WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.600 Now, when what are your putting? I got a screen going on here 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.480 something just because my dog. Something killed your dog? My dog. We're 3 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:10.160 flying through the or over the trade. I don't know how it did it, 4 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.240 okay, damn, and I'm really confused. All as I saw was 5 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.120 my dog coming over the fence, and they did when you hit the ground. 6 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:20.839 I didn't see any car and all I saw was my dog coming over 7 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:40.880 the fence. Damn. Why what are you're putting? We got someone or 8 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:51.960 something crawling around out here. Did you see what it was? Or was 9 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.719 it was? Standing up? I'm out here looking through the window now and 10 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:58.880 I don't see anything. I don't want to go outside. Jesus, point 11 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:06.079 you be hello, get the boddy out here on the out there. I 12 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:10.439 thought of a bitch nine. I don't all eat him out there yet. 13 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:14.879 I'm looking right out oh To scoffed at Henry and said, I don't know 14 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.719 how you think I ruined your life, Henry, you chose to listen to 15 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:21.359 me. That puts it all on you. Henry went to rushing, but 16 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.319 I quickly grabbed his arms and mentioned to him that he has to calm down 17 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:27.359 so we can get the answers that we need pile. Driving him out of 18 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:32.079 his wheelchair and into the floor wouldn't help our calls at all. So Henry 19 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.640 made his way back over to stand beside us. You knew, good and 20 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.239 will what that incantation was, and it was all for your own personal gain 21 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.599 and none of mine. I have carried this burden for years. My wife 22 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.359 has passed away, and my boys want nothing to do with me now, 23 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:49.200 Henry said, pointing his finger at him. This conversation would go back and 24 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.959 forth forever, neither accepting blame for anything. These two bickering back and forth. 25 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.120 We're not going to get us any answers. John looked over at me, 26 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.879 rolled his eyes and shrugged his show orders. Look, mister Welding, 27 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.840 we came here to ask you for your help. Henry doesn't live on the 28 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.360 property anymore. My wife and I do. You know what we've been dealing 29 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.159 with, and we need to know how to take care of it. Henry 30 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.319 has explained everything to me, and I know what went on back then. 31 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.439 Otis rolled himself over to his dresser, pulled out a manila envelope and laid 32 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:22.120 it on his bed. He motioned for me to come over. He poured 33 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.120 out all the contents and went through them, page after page of what appeared 34 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:29.199 to be information on what he knew about the dog man and the big Foot. 35 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.639 He shook the envelope once more and a necklace fell out. It was 36 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:37.759 tarnished, but the ambulance on the end was a shiny purple stone. It 37 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.039 was fixed in the middle of a heavy metal ring. I picked it up 38 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.599 and held it up to the window, and the light shimmered through it. 39 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.439 What's this, mister welding, I asked. He held out his hand for 40 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.919 me to hand it back to him. I laid the necklace into his wrinkled 41 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.039 palm, and he laid his other hand over top of it. This is 42 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.439 what I wore for protection against the dog man when I lived on my property. 43 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.840 This necklace was given to me by an old Edison man. If you 44 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.280 want to believe that, it's the only thing that kept me alive. Whenever 45 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.919 they came close, the amulet would glow. I knew when that happened it 46 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:13.439 was time to go in. It never failed me, Otis said, But 47 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.280 there's no need for me to keep this anymore. There certainly isn't any dog 48 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:20.759 man that's going to get me in here, unless you're talking about Nurse Judy 49 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.599 who comes to give me my sponge bath. He laughed. Even Henry couldn't 50 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:28.120 help but crack a smile at that one. Now look here, you old 51 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.240 coot, Otis said to Henry. You can think what you want about me. 52 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.560 I'm too old to care now. More than likely I'm going to live 53 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.439 out the rest of my days here in this facility being taken care of. 54 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.159 But you still have to fend for yourself. I know that you no longer 55 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:44.520 live in that house, so there's no reason to carry that old curse around. 56 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.439 You may find what you need in that stack of papers. It has 57 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.240 everything all of my research from the time I started until the time I got 58 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.680 put in here. I don't even remember what all is there. I haven't 59 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.400 had to look through it, and honestly I haven't cared too. That was 60 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.039 from a long time forgotten. So whatever is in there you can use. 61 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.479 If there's a way to break the curse, feel free to send those hell 62 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.800 hounds back to my old property, and you can tell the county I said 63 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.280 to shove it. In the process, we thanked Otis first time, and 64 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.399 we all left. We thanked the lady at the front desk on our way 65 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.959 out. Henry was quiet on the drive back. I could only assume that 66 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.079 he was simply taking everything in. I'm sure that seeing Otis again after so 67 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.959 many years was unnerving for him. In his eyes, his life had been 68 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.160 completely destroyed after meeting him. To be honest, whether Otis wanted to admit 69 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.399 it or not, he was responsible. We got back home around dusk and 70 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:41.279 went inside. Connie had prepared dinner, so we all sat down to eat 71 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.959 and talked about our trip to see Otis. I know that I led you 72 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.279 all to believe that I was just as taken aback about these things as y'all, 73 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:51.519 and I'm really sorry for being dishonest. I appreciate you all taking the 74 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:55.600 time to help an old cook like me. I didn't want to get you 75 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:58.279 involved in any of this, and I'm sorry that you have to be, 76 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.680 Henry said. He reached over and laid her hand on his. We will 77 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:04.600 find a way to break this, one way or the other. I won't 78 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.279 let you sacrifice yourself for us or anyone else. There has to be a 79 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.920 better way. After dinner was cleaned up, we laid the contents of the 80 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.160 manilla envelope on the dining room table. We started separating the papers into categories. 81 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.240 When stack was Bigfoot and the other one was dog Man. I also 82 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.279 laid the necklace vertically across the tops of the two stacks. That's an interesting 83 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.279 looking necklace, Connie said, Did it belong to mister Welding's wife. I 84 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.360 tapped the stone and said no. He said he actually wore this for protection. 85 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:38.839 ODIs said that when he wore this and the dog men were close, 86 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.480 the stone would begin to glow. He said that's when he knew it was 87 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.839 time to go back inside. And he also said that it never failed him. 88 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.560 I'm interested to see if it still works. Connie said, maybe we 89 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:55.439 should test it out. I glanced over in her direction. I wasn't interested 90 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.000 in going on some disastrous trip to see if a stone would save our lives. 91 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.920 That was about as preposterous as Henry thinking his whistle would save him. 92 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:08.839 Let's start by first looking through all this research that Otis has painstakingly documented. 93 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:13.759 First, Connie, we shuffled through all the papers and Otis's chicken scratch handwriting 94 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.759 until we were all cross eyed. Henry had given up on finding anything to 95 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.600 break the curse about an hour beforehand. I was about ready to be finished 96 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:25.759 myself. None of this was getting us any closer to helping Henry than when 97 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.639 we first started. I put all the papers back into the envelope and slid 98 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.199 the necklace in last. I tossed it to the side of the table and 99 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.720 went to get a shower. Connie had already left the table and went to 100 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:40.920 the bedroom before bed. I went and checked on Henry. He was sitting 101 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.399 up watching television, but he wasn't paying any attention to what was on the 102 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.680 screen. What's up, Henry, how are you holding up? I asked, 103 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.839 before I sat down beside him. He was quiet for a while, 104 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:54.040 and I just sat with him. I knew that this was all taking a 105 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.399 toll on him. He carried this secret around for many years. If anything, 106 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.399 the good thing is he's only free from at least that burden. He 107 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:05.439 can finally get this off of his chest and relax. He's in a safe 108 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:10.199 place here, surrounded by friends. What if we don't find it, Mark, 109 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:14.000 Henry asked, still glaring at the television. What if the only answer 110 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.240 is the one that we're trying to avoid. I got up and walked to 111 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:19.639 the fridge and grabbed two beers, I handed one to Henry and sat back 112 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:24.040 down. We're going to figure this out, buddy. Don't worry. We'll 113 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:28.040 keep searching until we find the answer. I could only hope that I was 114 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.439 right. This wasn't exactly my area of expertise, and we were all still 115 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.480 learning about these cryptids, having Henry show up and finding out that he has 116 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.519 some blood curse on him with something else that we would all have to learn 117 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.480 about and quickly. But I could see that even though we had only began 118 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.040 the search for the answer, Henry was already feeling like he should just give 119 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.879 up. He felt like all was lost and there was no hope. I 120 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.680 looked over at him and he had leaned back on the couch with his eyes 121 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.399 closed. I took the near empty bottle of beer from his hand, covered 122 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.000 him with a blanket, and went to bed. Johnna Marie came over the 123 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.199 next morning and we all sat on the front deck, drinking coffee and enjoying 124 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.879 the sunshine. Henry walked out a little later and joined us. Marie hadn't 125 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.079 been with us for a while, so she had to be filled in on 126 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.399 everything. John had told her some things, but not everything. That's so 127 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.279 bizarre, Marie said, what are you guys going to do? The only 128 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:22.120 thing we can do, Marie, just keep hunting, so to speak. 129 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.439 John said. Just then, the pigs in the back started squealing, which 130 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.079 set off the chickens, and in turn they set off the cows. We 131 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:33.960 all jumped up. Something had to be back there. You guys had a 132 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.200 round back. I'm going to go through the house, I said. As 133 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.960 I ran inside, I tore open the middle of envelope. Now would be 134 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.320 a great time to see if this thing works. I ran out back and 135 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.960 met the others. But everything looked fine. But I knew that our animals 136 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:50.679 weren't going to start a ruckiss like that over nothing. I held the necklace 137 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.039 up to the sun as it glistened through it, showing all of its purple 138 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:58.200 tones. Nothing. The necklace didn't glow at all. I guess that was 139 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.679 just a lie too. Henry scoffed, that doesn't surprise me, coming from 140 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.759 him. A large rock flew out of the woodline and landed with a hard 141 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:11.000 thud near the cattle. Bigfoot. That could be why the necklace didn't glow. 142 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.879 ODIs said it glowed when the dog men were around but he didn't say 143 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:18.840 anything about Bigfoot. Maybe what he said wasn't a lie after all. But 144 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.639 I couldn't blame Henry for jumping to conclusions. Marie was stuck tight to John's 145 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.519 side. We all tried to see through the brush, but it was just 146 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.600 too thick. We thought that we saw a slight shadow, but it's hard 147 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.759 to say. I told you animals don't belong out here, Henry said, 148 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.960 and this is why you guys are bringing in all kinds of critters from them 149 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.879 being here. Now, it looks as if Bigfoot wants a country sampler. 150 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.200 Dog Men don't throw rocks. That was definitely a bigfoot. Just as he 151 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.080 finished his sentence, he let out a long, loud whistle. We could 152 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.679 hear whatever was out there moving away from us in the woods, and hearing 153 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.720 that allowed us all to relax a little bit. He once again looked at 154 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.360 me with a smile and a wink. Maybe he thought he was communicating with 155 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.080 him. No matter what, it was gone, and none of us really 156 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.720 cared about the Why. What is that necklace that you brought out, Marie 157 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.200 asked. It looks similar to something that my mother always used to wear when 158 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:18.000 I was a young girl. We all turned to look at Marie. Could 159 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.159 it be possible that her mother wore a necklace the same as this for the 160 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.320 same reason. She said that she experienced dog men at her house, and 161 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.240 she saw one when her mother was out hanging up clothes. But is it 162 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:33.559 possible, that's the question. It would be a stretch. This is a 163 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.759 dog man necklace, Marie, Connie said, taking it from my hands. 164 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.200 If you had this necklace with you, or you're wearing it and there's a 165 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:43.399 dog man near the purple stone will glow. It's really cool, isn't it. 166 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.240 It's like a protection stone. Marie took it from Connie and eyed the 167 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:52.360 stone enveloped in the heavy metal rain. Yes, this is exactly like the 168 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.919 one my mom wore. I remember it perfectly now. She never really went 169 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.679 anywhere without it, at least when we were at home. John turned to 170 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.840 murray, you said you had seen one of these dog men at your house 171 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.639 growing up, once while you and your mom were doing laundry, and then 172 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:11.639 once again before you left for college. Did your mom ever say anything to 173 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.360 you at all about this? Marie thought for a while and said, well, 174 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:18.200 no, she didn't. I knew the day we were hanging laundry to 175 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.240 dry. She went inside and asked me to finish, and when I left 176 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.559 for college, she didn't come outside. She stood inside the door and waved. 177 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:28.960 As I pulled off. John appeared as though he were letting all this 178 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.759 run through his mind. I could see him questioning everything I was right. 179 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.440 Then, why would a mother leave her child out to finish laundry knowing there 180 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.440 was a dog man around? Plus she let her daughter leave and didn't join 181 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.480 her outside before she left. Wouldn't a mom want their child to be safe 182 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:50.039 over their own safety. I know Connie and I didn't have any children, 183 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.519 However, I would think that that's how it is or how it should be. 184 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.960 Any idea where your mom got that necklace? Murray Henry asked, No, 185 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.399 I have no idea. I just know that she always had it on 186 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.960 as far back as I can remember. Are you guys thinking that she knew 187 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.840 what the necklace meant and that's why she always wore it? Marie asked to 188 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.720 me. John said, it would make sense, But why she wouldn't tell 189 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.399 you about these dog men and you had to find out about it all on 190 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.679 your own. It's something that I definitely don't understand with all the threats to 191 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.120 our animals and the property gone, we all went inside. A plan was 192 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.000 what we needed, So we all gathered in the living room to talk things 193 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.679 through. I think at the end of the conversation, much to the girl's 194 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.799 dismay, me and the guys had all agreed that we should camp out. 195 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.159 I was totally against the idea at first, but if these things are gathering 196 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.799 up near the house, maybe if we stayed near the second Creek we would 197 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:45.480 be safer. Plus, we were now armed with more knowledge than we'd ever 198 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.639 had before, and we had our detection necklace. If this thing actually worked, 199 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.240 if not, I always had the hulk hiding inside me, wanting to 200 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.279 come out as long as Henry would be nearby. I actually think it would 201 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:00.360 be a smart idea if we got Ashton involved in this, and I can 202 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.639 stay near the cave where the Bigfoot was throwing rocks at us, and then 203 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.440 you and Henry can stay here near the second Creek. John said. Marie 204 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.360 stormed off and stopped right before she bolted out the door. This is ridiculous, 205 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:13.000 John, and you know it. If you want to go out there 206 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.159 and put yourself in danger with no regard for me. Fine, you go 207 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.799 right ahead. You're a grown man and I don't control you. But I 208 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.000 don't want to hear a damn word about how close you came to dying out 209 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.320 there. The door slammed behind her and she drove off in the truck, 210 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.399 dust flying up behind her. I had a feeling that Ashton's wife would feel 211 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.840 the same way Marie did, probably to a higher degree since Ashton had children. 212 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.799 This isn't worth breaking up marriages over. Honestly, this isn't technically their 213 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:46.159 problem. It's mine and Connie's property, not theirs. I understand them wanting 214 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.440 to help, but with the toll it's beginning to take, maybe we should 215 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.600 reconsider our plan. I'll tell you what, John, I'm going to take 216 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.840 you home. Seeing as how Marie left in your truck, there has to 217 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.399 be a different way to handle this. It's either going to have to be 218 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.159 just me and Henry who go out there, or maybe we need to come 219 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.679 up with a different plan altogether. I'm not going to break up homes over 220 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.360 this. I couldn't blame Marie. I knew how crazy doing that would be, 221 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.879 But I, for one, was tired of dealing with this and now 222 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.480 it's not just the cryptids on our property we're dealing with. It's helping someone 223 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.799 else other than ourselves. Henry is a good enough person not to leave us 224 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.080 here with our own mess to deal with on our own. He doesn't have 225 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.240 to stay, but he does. He wanted to clear us, as well 226 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.039 as himself, from this terrible curse that he unintentionally brought to our property. 227 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.960 Connie, Henry and I sat out on the back deck later that day, 228 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.440 surveying the woods where the rocks flew from the trees and landed in front of 229 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.240 us. We had to figure out something to do. All the work we 230 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.559 had put into this thus far would be useless if we didn't. How about 231 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.720 the two of you go into the woods, take the necklace and everything you 232 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.919 would normally take to camp Mark. You're armed with whatever this is that you 233 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.120 feel when Henry and the dog men are around, and you also have the 234 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.639 necklace. I don't want you to put your lives in danger, but this 235 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.960 is getting monotonous. Then the rest of us, whoever wants to, can 236 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.279 stay here at the house to back you up if you need help. It's 237 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.720 the only way, Connie said. Henry looked at me, and smiled. 238 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.440 She has a point. You know, It's the only way that really makes 239 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.480 any sense when you look at everything as a whole. You're the current property 240 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.639 owner, and I'm the previous owner who started this whole thing to begin with. 241 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.639 We have to be the ones to put an end to it once and 242 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:31.840 for all. After talking to Marie, John was able to calm her down. 243 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:35.320 The new plan was discussed and agreed upon. Henry and I would be 244 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.039 the ones to go out into the woods camping. The rest of the gang 245 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:43.320 would set up at our house to keep an air out. I was able 246 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.440 to rent some equipment to help us navigate a little easier, and I also 247 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:50.080 rented a flear camera. It would allow us to see both the Dogman and 248 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.879 the Bigfoot if they happened to be lurking about. Henry and I walked back 249 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:56.519 into the woods straight back to the Second Creek to set up camp. We 250 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.240 arrived there shortly before dusk, so the woods were still noisy with birds and 251 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.039 other things scurrying about. Well, I reckon, all we have to do 252 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.840 now is wait once the sun goes down. That should be when the real 253 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.759 fun begins. I know for a fact that you and Connie hadn't stayed out 254 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.960 here at night, and Ashton hadn't spoke of it either. That would mean 255 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.720 that no one else has been out here since I was here last, Henry 256 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.639 said, That will spark some curiosity. I hate that we can't be in 257 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.840 both places at one time, I told him, But I think we're positioned 258 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.000 in the best place for the dog men. The big foot are closest to 259 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.440 the cave, not over here. Yeah, not too much to worry about 260 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.759 with bigfoot, Henry replied. I had to take his word for it, 261 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.919 because the last running we had almost ended in a concussion. We stoked the 262 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.720 fire once again, and the sun had finally set. With the flames and 263 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:47.879 flying embers, more than likely any small animals would avoid this area, leaving 264 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:52.159 only our sounds and the sounds of the dog men. Currently, however, 265 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.519 everything was quiet except for the insects and frogs. Henry and I sat talking 266 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.679 about many things that evening, and it made me even more determined to help 267 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.919 him. He was a genuine soul, and you don't find many of those 268 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.480 around these days. He had a big heart, and family meant more to 269 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:11.079 him than anything. Now what family he had left wanted nothing to do with 270 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.400 him. It was heartbreaking to hear him talk about it. Then silence fell 271 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:21.359 across the whole area, like a large hush pushed through the trees. Henry 272 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:25.279 and I both looked at one another, barely taking a breath. We listened 273 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.880 intently for anything, but it was so quiet and almost hurt your ears. 274 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.200 Just across the top of the trees a short distance away, we heard a 275 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:37.359 big foot whistle and then a tree knock in reply, I wonder what they 276 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.319 say when they do that. Is it just the location signal? Are they 277 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.839 saying that they sent someone, or are they saying there's danger? I had 278 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.920 always heard on the shows that I listened to that the people in the woods 279 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.319 would yell or knock on the trees to see if a bigfoot would talk back 280 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.680 to them. But do they really know what they're saying? I would have 281 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:59.319 to say that that would be doubtful at best. No one really seems to 282 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.960 know too much about them. Showtime, Henry said, with a smile. 283 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.000 Now we wait to see if the dang dogs come. The big foot sound 284 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.200 as if they're still positioned near the old cave. Is that why you always 285 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:14.559 set nearest the first creek? Henry, because the big Foot were mostly there, 286 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.720 I asked. He chuckled. Yeah, boy, I knew they wouldn't 287 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.960 let anything get to me. They would just whistle and I would whistle. 288 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.759 I felt like I was safe there. I never had anything like you and 289 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.480 John experience. Happened to me in that spot. These were strange beings that 290 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.960 solidified for me. Then what happened to us was a one off with a 291 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.960 rogue. Maybe when Henry did that incantation spell it brought over more than he 292 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:42.480 bargained for or opened up something he wasn't expecting. Then again, none of 293 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:47.440 this was expected. It wasn't supposed to happen the way that it did to 294 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.960 begin with, do you reckon the big Foot know about what you did? 295 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.640 Henry? I asked him. You know, with the spell you said that 296 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.640 the big Foot were here first. Do you think they were able to sense 297 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.799 what was happening? I absolutely do. Bigfoot are a lot like us, 298 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:06.599 in my opinion. There's something special about them, though different. They carry 299 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:10.319 something we don't or can't. I don't know what that may be, however, 300 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.920 but they were able to keep these things away until I did what I 301 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:17.680 did and then flooded the area. Now, I think there's a turf war. 302 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.960 That's why you see the Bigfoot near the cave where some of the dog 303 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.400 men reside, and the other dog men up here where we are. I 304 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:26.440 thought about that for a minute, and it dawned on me, Henry, 305 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.440 are these the same dog men from the same pack? Dogs have the same 306 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:33.599 pack that they're with most of the time. Do you think these dog men 307 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.839 near the cave are one pack and these up here, who seem to be 308 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.240 more sinister, are the ones from Otis's property. Henry was silent as he 309 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.079 took that in. I was beginning to think that the idea never crossed his 310 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.400 mind. But to me, the answer was clear. If this was the 311 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.759 case, and I'm leaning forward to be the ones at the cave are the 312 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.119 ones that have been here all along and are easily controlled by the Bigfoot. 313 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:59.680 If not, and they're all in the same pack, these that are up 314 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:03.000 here would be in the cave as well, but they're not. And in 315 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.240 that case, the one eye shot wasn't rogue. The one eye shot was 316 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:10.480 from Otis's property, and therefore wouldn't be under the control of the Bigfoot here 317 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:14.559 at all. You're right, Mark, I can't say that I ever thought 318 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:18.559 about that, but it definitely makes sense. That's the only thing that it 319 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.960 could be. The dog men that came from Otis's property probably tried to assert 320 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.039 their dominance here and failed, so they're separated. Now they're two packs, 321 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.400 none of them good, I might add, But these could be far worse 322 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.319 here, Henry said. Just then, twigs began to snap and crack, 323 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.079 and the hairs on the back of my neck as well as Henry's began to 324 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:41.480 stand on end. And stay tuned for more Sasquatch Odyssey will be right back. 325 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:49.160 After these messages, I started to feel myself get angry. When Henry 326 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:52.799 looked over at me, he knew. At that same moment, the necklace 327 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:56.920 glowed a bright purple. They were here, somewhere in the dense forest, 328 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:00.559 but we couldn't tell which side they were on. I held up the fleer, 329 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.680 but it wasn't showing any heat signatures, which was very bizarre. Here 330 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.279 and I both stood up waiting for something to rush us through the dense vegetation. 331 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.839 Their behavior seemed different this time. The other times that we were here, 332 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:17.720 they were almost toying with us, small growls here and there, but 333 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.599 this time. It's as if they knew that we knew the secret, their 334 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:26.559 true whereabouts. These were vicious, snarling growls that came from the bottoms of 335 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.319 the dog's feet, all the way through their boisterous lungs and out their mouth 336 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:34.559 and snout. My mouth went dry and my heart raced. They're definitely here 337 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:38.240 somewhere, Mark be ready. This is what I felt when I did that 338 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:42.079 ritual. But I thought that I was sending the ones here out, not 339 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:47.480 calling more in. Suddenly the woods exploded with the sound that I'd never heard 340 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.240 before. It was almost like a steam whistle, and the trees fell left 341 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:55.319 and right straight in front of us. Henry and I both jumped backwards, 342 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:57.599 and although the fear ran rampant inside of us, we stood our ground. 343 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:03.079 I thought for sure this would be our last night on earth. Everything flowed 344 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:06.400 your mind when that happens. I thought of Connie and our life together, 345 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.799 how far we'd come over the years as a couple, our hunting trips together. 346 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.599 I was glad that John and Ashton hadn't come with us, especially Ashton. 347 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.759 As the sounds grew closer to us, the necklace shone brighter and brighter. 348 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:22.559 Right before I felt we were going to meet our demise. The necklace 349 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:26.839 began to vibrate and it started making a humming sound. We could see the 350 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:30.640 red glow of the eyes from these creatures coming through the trees. There had 351 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.960 to be at least three of them. I was in shock and was thrown 352 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:37.720 right back to the night I had shot that one. These eyes looked just 353 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:42.079 like those. As Henry held the necklace up, the stone spun in circles, 354 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:47.440 still glowing its bright purple shade. Just then, a bright flash came 355 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:51.519 from the stone and the necklace grew dark once again. Henry and I stood 356 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:56.240 there silently, gasping for air, fear still racing through our veins. There 357 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.920 was silence, no more twigs snapping, and no more cracking. The red 358 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.279 eyes that just moments ago had felt like they were inches from our face were 359 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:08.440 gone, and everything had once again fallen silent. I'm sorry, what the 360 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:12.960 hell just happened? I asked Henry in bewilderment. Henry looked just as confused 361 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:17.880 as I did. He stood holding the necklace and looked around. The only 362 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:21.759 noises we could hear were the pops and cracks from the campfire and the crickets 363 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:25.920 and frogs started up again. I wonder if Otis knew that it would do 364 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:29.599 that, Henry said, with his eyes wide open. I doubt he did, 365 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.440 because if so, he wouldn't have gone in when it started to glow. 366 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:36.039 He would have just stayed outside and let the necklace do what it does. 367 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:38.720 That or did he know but was too afraid to stay outside and see 368 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:41.559 if it was true or not? I guess I can't say that I blame 369 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:47.720 the old man for that, I sighed alongside. This just keeps getting weirder. 370 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:52.480 This is stranger than any fiction story I've ever read. Henry, he 371 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:55.839 did say that an old medicine man had given it to him. Maybe he 372 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:59.400 believed that it only glowed as a warning, but did nothing else because he 373 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:03.319 didn't give it time too. If you went inside when it started glowing, 374 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:06.759 then you're right. He probably didn't know that it would make them go away 375 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:10.920 if they tried to attack. Here and I walked back over to set by 376 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:15.160 the fire. Both quiet for some time before we started talking again. We 377 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.319 just listened to the sounds that surrounded us, crickets, frogs, and finally, 378 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:22.480 the small little footsteps of the smaller animals. On the forest floor. 379 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.880 After about an hour had passed, I called Connie on the walkee. I 380 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:29.359 wanted to let them know that we were okay, and I told her some 381 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:32.039 of what had happened. I told her I would tell her more in the 382 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:33.720 morning, but Henry and I were going to try to get some sleep. 383 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:37.880 You just do what you have to do to come back home, Mark, 384 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:41.279 I'm not kidding. Don't try to be some kind of hero out there, 385 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.079 Connie said sternly. John, and I will be right here waiting, just 386 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:48.559 in case you need us. I assured her that all would be fine. 387 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.960 We set up some cameras along with some voice recorders, and Henry and I 388 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.240 crawled into the tent, leaving the campfire going. It felt like only a 389 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:59.920 second had gone by, and I heard noises like something walking outside our tent. 390 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.759 Heavy footfalls landed right next to my head. I was as still as 391 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.160 I could be. I heard some small grunts, and I was hoping that 392 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:11.599 it would be picked up by the recorder that we'd set out. The necklace 393 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:14.680 lay in between Henry and I and it wasn't glowing. This had to be 394 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:18.799 bigfoot. I sat up and saw that the campfire was still going just enough 395 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:23.079 to cash shadows. Yeah, definitely a big foot. The shadow that sprawled 396 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.279 across the vinyl of our tent was large, and you could see the strands 397 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.079 of hair hanging from the creature's arms. I didn't have a sense of fear, 398 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.160 but I was curious. Henry had told me just enough about them for 399 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:38.079 me to respect them, but to not be afraid of them. I already 400 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:42.279 knew from the other night what they were capable of. The creature milled around 401 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:45.559 our campsite for a little bit, and then I heard the footsteps walking away. 402 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.960 Then a growl came out of nowhere. At that point, the stone 403 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:55.839 illuminated once again. A lonesome howl broke out from the trees behind us. 404 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.559 Henry woke with a start, and I quickly quieted him so he didn't scream. 405 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:03.240 Bigfoot yell surrounded us, and tree knocks could be heard from a distance. 406 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.799 It sounded like a full on vocal war. They were both preparing to 407 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.480 fight, and Henry and I were stuck in the middle of it, with 408 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:17.640 nowhere to go. They say, you don't gotta go home, but you 409 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:51.519 can stay. I don't want to feel we're all out that try to try 410 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:59.599 and chime everything color back, bride by my Joy for me to to stay 411 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:45.519 right. Do you call it right away? Says side Stout time don't come 412 00:27:47.359 --> 00:28:15.279 back. I'll try for me. Call its assasssisssss.