Scully and Mulder in “Excelsis Dei”

Scully

[playing a video tape] This is Michelle Charters. She's a registered nurse at a convalescent home in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Mulder

What happened to her?

Scully

According to Miss Charters, she was raped. The abrasions and contusions here would be consistent with her claims as would be the medical report which cites the kind of injury and tearing associated with sexual trauma.

Mulder

Where did you get this? Violent Crimes?

Scully

No. The woman made the video herself. It seems that no one will believe her story.

Mulder

Why not?

Scully

Because she claims to have been raped by an invisible entity. A spirit being.

Mulder

I have several X-Files that document similar cases.

Scully

I know. I've been here since 6:00 this morning going through them.

Mulder

Well, then you know none of them have ever been substantiated.

Scully

Not surprisingly.

Mulder

Given the emotional and psychological violence of rape, the face or identity of the attacker is often blurred or erased from memory. That he could be perceived as invisible is a logical leap for me.

Scully

Yes. But this case is different.

Mulder

Why?

Scully

The victim has filed a lawsuit against the government. She seems to be certain who the spirit being is.