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Everybody, This is less Striving Yes, yes, I know AKA Surviving

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and you're listening to Brian sasquatchis you
guys? Welcome back to Sasquatching Pots.

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Thank you so much for clicking play. It is Sunday. I hope you

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guys have had a great weekend.
We have an amazing show lined up for

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you. But as always, I
want to start by inviting you. If

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you've had an encounter and you'd like
to be on the show, shoot me

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an email and get me at Brian
at Paranable World Productions dot com. Get

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head over to the website, check
it out, become a member there and

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help support the show. As I
said, We've got a great show lined

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up for you. This is a
little bit of story time, but it's

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a little different because I started reading
this book Gosh last year and I actually

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put out a show late last year
that had the first few chapters of the

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book, but I decided to go
back and do the first five and one

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episode for you guys, So that's
what you're about to hear. It's me

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reading the first five chapters of this
book. It's got a lot of cool

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stories in it about Bigfoot, and
we're going to get into even some other

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cryptids in the book later on.
But I think you're really going to enjoy

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it. Connor's a really great writer. I've had him on the show before

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and he was a lot of fun. So if you haven't heard that episode,

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go back and search for Connor Flinn's
episode here on Sasquatch Out to see.

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I think you'll really enjoy that.
But I've got the link for his

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books in the show notes, so
you can go over and check him out.

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I think he's got four or five
books out right now that he's done

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over the last couple of years,
so I highly recommend you go pick those

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up for yourself, but if you
just want to listen to them. He

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was gracious enough to allow me to
read this entire book on the air for

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you, so we're going to start
you out with the first five chapters and

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we'll have the rest of those coming
in some subsequent shows over the next few

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weeks. If you haven't already done
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I know you guys are ready to get

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into big Brother Bigfoot, so I'm
gonna stop talking. You gotta sit back,

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relax and enjoy the show. We're
missing the link between Man and our

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creator, maybe closer than we could
have ever imagined. According to reports all

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over the world dating back to the
beginning of time, man has never been

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alone. My name is Connor,
the Countryman, and I believe our connection

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in the forest can provide us answers
to the questions of the skies. There

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is a pyramid on our dollar and
a giant on the two thousand New Hampshire

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Quarter. The truth's tide stays determined
by leaking through. People have been vanishing

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from our national parks and other dense
areas by the hundreds. So when adventuring

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out into the wilderness, please take
caution and be aware of the one born

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feet first with eyebrows that meet.
Signs of sasquatch come in many forms.

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Chances are we have all walked right
past a bigfoot structure. Wild hiking in

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the woods, tree knocks, rock
smacks, and ground stamps are just a

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few ways these creatures communicate through the
environment. They verbalize using whoops, hoops,

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groans, growls, and moans.
They have their own language that consists

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of ingenious words and tongue clicks,
often referred to a samurai chat. Their

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vocal range exceeds the limits of any
human being. If you happen to stumble

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across arches, tree breaks, rock
stacks, balanced logs, and teepee structures,

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there is a good chance that the
wild man is near. Check the

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dirt for long lines, perfect circles, and other ground glyphs. These humanoid

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creatures are mentioned in the Bible,
Koran, and many ancient texts. In

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the Indian Ramayana from four hundred to
seven hundred BC, there's mention of an

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advanced race of monkey species called vanara
Vena, meaning forest and Nara, meaning

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man. The prophecy states that they
shared hot purified water called shila jeet from

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humans. The magical liquid help the
humans develop physically, mentally, and most

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importantly, spiritually. The tincture is
good for the pineal gland and directly hydrates

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the soul. In the Bible,
e Si is an etamite and is covered

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in a thick coat of reddish brown
hair. He preferred sleeping outside and hunting.

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Venom Kane is the son of Adam
and Eve and was also known as

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the Marked One. But most interesting
is the Nephelum from the Book of Enoch.

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The sons of God came to Earth
and impregnated daughters of Earth, creating

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Titans, demi gods, and fallen
ones. The watchers watched and waited for

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a window of opportunity. We forgot
them, and they have snuck back into

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our sanctuary. The Good Book describes
the air of Days, when giants roamed

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the surface, dragon sward the skies, and Leviathans patrolled the deep seas.

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The fallen angels were determined to spread
evil through the world, but God emptied

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the heavens and it rained down from
the firmament. Flooding our realm, turning

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the behemoths to stone. Mud fossils
surround us today. Take a second look

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at that mountain it used to be
alive. People know me as the Bigfoot

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guy. I grew up fishing,
hunting, and urban exploring. I was

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obsessed with horror movies and unsolved mysteries. I chased waterfalls and crypt I bike,

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kayak and rock climb where I can. I was in the Geology Society

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and the Outdoor Adventure Club in high
school. I wrote for the school newspaper

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and did a lot of freelance.
I played quidditch and made films at Bowling

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Green. I staged managed a punk
rock musical, and umpired and refereed sports.

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But my main passion is expanding my
knowledge on mysteries and cryptids across the

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planet. I lived out of my
car across the United States and met many

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interesting people. I slept under bridges
at Marina's twenty four hour grocery stores and

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dead end roads while CouchSurfing. You
meet the people you need. When you

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follow your destined path, all your
needs are met in abundance. Hobo is

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short for homebody. I was a
hobo and I still am hitting rock Bottom

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isn't always a bad thing. The
darkest nights are usually followed by the brightest

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days. Through Bigfoot Anonymous, I've
narrated over five hundred sasquatch encounters an interviewed

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countless people about their cryptic experience.
I have spoken to people who have fed

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Harry, been touched by the creature, and others who have camped at Bluff

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Creek. We have covered troglodytes,
ferries, Indian mounds, warewolves, spelunking,

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war stories, police cases, and
of course Natman. But my best

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stories were off the record until now. This is a collection of experiences,

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journals, and encounters that I've been
putting together since before the millennium. I

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was covering fire breathing dragons in the
fourth grade the same year that United ninety

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three flew right over my school.
But articles of wild man encounters and giant

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bone excavations go back to the beginning
of news and press, the hunt for

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the German wild Man, the Lovelock
giants, and of course David versus Goliath.

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Native tribes all around the planet have
stories and lore that surround these beings.

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The Yarn, the Eddy, and
the y Awi are being spotted.

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To this day, I've been in
the same building as Y'allming, Sean Bradley

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and Shaquille O'Neill. They all have
the giant geane and their presence is felt

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whenever you were nearby. There's an
old Irish tale about a farmer named Connor

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who lost his two cows. He
searched for them all day and he found

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shelter in the night. The door
was answered by a tall old woman and

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they were expecting him. Three men
surrounded him and transformed into wolves. They

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surrounded him and licked their chops.
Connor started swinging his walking stick erratically,

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and the eldest wolf yelled at him
to stop. The elder made the crazies

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disperse. The wolf asked him if
he remembered a young wolf with a thorn

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in his side. Connor remembered he
had nursed it back to health that pub

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was the eldest wolf. He offered
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promised that he would not be bothered. He woke up the next morning on

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a bell of hay in his own
yard. He was confused, but that

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was the best sleep he had ever
gotten. His cow were still gone,

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but three new ones were in his
pasture. The oldest wolf was there and

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herded them. There grew to be
the greatest cows in the land, while

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Connor became rich and successful. My
Homeland's proverbs go lessons are won by a

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good deed done. All beasts are
not monsters. There is artwork of religious

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figures with wolves, hieroglyphs of men, the size of giraffes and elephants,

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the size of pyramids. Where did
those giants run off to? There are

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plenty of tales of vampires and wild
men in the homeland. The Fountain of

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Youth is real, and the sun
is much smaller than they say. Heaven

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is a physical place, but so
as hell. The military, National Park

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Service, and police have had encounters
dating back to opening day. Pilots,

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truckers, and loggers are well aware
of their existence. There have been blood,

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hair, yurine, fecal and saliva
samples. The hair follicles have transparent

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characteristics. This allows the creature to
camouflage themselves with their surroundings. Many tracks

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have unique dermal ridges. Their skeleton
is very flexible, similar to a bug.

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They are double jointed and sometimes crawl
like spiders. They are true apex

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predators. They send uv raise and
can sense meditations, psychedelics, and even

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disability. Check out troll Hunter for
a look inside Troglodytes can mimic animals,

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machines, and even loved ones with
their powerful diaphragm and vocal cords. The

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Sierra Sounds and Ohio House both have
voice waves that human vocal capacities can't physically

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reach. These creatures aren't humans that
have become primitive. They are the true

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ancient species of man, the true
natives of Earth. The Sumerian tablets may

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be more accurate than recently accredited infrasound, sonar, locating, and telepathic senses

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are natural to their brain and abilities. If humans, air, water,

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and food were not poisoned, I
truly bel leave that we would have some

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degree of their sixth sense. These
apex predators take advantage of night vision and

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occupied the endless subterranean chambers of Earth. They thrive near mountains and volcanoes,

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but could be anywhere that a deer
and rabbit could live. The existence of

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sasquatch is widely debated today, even
though there is a mountain of evidence and

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a list of witnesses that could stretch
from pole to pole. The elusive beast

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is still an unsolved mystery to mainstream
media and science. The obvious cover up

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just fuels the fire more. There
is a divine energy around these creatures,

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and I believe that they are our
closest bridge to our creator. So let's

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cross it. People deserve to know
what's out there so we can properly protect

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our families. There's a chance that
we can learn from them and maybe a

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chief piece in future generations. Look
at the story of the Grinch. The

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quest for Sasquatch is very close to
my heart and soul. The Abominable Snowman

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and Harry were a big part of
my childhood. My family members have had

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encounters and others have refused to even
discuss the topic. I've always liked to

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dig where I wasn't supposed to.
The creature's existence is obvious. I'm more

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interested to see if they are angels
or demons. Let's cross that bridge where

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there are no cars. This journey
started targeting Bigfoot, but has led me

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down a path of werewolves, swamp
things, and many other beings that walk

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this earth among us. Chapter two, Ohio Grassman, The heart of it

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All The Buckeye State is famous for
astronauts, Nightmare on Elm Street, and

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the creation of Superman, But the
Ohio Grassman would scare even Jeffrey Dahmer out

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of the woods. With sightings going
back to the days of the Mohican,

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the Buckeye Beast has let his reign
be known through the Ohio Valley. A

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renegade species of wildman, the Grassmen
are far more aggressive than the typical evasive

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sasquatch. The legend began when two
giant chiefs came to a disagreement over war

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with humans and the abduction of their
women and children. There are more than

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ten thousand burial mounds in the state
of Ohio. Giants have been discovered in

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Toledo, Chillicothee, and across the
river from Wheeling and Moundsville. The natives

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who called the Buckeye State home have
legends and lower warning of dangerous cannibalistic timber

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giants. The Indians traded with the
peaceful mound builders and went to war with

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the more aggressive clans. The Cleveland
Browns are dogmen, not dogs. The

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tribes mark their territory with many different
scents and structures. The urinate and spray

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around the perimeter. To keep humans
and other sasquatch away, They will bend

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trees, lay nest and build teepee
structures. They will create these shelters with

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fallen limbs and logs, but sometimes
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have been discovered. Usually the trees
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the base. Five or six broken
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strong standing tree and that will be
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August of nineteen seventy two, three
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a small northwest town. Witnesses claimed
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hairy feet. Some claimed it was
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remembers it as the werewolf of Defiance. The creature was spotted running like a

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caveman carrying a giant stick. The
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still on edge to this very day. One night, we snuck out of

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a friend's house to pull some pranks
and meet up with some girls. We

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dingedong, ditched a couple of houses
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The police were patrolling, and we
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of the neighborhood. The cops pulled
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woods and got separated. I was
terrified of getting caught, so I was

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blinded with adrenaline. I kept moving
at a good pace and ran into the

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creek. I knew I would be
able to navigate the area using that.

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I crept silently in the water,
using the small rapids to mask myselund When

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I heard a rustling up in the
leaves ahead of me, I crept out

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onto the bank and quietly tried to
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I was met by a deafening silence, so I approached the tree that I'd

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heard the noise come from. I
took one step forward and I was met

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with rumbling below my feet. It's
sent a jolt up my knee and paralyzed

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me in a compromised stance. I
teared up instantly, and I knew I'd

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overstepped my boundary. I tried to
open my hands as I backed into the

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creek. I ditched my lighter at
the edge of the tree line to hide

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the evidence and to thank the monster
for issuing me a warning one of my

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friends is from that same neighborhood.
He is a security guard, I Yuasca,

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shaman, and filmmaker. He says
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ten feet tall in the same woods. He also told me that he sometimes

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turns into a wolf while meditating,
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I'm not sure if I encountered my
buddy along the creek or his arch

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nemesis. That was not the only
time he encountered something strange. In Medina

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County, near Sleepy Hollow, there
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the woods in my friend's region.
Alex called him the Wolfman, but his

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dad simply called it the beast.
He warned us that the creature could smell

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fear and that we should stay inside
after dark. Part of me just thought

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it was a ploy to stop us
from sneaking out, but I would soon

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realize that he was being dead serious. We had our golf league the next

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morning, so there were no plans
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Alex's basement in watch saving private rhyme. He had a walk out patio that

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led directly into the woods. There
was a creek, and it was the

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perfect din for a predator. We
made little jokes throughout the night and moved

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quickly when we grabbed snacks, but
it was just an ordinary sleepover. Right

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before bed, everything changed. We
were shooting pool and an eerie feeling swept

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over the floor. Collectively, we
all called onto the strange vibe and began

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investigating. We crawled out of direct
view and began and peering through the smaller

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windows. That was when we spotted
some glowing eyes. They were about six

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feet off the ground and meant to
intimidate. We received the message and we

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knew we were being stalked. The
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We were paralyzed in fear. After
what felt like hours, we crawled

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back behind the couch, shivering with
chills. We tried to go to sleep,

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but that was impossible. We kept
peeking backwards to the woods to see

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if we could get a visual,
but it was to no avail. After

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an hour of stone cold panic,
we booked it upstairs and slept in his

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room. The next morning. It
all felt like a dream, but we

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knew what we'd seen. The Wolfman
was born. The dog Man was near,

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not long after, Jake and Alex
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They were getting a ride home from
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evening. They turned into his development
and they spotted the wolf creature crossing the

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road on two legs. The beast
scaled a cliff side and ran toward a

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barn. I had the boys right
incident reports independently, and both their stories

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matched. There's definitely a large cryptid
patrolling the woods of Sleepy Hollow. Stay

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tuned for more Sasquatch Odyssey will be
right back after these messages. My grandparents

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own one hundred and eighty acre farm
in southeastern Ohio, near Wheeling and Moundsville,

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West Virginia. There have been many
big foot sidings in the Ohio Valley,

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but the ancient burial mounds are what's
most interesting. There have been hundreds

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of skeletons excavated that are proof that
giants existed in the Americas. Recently,

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my mom's cousin Eddie told me about
an encounter he had while hunting on the

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property before the sun rose. He
was heading out to his tree stand and

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was being followed by something walking by
petal. When he would stop, it

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would stop, he said. A
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Ed changed his route and rotored off
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When I was younger, I was
hiking near the same location with a

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good friend Jake. We were accompanied
by my black labs, Sacho, and

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my grandparents two blue heelers, Shep
and Joey. After miles of adventure,

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we stopped below the grandchildren's treehouse for
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we heard strange noises above us,
and a black creature dropped right on

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top of us. It all happened
so fast, but Jake and I took

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off running. The dogs were squealing
and barking at this thing. They surrounded

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it. At first glance, I
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For years, I told myself it
was just a giant feral cat.

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Recently, Jake said that thing was
as big as Sacho. We made it

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to the yard and started worrying about
the dogs. We could still hear the

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strange noises from down in the valley, but after a couple of minutes,

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they finally came running up. They
had a look on their faces, and

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they were acting strange the rest of
the night. My grandpa has found large,

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unidentifiable scaut on the property and has
had to shoot the gun to save

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cattle on multiple occasions. There were
escaped ostriches nearby and many bobcats. Now

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I think it may have been a
juvenile dog man. A decade later,

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we were camping in my backyard for
a blood moon eclipse. Around two am.

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We were lying in the grass enjoying
the sky's show when we heard something

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shuffling on the other side of my
barn. At first, we thought it

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was my cat's chasing prey, but
we realized that they were lying nearby.

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We figured it was a deer.
We went back to the stars. After

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a few minutes, we could feel
a rumbling in our chest. There was

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a strong reverb from a low growl
on the other side of the barn.

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That was no deer. The cats
were spooked too. We got up to

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investigate, but we could barely see
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We chose to lay down and accept
our fate. We internally surrendered,

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but the weird feeling went away after
a while and we went back to the

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skies. The woods across the street
have many strange occurrences. There are witch

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stones, abandoned cabins, and homeless
hangouts. Strange lights and glowing orbs were

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nothing new. A picture of the
Whitney Monster looks exactly like the transparent crawler

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creature crawling across the road that I
saw one misty night. I'm not sure

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if the creature that approached us on
the blood moon eclipse looked like Gallum or

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Azov, but it sure spooked us. I think it just sensed our psychedelic

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vibrations and wanted to check us out. Chapter three. Yuka Gainey Yowee,

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Ohio Pyle State Park. The Yuka
Gainey has been a crucial footpath through the

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mountains for animals, gatherers, and
even the first President, George Washington.

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The river is famous for its rainbow
trout fishing and whitewater rafting. The waters

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also played a major role in the
French and Indian War and the expansion of

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mining across Pennsylvania in the core of
the Laurel Highlands. The Yoe is usually

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remembered for good days and unique adventures, but the surrounding soil holds a history

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of more complicated times, with stories
of hostile sasquatch harassing hunters, and an

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old Indian tale of an aquatic beast
named Agua. These depths hold more mysteries

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than just Dimple Rock. Paette County
is no stranger to big foot sidings.

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Newspapers and magazines covered multiple encounters.
In the seventies. Kids were chased out

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of the woods by red eyes and
the entire region went crazy. Footprints,

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twisted trees, and animal skeletons have
been found in different parts of the county.

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There have been loud screams that sound
like dying women that reigned from the

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valley. Creatures have been spotted watching
four wheelers, eating apples in the orchards

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and terrorizing campers. In two thousand
and one, a couple was lapping their

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tent by a sasquatch, intimidating them
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One hiker watched the creature add a
protective layer of sticks to an outcropping of

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rock. Another duo encountered a bush
shaking like windstorm before being chased off by

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the beast. Sadly, there have
been many disappearances in the nearby area.

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In an unnamed nearby remote neighborhood.
Everyone on the six mile road had their

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own encounters with the old man.
He has spooked hunters, stolen fisherman's trout,

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and is heard knocking and screaming throughout
the day and night. The locals

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had fed him carrots, old refrigerator
food, and watermelon, although he didn't

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know how to eat it until the
woman broke it open. Then it was

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all gone. The next morning,
when the summer ended and the melons were

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no longer for sale, he let
his anger be known. He has left

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flowers on the backsteps of the woman
and follows her while hiking. The grandmother

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consents how the Sasquatch is feeling and
that he is telepathic with her, but

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she still doesn't trust him. There
had been lights in the sky and lights

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in the same woods, so she
doesn't know if he is an alien or

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just an old man. I was
the youngest out of six guys, and

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it was going to be my first
time on white water. They told me

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that there had been some casualties on
the river, so I was already feeling

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nervous. We were staying at the
summit End, famous for the view and

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infamous for the legends down the trail
from the Laurel Highlands. This area was

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rich in history and mystery. It
was my dad, two other firemen,

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their sons, in middle school,
me. The first night, we explored

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the grounds, swam in the pool, and told stories at a local pub.

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That was cut short when we were
horsing around and the older guys were

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roughing me up. I barricaded myself
in the bar's phone booth and pretended to

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call the cops. I actually died
and I hung up when it started ringing.

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They called back, Mass picked up
the phone and said they just left.

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While escorting me back to the hotel, we sat outside drinking beers as

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the sun went down. We admired
the scenic view and were engulfed in the

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excitement for the morning adventure. We
heard howls in the distance and it reminded

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me of my grandparents farm. Flashbacks
of hiking the holler and tracking the deer

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rushed back to me. I felt
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I was ready for the adrenaline.
On the way back to the room,

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I definitely understood why many visitors think
the summit is haunted. The vintage

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pictures seemed to follow you down the
hall and tuck you in good night.

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It's a true all inclusive resort.
I fell asleep within minutes of meeting the

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pillow. I was treated to dreams
of tarzan adventures and insane car chases.

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I felt like a tackle dummy when
I woke up, but breakfast got me

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right back where I needed to be. We drove to the river and my

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eyes lit up when I saw hundreds
of people carrying rafts and kayaks. Goosebumps

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filled my arms and I knew I
was exactly where I needed to be.

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We checked in and waited for the
safety course meeting. We listened to the

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experts and took mental notes. Do
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Point your toes up and reach for
the rope. Hold on tight was

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all I needed to hear. We
had decades of experience in the raft,

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so we vowed not to use one
of their guides. I hesitated at first,

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but realized that some of the raft
with grandparents and young children needed their

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assistance much more. Minutes later,
we were down the river, coasting calmly,

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admiring nature and going over last minute
instructions. I was still getting used

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to the oar as I flung it
in the water. I noticed something in

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the woods. I felt a warm
sensation flow through my body. I lost

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myself in a trance, and the
sunlight felt ten times heavier than usual.

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I was thankful to be surrounded by
water. As I squinted and tried to

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peer through the limbs to see what
was watching me. I felt a small

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whack on the top of my helmet. It was my dad hitting me with

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the oar, pointing my head towards
the first rapid. Oh shoot. I

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fumbled back into position and got ready
for the journey. The cool reality shook

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chills down my spine. The raft
was divided front to back and left to

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right. Jim and the back would
call out who had to do what,

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and if one person was off beat, the raft would spin and the chance

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of us flipping skyrocket. And if
the raft is overturned, the percentage of

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drowning also increases. I was not
trying to get my foot stuck under a

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rock and die in two feet of
raging water. Not today, So I

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did the best I could not to
mess it up. We conquered the first

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rapid and we geared up for the
next couple. Bring it on, cucumber,

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camel and walrus, Eddie Turn,
Dartmouth and railroad rapids. I felt

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invincible towards the loop, but still
had that weird feeling that I was being

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surveyed from the river banks. I
felt a blanket layer surrounding my body,

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but that vanished when I was splashed
in the face by the yeo. We

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paddled faster when Jim screamed to go
and held the oar in the water when

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we needed to turn. We were
really getting the hang of and after a

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while Jim didn't even have to call
out as much. We were really working

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as a cohesive unit, and it
felt good. We were not only one

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with each other on the raft,
we were one with the rapids and river

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as well. My comfort ended where
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we were heading. We all pulled
up to the riverside landing for lunch in

402
00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:04.799
a bathroom break, the river guides
passed out sandwiches while others went swimming to

403
00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:10.119
cool off. I had to go
pee you really bad. I ran off

404
00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:11.759
into the woods, and almost immediately
when I was out of side of the

405
00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:17.640
group, a strange feeling swept over
me. I was unfogging, my glasses.

406
00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:22.160
When I heard rustling from behind a
tree, I almost pooped myself when

407
00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:26.359
a little kid jumped out from back
there. He was all dirty. I

408
00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.599
turned my body to cover up and
shook my head in confusion. I gave

409
00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.920
up on that and went straight to
the water. I jumped in and peede

410
00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:37.799
while pretending to cool off. I
ate my sandwich in shame. As I

411
00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.440
tried looking for the little kid's group, I couldn't find him anywhere, and

412
00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:45.119
he seemed to be too young to
even be able to raft. My dad

413
00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.519
could tell something was up and asked
me if anything was wrong. I told

414
00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:52.400
him some kid had swooped me in
the woods. Feeling Nick came hustling back

415
00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:55.440
from the bathroom and said some people
had claimed to have seen a bear up

416
00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:59.319
there. Maze explained that they probably
eat the leftovers of lunch, and we

417
00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:03.000
all laughed. It was time to
hit the second half of the river run.

418
00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.200
There was one unnamed rapid before the
famous dimple Rock. We eased through

419
00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:11.720
that and came to a stop.
The guides give the groups a choice between

420
00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.720
the deadly rapid and an alternate route. I looked to my dad and he

421
00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.960
said, this is why we're here, I took a deep breath, and

422
00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:22.160
I realized that he was right.
Dimple Rock was an underground cave with no

423
00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:27.079
exit underneath. The strong current pulls
you into an underwater cavern and never let

424
00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:30.920
you leave. The rapid has claimed
many lives in the past, but the

425
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:36.240
rafting company does everything in their power
to make sure it's safe. They have

426
00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:38.640
a full crew of people on the
rock and all surrounding areas with ropes,

427
00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:44.079
life belts and kiss bee rings.
If you hit the rock and flip,

428
00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.920
blow down the river and you'll be
safe. The real problem is when the

429
00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:52.359
raft gets caught up against the rock
and basically swallows it beneath. As we

430
00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.079
watched the groups successfully conquer the rapid, my confidence grew, but the raft

431
00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.000
just before us, sent a shiver
down my spine. The raft had a

432
00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:06.079
guide, grandchildren and elderly grandparents riding
along. They were clearly fit, but

433
00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:09.559
not ready for the violent strike that
awaited them at Dimple Rock. They crashed

434
00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:14.880
and flipped into the raging waters.
The entire crew flocked towards them, but

435
00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:19.480
luckily they had already passed the deadly
hole. After a bit of chaos and

436
00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:22.559
some mystery, we finally had the
green light to go. I was relieved

437
00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:28.119
that I hadn't just witnessed an entire
family parish right before my eyes. In

438
00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.200
that moment of clarity, I connected
a few dots. I realized that that

439
00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:35.880
child I had seen in the woods
was not on the rafting trip. Those

440
00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:39.200
kids we had just watched flip with
the youngest rafting. I remembered a joke

441
00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:44.720
from the safety meeting that kid I
had seen lived in those woods, and

442
00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:49.559
I think that bear that people saw
was his mom. I heard screaming and

443
00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.920
we were approaching the rock. Jim
was cussing me out, telling me to

444
00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:57.640
paddle. Phil splashed me with his
oar. I was back. I dug

445
00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:00.960
into the river and straightened us out, but it was inevitable we were going

446
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:05.880
to hit the rock. Jim screen
brace as we collided with the boulder.

447
00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:09.519
The raft rocked, but we did
not flip. I felt a second chance

448
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.480
at life, but still felt a
force from the river pulling me in,

449
00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:17.160
but I resisted with everything I had. I had my foot dug so deep

450
00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:21.319
into the bottom of the raft that
I damned near hyper extended every part of

451
00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:25.440
my body, eluding doone, but
we had survived. We collectively exhaled and

452
00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:30.359
let out laughter when we were out
of the monster's grasp. But the journey

453
00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:34.119
was still a long way from being
finished. Ahead we had to face the

454
00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:38.079
famous bottle of wine and double hydraulic
rapids, both known to be a vigorous

455
00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:42.960
dessert to dimple rock. I wasn't
too worried, but I had my ego

456
00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:46.839
checked. I'd watched my dad go
overboard and fear swept over me. I

457
00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:50.519
was trying to look back and see
where he was floating, but I still

458
00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.240
had to paddle correctly and make sure
it wasn't going to be all of us

459
00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:57.279
pointing our toes in the water.
It was much harder to control the winding

460
00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:00.160
raft with one less guy, but
I had to step it up. I

461
00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.640
stabilized the barge and we pulled off
to the side. Searching for my dad,

462
00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.719
seconds felt like minutes, and minutes
felt like hours. I desperately scanned

463
00:34:07.719 --> 00:34:12.360
the raging water and tried looking for
hints from the river crew. I was

464
00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.920
looking for his helmet on the edge
of the surface, and I was ready

465
00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:19.079
to jump in to free him.
That strange feeling of being watched returned,

466
00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:22.920
but I didn't care. I think
the other guys noticed it as well,

467
00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:27.639
because we continued down river. Moments
later, I really felt like I was

468
00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.679
giving up on my dad. I
didn't want to leave. I didn't care

469
00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.519
if the bear guide us. I
needed to know that my dad was all

470
00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:37.599
right. I trembled down the river
and I was beginning to regret the entire

471
00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:42.639
trip. The harsh feeling evaporated when
I heard Ma's laugh. Then Phil said,

472
00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:45.320
there he is. My dad had
been picked up by another group and

473
00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:51.159
had already made five new friends.
I was relieved. We traded some snacks

474
00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.039
for our crew members and we were
off to finish the mission. We hit

475
00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:59.440
the double hydraulics rivers in and Schoolhouse
rapids, and then we took a swim

476
00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.960
in the river. It felt nice
to stretch out and do the backstroke.

477
00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:07.039
I was sunburnt and exhausted. I
laughed as the fish tickled my legs.

478
00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:13.599
This was what it was all about, testing yourself, so resting yourself feels

479
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:17.239
incredible. We climbed back into the
raft and started paddling as Nick made another

480
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:23.639
bare joke. We climbed stairstep rapid
and prepared ourselves for killer falls. We

481
00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:28.440
were thrashed and thrown all around the
lower yo, but still came out breathing

482
00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:31.719
and afloat. We finished Bruner run
and embraced each other. As we had

483
00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:36.679
finished the journey, we pulled into
the landing and loaded the rafts onto the

484
00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.880
bus. I picked a window seat. On the ride back, I kept

485
00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:45.159
my eyes peeled for one last look
at our river stalker, but I drifted

486
00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:50.400
away asleep. The Washington wild Things
were one of my favorite baseball teams growing

487
00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:53.480
up. They were an independent minor
league team that allowed you to get up

488
00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:58.280
close and personal with the game.
My grandfather would take me out to the

489
00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.760
ballpark at least once or twice everything
summer, and we had many stories to

490
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:05.559
tell. We have caught foul balls, got an autographs, and even got

491
00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:07.519
to run on the field. But
one night, on our way home,

492
00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:12.280
something happened that I will never forget. We both got to see a creature

493
00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:16.159
that the local ball team was named
after. Mysterious monsters are no stranger to

494
00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:22.360
Appalachia. The Eastern United States is
filled with legends of snally gaster, wampus

495
00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.679
cats, and werewolves. The native
tribes and local townspeople both have serious warnings

496
00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.920
about staying away from the woods when
the sun goes down. There have been

497
00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:35.519
many mysterious disappearances through the ages that
have been linked to these unexplainable beasts.

498
00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:40.480
Mountain Monsters filmed an episode in Washington
County. They were hunting the dust Man,

499
00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:45.800
the most agile and fastest of the
Appalachian Mountains. In twenty nineteen,

500
00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:51.079
a truck driver on Route seventy watched
a bear dart across the road at mile

501
00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.679
marker three. He said the creature
ran on two legs and had a long

502
00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:58.800
snout like a dog. I believe
my grandfather and I witnessed the creature these

503
00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:02.239
men were talking about, but we
called it the wild Thing. After hitting

504
00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:06.639
Cabella's earlier in the day, Pepper
and I drove down to Washington for the

505
00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:09.559
ball game. I peered out the
window and pointed at a deer we spotted.

506
00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.320
There was always a bunch in the
outfields and the baseball fields. We

507
00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:19.119
passed the park where they played the
Beast of the East tournament. I wondered

508
00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:22.159
where they got that name. We
pulled past the mall and finally arrived at

509
00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.519
the stadium. We parked in the
gravel lot behind the field, and I

510
00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:29.880
always admired the house on the hill
that could watch every game for free.

511
00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:34.280
We got our tickets and I ran
straight to the dugout. Pepper went to

512
00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:37.039
the concession stand, and by the
time I would see him next, I

513
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:39.960
had a baseball that was full of
autographs and was best friends with the mascot.

514
00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:45.440
The wild Thing was some type of
wildcat. The game started and we

515
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:50.559
had great seats. The wild Things
were playing the miners and we were out

516
00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:53.320
to an early lead. The picture
threw a gym and the game felt like

517
00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:58.239
it flew by. We had the
game locked up going into the ninth and

518
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:01.719
we started heading towards the exit,
still watching the final outs. They popped

519
00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:06.079
out in the infield and we ran
out to the car to beat the rush.

520
00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:08.800
We were westward and I was ecstatic
about the victory. I was gripping

521
00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:13.840
the laces on the ball, practicing
different pitches, and admiring the autographs when

522
00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.719
my grandpa suddenly jerked to the left
lane. I looked up and saw a

523
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.679
deer angling right toward the road.
I backed up in my seat when I

524
00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:24.760
realized it was on a suicidal path. The poor deer was being chased by

525
00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.880
a big, black, muscular wolf. My grandpa was flooring it when he

526
00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:32.320
switched the lanes. We had already
been at a bad wreck when his Chevy

527
00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:37.840
Blazer rolled and my Grandma's bu it
was not ready for any dance. I

528
00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:39.960
turned my head back to see what
had happened to Bamby, but she had

529
00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:45.239
leaped back into the darkness, and
so did her pursuer. My stomach ached

530
00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.920
for the deer, but that's the
way of the forest. My grandpa made

531
00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:52.480
a joke about that being a close
one, but seemed unfazed by the incident.

532
00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.320
He had seen many bears, mountain
lions, and a plethora of other

533
00:38:55.360 --> 00:39:00.159
animals while honey, so a wolf
was nothing out of the ordinary. But

534
00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:05.239
I felt otherwise. The presence this
creature held was unlike any animal in the

535
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:09.320
wild. This animal knew what it
wanted. It had a purpose. The

536
00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:13.880
wolf was using all four legs,
but it looked similar to a human bear

537
00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.840
crawl. It may have been a
wear bear. I asked my grandpa if

538
00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:21.880
he had seen the wolf, and
he shook his head. Of course he

539
00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:25.239
did. He probably spotted it before
me. After hunting for half a century

540
00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:30.480
and being a marine kid developed some
keen skills. He mentioned that we have

541
00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:35.239
them that same size on the farm
as well. I wondered what he meant

542
00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.480
by that? Did he know that
this wolf was different? Were there liking

543
00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:44.280
thropes lurking in brock Ridge, the
same creatures that King Arthur attempted to train,

544
00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:49.159
the pets that Adolf kept. Maybe
maybe that was what dropped from the

545
00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:53.400
trees on Jake and me, the
offspring of the wild thing, the creature

546
00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:59.800
from the hieroglyphics. Stay tuned for
more sasquatch otos will be right back after

547
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:08.239
these messages. Chapter five. Clear
Lake Creature, Ontario, Canada. The

548
00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:13.119
cottages at Clear Lake remind me of
the Robin Williams movie What Dreams May Come.

549
00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:17.360
There is a heavenly explosion of color
and expression flooding this campsite north of

550
00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:22.559
the sky Dome. The water is
famous for a largemouth bass, fishing and

551
00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:28.719
summertime activities. The unique coastline and
immense marshlands provide a perfect home for beaver,

552
00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:32.760
deer, and other traveling animals.
The Rideau Waterway is rich with folklore

553
00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:37.559
and stories of aquatic monsters. But
the locals told me of a story of

554
00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.239
the best fishermen along Ottawa. And
he doesn't use a rod and reel.

555
00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:45.719
There are thousands of sasquatched sidings along
Ontario and the rest of Canada. There

556
00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:50.840
are some communities that have been completely
abandoned because they have been overrun by these

557
00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:55.320
creatures. The Nahani Valley is infamous
for red eyed giants that left many visitors

558
00:40:55.360 --> 00:41:00.480
beheaded. The people of clum To
encountered these creatures on a daily basis.

559
00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:06.639
Aboriginal tribes refer to these monsters as
bogs, cadeaux, critters, stinkas,

560
00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:13.519
jacko maltos, and yellow top Saskatoon
Saskatchewan is no stranger to these strangers.

561
00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:16.320
The country even have a big foot
privy on the quarter next to the Queen

562
00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:22.239
Elizabeth and the Maple Leaf. The
coush Taka is an ottoman known to save

563
00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:25.920
its victims before stealing their souls.
The wind to Go is known to invade

564
00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:31.239
villages after long cold seasons when starvation
is prominent. Natives who were forced to

565
00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:37.400
become cannibals were far more susceptible to
possession of the beast. The show Hannibal

566
00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:40.920
is full of wind to Go imagery
and is obviously about cannibalism and primal instinct

567
00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:46.840
as well. I have narrated many
firsthand Canadian encounters. A ten footer backed

568
00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:52.159
away from a tribesman wielding an axe
next to a fire. A hiker saw

569
00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:54.719
a tall, hulking figure from thirty
meters during a solo hike in BC.

570
00:41:55.880 --> 00:42:01.599
A pack West train worker is sadly
played with nightmares after numerous encounters. There

571
00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:06.599
was a giant footprint found in nineteen
ninety one on Vancouver Island, and a

572
00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:09.199
driver swerved to miss one more than
a decade ago. In southern Ontario,

573
00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:15.360
Sadly, a family in port Albany
are being terrorized by creatures they believed to

574
00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:21.280
be related to Gigantopithecus. One First
Nation man named them books. His village

575
00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:25.920
had many interactions with these yellers.
He witnessed something spook a bear and forced

576
00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:30.960
it to swim across the bay in
an instant. A seismic outfit encountered a

577
00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:35.519
creature throwing rocks and making guttural sounds
after being flown in deep north of Fort

578
00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:38.440
Nelson. In Renfrew, a goose
hunter had an encounter. While he had

579
00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:43.639
some decoys in the water. He
watched a monster man scooping water with his

580
00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.960
huge hands. After five minutes,
his fishing bell went off, and the

581
00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:52.719
creature stared right at him. It
ignored the bell completely. It growled in

582
00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:57.519
a deep and guttural, demonic growl
and paralyzed him. He pulled his gun

583
00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:02.159
and it ran off. It took
about twenty minutes to recover. He urged

584
00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:07.000
not to make eye contact with these
beings. They have the ability to project

585
00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.760
fear. In the summer of two
thousand and one, I skipped most of

586
00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:14.960
the baseball season for a once in
a lifetime fishing trip to northern Ontario with

587
00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:19.400
my best friend's family. They had
been renting at the cottages for years and

588
00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:22.599
had a community of friends who met
back up every summer. I had heard

589
00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:27.079
many stories from Ian and his sisters
about the lake and really couldn't wait to

590
00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:30.360
finally see the beautiful ballue. My
mom and grandpa were excited that I was

591
00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:35.119
getting to visit some uncharted waters and
sent me along with some lucky lures.

592
00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.840
My dad dropped me off at the
Coleman's and asked me to get him an

593
00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:43.599
argonaut shirt. I loaded my stuff
into Ian's car and went into the house

594
00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:46.559
for dinner. Ian was playing in
sixty four while the twins were finished packing

595
00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:51.480
up and missus Coleman invited me to
sit down for chicken and potatoes, her

596
00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.760
signature dish. She was staying home
to take care of the animals, but

597
00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:59.239
had been up to the cottages plenty
of times. She was excited for me

598
00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:02.280
to meet her and finally see what
the fuss was all about. She told

599
00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:07.800
me to take the paddle boat out
to Baskoe for huge largemouth. She put

600
00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:09.800
her hand on my hand and looked
me in the eye and asked me not

601
00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:15.079
to let Ian go to Misty Island. And before I got to ask,

602
00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:17.599
the entire family poured into the kitchen
and it was just about time to go.

603
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We drove through the night and I
was in the back with the twins.

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They were making fun of me because
I'd never waterskied before. The girl

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said I might have to stick to
the kneeboard, whatever that meant. They

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were talking trash about shuffleboard and horseshoes
too, but at least we would all

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be on the same team for the
US versus Team Canada soccer match. The

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girls didn't care to fish much,
though not anymore, they said. A

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few hours later, we were at
the famous duty free shop on the Canadian

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border. I was out of the
country for the first time if the Lake

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Erie boat trips didn't officially count.
We met up with a family that was

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friends with the Colemans and the Mobiles. I knew them through Saint Ed's my

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dad's The Mater. The brothers went
on to play for the Mariners and the

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Mets. For now we were Cleveland
brothers in Canadian territory. The Coleman clan

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fell asleep in the back while I
rode in the front with Rich. He

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was the coach on the Peewee Falcons
and had actually drafted me, but I

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was already playing with the Browns because
they were family. He told me that

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I would have my own room,
pointed out the buildings of downtown Toronto and

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told me all about the species of
fish in the Lake system. He said

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to watch out for wolves and black
bear. I asked him if that's what

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had scared the twins, and he
replied, the thing that scared the girls

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scared the bears too. The clan
must have felt a familiar turn because they

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all woke up and moments later we
were pulling into the cottages. It was

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a magical feeling arriving. Why the
birds were chirping I ran around following Ean

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while he pointed out all the hot
spots. He showed me the shuffleboard courts,

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the paddle boats, and where they
displayed the Nightly Movie. We greeted

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a fisherman had found the girls on
the beach. We unpacked in the cozy

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cabin and it was time for breakfast. We devoured breakfast and met the rest

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of the Yan's crew. One big
kid called himself Carp, and his two

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cousins were named Rod and Hook.
Clearly they came from a fisherman family.

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They gave us a tour of their
cabin, freezer, and also their tackle

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box. They knew all the best
spots around the waterway. They were the

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true kings of summer. Eden was
excited to show me Bass Cove. We

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rented a paddle boat and got our
reels ready. We crossed the misty waters

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into the mysterious lagoon. We dropped
our lines in and boom, we had

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them snagged. Giant bass went after
our worms. Within seconds, we caught

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and released some cows. I've never
seen such active waters. We were having

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such a blast and lost track of
time. We were out there for hours,

639
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but it only felt like minutes.
We were so busy unhooking and baiting

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our lines we felt to notice the
dark clouds approaching. After a while,

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we saw the storm approaching, but
chose to ignore it. The fishing was

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too good and I was worried I'd
never have that luck again. I was

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right. We told each other one
more catch and agreed. Rain was now

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falling and the waves were beginning to
grow. We were stubborn and kept fishing.

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Thirty minutes later it was a downpour, but we were still catching fish.

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We heard a tree crash towards the
bank, and we figured it was

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the storm telling us to go.
We both stared towards the sound and continued

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to fish. Then another tree fell, That one was not the wind.

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Ian knew exactly what it was and
murmured, we have to go under his

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breath. As we packed up the
boat and started peddling, there was a

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roar of thunder from the sky and
an even bigger one from the tree line.

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I was too scared to even turn
around. I knew it was a

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monster, but I think he was
trying to help us. I was taking

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his advice and getting home. We
made it to the marina just by the

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time the weather was getting ugly.
Waves were forming and the rain was pouring

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down sideways. We ran into cover
with our hands full and our hearts still

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00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:07.119
pumping from our lagoon encounter. Ian's
dad laughed as we barreled into the cabin

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soaking wet. He asked us how
it went and replied, you see it

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00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:16.039
while smiling. Ian was still shaking, and his dad knew we had had

660
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:21.199
an encounter with the creature. I
took a warm shower and changed my clothes

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in my room. By the time
I climbed out for lunch, the twin

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00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:28.400
sisters had heard about our lagoon encounter. They came into my room and asked

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me if I got a visual.
I told them that I didn't see too

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much, but I could sure feel
the monster in my chest. They told

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00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:37.199
me that they had been lost in
the lagoon years ago and had heard loud

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00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:42.840
screams with trees crashing down. Becca
swore she had seen the monster through the

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branches. They were afraid he was
going to sink their boat, but I

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00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:51.559
truly think it was the exact opposite. He warns people of getting too close

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to his island. He might be
our buffer to a much meaner creature.

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The rest of the week flew by. I made a bunch of friend ends

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and those that felt like they would
last forever. We made plans for the

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next summer and promised to keep in
touch, but sadly I never spoke to

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my Canadian friends again. I hope
one day, on our journey, our

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destined paths will intertwine once again.
I am forever grateful for that sea monster.

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If we had stayed out there on
those choppy waters for much longer,

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our boat would have capsized and we
would have most likely drowned. Nobody would

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have heard of screaming. They say, you don't gotta go home, you

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can stay. I don't want to
be trying to try that time everything.

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Call it baby, right baby,
my choice for me to stay right,

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you call it right away. Time
don't burn, don't because don't doss to

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us. To us uses us to
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