Honestly, at this point, I’m pretty addicted to the story of Dear David, What can I say? I’m a sucker for ghost stories, and watching one unravel in real-time is probably the most amazing thing technology has ever allowed us to do.
It’s not surprising that the story of a man being haunted by the ghost of a deformed boy has gone viral. Adam Ellis has made waves across the internet by posting videos of weird happenings in his apartment and even photos of ghost boy Dear David himself, and it’s got everyone shaking. Here are a few you can look through as a precursor.
Watch the chair. pic.twitter.com/jXtIxpkVxD
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) August 29, 2017
But as I analyzed it, and started noticing things. Part of a face. An ear, and an eye staring right back at me. pic.twitter.com/OMUPC5jS5T
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) October 14, 2017
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 7, 2017
I did it again. If I don't stop I'm not sleeping. pic.twitter.com/Bt2zvdhIOi
— rettiwtnodeppartmiempleh (@JeremySwartwout) November 7, 2017
Adam’s laid pretty low the past month or so, but recently the story picked up again. It started when Adam noticed weird sounds coming from his ceiling, only to realize there was a strange hatch on the ceiling right outside his apartment.
The other week, I was tweeting the most recent update from the living room couch. About 30 seconds after I'd sent the last tweet, I heard a thump directly above my head, as if someone above me had dropped something on the floor—which is impossible, since I'm in the top apartment.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 18, 2017
There's no real way to ease into this so I'll just say it: there's a mysterious hatch in my hallway. I've always known about it, but I just assumed it opened directly to the roof. pic.twitter.com/ttP4r7flKt
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 18, 2017
It's REALLY high above the stairs, so I always figured it was impossible to access without some sort of fancy professional ladder. I took this video so you can see how high it is. pic.twitter.com/EROlY4OKVS
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 18, 2017
Considering how high up the hatch was, Adam decided to investigate by ordering a VERY long pole on Amazon (I’m legitimately beginning to think he gets all his ideas from ’90s cartoons).
OK, I bought a pole. If the hatch is moveable, I'll either shell out for a ladder or call my landlord to investigate. pic.twitter.com/AjCdzap4el
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 18, 2017
Here’s a video of him using the pole to get into the hatch and the ~mysterious~ object that dropped from it.
Here's the video: pic.twitter.com/aWQMJMnp0c
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 29, 2017
I jumped out of the way and practically fell down the stairs trying to dodge whatever it was that fell. At first I thought it was a dead squirrel, which would honestly explain a lot. It hit the steps and bounced down to the first floor.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 29, 2017
I went upstairs to get my phone and collapse the pole, since it's so long and unwieldy, then went back downstairs to investigate the object that fell. At first I wasn't even sure what it was. It was a dingy, faded black.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 29, 2017
I picked it up and realized what it was. It was a small leather shoe. pic.twitter.com/DrT4UYRsky
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 29, 2017
He also had his landlord investigate and found this weird little trinket just chilling up there as well.
It was so worn that it hadn't registered as a marble at first. Its shape was also sort of weird, with a little bump on one end. pic.twitter.com/gdl0iV1YaZ
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) November 29, 2017
That’s all fun and cool, yeah? Well, trust me, IT GETS WORSE. Because Adam decided to update us yesterday about how things have been going, and it includes a lot of creepy (and questionable) photos.
It all started when he was about to go to bed and he realized something felt off.
But last week something started to happen. Late on Wednesday, I woke up with a start and felt something strange, like something had just been watching me. I turned on the light but I was alone.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Still, there was this a tangible feeling of… badness? Everything felt wrong, sort of like when you have the flu and you wake up at night and can't really tell where you are for a minute.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
It was a feeling I'm used to—it always accompanies David. People tweet at me a lot saying he might just need help, but I'm certain that's not the case. Every time he shows up, I feel a palpable sense of malice.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
There's what I felt that night. Malice. Dread. But still, I was alone. And I was so tired, I wound up just going back to sleep. I've been so exhausted recently I can barely function.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
The next night, the same thing happened. I woke up suddenly, feeling like I had just missed seeing something. Like a candle had just gone out and I could still smell it.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
I thought about using the pet cam from the living room to monitor my bedroom while I slept, but the cord was too short to get the camera high enough to see the entire room. So I improvised.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
And this is where he gets the incredibly dumb idea to document all the weird things that might be going on in his room at night — and trust me, it’s creepy af.
I downloaded an app that takes a photo every 60 seconds and set my phone on top of a bookcase (it's almost 7 feet tall, so it had a pretty good view of my bed and the surrounding room). Then I went to sleep.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Just like before, I jolted awake hours later, feeling the same unease. I turned on the light and hurried out of bed to get my phone from the bookcase. There were probably 350 photos to scroll through.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
The vast majority of them were me sleeping in an empty room. It's sort of dark but you can see me sleeping. I'd left a couple night lights on just in case anything showed up, but for the first hundred or so photos it was just me in an empty room. pic.twitter.com/yDwR7to8xA
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
The pictures are all nice and innocent at first until suddenly, they’re not.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Then, suddenly, he was there. Standing on the chair at the foot of the bed staring at me.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
In the next photo, from a minute later, he seems to be staring straight up at the ceiling? Just staring. pic.twitter.com/MoW6CPcKoD
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
(Remember how there were noises coming from Adam’s ceiling earlier this month? I’m assuming this had to do with that.)
Then he appears to collapse on the chair. The next dozen photos are all the same. He's completely lifeless. At first I'd thought he was dead, which obviously doesn't make any sense. I looked over at the chair half expecting him to still be there but it was empty. pic.twitter.com/yA5MltIp0i
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
But then, in the next photo, he's gone. The room it totally empty again. He's gone in the next several photos, too. I figured maybe that was it, but I kept swiping through the photos.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Seriously, CREEPY.
About 15 photos later, he was back, standing next to the bed. It was just like the last time I saw him. pic.twitter.com/gxAbepRKUG
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
That's when my heart started to race. I didn't want to look at the rest of the photos, but I knew I had to. I swiped to the next photo and my heart sank into my stomach.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
He was on the bed. Inches from me, staring down at me sleeping. pic.twitter.com/MOtQEgTLma
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
The next one was worse. In the next photo, he's staring right at the camera. pic.twitter.com/WhmuAr9DcQ
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
After that, there's seemingly nothing. He disappears again and the rest of the scroll is just me alone in my room again. That is, until the last photo.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Here's the final photo on the scroll. pic.twitter.com/LkkpiEbBnr
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
I'm at a loss for words. That malformed ear, that stringy hair. I didn't even know what to think. I looked all over my room but couldn't find anything. And honestly I've been so exhausted I didn't know how to process it.
— Adam ElIis (@adamtotscomix) December 13, 2017
Damn, Adam, I don’t even know you and I feel the need to start writing your obituary.
Some people claimed that these photos seemed particularly fake, as if “Dear David” were just a doll or a photoshopped image, though others were still pretty sure Adam was probably, definitely going to die in the near future.
i’ve been waiting so long for him to update this story and now i feel like this is all fake smh
— 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐘 (@haileyywalker) December 13, 2017
YOOOOO HIT UP GHOST ADVENTURES OR SOMETHING
— Shelly ⚡️ (@shellyispretty) December 13, 2017
Honestly, real or not, I’m too invested to walk away from this story. Whether we find out it’s all a hoax or something terrible happens to Adam, I’m here till the end.