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Now, when what are your putting? I got a screen going on here,

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something just because my dog. Something
killed your dog? My dog.

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We're flying through the or over the
trade. I don't know how it did

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it, okay, damn, and
I'm really confused. All as I saw

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was my dog coming over the fence, and they did when you hit the

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girl. I didn't see any car
and all I saw was my dog coming

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over the fence. Damn. Why
what are you're putting? We got someone

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or something crawling around out here.
Did you see what it was? It

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was standing up. I'm out here
looking through the window now, and I

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don't see anything. I don't want
to go outside. Jesus, point you

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bet hello, get the body out
here. Point on the out there.

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I thought of a bitch about six
foot nine. I don't know he's out

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there. Yep, I'm looking right
out. Oh. My grandfather was born

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in eighteen fifty three. He bravely
fought in the Modoc War to protect our

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homeland, but like many others,
he experienced the devastating loss of family and

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displacement. Unhappy with the Klamath Reservation, my grandfather returned to the part of

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the country he cherished through a stroke
of luck in the assistance of a white

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friend in Erica, California, he
managed to purchase land in the mountains.

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Although his life was long and filled
with events, it was not always a

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joyful one. When I was a
child, my grandfather shared a story with

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me that I never tired of hearing. It was about his first encounter with

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the Matacagne, which took place in
the summer of eighteen ninety seven. As

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he walked along a deer trail near
a lake. At dusk, he noticed

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something resembling a tall bush up ahead. As he approached, a strong,

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musky odor filled the air. To
his surprise, he realized that the bush

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was not a bush at all,
but a creature covered in thick, coarse

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hair, similar to horsehair. The
creature emitted a sound that resembled meya,

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and my grandfather knew it was the
legendary Madocagmee. Despite the fading light,

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my grandfather could clearly see the creature's
soft brown eyes peering through its hairy exterior.

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In a gesture of friendship, he
laid down the string of fish he

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had been carrying. The creature understood
his intention and swiftly snatched up the fish

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before disappearing into the nearby timber.
Before leaving, it made a sound that

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remained etched to my grandfather's memory.
My grandfather kept this story within the family,

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referring to the creatures as people and
calling the matacagne. A few weeks

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after this encounter, he awoke one
warning to strange noises outside his cabin.

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Upon investigation, he discovered a stack
of freshly tanned deer skins in the distance.

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He heard the peculiar sound once again. From then on, various items

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such as would acorns, wild berries, and fruit would mysteriously appear. Years

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later, my grandfather had a second, even more extraordinary encounter with his friend.

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He had taken a job with a
group of white men from San Francisco

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who were searching for gold on Mount
Shasta. Although my grandfather had little interest

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in wealth, times had changed and
living off the land had become increasingly difficult.

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The men promised him rich as if
he helped them find the gold,

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but he remained indifferent to their offer. As the treasure hunters indulged in excessive

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drinking, my grandfather decided to explore
the lower rock shelves on his own,

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but next morning he set out on
a mountain trail. After some climbing,

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reached one of the shelves he wished
to examine. Unexpectedly, a timber rattler

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struck his leg. Injured. My
grandfather began descending the mountain trail, but

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his condition rapidly deteriorated. Overwhelmed by
sickness and fainting, he believed he was

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dreaming when he found himself surrounded by
three towering matacagmy, each measuring night to

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ten feet tall. They had made
a small incision on the snake bite,

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removed the venom, and applied cool
moss to the wound. One of the

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matacagmy emitted a grunting sound, and
together they carried my grandfather down an unfamiliar

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trail. Eventually they placed him beneath
a low, brushy tree and departed.

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After some time, my grandfather started
to recover and fired shots into the air

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with his old forty four caliber pistol. When the gold party found him,

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he chose not to mention his encounter
with the matacagmi. He was taken back

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to where the pack mules were tied, and then transported to the nearest town,

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where he rested for a few days. Once he regained enough strength to

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travel, he returned home. Only
his family knew about the encounter, and

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from that point on he refused any
amount of money to venture into that region

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again. He considered it a sacred
place where the Matacagne resided as his friends.

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For many years afterward, during the
stillness of the evening or late at

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night, my grandfather would hear the
familiar call of the Matacagmy. He assured

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me that they were not malicious,
but rather incredibly shy, particularly towards white

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man. They emerged mostly in the
evenings and at night, surviving on roots

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ferries and resorting to meet only in
the harshest of winters. Their homes remained

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hidden in the deep mountain boroughs,
unknown to any human. As a young

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boy, I never tired of my
grandfather's story. He insisted they were true,

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and I wholeheartedly believed him. Maya's
spirit forever find peace. John Haywood,

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often referred to as the Father of
Tennessee history, was a renowned historian

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who dedicated his work to documenting the
history of Tennessee. In his book The

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Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee,
published in eighteen twenty three, Haywood focused

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on the discovery of small skeletons in
and around White County. He dedicated an

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entire section of his book to the
so called pygmies in Tennessee. The following

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is an excerpt from chapter eight,
Section two. In the County of White,

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a few miles from Sparta, small
tombs containing skeletons were unearthed. The

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discovery was first reported in the Nashville
Whig in June eighteen twenty, and mister

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Lane, the source of this information, was immediately contacted. Mister Lane,

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who was driven by curiosity and enthusiasm, embarked on a mission to uncover more

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of these unique graves in the settlement
near Sparta. In one of the small

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graves, labeled as Package number one, he found a fractured skeleton. The

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grave, measure ring approximately two feet
in length, fourteen inches in width and

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sixteen inches in depth, revealed a
skull larger than any previously encountered in these

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graves. By examining the length of
the thigh and arm bones, mister Lane

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estimated the height of the individual.
He also sent the teeth for examination,

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hoping to determine whether they belonged to
a Canai monkey or human. Despite the

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fracture, the skull retained enough of
its original form to provide insight into the

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type of being at once belonged to. Interestingly, the body in this grave

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was not laid in the typical manner, but was positioned upright against the head

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rock of the tomb. The skull
was found at the top, directly above

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the ribs, which a decayed and
could not be preserved. The arms and

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thigh bones were discovered lying next to
each other, with their upper ends near

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the head rock and the skull resting
on top. This arrangement suggested that the

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body was not lying flat alongside the
skeleton. Several other peculiar items were found,

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including three vessels and two cong shells. One vessel, larger and intricately

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carved compared to the others, stood
out. The basin was quite plain,

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but interestingly had laced around the room. Another vessel was too damaged to make

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any observations about it, except that
it appeared to be designed for practical use.

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These vessels were arranged with the large
carved pot on the right and the

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sturdy bottom vessel and two conks on
the left. The size of the head

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the unusually large grave the number and
size of the vessels, and the presence

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of mussel shells instead of conk shells
all indicated that the individual to whom this

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skeleton belonged was different from the ordinary
ones. On July twenty ninth, eighteen

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twenty, mister Lane and his companions
continued their search for discoveries at Captain Simon

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Doyle's residence, formerly owned by mister
Anderson. They opened two small graves,

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the first measuring eighteen inches in length
and twelve inches in width. It contained

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small bones, fragments of a tooth, and other items found in Package number

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three. The second grave, measuring
two feet in length, thirteen inches in

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width and fifteen inches in depth,
contained bones, teeth, a vessel,

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and shells also enclosed in Package three. The individual in this grave was laid

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on their right side, with the
head facing south and the face to the

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east. The body was positioned north
to south, with the thigh bones extending

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east to west. The legs were
then bent to form an angle of approximately

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thirty degrees with the thighs. Careful
examination of the bones, which were fragile

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and crumbled, easily revealed the exact
positioning of the skeleton. The underside of

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the skull was in better condition than
the upper side. The concave diameter of

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the skull, measured to be around
five inches, was sent as a sample.

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The eye socket and the sutures of
the skull were visible, as were

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the chance, the size and condition
of the teeth, and the size and

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curvature of the ribs. These graves
were scattered throughout mister Lane's farm, but

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a large, interconnected burial ground similar
to the ones described existed at mister Anderson's,

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now owned by Captain Doyle. There
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same nature located four miles south of
Sparta. Mister Anderson and Captain Doyle,

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who had both opened many of these
graves, believed that hundreds more could be

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found in these areas. The graves
did not create any noticeable mounds on the

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surface, but could be identified by
striking the ground with an iron tool until

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the covering rock was hit. Removing
the rock would reveal the edges of the

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side and end rocks of the grave. On August first, eighteen twenty,

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mister Lane, accompanied by his son
Jacob, continued their search at Captain Doyle's

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former residence. They opened another small
grave measuring just twenty two inches in length,

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and discovered bones and small trinkets and
package number four. This skeleton was

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lying on its back, with the
feet drawn up to raise the knees about

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four inches above the bottom of the
grave. The head was also raised,

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causing the chin to rest on the
chest. Cheerful measurements of the skeleton,

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taking into account the meandering limbs and
the reclining of the head, indicated a

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height of no more than three feet. The head faced west while the feet

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faced east. This grave was located
four feet away from the previously mentioned one.

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They then opened another grave, constructed
like a coffin, with a head

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width of fourteen inches, elbow width
of twenty two inches, and foot width

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of ten inches. The sides and
ends were lined with flag rock, smilar

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to the small graves, but not
as deep, measuring only twelve inches.

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In this grave, they found a
person measuring five feet and five inches and

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high, with the head facing west
and the feet facing east. They carefully

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uncovered the entire skeleton without moving any
bones, revealing that the individual was not

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shrouded, as their mouth was wide
open and filled with teeth. The arms

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lay alongside the body, and the
ribs were broad and flat, more than

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twice the size of the pigmy's ribs. The head was longer, the eyes

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wider apart, the forehead higher above
the eyebrows, and the lower jaw measured

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one inch longer on each side compared
to the small skeleton scent to Nashville.

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By placing the bones together and making
comparisons, they confirmed the differences. The

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collar bone, arm, thigh,
and leg bones of this individual appeared stronger

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than expected for their size. The
elbows, knees, and ankle joints were

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also larger than anticipated. After measuring
and examining the skeleton, they carefully returned

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the bones to the grave, covering
them with the original rocks and earth.

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No vessels or trinkets were found with
this skeleton, but distinct differences in head

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shape, rib size, and joint
proportions between the pygmies and this larger individual

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suggested that they belonged to different tribes
or groups of people. Upon raising the

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skull, they discovered numerous hairs still
attached to it, resembling the hair of

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the interred person. These hairs were
fine, straight and a bright silver gray

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color. Mister Lane also sent package
number five, which contained two dozen small

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conck shells and two other small shells
resembling tapered screws. The small package included

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fragments of old pots found above ground
at the Old Town near mister Wilson's residence.

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Despite lying above ground for possibly several
hundred years, the pots remained intact.

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The small cock shells, about the
size of pullets eggs, were found

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approximately four miles southwest of Sparta and
eight miles west of mister Lane's farm d

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a location with the large skeletons measuring
seven feet or more in length had been

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discovered. These shells were abundant in
a small mound on the outskirts of an

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old town, intermixed with clay up
to four feet below the surface. One

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of the shells was placed in a
water vessel approximately a pine in capacity,

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which was positioned at the head of
each pygmy skeleton. Despite their potential significance,

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the shells were left undisturbed by the
inhabitants of the town, suggesting their

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sacred nature. It is worth noting
that the presence of these shells, along

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with the bones of animals and pieces
of fire coal found in the same area,

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indicates a strong connection to Hindu superstitions. The origin of these shells can

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be traced back to India, where
they hold religious significance. However, the

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proximity of the large skeletons in the
area challenges the idea of migration from the

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south. Mister Lane also sent package
number six, which contained a small stone.

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Similar stones of various colors such as
bluish, greenish, and black,

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were discovered in the old towns.
These stones, of different sizes but believed

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to be of the same rock type, were not native to the region.

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One particular stone, measuring six inches
in length, half an inch in thickness

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and three inches in width with a
widening edge resembling an axe, was found

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in an old fortification five or six
miles from Sparta. The stone appeared to

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be stained with petrified blood on the
edge, displaying shades of green and lighter

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spots. Stone axes of the same
description have been brought from the Fiji or

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Friendly Islands and the Pacific by explorers. Similar stones have also been found along

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the banks of the Amazon River.
The discovery of this stone, along with

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others like it, raises questions about
its origin and purpose in the Old towns

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of White County. These packages,
along with their contents, were examined by

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medical professionals in Nashville. Opinions varied
regarding the age and maturity of the small

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skeletons. The prevailing belief was that
these skeletons belonged to adult individuals. One

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expert agreed that one of the small
skulls belonged to an adult, but argued

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that the size of the body could
not be determined solely from the cranium.

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They believed that the cylindrical bones and
package number one and the tooth belonged to

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a carnivorous animal of the canine family. Another expert concurred, suggesting that the

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bones and tooth and Package one were
indeed from a carnivorous animal, while the

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skull belonged to an adult person of
small stature, measuring no more than three

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feet in length. These opinions were
supported by the examination of the bones.

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The small conk shells, numbering two
dozen, could be attributed to Hindu customs

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if not for the presence of the
large skeletons nearby, which indicated a different

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origin. The shells were found in
a mound near an old town, where

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they were intermixed with clay up to
four feet below the surface. Placing one

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of these shells in a water vessel
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a connection to Hindu worship practices.
However, the presence of human bones,

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potentially belonging to a distinguished priest of
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It is possible that each grave containing
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worshiper of Vishnu. The worship of
the Sun, originating in ancient times in

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China and Tibet, spread to Sarmatia, Germany, Finland, and eventually to

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the Samwayads in the north of regions, who shared similarities with the Eskimos and

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were also some worshippers. It is
conceivable that the Eskimos, through various migrations

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and ages, brought this ancient branch
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As for the stones found in the
old towns of White County, their bluish,

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greenish, and black colors, along
with their foreign nature, raise intriguing

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questions. One particular stone, resembling
an axe, was discovered in an old

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fortification and exhibited signs of petrified blood. Similar stones had been brought from the

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Pacific Islands and found along the Amazon
River. The presence of these stones,

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not naturally occurring in the region suggest
a connection to external cultures and raises further

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speculation about their purpose and origin.
Quiet little town near the serene San Antonio

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River in Texas, a couple named
Oscar and Silvia Sylvian found themselves entangled in

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a series of spine chilling encounters with
big Foot. It all began during their

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summer escapade in twenty nineteen one.
Peculiar incidents started to unfold within their camp

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site. The couple would hear mysterious
thuds against their camper and containers in the

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dead of night, yet no signs
of animals or humans were ever present.

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An unsettling stench permeated the air,
leaving them with an uneasy feeling that something

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other world lurked nearby. Initially,
they attributed these disturbances to the mischievous antics

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of wild hogs or raccoons. However, their perception shifted dramatically when Sylvia stumbled

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upon colossal footprints edged into the road
base near their stairs. These prints were

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unlike anything she had ever seen,
before boasting a humanoid shape and measuring a

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staggering fifteen inches in length and eight
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foot. Their neighbor, residing in
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another layer of intrigue to the unfolding
mystery. She confided in the couple,

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revealing that her Boston Terriers were petrified
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Additionally, she discovered her sewer hose
nod upon, presumably by a creature

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of considerable size. Intrigued by these
revelations, Sylvia embarked on an investigation of

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her own, leading her to stumble
upon more footprints within the remnants of their

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fire pit. These tracks indicated that
the elusive creature had ventured into their camp

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site, leaving behind trails of ashes
evidence of its presence. As if fate

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had a twisted sense of humor,
the couple soon found themselves face to face

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with big Foot in broad daylight.
Sylvia recounted a heart stopping encounter where she

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inadvertently stumbled upon the concealed creature while
scouring a pile of leaves for footprints.

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In a moment of sheer terror,
the creature abruptly sprang into action, causing

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leaves to scatter in every direction.
Sylvia's screen pierced the air, summoning Oscar

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to her side as they witnessed the
creature hastily retreating from the area. She

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described the enigmatic being as possessing a
towering stature, a high forehead, a

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head reminiscent of a cone, a
rust colored fur, and a robust body

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that seemed to reach the heights of
the surrounding trees. Oscar would also had

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his own harrowing experience with Bigfoot one
fateful night, as he unloaded their truck

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near a towering tree, a thunderous
purring noise reverberated through the air, sending

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shivers down his spine. He turned
around only to find Bigfoot hunched over,

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observing him from a mere few feet
away. The creature's imposing figure standing at

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least seven feet tall, one fully
upright boasted, broad shoulders, muscular arms

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and legs, adorned with a thick
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couple never managed to capture a refutable
footage or photographs of Bigfoot. Nevertheless,

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they persisted in their quest for evidence, unearthing more footprints, collecting hair samples,

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and discovering further signs of the creature's
presence. Oscar and Sylvia firmly believed

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that Bigfoot possessed a remarkable intelligence,
perhaps even capable of communicating with them in

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some unfathomable manner. With unwavering determination, they implored others who may have crossed

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paths with Bigfoot to come forward to
share their stories and shed light on this

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enigmatic phenomenon. The ancestors of today's
humans and chimpanzees may have diverged millions of

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years earlier than thought. We aren't
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Human parents are on average a whopping
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that have been considered unusually long for
a primate, but a new study

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reveals that chimpanzees and guerrillas have their
own large generation gaps, about twenty five

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years and nineteen years, respectively.
The findings also indicate that our ants split

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from those of chimpanzees at least seven
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one million years earlier than previously thought. For the past forty five years,

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geneticists have suggested that the ancestors of
today's humans and chimps went their separate ways

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about four million to six million years
ago, and the ancestors of guerrillas diverged

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about seven to nine million years ago. There are almost no fossils of chimps

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and guerrillas, so these dates were
calculated by counting the number of DNA sequenced

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differences between the three species and dividing
that number by an estimated mutation rate for

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primates, or how fast mutations arise
over time. The problem is that scientists

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often calculate the mutation rate using dates
from fossils of other primate species, then

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applying this rate to the African apes
and humans. The approach is subject to

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error because it relies on the accuracy
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mutation rates are similar cross ape species. There is a better way, it,

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says molecular anthropologists Individulant of the Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig,

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Germany. Instead of looking at fossils
and other primates, she says, researchers

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can use data from recent genomes sequencing
in humans, which estimates more precisely the

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average number of mutations that arise per
generation in human families. Ben Scientists can

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use the new generation time estimates to
derive the yearly mutation rates in humans and

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apes to calculate how long ago the
lineages split. Until recently, however,

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researchers didn't have DNA samples from enough
chimps and other primates in the wild to

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prove paternity so that they could calculate
average generation times accurately. Now, after

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a decade of analyzing the patterns of
reproduction in chimpanzees and guerrillas in Africa,

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Vigilant informer post doc Kevin Landergraber,
now a primatologist at Boston University, say

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they have the data they need.
Working with almost twenty collaborators, the duo

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gathered data recording the age of mothers
and fathers at the birth of two hundred

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twenty six offspring and eight different chimpanzee
communities in the wild and one hundred five

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offspring of mountain guerrillas from two different
research sites in Africa, and they verified

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those relationships with DNA paternity tests on
copper lights gathered in the field. As

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they report today in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, chimpanzee mothers

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ranged in age from eleven point seven
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birth of their offspring. The average
age of reproduction was twenty five years for

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females and twenty four years for males, giving them an average generation time of

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about twenty five years. Berrilla females
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thirty eight years when they gave birth, and the average generation time for both

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sexes was about nineteen point three years. The rate in chimpanzees was particularly surprising

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to primatologists. Although females gave birth
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early as age nine, the average
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These lengthy generation gaps negate a long
standing rule of thumb that the larger

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the body of an animal, the
longer its generation time and slower its mutation

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rate. While this may be true
for some mammals, it doesn't seem to

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apply when comparing African great apes to
humans. Larger body size does not necessarily

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mean a lower mutation rate, says
population geneticist David Rick of Harvard University,

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who was not involved in this study. Even people who study guerrillas and chimps

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are surprised. To get the mutation
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mutations between parents and their offspring collected
by analyzing DNA from copper lights sent to

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the lab in Leipzig by the newly
calculated generation times. The researchers got a

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high and low mutation rate for each
species per year, rates that were slower

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than previously estimated using fossils to calibrate
the molecular clock. When they applied the

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new rates to the history of all
three species, they calculated that humans and

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chimps split earlier than expected, at
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and possibly as early as thirteen million
years ago. They estimate the split

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between guerrillas and the lineage leading to
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million years ago. Those dates of
such wide ranges vigilant explains because they assume

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the mutation rates seen today have been
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So a key remaining question is whether
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If the ancestors of humans, chimps, and guerrillas parted company earlier than expected,

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it would give more validity to claims
that the fossils purporting to be the

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earliest members of the human family,
such as the saal Anthropus. Chet insists

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from Chad really are hominins, the
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but not the African apes. The
longer generation times will also influence evolutionary models

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on skeletal and dental development that assume
that human ancestors had more rapid growth patterns

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similar tapes than to living humans.
The study has yielded the most accurate estimates

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of generation link yet possible for wild
chimpanzees and guerrillas, says paleoanthropologist John Hawks

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of the University of Wisconsin Madison,
who was not involved in the work.

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While these precise dates for both generation
times and the split between lineages may be

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modified as more data is collected from
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Suddenly of the University of Chicago the
new work is signal efficant because it provides

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a novel approach to the long standing
issue of the divergence time between human and

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chow. Stay tuned for more sasquatch
Odyssey will be right back. After these

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messages, the Patterson Gimlin film unanswered
questions and unresolved controversy. The Patterson Gimlin

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film, known as the most famous
piece of evidence for the existence of Bigfoot,

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continues to captivate skeptics and believers alike. Filmed almost fifty years ago near

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the Oregon border in California, the
one minute footage shows a figure covered in

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brown hair walking away from the camera. Frain number three fifty two in particular,

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has become an iconic image in Sasquatch
lore, representing the face of Bigfoot

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in popular culture worldwide. Over the
years, numerous experts and enthusiasts have analyzed

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every detail of the film, leading
to conflicting opinions. Some, like the

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late doctor Dmitri Donskoy, a renowned
expert in human biomechanics, believed that the

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subject in the film was non human. On the other hand, skeptics,

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including zwal agist Bernard Huvelman's, considered
it an obvious fraud. The film has

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been featured in countless TV specials,
often showing degraded copies, and individuals have

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come forward claiming involvement in the creation
of the suit or performance in the film.

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However, their evidence remains largely anecdotal. Most people who remember the Paterson

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gimm On film recall a shaky,
blurry image with a glimpse of the hairy

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creature in the distance. However,
a stabilized version of the film has been

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created, allowing viewers to see the
footage as if it were shot on a

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tripod. This version provides a clear
and steadier view of the subject walking and

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turning its head towards the camera.
Despite the skepticism surrounding the film, there

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are still several key facts that raise
questions about its authenticity. Matching footprints were

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found at the filming location years before
the encounter, suggesting a consistent presence of

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a large creature in the area.
Professor Jeff Mildrum, an expert in primate

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locomotion, analyze these footprints and concluded
that they matched the individual scene in the

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film. Mischallenges the theory that the
film was part of an elaborate hoax spanning

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several years. Furthermore, respected experts
in various fields, including anatomy, anthropology,

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and primatology have analyzed the film.
Many, like Meldrum, believe in

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its authenticity due to characteristics that seem
non human. Nevertheless, most of the

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unfavorable analysis could not definitively conclude whether
the film was real or fake. The

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Patterson Gimlin film stands out among alleged
sasquatch footage due to its relatively clear and

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detailed depiction of the subject. This
leaves only two possibilities. It is either

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a human in a suit or an
unidentified hominid. Surprisingly, over eighty percent

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of unfavorable scientific analysis refused to make
a definitive determination, acknowledging the film's convincing

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characteristics. Even renowned makeup artists and
costume designers are divided in their opinions.

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While some consider the creature a masterpiece
if it were a suit, others believe

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it could be the real deal.
The late John Chambers, an Academy Award

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winning creator of costumes for the Planet
of the Apes, stated that if the

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creature was fake, it surpassed his
own skills. Attempts to recreate the Patterson

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Gimlin film have been unsuccessful. In
nineteen ninety eight, the British Broadcasting Corporation

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conducted a well funded recreation for a
program called X Creatures, claiming to debunk

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the original film. However, no
one has successfully duplicated the footage to this

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day. Roger Patterson passed away in
nineteen seventy two, maintaining until the end

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that what he saw was a big
foot. Bob Gimlin, his companion,

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remained out of the spotlight until the
early two thousands, when he started attending

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Bigfoot believers conferences, still convinced that
what he witnessed was something non human.

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The Patterson Gimlin film continues to be
a subject of debate and fascination, with

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unanswered questions and unresolved controversy. Whether
it is a genuine documentation of an unidentified

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hominid or an elaborate hoax remains a
mystery, leaving room for speculation and further

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investigation. What lurks on the mysterious
peaks of Ben mcdowey. We recently looked

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at some of the big Foot legends
and the various forms the creature takes in

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different accounts. We touched briefly on
the big Gray Man of Ben mcdowey,

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for example, a legendary creature that
roams the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland, most

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predominantly the tallest of them, Ben
mcdowey. It is a legend very much

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worth investigating in detail, with some
of the most spine tingling paranormal experiences on

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record taking place there. Some speak
of intense feelings of something watching them,

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or even of an invisible presence following
them. Others tell of seeing physical apparitions

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of bone chilling beings. Further accounts
still talk of links to the ancient past,

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a kind of communication of energy harness
within the land itself. There are

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many accounts told orally in the immediate
areas of the Carringorms, and what's more,

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these accounts have been told for over
a century. Some, though,

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are so spine tingling that their reach
goes much further afield, and as such

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have been repeatedly documented. Although it
would be thirty five years before he would

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speak about it, an encounter in
eighteen ninety appears to be the earliest recorded

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incident on Ben mcdowey. Professor Norman
Colly would tell of the tale while speaking

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at the twenty seventh annual meeting of
the Cairnworm Club in Aberdeen. He was

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alone to sending Bim mcdowey went out
of nowhere. He had the sensation of

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someone behind him. It must have
been someone rather large, as the strides

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taken were huge by comparison to his
own. Struggling to maintain his calm,

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he eventually gave way to the fear
and fled as fast as he could.

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According to his account, he had
run over five miles before the intense feeling

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subsided. Although he at no point
actually saw anything physically, he remained convinced

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for the rest of his life that
something was with him on the mysterious mountain.

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Another experienced climber would have his own
terrifying experience in nineteen fourteen. George

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Duncan, a respected lawyer and a
high ranking individual with the Scottish Mountaineering Club,

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would send a letter to the Scotsman
newspaper in nineteen forty one, finally

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telling of the affair. Along with
another mountaineer club member, James Parker,

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the two men were making their way
back from the summit. The road was

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difficult to negotiate, and the two
men made the journey in the back of

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a small dog cart. Without warning, a figure dressed in a thick black

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hooded robes stepped into their path.
Duncan would write that it was the conventional

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figure of the devil himself. Further
bizarre details in some reports of the encounter

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state that thick smoke also accompanied the
dark being. Needless to say, the

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two men wasted little time in leaving
the area. Not all who claim experiences

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on Ben mcdowey speak of a physical
being, but something more akin to an

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energy, one so powerful that it
could physically interact with its target. Joan

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Grant, the respected psychic and author, would tell of a terrifying encounter in

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the book Time out of Mind.
She would claim while driving on the roads

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around the mountain to suddenly feeling despair
and sadness, which quickly morphed into deeply

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intense feelings of terror. Grant further
described an energy that was invisible, yet

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solid enough for me to touch,
that began to pursue her. She would

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urge her husband to drive away from
the area as fast as he could until

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she felt far enough away from its
influence. Another renowned psychic, Wendy,

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would would tell of her experience on
Ben mcdowey in her book The Secret of

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Spay. She would claim to not
only feel a presence, but to be

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able to make out she believed were
words. Furthermore, she believed them to

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be similar to the harsh consonants of
Gaelic. Perhaps most interesting are the claims

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of Captain Hugh Rankin. Rankin,
much like but more specific than the aforementioned,

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would claimed to hear words from an
ancient Sanskrit language. According to Rankin,

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an ancient presence accompanied them on Ben
mcdooey. This presence, as per

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Rankin's faith Buddhism, was one of
five perfect beings who controlled the fate of

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the entire planet. Further legend state
that these beings meet in secret locations on

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a regular basis. An experienced mountaineer
and mountain rescuer, Peter Denscham, claimed

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to have several strange encounters on the
infamous mountain while on a search and rescue

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mission in May nineteen forty five.
As he sat at the summit of Ben

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mcdooey taking a break for a moment, den Cham noticed the atmosphere begin to

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change. He could sense that someone
was watching it. Not only that,

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but a thick mists suddenly overtook what
had been a bright spring day, appearing

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to envelop him completely. By the
time he could hear crunching footsteps in the

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snow of the mountain top, fear
began to overtake him. He ran until

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he was far away from the secluded
spot. On another occasion with fellow mountain

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rescuer, another bizarre occurrence befell the
two men. Den Cham would claim that

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Freer suddenly began a conversation, but
as if he was talking to himself.

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As den Cham turned his attention to
his friend, he suddenly found himself involved

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in the apparent paranormal three way conversation. This went on for some time before

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the two men suddenly realized they were
the only two people there. Even more

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chilling, neither of them could remember
who they were speaking to or what the

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conversation was about. Freer also had
other equally strange tales to tell of encounters

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on Ben mcdowey. He would speak
to author and research or flet Gray of

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how his emotions were suddenly overtaken by
feelings of despair. It was as though

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he retained no control of his feelings
at all. He felt so utterly despondent

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that he couldn't even summon up the
will to leave the mountain. When he

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finally did, equally sudden feelings of
fear and terror surge through him. Freer

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would also tell Gray of an incident
involving a close friend who he claimed wished

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to remain anonymous. While camping high
up on m mcdowey, the unnamed man

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suddenly began to feel similar feelings of
despair and depression. As much as he

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tried to improve his frame of mind, the negative onslaught kept on coming.

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It was as if his thoughts were
not his own. He eventually welcomed the

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serenity of sleep. However, at
some point in the early hours of the

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morning, he awoke. Immediately upon
opening his eyes, panic swept over him.

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Outside of the tent. Through the
gap at the top of the zipper,

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he could see a tall, beastly
figure. The camper held his breath

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for what seemed to be an eternity, before whatever it was turned and walked

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away from his fragile tent. Before
it vanished from sight. The man peered

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through the gap a little closer.
He claimed to see a great brown creature

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that stood an estimated twenty feet tall. What is perhaps interesting here is the

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similar description to the wood was or
woodman. The legend originated out of Europe's

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dense forests and mountains. It is
quite possible these legends could have spread to

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Scotland over time. While those who
have first hand experience of Ben mcdowey will

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almost certainly tell you something resides there. There is perhaps a more conventional explanation,

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at least for part of the phenomena. Scientists argue that what people are

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likely experiencing on Ben mcdowey is a
phenomenon in itself called brock inspector. They

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assert that when people feel something watching
them, a much larger being no less,

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it is their own shadow being cast
on clouds. This happens when the

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sun is at a certain height or
angle, and we'll give the impression of

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a large, dark, shadowy type
figure. This phenomenon is very real and

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scientifically proven. However, it doesn't
appear to explain all of the details given

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by those who have experienced something strange
on the mountaintop. For example, why

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this might explain why people suddenly believe
a large person to be watching them.

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It doesn't address the intense feelings of
despair and even despondency. It is one

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thing to feel fear at something you
think you can see or even since,

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but surely another altogether to feel such
deep levels of depression, particularly when these

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feelings are said to suddenly clear and
lift as soon as the respective witnesses are

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away from them and its apparent dark
influence, or does it address the bizarre

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sounds that are heard, particularly those
claims link to ancient languages. So we

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are still left with the mystery of
what may Lord Hyatop Ben mcdowey. They

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say, you don't wantta go home, but you can't stay, and I

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don't want to be the world out
that time this job chime, everything comeing

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right back right baby, my joy
for me, Joy, stay right now,

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I'm coming right away. Sissssssssssssst about
about Joy for calling us gas and

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less and uses hasssssss