1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,519 I've been trying to tell the truth for so long that our lies become more 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:12,560 convenient. There's been countless emails and phone calls, but there's no one to 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:19,960 listen. I can't blame them. It sounds insane. If what I told 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,839 them was even partly true, it had changed the way they looked at the 5 00:00:23,879 --> 00:00:31,120 world forever. It started with little lies. I stopped saying I saw something, 6 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:37,159 but even then it was considered in bad taste to even talk about. 7 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,960 They still thought I was lying or spicing up the truth to hide something even 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:51,880 more sinister. And honestly, I've grown tired. I'm so tired of trying 9 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:58,880 to be believed. So for one final time, I'm going to tell the 10 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:06,040 truth and then just never talk about it again. This has to stop. 11 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:12,040 I never like the term storm chaser. It sounds too much like a fun 12 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:18,200 hobby. While it is a term commonly used, it's not just about being 13 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:25,319 a thrill seeker. We provide real and tangible services. The NWS relies on 14 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,640 real time updates about barometric pressure, wind direction, rainfall and rate, service 15 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:37,120 conditions, wind speed and direction, and a dozen other data points. This 16 00:01:37,519 --> 00:01:44,480 is information taken into account when providing early onset warnings and to alert emergency services 17 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:49,920 in affected areas. I worked with two other guys. Back then. We 18 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:53,439 rode in separate vehicles, the two of them up front, with me following 19 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:59,480 in a back up. There was Javert, the gear head. He made 20 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,200 sure as cell phones worked even in nasty weather through various cell phone boosters, 21 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:10,080 as well as keeping us updated on satellite radar and mesoscale analysis. He was 22 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:15,439 also in charge of the radio, making sure we were up to date on 23 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,000 any info coming in from police, the fire department, emergency services, citizen 24 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:25,919 band, or military frequencies, mostly Air Force, but we could get marine 25 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:34,159 as well. Second guy was read This meatball shaped man was a veteran in 26 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,080 every sense of the word. He came back from Afghanistan and went, oh, 27 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:45,639 well, let's check out tornadoes. So he did. He educated himself 28 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:51,360 and got a job as a forensic meteorologist. Yeah that's a thing. Years 29 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:58,360 later he started his own business, one which I was employed at. We 30 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,560 were on a data gathered job a storm about six o'clicks north of a small 31 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:08,400 Minnesota town not far from Rochester. Early predictions had put the storm as passing 32 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:15,479 east of Madison, but there had been a sudden western shift. They needed 33 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:19,319 boots on the ground for new measurements, and it was looking to be a 34 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,400 nasty surprise. There'd been no weather warnings going out as far as Saint Cloud, 35 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:30,599 and this thing was puffing up into a monster. Rionn roaded a quick 36 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:37,120 damage survey as we passed through Wardville. It didn't look like much a couple 37 00:03:37,159 --> 00:03:40,240 of bent saplings along the tree line, but we were at the edge of 38 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:46,719 it. This was just early indicators. We could tell service conditions. We're 39 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:51,840 going to go straight to hell. I was hearing Reed react to it in 40 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:57,120 real time over the radio. Sky's gonna hail. Crap, he laughed. 41 00:03:57,759 --> 00:04:02,000 Mark, my goddamn words, I ain't no way, Javier said, ain't 42 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,120 that kind of pressure. Boss says it's gonna hail. It's gonna hail. 43 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:11,400 I added, Glad, I've got at least one agreeable man on my side, 44 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:15,519 or to call him raise Jaser. Javie scoffed, I'm telling you it's 45 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:23,120 not happening. We were breaking the speed limit, but driving in rough conditions 46 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,720 kind of comes with the job. Our vehicles go through regular checkups to make 47 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,279 sure they can take some punishment. Last thing you want is to get stranded 48 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,879 in front of a twister. It's a measure twice cut once kind of deal. 49 00:04:38,519 --> 00:04:43,480 We made away through Rochester, heading northeast by way of Kellogg. It 50 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,000 was a decent chance we'd have to cross the Mississippi first. Out of the 51 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:53,399 storm was about to pass Maxville. Javert couldn't help but to laugh. It's 52 00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:58,199 a quick turn, quick, quick turn. I could almost hear him shaking 53 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,480 his head. Hailst don't move like that, he added, you're full of 54 00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:09,160 it. Reid laughed, you'll see. The roads were looking clear. As 55 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:13,680 we rolled up on the Wabisher Nelson Bridge. The sun was setting, casting 56 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,920 a stark contrast between the dark clouds and the red sky. We slowed down 57 00:05:17,959 --> 00:05:21,720 to get a better view. I wasn't sure what I was looking at. 58 00:05:24,079 --> 00:05:29,279 That's what Hale looks like, said Reed. No, that it's clustered, 59 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:33,480 right, Javert sighed, Did the Rockies do it? Ain't no way, 60 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:38,120 I scoffed at the radio, unless the rock Is are somehow out in New 61 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:44,079 England. Girls, girls, Reid laughed, you're both pretty. It's fine. 62 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,279 There was a rest stop just across the bridge. We turned in to 63 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:54,839 check the weather stations into a preliminary reading. Javert double check the power supply. 64 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:59,480 We were running a ton of devices and you don't want any of them 65 00:05:59,519 --> 00:06:03,439 breaking in the heat of things. He was reading a checklist out loud as 66 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:08,120 Rudy and I took a sidebar, getting a closer look at the storm. 67 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:13,920 You really think it's hail, I asked, Could just be a nasty downpour? 68 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,720 Ah, it's hail, he nodded. You get a feel for it. 69 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:25,879 You can smell it. Smell it, Yeah, smell it smells like 70 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,519 nonsense, more like it's what's happening. He pointed south, predicting a sharp 71 00:06:31,639 --> 00:06:36,399 movement to the west, powerful winds enough to rip away more than just a 72 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:43,639 couple of saplings across the road. We were locking a potentially serious property damage. 73 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,720 Checking the weather station confirmed it. Wind direction was shifting fast and picking 74 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:57,839 up speed. We kept going north, heading to Wisconsin, then southeast to 75 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,399 the thirty five. Got a better view of the storm, and something just 76 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:11,519 felt off. I had only worked with Reid for about eighteen months, but 77 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,639 it's like he said, you can kind of smell it, and I did. 78 00:07:17,319 --> 00:07:21,680 We kept going another ten to twenty minutes, stopped by the roadside and 79 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:29,319 updated our readings. As Javert updated the local NWS office, Reid stopped for 80 00:07:29,319 --> 00:07:34,199 a cigarette. The wind was picking up another nemometer was picking up speed, 81 00:07:34,639 --> 00:07:42,240 spinning faster and faster. Reid was having trouble lighting his cigarette that if anything 82 00:07:42,319 --> 00:07:47,120 seemed to worry him, rain or shine, he could light a goddamn cigarette. 83 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:55,240 It ain't looking good, he said, not one bit. What are 84 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:00,519 you thinking. I'm not sure yet, he sighed, coping a and around 85 00:08:00,519 --> 00:08:07,360 his lighter, looking worse than hale. You're talking, twister, he shook 86 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:13,240 his head, finally lighting up a spark. Nah, he sighed, that 87 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,759 ain't it. We kept going south for another ten minutes or so. The 88 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:22,920 clouds were rolling in fast. I could feel the increased moisture in the air 89 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,199 sticking to my skin. I had to turn up the ac. We got 90 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:33,240 to stop for another reading, said Javert. We're getting in the thick of 91 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:39,759 it. We're turning back, said Reed. No, chuckled Javert. No, 92 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:43,039 we ain't. That's moving out of We're turning back. We have no 93 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:48,279 idea what we're running into. You got no idea, huffed Javert. You 94 00:08:48,399 --> 00:08:56,559 really got no idea? You yeah? Read at the pause. Hang in 95 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,399 the air for a moment. I could feel the tension, all right, 96 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:07,600 said Javert, Yes, we're going back. Tyres screeched. As Reid turned, 97 00:09:07,519 --> 00:09:13,080 I could see flashes of light in the rear view mirror. Then came 98 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:18,639 the thunder. Yeah it's picking up. Reid said, so it's not Hale, 99 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,679 juggled Javert. I don't know what the hell that is. Told you 100 00:09:24,759 --> 00:09:28,240 it ain't Hale. Now's not the time to be a smug ass, old, 101 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:33,000 Javi, I interrupted, we're are headed. Red vigured we could cut 102 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:39,279 the thing off going north through Nelson coming out behind it. As he shared 103 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,840 his plans, I couldn't help but to notice Javert going quiet. This was 104 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:48,879 a guy who was more banter than man, and all of a sudden he 105 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:56,200 wasn't feeling it anymore. Bad sign. We kept sending updates to the local 106 00:09:56,399 --> 00:10:03,039 NWS office, and within minutes there was a weather warning going out. I 107 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:09,480 got on to return north up the twenty five, hoping we'd get far enough 108 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:13,639 before we struck the brunt of the storm. With a bit of luck, 109 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:18,240 we could get some more accurate readings on the other side and still be home 110 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:26,360 before midnight. But yeah, no, we weren't that lucky. The storm 111 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,360 picked up and we ended up in the tail end of the northernmost edge. 112 00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:35,440 We got hit by the rain first. I kept my eye on Reed's car, 113 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,399 watching the rain drops gather and disappear with the tick tacking of my windshield 114 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:46,840 wipers. Read and Javert were arguing about the readings, about connection issues, 115 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:52,440 about how the power strip was acting up, overcharging the batteries. I was 116 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:58,200 having trouble hearing them over the radio. I could suddenly smell ozone again. 117 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,559 You can smell it just before it happens. I bet Reed did too. 118 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:15,279 The first lightning strike came out of nowhere. Now I've seen bad weather, 119 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:20,559 I've lived it, slept in it. But this wasn't just bad weather. 120 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:28,519 It was downright nefarious. Not just rain and thunder, but something else. 121 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:37,519 A split second, in that single heartbeat where the strike lit up the sky 122 00:11:37,039 --> 00:11:41,840 and everything was quiet, there's not a person alive that's quick enough to react, 123 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,480 giving this eerie, ethereal feel to it. As Reed's car kept sailing 124 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:58,799 straight forward when in that light I saw something shadows cast across the pavement. 125 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:07,039 Something Reed swerved and the road took the wheel. He tried to bring it 126 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,320 back, but it was too late. One wheel dipped into a ditch, 127 00:12:11,759 --> 00:12:16,960 lurching the car forward, spinning it around and nearly flipping it, ripping it 128 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,919 off the road and about twenty five feet into a nearby field. Made it 129 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,960 look like a goddamn bumper car. I stepped on the brakes, leaning my 130 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,759 car into the side of the road. I didn't even think about it. 131 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:35,080 I grabbed him my radio and hurried out of the door. I called out 132 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,200 for them to respond, but they were doing the same right back to me. 133 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:41,559 We screamed over one another in those chaotic first few seconds, in a 134 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:50,279 garbled mess. Finally I stopped to listen. Reid came through. Get back 135 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:58,519 into your car? What Get back into your goddamn car. I wasn't thinking 136 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:03,039 straight. I was heading out into the field with no cover. In a 137 00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:07,240 storm, it's safer to be inside the vehicle. It can act as a 138 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:13,759 sort of Faraday cage. I was completely exposed out there. A quick turn 139 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:18,840 of the heel and I was heading straight back to my car. I threw 140 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,279 myself into the passenger seat, and the moment I closed the door, the 141 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:30,000 sky lit back up, A single lightning strike reaching from the clouds and into 142 00:13:30,039 --> 00:13:35,919 the windshield of Reed's car, and from that light I could see them. 143 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:45,159 There must have been a hundred people. Burn people, people with exposed bones, 144 00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:50,879 crack skin, missing limbs, all in various stages of decay and decomposition. 145 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,960 They were all over, covering the street, circling Reed's car, or 146 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,559 just standing there in a white light, staring with dead eyes. And in 147 00:14:01,639 --> 00:14:09,120 the blink of an eye, they were gone. Thunder rumbled as the world 148 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,320 turned dark. Javert threw himself out of the car. The strike had cracked 149 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:18,360 straight through the windshield, shattering it. I couldn't hear Javert over the radio, 150 00:14:18,879 --> 00:14:22,120 but I could see him looking my way, pointing at the driver's seat, 151 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:31,159 where Reid sat read He wasn't moving. Lightning doesn't move like that. 152 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:37,200 It hits the tallest point, not the weakest. But this one wasn't following 153 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:43,000 the rules. Javert bolted for my car, rushing across the field. I 154 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,159 left the passenger side door open and crawled into the driver's seat, urging him 155 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:52,519 on, come on, I cried out, come on. He was sprinting 156 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,799 at full speed with this wild look in his eyes. His pupils were so 157 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:07,360 dilated that his eyes looked black. He didn't get far another strike, this 158 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,679 one piercing straight through him. I could see his muscles contract and burst as 159 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:18,360 his jaw twisted at an unnatural angle, and in that split second burst of 160 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:24,919 light, they came back. They circled him. I could see them across 161 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,480 the field in the hundreds, the lightning strike bringing out the image of their 162 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:37,360 form looking at Jeverir with dead eyed stairs. But one of them was looking 163 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,639 my way. I didn't recognize him at first, but I couldn't help but 164 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,559 to notice him. He was the only one of them looking my way. 165 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:54,639 Read his eyes had rolled back in his head, and there was a smoldering 166 00:15:54,720 --> 00:16:00,080 black spot stretching out from his barrel framed chest, just as dead as the 167 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:08,960 rest of them, looking right at me. I was next. I could 168 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,519 barely see as the light faded and the figures faded from my eyes. My 169 00:16:15,639 --> 00:16:21,080 head shrieked from the pressure as the thunder shook my car. The world looked 170 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:26,360 gray. I think I was blinded temporarily. Everything looked red. When I 171 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,279 blinked, I couldn't even see each other air Lying out in the field, 172 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:37,279 my first instinct was to take cover. That's what you usually do when you're 173 00:16:37,279 --> 00:16:41,559 stuck in the storm, you take shelter and you wait for it to pass. 174 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:47,519 For this was different. It hadn't worked for Reed, and it sure 175 00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:52,240 as hell wouldn't work for me. I got out just seconds before lightning rocked 176 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:57,720 my car, burning through the engine block and scorching the pavement underneath. In 177 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:04,119 the flash of light, I saw them. They were all there. Javert 178 00:17:04,279 --> 00:17:10,960 too, his jaw still twisted and bent. But now they were all looking 179 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:18,160 at me, waiting for me. I stumbled backwards, falling into a ditch 180 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,480 by the side of the road. I got my clothes covered in rain, 181 00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:27,319 water, stinging nettles, and discolored sunflowers. The rain was relentless. My 182 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:32,200 first thought was to get up and run, but I couldn't get my legs 183 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:37,319 to move. Instead, I just curled into a ball, covered my eyes 184 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:48,200 and tried to make myself as small as possible. Strike after strike after strike, 185 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,319 but it didn't reach me. Now, with every flash, the figures 186 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,759 came closer. By the third flash, I was surrounded by the dead, 187 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:04,839 shouldered to show, packed like sardines. They didn't say a word. All 188 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:11,799 they did was come closer, reaching for me. It felt like an eternity, 189 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,440 every flash of light making my heart skip a beat. It felt like 190 00:18:18,599 --> 00:18:22,440 minutes past in every instant where the ground was struck. I covered my ears 191 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:26,960 and eyes, but there was just no way not to feel it. It 192 00:18:27,079 --> 00:18:33,640 consumes your every sense. You can taste it, smell it. It's so 193 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:37,039 bright it burns through your eyelids. It ripples through the hands who use to 194 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:45,000 cover your ears. It's such immense, ungodly power. I could feel them 195 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,559 and, not having the time to grasp me the smell of decay as a 196 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,200 hand blinked in and out, trying to strangle me. A flash of pain 197 00:18:56,279 --> 00:19:00,279 as someone tried to bite my leg, but the flash was over before the 198 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,400 dead teeth could pierce my skin. I couldn't fight them off. There were 199 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,319 too many, and it was impossible to tell where they were coming from. 200 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:17,200 I waved my arms around frantically, scrambling to protect myself. In a fleeting 201 00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:22,240 moment, I lugged up. I expected to see the clouds moving and the 202 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:30,880 storm bringing the rain westward. But that's not what I saw. There was 203 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:37,200 an eye up there, and honest to God, I looking straight at me. 204 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,319 In hindsight, it must have been as large as a football field. 205 00:19:44,519 --> 00:19:48,240 It was such an immense thing that I couldn't comprehend it. It hung there, 206 00:19:48,519 --> 00:19:53,440 parting the clouds, and with every blink, another strike came thundering down 207 00:19:55,119 --> 00:20:03,279 looking for me. I counted eighteen lightning strikes in the span of at most 208 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,960 a matter of minutes. It felt like I'd been there for hours, every 209 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:14,480 strike lasting longer than the previous. But as the rain passed me by, 210 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:19,720 I was left freezing and shuddering. The grasping hands stopped, the biting, 211 00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:26,079 the tearing. I was bleeding from cuts and bruises, but I was alive. 212 00:20:29,079 --> 00:20:33,000 When I finally got back on my feet, there was nothing but cracked 213 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:38,519 pavement, burnt grass, and two bodies, one still in the driver's seat 214 00:20:38,559 --> 00:20:45,200 of his car, the other left face down in the rain. It took 215 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:48,319 me a couple of minutes to call it in. I couldn't believe it. 216 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:56,519 I just sat there trying to breathe. I've been telling people about it ever 217 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:02,480 since, but they call it trot, like it was all just a big 218 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,240 accident waiting to happen. Even people in the business refused to lessen, no 219 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:12,799 matter their relation to Read and his company. The terrible tragedy is all they're 220 00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:17,839 ready to say, as if a guy like Reid would mess up this bad. 221 00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:26,920 Lightning strikes do not aim. It doesn't happen. I tracked it as 222 00:21:26,039 --> 00:21:30,319 long and as far as I could, but from what I could tell, 223 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:36,279 it dissolved somewhere over the coast of Norway. I read something about swaths of 224 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:41,079 gulls being pulverised into rains of feathers in the fishing village over the northwestern coast. 225 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:48,599 But that's where the trail ends. I've never had a problem with storms 226 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:56,279 until now. Now I wake up in the middle of the night imagining I 227 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,720 just felt the rumble of thunder. I freak out sudden light. I can't 228 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:06,880 bring myself to go outside when there's an overcast. I just got this feeling 229 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:14,680 that whatever that was, it didn't like me getting away. Maybe I can 230 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:19,039 tell the next time it's near. I can kind of smell it.