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This is me checking into what's known as the most haunted hotel in the US, according to YouTube.

Every YouTuber who stayed here shows their insane, life-changing, terrifying experience after just one night.

But at the same time, some people say the Clown Motel is nothing more than a

gimmick built right next to an old cemetery to make it creepy.

So tonight, I'm staying here myself to answer one question.

Is the Clown Motel really haunted, or is it just a money-making tourist trap?

It's a three-hour car ride to get to the Clown Motel.

Josh?

Yeah?

How you feeling about this?

I don't like clowns too much.

We got some clowns right here, too.

I mean, this is going to be crazy.

Three hours and three-minute drive.

Everyone buckle your seatbelts.

It's about to be a fun ride.

Storm's coming right now, too.

Storm is coming.

We got to go to the circle.

I've tried calling the Clown Motel.

They don't answer.

So we're on the way.

Three-hour drive.

Hopefully, we don't pull up just to get denied a room.

We would be clowns for that one.

At least it's not 200 miles away, though.

This is allegedly the most haunted room, room 222.

We're gonna add room and I'm gonna book it right now.

Oh my god last room available I always grew up.

I was called the class clown until I was called weird

And now I I feel like I'm finally getting to go where I belong

Troll Emergency alert national weather service a flash flood warning is in effect in the area until 415.

This is a dangerous and life-threatening threatening situation.

Do not attempt to travel unless you're fleeing an area to subject flooring or under evacuation order.

Whose idea was it to go to the clown motel?

Whose idea was it?

Someone confess up.

It's downpouring right there.

Oh, hopefully we don't get a flat tire and run out of gas right now.

Nico, why would you say that?

Hi boys, we're five minutes out from the clown motel.

It is freezing right now.

Did not expect this.

Oh, I'm cold, Nico.

Nico, I'm cold.

Guys, Nico's cold right now.

Nico, Nico, I'm cold.

Wait away, wait away.

We just arrived at the clown motel.

BTS, some John's Snapchat story.

That's crazy.

Across the street is a cemetery.

I have a chip in my stomach.

What does that mean?

Yeah, I don't like the way it feels, but we're gonna get out and check in.

John, you gonna spend the night here or what?

Me and clowns don't work together.

It's time to check in.

I'm scared.

Yo, this is some crazy stuff.

Is this really haunted or what?

For some people, yes, it is haunted, but not for everyone.

Wait, I have a question.

So, you guys met FaZe Rug, right?

You met the FaZe Wug?

Wait, you mean to tell me you met FaZe Wug?

And Sam and Colby?

Yeah.

You did Sam and Colby?

Yeah.

You did them?

I was doing them.

How was doing them?

Good.

Damn.

I was doing them.

You know I was sitting in the toilet.

Yeah.

Oh my God.

I have mask on and clown costume on and I was just sitting in the bathroom.

Holy !

I'm already popular.

Oh, shit!

I'm already popular.

Nobody can promote me.

Mmmmm!

You know the one time the movie guy came here, okay?

I said, I'm gonna make you famous.

I said, okay, I won't charge you.

Don't keep my name.

Don't keep clown motel so and so.

All the nine movies have a clown motel.

Start with the clown motel.

Why?

Yeah, because of you?

You can keep it your name.

Yeah.

I won't charge you, but because I'm more famous than anybody, so that we have to have my name.

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What about Diddy?

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More famous than Diddy, you think?

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Everybody.

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Oh!

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So we're in room 222.

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We can make sure something haunted happens.

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It is.

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This is my theory, bro.

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He knew what room we're staying in.

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He's gonna try to make some sh happen, bro.

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He's gonna come into our room and he's gonna try to do some sh.

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Alright, this is the room right here.

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222. You'll lose a Ouija board on this one.

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Sean!

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Uh-uh!

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Classic motel smell.

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It says strictly no refunds, strictly no smoking, Coffee in your room?

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Shut up.

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You guys hear that too, right?

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I think we have neighbors upstairs.

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I just think people are going to pound town upstairs.

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Boom.

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Check for bed bugs.

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Oh, shit.

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No, no, no, no, no. Oh my god.

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Oh, f* this.

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That's from the bed bugs eating through the sheets.

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No way.

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Let's try the ghost app in here.

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Is there anyone here with us?

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Whoa.

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Is there any entity in this room with us right now?

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Do you want to talk to us today?

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Married.

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Married?

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Is there like a pool?

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There's a graveyard.

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There's not that much room to walk like...

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Yeah they're getting freaky up there bro Hold on

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Hello

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Oh hey John Come on in Spread them cheese come here Alright alright You with us now

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Okay they can not be walking that much Is there anyone up there?

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Okay I don't like this now Who are they dragging?

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Room is not that big bro.

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There's not that much room in the box.

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They've been like in the same f*ing area.

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Yo, they're dragging a dead body back and forth.

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Wait, can we make sure there's rooms up there?

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Yeah, we should go check.

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Their lights aren't on, bro.

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How you guys doing?

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Good, how are you?

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Doing good.

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What are you guys doing here?

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Checking it out.

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Oh, us too.

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Yeah, John.

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No. She gave you the eye.

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He talks to every female.

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We're at the climb.

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What's up?

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Bro's rising up those girls right there.

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Hey, she's looking for ghosts too.

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Oh, for real?

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Yeah, she's a ghost hunter.

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You think this place is actually haunted?

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Yeah.

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I don't know.

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We're here to prove is not Yeah, sounds like two conflicting ideas.

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All right, you keep me updated, right?

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Hey, I think our rooms haunted we heard some people walking upstairs.

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Is there rooms above us?

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There's nobody up there.

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No trouble.

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So I think they're getting freaky.

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We are outside of the Tunopah Cemetery this cemetery was canceled in 1911 Let's see how far ash walks

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What the f* is that?

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No, seriously, what the f* is that?

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Don't do that.

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Guys, I think there's someone here.

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The graves are probably so small because they're probably not caskets.

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It's dead.

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That's probably just the bodies in the ground.

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As we're exploring the cemetery, I'm gonna keep the ghost app on.

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Let's head out.

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Oh, sinful.

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Oh, f*.

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No, I got the chills.

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What is this?

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Yeah, it's all caged up.

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Why is this caged up?

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I don't want to disrespect anybody here if it's Israel.

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But some of these graves is just like it doesn't seem

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look this looks too new look There's none of rusting I

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feel like we got a fact check this was struck by a train while walking down tracks He was dead, but maybe I'm wrong.

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This one looks the realist right here.

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Yeah, and this is really sad rest in peace 21 years old

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It does feel very off in the middle of the desert pneumonia 1902 aged 42.

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What was that?

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Yeah, I keep hearing noises.

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Yeah, me too.

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I keep hearing like moving Oh my god, stop.

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Oh f*ing stop.

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Ghost app is going crazy.

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Anna Watson.

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This one is sad.

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Murder by R.D.

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Chase?

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Then who committed s* side?

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Is there anyone here that would like to speak with me?

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Ghost app is spiking.

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I apologize if that was disrespectful.

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There's a lot of detail on the tombstones.

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Anna Watson, are you here?

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Undoubtedly.

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Undoubtedly.

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What the frick is that?

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I'm getting chills like crazy.

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Every time I'm like in this area, like this 10 foot radius from here, my eyes just start watering like I'm crying.

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Yeah.

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Like right here, bro.

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It just makes my eyes just start crying.

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I think it's the wind.

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No, dude.

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I'm not facing the wind.

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Chills are real.

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Something's off.

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Something here.

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I'm like, it's like literally making me cry, bro.

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Can you feel me?

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Oh, sh.

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What did it say?

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Can you feel me?

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Stop.

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Yo, stop.

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When spirits enter people's bodies, they just feel it out of emotion.

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They don't physically feel it.

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He just started crying.

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Immediately after filming this clip the camera mysteriously stopped recording

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and we didn't notice until 20 minutes later I figured it was a glitch, but when my filmer pressed record again,

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it stopped recording instantly This actually scared me and I was having second thoughts that maybe this motel actually is haunted.

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Did it just go back?

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Yeah What?

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No, that's weird bro.

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Cause when it ended it was when...

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When it ended?

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You see?

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It just stopped recording.

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Woah!

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Stop recording no, it's got five hours Y'all got the skills hard Yeah,

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let's leave now Dude I just stopped recording out of nowhere.

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Why did it do that though Cameron never does that It's never done that though Nico.

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I've never had to happen So when we were in there Matt started crying

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and then right after camera just magically stopped recording

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and then said went to Go do it again

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and as soon as he pressed record it stopped it cut instantly The ghost app was telling Jaden something.

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It said, did you feel me right after he was coming.

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah, it did say, did you feel me?

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Why are you, bro?

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I'm done.

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No, I'm sure it's like chill and everything.

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Like, why me?

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I'm just like the class clown, you know?

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Like, why?

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Because I'm the class clown.

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I'm hungry.

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I'm hungry.

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No, you're the clown now.

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Dude, I just get this funny feeling when I'm in here.

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Kinda feel like climbing around.

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No, I'm just kidding.

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No. What the fuck was that?

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You better check the back. So.

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Oh, the locks don't work.

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That's cool.

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Yo, John.

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John.

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No troll.

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There's a clown in our room right now.

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There's a f*ing clown, we need help.

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Bro.

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You don't got no clown in the room.

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Bro, there's a f*ing clown in the room, bro.

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There's actually a big-ass clown in there.

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I'm freaking out right now.

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He's on the couch like neutral.

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Just hang it on the couch.

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He can watch TV anyway.

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Yeah!

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Get him!

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Get him!

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Dude, there was like some thick-ass clown in there.

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I don't know.

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Bro, there was a thick-ass clown standing right here.

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Archer and s* right here like this.

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Shut up.

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What?

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Bro, we've only been here for like an hour and a half.

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We got here at 8 almost 9.

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I thought we got here at...

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6, 7.

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6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7.

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Who the f*?

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Why is there a slideshow, bro?

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I'm still shaking up after that whole cemetery experience.

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What's your name?

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Cave.

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What's that?

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Cave.

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Cave?

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What's a beautiful name?

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H-A-M-E.

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H-A-M-E?

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He wanted to meet you.

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That's beautiful.

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I've seen you everywhere.

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Oh, thank you.

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Can I touch your head?

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Thank you.

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Can I as well get a feel?

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Can I as well get a feel?

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Sure.

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Wow, you got a nice head on you.

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Did you shave today?

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I shaved today too.

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Can I slowly rub it?

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Did you go to cemetery?

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We did.

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Did you find something?

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It was actually very scary.

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He started crying.

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Really?

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Yeah, I swear.

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It was the energy.

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He felt a little off.

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Anybody got touched or something?

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I got touched.

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You think it's more scary now?

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Yeah, after 12, yeah.

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Yeah, why don't I hope I feel someone back there?

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We think hours you know those We're time to active you know, which thing hours It's like party time for them.

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It's a little freaky time So you say after the clock strikes 12 it just gets freaky

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Right now we're renting a ghost EMF detector I'm gonna walk through the cemetery with it That's haunted What?

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Yo, it's your own You scared us You work here?

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No, man I was doing it for the love of the game Bro, all the people that are in their rooms right now that just heard that scream probably actually think this place is haunted.

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Bro, that's probably what goes on.

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They just scare people all night.

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So how do we test if it works?

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What's something electromagnetic?

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Not bad.

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There you go.

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Oh, okay.

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So it lights up orange and it makes a little beat.

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Okay, like that.

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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Look at the top.

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Like that.

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Okay.

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You're outside the cemetery.

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Ghost app is on we have the emf How does this work?

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It's already reading something but like this light isn't going off.

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Yo, it's about orange Oh, I got it one orange.

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What the f* is that?

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What the f* was that?

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Dude, dude, look!

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Oh!

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Anyone just hear that?

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Look!

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That was a sound effect.

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That actually sounded like a sound effect.

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Why is it going off right now?

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Okay, that's crazy.

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No, I got the chills.

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Bro, my arm.

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It went off.

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Dude, no, no, no. Bro.

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Bro, it's- Move away from the cam.

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Dude, no. It's like- Stop, bro.

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Stop, stop.

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What if this thing is set up specifically for the cemetery?

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Like, what if that sh is rigged?

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No, there's no way.

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They would never fake anything at this in the hotel.

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Like, because I'm more famous than anybody.

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How do they fake that?

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How would they fake that?

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There's three.

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What did he say?

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Oh!

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There's three.

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Who is that?

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Dude, what the fk?

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I don't like this.

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Do you want to speak with us?

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We're just here to speak.

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Light just turned off.

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Light just turned off.

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It died.

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Shut the f* up.

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No, I didn't.

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Why is it going off?

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It's still going off, bro.

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If you want to speak with us, we're just here to talk.

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Yes.

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Dudes.

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Well, not all of us.

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I just asked if they wanted to talk.

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They said three.

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They said three earlier.

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They just said three.

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When does it go off?

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Well, it's just going off consistently.

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Oh, look.

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It's off now.

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Now?

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Oh.

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Dude.

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Bro, this is not like from the camera or the phone or anything.

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Earlier, you saw it.

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To get it to go off on the phone, you had to f*ing put it right up to the phone.

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Watch see it's still going off bro.

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I don't like this room W Dude you made it so sus Went to the hospital man.

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Oh Las Vegas Las Vegas hospital my mom's down there.

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The thing about this is he's recording for snapchat with no flash Just put it down there again Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, look it.

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It's green.

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I don't like this at all.

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I just got a headache out of nowhere That's what I said.

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I said she got a headache.

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Okay, let's get out of here.

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Bro, no, I'm done.

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I'm done.

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I'm done.

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Let's go back to the room.

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It's going off.

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I'm done.

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I'm actually done.

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Bro, I'm done.

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Oh, God.

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Dude.

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Yo, wouldn't be surprised if we go in the room right now and he's in our room.

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Why is our window open, bro?

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The window of the room is open.

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Did something scratch me?

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Let me see.

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Bro, you got itchy.

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It scratches back.

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It's midnight.

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We're going to go back into the cemetery.

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They went in there all alone without the camera.

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This is terrifying.

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What?

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What?

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I'm done.

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I'm done.

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EMF detector rolling so high bro Laura Smith will go step am I by Laura Smith right now can you hear me?

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What was cause of death?

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No What shovel stop?

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I'm telling you it's the power lines right here.

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Oh you think?

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I'm so confident.

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Look at the power lines right over here.

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Oh you're right.

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Like directly over.

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It might have been the power lines bro And that's the whole bit that would make sense actually.

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Yeah, it's not rigged.

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It's just power lines It's not going off.

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After we rented the EMF detector from the famous guy, but because I'm more famous than anybody, we realized it only goes off because the power lines are placed directly above and below the cemetery.

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So that kind of proves it was a $35 scam, even though it was pretty scary being in an old cemetery after midnight.

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We're getting out of here right now.

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Nothing really proves it's actually really haunted.

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I don't know.

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It kind of made sense why the EMF detector was going off.

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If the EMF detector goes off right here, it's because the power lines.

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It's under the EMF.

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Yeah, it makes a lot of sense, bro.

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Yeah, power lines are right there, bro.

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It's right under it.

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It becomes super high.

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Yeah.

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Oh my god.

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No, just- No!

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You're about to get this f*ing.

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D*.

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Around 2 a.m we decided to actually leave the motel.

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But on our way out, we noticed some people in a car with tinted windows knocking.

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At first I thought these people were trying to scare us.

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But then I also thought maybe they needed help and they were locked in the car.

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We weren't sure if we were going to call the cops or approach the car.

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So after debating in the sprinter for like 15 minutes, we decided to approach the vehicle and see if they needed help.

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They were knocking when we walked by.

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Oh, he's right.

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He's right.

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He is right.

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I'm not kidding.

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Oh my God, they were knocking, bro.

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No, we should ask them if they're all right.

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Should we mind our business or try to be a hero here?

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I ain't no Captain Sabah.

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I'll f* them kids.

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Oh my God, we're dead.

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You guys good?

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You guys okay? Are you guys okay?

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You guys alright?

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I don't know what that was, that was creepy.

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Bro, we should know what it comes.

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It's not.

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You think so?

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To this day, I still don't know who was in that car and why they were trying to get our attention.

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But we did end up calling the police just in case it was children inside the car.

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And now with all of this said and done, it leads me back to the reason I came to the clown motel in the first place.

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To find out if it's haunted

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or a money making tourist trap stayed here for 12 hours

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and the vibe definitely felt strange

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but at the same time it's in the middle of the Nevada desert where there is nothing

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so anything you do out there is gonna feel strange.

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Obviously the clown motel is built directly next to an old abandoned cemetery

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and now I can definitely see why people think this place is haunted.

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The fact that Matt started crying in the cemetery for no reason means a spirit entered his body.

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It sounds crazy but when a spirit enters someone's body they don't physically feel it they feel it emotionally.

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That would explain why he started crying.

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So to answer my question, do I think it's haunted?

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Not completely.

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If anything, the cemetery is haunted, not the actual clown motel.

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I'm not into haunted things, so please subscribe.

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Stop making me do this.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “I Exposed the Haunted Clown Motel”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bro, clown, haunted, motel, cemetery. This video has 545 sentences and 3504 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:34. The speaker talks fast, about 200 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 119 of its 545 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
clown noun	/ˈklaʊ̯n/	A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly…
haunt verb	/hɔnt/	To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
motel noun	/moʊˈtɛl/	A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately…
cemetery noun	/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/	A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
detector noun	/dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/	A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
scare verb	/skɛɚ/	To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
chill verb	/tʃɪl/	To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
freaky adjective	/ˈfɹiː.ki/	Resembling a freak.
upstairs adverb	/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/	Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
cave noun	/keɪv/	A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
customizable adjective		Able to be customized.
terrify verb	/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/	To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
shave verb	/ˈʃeɪ̯v/	To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
rig noun	/ɹɪɡ/	The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go off verb		To explode.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
turn off verb		To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
come on in verb		Synonym of come in (“to enter”).
do out verb		To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place).
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

How you feeling about this?
Nico, why would you say that?
John, you gonna spend the night here or what?
Wait, can we make sure there's rooms up there?
You think it's more scary now?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was called · is haunted · is actually haunted
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've tried · They've been · I've never had
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was doing · was sitting · was just sitting
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	keep hearing · start watering · start crying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 127 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, personalization /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, slideshow /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/, evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: cemetery /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/, undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/, personalization /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, electromagnetic /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊ.mæɡˈnɛ.tɪk/, disrespectful /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like clown, haunt, motel.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

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Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

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