Date: 10/16/83

Subject: Luther Whitlock

Location: Whitlock Estate, 1126 Marrow Lane

Reporting Officer: Sgt. Daniel Hargrive

At approximately 9:47 PM, local dispatch received a call from a neighbor reporting loud banging and screams coming from the Whitlock residence during a severe thunderstorm. Officers arrived on scene at 10:03 PM. The front door was ajar. No signs of forced entry were found at the main entrance.

Inside, the house was in disarray. The study showed signs of a struggle: overturned furniture, scattered papers, and a shattered door leading to the hallway. No blood was found. No body was recovered.

Mr. Whitlock, age 63, was last seen earlier that evening entering his home alone. Surveillance footage from a nearby gas station confirms his presence at 8:15 PM. His vehicle remains in the driveway.

Unusual markings were discovered on the interior walls — deep, angular scratches and a black residue of unknown origin. An audio cassette was found in the study that contains ambient noise, thunder, and what appears to be distorted knocking followed by violent impact sounds. The final seconds include a low-frequency hum and what some investigators describe as a “glitch-like growl.”

Neighbors report Mr. Whitlock had recently become reclusive, claiming “something was watching him.” He referred to it only as “NULL.”

During a secondary search of the Whitlock Estate, officers recovered a leather-bound journal belonging to Luther Whitlock. Pages contained erratic handwriting, fragmented sentences, and repeated references to an entity identified only as “NULL.”

Entries suggest Mr. Whitlock believed the figure was inside the mansion, watching him. Notes grew increasingly incoherent, shifting from detailed observations to frantic scrawls and warnings such as “It knows my name” and “The knocking never stops.”

The final page ends abruptly with the words: “NULL is here”

Mr. Whitlock remains missing.

Investigation ongoing.

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