Go see this one during the day.
“Dear David” began as a Twitter thread by former Buzzfeed writer and cartoonist Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead), who started documenting strange and inexplicable occurrences in his apartment.
The thread goes all the way back to August of 2017 and is slated to become a major motion picture. Horror fans, this one’s for you: “It” producer Dan Lin will spearhead the project along with “The Crooked Man” screenwriter Mike Van Waes. I haven't seen either of those, because I'm a big baby, but sounds like this film will be well done.
The plot: After experiencing a series of dreams about a little ghost boy named David, Ellis updated his followers over the span of months about weird incidents.
His initial dream was about a boy with a disfigured head sitting in his bedroom. The next dream included instructions on how to address the boy, with strict directions to only ask him two questions, or else risk death at his hand. In the subsequent dream, Ellis accidentally asked the boy three questions, kicking off months of activity verging on paranormal.
Of particular note (and utmost creepiness, I think) is when Ellis’ photographic evidence comes into play. The Polaroid photos of the hallway are freaky, and his videos of his cats reacting to invisible forces are just unnerving. My own cat does some weird sh*t, but at least I haven’t had premonition dreams about a ghost trying to murder me.
Now, there’s always the possibility that Ellis is full of BS and is photoshopping his photos. Sure, it’d be a simple trick, but these photos have kept me up at night whether they’re fabricated or not.
Toward the end of the thread, Ellis uploaded a few videos of his cats reacting to nothing and some strange tweets that strayed from his usual crisp syntax and sentence structure. I would assume we’re supposed to believe that David is now “inside” Ellis, which is where he lost me as far as complete believability, but you can decide for yourself.
The most recent tweet, from March 12 of this year, is back in Ellis’ normal writing and assures everyone that he is A-OK and focusing on work. Or David has just learned how to simulate Ellis more realistically.
Ellis has been confronted about the authenticity of his story, but told TheWrap, “I’ve never been interested in convincing anyone that ghosts are real -- I just wanted to tell my story. If it was all fiction, I probably would’ve updated more than once every couple weeks.”
You won’t be alone if you choose not to believe Ellis’ tales -- Twitter has opinions.
Spooked? You can read the full thread here, but maybe have a light on while you do.