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<v Speaker 1>Hello, friends. Steve Stockton here brand new in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>In this episode, we're going to take a look at

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<v Speaker 1>some bizarre disappearances from hospitals. Joined me, Let's walk and see.

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<v Speaker 1>First up, we have the story of Joan gay Kroft.

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<v Speaker 1>On April ninth, nineteen forty seven, the deadliest tornado ever

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<v Speaker 1>hit Oklahoma went raging through parts of the state. A

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<v Speaker 1>monstrous and deadly Class F five was a mouse fream

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<v Speaker 1>of wind and debris, and it ripped through parts of Texas, Oklahoma,

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<v Speaker 1>and Kansas. At some point, it blew a path through

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<v Speaker 1>the town of Woodward, Oklahoma, leaving in its way chaos, destruction, tragedy,

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<v Speaker 1>and death. In the end, one hundred and eighty five

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<v Speaker 1>people were deceased, a thousand more were injured, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was the beginning and one of the strangest unsolved mysteries

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<v Speaker 1>in Oklahoma's history. Although many people tragically lost their lives

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<v Speaker 1>to the whirling cyclone of death, there were many many

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<v Speaker 1>more who were spared. One of those who was lucky

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<v Speaker 1>enough to escape death clutches was a four year old

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<v Speaker 1>named Joan Gaycroft. Joan's mother had been killed in the

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<v Speaker 1>natural disaster and her stepfather had been critically injured, but

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<v Speaker 1>Joan herself had come away from the brush with death

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<v Speaker 1>with a non life threatening injury in the form of

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<v Speaker 1>a piece of wood that penetrated her leg. She was

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<v Speaker 1>found and rushed to the hospital for treatment, along with

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<v Speaker 1>her sister Jerry, who had also suffered non life threatening injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>There was obviously a huge influx of seriously injured people,

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<v Speaker 1>some on the brink of death due to the storm,

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<v Speaker 1>and so the girls were quickly and easily treated and

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<v Speaker 1>then relegated to the basement of the overcrowded hospital, as

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<v Speaker 1>had been transformed into a shelter where many refugees from

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<v Speaker 1>the tornado were being housed and treated. They were there

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<v Speaker 1>for a night, and things were chaotic and sad, but

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<v Speaker 1>they got through it together. The next day, two men

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<v Speaker 1>in what were described as khaki army uniforms went into

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital and made their way down to the basement.

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<v Speaker 1>They went straight for Joan and tried escorting her out

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<v Speaker 1>of the basement in front of everyone else, which by

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<v Speaker 1>now was at least a few hundred people. Despite the

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<v Speaker 1>little girl's loud protests and screaming, they knew who she

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<v Speaker 1>was because when they first entered the basement, they'd ask

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<v Speaker 1>a member the overworked and overtired staff who she was.

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<v Speaker 1>Asked for her by name, specifically, and the staff member

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<v Speaker 1>pointed her out. They didn't seem to be interested in anyone,

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<v Speaker 1>but the four year old girl, Joanes, screamed and cried,

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<v Speaker 1>pleading with the men not to make her leave her sister,

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<v Speaker 1>and the men patiently comforted her, telling her that they

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<v Speaker 1>were friends and that she would be back there in

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<v Speaker 1>just a few hours to collect Jerry so they could

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<v Speaker 1>be brought to wherever they were going together. The hospital

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<v Speaker 1>staff realized what was going on after seeing the commotion

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<v Speaker 1>and tried their best to intervene, and as they did,

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<v Speaker 1>the men were very calm and composed, seemingly very professional,

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<v Speaker 1>and they then explained that they were merely taking the girls,

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<v Speaker 1>Joan first and then Jerry, to another hospital where the

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<v Speaker 1>girl's relators were waiting for them. Somehow, the men were

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to leave with the little girl, as apparently that

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<v Speaker 1>explanation was deemed good enough for whoever was in charge,

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<v Speaker 1>But no one ever returned with Joan, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>never seen or heard from again. Nobody ever saw the

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<v Speaker 1>two men again either. Eventually, it was discovered that Joan

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<v Speaker 1>had vanished and had more than likely been abducted, and

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<v Speaker 1>when that happened, a major manhunt was launched for but

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<v Speaker 1>it turned up almost nothing at all. In fact, her

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<v Speaker 1>kidnappers have never been identified and no trace of them

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<v Speaker 1>or Joan has ever been found. The case gained international coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>which meant it was a big deal at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>a time when most cases didn't get much further than

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<v Speaker 1>the local media and news, and in the years to

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<v Speaker 1>come it spawned many anniversary articles asking what could have

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<v Speaker 1>happened to the little girl and who her alleged abductors

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<v Speaker 1>were were. On May nineteen ninety three, the case was

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<v Speaker 1>covered on the show Unsolved Mysteries, and it featured a

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<v Speaker 1>full dramatic reenactment of the whole bizarre event. Interestingly enough,

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<v Speaker 1>many women have come forward throughout the years claiming to

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<v Speaker 1>be the adult Joan gay Craft, but those leads have

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<v Speaker 1>never gone anywhere, and all the women have been ruled out,

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<v Speaker 1>either genetically or by some other means. In nineteen ninety nine,

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<v Speaker 1>a woman came forward to the editor of the newspaper

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<v Speaker 1>The Oklahoma claiming to be Joan, but she then ceased

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<v Speaker 1>all communication after the initial contact and failed to show

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<v Speaker 1>up for the planned meeting with the editor. This happened

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<v Speaker 1>again with a woman living in Canada, and obviously no

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<v Speaker 1>one knows whether or not either of those women would

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<v Speaker 1>have been the long lost little girl. Despite dozens of

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<v Speaker 1>women throughout the decades who claimed to be the little girl,

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<v Speaker 1>none of them have ever proven to be, and that

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<v Speaker 1>leaves us with nothing but theories to go on. As

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<v Speaker 1>Joan gay Croft is still listed as a missing p

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<v Speaker 1>most people believe she was kidnapped due to obvious reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>but that doesn't explain the series of bizarre events that

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<v Speaker 1>happened leading up to the alleged abduction. Who were the men,

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<v Speaker 1>how do they know about Joan, who she was and

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<v Speaker 1>where she was? Why were they specifically looking for her

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<v Speaker 1>out of the dozens of other kids who have been

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<v Speaker 1>orphaned or at least stranded in the shelter to the

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<v Speaker 1>devastation of the tornado, And why not take her sister too?

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<v Speaker 1>They knew her name and so they must have known

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<v Speaker 1>at least of her. But what do they want and

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<v Speaker 1>how were they able to publicly take her yet leave

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<v Speaker 1>behind no clues or traces and never be seen again

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<v Speaker 1>For their part, Jon's family believes that some other family

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<v Speaker 1>lost their daughter in the disaster and wanted to replace

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<v Speaker 1>her with Joan. But just like everything else, there's never

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<v Speaker 1>been any proof to that theory. Simply put, no one

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<v Speaker 1>knows what happened to Joan Gaycroft, and more than likely

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<v Speaker 1>no one ever will. Next up, we have Jerry Irwin.

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<v Speaker 1>Another strange vanishing that has more than just a little

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<v Speaker 1>bizarre and unexplained element to it is the disappearance of

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<v Speaker 1>Private first Class Jerry Irwin. On March two, nineteen fifty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry woke up at a hospital in Cedar City, Utah,

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<v Speaker 1>with no memory of how he ended up there in

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<v Speaker 1>the first place. He had reportedly been unconscious for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three hours, during which time he had been talking in

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<v Speaker 1>his sleep and saying something about the jacket on the brush.

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<v Speaker 1>When he came to, he asked the hospital staff if

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<v Speaker 1>there were any survivors, but no one knew what he

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<v Speaker 1>meant by that survivors of what no one knew, including

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry himself. Finally, though, he became lucid enough to tell

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<v Speaker 1>his story and it seemed like his memory was coming

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<v Speaker 1>back to him. He told the staff that he had

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<v Speaker 1>just been off on a leave of absence and on

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<v Speaker 1>his way home from Napa, Idaho, going to Fort Bliss

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<v Speaker 1>in El Paso, Texas, where he was stationed. He said

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<v Speaker 1>he was a technician for Nike Missiles and that after

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<v Speaker 1>he had reached Cedar City, he had been driving along

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<v Speaker 1>Route fourteen when he looked up and saw what he

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<v Speaker 1>described as a strange pulsating object in the sky. He

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<v Speaker 1>pulled over and got out of his car to try

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<v Speaker 1>and get a closer look at what he was seeing,

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<v Speaker 1>and he thought that at first it was a large

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<v Speaker 1>airplane coming in for possible emergency landing. Jerry then wrote

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<v Speaker 1>a note, which he put on his car windshield that said,

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<v Speaker 1>have gone to investigate possible plane crash. Please call it

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement officers. He also scrawled the word stop on

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<v Speaker 1>the side of his vehicle to try and get whoever

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<v Speaker 1>was passing by to stop and read the note, thereby

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<v Speaker 1>calling attention to it and alerting the authorities about it.

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<v Speaker 1>He simply scrawled the word stop and shoe polish and

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<v Speaker 1>then walked off to investigate the strange side of the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>A fishing game inspector came along and found the note.

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<v Speaker 1>Some time later, and after alerting the Sheriff's office. A

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<v Speaker 1>search party was launched both for Jerry and for the

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<v Speaker 1>alleged plane crash claimed to have gone to investigate. When

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<v Speaker 1>he was brought to the hospital, no one could understand

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<v Speaker 1>why he was completely out cold and unable to be

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<v Speaker 1>woken up by any of the usual means, and there

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<v Speaker 1>also seemed to be nothing physically wrong with him either.

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<v Speaker 1>When he did finally wake up, he claimed that his

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<v Speaker 1>jacket was missing, but that he otherwise felt perfectly normal,

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<v Speaker 1>if not a little tired and confused. He was then

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<v Speaker 1>transferred to William Beaumont Hospital at Fort Bliss so that

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<v Speaker 1>there he could be observed for four days, and after

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<v Speaker 1>that he was put back on duty and into circulation.

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<v Speaker 1>Not too long after continuing his duties, Jerry began suffering

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<v Speaker 1>random fainting spells while on duty, and fearing for his health,

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<v Speaker 1>his superiors at the base made him go and get

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<v Speaker 1>evaluated again at the hospital. He fainted again, and when

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<v Speaker 1>he woke up at the hospital he was said to

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<v Speaker 1>have been in a similar state to when he had

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<v Speaker 1>first been there a few weeks earlier. He woke up

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly panicked and once again started asking king The hospital

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<v Speaker 1>staff if there had been any survivors. It seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>he was having some sort of flashback, and when he

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<v Speaker 1>woke up that time, he thought he'd been waking up originally,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning Jerry Irwin was completely unaware that any time had

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<v Speaker 1>passed at all between when he left a note on

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<v Speaker 1>his car and woke up. He didn't know he'd been

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<v Speaker 1>on duty for all those weeks, or that he had

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<v Speaker 1>been feigning he had no memory at all the previous weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>and in his mind, had only just gone to investigate

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<v Speaker 1>a possible plane crash. He was kept at the hospital

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<v Speaker 1>for a full month for observation, and was then once

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<v Speaker 1>again released back on base into active duty. The very

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<v Speaker 1>next day, he suddenly left base without permission and got

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<v Speaker 1>on a bus to al Passo, stopping at Cedar City

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<v Speaker 1>and disembarking. He then headed directly to where he had

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<v Speaker 1>originally parked his car on the side of the road

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<v Speaker 1>and to the same area where he had originally been

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<v Speaker 1>investigating what he thought was a possible plane crash. He

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<v Speaker 1>apparently found his jacket and inside one of the pockets

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<v Speaker 1>was a pencil shown inside of a buttonhole with a

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<v Speaker 1>piece of paper entwined around it. Jerry purportedly burned the paper,

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<v Speaker 1>but then came out of whatever trance he was seemingly in,

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<v Speaker 1>then returned to the road. He was picked up there

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<v Speaker 1>by the local sheriff. The sheriff told Jerry what had

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<v Speaker 1>happened to him, but he had no recollection at all

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<v Speaker 1>of leaving the base where as to why he had

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<v Speaker 1>traveled back to that very spot. He also had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea what was on the paper that he burned, or

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<v Speaker 1>why he had burned it in the first place. Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Irwin was subjected to another extensive psychological evaluation, but when

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<v Speaker 1>no further answers could be found, a deeper analysis was ordered.

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<v Speaker 1>He was once again put into Beaumont Hospital for tests

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<v Speaker 1>an additional evaluation, but then he was almost immediately released again.

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<v Speaker 1>As soon as he was released, he once again went

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<v Speaker 1>a wall without any warning, and he hasn't been seen

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<v Speaker 1>or heard from since. So what happened to Jerry Irwin?

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<v Speaker 1>And why was he seemingly so obsessed with that particular

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<v Speaker 1>location on the side of the road, Why had he

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<v Speaker 1>gone back there? What happened to him initially that made

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<v Speaker 1>it so? He was so knocked out that even the

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<v Speaker 1>usual methods of waking someone up from a stupor proved

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<v Speaker 1>useless when used on him. How and why had he

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<v Speaker 1>been so entranced that he had no memory returning to

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<v Speaker 1>that spot, or why he had burned that piece of paper.

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<v Speaker 1>If he was tranced or knocked out or both, then

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<v Speaker 1>by whom and why? There's so many questions here, but

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<v Speaker 1>with no answers, it's impossible to understand mostly anything about

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<v Speaker 1>this case and what happened to Jerry himself after he

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<v Speaker 1>went missing again? Why was he continuously released from the hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll probably never know, and there's been no new information

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<v Speaker 1>Still to this day, Jerry Irwin is still listed as

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<v Speaker 1>seventy eight, a young mother to be named Benita Chamberlain,

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<v Speaker 1>the authorities launched a search. Her car was quickly found,

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<v Speaker 1>the mystery a week later when they made a gruesome discovery.

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<v Speaker 1>to do with Benita. So what happened to Anita Chamberlain

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<v Speaker 1>still considered a missing person. Next Tavish Sutton, an equally

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<v Speaker 1>strange disappearance happened on March sixth, nineteen ninety three, when

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<v Speaker 1>he was sent into a semi private room to recuperate

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<v Speaker 1>and rest because his mother was being treated for psychiatric

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<v Speaker 1>problems at a mental institution at the time. Tavish was

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<v Speaker 1>and Family Services, as he had been living with a

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<v Speaker 1>being born. His biological mother didn't even know her new

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<v Speaker 1>baby was having surgery or that he had been admitted

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<v Speaker 1>into the hospital that day. Three days after that surgery,

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<v Speaker 1>Tavish Sutton would vanish the out of trace. In the

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<v Speaker 1>early morning hours around six forty five am on March sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety three, a nurse checked on him and found

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<v Speaker 1>him to be doing well. She returned to the room

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen minutes later, and the baby was simply gone. A

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<v Speaker 1>thorough search of the hospital in a surrounding area turned

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<v Speaker 1>up nothing at all, and the nurse was the only

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<v Speaker 1>one who had entered or left the unit at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>Some sources say she's the only one that left the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital at all that hour on that day. No suspects

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<v Speaker 1>ever turned up, and because his mother hadn't even known

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<v Speaker 1>he was there in the first place, and because she'd

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<v Speaker 1>been under the care of staff at the institution, she

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<v Speaker 1>was in with her whereabouts without the entire day being

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<v Speaker 1>were any of her or Tavished as other family members.

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<v Speaker 1>A lawsuit was filed against the hospital and it resulted

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<v Speaker 1>in a six hundred thousand dollars settlement, but no leeds

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<v Speaker 1>were ever found as to what became of Tavish Sutton,

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<v Speaker 1>who was only one month old at the time of

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<v Speaker 1>his disappearance. The main theory in the beginning was that

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<v Speaker 1>a woman who would show up at the hospital pretending

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<v Speaker 1>to be pregnant all the time had somehow abducted him,

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<v Speaker 1>but this was never proven, and that lady too had

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<v Speaker 1>an alibi and wasn't able to be considered a suspect

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<v Speaker 1>in this case, How did an almost newborn baby vanish

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<v Speaker 1>from such a public place in the matter of a

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<v Speaker 1>mere fifteen minutes. Tavis Sudden has never been found and

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<v Speaker 1>there hasn't ever been a single lead or clue as

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<v Speaker 1>to what happened to him. And finally, the case of

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<v Speaker 1>Philistine Saint Cyr. Sixty six year old Haitian immigrant Philisteine

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Cyr of Immacaulay, Florida, was admitted to nh North

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<v Speaker 1>was put into a taxi so that he could get home.

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<v Speaker 1>When they reached Immacalli, Bill Steed claimed that he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>to say that. He couldn't explved because he didn't speak

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<v Speaker 1>any English at all, and so the cab driver drove

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<v Speaker 1>him back to the hospital where it'd originally been picked

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<v Speaker 1>up from. The staff put him on a bus instead,

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<v Speaker 1>and that bus was allegedly going to take him practically

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<v Speaker 1>to the front door of his home. He was reported

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<v Speaker 1>by hospital staff as being on his way to the

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<v Speaker 1>bus station when they last saw and spoke to him,

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<v Speaker 1>But that was the last time anyone would ever see

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<v Speaker 1>or speak to him, because he seemingly vanished right off

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<v Speaker 1>the face of the earth and never made it home.

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<v Speaker 1>Investigators have been trying to track him down since that

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<v Speaker 1>day but haven't had any success at all. No one

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<v Speaker 1>the first place, but there's some evidence that shows he

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<v Speaker 1>made it at least to the station and was paring

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<v Speaker 1>to go home from there. As planned. Considering Philistein didn't

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<v Speaker 1>speak any English and didn't drive, it's thought that he

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't have possibly gotten far, but he somehow managed to

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<v Speaker 1>not be found. Even after all this time has passed,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been almost twenty years and he still listed as

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<v Speaker 1>a missing person. One of the most popular theories as

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<v Speaker 1>to what could have happened to him is that he

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<v Speaker 1>wandered off and got hopelessly lost. Some people say that

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<v Speaker 1>he might have suffered mild dementia, but it's not clear

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<v Speaker 1>how much it affected him, if it did at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Another theory is that perhaps he had grown tired of

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<v Speaker 1>to Haiti, But those who knew him best have serious

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<v Speaker 1>doubts he would have been able to carry out such

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect plot to disappear so well. There never been

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<v Speaker 1>any indication at all that he felt that way about

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<v Speaker 1>living in America, and his family is adamant that he

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have just left him like this, to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>the pieces and spend the rest of their lives wondering

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to him. How could an elderly man who

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<v Speaker 1>suffered mental issues, who couldn't speak English and didn't drive

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<v Speaker 1>so thoroughly allude to professionals who have been trying to

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<v Speaker 1>find him ever since there's no evidence as to what

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<v Speaker 1>happened to him, one way or another, and his family

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<v Speaker 1>still hope and pray for his safe return or just

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<v Speaker 1>to simply know what happened to him and why. Well, friends,

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<v Speaker 1>there you have it. Hospitals are places we go when

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<v Speaker 1>we're injured to some extent, and we expect to leave

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<v Speaker 1>them healed and complete. Yet for the people we've discussed

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<v Speaker 1>here today and so many others throughout the world, hospitals

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<v Speaker 1>have been their final destination before passing into the strange

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<v Speaker 1>world of bizarre and mysterious disappearances. Where did these people

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<v Speaker 1>go and what happened to them? How could a person

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<v Speaker 1>so completely disappear so suddenly and leave behind absolutely no

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<v Speaker 1>trace at all of what happened to them or where

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<v Speaker 1>they ended up. Hospitals are very public places that are

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<v Speaker 1>staffed by thousands of people in some cases, so how

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<v Speaker 1>does something like this even begin to happen? Those are

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<v Speaker 1>all great questions, but unfortunately they will most likely forever

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to your comments on these cases, but

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<v Speaker 1>please be friendly and respectful until we meet again. Be

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<v Speaker 1>good to yourselves and each other. And I'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>just a little further on down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton,

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<v Speaker 1>and i'll talk to you next time. And please tell

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