WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.599 --> 00:00:06.549 There are bloody footprints on the snow outside the house, but those are nothing compared 00:00:06.549 --> 00:00:10.059 to the carnage that unfolded inside. 00:00:10.059 --> 00:00:15.880 Blood in every one of the three beds, pooling against the mattresses, an almost-empty dog 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:23.579 kennel full of mangled fur, and every sharp object in the house - knives, scissors, saws, 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:29.660 screwdrivers - all laid out on the kitchen table, stained from the night’s work. 00:00:29.660 --> 00:00:34.600 In the living room, where until recently there had been so much screaming, next to the Christmas 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:37.910 tree sits three large, gift-wrapped boxes. 00:00:37.910 --> 00:00:42.850 They’re each labeled “DADDY,” “MOMMY,” and “BILLY.” 00:00:42.850 --> 00:00:47.620 None of the boxes seem big enough to contain a whole human, but it’s remarkable how well 00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:52.600 a person will fold when you know the right tendons and ligaments to cut. 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.870 And He knows. 00:00:54.870 --> 00:01:00.670 After all, he’s had a long time to practice and a lot of people to practice on. 00:01:00.670 --> 00:01:04.140 But Daddy, Mommy, and Billy are the lucky ones. 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:10.650 Little Tyler is still alive, but he’s somewhere else now - and the fate that awaits him is 00:01:10.650 --> 00:01:12.430 far, far worse… 00:01:12.430 --> 00:01:18.060 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyful Kwanzaa, and Freaky Festivus. 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:21.850 Watch closely and remember everything I’m telling you, especially if you happen to live 00:01:21.850 --> 00:01:27.850 in the Northern Hemisphere - Because, between the nights of December 21st and January 2nd, 00:01:27.850 --> 00:01:31.830 regardless of what you’re celebrating or whether you even celebrate at all, there’s 00:01:31.830 --> 00:01:38.729 something else looking to indulge in its own brand of sadistic holiday “fun” - SCP-4666, 00:01:38.729 --> 00:01:41.750 also known as The Yule Man. 00:01:41.750 --> 00:01:45.890 What separates the Yule Man from a number of other murderous anomalies that the Foundation 00:01:45.890 --> 00:01:51.869 is unable to contain is that the Yule Man is exceptionally violent and cruel. 00:01:51.869 --> 00:01:55.939 If you find yourself in the middle of one of his infamous Weissnacht events, he won’t 00:01:55.939 --> 00:02:01.100 just kill you, he’ll subject you to truly unimaginable torment after doing the same 00:02:01.100 --> 00:02:03.780 to your entire immediate family. 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:08.810 There is no such thing as a quick and painless death when you fall into his gnarled clutches. 00:02:08.810 --> 00:02:14.569 But, there is one advantage, one reason not to give up hope under the threat of the Yule 00:02:14.569 --> 00:02:16.019 Man. 00:02:16.019 --> 00:02:20.240 While he may be a supernatural serial killer who has operated across the top side of the 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:25.239 globe for potentially thousands of years, he’s still a serial killer - and like many 00:02:25.239 --> 00:02:30.330 serial killers, his murderous activities are subject to a number of time-worn patterns, 00:02:30.330 --> 00:02:32.000 rituals, and routines. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.680 If you can familiarize yourself with these data points and learn to recognize them and 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.230 act before it’s too late, you may stand a fighting chance of making it through the 00:02:40.230 --> 00:02:41.230 Weissnacht. 00:02:41.230 --> 00:02:46.099 So, let’s explore one of my case files on the matter and see what we can learn… 00:02:46.099 --> 00:02:49.480 We’ll return to The Yule Man in just a moment. 00:02:49.480 --> 00:02:52.690 But first I have a question directly for you. 00:02:52.690 --> 00:02:58.080 Is something interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals? 00:02:58.080 --> 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link in the description or visit betterhelp.com/drbob 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:14.770 Thank you again BetterHelp for supporting this channel. 00:04:14.770 --> 00:04:17.440 And now back to the Yule Man. 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:18.440 Think back. 00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:22.330 You’re ten years old, and it begins on an unusually cold December. 00:04:22.330 --> 00:04:26.660 The snowfall is heavier than expected, even for your part of the world at this time of 00:04:26.660 --> 00:04:27.780 year. 00:04:27.780 --> 00:04:33.490 Usually, something like this would fill you with wonder, but for some reason, as you look 00:04:33.490 --> 00:04:38.510 out of your window at the crisp, white carpet coating your backyard, you feel a strange 00:04:38.510 --> 00:04:41.650 sense of icy dread creeping over you. 00:04:41.650 --> 00:04:45.780 Part of you wants to dismiss it - it’s Christmas, after all, the most wonderful time of the 00:04:45.780 --> 00:04:46.780 year! 00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:51.220 But if you want to be sure you’ll see another Christmas, you’ll heed those feelings of 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:52.480 dread. 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:57.470 You see, when you experience that kind of shapeless unease, it’s sometimes because 00:04:57.470 --> 00:05:02.050 your instinctual mind - the primitive part of your limbic system designed to detect predators 00:05:02.050 --> 00:05:06.199 - has noticed something that your modern, conscious mind has not. 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.830 Something that means to do you terrible harm. 00:05:08.830 --> 00:05:12.590 Little signs like this are what you’ll need to be on the lookout for over the first seven 00:05:12.590 --> 00:05:18.780 days of these nightmarish Twelve Days of Christmas, because many who don’t wind up meeting an 00:05:18.780 --> 00:05:20.710 awful fate. 00:05:20.710 --> 00:05:23.360 Soon enough, it won’t just be a feeling. 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:24.669 You’ll start to see Him. 00:05:24.669 --> 00:05:30.030 At first, it’ll be from a distance, and you might even brush it off as your overactive 00:05:30.030 --> 00:05:31.860 imagination. 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:35.669 Maybe you wake up on the second day, wipe the sleep from your eyes, and wander over 00:05:35.669 --> 00:05:38.009 to the window to see if it’s still snowing. 00:05:38.009 --> 00:05:41.870 It is, of course, but it isn’t the snow that’s catching your eye. 00:05:41.870 --> 00:05:46.860 It’s something in the distance, little more than a speck against the distant tree line, 00:05:46.860 --> 00:05:49.460 but somehow, you still notice it. 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:51.300 Is that a person? 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:52.300 How could it be? 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:56.970 They’d have to be seven or eight feet tall to still be visible from this distance. 00:05:56.970 --> 00:05:59.710 Somehow, you just know it’s watching you. 00:05:59.710 --> 00:06:04.150 That you’ve been selected for something ancient and terrible. 00:06:04.150 --> 00:06:07.889 But you make the unwise choice not to tell anyone. 00:06:07.889 --> 00:06:10.259 You’re worried about what your parents will say. 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:12.020 What if they think you’re lying? 00:06:12.020 --> 00:06:15.680 Then you won’t get any presents from Santa Claus this year. 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.960 This very instinct is why the Yule Man appears to children first. 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:24.830 He likes to toy with his victims, drawing out their fear and confusion. 00:06:24.830 --> 00:06:28.690 If your parents are understanding enough, you might be able to save all of your lives 00:06:28.690 --> 00:06:30.270 at this stage. 00:06:30.270 --> 00:06:34.970 Around this time of year, SCP Foundation webcrawlers and internet information specialists will 00:06:34.970 --> 00:06:39.540 be scouring social media for any signs of an impending Weissnacht Event. 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:43.720 As little as it seems, even a Facebook or Twitter post from your mom or dad about the 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:48.740 strange, unusually tall peeper watching you from the forest might be enough to trigger 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:52.010 the Foundation into sending some Field Agents to your home. 00:06:52.010 --> 00:06:55.740 Once there, they’ll probably make up some excuse about a dangerous chemical leak in 00:06:55.740 --> 00:07:00.919 your area or a belief that you’re being targeted by some known fugitive or dangerous 00:07:00.919 --> 00:07:01.919 gang. 00:07:01.919 --> 00:07:05.740 You’ll be escorted away to a secure safe house, where you’ll be guarded by a Mobile 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:08.729 Task Force for the remainder of the 12 days. 00:07:08.729 --> 00:07:13.270 But really, what are the odds that your parents will believe you at this stage? 00:07:13.270 --> 00:07:17.479 Unlike the Yule Man himself, you’re not out of the woods yet. 00:07:17.479 --> 00:07:22.050 Over the next few days, you’ll notice that you see him again, and each time he gets a 00:07:22.050 --> 00:07:23.319 little closer. 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:27.380 Of course, you’ll make excuses - he’s still too distant to really make out as he 00:07:27.380 --> 00:07:29.900 stands in the field between the woods and your home. 00:07:29.900 --> 00:07:33.479 Maybe he’s a stranger just going for a walk or stargazing. 00:07:33.479 --> 00:07:37.110 He’s just standing awfully still, is all. 00:07:37.110 --> 00:07:42.300 Sometimes, you’ll see him for a split second, and as soon as you look back, he’s gone. 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:46.349 Perhaps, testing the waters, you’ll start trying to bring it up with your parents. 00:07:46.349 --> 00:07:50.150 You tell them you’ve been seeing a strange man on the grounds outside your home. 00:07:50.150 --> 00:07:54.840 They seem a little concerned at first, but they brush it off and put on a brave face. 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:58.129 They tell you everything will be fine - it’s probably nothing. 00:07:58.129 --> 00:08:02.310 Why would anything bad happen to a lovely little family like yours? 00:08:02.310 --> 00:08:04.740 Maybe you’ll feel okay for a little while after that. 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:07.240 Your parents always know exactly how to comfort you. 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:12.909 They’ve got no idea that, in this case, that comfort is putting you all in greater 00:08:12.909 --> 00:08:14.490 danger. 00:08:14.490 --> 00:08:19.199 But as the days progress, the presence of your singularly unpleasant guest will become 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:23.870 both harder to ignore and harder to do anything about. 00:08:23.870 --> 00:08:27.810 On the morning of the sixth day, you’ll wake up screaming. 00:08:27.810 --> 00:08:32.769 Up until now, you will only have seen the mysterious figure from a distance—a long, 00:08:32.769 --> 00:08:34.570 dark shadow against the snow. 00:08:34.570 --> 00:08:40.140 But now, his terrible face is pressing up against your bedroom window. 00:08:40.140 --> 00:08:44.940 He’s only there for a moment before your screams send him packing, but even that moment 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:49.130 is enough to scar him into your mind for a lifetime. 00:08:49.130 --> 00:08:51.790 He looks weathered and impossibly old. 00:08:51.790 --> 00:08:53.880 Eyes beady and coal-black. 00:08:53.880 --> 00:08:58.149 A smile like a burlap sack full of broken glass. 00:08:58.149 --> 00:09:00.890 Face framed by a scraggly, grey beard. 00:09:00.890 --> 00:09:08.060 Somehow, you get the sense that you’re staring into the face of pure and absolute evil. 00:09:08.060 --> 00:09:11.880 Your parents run in, worried that maybe you’ve had an accident of some kind, but when you 00:09:11.880 --> 00:09:16.170 tell them it’s the strange man again, this time with his face up against the window, 00:09:16.170 --> 00:09:19.890 their expression takes on a different kind of concern. 00:09:19.890 --> 00:09:23.880 Two things may happen at this point - If you’re lucky and your parents take your concerns 00:09:23.880 --> 00:09:27.190 seriously, your lives may be saved. 00:09:27.190 --> 00:09:31.390 If they go to the police and report an incidence of stalking, there’s a possibility that 00:09:31.390 --> 00:09:35.460 a Foundation field agent embedded in some level of the chain of command will flag this 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:37.810 as a precursor to a Weissnacht event. 00:09:37.810 --> 00:09:41.510 In comes the Foundation to the rescue once again. 00:09:41.510 --> 00:09:46.670 But if your parents don’t believe you or perhaps even scold you for telling lies, then 00:09:46.670 --> 00:09:50.130 you’re just kicking that can a little further down the road. 00:09:50.130 --> 00:09:55.380 Though, of course, after the eighth night, when the Weissnacht Event enters its second 00:09:55.380 --> 00:10:00.570 phase, you won’t be the only one noticing strange things around the house anymore… 00:10:00.570 --> 00:10:04.690 On day eight, your mother starts noticing something while your father is out at work. 00:10:04.690 --> 00:10:09.870 She swears she can hear footsteps in the attic, just pacing back and forth, like it’s waiting 00:10:09.870 --> 00:10:12.690 for something it’s extremely excited for. 00:10:12.690 --> 00:10:15.750 Your mother goes up to check, but there’s nothing in the attic. 00:10:15.750 --> 00:10:20.140 Maybe it’s rats or birds in the wall - Not ideal, but manageable. 00:10:20.140 --> 00:10:25.000 However, when she hears it again the next day, she’s certain that it can’t be anything 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.170 but human footsteps up there. 00:10:27.170 --> 00:10:31.891 She’s starting to share your fears, but for some insane reason, she doesn’t see 00:10:31.891 --> 00:10:36.110 what you’ve been seeing and what she’s been hearing are connected. 00:10:36.110 --> 00:10:39.300 If she did, she might’ve been able to save you all. 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:42.320 Instead, she tells your dad about the strange footsteps. 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:46.209 He feels a little worried - But he doesn’t want to go to the police about it. 00:10:46.209 --> 00:10:50.280 He decides he’d rather buy your family an early Christmas present - A Smith and Wesson 00:10:50.280 --> 00:10:51.550 revolver. 00:10:51.550 --> 00:10:55.810 If anyone is messing with his family, he’s going to prove that he can deal with it himself 00:10:55.810 --> 00:11:01.000 like a real man - as though any one man could ever save you all from what’s coming. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.620 As the days go on, the eerie little sights continue to progress. 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:09.450 There are bumps in the night, like someone is in the house downstairs. 00:11:09.450 --> 00:11:13.670 Your father palms his new revolver and sneaks downstairs, ready to head off the intruder 00:11:13.670 --> 00:11:14.890 at the pass. 00:11:14.890 --> 00:11:19.680 But again, there’s nobody down there - It’s almost like you’re being haunted. 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:23.020 This feels even more true when the smells start. 00:11:23.020 --> 00:11:27.800 It’s a pungent, rotting odor that lingers around different parts of the house, like 00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:29.890 something died in the walls. 00:11:29.890 --> 00:11:33.889 Your parents think about hiring some kind of professional, but the smell often seems 00:11:33.889 --> 00:11:37.380 to disappear as soon as it arrives. 00:11:37.380 --> 00:11:41.620 All strange little things - and if you or your parents had been able to put all the 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:46.260 pieces together, you’d know something was very wrong. 00:11:46.260 --> 00:11:48.550 But holiday stress gets to a lot of people. 00:11:48.550 --> 00:11:51.660 It’s easy for certain things to sleep through the net. 00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:56.030 Normally, this might result in a few missed meetings or forgotten errands. 00:11:56.030 --> 00:12:00.370 Here, it could result in all of your horrible deaths. 00:12:00.370 --> 00:12:06.060 On the twelfth night, when an ill wind blows, and the snow is heavy and thick, he will descend 00:12:06.060 --> 00:12:11.810 upon your home in the cover of darkness with horror and madness on his mind. 00:12:11.810 --> 00:12:18.000 You and your family ignored all the signs, and this is your reward. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.850 This is the Weissnacht. 00:12:20.850 --> 00:12:26.380 There are two ways this can go for you - the lucky way or the unlucky way. 00:12:26.380 --> 00:12:32.190 And once you’ve heard how horrible the lucky way is, the unlucky way will truly churn your 00:12:32.190 --> 00:12:33.400 stomach. 00:12:33.400 --> 00:12:37.199 If you're lucky, none of your family will be murdered during the Weissnacht Event. 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:40.699 Instead, you’ll wake up with presents at the door of your bed. 00:12:40.699 --> 00:12:42.060 How lovely. 00:12:42.060 --> 00:12:47.790 Except these presents were given to you by the Yule Man, not Santa Claus. 00:12:47.790 --> 00:12:52.019 And as such, they aren’t made by a workshop of happy little elves. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:56.380 They’re made by and of the Yule Man’s former victims. 00:12:56.380 --> 00:13:01.630 Yes, you’ll be scarred for life, but at least you’ll have a life to live - even 00:13:01.630 --> 00:13:04.630 if you’ll need to spend a fortune on therapy. 00:13:04.630 --> 00:13:07.620 But let’s assume that you won’t be that lucky. 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:12.050 The Yule Man has taken thousands of lives over the years, and he’s gotten extremely 00:13:12.050 --> 00:13:14.870 good at infiltrating homes without being detected. 00:13:14.870 --> 00:13:19.579 He’ll pass through your halls like a shadow, not being heard or seen unless he wants you 00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.579 to. 00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:25.970 If he decides that he wants this to be a more leisurely evening of slaughter, then I’m 00:13:25.970 --> 00:13:30.389 afraid there’s nothing you’re going to be able to do about what comes next. 00:13:30.389 --> 00:13:35.100 Using either his own collection of rusty old tools or common household objects he’s just 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:40.589 collected on site, he’ll silently incapacitate each member of your family in their beds, 00:13:40.589 --> 00:13:42.880 rendering you totally defenseless. 00:13:42.880 --> 00:13:48.649 He’ll then drag each member of your family into a single room, usually the living room, 00:13:48.649 --> 00:13:51.460 and begin his twisted work. 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:55.060 Some of the recorded case studies will give you an idea of what to look forward to in 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:56.639 this scenario. 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.759 In the 1400s, the Yule Man attacked a family in Croatia. 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.850 When the town’s authorities, including an Archbishop, viewed the scene, they commented 00:14:04.850 --> 00:14:09.430 that the family was “made to suffer greatly” before they died and that paganistic symbols 00:14:09.430 --> 00:14:12.060 were written on the walls in blood. 00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:16.759 Centuries later, he was recorded attacking a family in pre-colonial Canada. 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:21.430 Only one young girl was able to escape and run to a nearby village, where she told the 00:14:21.430 --> 00:14:25.450 authorities that a naked man had broken into her house and killed her family. 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:31.339 The rest of her family were found at the family home, hung upside down, completely devoid 00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:35.339 of blood, and showing clear evidence of torture. 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:39.839 And in the sixties, a family in the Soviet Union was found in the aftermath of a Weissnacht 00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:40.839 Event. 00:14:40.839 --> 00:14:46.050 They had been restrained, burnt, beaten, and even bitten hundreds of times. 00:14:46.050 --> 00:14:50.480 Analysis of the bite marks showed that the Yule Man’s teeth didn’t match any known 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.459 animal or human. 00:14:52.459 --> 00:14:56.830 These are all the things you can look forward to if the Yule Man decides he wants to incapacitate 00:14:56.830 --> 00:14:59.000 you and take his time. 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.990 No survival advice would better your chances here - There is no bargaining, begging, or 00:15:03.990 --> 00:15:04.990 pleading. 00:15:04.990 --> 00:15:07.880 The Yule Man is beyond reason. 00:15:07.880 --> 00:15:12.630 But if the Yule Man decides he wants a chase tonight, it’s a very different story. 00:15:12.630 --> 00:15:17.360 He’ll enter through the front door, brazen and proud of what he’s about to do. 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.920 He knows you won’t call for help - He’s already disabled any landline phones or alarm 00:15:21.920 --> 00:15:27.990 systems connected to the home so he can have privacy for his favorite night of the year. 00:15:27.990 --> 00:15:32.019 Perhaps your father will hear him first, just like all the phantom footsteps in the days 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.019 before. 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:37.850 He’s got his Smith and Wesson gripped tightly, but nothing will prepare him for what he finds 00:15:37.850 --> 00:15:41.150 standing in the hallway, waiting for him. 00:15:41.150 --> 00:15:43.389 The Yule Man is a nightmare made flesh. 00:15:43.389 --> 00:15:45.569 Too tall, too gnarled. 00:15:45.569 --> 00:15:47.959 Too ancient and unclothed. 00:15:47.959 --> 00:15:53.890 He grins his broken glass grin and produces a long, curved, rusty blade. 00:15:53.890 --> 00:15:56.819 He lifts it up as if to say, “See? 00:15:56.819 --> 00:16:00.850 I’m going to use this on everyone you love.” 00:16:00.850 --> 00:16:03.149 Of course, your father won’t stand for that. 00:16:03.149 --> 00:16:07.319 He levels the Smith and Wesson and empties the cylinder into the Yule Man. 00:16:07.319 --> 00:16:12.100 He seems to show some brief discomfort at being shot six times, but don’t you think 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:16.370 that if it were this way to neutralize the legendary Yule Man, somebody wouldn’t have 00:16:16.370 --> 00:16:17.850 done it already? 00:16:17.850 --> 00:16:21.870 The Yule Man smiles again and starts walking towards your father. 00:16:21.870 --> 00:16:24.759 This is when the screaming starts. 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:29.350 You sit bolt upright in bed and see that your mother is already in your room, eyes glazed 00:16:29.350 --> 00:16:31.400 with frightened tears. 00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:36.321 At this point, your father is a lost cause, but there’s still some hope for you and 00:16:36.321 --> 00:16:39.130 your mother to escape if you make the right decisions. 00:16:39.130 --> 00:16:42.880 But what are the right decisions right now? 00:16:42.880 --> 00:16:47.670 Knowing her husband is probably dead but wanting to do everything she can to protect her child, 00:16:47.670 --> 00:16:51.100 she begins barricading your door from the inside. 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:55.310 If nothing else, that will buy her some time to think of a plan. 00:16:55.310 --> 00:16:59.730 As she hears the footsteps of the Yule Man slowly trudging upstairs, her eyes turn to 00:16:59.730 --> 00:17:01.310 the window. 00:17:01.310 --> 00:17:05.870 While you bombard her with panicked questions, she starts grabbing your bedsheets and twisting 00:17:05.870 --> 00:17:07.679 them into a makeshift rope. 00:17:07.679 --> 00:17:09.809 Hopefully, it’ll hold. 00:17:09.809 --> 00:17:14.100 As the Yule Man starts knocking on the door with mocking delicacy, she throws open the 00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:16.790 window and feeds the bedsheet rope out. 00:17:16.790 --> 00:17:20.691 She dries your tears and tells you to climb down the rope, to run across the snow to the 00:17:20.691 --> 00:17:24.330 nearest town, and not stop until you get there. 00:17:24.330 --> 00:17:28.169 You ask her if she’s coming too, but as the Yule Man pounds against the door with 00:17:28.169 --> 00:17:31.750 his twisted fists, you already know the answer. 00:17:31.750 --> 00:17:35.760 She kisses you and tells you she loves you as you start to rappel down the ripe out of 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:36.760 the window. 00:17:36.760 --> 00:17:39.630 The cold night air nearly takes your breath away. 00:17:39.630 --> 00:17:45.140 But not nearly as much as hearing the wood of your door splinter and your mother scream 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:50.070 as the Yule Man descends on her with all of his terrible fury. 00:17:50.070 --> 00:17:52.490 You can’t afford to think about what’s happening to her. 00:17:52.490 --> 00:17:57.260 All you can do is run across the snowy field away from your house, feeling the intense 00:17:57.260 --> 00:17:59.440 cold sting the soles of your feet. 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:04.370 If you don’t freeze to death during the run, you fear that the Yule Man will leave 00:18:04.370 --> 00:18:09.460 the house and give chase, making all of your parents’ sacrifices worth nothing. 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:15.200 But as much as you try to run, the Yule Man can run a lot faster. 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.809 You turn and see the long, spindly legs of the Yule Man bounding after you. 00:18:19.809 --> 00:18:24.659 As you try to scream, the icy fingers of your pursuer close around the top of your head 00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:27.550 and yank you sharply off of the ground. 00:18:27.550 --> 00:18:32.870 Your crying and pleading are muffled by heavy burlap as you’re shoved into an old sack 00:18:32.870 --> 00:18:35.470 and shrouded in darkness. 00:18:35.470 --> 00:18:39.700 You can try struggling, but I can’t say with any confidence that it will better your 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.700 situation. 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:46.730 You may have survived the night, but worse horrors await: The Yule Man is taking you 00:18:46.730 --> 00:18:48.679 to his workshop. 00:18:48.679 --> 00:18:53.070 When you next wake up, you’ll be inside a cave with many others like you kidnapped 00:18:53.070 --> 00:18:55.260 from all over the Northern Hemisphere. 00:18:55.260 --> 00:19:00.789 You’ll spend your days and nights making toys out of human remains, and how long you’ll 00:19:00.789 --> 00:19:05.350 be able to eke out your survival will depend on how good you are at this task. 00:19:05.350 --> 00:19:09.830 Sadly, we don’t have any records of people getting out of the workshop and going on to 00:19:09.830 --> 00:19:12.919 live a long and fulfilling life. 00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:17.530 If the Yule Man gets hungry, he might just eat you on a whim. 00:19:17.530 --> 00:19:22.500 And as for if you decide that the toymaking life isn’t for you, well… 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:26.429 Those who can’t make the toys become the toys. 00:19:26.429 --> 00:19:31.871 So, just out of morbid curiosity, what will happen if you and your family don’t survive 00:19:31.871 --> 00:19:33.480 the Weissnacht Event? 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.310 What if your parents are slaughtered, and you’re either eaten or transformed into 00:19:37.310 --> 00:19:38.970 a twisted toy? 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:41.800 The Foundation has its own protocols for this, too. 00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:46.320 They’ll clean up the crime scene, perform autopsies, collect evidence, and contain any 00:19:46.320 --> 00:19:48.250 toys made out of human remains. 00:19:48.250 --> 00:19:52.900 They’ll plant a fake story in the press about a family tragically killed in a regular, 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:54.350 non-anomalous home invasion. 00:19:54.350 --> 00:19:58.710 They’ll then take the data they gained from this incident and incorporate it into their 00:19:58.710 --> 00:20:03.010 predictive models for Weissnacht incidents, hoping that maybe your deaths will give them 00:20:03.010 --> 00:20:06.080 a better chance of stopping the next ones. 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:11.580 But it doesn’t matter how many times we try to stop it - The Yule Man will never die. 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:17.460 He’ll always come back, just as hungry for blood and pain as ever. 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:22.750 All you can ever do is look out for the signs - and hope that this year, it isn’t your 00:20:22.750 --> 00:20:25.299 turn to be on his very naughty list… 00:20:25.299 --> 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