Samara Morgan was born to a single mother, identified only as Evelyn, at Saint Mary Magdalen Women's Shelter in Washington state. Evelyn was aware early on that Samara was no ordinary baby, as she would never sleep, and cried if she was near water. Evelyn tried to drown Samara in a decorative pool at the shelter, later claiming that Samara telepathically told her to do so. After that, shelter administrators put Samara up for adoption, and Evelyn was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
Samara was adopted by horse ranchers Richard and Anna Morgan from Moesko Island, who had tried and failed to have a child of their own. Soon after, Anna began to go insane, disturbed by horrifying visions Samara was somehow feeding into her mind. Shortly afterward, Samara was placed in a psychiatric hospital, where medical studies showed the girl possessed a rare psychic ability known as projected thermography, allowing her to psychically "burn" images from her mind onto surfaces, or even into the minds of others. She never slept and was completely insensitive to pain. Samara also apparently didn't know how to control her abilities. Eventually, she was released from the hospital at Richard's request (despite doctors' objections) and subsequently forced to live in the barn in the hope that the distance would help Anna. The visions continued, however, and most of the horses living in the barn also went insane, driving themselves off a cliff or running into the ocean to be away from Samara. Unable to deal with the continuing torment, Anna murdered Samara. She suffocated her with a black garbage bag before dropping her into the bottom of a well on remote, mountainous land the Morgans visited every summer. Samara survived the suffocation attempt and the fall however, and lived in the well for seven days, tearing her own fingernails off trying to get out by climbing up the sides. The only visible light came from the edge of the well covering, forming a faint ring. Anna committed suicide soon thereafter by jumping off a nearby cliff on the Washington coastline.
However, Samara's spirit lives on. Eventually a camping resort is built on the site, with a log cabin built over the well. One day, a group of teenagers rent the cabin, and attempt to record a football game on the cabin's VCR. Samara's spirit takes advantage of this, and uses her ability of projected thermography to instead curse the VHS tape. Instead of a recording of a sports event, the tape now contained a series of grainy, disturbing black and white images inspired by her life - and her death. Those who watched the tape would immediately receive a phone call; when they answered they would hear Samara whisper "seven days". After seven days, they would die.
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