This later increases to five-sixteenths later in this level of the novel. Hamilton states that a second hallway appears but there is something different about this hallway. "The dimensions of the house defy explanation and continue to shift until another hallway appears in one of the walls of the living room. " She continues on by saying " This hallway is far more threatening as it is utterly dark, and it's dimensions change with a menacing growl. Navidson calls for help from his brother Tom and an old friend by the name of Billy Reston to help Navidson measure his house. .
Later on, Navidson calls three explorers to explore the hallway because his wife, Karen refuses to let Navidson explore it himself. Hamilton also refers hallway as the labyrinth which is central to the novel's theme and form. " The hallway appears to be an endless labyrinth of dark corridors; but on further exploration, an enormous stairway is discovered in a great hall, and all of the rooms in the labyrinth continue the sinister shifting. " She continues on describing the hallway as such. "The hallway is devoid of all objects or architecture. This bizarre environment takes its toll on everyone in the house, particularly affecting the relationship between Navidson and Karen. " With Navidson's documentation of these bizarre events, the editing of his videos become what is known as "The Navidson Record." " This piece is crucial to the understanding of the structure of the novel. .
"The Navidson Record"" becomes the subject of the next level of the novel. Zampano is a blind man who writes about Navidson's film. Natalie Hamilton says "A blind man writing about a film is not the only strange thing about zampano's portion of the narrative, however , The footnotes supplied by Zampano are a mix of fictional and nonfictional sources that actually exist outside the novel. Last is the fact that, at the outset of the novel, Zampano is found dead on the floor of his apartment with what appear to be claw marks on the floor next to his body.
