WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.000 Now one of your pudding. I got a string going 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.120 on here, something just because my dog. Something killed your dog, 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:08.960 my dog. We're flying through the air over the tree. 4 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:13.640 I don't know how it did it, Okay, Damn, I'm 5 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.120 really confused. All I saw was my dog coming over 6 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:17.800 the fence and he was dead. And once you hit 7 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:19.679 the ground like, I didn't see any cars. All I 8 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:38.320 saw was my dog coming over the fence. Sat what 9 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.960 are you putting? We got some wonder or something crawling 10 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:51.920 around out here? Did you see what it was? 11 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:52.240 Or was it was? 12 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.719 Standing up? I'm out here looking through the window now 13 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.479 and I don't see anything. I don't want to go outside. 14 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:05.480 Jesus quice you bick Hello, get somebody out here? Went 15 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:07.760 on out there? I thought of a bit about sixty 16 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.719 forty nine. I don't know easy out there? Yeah, I'm 17 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:11.480 right away. 18 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.040 Oh hey, greeting is his friend in Alaska. Thanks for 19 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.519 joining me today. What I wanted to share with you today. 20 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:22.599 This comes from Blake and Riley. They were up in 21 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:27.359 Alaska for a little RV adventure. They had planned ahead 22 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.840 like a year. Saved the money because it's expensive up here, 23 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:35.040 especially traveling around. All the expense of meals and all that. 24 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:39.400 They figured rent and RV self sufficient, self contained, well, 25 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.480 have a place to cook, sleep and all that we 26 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.640 can guide ourselves around fair enough. Hey, I'd do the 27 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.959 same thing if I was in the same position. So 28 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.879 Blake and Riley. This was basically for their fifth wedding anniversary. 29 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.040 They decided to come towards the end of summer, beginning 30 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.879 to fall. Riley his wife really joyed fall, the colors 31 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.200 and all that. They planned to be up here two weeks. 32 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:08.039 During the first week beautiful, the weather was great. They 33 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.479 went up by Danale from Anchors and then in the 34 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.960 Fairbanks and then back on down. On their way back down, 35 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:17.479 they took the Richardson going towards glenn Allen and they 36 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:20.400 got to glenn Allen and they were like, ah, let's 37 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.759 backcheck a little bit, head back towards Danale. It was 38 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.120 so beautiful and there was some more pictures that Riley 39 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.280 wanted to take. They still got another week. They're at 40 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.080 their own schedule. As they're heading back and they're taking 41 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.360 the Denale Highway from Packson. It was this particular day 42 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.439 it was getting on into darkness, and their book pretty 43 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:41.360 tired from just the constant running in, the excitement, being 44 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:43.400 in the Laska, the fresh air, all of it was 45 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.240 just it was catching up to him. So they decided, Hey, 46 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.960 we'll just pull out side of the road just camp 47 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.000 right here, which many people do. Guys in their pickup 48 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.240 trucks do that. I've done that, so why not they 49 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.360 pull off. They do the little procedure to make sure 50 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.680 they're level and stuff like that. This particular pull off 51 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.599 is not too far from the Triangle Lakes pull off 52 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.360 that has a trail to Sweet Lake and on down 53 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:11.719 to the alphabets and stuff, a spot with many encounters 54 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:15.599 from the past. So where they were parked, they'd just 55 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:18.479 come up. Anyone who's been there, you're coming out of 56 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.560 packs and you come up to a point where you 57 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.719 got this little switchback that gets up onto this higher plateau. 58 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:27.039 So they were just past that. The particular spot they 59 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.280 picked was on the right hand side of the road 60 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:34.639 heading towards Dnati. Now this is very near the same 61 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.520 area where a couple of women had some crazy stuff happen. Right, 62 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.680 they get set up, everything's level for the stuff they 63 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.960 needed to do, as far as the requirements for the 64 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.840 RV and whatnot. There was a small slide out that 65 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:51.159 they extended out, and then they dropped the awning. As 66 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:53.719 they were getting things set up. It wasn't a very 67 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:56.680 clear day that day. It was low ceiling. They couldn't 68 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.879 see as clearly. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't the 69 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:04.599 photo opportunities that Riley was hoping for. No big deal. 70 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:07.240 They still had time, so they sat there, they made 71 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.840 their dinner. They came out and had some long chairs 72 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:13.759 underneath the awning that they had out. They're basically facing 73 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:15.879 souths so they're on the north side of the road 74 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:17.920 and they're facing south. They're just sitting in their chairs. 75 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.240 Periodically someone would drive by. It was just calm. It 76 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.759 was relaxing. They're both really tired, especially after eating, and 77 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:26.759 they were already burned out from the travel and so 78 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:28.920 excited it was hard to sleep. They decided, hey, let's 79 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.519 just turn in and we'll start right and early continue on. 80 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.560 Blake said. Riley went in, was cleaning up a little 81 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.560 bit of the mess they had in there or whatever, 82 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:40.199 and he was just walking around the area making sure 83 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.639 he accounted for everything as far as RV requirements. He 84 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.879 goes to the back, he removes a little panel and 85 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:47.839 slides out this little thing that was holding the little 86 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:50.439 generator on it. He fires it up because they were 87 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:54.480 gonna fall asleep watching a movie. When he put fuel 88 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.959 in this particular little generator, he found that if he 89 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.560 only put in like a half a gallon, that it 90 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.680 would run long enough for a movie or two and 91 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.120 then die out. He wouldn't have to worry about getting up, 92 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.879 going outside and shutting it off. He does all that. 93 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.120 He gets inside, they select their movie and stuff their 94 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.040 kicked back. Where they decided they were going to crash 95 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.560 out was where the little slideout is, where the seating 96 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:22.240 area was. The tabletop drops down and then it turns 97 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.040 into a mattress, little sleeping area right there, right about 98 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.920 not quite the size of a double bed. They closed 99 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:30.399 it up there, and they were watching their movie. They 100 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.519 fell asleep. Blake remembers being in that fog and hearing 101 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.839 the generator dying down from being out of gas. But 102 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.079 it was doing the little fluctuation thing, so he listened 103 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.360 to it for a second, just fades back out. He 104 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.759 has no idea what time it was when that happened. 105 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:48.839 He said, it couldn't have been too much longer after 106 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.240 that that all of a sudden, the whole thing just shook. 107 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:55.959 He said, it shook hard. He said, so hard that 108 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.959 it was startling. Right, they're up, Riley digging around for 109 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.720 this little headlamp they had, and also had this little 110 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:05.720 led lantern took batteries. It was shaped like an old 111 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.680 school kerosene lantern, but it was actually led lights in it. 112 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.279 So she finds that stuff. As she turns it on, 113 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.720 she sets it on one of the little smaller tables 114 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:16.000 right across from him. They're looking at each other and 115 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:19.560 they're talking, and they could hear movement outside it. What 116 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.120 the hell is that? And Blake's starting to yell out hey, 117 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.319 because again it was startling, how hard it shook. It 118 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.439 felt like another vehicle had struck it or something. Riley's 119 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.920 quite down. Listen, Blake, I'm not going to be quiet. 120 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.600 Riley calms down and says listen, and they could hear movement. 121 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.240 Blake's had it. He didn't know if they were struck 122 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:39.759 because they were woken up by this violent shake. He 123 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:43.839 grabs that little lantern. He goes out the door, and 124 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.480 he said when he got out the door, he could 125 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.040 tell that the back end of that RV had slit 126 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.920 probably two three feet. He's holding up the lantern. He's 127 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.319 looking around. He's yelling out, who's out here, who's out here? 128 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:57.600 Doesn't hear nothing. A moment later, Riley comes out with 129 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.319 the headlamp on. He's holding up the lantern, and because 130 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.040 she had a more focused beam on her headlamp, he 131 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:05.480 was like, hey, point your headlamp over in this direction. 132 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:08.240 They did, and then down the road and up the 133 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.959 road and across the road he goes, and he sets 134 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.839 down where they had their two lawn chairs sitting. They 135 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.240 were still sitting, but they had closed him up and 136 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.120 just laid him down on the ground right there, because 137 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.160 again it was under the awning right, but with the 138 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.720 shift and everything, it was a little different. But he 139 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.759 had popped one of those chairs up real quick and 140 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.959 set the lantern down on it and asked Riley for 141 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:31.439 the headlamp. She hands it to him. She grabs the lantern, 142 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.639 goes back inside. He starts walking around the thing. He 143 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.040 had picked up a couple of big rocks right because 144 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.160 they heard something out there and the whole places shook, 145 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:43.360 so Blake knew that someone was out here. He's yelling, hey, 146 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.079 we don't appreciate it. We're here visiting the state. What 147 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:50.279 he assumed initially was like some locals, not like in tourists, 148 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.839 which I understand. I think it's one of those things. However, 149 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.920 he goes around to the backside and he notices the 150 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.560 way that the back end was pushed. It was off 151 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.439 onto the softer part of the shoulder, right on the gravel. 152 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.800 But he was a little concerned about that. Again, he's 153 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.199 got the headlamp on. He hears something and it sounds 154 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:10.040 like it's directly off to his right. So he turns 155 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.839 and he looks, and he doesn't see anything. He's looking 156 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:17.240 and looking. Then as he's doing so, he notices this 157 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:21.519 shade of reddish brown that doesn't quite match the rest 158 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.439 of the terrain. This was just past the brush off 159 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.399 the side of the road, the way that the road 160 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:32.159 went down. In his position, it was just beyond the brush. However, 161 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.159 in the scheme of things, was probably fifty feet away. 162 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.519 So he's looking and he starts focusing on this weird 163 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.120 reddish brown color. He was like something was off, and 164 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.360 he immediately felt panicked inside. And as he was trying 165 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.480 to figure out what the hell he was looking at, 166 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.200 because it was just so out of place with all 167 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:52.679 the other colors of the tundra and the brush and stuff. 168 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.600 He said. He backed up, and he backed up into 169 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.759 that open little slide out for the generator. That caught 170 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:02.799 his attention. So he turned back real quick because he 171 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.519 was startled by it. And then when he turned back, 172 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.360 all of a sudden, this reddish brown thing or whatever 173 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:11.879 it was that was just over there. All of a sudden, 174 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:15.559 he noticed the movement and he follows it right. He's 175 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.000 watching and the way it's moving is pretty fast, but 176 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.000 it's quiet. So he's trying to keep up with it 177 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.639 and figure out what the hell he's seeing. As he's 178 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.960 doing so, he's just noticing this reddish brown He was like, oh, crap, bear. 179 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.799 So what he does is he turns around. He goes 180 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.919 back around the backside, not the same direction this thing 181 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.480 was moving. Goes around the backside and gets back into 182 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.679 the RB and he was like, it was a bear. 183 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:41.919 I just saw a bear over there. Riley's a calm down, 184 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.200 Calm down, it's Alaska. There's bears. We have bear spray somewhere. 185 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.720 Let's just make sure we have it handy. Maybe it 186 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.919 came in because this smelled our food. We cleaned up, 187 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.440 but still the food smell is gonna ling her. And 188 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.320 so they're explaining this away as they're doing so, this 189 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:59.399 particular RV was open all the way into the front 190 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.039 where you can se see out the front window. There 191 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.440 was this little partition thing that he could slight close 192 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:07.720 or what have you for privacy or whatever. It wasn't closed. 193 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:10.279 They didn't close it before they went to sleep. They're 194 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:14.159 sitting there talking and explaining away this bear. The way 195 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:17.399 Blake was standing, he was facing towards the front of 196 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:20.960 the RV. Riley's in front of him, sitting down on 197 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.399 that little bed thing, and they're talking about this bear. 198 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:25.519 He had turned off the headlamp, but he still had 199 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.320 it on. As they're talking, going back and forth or whatever, 200 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:32.399 he glances towards the front and he notices something odd 201 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:36.120 outside of the window. He sat there for a second, 202 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:38.799 look back at Riley, continued the conversation, but then was 203 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.759 drawn back again because he saw a movement. So he 204 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.679 clicked on the light, the interior light where she had 205 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:47.559 the little lantern going the little led lantern. It didn't 206 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:52.159 have enough candela power, enough light power basically to fully 207 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:55.000 see what movement he saw, because again they're thinking bear. 208 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.279 He was half expecting a bear to be looking in 209 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:59.679 the window, but when he turned on the headlamp with 210 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.080 the more focused beam of light, it wasn't a bear. 211 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.799 He said, this thing looked like a caveman. It looked 212 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:10.679 like it was very curious. It had its hands on 213 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.919 the hood of the RV and was leaning and looking. 214 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.399 And when he turned on the lamp and saw it, 215 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.000 tried to avert its eyes and stuff. He said, it 216 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.279 put its hands up and its hand was massive, and 217 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:24.440 he said he freaked out. And that's when Riley turned. 218 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:26.720 She saw it and screamed, All of a sudden, this 219 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.600 thing disappears out of you. He was like, it was 220 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.960 a cave man. What did you see? What did you see? 221 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.879 She's on the verge of needing some medication to calm 222 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.320 him down. Blake tells her, hey, I saw it. It 223 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.559 looked like a caveman. Other than that, I don't know. 224 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:43.960 So they're discussing it at this point, they're talking in 225 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.960 hush tones. Blake said that he started shaking, had to 226 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.120 sit down next to his wife. He's sitting there. He 227 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.320 was like, I don't know what the hell a caveman 228 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:54.200 is doing. But that was a cave man. That was 229 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.080 not a suit. That couldn't have been a cost to 230 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.759 I saw its eyes. Its eyes had a little bit 231 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.159 of a red eyeshine, and the way it moved, it 232 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.639 wasn't someone in a suit. In those moments, Riley was 233 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.000 trying to explain it away, maybe if someone playing a prank, 234 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:08.399 and he was like, no, it wasn't a bear. It 235 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:11.279 wasn't a prank. Whatever it was alive, it wasn't a suit. 236 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.799 So they're discussing what to do. They got stuff outside, 237 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.320 They got the little slide out open, they got the 238 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.480 generator that needs to be closed up, and the thing 239 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.759 of it is that they knew without the slide out 240 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.879 going in and the other stuff that the RV wouldn't 241 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:29.960 go into gear. They start brainstorming what they're going to do, 242 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.080 and immediately Riley's up. She's moving everything she has to 243 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.840 to bring in the slide in. She does that Blake, 244 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:39.159 we got that generator, we need to close it and 245 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.919 shut the panel. She goes, don't worry about that right now, 246 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.879 let's just go and he goes, hold on the awning. 247 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.279 We got attended the awning. There's those jacks that drop 248 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.039 down to help level the thing. We got to adjust those. 249 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:54.279 There are certain things we have to do in order 250 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.639 to not have to pay out a whole lot of 251 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:59.440 money or basically buy this thing. So they take a 252 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:02.399 little bit calm down. They find that canister bear spray. 253 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.360 He has Riley shine out the window. He has on 254 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.679 the headlamp. She's holding up that lantern at the window 255 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.200 for whatever reason. I think sometimes when people go in 256 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.399 the shot. Because I had a conversation with Blake briefly 257 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.840 about this, I was like, what was the purpose of 258 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.639 having her hold the lantern up in the window because 259 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:23.399 it's not going to cast all that much light. He 260 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.600 honestly didn't know. He wanted her to feel like she 261 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.480 was part of her keep her eyes out on him 262 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.360 to make sure he was safe. Whatever it worked out 263 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.399 to be, he wasn't quite sure. It was just what 264 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:36.000 came out. So he goes out. He's got the bear spray. 265 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.039 He tends to the one jack just outside the door 266 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:42.399 back behind the back tire, tends to that, goes around, 267 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.120 shuts the generator in, shuts the panel, takes care of 268 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.200 the jack that's right underneath that area, and then he 269 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.720 goes up to the front. They only use the outside 270 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.960 one up front. At this point, Riley's on the inside. 271 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.960 She's up at the front inside the cab, up in 272 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.960 the windshield and stuff holding up the lamp. He reached 273 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:02.759 down and he's doing what he has to do with 274 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.639 this little thing, little handle. He gets set taken care of. 275 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.399 He comes around and he has a headlamp on. He 276 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.879 glances up because he heard a booth sound. He looks 277 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.360 across the road and then the brush across the road. 278 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.440 There's this thing standing there watching him. He freezes. Now 279 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.279 where he stops, he's back around basically at the driver's 280 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:27.600 side door. Almost when he's here's the sound and looks across. 281 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:31.919 So he's frozen, right, He's trying to assess again what 282 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.440 he's seeing because he's just so thrown off, he said 283 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.639 by the appearance of this thing. He said, it was 284 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.559 every bit of nine foot tall, if not taller, but 285 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:44.200 at least nine foot tall, very wide. While he's stuck 286 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:47.919 staring the overwhelming fear he had, not making a noise 287 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.639 or anything, just you know, like full of indecision, do 288 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:53.120 I move, will let attack? You know, he was basically 289 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.720 stuck in fear as he's snapping out of it. He 290 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:58.360 turns as he's going back towards the door, he starts 291 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.279 yelling out, get out of here. Stay tuned for more 292 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:04.840 sasquatch out to see will be right back after these 293 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:12.200 messages something along those lines. There are some explicitives in there. 294 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.840 As he's getting back to the door, all of a 295 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.639 sudden it lies open and there's Riley. She had found 296 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.039 one of their other flashlights that they had stored away somewhere, 297 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.279 and it was one of those old maglights, right, it 298 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.039 was like a four D cell battery, one one of 299 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.159 those big old law enforcement looking types. And she had 300 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.759 that on it and saw it and it started yelling 301 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.360 get out of here. But what Blake did not notice 302 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.039 is she had that bear spray in her hand, right, 303 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.200 He didn't even notice because everything going on. Then all 304 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:44.000 of a sudden he sees her raise her hand and 305 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:47.679 yell at it and start spraying this bear spray. Now, 306 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.639 it came out in a huge plume. It was evident 307 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.720 in the light because his head lamp and her with 308 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:58.000 the flashlight. This cloud just enveloped across the street. Again, 309 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.000 the road is a very wide. It considered a primitive 310 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:03.639 broke just gravel. As this cloud surrounded this thing across 311 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.120 the road. All of a sudden they hear this hillacious noise. 312 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.480 It was like a hack, sneeze, cough all at once. 313 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:16.480 Then the loudest, most thunderous scream. It was grouse scream, 314 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:20.159 all of it mixed in one. They heard it thrashing 315 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.519 it through the brush. It sounded like it was coming 316 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.679 at him, So they rushed inside, shut the door. No 317 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:28.240 sooner in the door shut they feel the back end again. 318 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:32.519 Bam hard, real hard. At that point, that's where Blake 319 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.679 was concerned that the ass end might be so far 320 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.159 off on the soft part of the shoulder that they 321 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.360 might not be able to drive out of there. So 322 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:42.720 he immediately runs up to the front. The keys that 323 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.440 they had sitting in the center little area had knocked 324 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:48.320 off from where they were, so he's looking around. He 325 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:51.240 finds the keys. He starts up the vehicle. He said, 326 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:53.720 when he put it in drive, when he initially gave 327 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:55.799 a gas, it peeled out a little bit, so he 328 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.799 gunned it. It caught enough traction to just work itself 329 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:02.320 up and off down the road. The whole time he 330 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.000 was driving down the road, Riley was screaming, don't stop, 331 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.839 don't stop. She was at the very back. In the 332 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.359 very back, there was this little small window in the middle. 333 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.759 When she looked at it, there was half of it 334 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.119 was obscured by the ladder that led up to the 335 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:18.960 top of the RV. But she was looking out the back. 336 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.559 She saw it almost keeping up with the RV, and 337 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.599 it broke off its chasing and went off in the tundra. 338 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.519 She went over the other window. By then it had 339 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.519 disappeared into the night. He said. They drove all away 340 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.319 from where they were to somewhere here in Wasilla. He 341 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:40.559 doesn't know exactly where was some electrical place and the 342 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.359 way he was describing it, I assume Brown's Electric over 343 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.559 near Main Street. But they made it to their in 344 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.839 part before they felt comfortable enough to rest. I want 345 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.039 to thank them for reaching out. For a lot of 346 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.000 people they investigate go down the rabbit the hole, so 347 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:57.960 to speak, after they had an experience that they can't explain. 348 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.440 Feel was very similar for Blake and Riley. They went 349 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.400 looking for answers of any kind. They'd let it go 350 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.799 for a while and then started looking back into it. 351 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.359 When they started their Google search or whatever. They found 352 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.839 the channel and reached out. I appreciate them reaching out. 353 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:14.319 I appreciate them being patient with the time it took 354 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:18.359 to connect and hear their story again. That area. I 355 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:22.400 don't know how many encounters there's been over there. There's 356 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:26.839 been some right near Monahan Flats there, Swede Lake Trail, 357 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.000 Golkana River south of there. I wanted to share with 358 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.440 you today. This comes from we'll name him Tyler. Tyler 359 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.279 is an elder. He's getting up on there in age. 360 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.160 He's in a Native Copper River valley up north. This 361 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:43.680 is something that his dad has always shared with them. 362 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:46.640 As he was growing up, whenever he would be going 363 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.400 out in the woods, his dad would always sit him 364 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:53.519 down and tell him about this encounter. Now, years back, 365 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:58.160 late eighteen hundred's the Taylor Highway area. That area, like 366 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:01.000 eighteen eighty, there was a little gold rush and there's 367 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:03.119 a lot of mines back up in that valley that 368 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.279 cuts up back through there. It started off as a 369 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:09.720 bunch of trails from locals coming from Eagle Chicken all 370 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.680 these places they're going up to do their mining. Now, 371 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:18.640 the Taylor Highway proper was actually not built until the 372 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.640 winter from forty five to forty six, and it was 373 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.759 completed in nineteen fifty one. This is going back. His dad, 374 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.759 Tyler Senior, told him ever since he was young, many 375 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:34.440 times over the course of his life about this area, 376 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:39.079 which I guess the closest reference we would have would 377 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:42.599 be Taylor Highway at Mosquito Creek. There's a family that 378 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:46.519 had saw these creatures with tails, So this is the 379 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:49.960 area we're talking about. It was during this construction process. 380 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:52.079 It was after the winter of forty six. It was 381 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.920 later on into the spring. Tyler Senior told him that 382 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.920 during this time they were still doing so prospecting up 383 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:04.039 in the area. As the highway is being built. It's 384 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:07.680 labeled a highway now, but back then it was nothing 385 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.039 better than a cat road cut in with the dozer. 386 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:13.440 Don't get the impression that it was some modern kind 387 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:17.279 of road. Is not the case. As any remote road 388 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:21.400 up here. It is primitive. So he always told them 389 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.839 that in the spring they were extra careful when they 390 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:28.400 were going back up in there due to the bushman, 391 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:34.039 because the bushmen would wait until you were unsuspecting an attack. 392 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:37.119 So Tyler would always ask, what do you mean. His 393 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.720 dad would tell him that they would wait until the 394 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:43.559 people in the area would kind of get complacent, if 395 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:46.680 you will. Let's just get into what actually happened with 396 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:50.880 Tyler Senior. It was spring in nineteen forty six. The 397 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:55.480 runoff and the breakup was most of the way done with. 398 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:58.559 And as they were going up in there, it was 399 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.279 called forty Mile at the time, him and two of 400 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:05.279 his cousins, they had a small claim it was producing gold. 401 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.519