Carla Moran

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Carla Moran is the name of a real life person and a fictional character, who became famous after the 1981 horror movie, "The Entity". There has been wide speculation as to whether a Carla Moran actually existed or not since the movie came out; many who have seen the movie believe that, due to the way that Moran suffered in "The Entity", the name Carla Moran may have been used to protect the name of a real person who experienced what was shown in the movie. (A re-make of this movie is currently being filmed in Japan, scheduled for release in 2006). Other possible names are Carlotta Moran or Doris Bither.

Should Carla Moran be real, she would have been born in 1939. In 1974, her house in California was attacked by a number of ghosts or unseen creatures; apparently about twelve different ghosts visited her with an average of about three per visit, apparently with one more powerful being as their leader among the unseen creatures. Moran, a mother of four, was allegedly raped by the ghosts or unseen beings.

Thinking that she suffered a mental illness, she looked for professional help, and she met doctors Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor. They visited her home and took some Polaroid photos of Moran's room. When the paranormal figures were in the room, Moran let them know about it, and the doctors took photos, with the result being that the area where the ghosts were located at came out blank. When she said they had left, they would take photos of the same area, with the photos coming out as normal pictures.

Although the doctors did not have the chance to photograph every phenomena which they witnessed, they agreed in description on the sighting of floating "ball of light" seen in one room. One of the doctors witnessed a dark shadowy figure that disappeared. The same apparition was reportedly witnessed by Moran's eldest son.

Those who believe Moran is a real person believe that, after feeling the presence of doctor Taff and doctor Gaynor, the ghosts minimized their visits to Moran. Moran relocated to Texas, but she would still be visited, and sexually assaulted by them from time to time.

Moran may have died of cancer; the last news that were heard about her was that she had been diagnosed with that disease.

Controversy

Dr. Taff and doctor Gaynor came out, in 1980, with the book that would eventually become a movie. People who believe that Carla Moran is a fictional character think that the Carla Moran story was created by Taff and Gaynor for their book, which was also titled "The Entity". In 1982, the movie version was released, and, even as it received bad reviews from some movie critics, "The Entity" later on became a cult classic. Because of Taff and Gaynor's explanation, some experts in paranormal topics recommend that the movie be treated only as a work of fiction and not a factual story.

Many others believe that the case really did happen, but that the doctors used a fake name in their book, and subsequently, also in the movie, to protect the real victim's identity due to the violent nature of the acts depicted in the film. The actions of "The Entity" depicted in the film and described in the book mirror those of the stories of unseen, yet apparently physical paranormal forces or beings such as poltergeists and demons, most closely resembling stories of the "Invisible Masters". The depicted events are also very similar to the Smurl haunting, with a shadowy man-like apparition being witnessed and the sexual assault upon the victim(s).

During the years after the movie, various women have come out on television, claiming to be Carla Moran. The last person to come out in television giving herself that identity, as of 2004, was an elderly woman who, in 2001, told news reporters that she had cancer.

External links

- Article on Doris Bither [1]