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Auto-transcripts from BBC News (2009):
"A week ago on April 16, 2009, a few days before the planned demolition of [REDACTED] mall in [REDACTED], Illinois, a strange VHS tape was found on a dusty shelf in a vinyl record shop in an abandoned shopping mall. Although the video portion cannot be recovered—showing merely a flickering blue screen with the words 'NO VIDEO FOUND' in white letters—the audio is still intact and is now the subject of continuous analysis. Experts say the tape dates back 32 years, before the mall was built. The source of the recording is unknown, with no clues as to who made it or why it was kept there. Both authorities and researchers are stumped by this find..."
"...I mean, I watched this tape as soon as we saw it. It sounds like it was inside the very mall. It already sounded abandoned too, gave me chills. [...] We used to have a display piano at the center of the mall but we already took that out when the mall closed down back in the 90's, so this tape could be recorded all the way back in the 90's."
"Oh, I say, whoever was playing that piano was an artist. They sound like they've been playing for years. But yeah, it still sounded [CENSORED] horrifying. [...] I think that tape is haunted."
Auto-transcripts from BBC News (2009):
"A week ago on April 16, 2009, a few days before the planned demolition of [REDACTED] mall in [REDACTED], Illinois, a strange VHS tape was found on a dusty shelf in a vinyl record shop in an abandoned shopping mall. Although the video portion cannot be recovered—showing merely a flickering blue screen with the words 'NO VIDEO FOUND' in white letters—the audio is still intact and is now the subject of continuous analysis. Experts say the tape dates back 32 years, before the mall was built. The source of the recording is unknown, with no clues as to who made it or why it was kept there. Both authorities and researchers are stumped by this find..."
"...I mean, I watched this tape as soon as we saw it. It sounds like it was inside the very mall. It already sounded abandoned too, gave me chills. [...] We used to have a display piano at the center of the mall but we already took that out when the mall closed down back in the 90's, so this tape could be recorded all the way back in the 90's."
"Oh, I say, whoever was playing that piano was an artist. They sound like they've been playing for years. But yeah, it still sounded [CENSORED] horrifying. [...] I think that tape is haunted."
