Chapter 8 Summary

Exploration number four gets under way, and Navidson and Reston set up their equipment in the living room outside the hall's entrance. They will have radio contact with the men for the first 24 hours, but for the remaining four days, they will have no contact. As the men move toward the staircase from within the hallway they contact Reston to tell him everything is alright. They maintain contact every fifteen minutes until they finally lose radio contact.

Navidson is videotaping the events on the outside of the hallway during the remaining days. He captures Karen on the phone with her mother, Reston sleeping, Tom playing with the children and anything else to occupy his time. They are getting restless waiting to hear from the men inside the hallway.

The exploration is supposed to last only five days, but by day seven, there is...