Doris Bither haunting

Record summary

Doris Bither reported repeated assaults and disturbances in her Culver City home, and parapsychologist Barry Taff and investigator Kerry Gaynor later described an alleged luminous or humanoid manifestation during an investigation. The account became the basis for Frank De Felitta’s 1978 book The Entity and a 1982 film. It is useful for comparing apparitional claims with poltergeist-like physical effects and trauma narratives. Important uncertainties include the limited surviving documentation, differing retellings, witness reliability and the gap between the alleged event and later dramatization.