WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:13.599 During the early two thousands, my husband and I were 2 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:18.160 enjoying the American dream in Texas. He was a teacher 3 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.079 and a coach, and I was the jill of all trades. 4 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:27.359 I was an elementary school tutor, cosmatologist, hairdresser, newspaper editor, 5 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:31.199 and an advertiser. We were fortunate to live in the 6 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:36.119 wonderful community of Lockhart, the barbecue capital of Texas, where 7 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:41.600 my husband had a sixteen year coaching job. After several years, 8 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.119 we purchased our first home there. Oddly enough, we had 9 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:49.200 passed this house for years, never noticing until the for 10 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.200 sale sign went up in the front yard. It spoke 11 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.840 to me. It was Tudor style, a huge wooden oval door, 12 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:01.280 plant boxes, a clay toil roof, and a full sized basement. 13 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:06.560 In the South, that is unheard of. Well, being a hairdresser, 14 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:09.519 you have connections, because when you cover a lady's gray, 15 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.560 she is forever in your debt. I called up a 16 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.680 favor and my realtor friend got me into the house 17 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:20.840 for an unofficial peak. The house was sad and neglected. 18 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:24.560 The walls were painted sherbet green, and the heavy dust 19 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:28.079 covered slated blinds kept it dark like a cave, dimming 20 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:32.719 the already stained stucco walls. There was standing water in 21 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.519 the basement and some of the ceiling tiles were falling in, 22 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.560 but there were hardwood floors and ornate light fixtures with 23 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:44.200 sconces on the walls. When I walked into the kitchen, 24 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:48.680 I knew it was mine. Red countertops and tattered rooster curtains. 25 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.719 I collected roosters at the time, so for me it 26 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.079 was a sign. Even in such a sad state, it 27 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.079 was clear that the house had once been cherished, and 28 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.719 something in me wanted to pour my whole heart into 29 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.359 fixing it back up. So that's what we did. But 30 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.120 when we moved forward with the loan process, we hit 31 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:10.759 a snag it seeing the house needed extensive repairs and 32 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.400 upgrades that we hadn't anticipated. We were crushed. And then 33 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:18.400 after a wonderful turn of events, the seller instructed the 34 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:21.319 realtor to take the cost of the repairs off the price. 35 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.199 The realtor told us that in all her years, she 36 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.199 had never seen that happen. The house had belonged to 37 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:33.400 the seller's sister, Miss Sunshine, and her husband. They were 38 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:37.080 the Crags, and they had no heirs. The seller was 39 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.159 in a rest home and took comfort in knowing that 40 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.400 a young family would be moving in well. We had 41 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:44.319 a three year old son at the time, and when 42 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:48.080 the repairs were finished, we had a beautifully renovated nineteen 43 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:54.240 twenties Art deco gym, and I loved that house. One day, 44 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.680 I was in the basement doing laundry when I heard 45 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.439 the door to the stairs open, and I expected my 46 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.439 husband to call out, because he came home sometimes during 47 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.240 the day if he got a break. When he didn't 48 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.800 greet me as usual, I turned and looked towards the 49 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.879 sound of the footsteps coming down the stairs. But it 50 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.080 wasn't my husband that I saw. It was a ghostly 51 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:18.840 man wearing shined black leather shoes and dress slacks. I 52 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.319 gasped and I squeezed my eyes shut, hollering and falling 53 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.159 backward at the same time, and when I stood up 54 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:30.159 again and composed myself, there was no one there. We 55 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.319 loved this house and we will be very good to it. 56 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:37.560 I said to the staircase and my empty basement. You 57 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.319 can stay, but please don't ever show yourself to me, 58 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.719 or I'll get scared and move out, and this place 59 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:47.479 will become a rental. After that, I never had another problem. 60 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.159 A year or so later, our daughter was born and 61 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.199 life rolled on. Football season came and went. We had 62 00:03:56.280 --> 00:04:00.599 killer parties at the house. Kids were everywhere, men yelling 63 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.319 at the game downstairs, and the wives having good gossip 64 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:08.039 sessions upstairs, and we were very happy. One night, when 65 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.919 my daughter was about four, she fell asleep after dinner 66 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.479 at the bottom of our bed. I didn't want to 67 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.000 wake her up and didn't be awake for the rest 68 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.759 of the night, so we decided to let her stay there. 69 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.600 Then in the middle of the night, she started shaking 70 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.680 my leg, mommy, mommy, wake up. I heard her whispering. 71 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.920 I thought she was just wanting to get me up, 72 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.720 and after several tries she stopped. And the next morning 73 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.680 I asked her why she had tried to wake me. 74 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:38.680 I was trying to tell you that those people were 75 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.120 coming in the room, she said, in a matter of 76 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.759 fact tone. What people, I asked her, trying to look indifferent, 77 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.160 while my mind started racing. Well there was a man 78 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:52.160 and a woman, she said, that came from the kitchen 79 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.600 up the hall to your room. Well, what did they 80 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:58.399 look like? I asked her, and she thought about it 81 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.360 for a while. The man had a hat that went 82 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.600 down over his eyes, and the lady's hairs was in 83 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:08.439 rolls and all over her face. She said, Well, I 84 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:12.240 pictured mister Craig and I Fedora and Miss Sunshine with 85 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:16.040 that classic Great Gatsby style air, which would have best 86 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.959 described the era in which the house was built. Well, 87 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:24.000 what did they want? I stammered, daring to ask. They 88 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.639 wanted to play with your feet, my daughter said, nonchalantly, 89 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.560 But I told them to go away. That's what I 90 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:35.079 always tell them. I was floored, and after that I 91 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:36.959 was so afraid that I couldn't even go to the 92 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.519 bathroom at night or to the basement after dark, which 93 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.600 was ridiculous because nothing ever happened. There were several times 94 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.959 my son had tried to tell me that his beanie 95 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:52.399 babies played together. I felt guilty because I didn't listen. 96 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:54.839 I should have asked him what he meant, but I 97 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:58.360 knew it wouldn't be able to handle the answer. The 98 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.079 beauty shop sure got a kick out of my story, though, 99 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.360 a few weeks later, my friend called after touring an 100 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.639 old home in Fredericksburg. The tour god explained that they 101 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.800 had an entity that liked to play with the guest's feet. 102 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:17.439 She called me and we both screamed like girls. Well, 103 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.639 we lived in that house for a few more years 104 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:22.519 until coaching took us to the coast, and when it 105 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.399 was time to go, I more in the house. Literally, 106 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.680 I made everyone go to the car and I bawled 107 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.279 on the floor. It was a hot July in Texas 108 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:34.600 and a fluke of rain poured on us. When we 109 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.240 left town, I took all the fixtures from the house, 110 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.439 which I carried guilt about. But this past summer we 111 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.839 visited our old town and after twenty years, we saw 112 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.399 the house again, and it broke my heart. The fence 113 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:50.959 we built had fallen down, and all my flower beds 114 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.800 were gone. I was glad I saved the fixtures for 115 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.560 Miss Sunshine and for me. Though it was hard for 116 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.680 me to see the house in such a lapidated state again, 117 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.720 I took some comfort in knowing that Miss Sunshine and 118 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:08.519 her husband had gotten their home back. Hopefully they still 119 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.279 saw the house in its full glory, just as my 120 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.959 daughter had seen them. I love your stories, and as 121 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.439 a proud coach's wife, I'd love to meet your wife. Well, 122 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.439 you're welcome to meet my wife. I'm not a coach, 123 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.079 but I did play. I did play the game. I 124 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:28.079 love the game. I know a lot of coaches. But anyway, 125 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.839 this was a wonderful story. This isn't one of those 126 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.800 stories it just makes your ears bleed that it's so scary, 127 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.319 But it's just a good, well put together story, and 128 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.399 it's she claims it's true, and I have no doubt. 129 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.000 I have no doubt that this woman and her family 130 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.519 went through this. And I'd be curious to what her 131 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:51.360 husband said about all this. I wonder if he experienced anything. 132 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.199 I guess, is what I'm saying. So I've had this 133 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.040 for a while. I'm glad I got to it. I 134 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.240 appreciate the woman sending it to me. It's a wonderful story. 135 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:05.800 Thank you, Hey, welcome to the podcast. This is Cam Buckner. 136 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.920 I appreciate you clicking on the video. 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Taco 201 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:06.320 bell I got the seven dollars Cravings Box, which includes 202 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:10.320 a seasoned beef Chiloupa Supreme, a double stack taco beefy 203 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.879 five layer burrito, chips of nacho cheese, and a medium drink, 204 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:18.879 all for the low low price of seven dollars. She's 205 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.200 been doing a lot of work around here. She got 206 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.240 all the garden pulled up. We left a few tomato plants. 207 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.320 She's dug a ditch between the double wide and the 208 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.679 septic tank. She power washed off the back porch. She's 209 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:35.720 got a bunch of vegetables canned. She did that on 210 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.320 about three days. So my old lady's doing good. So 211 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.200 I rewarded her with a taco bell, the ever delicious 212 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.159 taco Bell. All right, enough of that, thanks for joining 213 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.799 me on this podcast. Let's get into some more stories. 214 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:56.320 Think you gonna like this? All right, here we go. Okay, 215 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.960 here's a story from my friend kat Rabbit. I've had 216 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.600 this a while, just now getting to it, but it's 217 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.039 a good story. It's about an Alabama white thing, Bigfoot. 218 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.519 Truly good. In nineteen seventy three, when I was thirteen 219 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.519 years old, my sister lived in a small two bedroom 220 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:16.840 trailer behind my parents' house. She worked an evening shift 221 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.720 at Olympia Mills, and her husband worked out of town. 222 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:22.639 She had a one year old son that my mother 223 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.759 would keep in the afternoon, but at night I put 224 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.440 him to bed. And stayed with him until she got home. 225 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.159 I had suffered from insomnia at that age, so I 226 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.879 didn't mind staying up late. I loved going to her 227 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.480 trailer each night, and when I was there, I felt 228 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.360 like it was all grown up, like I was my 229 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:45.320 own boss. She had a new Donnie Osmond album alone together, 230 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.120 and like all little girls at that age, he was 231 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.559 my idol. I would listen to his album all night 232 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:53.919 until she came in, and then I'd head to my 233 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.440 house and jump in bed. My house was a good 234 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:01.200 walking distance away, about half a football but my sister 235 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.559 kept her porch lights on and my parents kept theirs on. 236 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:08.159 For me, it was no biggie for me, and walking 237 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:11.679 alone at night never bothered me. But one night I 238 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.919 was doing my thing, and I was eating junk food 239 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.600 and listening to Donnie and checking on the baby, when 240 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.320 all of a sudden, I got so tired that I 241 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:23.120 could hardly hold my eyes open. I normally didn't get 242 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.840 sleepy after midnight, so the sensation was strange to me, 243 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.279 to say the least. Try as I might, I couldn't 244 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:33.559 find it. I was so overcome by exhaustion that I 245 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.879 lay down on my sister's bed at the end of 246 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.799 the trailer, and I instantly went into a trance like state. 247 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:45.639 I wasn't asleep, but I wasn't fully awake either. As 248 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:49.320 I lay there in this sudden, confusing fog of tiredness, 249 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.879 I saw what I can only describe as the Abominable 250 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.120 Snowman through the open window at the end of the bed. 251 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:01.120 Alabama is known for its white thing, not but white 252 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:06.519 thang thha n g. It's our version of Bigfoot. But 253 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:09.720 there I was paralyzed in my sister's bed as this 254 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.639 creature that looked like the Abominable Snowman from Rudolph the 255 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:18.080 Red Nosed Reindeers film stared at me through the open window. 256 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.039 But unlike a children's movie, I wasn't so sure there 257 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.879 would be a happy ending, and there was no turning 258 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:29.639 this white thing off. The creature had shaggy white hair 259 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:33.080 that waved around as he moved and fell around his face. 260 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:36.399 He was dark around the eyes, and his mouth was 261 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:41.720 curled into a distorted smile, exposing his sharp teeth. He 262 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:45.000 slowly reached his arm through the window at me, but 263 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.200 I was powerless to do anything about it, to just 264 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:52.000 lay there and let it happen. Even if the paralyzing 265 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.159 fatigue hadn't overcome me, I'm sure by that point I 266 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.879 would have been paralyzed by fear. I couldn't scream, or 267 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:04.039 run or any thing. His long white hair dragged across 268 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.480 the bed as he reached his arm toward me, and 269 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.799 without touching me, he hovered his monstrous hand over my stomach. 270 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.120 Donnie singing in the background, twisted into a faded jumble 271 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.440 of sounds, and then everything went dark. It couldn't have 272 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:21.759 been but just a few minutes, and I came to 273 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:25.519 again to the sounds of a record player skipping. I 274 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.639 didn't wake with a jerk like you do from having 275 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:33.200 a nightmare. Instead, I felt rested and calm. I checked 276 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.639 on the baby, and I spent the next thirty minutes 277 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.960 trying to figure out what the hell had just happened 278 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.759 to me. When my sister came home, I didn't dare 279 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.039 tell her about what happened. It would have frightened her 280 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.039 and she would be moving back in with Mama and Daddy. 281 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.799 And when she got settled, I realized I still had 282 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:55.080 to walk home alone in the dark. The walk was quiet, 283 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:58.080 but I knew something was lingering in the darkness and 284 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:01.320 watching me. I wanted to run, but I didn't let 285 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:03.799 myself because I didn't want to give into the fear. 286 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.839 I wanted to look over my shoulder, but I was 287 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.160 too afraid, just in case I saw the white thing again, 288 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.359 and if I saw it, that meant that it was real, 289 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.480 and if it was real, that meant there was a 290 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.559 monster in the woods. But my shaking legs got me 291 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:23.400 home safely, and when I got inside, I locked the 292 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.880 door behind me, and I made up my mind that 293 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.480 I wasn't going to tell anyone what had happened. I'm 294 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:32.519 the baby of the family and my older siblings would 295 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:38.279 have ragged me to death. Years later, in twenty twelve, 296 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.319 I had a game camera pointed at my chicken house 297 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.240 in hopes of capturing whatever or whoever I suspected had 298 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.799 been coming into my yard at night. Each day I 299 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.200 would check the camera, but I didn't have any luck 300 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:55.880 until my buddies Ashley and Denise came over. We decided 301 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:58.039 to get the SIM card out of my game camera 302 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.759 to check it because maybe they would to something that 303 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.519 I had missed, and as soon as I pulled the 304 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.799 footage up on my laptop, de Nise pointed her finger 305 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:11.440 at the screen and shouted, what is that. The three 306 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.039 of us huddled our heads closer to the screen to 307 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.960 see what she was looking at. And at first all 308 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:20.240 I could see was my husband's truck going down the driveway, 309 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.640 which had set off the camera. But in the background 310 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:27.559 there was something massive and white standing on two legs. 311 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:32.000 Old boy. Were we excited? And we shouted and hollered 312 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.160 for my husband to come and see, and then ran 313 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.079 outside and put the SIM card back in the game camera. 314 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.119 I got my friend de Nise to run out there 315 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.680 to try to get a comparison picture, but it was 316 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.839 too far for her to set the camera off. I 317 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.279 took the picture of her with my phone anyway, excited 318 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:53.640 to get them professionally printed as soon as possible. The 319 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.079 next day, I went to the picture developer with the 320 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:59.559 images from my game camera and my phone. The man 321 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:01.960 working there told me that he had to blow up 322 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.400 the picture of Denise just to get a glimpse of 323 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.799 her white baseball gap, but otherwise she was way too 324 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.400 small to see. But in comparison, the picture of the 325 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.519 white figure standing exactly where Denise had been was big 326 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.759 enough to see even without blowing it up. He slid 327 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.160 the picture of the white creature toward me, and, out 328 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:26.000 of curiosity, asked what it was, but I had lost 329 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.799 focus on his voice on the radio behind him, Donnie 330 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:35.480 Osmond started singing from the album Alone Together. Without looking 331 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:37.720 at the picture, I put it in the envelope he 332 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:40.720 gave me, and I wished him a nice day, and 333 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:43.200 as I drove back home, the memories of what happened 334 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:46.240 to me when I was thirteen all came flooding back. 335 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.759 I glanced at the envelope of pictures on the seat 336 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.759 next to me, wanting to see the image of the 337 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:56.400 white Thing, because I knew I hadn't imagined it. But 338 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.039 if I saw it, that meant that it was real, 339 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:02.279 And if it it was real, that meant there was 340 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:07.759 a monster in my woods. Oh cat Rabbit. I remember 341 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.680 getting this email, and I remember several months ago, thinking 342 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.519 I can't wait to read this to the audience. But 343 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.839 I had so many stacked up in front of you. 344 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:19.480 I didn't know this story about you. You and I 345 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:22.279 have communicated a little bit, and I didn't know this 346 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:25.519 story about you. This is really good. This is a 347 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:29.079 really good story. Alabama's White Thing. If any of you 348 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:33.559 guys know anything about Alabama, the Alabama White Thing, talk 349 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.160 about it in the comment section and let others know 350 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:38.960 what it is, and I'll do some digging on it and 351 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.119 see if I can find some other stuff about it. 352 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:44.559 I know cat Rabbit probably has tons of stories from 353 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.960 others in her area. She's a Bigfoot group, kind of 354 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:53.200 an organizer, investigator. She knows a lot about these creatures. 355 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:57.160 So thanks for the email. Thanks for the story, kat Rabbit. 356 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.559 I really appreciate it. Love you, Thank you. Hope your 357 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:06.440 husband's doing well. My wife and I reconnected at our 358 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:11.599 thirty year class reunion in two thy and eleven. She 359 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.559 was the homecoming queen and I was the quiet kid 360 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.960 in the back of the class. I wasn't social at all, 361 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.440 and as you would imagine, she was exactly the opposite. 362 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.319 But my career in the army brought out the man 363 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:27.599 that was hidden within me, and I wasn't shy after that, 364 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.039 and we got it together and the rest is history. 365 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:34.039 And it's kind of funny you travel throughout the world 366 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:36.200 have to come back home to find what you've really 367 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:40.079 been looking for. I was working at Fort Bragg at 368 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:43.240 the time she moved in with her items and we 369 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:47.079 made it a home. In the spare bedroom, she ushered 370 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:50.920 in her grandmother's dressing table and large chest of drawers. 371 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:54.000 The room had a creepy vibe, and I thought I 372 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:57.319 was the only one who noticed it. I rarely went 373 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:59.640 into that room, and I noticed that the dog didn't 374 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.640 go in either. I mentioned that I didn't like the room, 375 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:06.720 and I explained to my wife why, and she told 376 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:09.519 me that after we had set up the house, she 377 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:11.920 decided to go in there and sleep while I was 378 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.759 away on a work related trip. She wanted to see 379 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.759 how quiet it was during the night, and she told 380 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.680 me that in the middle of the night, she heard 381 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:24.759 what she described as an electrical snapping or popping sound, 382 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:27.640 and when she opened her eyes, she saw a ball 383 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:31.160 of hazy light off the foot of the bed. She 384 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:33.359 looked at it for a few seconds, and then it 385 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:37.160 faded away. She admitted that she didn't want to scare 386 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:40.519 me over this. She had heard my ghost stories from 387 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:43.279 when I was in Germany and knew I had issues 388 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:46.440 with the topic, but overall, she didn't have a bad 389 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:50.200 feeling about it. It was just something that happened without explanation. 390 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:54.680 Sometime after this I was awakened in the night by 391 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.039 the same loud, popping noise that lasted for a few seconds, 392 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.000 and I told my wife about it. We'd agreed that 393 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:05.039 maybe it was just someone checking on us. My wife's 394 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:08.559 dad was having repeated cancer issues at the time, and 395 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.400 her mother was having problems coming to grips with his 396 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.480 death spiral. They lived in a small town just north 397 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.319 of the New Orleans area, so I found myself a 398 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.920 job out there and we began the long process of 399 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:24.480 getting the two commands to allow me to move. And 400 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:27.519 during these four months of moving prep, my father in 401 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.559