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<v Speaker 1>I live in a house in the country near Eldorado, Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>I woke up one morning and looked out in my

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom window toward my chicken coop, and I saw a

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<v Speaker 1>figure standing there. Judging by the height of the coop,

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<v Speaker 1>the creature was at least seven feet tall. The only

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<v Speaker 1>way to describe it is that it looked like a Chewbacca.

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<v Speaker 1>The way its hair flowed and the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't see a neck rubbed my eyes several times, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was still there. It was like it wanted me

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<v Speaker 1>to see it, It wanted to be seen. It just

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<v Speaker 1>stood there, looking at the house. Finally I looked away,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I look back again, it was gone. I

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<v Speaker 1>never said anything for a while, although I never saw

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<v Speaker 1>it again. I would carry my pistol if I went

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<v Speaker 1>outside after dark. We would hear strange sounds at night,

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<v Speaker 1>but we never saw anything again. Now my friend had

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<v Speaker 1>to run in with a dog man, but that was

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<v Speaker 1>months later. We had a tracker come in to look around,

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<v Speaker 1>but he found nothing, or at least nothing that he

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<v Speaker 1>would admit to. I told my family, and they gave

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<v Speaker 1>me the strangest looks. Some of them think I should

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<v Speaker 1>quit listening. To shows like yours. They think I'm seeing things.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, these stories are great. People are seeing things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just so glad you sent this in. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a short, little story, but it was great. I

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<v Speaker 1>am an outdoorsman and I live in Middle Tennessee. During

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<v Speaker 1>the last deer season, I was out hunting one evening

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<v Speaker 1>with my bow, trying to spot and stalk a deer

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<v Speaker 1>when I felt the sudden urge to look up at

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<v Speaker 1>a nearby sycamore tree. There, hovering by the branches, saw

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<v Speaker 1>a brown object that somewhat resembled the batman's symbol if

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<v Speaker 1>you were to cut off the ear and jagg at

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<v Speaker 1>the edges. It was some sort of flying, silent creature.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't a bat, but it wasn't a bird. This

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<v Speaker 1>thing just hovered there above me for what felt like forever,

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<v Speaker 1>and when it finally moved from its stationary position, it

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<v Speaker 1>shot straight up in the sky until I couldn't see

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<v Speaker 1>it anymore. That was the most interesting UFO encounter I've

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<v Speaker 1>had up close, but I've seen more than my fair

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<v Speaker 1>share at a distance. In fact, I see white lights

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky so consistently that it's become as interesting

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<v Speaker 1>to me as seeing an ordinary plane pass by. They

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<v Speaker 1>never make any sound, and I'll notice multiple of them

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<v Speaker 1>in a night. The lights don't blink, and their speeds

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<v Speaker 1>very dramatically. Sometimes they move slowly and other times incredibly fast.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I see them ascend into the sky, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>they shoot up rapidly and disappear. I hope you get

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<v Speaker 1>to see them one night. All you have to do

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<v Speaker 1>is look up and wait. I've been a lifelong transmission rebuilder,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the year two thousand I opened my own

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<v Speaker 1>shop in Summerville. It had three lifts and it was

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<v Speaker 1>joined by an automotive shop, with a solid block wall

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<v Speaker 1>dividing the two. The automotive shop was run by a

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<v Speaker 1>man named Keith, who had been there for twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>Keith was a good man, and he and I became friends.

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<v Speaker 1>My nephew, Raymond, was also a transmission man. About four

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<v Speaker 1>weeks after I opened, he would come to help me.

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<v Speaker 1>I opened my shop and I was there all day.

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<v Speaker 1>That night. I had another friend who would come in

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<v Speaker 1>and pull the transmissions out so I could rebuild them

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<v Speaker 1>the next day. The following night he would put them

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<v Speaker 1>back in. One morning, I arrived at seven am. I

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<v Speaker 1>opened the roll up shop door and out of the

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<v Speaker 1>corner my I saw a black looking animal run by

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<v Speaker 1>me and then hide behind a trash can. It looked

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<v Speaker 1>more like a shadow than a solid critter. I picked

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<v Speaker 1>up a shovel, ready to defend my shop. Now quickly

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<v Speaker 1>pulled the can back and there was nothing there. I

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<v Speaker 1>soon forgot about it. But at that point things started

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. I would be in the shop during the

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<v Speaker 1>day rebuilding a transmission, and I would hear a wrench

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<v Speaker 1>or a metallic object hit the floor as if it

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<v Speaker 1>had been dropped from six feet in the air. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>walk around the cars and there wouldn't be anything there.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew right off it wasn't from the shop on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side. It was in there with me. I

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<v Speaker 1>had a restroom at one end, and I could see

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<v Speaker 1>the mirror in the hallway from the shop. Around the

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<v Speaker 1>corner from it was a toilet, and sometimes when I

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<v Speaker 1>would go to relieve myself, I would smell a woman's perfume,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes I would smell pipe tobacco. Sometimes I would

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<v Speaker 1>hear a loud bang on the side of the building.

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<v Speaker 1>I would walk out and look, but nothing would ever

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<v Speaker 1>be there. One night, my friend Benny, was putting a

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<v Speaker 1>transmission in for me. Around eight pm. He called me

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<v Speaker 1>and he told me that I needed to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him why, and he said the lift wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>come down and the car was stuck up in the air.

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<v Speaker 1>I hung up and I started putting my shoes on

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<v Speaker 1>when he called back and he said the lift had

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<v Speaker 1>come down on its own and he was leaving. The

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<v Speaker 1>next day, Keith came over and laughed. He said he

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<v Speaker 1>was up there working late when Benny came over to

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<v Speaker 1>his shop scared to death. I asked him why, and

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<v Speaker 1>Keith told Bennie that he had seen Henry. I asked

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<v Speaker 1>who that was, and Keith informed me that it was

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<v Speaker 1>a ghost that lived in the building. Henry was the

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<v Speaker 1>name his wife gave him. I asked Keith if he

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<v Speaker 1>had seen strange things too, and he said strange stuff

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<v Speaker 1>had happened all the time for the past twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>I called Benny and I asked him to come up

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<v Speaker 1>and put in a transmission for me that night. He

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<v Speaker 1>asked if I was going to be there, and he

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<v Speaker 1>said that he wouldn't come back by himself to work

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<v Speaker 1>in that shop again. He told me that I had

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<v Speaker 1>a ghost. I asked him what had happened, and what

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<v Speaker 1>he told me made my hair stand on in. Benny

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<v Speaker 1>said that when he worked, a man in a burgundy

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<v Speaker 1>colored shirt watched him from the mirror. Benny heard him sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes he'd see him walk by. My nephew finally

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<v Speaker 1>came to help me. Instead never told him anything. He

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<v Speaker 1>had an old race car and at night he would

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<v Speaker 1>stay and work on that. After maybe three weeks, I

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<v Speaker 1>asked him if he had seen or heard anything strange.

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<v Speaker 1>He started telling me stories about all the strange noises

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<v Speaker 1>and shadows that he would see walking by. One day

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<v Speaker 1>he went out of town for a race and I

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<v Speaker 1>was in the shop with the doors closed and I

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<v Speaker 1>was working. All of a sudden, I felt a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of lips against the back of my neck, and I

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<v Speaker 1>felt air blow and took on me. I turned around.

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<v Speaker 1>I was ready to fight, but there was nothing there.

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<v Speaker 1>There was another time I was walking across the shop

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<v Speaker 1>when something put its fingers in my right back pocket

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<v Speaker 1>and gave me a hard tug. I turned around, and

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<v Speaker 1>again there was nothing there. My nephew and his friend

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<v Speaker 1>were in the shop one night talking when his friend

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<v Speaker 1>did a double take he swore that he saw a

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<v Speaker 1>man standing there, and then the man vanished. On another night,

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<v Speaker 1>my nephew was working on his race car. He was

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<v Speaker 1>by himself, and he was whistling a tune, and when

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<v Speaker 1>he stopped whistling, right in front of him, someone whistled

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<v Speaker 1>the exact same tune. After that, he left for the night.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on another time, I had a customer in

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<v Speaker 1>the shop and we had a slight disagreement. We were

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<v Speaker 1>raising our voices at each other, when suddenly he stopped talking.

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<v Speaker 1>In the corner, about five feet away, he could hear

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<v Speaker 1>muffled voices of two people arguing back and forth, just

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<v Speaker 1>like we had been arguing. The man looked in the

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<v Speaker 1>direction it came from, and then he turned white. He

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<v Speaker 1>turned around and just left. Finally, after a year, I

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<v Speaker 1>closed up and moved to another shop closer to home.

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<v Speaker 1>I have many other stories from that creepy place, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'll save them for another time. I'm retired now, and

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<v Speaker 1>every time I ride by that old building, I still

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<v Speaker 1>think about Henry