1 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,160 I'll write. The writer's name is Chris. This is a bigot story. 2 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,679 He says it is true, but let's see what he writes. In the 3 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:22,079 early nineteen eighties, when I was just a little kid, my family would 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:27,519 visit my paternal grandparents' farm in southern Indiana. It was a two hour drive 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,000 to get there. You turned in and drove up a long gravel driveway and 6 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:38,119 that led up to their two story farmhouse. My grandparents originally owned ninety acres 7 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,759 until the state highway got routed through it. They ended up losing more acreage 8 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,640 due to a drought, which put them in financial bind, and they were 9 00:00:46,799 --> 00:00:51,359 forced to sell off a further section of land and they ended up with fifty 10 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:57,280 acres, but they still had plenty enough room to roam around. My grandfather 11 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,880 was usually tending to livestock or out in the cornfield. My grandmother would make 12 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,640 me and my brother lemonade nice tea, after which we would walk the farmer 13 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:11,680 head toward the woods without a care in the world. Man I missed those 14 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:15,400 days. The sun was high, and as usual, we ventured out into 15 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,280 the woods. We got ten yards in and we got a whiff of the 16 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:25,840 most ungodly odor. It stopped us right then and there. It smelled like 17 00:01:25,879 --> 00:01:30,159 a combination a road kill skunk and wet dog. My younger brother and I 18 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,280 tried not to puke. Well. We got another ten yards and we heard 19 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:40,159 the rustling in the thicket just to our left. At first we thought it 20 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:44,480 was a deer, as there are many running around these parts and the way 21 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:47,239 it moved it had to be a deer, but we couldn't see it for 22 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:51,719 sure because the thicket was full of saplings that stood well over six feet. 23 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:57,439 We crept along another ten yards before we both started gagging because the awful smell 24 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,079 was back again and it was strong as hell. There was a noise like 25 00:02:02,239 --> 00:02:07,799 before, only this time to the right of us. We heard an animal 26 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,080 of some sort let out a large grunt, and fifteen yards away we spotted 27 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,479 it. It had a massive, dark head and it was standing behind a 28 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:22,280 big oak tree. It had to be over six feet tall. We couldn't 29 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,719 make out any details like eyes or a face. As night was falling and 30 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:31,319 the light was vanishing. We stood in total fear staring at this thing, 31 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:36,680 and when it disappeared behind the tree, it was our queue to get the 32 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,960 hell out of there. Like both our riches were on fire, and as 33 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,560 we ran, I lagged behind my younger brother, taking quick glances behind me 34 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,759 to make sure this thing wasn't following. Later, we told our parents and 35 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,680 our grandparents what had happened. In that moment, I learned why you should 36 00:02:54,719 --> 00:03:00,479 never tell anyone about your bigfoot encounter. We were laughed at and then lectured 37 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:07,639 by the adults for having overactive imaginations and our storytelling bologney. My brother and 38 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,520 I talked about it and agreed from then on to never tell people of our 39 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,599 stories. We didn't go back to the farm for a while, and when 40 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:21,159 we did, we avoided the woods. Took us a solid year to eventually 41 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:24,360 go back in there. It was fine at first, but then well, 42 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:30,080 maybe that will be the story for another day. This was my first bigfoot 43 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:36,479 encounter, out of many. I've had brushes with UFOs and aliens too. 44 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:40,120 I think it's all been a curse, or maybe I messed up in a 45 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:45,280 past life or something. I would laugh out loud, but I don't know 46 00:03:45,319 --> 00:03:50,400 how I've remained sane, if that's what you call saying, well, that's 47 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,719 a good story, man. The thing about this it stood out to me 48 00:03:53,919 --> 00:03:59,039 was your brother was with you, so you have someone to corroborate your story, 49 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,879 and that's cool. I mean, you both saw this thing, you 50 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,560 both smelled it, and you were both looking behind you to make sure it 51 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,439 wasn't tracking you. That's a good story, Chris. When there's two people 52 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:14,159 together that see it, another person can back up the other person's story and 53 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:16,720 makes it pretty solid, pretty solid. Thanks for the story, buddy. 54 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:23,680 Okay, we're just gonna have one story in this short podcast today. I 55 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:30,120 am. My computer went down Monday. This is Thursday morning, and I'm 56 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,639 just now getting back to work. It took me three days to rebuild all 57 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:40,000 my software and get the passwords and download everything like I'm supposed to with my 58 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:45,360 regular software that I use for my work and all the software for the podcast. 59 00:04:45,639 --> 00:04:48,240 You have to go in those programs and reset them up the way you 60 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,759 had it set up. I still don't have the sound right on these podcasts, 61 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:55,720 so if they sound kind of funny, don't worry about it. I'll 62 00:04:55,759 --> 00:04:59,560 get it fixed. But I wanted to get something out this week, and 63 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,720 I'm really far behind on my regular work, so I've got to dig in 64 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,040 and get caught up. Where some of these people start firing me. I 65 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,920 don't want to get fired, so I gotta work extra hours. But I 66 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,759 hope to have time in the next I don't know, a week or two 67 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:19,680 to at least do these five or ten minute podcasts and keep the stories coming 68 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:25,079 because they're so good and you all know I love doing this, so I 69 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:28,560 might be able to get one out this weekend. I've got a really good 70 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,759 story. It's about probably be forty five minutes or an hour. It's one 71 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:35,800 story. It's really good. I'm gonna shoot for that Saturday or Sunday. 72 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:40,879 But you guys, have a good weekend. It's Thursday, and i'll probably 73 00:05:41,319 --> 00:05:44,480 you'll probably hear from me by then and have a good one. Thank y'all.