The Devil and David Tyree: How the Man Behind the Super Bowl’s Greatest Catch Lost His Mind
Alcoholism. Speaking in tongues. Preaching gay marriage doom. The disturbing true story behind the greatest catch in Super Bowl history. – By Marlow Stern – … Shortly thereafter Tyree, who had never been religious, walked into a church and experienced what he calls a spiritual awakening. “I actually wept for about 20 to 25 minutes, just wept straight, cried like a baby—in essence was born again,” he said.
It didn’t last. Tyree started hearing voices. Satan, he says, had taken control of his soul. …
Even most Christians can’t handle. Most people don’t see that side of spirituality, most people don’t believe in spirits or demons.”
“Everybody wants to believe in god and heaven and rejoice, well, I’ve been exposed to the darker side of Christianity and spiritual things in general.”
The exorcism didn’t work, so in April 2004, Tyree’s family admitted him to the psychiatric ward of East Orange General Hospital. …
“I can’t remember saying ‘I’m the devil,’” he said. “In my right mind I’m not going to tell anybody I’m the devil, but everybody else in the room remembers it very clearly.”
“At that time, I just said, ‘You know what, God? I don’t know what’s going on. I’ll just give it to you,’” he added. “And just slowly but surely, the voice in my head began to quiet down, began to quiet down, began to quiet down.” …
“For me it’s easy to say …. the only explanation for that voice would have been an angel,” he said. “I can say that it’s 100 percent it’s an angel that day that helped me.”