Evans isn't rattled by the sound; he's used to his house making strange noises. For years, he claims that Zozo has stalked, harassed, and tormented his family. Evans even claims to have been possessed by Zozo, who is an ancient supernatural presence who has wormed his way through history, wreaking havoc on participants since the pre-Biblical days. Evans is a self-proclaimed "Zozologist," who regularly tells his stories at paranormal conventions, on supernatural-themed podcasts, and across pages in a recent book.
For this television appearance, he's leading a team into the darkness, into the unknown. Zozo's origin story is riddled with supposition, fabrication, and a hive-mind belief system that keeps his power alive and thriving -- despite giant gaps in its history. But since , Zozo has been a popular internet fixture, so notorious that he's inspired feature films, books, podcasts, and been the focus of entire episodes of both the aforementioned Ghost Adventures and SyFy 's Paranormal Witness.
A YouTube search of "Zozo demon" turns up more than 80, results , with videos ranging from emotional personal encounters to timeline histories to alleged, full-on possessions. Internet lore has one explanation for how it crept out of the shadows; facts tell us something very different.
The demon's story is intertwined with Darren Evans, a man whose stringent belief in the unseen -- and whose obsession with Led Zeppelin -- helped birth a modern urban legend that gains traction with each passing year, its foothold coagulating into an accepted, inescapable truth.
Those who claim they've made contact with Zozo — who also goes by Zaza, Mama, Oz, Zo, Za, and Abacus — say he often shows himself by guiding the planchette into figure-8 formations, before frantically zooming back and forth between the "Z" and "O. While he's often wrangled by a Ouija board, some believe that saying his name out loud can also summon Zozo from the depths of hell.
Zozo believers claim the demon has ancient origins, either African or Sumerian, depending who you ask. While those claims can't be substantiated they may be confusing Zozo for Pazuzu , a Mesopotamian wind demon who famously appeared in The Exorcist , a supernatural entity called "Zozo" was referenced in the French text Le Dictionnaire Infernal. The demonological encyclopedia, written by French author Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, recounts the story of a young village girl who claimed she'd been possessed by three demons named Mimi, Zozo, and Crapoulet.
But according to the website The Paranormal Scholar , accurately translating the text of Le Dictionnaire Infernal shows that the girl's story was faked. He goes on to describe what he believed to be genuine cases of demonic activity, ending the Zozo extract with the sentence: "Nonetheless, there are real cases of possession.
Zozo's first-known textual appearance was technically a non-appearance, but this hasn't stopped people from using Le Dictionnaire Infernal as "proof" of Zozo's existence. A number of websites and videos still cite it as fact, bolstering the belief that Zozo predates the event that seemingly willed him into existence.
In the post, Evans admits to an adolescent fascination with the occult, citing many Ouija board incidents through the years. But Zozo, he said, was different.
The entity consistently showed itself to Evans, "too many times to count," pretending to be a kind spirit before shifting into threatening language, including curses in what "looked like Latin or Hebrew. He claimed that the demon also made threats against his toddler daughter, nearly drowning her in a bathtub and later infecting her with a mysterious illness.
Evans' post garnered a great deal of interest, with other readers alleging similar Ouija encounters with Zozo. He loves to pretend he is other spirits, oftentimes pretending he is three different spirits at once.
He can play on psychics, for instance, if a psychic is adamant that there are only two ghosts in the building, Zozo will confuse them by claiming there are nine ghosts instead. He will also add confusing scenarios by stating he is a little boy ghost and that he is afraid of a malevolent spirit haunting the place.
Zozo loves watching his victims squirm with confusion and oftentimes he takes pleasure when one gullible human believes his lies. Zozo is very sadistic and loves watching friends fall out over his lies. He is a master deciever which is not surprising as the Devil is claimed to be the Father of All Lies, and Zozo is a powerful Devil in Hell, under Satan. Villains Wiki. Villains Wiki Explore. Top Content. Jester of Chaos BeholderofStuff Valkerone. TimeShade TyA. Zozo and the possession were written about in a book called The Exorcist under the name Pazuzu which in turn inspired the modern version of Pazuzu, who comes from Babylonian culture.
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Their imagination do everything else for me.
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