They say, "If you build it, they will come,"
just as long as you don't build it
on an ancient burial ground belonging to a vengeful coven of witches and warlocks,
because if you do,
they will come.
This prank encounter is taking place on the banks of Lake Waddayino,
where a construction crew is attempting to break ground
for a brand new resort by the lake.
However, their plans have hit a snag, when the construction crew began finding
strange items in the sands of the shore.
And until an examination is completed by the County Historical Society,
construction won't be able to continue.
So tonight, two unsuspecting targets
are about to dig up a lot more than they bargained for.
Up first is Taylor.
He'll be working with the construction foreman, Derek,
being played by one of our actors.
He'll help to dig up and put anything that looks out of the ordinary aside
for further examination,
which is where Emily comes in.
She'll be working with our city planner, Jeff,
and our historian, Nikki,
as they try to determine which items from the dig are historically important,
and which ones are, well, garbage.
Taylor and Emily have never met before,
and they have no idea that the construction project is actually fake,
and that everyone they will encounter tonight are all actors.
So it should be an easy night of excavating,
observing, and planning.
That is, unless they dig up the wrong thing
and anger the evil entity
that protects this sacred land.
And let's be honest,
that's exactly what's gonna happen.
-[man] Hey, how's it goin'? -Good. You?
Good, good, good.
-What's your name? -Taylor.
-Taylor, nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
I'm Derek. This is Chris.
-Taylor. How you doing? Chris. -Chris. Have you met Niahlah?
-Hi. -All right. Awesome.
-Yeah, we've met. -All right, cool.
That's Spencer. Spencer, this is Taylor.
What's up, Taylor? Nice to meet you, bro.
Dave, let's tell him what we're doin'.
-Welcome. Thanks for helping me out. -Yeah, for sure.
So, this is designated
for lakeside condos.
-[Taylor] Uh-huh. -So we are gonna build a beautiful dock,
-a swimming pool, a restaurant lounge. -Uh-huh.
But basically, we came across some objects
-that were deemed historical. -Yeah.
So that kind of triggered a bunch of red tape.
I can't build on something until I have another agency,
the CHS, the County Historical Society…
They've gotta come in,
and they've gotta sign off
-on what items are trash… -Uh-huh.
-…and what is historically significant. -Mm-hm.
All right. Let's see Emily.
[whirring]
-[Jeff] Emily, how are you? -[Emily] Good. You?
They tell you anything?
-No. -Okay.
So essentially, they're building a lakeside condo…
-Okay. Cool. -…on the shores of this sandy area.
Few days ago, they found a spoon.
You know, an old spoon.
So they stopped everything, got an historian to come in.
They found things they thought were significant.
-So they'll go through-- -Right.
-Make sure that it's all on the up and up. -Okay. Right.
-Then they can start construction again. -Yeah.
And I work for the county. Kinda neutral.
-I'm trying to get this job done. -I feel you.
There's the historical people…
-Yeah. -…and the construction people,
and a foreman that wanna get going.
-And I'm in the middle. -Lots of different opinions.
[Jeff] I just wanna go home.
-I just wanna get my job done. -Yeah.
And so the reason you're here
is to have this, like, unbiased set of eyes.
They wanna go through 'em and make sure--
-Okay. -There's a construction crew.
There's a foreman. We're gonna go see them,
coordinate about going through all the site.
-So that's okay with you? -Yeah.
On these tables, I sort of squared away--
These are things that the other guy
that came in here earlier today deemed significant.
-Uh-huh. -Um, that pile there is definitely trash.
So I'll start you off with this grid here.
-Okay. -[Derek] You'll dig here.
Just, you know, go methodically. There's no rush.
-[Taylor] Yeah. -I wonder what he's gonna find.
How long you been doin' this for?
I've been working for him for a couple months.
-Nice. -We've been here for a couple weeks.
Been finding some crazy stuff today. It's a stuffed doll.
Look at what these idiots are tryin' to throw away. This is, like…
[growls]
This is Dr. Campbell.
-Hi, I'm Emily. -[Jeff] She's the…
-I'm so sorry. -It's okay.
-…historian. -Hi.
-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
Let me give you a little bit of more info
um, of what's going down over there.
What we think is happening is there was a civilization
that dates back to the 1700s.
What the hell is this?
What you got there?
Yeah, I found a bone.
[Spencer] What? You said a bone?
Basically, we're making sure
that any important cultural artifacts over there aren't destroyed.
I'll show you some examples.
Do you recognize any of these symbols?
-I have seen that before. Oh! -So, this is a triskele.
It's been around since 900 BC.
It's part of the Celtic tradition.
-"Tris" means three, which is Greek. -Yup. Mm-hm.
It symbolizes father, mother, child.
-Oh, okay. -So…
And it also, uh, symbolizes rebirth.
Some cultures, they really believe that the spirit never dies.
Another bone. Look at that.
A triskele is placed in areas
where those spirits… roam.
-Dude, this is weird. Look at this. -[Spencer] Yo, this is… Okay.
Like, I wonder if they used to do some… Satanical stuff here.
It's really strange.
So if you don't mind,
I'll have Jeff take you down to the site.
If you see anything that have this symbol on it…
-Mm-hm. -…it's really important we don't move it.
Right.
If you guys need anything at all, if you find anything important,
please call me on the walkie.
-Okay. -[Jeff] Oh, yeah.
Let's see…
-Are you ready? -I was-- Yep.
[Gaten] All right, Emily is on the cart and headed to the site.
[Derek] Why don't we take a break right now?
Let's grab what we got so far and sort, okay?
We'll just go one by one,
and you tell me what you see because we'll be talking to CHS.
What have we got here?
-Hey. -Hello.
Get ready for collision time.
[Jeff] Okay, you got the, uh, chipper kit?
We can get it later. Just set it here.
-Hey. -[Spencer] Hello.
All right, guys, Emily and Taylor are about to collide.
-Hi. I'm Emily. -I'm Taylor.
Nice to meet you, Taylor.
Everything we've been finding here, we've been either putting
to a trash pile or historical pile.
-Um… -Got it.
These are our maybes, where we're undecided.
-Okay. I got you. -So let's sort what's on this table.
Think you did a great job, Taylor.
Yeah, nothing in here, like, stands out.
There was this cross piece here.
I don't know if that would serve any historical value.
Uh… Demonic in a way, a little bit?
-Gonna have to sage my body afterwards. -Yeah.
[Emily] Hmm.
If you guys are keeping this, we should keep this.
That works. Let's do it.
Mm-hm.
Yeah, so these bones here,
I don't know if you think they serve much value, but…
I was gonna put them in the trash, but I figured, with them being bones…
I think they're trash.
-I don't think bones are significant. -Okay.
-Okay, so that's everything, right? -[Taylor] Yeah.
Can you do me a favor? Will you call, uh, Niahlah?
Yeah. Taylor to Niahlah.
Yeah, we need a garbage run.
-Copy. On the way. -Thanks.
-Can I set you up over here? -Yeah.
Okay. Okay, Emily.
So you see how, um, Spencer is digging?
-Put your knees here and-- -Yes, sir.
-Why not work on this square? -Got it.
It's just… Little by little, 'cause we're diggin' up sensitive stuff.
And I'll help you with this. Oh, here, they're comin' right now.
-Bones are outta here, right? -Yep.
Yep. Okay.
Okay.
-All right? -Cool.
And then, tell you what, why don't you work on this square?
-This one? The one you were on? -Ugh! That's a heavy load.
Stand by for that light flicker. Stand by for that flicker.
-[Derek] Thank you. -[Chris] Right on. Cool.
Go, go, go, go, go!
[Taylor] Um…
-[Derek] Shit. -[lights buzzing]
This has been happening.
-[radio static] -Uh, this is Tren from base.
Go ahead, Tren.
Having some issues with the lights on this side of the lake.
Yeah, we had it too.
It happened, you know, three times this week already with our equipment.
Let's get Taylor using the metal detector. That'll be fun.
-[Derek] Hey, Taylor? -Uh-huh?
-You ever used one of these before? -I have, a long time ago.
Will you scan that area?
[beeping]
Whoa.
Six.
-That's a six. Oh, my God. -[beeping]
Yeah. Okay.
That's a pretty-- that's a pretty big item. Can we excavate that area?
[Taylor] Let's do it.
[Gaten] All right. Let's see what they unearth.
[Derek] Carefully, okay-- Whoa, whoa. 'Cause--
[Emily] Right, it could be…
This is something.
[Taylor] I got some stuff… Action right here too.
[Emily] Right. I was gonna say, I hear his…
Yeah, looks like a…
-Like a mini coffin. -[Taylor] Yeah, it kind of does.
-[Derek] Okay. -[Emily] I'm a little like, "Whew!"
I didn't know my Wednesday night would consist of this.
It's definitely looking like a miniature coffin, for sure. Um--
[Derek] What is that?
[Taylor] That's a symbol.
Oh, that's the symbol that she was talking about earlier. Yeah.
-That was… -Wait. What do you mean?
Like, one of the Gaelic symbols. That was specifically one she said,
"If you see anything with this on it, like, let me know."
[burst of static]
-I think you push… I'll do it. -I think I did it wrong.
-No, it's okay. Here we go. -Emily to Dr. Campbell.
This is Dr. Campbell.
-There you go. -Hi. We just found an artifact
with the same symbol on it, if you'd wanna come take a look at it.
The trilogy symbol.
It's on what appears to be…
what looks like a miniature coffin.
Everybody stay where you are.
Don't move. I'm on my way.
[Derek sighs]
I just got shivers. [chuckles]
-Okay, so show me what we got. -Here.
Was there anything else here, or…
Uh…
We did find some bones.
Okay, and those are still here?
Um…
-They left the site? -Um…
I believe so.
Okay. All right.
Is everything okay?
We're standing on something that was very important.
In this culture, when a baby would pass away,
pieces of the infant would be buried in coffins.
This is a burial ground for the young.
Who did the uncovering?
I guess me, ultimately.
-And then… -Yeah.
And some help. So the two of us both, yeah.
Okay. So with respect and with care,
we're just going to slowly push the dirt and the sand slowly back onto the coffin.
[bubbling]
[can rattling]
We believe that this area belonged to a civilization
from the 1700s.
A powerful civilization.
And with their burial grounds, they often laid traps.
I want everyone to stay where they are and be safe.
I'm just gonna mark out a safe area.
[lights buzzing]
Okay, let me explain where we're standing.
This was a coven.
Some call them witches.
Others call them warlocks.
We are talking human sacrifice.
We're talking cannibalism.
We're talking ritual murder.
We are standing on a burial ground,
and bones that belong here have left.
So right now,
our best solution is to stay right where we are
and wait for help.
Okay, it's really important we stay in the circle.
Okay?
And let's pray to whatever god that you believe in
that what we've done will bring us no harm.
It's-- it's important.
I just don't want anyone to leave this circle right now.
Right.
[Niahlah, breaking up] Hello… Something's up here.
Something's up here.
-Niahlah. It's Niahlah. -[Niahlah] Oh-- Oh, my God.
Would you call for Niahlah?
Call, call, call.
Taylor to Niahlah.
[Niahlah] Oh! Oh, my God!
-[gasps] -[Derek] Niahlah!
-Oh, my God. -[Derek] Oh, my--
Niahlah, this is Derek. Come in. Niahlah?
This is Tren. What the hell was that?
Uh, it looked like an explosion up… uh…
Up.
Uh… Did you hear Niahlah?
[Tren] I heard her say she saw someone. What's goin' on? Our lights are out.
-Someone else wanna handle this? -No, you got it.
[Tren] Hold on. There's somethin' here too, guys.
We're sendin' the boat.
[rustling]
[bell tinkling]
[Derek] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[bubbling]
Hello?
[bell tinkles]
-[Derek] Uh… Hello. -[Dr. Campbell] Oh, my God. Okay. Um…
-[bell tinkling] -Hello?
[bell tinkling]
Hey, we see some mystical creatures here. Um…
[heavy breathing]
Please send assistance down… here.
We mean no harm upon this.
No harm whatsoever to those who have laid here,
to those who have lived before.
-We truly do not mean any harm. -With all due respect.
There is no misintention by our actions whatsoever.
-Don't get out. -I wanna get out.
-[Emily] We mean no harm-- -[Niahlah screaming and coughing]
-[all] Do not come in the circle! -[Dr. Campbell] Stay outside.
-Nia! Do not come in. -[Jeff] Do not--
[Niahlah, sobbing] The go-kart, it blew up! The…
I just…
[Gaten] Stand by with the dummy. Time for Niahlah to fly.
[coughing and gasping] I just wanna--
-[Dr. Campbell] Don't come in. -[Derek] No, no.
-[Dr. Campbell] Don't-- -[reciting]
-[man reciting] -I can't--
-I can't do this! -[Derek] No, Niahlah!
-Don't run away! -Stop!
-[screams] -[Derek] Traps! Tell her there's traps!
-Come back! There's traps over there! -Stop!
-[Emily] Don't leave! -[Taylor] Come back!
-What are you doing? -[screaming]
-[Derek] Whoa! Oh, my God! -[Emily screams]
-[Jeff] Oh, my God. -[Derek] Oh! Niahlah!
All right, guys. I'm goin' in.
It was like her body just shot over, across. I don't…
[Spencer] That's not possible.
-[Chris] Niahlah! Something's wrong. -[Spencer] Don't cross this.
-[Emily] Listen-- -Something's wrong. This is not normal.
-Please don't come in-- -It's not normal!
-Do not-- -Don't come in the circle.
-What? -[Spencer] Chris!
-[groaning] -What happened to Niahlah?
-[Spencer] Look at me. Listen. -[Chris] This is not normal!
[Spencer] Chris, listen to me.
-This is not normal. -[Spencer] Chris.
-Chris, don't-- -[Emily] Do not come into the circle.
-Guys, let's just fucking go! -We need to be respectful.
-Uhh… -[Spencer] Stop!
-[all yelling] -[Derek] No. Oh, my God!
-Oh, my God! Chris! -[Taylor] Oh, my God.
-No, no, no. -[Dr. Campbell] Oh--
-Oh, my God! -[Spencer] Chris! Hey!
-[screams] -[Spencer] He stepped in the circle!
-[Chris yelling] -[Spencer] I gotta help him.
[Chris yells]
-Are you okay? Come on, man. -[groans]
-Is he good? -He's not moving!
[breathing heavily]
-[Spencer groans] -You guys--
I don't feel okay.
My chest hurts.
-What? What? -He-- he went out of the circle. You--
-[Derek] Don't come back in! -Stay.
-[Derek] Tell him not to. -[screams]
-[reciting] -[Derek] No! Don't do it!
-[all screaming] -[Derek] Oh! Whoa, whoa!
Wait! Don't go out of the circle!
I require
sacrifice.
Who will sacrifice?
Who?
[Gaten] I will. Okay?
Calm down for a second, will you?
Je-sus. Again with this?
You're probably wondering what's happening.
-Yeah. -You're on Prank Encounters.
-What? -[Gaten] It's my prank show.
-Oh, my… -[Gaten] You've been… [laughs]
-Little shocked. -[laughter]
Oh, man.
-Okay, who-- who all is in on it? Who's-- -Yeah. Who's… Yeah.
Am I the only one not?
The only two people who were not in on it were Taylor and Emily.
The only people. Congratulations.
-[chuckles] -Wow.
[Gaten] Everyone else around here are actors.
-Wow. -[Gaten] Mm-hm.
You guys are all pretty good.
I'm trying to wrap my head around what was going on.
I'm not looking at them anymore. I'm mad at them.
-You guys have never met, right? -Never met.
-Never met. Perfect. -I was half, like, wanting to run.
But you saw what happened to people who ran.
-[Taylor] Yeah. -[Gaten] Nothing good. Yeah! [laughs]
Emily, when you saw Niahlah being flung through the air,
your face, it was hysterical.
I… freaked out.
That was awesome.
It was such good stuff.
-Round of applause for you guys. -Thank you.
[Emily] I'm still scared, even though it's fake.
I still don't like this.
Aaaah!
-[Gaten] It's over. -[Emily] I… She--
-She can come out of character now. -[Gaten] They look… horrifying.
-[Emily] We're good. Scene's over. -[Gaten laughing]