Fixated

4) Voodoo and Empathy

RV/On The Road

3rd Person P.O.V- As the GA crew will be traveling to multiple locations and Zak needs the attention of all of them, he called in best friend and driver; Bacon

Bacon- We've been on the road for about six hours.

Aaron- Billy and I sit on the couch.

Jay- I sit in a chair.

Levi- I sit cross-legged on the floor.

Zak- I hand each of them a file on our first location. "Gentlemen the first location we are investigating is in Memphis Tennessee."

Jay- I suddenly look from the unopened file to Zak. "Why?"

Zak- It hadn't even crossed my mind that Jay lived in Nashville and was forced to move only a year ago, so this would probably effect him emotionally.

Aaron- Billy and I turn looking at Jay. "Dude..."

Billy- "He just handed us the file, how about you open it!"

Jay- I glare at the file unhappily.

Levi- (Frowns) I look over at the green eyed man and he was obviously upset.

Zak- I ignore their spit spat. "Continuing..." I open my own file. "We will be investigating; The Voodoo Village."

Aaron- I examine the images. "Dude, this place looks wicked!"

Billy- (Nods Agreeingly)

Zak- I continue. "The hoodoo empire of Walsh Harris...Voodoo Village is a fenced compound of brightly colored houses and signs in deep South Memphis, home to a variety of artistic and intellectual practitioners."

Billy- "How come it took so long for us to find out about this place?"

Zak- "I did extensive research on this location and took it to the producers and legal team about six years ago now...it took so long because we had to get special permission from three separate parties in order to investigate."

Aaron- (Nods) "Makes since..."

Zak- Looking back down at the file, I continue. "We have been given permission to investigate the rumors of animal sacrifices and strange Masonic Rituals. We are allowed to investigate what is fact and fiction."

Jay- I slowly leaf through the file, looking between the research and images. (Sighs)

Zak- I again continue. "Known for generations to Haunted Memphis enthusiasts many of whom have had strange experiences in or near the location, Voodoo Village is a rag-tag assortment of houses on a dead end road in a remote corner of southwest Memphis. It first gained attention in the early 1960's when conflicts between gangs of white youths and the black residents of Voodoo Village made headlines. Ever since, Voodoo Village has been a site of many teen dares and initiations and its reputation for weirdness has only grown over the years. The compound consists of houses that have Voodoo symbols and statues in their front lawns, fenced in. The most noticible statue is one of Jesus holding a bible with a dagger through it and his hand. Kids are always going there to gawk and some said the people in the Voodoo homes would pull cars across the road to try and stop them from getting out. It's supposedly a tradition to go Friday or Saturday night during the school year as the kids who lived on the lake would go whenever they saw the light of bonfires. Many old time residents avow that the Village is inhabited by a mixed race African-American/Native American tribe led by a charismatic Chief named Walsh Harris. It is said that the Voodoo Village tribe practices strange rituals that look and sound a lot like African voodoo, but have all the formality and strangeness of the Freemason rituals of Europe. Several people have claimed to have witnessed residents of the Village sacrificing animals in these rituals – especially goats and dogs – for a time there was a vigilante force in southwest Memphis solely to protect the pets of local residents. Strange artwork and sculptures on the lawns of residents in Voodoo Village only lent to the widespread belief that something 'weird' was definitely going on. Sculptures and carvings depicting strange planetary motifs and decorated with symbols that appear to be Arabic or Hebrew can be found everywhere throughout the village. Most are attested to be the work of Walsh Harris himself and he in fact took credit for most of the artwork in rare interviews he granted in the 1980's."