August 2, 2002. Audio file analysis.
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"...She kept saying there was someone in the room, standing right beside the bed. She was really scared..."
"Yeah, there's nothing strange in this one."
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"...And it doesn't seem to be coming from inside the faucet. It's dripping onto the faucet..."
"There's no sound in this one either."
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"Clatter... clatter! Splash... The source isn't here..."
Click!
"This is it. You saw something, right?"
"Yeah. The chief and I both saw something."
"Inside the ice?"
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"Yeah, little ice cubes, the kind in an ice tray. There was a face inside the ice. I couldn't see it clearly, but it looked like there was a face in every cube. It was kind of like... What's it called, a kaleidoscope? Like the effect you get when you put a lot of mirrors together."
Click! Click!
"Mushroom, you heard something?"
"Yeah."
Click!
"...Rustle... rustle..."
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"...Rustle... haa... haa... rustle..."
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"...Haa... help... ha... ah..."
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"Bzzzz—"
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"Rustle... help me... help..."
"Is it... asking for help?"
"Sounds like it."
"Isn't this thing supposed to kill people?"
"Maybe it doesn't kill people. Let's look into it first. See if anything happened at the ice sculpture exhibition in Beidu."
"Got it."
August 4, 2002. Information gathered on the Beidu Ice Sculpture Exhibition. The exhibition had been held annually from January to March since 2000. Special events were held in February, though the programs, scale, and ice sculptures varied from year to year.
There were no reports of casualties during the 2002 Beidu Ice Sculpture Exhibition.
The organizer of this year's Beidu Ice Sculpture Exhibition was Beidu Wanhua Entertainment Co., Ltd. The company had no records of casualties or criminal cases.
August 7, 2002. Traveled to Beidu to