Internet lore has one explanation for how it crept out of the shadows facts tell us something very different. A YouTube search of 'Zozo demon' turns up more than 80,000 results, with videos ranging from emotional personal encounters to timeline histories to alleged, full-on possessions. But since 2009, 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. 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. For this television appearance, he's leading a team into the darkness, into the unknown. Evans is a self-proclaimed 'Zozologist,' who regularly tells his stories at paranormal conventions, on supernatural-themed podcasts, and across 236 pages in a recent book. 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. For years, he claims that Zozo has stalked, harassed, and tormented his family. The target: Zozo, an ancient demon who makes his presence known by rapping on walls and moving objects, and might be doing so in the empty hallway upstairs.Įvans isn't rattled by the sound he's used to his house making strange noises.

'This happens all the time,' says Darren Evans, a bystander joining the paranormal investigating team of Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures.

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