Case #0190831
Statement of Mallory Cecil, regardingā¦ a vase in their home. Original statement given August 31st, 2019.
Um. Okay.
Thereās a vase in my parentsā attic. Or. Maybe I should give some context, first? Okay. Hold on.
My grandpa, Nikolaus Cecil, studies the supernatural. Or. Studied, until he, um, died, but! He taught my mama and her friend Amelia a lot, and they helped him researchā¦ whatever he researched. Iāve read some of his notes and stuff and it was all kinda confusing to me? I mean, Iām interested in it all, donāt get me wrong, but itās just. Thereās so much content, and Iāmā¦ not really much of a hands-off learner, hehe.
But the whole thing is, my family is really interested in the supernatural! We collect haunted stuff, or, supposed haunted stuff, and my mamaās a witch, and - I mean, I didnāt learn the practice, but Iām still carrying on the family tradition ofā¦ interest in this stuff!
But yeah. We have all these supernatural artifacts, and the mostā¦ impressive? Real? I donāt know, maybe even um, the most dangerous one, itās the vase.
It just kinda sits in the attic most of the time, but my mama checks on it every day. Something about making sure it doesnāt break? Itās real important that the vase doesnāt break or get damaged or lost, and we arenāt allowed to touch it.
ā¦ Obviously Iāve broken that rule. Itās just a vase, really.
My mama watches it, just like her father before her and his father before him andā¦ so on and so forth. Family heirloom of the supernatural sort!
Itāsā¦ creepy. I donāt like it. Sometimes, I can hear whispers coming from the attic. No real words, I think, at least nothing in English, justā¦ soft, nearly inaudible whispers. The voices are deep, andā¦ they feel mocking, almost. Iām sure itās the vase. I donāt know what else it could be.
I suggested handing it over to your Institute, but. Mama said we canāt get rid of it, so thatās not an option.
Itā¦ weirds me out. I donāt like having it in the house. I always get such a bad headache if Iām holding it, and itās always soā¦ everything about it is just wrong. I get this weirdā¦ being watched feeling, and it - I never really feel. Right when Iām holding it, like my skin doesnāt fit right. I always feel like Iām close toā¦ melting or falling apart or something when I hold it. Itās not a good feeling.
Itās just dark inside it, too. Itās not empty, thereās something in there, but itās just black. Iāve never tried sticking my hand in. I donāt think I want to.
Itās real creepy.
ā¦ I feel like it moves on itās own, too.
Maybe I can show it to you guys sometime.
FOLLOW-UP NOTES
According to Institute records, Mx. Cecil made a follow-up statement roughly a month later, and then another statement after that, but weāve yet to find any of them.
While I canāt say for certain that itās real, there have been plenty of haunted artifacts in the past, and considering half of the stuff in Artifact Storage, Iām sure a whispering vase is pretty par for the course.
