Before ''The Amityville Horror'' Case was popular – another such Paranormal Investigation yielded many surprises for Investigators. This was the Case of Doris Bither, who lived with Her three children in Culver City, California in the 1970s. A divorcee, She struggle to keep the modest and quite small cottage-style home's ''roof'' over Her children's ''head''. Doris had a violent relationship with her former Husband (who would get drunk and verbally as well as physically abuse Her). Earlier in Her life, Doris suffered from a similar incident from ''Family Members''. She at one point contemplated suicide and had a drug and alcohol problem as a result. But none of these issues would match what happened to Doris over a 1 year period.
Doris began to ''show up'' at a local Hospital ER in various stages of physical ''assault''. Cuts, bruises etc. Doctors thought that She was being abused or had been raped. Police investigated, but Doris gave them a rather bizarre explanation. Doris it seems – was assaulted by an ''unseen Entity''. So violent in fact (and so continual it seemed), that at first Police thought Doris was merely ''covering up'' for a Boyfriend. The ''attacks would happen at night only and would be accompanied by strange ''mists and orbs''. A ''thick and heavy Presence'' would appear and Doris would be ''attacked''.
Her story came to the light of The News and soon to a Group of Paranormal Investigators. They examined Her house and talked to Doris' children (they had no recollection of their Mother's nightly assaults). Finally, the group set up their detection equipment in Her home and waited. They didn't wait long. Several pictures of Doris being interviewed show a strange ''light'' surrounding her, as if ''something was following Her''.
Electronic Voice Phenomenon found at least ''3'' separate Entities, each Male and each very vicious and threatening. Whenever Doris' name was mentioned, Objects would move or fall and Investigators all reported a ''thick dark energy'' being present. Unfortunately, even after various methods to ''cleanse'' Doris' house, the ''things'' did not leave (although the frequency of the assault did decrease dramatically).
Doris sold Her home and moved to The State of Texas, thinking a new home and new surroundings would help. It didn't. Apparently, the ''Entities'' followed Her (although again, the attacks were few and far between). After Her children had grown up and moved away, Doris' vanished (1980). She was never located until her Obituary in 1995 – showing Her cause of death as a Heart Attack.
Doris' ''story'' was made into a feature film in 1982 (although heavily fictionalized). Some offer several explanations. The first, was that the negative energy generated by an abusive husband ''manifested'' itself to ''terrorize'' her. Others, that Doris was a simple ''random victim'' of evil Poltergeist activity. The final, is that Doris ''hurt herself'' to garner sympathy and possibly to illicit a book deal. Since She moved away from Her Culver City, California home, it went abandoned – with no Realtor ever being able to sell it. Later, in the 2000s, the home was sold, but it's Owners decided to ''move'' without reason. The house still stands today and is ''on The Market'' (if you're interested?)
