| “ | To build the build, they had to get rid of an old cemetery and move the bodies. The nearest I can figure is they missed one. Its spirit wants revenge for being disturbed. | „ |
| ~ Charlie Dempster |
Summary
The Evil Spirit (Also goes by "The Spirit", but is also called the "Pool Zombie" by fans) is the main antagonist of the Are You Afraid of the Dark episode, The Tale of the Dead Man's Float.
In the 1950's, there was an old cemetery next to a high school. To expand the school and build the swimming pool, the graveyard was moved and all of the bodies were dug out and moved. However, his body was forgotten and remained where he was. Soon in 1954, the High School swimming pool opened up. One day during the school lifeguard Charlie Dempster's shift, his girlfriend's Cindy's little brother Joe was swimming in the pool. The corpse sensed his presence and came after him, pulling him underwater and drowning him to death. Charlie Dempster tried to save him, but it didn't let him. Also, it soon drowned three more people and the pool was drained, closed off from the school and forgotten. The door to the pool house was covered by a row of lockers inside a change room.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B
Name: The Spirit, The Evil Spirit, "It", "Pool Zombie" or "Pool Ghost" by fans
Origin: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Gender: Unknown
Age: At least 40 years (Its first attack was in 1954, and was still around in 1994 during the time the episode takes place)
Classification: Formerly Human, Vengeful Spirit, Monster, Entity made of water and acid
Powers and Abilities: Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, and 7; Is still alive after being in advanced stages of decomposition), Water and Acid Physiology (Is a being made up of both water and acid. This allows it to transform into a liquified state and physical attacks phase straight through it, such as when Zeke tried to attack it with a body hook), Regeneration (Low-High; Its physiology allows it to reform after going into a liquified state), Invisibility (Is naturally invisible), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3; As a ghost, it lacks organs or biological parts that would need these substances), Fear Manipulation (Put Charlie Dempster into a state of shock), Inorganic Physiology (Unknown type; Is made of water, which is an inorganic compound)
Attack Potency: Human level (Has successfully drowned four people)
Speed: Unknown, likely Average Human
Lifting Strength: Above Average Human (Has successfully drowned four people by holding them down inside the pool, which would require this level of Lifting Strength)
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level. Its ghostly nature and physiology as living water would make it far harder to kill.
Stamina: Limitless (As a spirit, it should have this level of stamina)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Several Meters with Fear Manipulation
Intelligence: Average (Was able to get away with successfully killing 4 people, and it was formerly human)
Weaknesses: Can be made visible if it comes into contact with Methyl Orange, as acid makes a chemical reaction with Methyl Orange. Will explode if mixed with mangenite, as it's made of water. Is confined to the pool room of the high school the episode takes place in. Emits a smell of rotten eggs and acid, which can give it away while creeping up on prey.
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