The Chopper Incident

Jun 8, 2024

The Chopper Incident

Introduction

  • Presenter: Shrouded Hand
  • Case Location: Nördlingen, Germany
  • Timeframe: Began in May 1981
  • Key Figures: Dr. Kurt Bites (Dentist), Margot Bites (Wife), Claudia Uden (16-year-old dental assistant)
  • Collaborator: Silenswar (Instagram, helped with German translations)

Initial Incident

  • Trigger Event: Dr. Kurt Bites receives a disturbing phone call from a guttural voice hurling obscenities.
  • Incident Escalation: Repeated phone calls, increasing in frequency. Voice targets Claudia with unsettling flirtation.
  • Name of Caller: The caller refers to himself as "Chopper".

Technological Intervention

  • Response: Dr. Bites contacts the Deutch Bundespost (German Post Office).
  • Action Taken: Technicians install an intercept circuit to trace the calls, costing 60,000 marks.
  • Result: Chopper continues harassment by interrupting outgoing calls and shows knowledge of Claudia’s private activities.

Escalation and Police Involvement

  • Contextual Murders: Several young girls, including Sonja Hurler (13) and Ursula Herrmann (10), were murdered around this time, heightening the concern.
  • Threats to Claudia: Chopper threatens Claudia’s life in November, prompting serious police involvement.

Mysterious Phenomena

  • Voice Transition: Chopper’s voice starts to emanate from various household fixtures (drains, electrical outlets, toilet bowl).
  • Impact: Business at the clinic suffers as word spreads about the so-called “ghost.”
  • Media Frenzy: National and international attention, with reporters, paranormal investigators, and psychics visiting the clinic.

Investigation and Suspicions

  • Police Task Force: Special Ghost Commission (SOKO Geist) is formed to investigate the phenomena.
  • Observations: Poltergeist-like activity is witnessed, but there is growing suspicion around Claudia.
  • Breakthrough: A policeman observes Claudia's reflection in a mirror, realizing she was producing the Chopper voice herself.

Confessions and Theories

  • Partial Confessions: Claudia and Dr. Bites partially confess to faking some phenomena, citing psychological influences and possible subconscious actions.
  • Motivations: Claudia's desire for attention and breaking social taboos; ambiguous motivations for Dr. Bites.
  • Techniques Suspected: Use of vocal trickery, in-house telephone system manipulation, tape recorders, special acoustics.

Aftermath

  • Fines Imposed: Claudia fined 1,500 marks, Dr. Bites and wife fined 35,000 marks.
  • Psychological Impact: Dr. Bites and his wife admit themselves to a mental hospital; clinic closes.
  • Legacy: Claudia changes her name, tries to distance herself from the case.

Conclusion

  • Final Reflection: Mixture of human hoaxes and potentially genuine paranormal phenomena.
  • Chopper's Naming: Unclear why the name