swayze.

And I'm Nate Reisman, and this is you can see me in the dark.

You can see me in the dark.

Katie was restless and ready to see the world.

She didn't count on ending up in Brazil, but it was ready for her.

As was the spirit who was lying and waiting in her bedroom.

You can see me in the dark presents... Katie. I somehow convinced my parents to let me do a student exchange when I was 18 in Brazil.

They kind of like during the student exchange they interview you and they say, oh based

off your questions, we're going to pair you with a contrary.

And I was, I think originally in my mind, going to go to Europe and they were like,

no, ma'am, you're going to South America.

We're sending you to Brazil based off your answers.

And I was like, okay, cool.

Like, Brazil's great.

Like, let's do this. And so I went to a town called San Jose Rojillo Pretto, which means town of the Black River, essentially.

The town, San Jose Rojillo Pretto, was, it's a pretty big city.

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