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That's Hello Fresh dot 9 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:37.439 com slash Odyssey fifty and use code Odyssey fifty for fifty percent off plus free 10 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:42.280 shipping. Hello Fresh America's number one mil kit. Now I hear a brain. 11 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:46.159 I got a trade of going on to hear something to kill my dog. 12 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.280 Something killing your dog. My dog would flam doing here over the trade. 13 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.920 I don't know how it did it, Okay, damn, And I'm 14 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:58.439 really confused. Both my dog coming over the bed and they were dead. 15 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.320 More gan to grow teeny cars although I saw is my dog coming over the 16 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:22.560 fence? Dan? Why what are your putting? We got someone or something 17 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:33.920 crawling around out here? Did you see what it went? It was standing 18 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:36.959 up. I'm out here looking through the window now and I don't see anything. 19 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.519 I don't want to go outside. Jesus great, you ready, charl 20 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:47.319 deal, Hello, get somebody out here. What's point on the outair? 21 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.519 That's thought of a bitches? About sixty fot nine? I don't know he 22 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.879 seemed the outtair. Yes, I'm booking a right, Eddie m. We 23 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.120 had given John and Ashton time to get geared up and rady, and into 24 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.760 the woods we went. We quickly made it to the water, and Henry 25 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.000 went on and told us where he had sat and reminisced about the memories he 26 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.480 and his boys had shared there. We couldn't stay long, of course. 27 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.919 Whatever it was that Howell didn't seem too far away from our house. Have 28 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.520 you guys ever thought about setting up camp here and staying overnight? Henry asked? 29 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.120 My boys, and I did that often. We would lay out under 30 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.719 the stars, roast marshmallows and just talk. I think I missed those moments 31 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:27.560 most of all. I don't know if I would feel comfortable sitting up camp 32 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.400 and staying out here all night, especially after our run in with the big 33 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:37.240 Foot and the rock escapade recently, not to mention large, snarling, oversized 34 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:40.319 dog men. From the look on everyone's face, they shared my opinion, 35 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.960 you are braver than I am. John said, no way you would catch 36 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.240 me out here in the overnight hours. Henry laughed at that. I had 37 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:53.319 a suspicion that he had experienced many things in his life, most of which 38 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.840 wouldn't go over very well with any of us. In his time, I'm 39 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.639 sure things were significantly different. We took him around everywhere that we had been. 40 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.080 He showed us exactly where he and his sons were at when they had 41 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.120 their encounter. I don't know what I would have done. Had I been 42 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:12.000 in his position, I probably would have left the deer and high tailed it 43 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.960 out of there. But I wasn't in his shoes, so I couldn't speak 44 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.879 on that. I wouldn't be opposed to doing something like that, However, 45 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.280 I don't think my wife would be too keen on the idea. What we 46 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.319 experienced the other night was terrifying, that all admit, but it would give 47 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.560 us more insight on their habits. At night, Aston spoke up. Connie 48 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:32.599 looked at him like he had five heads. You gotta be kidding me, 49 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:38.039 you would stay out here. I couldn't disagree with what he said, But 50 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:42.159 from what I'd heard on the encounters I had listened to, most researchers came 51 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:46.360 up with nothing if they went out with the intent to find something. Generally, 52 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.560 the encounters happened to unsuspecting individuals who only had planned to go out camping 53 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.599 and stargazing, some just driving down the road, not by someone setting up 54 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:58.400 a base camp and really trying to get to the heart of what's going on. 55 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.639 Even if I wanted to, not that I do, mind you, 56 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.199 but you guys know good and well. Marie would never let me stay out 57 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.680 here either. I would almost have to be like a teenager and sneak out 58 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:12.719 after she went to sleep. John snickered. Connie shot a sharp glance my 59 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.959 way. Don't even think about it, she said, sternly. Just then 60 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:20.000 another howl rang out through the trees. We were all frozen where we stood. 61 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:25.759 Henry let out a loud, melodic whistle. The noises around us fell 62 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.560 silent. We all stood there, waiting for something to explode from the trees. 63 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.560 But of course nothing did. Henry smiled at us and winked. I 64 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:38.199 knew that didn't mean anything in reality, but if that's what he wanted to 65 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.519 believe, that's fine. I'm not going to be the one to burst his 66 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.879 bubble. We walked along, looking at everything. Henry took us on a 67 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:47.680 different route. However, we had never been this way, and I was 68 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:51.079 kicking myself for not knowing that this land is also a part of mine and 69 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:56.279 Connie's property. It was unlike any other portion that we had been through. 70 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.959 I looked at John, and he just returned a shrug of his shoulders indicated 71 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.879 that he didn't know either. I was more determined than ever now, just 72 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.680 looking at the expansive woods in front of us. Maybe the land closest to 73 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.560 our house was only the outskirts of where both of these cryptids actually live. 74 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.600 So if you go along here, Henry said, as he pointed straight ahead, 75 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.399 there's another creek bed. It's a lot shallower than the first one by 76 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:23.759 y'all's place, but it's nice just the same. Probably about a month after 77 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.199 we saw this thing, I came walking back here and found me a footprint. 78 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.399 I didn't have anyone to share it with. Back then, only my 79 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.600 boys would believe me. Everybody else just said I was living up to my 80 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:39.079 quirky nature and dismiss it before I even finished the sentence. But this was 81 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.759 a weird one. This one was shaped like a dog. I even said 82 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.879 wolf back then, mainly because of the sheer size of it. I also 83 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.800 found a huge wolf print, Henry Ashton said, But this wasn't a regular 84 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.319 sized wolf. Though Henry cackled and slapped his knee, You're right about that, 85 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.279 boy, This isn't a wolf at all. This was from one of 86 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.199 those hell hounds. I just didn't know that at the time. I'd only 87 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:05.720 seen that one Bigfoot. I started thinking to myself that we needed to buy 88 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:09.600 at least another dozen cameras, if not more, to put all the way 89 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.079 out here. There are so many ways that could travel to and from here, 90 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.480 and we don't even know how many there are. If I remember correctly 91 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.600 what John told me, Bigfoot half family units and based on dogs and wolves 92 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:25.360 themselves, these dogmen should also be the same and travel in packs. We 93 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.399 all stopped and took a break once we reached the creek. Henry was telling 94 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.439 us about how far back exactly does our property go, Henry, I never 95 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.160 knew it came back this far. If this truly is ours, we got 96 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.800 more for our money than I thought, I said, as I sat down 97 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:43.600 on a large rock by the water. Ashton walked over and sit down. 98 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:46.160 I have a confession to make. I knew all this was back here. 99 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.199 This is pretty much where your land stops, just a little further past the 100 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:55.319 creek. That is. I just wanted to get our family away from here, 101 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.000 so I only set the price for what we paid for the house just 102 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.720 to get out from undred. Henry laughed. That's why you've got such a 103 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.480 good price. Boy, I did the same thing, except you got an 104 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:09.319 even better deal than Old Mark did. Yeah, we borrowed more than the 105 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.720 price of the house because we wanted to do restorations and stuff. Ashton went 106 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.120 on. I didn't know at the time that I was buying the zoo from 107 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.600 hell and that none of the restorations would get done before we had to move 108 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:23.519 on. We sat listening to all the sounds around us and the water run 109 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:28.199 across the rocks. This area really wouldn't be too bad for camping. It 110 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.360 was cleared out with enough room for a tent and then space left over for 111 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.720 a campfire. It would be peaceful just to hang out here. I left, 112 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:40.279 more determined than ever to make our whole property safe and usable. Suddenly, 113 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.199 all the noises stopped. The only thing that could be heard were the 114 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.680 breath that each of us took and the water in the creek. Laser focused. 115 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.480 We all looked around to see if there was any type of movement. 116 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:56.000 Low chuffs were coming from somewhere in the woods, indicating that something knew that 117 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:01.240 we were there. We were all standing now. John myself than Connie drew 118 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.759 our weapons that could be coming from either one of these creatures. Henry whispered, 119 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:11.120 be ready Cautiously. We turned and started walking back, but we weren't 120 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.279 alone. Something was pacing us just inside the woods. We all heard it. 121 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.680 Henry broke the silence with another whistle. I cut my eyes at him. 122 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.120 My adrenaline was pumping through my veins, and my patience was wearing thin. 123 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.319 I couldn't handle this half cocked idea that a simple whistle would bring us 124 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.560 protection and we could all skip merrily out of the forest. Henry lowered his 125 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.799 head, sensing my irritation. I almost felt bad, but before I had 126 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.200 a chance to the growls come, one from beside us and one from directly 127 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:43.279 behind us. We quickly picked up our pace, being sure not to run. 128 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.879 That would be the worst thing that we could do. I didn't realize 129 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.799 just how far we had come in getting back out was taking longer than it 130 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:58.279 should have. Then my worst fear crept in. We're lost. I don't 131 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.799 think this is the right way, guys, I said, It didn't take 132 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.279 us this long to get to the creek. We all stopped and looked around. 133 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.799 Henry walked a little way ahead of us. We walked the same way 134 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:11.759 that we came in. We should be fine to go on ahead. It's 135 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:15.720 a straight shot out of here. I was hot and tired. I was 136 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:18.120 mostly tired of dealing with the bullshit going on and just wanted things to be 137 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:22.759 normal. I was losing my cool and I felt it. But this was 138 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.639 different. Yes, I was all the aforementioned things. However, the anger 139 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:31.639 I felt building inside of me wasn't normal. I'd never felt this way before. 140 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.799 Hey, guys, wait up, I said. I know we don't 141 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.480 have time to talk about this, but it's important. Do any of you 142 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.879 feel angry or confused, or maybe a little disoriented? They all looked at 143 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.840 me strangely. Maybe this was all me and it was just the heat getting 144 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.279 to me. Connie, do you remember the first time we came to the 145 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.639 water and I felt something strange when I pulled my gun. I asked you 146 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.080 about it once we got back to the house. Connie thought for a minute, 147 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.120 Yes, I do. You said you felt that if you shot your 148 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.080 gun you would regret it. Okay, same way this time. But I'm 149 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:07.399 so angry. I could ben still with my bare hands, and I don't 150 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.840 know why John walked over and put his hand on my shoulder. You could 151 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:16.639 be picking up the energy from these dog men. Maybe you're sensitive to them. 152 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.879 It would prove to be useful though. If that were true, we 153 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.759 could tell when they were around. I felt as silly as Henry with a 154 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.399 supposed whistling. What a dynamic duo we would be in the woods. This 155 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.200 is all preposterous, Henry the whistler and me the hulk. So you guys 156 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.200 really don't feel anything at all. They all shook their heads. No, 157 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.000 I was afraid of that. The only thing to do now is to keep 158 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:45.360 going in hopes that they would leave us alone. We hadn't heard them growl 159 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.720 anymore, so I could only assume that we were moving out of what they 160 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.320 claimed as their territory. Henry turned out to be right after all. Not 161 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:56.159 long afterwards we reached the first creek and the clearing where I had shot the 162 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:01.320 wretched beast, that of which still need an answer. Did these things really 163 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:05.320 come from another dimension? Do they hold certain powers to be able to restore 164 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.519 themselves? Or do they bury their dead? And the one that I shot 165 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.440 was laid to rest somewhere away from here. None of these answers would be 166 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:16.559 a surprise to me. At this point. We have to do something, 167 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.240 Connie said. We can come out here a hundred times, but the results 168 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.519 are always the same. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over 169 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.320 and over and expecting a different result. Nothing will be accomplished at this rate, 170 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:31.440 Henry, you said, let's chase them out of here, and that's 171 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.159 what I intend on doing. I know that you say that we ourselves can't 172 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.960 get rid of them, but I'm tired of spending my wheels here. Henry 173 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.399 walked over to where Connie stood. I agree with you, a little lady. 174 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.360 Spending our wheels won't help you and your friends and your family. I 175 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.919 told you that only Bigfoot can get rid of them, and that's partly true, 176 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:54.480 but I don't think that's the only way. In fact, I know 177 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.039 that's not the only way. We all looked at Henry in confusion. Does 178 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.639 he know secrets he hasn't told us. Clearly he knew more than he was 179 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.799 letting on. And it was high time that we got to the bottom of 180 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:07.879 this. Winter would be coming soon, and this is not something we can 181 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.039 afford to be dealing with. Then Connie and I would have to be able 182 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.039 to hunt from meat and sustain ourselves for the colder months. We did have 183 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.960 some animals, but I would sure love some dear meat to go along with 184 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:22.879 those. So cut to the chase, Henry. I know we just met 185 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.960 you, but you know there's more that you're not telling us. We need 186 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:28.000 to know what's really going on here, all of it, I said sternly. 187 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.960 I felt myself getting angrier than ever out of nowhere. My blood started 188 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:39.399 boiling. Then a growl came from the distance. Why is this happening to 189 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:43.240 me every time the dog men get close. It hadn't happened at all until 190 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.879 Henry was around. I didn't feel this When I shot that one or in 191 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:52.559 the cornfield, all I felt was fear, but now everyone could see it. 192 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.399 Henry looked at me and then at the ground. He knew he knew 193 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:00.759 exactly what was happening, and it was time to find out the truth of 194 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.200 why. After we made it back to our house, we all sat around 195 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.240 the kitchen table, Eye and Henry. I had calmed down and I was 196 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.159 ready to learn what was going on here. After my boys and I had 197 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.360 that run in with the big foot, I set out to learn everything I 198 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.960 could about them. I went into the library and checked out every book I 199 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.480 could get my hands on. I read countless books. It seemed. I 200 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.720 wasn't ever into the internet. Books have always been my go to anyway. 201 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.960 I met a man who noticed my pattern at the library, and eventually he 202 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.279 came up and asked me about it. He said that he had witnessed one 203 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.360 himself and went on to tell me about his encounter. That's when I learned 204 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:41.840 about the dog man as well. He said that if you have a bigfoot 205 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.480 on your property, then no doubt you also have dog man. They go 206 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:48.679 hand in hand, Henry said, John shifted in his chair. Yeah, 207 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.159 I read the same thing when I was doing my research, and I heard 208 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.159 a lot about it listening to those encounter shows. It's like they lived together 209 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:01.440 or something exactly. Henry went on. He told me that there was a 210 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.240 way to keep them all away, but it would be a little risky. 211 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.320 At that point, I was willing to do anything. I wanted to protect 212 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.879 my wife, and I wanted to have time back with my boys in the 213 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.480 woods. Armed with that knowledge, I went into the woods and did what 214 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:18.759 the man said. It was something I grew to regret. However, I 215 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.799 could only assume that what Henry did was probably an act of evil. Unbeknownst 216 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.960 to him at the time, this was turning into a real life nightmare. 217 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:31.720 A blood sacrifice was necessary. I did what I had to do, a 218 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:37.759 fire, blood and a couple of incantations. I wanted my family to be 219 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:41.120 safe, but that man lied to me. I found that print that I 220 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:46.080 told you about shortly after I did all those things. It turned out the 221 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:50.159 man that i'd met didn't live far from here. He was obviously having more 222 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.360 problems than we were. That awful deed had been done, though I was 223 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.000 stuck. The ritual was actually to call them in. He knew that if 224 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.320 he could convince me to that, it would take them off of his property 225 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:07.440 and put them here in these woods. Connie gasped, Is there some way 226 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.720 that you can take it back? Though, like a reversal ceremony or something. 227 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.480 I'm not saying I want that on our property because it's pure evil, 228 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.200 But is it a possibility to do so so these things go away? Before 229 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.960 you had a chance to answer, Connie, I interjected with the question to 230 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.440 my own, a question that I desperately needed an answer to. Why do 231 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:30.000 I get so angry when these things are around? Henry? It didn't happen 232 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.519 in the past when John and I had our run ins, or even when 233 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.840 I shot one in the face, which is something else I need to ask 234 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.600 you about. But the little time that you've been around us in these woods, 235 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.440 I got so angry when they're around. That is a part of it, 236 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.000 boy, don't you see, he said, visibly agitated, As part 237 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.399 of the whole incantation. I threw that bit in there. Whoever was around 238 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.320 me at the time in the woods would have plenty of warning if they came 239 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.440 around. I knew I wouldn't be around anyone but my boys, and I 240 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.000 wanted to make sure that they were protect did just in case. I was 241 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.799 trying to plan ahead. Once that was done, though, as I said, 242 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:10.080 it brought them here instead of protecting us from them, that dirty bastard 243 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:14.240 made it impossible for us to stay. It became more dangerous over time. 244 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.759 It changed our whole way of life. My boys went away to college, 245 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.879 and I knew that my wife and I would have to leave. I sold 246 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:26.200 this place dirt cheap. I thought that at the time, whatever was here 247 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.080 would stay in the woods because I wasn't there to bring them out. That's 248 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.200 why they can't break the wood line. John exclaimed loudly. Henry, You're 249 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.840 the key to this whole thing. It was all starting to make sense, 250 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.679 well as much sense as it could make. They couldn't leave the woodline because 251 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.679 Henry wasn't there. That one did that I shot because it was obviously something 252 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:51.279 more sinister that a spell could not contain. That still left the question with 253 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.879 the Bigfoot. Are the Bigfoot still controlling these beasts somehow? Because that night 254 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.080 Connie and I were on the back deck and that dog man reached our property. 255 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.559 The big Foot yelled and it retreated back into the woods. But why 256 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.319 me why nobody else in the group, I asked, I would think that 257 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.559 whoever was around you would feel the anger that the dog man put off. 258 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:14.839 Henry stood up and started pacing. Honest to goodness, Bud, I don't 259 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:18.480 have the slightest idea. I can only assume that it's because you're the man 260 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.359 of the house. You and a sense on the property, and that makes 261 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.599 you own everything, not just the land. When y'all moved here, you 262 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.880 took on the role that my boys and I were supposed to have. I 263 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.680 had made that incantation fool proof for my sons at the time I was planning 264 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.359 for the future here. We hadn't planned on moving, and once my wife 265 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:41.559 and I had passed on, this would be theirs. You took that place, 266 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.599 which means you don't feel any of the anger unless I'm around. They 267 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.759 are my heirs, so it would have passed on naturally to them, But 268 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.880 with you, I have to be here. Ashton had been quiet during all 269 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.839 of this. I felt bad for him, but I was glad that it 270 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:00.599 was me dealing with this and not him. He was young, I'd probably 271 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.559 a good twenty years on him. There was no way that he and his 272 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:06.960 family would have been able to handle all of this. It was a lot 273 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.359 for me to deal with us will, but I think I have a firmer 274 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:12.279 grip on it than he would. His goal would be to protect his family. 275 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:17.920 My goal is Connie and myself. That's enough. I don't know how 276 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:21.759 I would react with my wife plus two small children. He made the right 277 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.440 choice by selling. So how do we break this, Henry? How can 278 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:29.240 we make this go away? Connie asked. Henry set back down and put 279 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:32.559 his head in his hands. There's only one way, and it's not something 280 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.160 I thought I would ever have to do. It's something I didn't want to 281 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:40.240 have to do because of this dishonest man. The only way to break the 282 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:45.240 sacrifice I made is with a sacrifice in return. What does that mean? 283 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:51.799 A sacrifice in return? A sacrifice of what John asked concerned The sacrifice to 284 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.559 break this is me, Henry said, with tears in his eyes, to 285 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.279 put everything back the way that it was in each to be me to sacrifice 286 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:04.200 myself. I never thought that it would come down to this. It wasn't 287 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:10.680 supposed to. I made that blood oath on false pretenses. The way this 288 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.680 was supposed to go is I would pass this on to my sons, the 289 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:17.440 protection, not the curse. I didn't know that it was all based on 290 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.400 a lie until it was too late. I'm glad that we all moved away 291 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:25.440 from this place. Now they don't have to carry this. They're not ever 292 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:29.400 coming back here, so this won't affect them. It's affecting me, though, 293 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:33.039 Henry, I yelled, Now I have to carry this. We have 294 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.799 to deal with this on what is now our land. You can leave here 295 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.400 anytime you want, but we still have to deal with these dog men in 296 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.559 Bigfoot. Whether you're here or not. And what's the deal with these Bigfoot? 297 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:48.200 Why are they here? Well, as you already know, they were 298 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.000 here first. I'm sure they were here even before we bought the house. 299 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:55.960 When we encountered what I know to be dog man, that's when the Bigfoot 300 00:19:55.960 --> 00:20:00.079 whistled and called them off. I believe maybe the dog men were trickling in, 301 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.640 but they were able to hold them at bay, that is until I 302 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.000 did what I did. Ashton spoke up. He had been taking in all 303 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.039 this information and processing it the best way that he knew. How. There 304 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:15.319 has to be another way, though, Henry, if you made a sacrifice 305 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.079 on false pretenses, couldn't you undo it in another way, not in the 306 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:23.640 traditional sense, Ashton asked. Henry was silent. We all were How was 307 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:30.160 this even reality? I had taken a lot bigfoot throwing boulders at our heads, 308 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.119 dog men trying to eat us, not being able to enjoy our property. 309 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.920 The list was long, and it seemed to grow every day. Now 310 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.319 you throw in a cooky old man who supposedly did an incantation in the woods. 311 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.799 It all sounds too fantastical to be real. But the fact of the 312 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:51.440 matter is this is happening. This isn't a dream. We are all part 313 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:55.000 of it. Now, let's do some research on this before we do anything. 314 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:59.119 Crass John said, we have more options than just books at our disposal. 315 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:02.400 Now, there are a lot of people who are experiencing this, and 316 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:06.559 it wasn't brought to them by some ritual done in the woods. I promise 317 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.839 you, Henry. You may have been the one to bring them here, 318 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.599 but you didn't infest the world with them. There has to be something out 319 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.960 there that we can find, maybe even the ritual that you did, and 320 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:18.880 how to reverse it. Henry looked up at us and smiled with his crooked 321 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.640 smile. I knew it came from a good place. I also knew that 322 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:26.960 he was in a rough spot and carrying more than I think I could handle. 323 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.720 I imagine having the weight of protecting your family, strangers, and everything 324 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.640 out here on your shoulders. I think I too would be a little off 325 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.519 my rocker at that point. But now we have the full story of what's 326 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.799 happening. Now came the hard part of putting everything back together the way that 327 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:48.559 it was. However, that is Connie and I had offered for Henry to 328 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.799 stay the night. He went on to tell us that his wife had passed 329 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:55.240 away some years before, and that he had not talked to either of his 330 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:59.920 sons in quite a while. They graduated college and have lives of their own 331 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.039 don't want any part of what they left behind. That also included Henry. 332 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.599 It made me wonder if maybe he had told them what he had done, 333 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:11.440 even though it had been for their protection. Maybe they just wanted to be 334 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.960 completely separated from that. I can't say that I blame them. I did 335 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.920 hate it for Henry, though. To go through everything he had gone through 336 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:22.480 and to end up completely alone had to be the worst part of it for 337 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.039 him. I'm sure I couldn't say that even if we figured out how to 338 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.279 break this spell or whatever he had done and send the dog men away, 339 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.759 would repair whatever had been broken between he and his sons. But at least 340 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:37.759 it would lessen the weight that he had been carrying for all these years. 341 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:41.920 Later that night, Connie and I were laying in bed talking about everything. 342 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.480 At one point we even broke out into laughter, not believing that everything we 343 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.960 had been going through and everything that we had heard could be true. We 344 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.359 knew it was tough, and in our living room lay a lonely, broken 345 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:57.079 man who had no one left but us. John called me the next morning. 346 00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:00.400 He had done some research on our property and was eager to tell us 347 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:06.519 about it. Okay, so get this, John began excitedly. The property 348 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:11.359 attached to yours used to be owned by Otis P. Welding. That was 349 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:15.319 the man that conned Henry. According to these documents, he would be in 350 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:18.440 his seventies. Now. I was certainly excited about that, because that means 351 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:22.319 he might still be alive. Maybe he can help us with Henry and what 352 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:26.799 happened all those years ago. Does it say where he's at, John? 353 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:30.720 Is he still alive? I could hear him pecking on his keyboard. Yeah, 354 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:34.720 says he's at some retirement home. The land went up for auction once 355 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.359 his kids moved him to where he is now, but no one was interested 356 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:41.759 in it, so the county took it over. It doesn't list much about 357 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:45.240 his land, but I think we all know why nobody wanted it. It 358 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.759 was probably wrapped in so much lower and evil that no one with half a 359 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:52.680 brain would take that on, So that's probably why his kids auctioned it off. 360 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:56.920 Are you up for a road trip, John, I asked, with 361 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:00.880 a smile on my face. He's going to be our best. We can 362 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.920 bring Henry too. It took quite a bit of convincing for Henry to finally 363 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.160 agree to go with John and I to see Otis. I knew that he 364 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.799 was still carrying anger and malice for him, but I assured Henry that John 365 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.039 and I would be there the whole time, and that Otis may hold the 366 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.440 answer of how to get us out of the situation without him having to sacrifice 367 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:22.680 himself in the process. We loaded up and we were off to Shady Lake's 368 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.279 retirement home. It was about an hour's drive from our place, so we 369 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:29.519 had plenty of time to talk. On the way, Henry told us that 370 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:33.240 he didn't know too much about Otis. They weren't really friends per se. 371 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:37.519 Acquaintances would be the best word for it. I can't say that I would 372 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.480 want to be friends with someone who completely screwed me over either. At best, 373 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:45.799 maybe pleasantries exchanged when in public, that's it. I saw Otis's kid 374 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.599 shortly before my wife and I moved. They were always nice to me. 375 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:53.880 I often wondered if they knew what happened. Since they grew up there, 376 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:57.359 they had to have known that the dog men were there as well. He 377 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:00.960 probably told him that he got rid of them. I guess in a sense 378 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:04.119 he did, But he did that lying to me and making me take the 379 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:08.880 burden to carry instead. I started wondering if coming here was a good idea. 380 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.519 After all, What if he sees Otis and charges him. That would 381 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:15.519 be a headache and a half. That would get us nowhere in this vicious 382 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:18.960 cycle that we were in. Now, Henry, when we get there, 383 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:22.640 you need to behave yourself. I know this man has done a lot of 384 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.960 wrongdoing, and he's cost you a lot of pain in your life. But 385 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:29.519 to help you, we need to see if he can tell us how to 386 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:34.559 reverse this without you having to sacrifice your own life. He remained quiet, 387 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:38.599 but I knew that he understood. I stared out the window and wondered how 388 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:42.000 Henry's life would have been had he not did what he did. He and 389 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.599 his wife living out their moments together on earth, knowing that their sons were 390 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:51.599 taken care of, peaceful and happy. I could understand why there would be 391 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:56.079 so much angst now Henry was alone, but it didn't have to be that 392 00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:00.559 way. We pulled up at the Shady Lake's retirement home about twenty minutes later. 393 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.759 I once again reiterated to him that he needed to tuck all those feelings 394 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:07.839 away, at least for the time being. If he wanted revenge, then 395 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:12.160 get the revenge by reversing the curse. He nodded in agreement, and we 396 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:17.039 went in. Yes, we're here to see Otis p welding, I said 397 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.039 to the lady at the front desk. She met eyes with me. Not 398 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:25.279 many visitors for him these days. I'm glad that he finally has some company. 399 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:29.680 He's in his room one eleven, that's just down the hallway here and 400 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.920 to the right. I thanked her and we started walking. I didn't know 401 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.839 which was worse, being in Henry's position or shoved in this box to live 402 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.319 out your final days forgotten about. In a sense, they're both living the 403 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:47.519 same ending they were both alone. The only difference is that otis isn't covered 404 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:51.319 by a blood curse, so that made Henry's case a little worse. We 405 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:55.640 walked down the sterile hallway. They had many different events taped to the walls 406 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.799 for the residents to participate in to bring at least some joy to their lives, 407 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.759 but it was still an empty feeling all the same. We turned the 408 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:07.799 corner and found Otis's room. Just what the lady had said. When we 409 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.359 walked in, we found who we could only presume to be Otis, sitting 410 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:15.079 in a wheelchair, facing the window with his back to us. I cleared 411 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:19.240 my throat to gain his attention without startling him. Mister welding, Otis slowly 412 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:22.839 turned from the window to face us. He met eyes with Henry and a 413 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:29.359 scowl covered his face. You filthy bastard, you ruined my life, Henry 414 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:36.079 said. They say you don't gotta go home, but you can't stay here. 415 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:12.799 Trying to try that chime everything. Call it baby, bright, baby 416 00:28:12.920 --> 00:29:03.279 my joy for me to stay right, to call it right away. Don't 417 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:33.839 because backs us to us, to us, to use Jesus