00:08Hello everyone, listen carefully, I'm going to tell you an urban legend that haunts the corridors of the Paris metro,
00:18'man with the backpack.
00:19It is said that in the depths of Paris, where the metro corridors seem to swallow the light, something has been circulating since
00:28For a long time, it was the story of a man whom regulars on the last trains called the man with the backpack.
00:35According to several accounts, he is not simply a vagabond, but a kind of unsettling presence, almost a living legend.
00:45that some say they see appear at night.
00:48Rumor has it that this man comes from the catacombs. He always wears an old hood that conceals his face, thus
00:57than a worn, heavy backpack, which many describe as full of mysteries.
01:03During the day, he would go unnoticed in the crowd, taking on the appearance of an ordinary passerby. But at
01:11Once night fell, he would, it was said, begin hunting down those whom no one would miss: criminals, predators, and...
01:20violent beings that the city seems to have left on its margins.
01:24One story often resurfaces, that of a young woman named Clara. It was said that one evening, after her
01:31On a workday, she would have boarded an almost empty train.
01:35The atmosphere, it seems, was heavy, silent, oppressive. It was there, at the back of the carriage, that she supposedly noticed a
01:43man carrying a dirty and worn backpack.
01:46Several versions say that she immediately felt unwell, without being able to explain the reason.
01:53It is claimed that as the subway train moved from station to station, the man approached her.
02:00silently, like a shadow gliding in his direction.
02:04Overcome with fear, Clara reportedly rushed down to a deserted platform.
02:10But, according to the story, the man also got out of the train and followed him to
02:16distance.
02:17Those who report this story emphasize one point.
02:23This man would never attack randomly.
02:26He would judge. He would choose.
02:28Clara, for her part, initially believed she had become his next victim.
02:33Hearing footsteps behind her, she turned around and saw her in the pale light of a
02:40Neon sign, motionless, staring fixedly.
02:43It is said that she then began running through empty streets, certain that he
02:48always followed her.
02:50Some witnesses go even further.
02:52A survivor once claimed to have seen this man's face contort, as if all the suffering of
03:01The world was imprinted there.
03:02It is this image, terrible and inhuman, that is said to have fueled the fear surrounding his legend.
03:09The story goes that Clara eventually reached a park, alone, believing she could escape him.
03:17However, he would have reappeared before her.
03:20Instead of attacking her, he would have slowly opened her bag.
03:25But what it contained was neither a weapon nor an identifiable object.
03:30According to the account, it contained something else: traces of past pain, stifled cries, memories of countless
03:39Forgotten victims.
03:40It was at that moment, it is said, that Clara understood that he had not come for the
03:46kill.
03:46He wanted to show her what the night hides, to convey to her what so many others refuse to see.
03:54She would thus have become, against her will, the custodian of this obscure memory, charged in turn with recounting what she
04:02had seen.
04:04Then the man with the backpack would have disappeared into the shadows, as suddenly as he had come.
04:09And ever since, those who report this story always conclude in the same way.
04:14In Paris, darkness never sleeps, and some beings still keep watch in the margins, where the city prefers
04:22keep it a secret.
04:23Next story: beyond appearances.
04:40On the platform of the Paris metro, where the light goes out, where nothing holds you back anymore.
04:47A figure walks by, people speak in hushed tones, an old hood in his arms, ready to accuse himself.
04:53It is said to come from the catacombs, galleries that the city has sealed off.
05:00By day, they blend into the bustling crowd; by night, they hunt down what we would like to erase.
05:09Oh, the man with the backpack, he's walking in the night, too dangerous.
05:16Oh, the man with the backpack, guardian of hell, judge of all things.
05:22In Paris, which sleeps with one eye open, they keep watch at the edge of the threshold.
05:34Clara returned home one evening like so many others, the train car empty, an apostolic silence.
05:41At the back of the subway, a stooped figure, a bag blackened by years of wear.
05:47Station after station, the figure clung on.
05:50Without a breath, without a sound, as if keeping a secret, she stepped down onto a deserted platform.
05:58But behind her, someone was already walking.
06:02Oh, the man with the backpack, he's walking in the night, too dangerous.
06:09Oh, the man with the backpack, guardian of hell, judge of all things.
06:16In Paris, which sleeps with one eye open, they keep watch at the edge of the threshold.
06:25They say his face bears the pain of the world, he cries out muffled every second.
06:32He never attacks those who don't deserve it.
06:35He chooses, he weighs, he judges, then he avoids.
06:39In a solitary park, under a starless sky, he put down his bag and opened the old veil.
06:46Not a weapon, not a blade, not a piece of debris, but the memory of those who are not listened to.
06:53Clara understood that she was the chosen one for the evening to bear in turn this heavy duty that had been recounted.
07:00To bear witness, never to remain silent again, to unforget what bitter silence devours.
07:07Oh, the man with the backpack, he's walking in the dark and it's too dangerous.
07:13Oh, the man with the backpack, guardian of hell, judge of all things.
07:21In Paris, which sleeps with one eye open, they keep watch at the edge of the threshold.
07:42And since that night, Clara tells
07:47For in Paris, darkness never sleeps
07:51And some beings are still watching
07:55Where the city
07:59Prefers to keep it a secret
08:05permit to make a husband for life
08:06The secret
08:06...
08:06French subtitles?
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