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I live near the real life The Watcher house from Netflix – it ‘freaked out’ the town & had residents ‘really scared’
A LIFELONG Westfield resident has shared that the Watcher “freaked out” the town and had residents “really scared.”
The saga of The Watcher – which left the Broaddus family with a series of ominous and threatening letters – has been turned into a new seven-part Netflix series.
The family purchased a gorgeous six-bedroom house in Westfield, New Jersey for $1.3million in June 2014, but just days later, they received their first anonymous note sent to them by someone known only as “The Watcher.”
Ralph Bencivenga, one of the owners of Bovella’s Pastry Shoppe in downtown Westfield, told The U.S. Sun that “everybody was freaked out” when the saga began in 2014.
“Westfield is a family town. Nothing really happens in Westfield. So when that happened everybody was going crazy,” he said.
Bencivenga, who has worked at the pastry shoppe since 1985, said it was business as usual for the bustling bakery, located less than a mile from 657 Boulevard.
But he said that some Westfield residents were more affected than others.
“It didn’t affect us because we do our normal routine here [at the pastry shoppe], but I know a lot of residents out there that were really scared about the neighborhood,” he said.
“Around that neighborhood where the Watcher house was, I think people were just nervous and cautious.”
As far as the new Netflix series is concerned, Bencivenga said his feelings are mixed.
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“It’s not something you really want to brag about,” he said, but added that it’s “pretty cool.”
MYSTERY BEGINS
Derek and Maria Broaddus purchased the six-bedroom house for $1.3million in June 2014, but just days later, they received their first anonymous note.
The chilling letters sent to the address revealed that the author knew intimate details of their lives and the layout of the house.
They also warned that if children went down to the basement their parents “would never hear them scream.”
Each of the letters was signed only by “The Watcher,” the title of the new Netflix series loosely based on the Broaddus’ unnerving saga.
Westfield, just 28 miles from Manhattan, is often named one of the safest places to live in America.
For the Broaddus family, buying the Dutch colonial home at 657 Boulevard was fulfilling a lifelong dream.
Maria was born in Westfield and the expansive new house with four bathrooms and more than 3,800 square feet was just blocks away from her childhood home.
Derek, who had a working-class upbringing in Maine, had worked his way up to become senior vice-president at a New York insurance company before his 40th birthday.
CREEPY ‘YOUNG BLOOD’ NOTE
Just three days after they closed on the house, Derek was painting his new home when he went outside to check the mail.
Inside was a letter, addressed in thick, clunky handwriting to “The New Owner,” and a typed note.
“Dearest new neighbor at 657 Boulevard, allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood,” the letter began.
“How did you end up here? Did 657 Boulevard call to you with its force within?”
The author continued by saying that the house had “been the subject of my family for decades” and said that he had “been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming.”
They then asked if the owners knew “what lies within the walls” of the home, and said that they would “find out” why they were there.
The note’s author revealed that they had already begun watching the family, identifying various personal details, such as their Honda minivan and the fact that they had hired builders to renovate the home.
The letters warned that the couple would make the house “unhappy” if they changed it, and made a chilling reference to their children.
“The Watcher” even knew how many children the couple had, and said that they wanted the house filled with “young blood.”
There was no return address on the envelope, and the author teased the homeowners that they could be a neighbor or just a passer-by.
The letter concluded by warning that it would not be the last, saying: “Welcome my friends, welcome. Let the party begin,” following by a typed signature: “The Watcher.”
The anonymous author would go on to send several other letters over the following weeks.
The Broaddus family, too scared to move into their new home, rented it out, and say another letter arrived in 2017, warning of various tragedies which could take place, such as car accidents, fires, or the sudden death of a loved one.
They eventually put the home up for sale and sold it in 2019 for a loss of about $400,000.
The new residents of the home couldn’t be reached by The U.S Sun on Wednesday.
‘THIS WAS A CRAZY HOUSE’
While many neighbors along The Boulevard have come and gone, some were around at the time the saga was unfolding.
Kimberly Sorrentino has lived on The Boulevard for about 30 years.
She told The U.S. Sun that before the Broaddus family bought the house, “this was a crazy house.”
“It was a bachelor’s house before it was a private home,” Sorrentino claimed.
Sorrentino “seriously contemplated” purchasing the Broaddus family’s home when it was up for sale.
“I thought it was a good price for the house,” she said.
“I don’t think much of it, I don’t think it was anything scary,” Sorrentino said.
“I would say the car jackings in this town are much more serious than The Watcher.”
Another neighbor across the street echoed that sentiment, saying she also wasn’t worried at the time.
However, she did share that she was part of the group of neighbors along The Boulevard who participated in voluntary DNA testing as part of the investigation into the mysterious letters.
“Two detectives came … and I knew that I wasn’t part of anything, but it was weird,” she recalled.
She never heard anything further after the test.
“I hope the movie’s good, but there’s so much more to talk about,” she added.
When approached by The U.S. Sun, the Westfield Police Department said: “We’re not giving a statement at this time.”
‘THIS IS JUST OUR TOWN’
Other community members had mixed reactions to the news that the story of The Watcher was about to premiere on Netflix.
“It’s probably going to be way more dramatic than the actual story,” one employee at a waxing salon told The U.S. Sun on Wednesday.
“People haven’t heard of it,” another chimed in.
Elsewhere, outside of Feast Catering where everyone seemed to know everyone popping in to pick up lunch, two women said they tend to “stay out of the town business.”
“This is just our town,” one woman said.
“I kind of feel like that’s the vibe of the town in general – you don’t have to know everyone’s business.”
She insisted that Westfield – with a population of just under 30,000 – is a “happy little town.”
Many residents and community members made mention of the constant coming and going of news trucks back in 2014 when the letters became a national story.
One woman who was with her mother and daughter at Vicki’s Diner said that she “felt bad” for the family at the time.
“I think it was somebody joking around,” she said of the mysterious letters.
“I don’t know that I’d buy it,” she was quick to add.
The Watcher, starring Naomi Watts, is now streaming on Netflix.
Shocking moment Russian missiles erupt into massive fireball on Ukrainian street as desperate residents flee
TERRIFIED residents were forced to flee as Russian missiles pummeled a street in Ukraine.
Shocking footage shows a huge fireball erupt and massive plumes of smoke billowing into the sky as two blasts rocked Dnipro.
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A second blast then hit as smoke billowed into the sky[/caption]
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At least four people were killed in the city and a further 20 injured – while dozens of missiles blitzed multiple regions across Ukraine on Monday.
The dramatic clip shows traffic grinding to a halt as the first explosion went off – sending thick black smoke into the sky.
As a car races away from the scene and horrified pedestrians flee, a second blast hits the street.
Emine Dzheppar, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said 20 missiles hit the region on Monday.
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She tweeted: “Ukrainian defenders managed to shoot down one quarter of the missiles.
“Enemy targeted Dnipro’s critical infrastructure, leaving thousands of people without electricity.”
The strikes in Dnipro came as Moscow unleashed a deadly barrage of missiles across Ukraine on Monday – blasting playgrounds, bridges and civilians.
Russia‘s former president Dmitry Medvedev has warned the attack was only the “first episode” of the retaliation for the explosion of the Crimean bridge.
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In the capital Kyiv at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings.
At least 14 people were killed and 97 injured with explosions in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr, Kremenchuk Zaporizhzhia Kharkiv and Kropyvnytskyi also reported.
The brutal revenge blitz followed the daring blast that destroyed a strategically vital bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia on Saturday.
In a televised speech, Putin said Moscow had launched long-range missile attacks against Ukraine’s energy, military and communications infrastructure on Monday in retaliation for the attack on the Crimean bridge.
He said: “The Kyiv regime, with its actions, has put itself on the same level as international terrorist organisations.
“It is obvious that the Ukrainian secret services ordered, organised and carried out the terrorist attack aimed at destroying Russia’s critical civilian infrastructure.”
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“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and, in terms of their scale, will correspond to the level of threats posed by the Russian Federation.
“Nobody should have any doubts about this.”
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The blasts came after Putin’s prized bridge was targeted on Saturday[/caption]
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The program differs from a previous short-term promotion by Altice’s Optimum and Charter’s Spectrum that gave New York City students free internet service after the pandemic hit. Some parents said they were duped into signing up for paid subscriptions after the promotion ended. Under a three-year agreement with the providers, New York will pick up the cost at about $30 per household. The city is in talks with a third major cable TV carrier in the city, Verizon, to join the program. NYCHA residents enrolled in Big Apple Connect will still be able to use the federal Affordable Connectivity Program benefit to save money on their cell phone bills and provide discount of up to $30 per month toward internet and cellular data service, city officials said.
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