WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:28.879 At a book. 2 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:28.959 If you'd like to be able to listen to the 3 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.000 show without ads and have full access to bonus content, 4 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.599 that's an option. To find out how, please go to 5 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:44.359 Dogmanencounters dot com Forward Slash Podcast. Tonight's guest is Brett Ford. Brett, 6 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:45.519 Welcome to the show. 7 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:47.719 Hey, thanks for having me. 8 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.480 Well, thanks so much for being here. We appreciate your time. Brett, 9 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.719 Please give us a brief bio on yourself. 10 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.879 Yeah, so I currently live in Ontario. My wife's family 11 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:07.799 is all from Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. And yeah, I'm a business owner, 12 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.159 I'm an entrepreneur, I'm a spiritual coach, so I do 13 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.680 quite a few things. I've got three kids, and yeah, 14 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:20.199 this adventure where my experience came in was last summer, 15 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:24.159 in the summer twenty twenty five, and we were on 16 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:27.000 a family trip. So that's yeah, that's where we'll start 17 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:27.680 our off today. 18 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:30.560 Speaking of the fact that you were on a family 19 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.319 trip when you had that dog meaning encounter and it 20 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:35.280 wasn't just some run to the mill place. It was 21 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:39.360 in Newfoundland. Did that wind up ruining your vacation. 22 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:45.080 For us? No, it was actually Again, I know many 23 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:50.039 people's experiences have been quite different. But for us, it 24 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:54.960 was my son and I that saw these dogmen. And yeah, 25 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:59.240 we were just driving, so I wasn't out and I 26 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:04.000 didn't necessariyly feel you know, it's kind of something from 27 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.639 my perspective, I was able just to kind of work 28 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:11.159 through and it certainly didn't ruin our trip. No, not 29 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:11.560 at all. 30 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:16.120 Oh, thank goodness. We're in Newfoundland. If you can tell 31 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:17.560 us did that encounter happen? 32 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.439 Yeah, So I'm actually on the on a map right now, 33 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.439 just so again I can try to describe it as 34 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:28.120 best I can. So we came in via the port there. 35 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.879 It's about six seven hour ferry ride, and we came 36 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.639 in about Port of Baskus, So that's where one of 37 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:37.439 the there's about two ferries. One goes to the west 38 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:39.319 side of the island and one goes to the east. 39 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.520 I think there may be more, but those are the 40 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:46.680 two main ones. So because my wife's family's in Cornerbrook, 41 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:49.840 you know, it's about a three hour drive from Port 42 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:53.960 of Baskus, So we got in and the night night 43 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:58.560 ship and yeah, we started driving up through Port of 44 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.400 Bass through Saint Andrew South Branch all the way up. 45 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.240 I believe it's the trans Canada Highway and or the 46 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.560 Newfoundland part of it anyways, and then you know, I 47 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.960 would say it happened before Stephenville. There's an exit for 48 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:20.319 Stephenville that before you go to Glance and up to Cornerbrook. There, 49 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.480 I would say it probably happened somewhere. Again, it was 50 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.480 late at night, so between one and two am, I 51 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.160 want to say, we were heading this way, so it 52 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:39.399 kind of happened. Yeah, between North Branch and Stephenville is 53 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.279 kind of the area that we saw the encounter. 54 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.079 So dog men are in a lot of different places, 55 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.839 but Newfoundland that's not exactly on the top of the 56 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.519 list of places i'd expect and eyewitness to see one. 57 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.160 But like I said, they are all over so you 58 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.199 really never know where you're going to see one. Before 59 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:01.240 we go any further. Bred said that, I'm sure there 60 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.199 are a lot of people listening who have no knowledge 61 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.920 whatsoever of what Newfoundland's all about. Please give us an 62 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:09.000 education on that. 63 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:15.319 Yeah, So Newfoundland is I believe the largest island. It's 64 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:19.079 off the east coast up past Canada. So if you 65 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.240 if you are from the US, you know you've got 66 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.120 Maine and then it's New Brunswick and then kind of 67 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.879 Nova Scotia and then Newfoundland. Now it is Newfoundland and Labrador. 68 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:30.839 It is one province, so we call them provinces and 69 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:35.160 not states. But yeah, so it's all one base. So 70 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:39.519 it's basically just a large island. We have again another 71 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.000 large island on the opposite side, Vancouver Island. But it's 72 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:47.120 funny because like I didn't expect it, you know, and 73 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.360 about one hundred years ago, I think there may have 74 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.360 been wolves on the island, but there are no wolves 75 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.600 on the island. There's you know, there's caribou, there's moose, 76 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:59.319 there's black bear. I think there may be links. I'm 77 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.920 not quite sure, but there's certainly no wolves that that 78 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.759 I'm aware of, And you know, it's it's one of 79 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:13.639 those things where it's just a beautiful area. There's certainly 80 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.959 differences on the island, like the west side island tends 81 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.560 to have more snow in the wintertime and the east 82 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.839 side is a little bit more calm but very foggy. 83 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:29.519 So there is really only one main road across the island, 84 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:34.000 and it takes about six hours from corner Brook to 85 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:38.439 Saint John's I think, so it's about nine ten hours 86 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.800 across the whole island. If you're driving, you're you lined 87 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.399 up through Gander and some other places. But it really 88 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.680 is just a beautiful part of Canada. You know, there's 89 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:55.600 rock faces, there's many lakes everywhere. There's it's it's surrounded 90 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.399 by the ocean, so there you know, the ocean on 91 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.319 all sides of it. You know, there's lots of fishing there, 92 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.360 you know, that's one of the main industries, fishing and 93 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.720 forestry and some of the other things. Lots of people there. 94 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.000 Hasn't been like the typical job market there, so lots 95 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.000 of people end up traveling for work. They might go 96 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:18.439 up to Alberta or wherever to get stuff. But it's 97 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:21.560 certainly a place that is slowly developing. The two main 98 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.920 areas I want to say are Corner Brook and Saint John's. 99 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.560 You know, usually people end up living in one or 100 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.319 the other, at least when you think of the island. 101 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.240 Those are the two main places there across the island. 102 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:40.360 What's actually interesting about Newfoundland is it was where certainly 103 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.639 a bunch of Native people there. My wife's Native, I'm Native. 104 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:49.120 We're both different, different clans and different tribes there. But 105 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.160 the Vikings actually landed there and they mixed with the 106 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.680 local people. So that was one of the first points 107 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.160 that people ever came from with the Vikings land it 108 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.079 on the island, and yeah, ended up mixing with people, 109 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.639 so there's a lot of history there too. Also, the 110 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.279 furthest point in uh in North America is on in 111 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:14.319 on the island near Saint John's there. I believe it's 112 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:19.800 called It's near There's it's the easternmost point of Canada, 113 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:24.759 so it's Cape Spear and there's a really cool historic 114 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:30.319 site there and and had some World War two military 115 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.720 bases and things, and I know that also, I believe 116 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:38.879 America has some some military operations there as well as 117 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:42.200 Canada of course. So it's you know, it's it's it's 118 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.399 very beautiful. There's lots of big pine trees, it's the 119 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.200 land is ancient, it's rocky, it's it's you know, it's 120 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:53.480 it's when you think of being out in the wilderness, 121 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:57.000 that's like, that's probably one of the most ideal places 122 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:00.559 to think of, whether it's that or Alaska. That's the 123 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:05.159 one of the eastern sides of the island. It's it's 124 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.639 very humbling because there's lots of souls that have been 125 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:12.399 lost in the sea out there. There's lots of again 126 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:16.759 ancient it's ancient land, right, It's it's lots of lots 127 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.519 of people have been there through through life, and it's 128 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.679 just certainly a cool place you ever get a chance 129 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.600 to visit. Everybody's so kind and just wonderful, wonderful group 130 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.600 of people. So, yeah, great place to be. 131 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.559 I'm kind of biased. You described it as being a 132 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:36.399 beautiful part of Canada. I don't think I've ever seen 133 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.399 any part of Canada that I don't think is beautiful. 134 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:44.559 Yeah, it's certainly, certainly very you know, the whole country 135 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:46.919 is beautiful. I mean, even America is beautiful. There's so 136 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:51.039 there's so many different places across Canada and the US 137 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:54.799 that well, and across the world, Like there's it's hilarious 138 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.159 because there's little pockets, you know. It's like you can 139 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.480 drive you know, anywhere from five five to ten hours 140 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.919 and you're in a totally different place. Right, So it's 141 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.440 pretty cool to see at least, you know, if you 142 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:11.279 love the water and you love you know, the forest 143 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.440 and you love being out in nature, that's a great 144 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.720 place to be, that's for sure. 145 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:17.679 Yeah, it sounds like it'd be a great place to visit, 146 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:19.919 So maybe someday I can make it there. 147 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:21.840 Yeah. Absolutely. 148 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.879 How much of you and your wife talked about the 149 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:29.200 dog meme that you and your son saw, I. 150 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.279 Would say just a little bit, Like my wife is 151 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:38.360 very practical, and again I think going between it all 152 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.279 like she knows who I am, she married me, she 153 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.120 loves me. But I think that when we're dealing with 154 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:51.279 cryptids or any sort of entity that really isn't human 155 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:57.399 and certainly not you know, classic animal, you kind of 156 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:01.600 it's not that you you have to allow yourself to 157 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:06.600 have a belief because if you don't have usually and 158 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.399 I'll say this, because sometimes this stuff will pop up 159 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.480 and you don't have a belief and then it's like, whoa, 160 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.320 that's not what I was expecting. Whether you know, but 161 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:21.840 certainly if you're open to experiences, they can they're more 162 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.840 likely to happen. And sometimes that happens with you just subconsciously. 163 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.679 You might be open to something and it happens. So 164 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.720 I would say, we told her about the event, but 165 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:37.759 you know, she kind of she didn't. It was nothing, 166 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.559 no sweat off her back because it didn't affect her 167 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:44.200 in a negative way. And you know, it wasn't really 168 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.440 until after the experience that I was able to like 169 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.440 think through it and let my son kind of talk 170 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:54.039 through it and you know, just be open and about 171 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:57.759 all of that stuff. And again, I'm much more open 172 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:01.679 and receptive to everything from ghosts to cryptids. So it's 173 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:04.679 it's not it's not far outside of my lane for 174 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:08.240 what I do. So I would say that again, we 175 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.759 just had had a brief talk. And you know, as 176 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:14.320 long as as long as I'm not to going too 177 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:19.159 far off the deep end in terms of allowing myself 178 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:23.240 to live in that all the time, then it's easier 179 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:27.559 to manage. I think a lot of times. And you know, 180 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.559 saying this with with all the love I can, I 181 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:34.279 think that many of us could certainly get trapped in 182 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:37.639 a in a place where that becomes our only focus. 183 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.840 And you know, obviously this is something that you do, 184 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.600 and it's wonderful to have this because it is needed 185 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.960 because people don't know where to take their experiences, whether 186 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.039 and even the military, you know, whether it was aliens 187 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:51.320 or not. You know, pilots have these experiences and they 188 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.639 don't know where to take that stuff. And so it's 189 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.799 so important that we have these channels, but we'd also 190 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.279 don't want to get lost in it, you know, we 191 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.840 don't want to let it. You know, if you've had 192 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.000 a negative experience, or if you've had a neutral experience, 193 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:10.919 even it's it's it's okay to go and process it 194 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.519 and it certainly will change you, but you still have 195 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:18.080 to like live in the world, you know, and it's hard. 196 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.080 And that's why it's important to have groups because when 197 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:24.279 you can talk about things that with people that understand it, 198 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.960 you can allow yourself to heal through your you know, 199 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:34.320 potentially negative experience and also then process it and be like, Okay, 200 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.320 I still also have a job to go to on Monday, right, 201 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:39.440 And so I think it's important to just kind of 202 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.440 have a balance and be able to look at things 203 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.759 both logically and with emotion and with like an open 204 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:49.240 mind and just kind of allow it all to be 205 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.559 what it is. And like, I truly believe that each 206 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:57.120 experience has something to teach us. And again, whether it's 207 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.679 been a negative experience for some or a positive for others, 208 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:04.360 or or a neutral experience. I don't think these dogmen 209 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:07.559 are here for no reason. I think everything kind of 210 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.879 has a place, and if they if you've been uh, 211 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.840 you know, I don't want to say just fortunate, because again, 212 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.759 some people have negative experiences, but if you've been, if 213 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.080 you've had an experience, it just changes you. I think 214 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:25.080 I think that most people would say that they've you know, 215 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:28.399 when you see something for the first time. Again, I 216 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.360 had a I had a ghost experience, and it was 217 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.360 the very first time I actually physically saw one, and 218 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.360 and and it just kind of is like, oh, Okay, 219 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.559 there's more than meets the eye. It's like the crows 220 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:44.960 that are beautiful birds in different different wavelengths and different spectrums, right, 221 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.000 you know, when you're open to that stuff, there's there's 222 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:50.679 just more to the world. And but you also have 223 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:53.200 to you know, you have you have a very practical life. 224 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:57.039 So I like to kind of take the supernatural as 225 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.399 well as the practical and kind of find that nice 226 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.399 sweet middle ground where you can honor the experiences and 227 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.320 also live your life, because again, you can get lost 228 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.600 in one of the other you know, you can get 229 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.519 lost in a practical experience where you have no magic 230 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.480 in your life, no, you know, and you're just being 231 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:18.399 a drone on autopilot and just like, what's your life? 232 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.600 Meant for, or you can go the opposite way and 233 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:25.639 just live in imagination land and live in a place 234 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.440 where you don't feel ever connected to anybody around you 235 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.360 because you're just so gone. And so that's why I 236 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:36.279 think integration is so important with any of this stuff. 237 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.600 So yeah, again, my wife's a little bit different, but yeah, 238 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:42.679 my son and I were able to talk through it 239 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.039 and it was worked out well for us. 240 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.480 So, you saw a ghost, you saw a dog man. 241 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.399 I think one of the biggest reasons why you're still 242 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.759 so well adjusted after having those experiences is the fact 243 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.320 that you're so open minded. I think that's great. Yeah, 244 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.399 people like you when you have an experience, it's like 245 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.399 seeing a dog mean or seeing a ghost. When you 246 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.960 have a mindset, when you have a paradigm like what 247 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.240 you do, that just helps so much. It really does. 248 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.399 If you've had a dog mean encounter that you need 249 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.200 help dealing with, or if you'd like to be a 250 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:17.960 guest on the show, please go to Dogmanencounters dot com 251 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.039 and submit a report. If you've had a Bigfoot sighting, 252 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.519 we'll like to be a guest on one of my 253 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.240 two big Foot podcasts. Please go to my Bigfoot sighting 254 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.759 dot Com. All right, Brett, please tell us about your encounters. Now, 255 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.200 give us server less detail that comes to mind. 256 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:40.600 Yeah, so again we were driving through you know, Port 257 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:45.639 of Masks up through towards Stephenville and eventually Cornerbrook there 258 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.480 and it was late at night. Again, when you get 259 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:51.559 into Port of Bass is really kind of there's a 260 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.399 there's an eerie sense there, right, because it's it's it's 261 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:58.480 the first point on the on the island. It's it's 262 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.039 the entry points. So the way start crashing against the rocks. 263 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.519 It's all pitch black. So when we get off, it's 264 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:08.880 like you don't know where to go at first, and 265 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.000 so you're just kind of following the car in front 266 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.079 of you because you're you're on a boat with a 267 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.319 big you know, a bunch of cars. So it's nighttime. 268 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:19.720 It's not like being in a big city. There's not 269 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:24.680 lights everywhere, so you're really beholden to to you know, 270 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.359 just nature and the cars in front of you. And 271 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:30.079 so you kind of get on this one lane road 272 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.799 and you're going there's this again Portbasses little town. So 273 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.079 there's you know, some homes and there's gas station, but 274 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.759 you have to fill up on gas because you might 275 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:42.799 go an hour or two without seeing a gas station, right, 276 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.039 so we you know, we made sure to get gas. 277 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:49.359 And I'd say it's probably eleven o'clock at night at 278 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.400 this point, twelve o'clock at night, and and so we 279 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.039 just start following the car in front of us, and yeah, 280 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:59.599 we're going. It's it's pitch black. So if you can imagine, 281 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:05.359 it's basically a two lane highway, but then there's a 282 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.839 so every once in a while there's a passing lane 283 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.839 that comes up and it kind of alternates, so on 284 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.599 your side, when you're driving on the right side of 285 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:15.240 the road, an extra lane will come in so then 286 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.240 you can pass. Because there's big trucks, this is really 287 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.960 the only lane for most of the trucks to get 288 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:25.480 to bring stuff the goods around the entire island. So 289 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:28.519 there's you know, there's transport trucks and whatnot, and they're hustling. 290 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.480 They need to get to where they're going. But it's 291 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.720 it's nighttime, so you know, once in a while you 292 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:36.599 can pass somebody, or sometimes even the trucks are going 293 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.200 so fast that you might let them pass you. So 294 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.200 we're driving and you know, the lanes are alternating, and 295 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.799 it's just late at night and we're just going and 296 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.960 and we're fortunate, you know. I don't want to make 297 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:51.680 it sound stereotypical, but it was kind of like a 298 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:56.839 really bright night out for us. There was I don't 299 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.519 think it was a full moon, you know, for you know, 300 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.839 you know, a classic werewolf story or anything, but certainly 301 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.759 the moon was bright enough that it was giving some 302 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:10.160 good light off. And so when you're driving here, you 303 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:13.119 have to think of all these big, beautiful trees. You 304 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:16.880 have to think of all these big, gorgeous evergreen trees. 305 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.400 And so when you have the two lane and it's 306 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.599 three lanes a lot of the way because of that 307 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:27.839 alternating lane, and so as you're going it kind of 308 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.599 opens up. Sometimes it's a little bit narrower and the 309 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.759 trees are right by the highway, and other times it 310 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:35.160 kind of opens up and there's a little bit of 311 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.039 a ravine on the edges of the side, and then 312 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:42.720 there's kind of a tree line there. And again, because 313 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:44.960 it was a bright night when we were out in 314 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.359 those kind of more open areas, so there'll be trees, 315 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:50.039 there'll be a bunch of trees, and then they'll be 316 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:52.240 kind of open planes and then there'll be like little 317 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.559 lakes and little things all around. And there was lots 318 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:59.759 of reds and yellows and greens kind of colors all 319 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:02.200 aroun around. You know. 320 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.559 It was a. 321 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:05.880 Summertime and we were going We were driving in our 322 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.839 little Ford Explorer here. It's a wonderful car. I actually 323 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.759 like it a lot. But we're going down and my 324 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:15.279 you know, we've got all the luggage in the back. 325 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.079 We've got luggage on the top, and my one son 326 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.240 is in the very back, and my daughter's in the 327 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:23.039 in her car seat on the side, and my other son, 328 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:26.079 who's who's twelve at the time, he's sitting in the 329 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:31.039 right hand seat behind the passenger where my wife was sitting. 330 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.960 I'm driving, and my wife and my daughter and my 331 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.480 other son were asleep, so they're all kind of just sleeping. 332 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.839 You know. We got a couple hours to get there. 333 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:46.799 So my other son, my son that saw the dog 334 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:49.000 man with me, was was awake, and so he's just 335 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:51.359 looking out the thing, you know, he's looking out the 336 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:55.160 window and we're driving and we're going down. I'd say 337 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:58.400 we we had already kind of we had been jostling 338 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:00.640 with some trucks for a little bit a time, and 339 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:02.759 then I was finally like, all right, these guys really 340 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.599 are hustling. They need to get where they're going, so 341 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.640 I let them pass on this lane highway. And so 342 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:11.160 it's just us now. We're you know, once in a while, 343 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.319 you know, every probably ten minutes or so, you might 344 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:17.279 see a car come in the opposite direction. But we're 345 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:20.480 kind of alone out here. We're driving outside of the 346 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.720 cars that got off the boat that decided to take 347 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:25.759 one of the motels. You know, we're one of the 348 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.039 only cars on the roads outside of the big trucks. 349 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:32.039 So we're going and again, it's it's about one in 350 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:36.039 the morning at this point, and my son says, hey, Dad, 351 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:40.079 do you see that? And I was like no, and 352 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:42.519 so but then I look in the rear view mirror. Okay, 353 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.079 so I look over to my right. My wife's still sleeping, 354 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:46.839 so I see her, and I see in the rear 355 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:51.880 view mirror, I see this creature. And I'll tell you 356 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:54.160 a little bit of experience, like I know what a 357 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.119 bear looks like, I know what a black bear looks like, 358 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:58.799 I know what animals look like. Spent a lot of 359 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:04.119 time in woods in different places, and I see this 360 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.839 creature and I was like, okay, this is you know, 361 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.079 slightly bigger than a black bear. And it's kind of 362 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:13.839 on all fours. And now again I'm seeing this in 363 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:15.839 the rear view mirror. My son got a really good 364 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.640 look here, and I've seen this in the rearview. He's like, 365 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.200 what is that? 366 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.880 What is that? 367 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.160 You know, and it's like it starts to stand up, 368 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:24.559 and it stands up from it was kind of on 369 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.680 all fours and then it slowly kind of stood up 370 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:32.000 and and it's you know, it's it's on the side. 371 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:35.519 We're going about i'd say eighty kilometers an hour maybe 372 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.000 actually I guess we're probably doing almost one hundred, so 373 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.079 that's about eighty you know, what is that? I think 374 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:45.400 about eighty miles an hour. Anyways, we're going pretty fast, 375 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.039 but then you know, it's not not too fast, you know, 376 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:51.920 for the for the highway, but it stands up. So 377 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:54.599 as it's standing up, I'm like, oh my god, Like, 378 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:57.799 that is definitely not a bear. It's kind of slender, 379 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:03.400 so definitely, you know, it's it's kind of it's like again, 380 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.200 it's kind of like almost looking at a wolf and 381 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.160 a bear. Mixed and a person mixed because it's it's 382 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.400 it's like it's slender on the bottom and it kind of, 383 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:15.839 you know, it's it's it looks very muscular. I don't 384 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.799 know if any of you have seen the Harry Potter 385 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:21.039 where Wolf it kind of it kind of had a 386 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:22.960 little bit of that body, but then there was more 387 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:26.640 hair to it. It was just this one was more slender. 388 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.799 We ended up seeing too, but I'll go into that later. 389 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:32.680 And so it stands up and it's it's kind of up. 390 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:36.000 It has like a you know, a certainly a face. 391 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.480 Now I'm watching this happen. I swear to god it 392 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:42.319 was slow motion because I'm watching as we just passed it, 393 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.720 and it's in my rear view mirror, and it like, 394 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.359 you know, objects in mirror a closer than they appear, certainly, 395 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.039 And it stands up and it's it's black, you know, 396 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:54.359 it's it's black. It's you know, there's a little bit 397 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:57.119 of gray to it, but it's mostly black. It's it's 398 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.160 got the you know, it looks athletic. It's it's like 399 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.640 an athletic dog. I don't know what to say. It 400 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:06.319 was like a dog man, right, And so it stands 401 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:09.039