Doris Bither case

The Doris Bither case, also known as the Entity haunting, was a 1974 investigation into alleged paranormal phenomena in Culver City, California, experienced by a woman named Doris Bither, who claimed to have been tormented and sexually assaulted by a supernatural entity in her home. Bither's alleged experiences were investigated by a team of researchers led by Barry Taff from the now-defunct parapsychology department from the University of California, Los Angeles. During the course of their ten-week investigation, numerous investigators claimed to have observed various supernatural occurrences in the home, including poltergeist activity and the manifestation of strange light figures which appeared throughout the house.

Background

Doris Bither approached parapsychologist Barry Taff in August 1974 after encountering him in a Los Angeles bookstore, relating a series of alarming phenomena she was experiencing in her Culver City home. At the time, Taff was working in the now-defunct parapsychology lab run by Thelma Moss at the University of California, Los Angeles. With the assistance of his peer Kerry Gaynor, Taff conducted a preliminary interview of Bither's paranormal claims, including a 16-page questionnaire, though Bither remained somewhat evasive, refusing to even share her age. Bither alleged that she was attacked and raped by one or several invisible entities. More benign manifestations recounted by Bither included luminous, transparent human shapes and poltergeist events. ==Investigation==

Investigation

Taff and Gaynor visited the Culver City house for the first time on August 22, 1974, with repeated visits over a ten-week period. ==Evidence and theories==

Evidence and theories

Photographs Photographs of what appears to be lights are the only objective evidence gathered in the course of the visits. The images were taken by both Taff and Gaynor with an instant film Polaroid SX-70 camera and a Canon 35 mm camera. The investigators indicated they encountered moving balls of light, but what the images show takes a different appearance: a static, circular band of light; an irregular bright line; and shapeless overexposed areas. Taff and Gaynor brought an infrared camera, but accidentally overexposed the film, rendering it unusable. ==Aftermath==

Aftermath

Frank De Felitta wrote a book about the case, The Entity, published in 1978. The book was made into a 1982 film of the same name by Sidney J. Furie, and starring Barbara Hershey in the lead role. Taff served as a technical advisor on the film. Bither died in 1999. == See also ==

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