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Chapter 1 The Seventh Stranger, submitted by Hero.

Hello at the Sapphire.

My name is Hero, not my real name.

I've submitted before, and you featured my experience in one of your stories,

His Little Devil.

It's taken me a while to get back to you.

Apologies for the delay.

Life has a way of getting busy, both in the most mundane

and the most supernatural ways. I hope you've been well, and I just want to say how happy I am

to see the success of your podcast. It's been four years since my last entry, but I finally

found the time to write again. Oddly enough, right after your podcast came on

shuffle at work. So, this takes place in Angeles City in the Philippines in 2018. I was in the

final semester of my architecture major. For privacy reasons, I will be omitting the name of the university. This university

has always vehemently denied any negative supernatural experiences on campus. Still, most of its

graduates swear there was something more sinister lurking behind its gates. It was also a Catholic school,

so stories like these were considered taboo and could easily tarnish their reputation.

I was in my early 20s, in my final semester of college. My friends and I were finishing up our

last submissions for graduation.

To fulfill some remaining credits, we enrolled in digital photography and editing.

We were assigned to do night photography of architectural spots, which meant staying on campus

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