Stardate 20010808.0657 (On Screen): James Lileks' house is haunted. A tortured spirit, yearning to be released to go to its just reward, lives there and has channeled a mylar balloon innocuously labeled with a picture of a duck. It stalks around the house seeking places to hide, and keeps terrifying him. James' baby daughter knows the truth and has been trying to tell him; she points to it and says "Dut" which is clearly taken from the old Gaelic word
daucht, which means "poltergeist". Out of the mouths of babes, James... (Next, the TV.)
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