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Speaker 1: If you've had a bigfoot sighting and would like to

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be a guest, please go to bigfootewitness dot com and

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let me know. If you listened to last week's show,

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you heard Mike and Christina from Squatching fl come on

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with their kids to tell us about their sasquatch experiences

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they've had down in Florida. Well, they had so many

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experiences to share that we didn't have time for me

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to ask any questions. With that in mind, ask them

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if they'd be willing to come back to do a

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Q and A tonight on tonight's show, and luckily they agreed.

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So here we are, Mike and Christina, thanks so much

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for coming back.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having us. Were You're happy to be here,

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my friend?

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Speaker 1: Yep, you know you're welcome. It's great, haven't you. Mike?

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You and Christina have been investigating sasquatch for some time now.

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How often do you audit yourselves and the way that

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you do things to look for new ways of doing

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things that might be more effective, that might be more efficient.

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Speaker 2: Well, we've been together, we've been doing it for about

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almost three years now, and we kind of brainstorm when

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we're at the house together and We're just like, all right, well,

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let's see we've been to this area, been to that area,

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and actually, to be honest, it kind of just falls

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on Christina's lap, like where do you want to go, honey,

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And I kind of just all right, well, I'd maybe

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I'd rather go here, and I'll get on the map

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and I'll just kind of figure out, like that's one

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of we have our routine areas, and then we have

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our areas that we want to go check out that

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are new, and I'm usually the one that's finding.

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Speaker 3: Those when you say, yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 1: Christina, When you guys head out to a new place

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to investigate, do you look at topo maps and does

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that measure into the equation or do you strictly go

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by sightings? Is it a hot area or not? And

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if it's not, then we'll just take it off the

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list of potential places to go.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean basically, Mike's the map guy. He kind

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of looks at the map and sees like which areas

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like funnel in. We don't necessarily follow around where there's

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been sightings and stuff like that. We kind of stick

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to finding on our own spots to go. I mean,

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there has been a couple of people that have come

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up and wanted us to check out an area or

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so forth and so on. But for the most part,

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Mike does his own mapping and finding these new places.

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Speaker 2: I kind of like look at the map and figure

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out the areas that stand out to me the most,

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and then I usually just go and try to find

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the easiest ways to get closest to him. I can

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the closest access points to them. Some of them are

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inside of park, some of them aren't. But I just

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have to make sure it's not private property I'm going into. Yeah,

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I mean, if it's state property or county property, I'm okay,

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But I don't want to trespass into somebody's private property.

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What are you out there doing, uh looking for sasquatch?

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I'm okay. No, I don't want to have to deal

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with anybody on that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that wouldn't go over all that well.

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Speaker 2: We actually met one of our team members, Mike Noga.

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We met him from that. He actually reached out to

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me on messenger last year and we ended up becoming

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really good friends with him. He took me to where

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he had his encounter and where he had his second

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encounter and I'm like, well, what's in the middle. And

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in the middle ended up being where we had our

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encounter with the family, and it's been one of our

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active research areas. That's less than twenty minutes from our house.

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Speaker 1: Wow, so you networked with him. I'm glad it worked

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out so well.

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Speaker 2: It worked out very well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sure sounds like it, Mike. When it comes to

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you using maps to pick out areas to head to

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you to investigate, how much of an act do you

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seem to have for that?

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Speaker 2: Now I've gotten pretty good at it. I mean some

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of it is. There's some things with these that I

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can't explain, Like I feel like I'm being drawn to

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certain areas, but also looking for certain things on the map,

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Like I look for the most dense green vegetable vegetation areas,

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which are usually big sand down here. It's usually the

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darker green areas are going to be your cypress heads.

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you've got those dark green looking areas, it's usually a

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cypress head in the middle of a rainforest basically is

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what it looks like in the middle of a swamp,

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or I call them our tropical rainforest down here.

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Speaker 1: Sounds like you do have this all worked out, Christina.

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A lot of investigators when they're looking at topo maps,

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they're looking for moving water. If they see areas with

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a lot of moving water, they tend to key in

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on that as more than likely a hot spot or

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a likely hot spot for sasquatch since in Florida. Since

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Florida is so flat, it seems like there won't be

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nearly as many areas where you've got an appreciable amount

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of moving water compared to other parts of the country.

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there isn't much at all in the way of moving

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water or with skunk apes? Do they seem to be

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just fine drinking out of stagnant water sources?

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean the areas that we've been researching a

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lot here close to home, you'll find lots of springs

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out in this area, so there is quite a bit

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of moving water. And I mean, I guess if you're thirsty,

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you're thirsty, you're gonna you're gonna drink and use whatever

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resources you have if you're you know, moving through different areas.

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But I would say I haven't really heard, we haven't

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really talked too much about our actually moving water in

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relation to the different areas that we go. We know

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that there's usually a water source, and like I said,

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a lot out here in our area, there's lots of

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springs that pop up.

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Speaker 1: Huh, I didn't know there are that many springs in

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the area. That definitely helps.

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Speaker 2: We're actually the area where, and in particular, is the

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most springs in the probably close to the most amount

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of springs in the state. The with the Lacouchie Forest

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and the with Lacouchi Forest and the Chasahouiska Forests both

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have some of the most spring systems in the state.

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And it has the chaz has two of the deepest

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spring systems in the state of Florida that directly go

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into the aquifer. So the forests that we're actually going

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into have some of the most most connected and deep

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aquifer systems in Florida.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's convenient.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it goes for it goes down like there's Eagle's

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the state of Florida. People go down and dive and

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it's taken a lot of lives from people. And then

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if you come away from that area and go towards

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the east side of where we go. There's there's actually

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a lot of caves over there. A lot of people

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don't know it that Florida has certain areas like Citrus

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kind of take turns going from tropical to cave type

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of areas. But there's absolutely a lot of deep water

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in these areas that I'm learning about. I didn't even

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know that we had the deep water that we have

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around these cave systems, and I'm learning that from our caveman,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you touched on that last week, the fact that

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you really wouldn't think Florida would have much in the

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way of hills, But yeah, I guess from what you said,

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you do in some places.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's mind boggling some of these hills and the

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and the how deep the sinkholes. We have a ton

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of sinkholes, especially this area, and some of these sinkholes

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open up and there's a new like depression. It'll open

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up and then there'll be caves in the sinkhole. That

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open up, and so a lot of them are. That's

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how you get to them now, they're old sinkholes that

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opened up cave systems.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's a scary thought, Christina. When you're out and

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about looking for sasquatch, aren't you afraid of just being

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out in the middle of nowhere and having a sinkhole

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open up underneath you or the kids or Mike.

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Speaker 3: To be honest, no, I enjoy being outdoors. I'm not

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really I don't get scared too easily. I mean, unless

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I'm like walking around the house and somebody jumps around

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the corner and or you know, I'm trying to mess

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with a spider, kill a bug or something and it

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leaps at me. But in general, I mean, I don't

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really get too scared. I I don't like to like

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paranoid or overly concerned. But I'm also very prepared and

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intuitive in a sense and know when when to go,

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when to stay, you know that sort of thing.

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Speaker 1: Listening to inner voice, then that's always a good idea.

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Speaker 3: Definitely, if we ever feel like, you know, the we

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shouldn't go in one direction or with the kids, especially

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when we have the kids with us. If we start

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to feel any sense of we might not be safe

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or which we really never get that feeling. You know,

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we just kind of.

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Speaker 2: Go by our last night startled us a little bit.

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Speaker 3: But well, and yeah, that's what I was going to

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add to that too, is that honestly, during the day,

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when it starts to get dark, that's when it kind

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of starts to set in just a little bit. You know,

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I feel like, you know, we're the we're the underdog

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at that point, and things that were not not We

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are not nocturnal, so it's hard to see at night,

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and we're kind of at a disadvantage. But that's when

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I started to get a little bit afraid.

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Speaker 1: Well, I can understand, Mike. Here's a question I guarantee

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you've never been asked before. A lot of investigators, even

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up north, will stay out of the woods during the

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summertime months and just head into the winter to avoid

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all the problems that you have to deal with with

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regards to insects, ticks, and mosquitoes, et cetera. Well, you guys,

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you live in the bud capital of the United States.

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How do you deal with that? I mean, it sounds

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like because of the weather, just going in the winter

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time's not going to save you from those problems because

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all those critters are still going to be active. Then, So,

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like I said, how do you deal with those problems?

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Speaker 2: Uh, we are just a little different in Florida. For one.

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We deal with a lot of stuff on a regular basis,

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like we're immune to some of it. But there are

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some things like certain times a year, it's just like

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this time, like just coming out of spring, like oh man,

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the yellow flies, deer flies will are ridiculous, and this

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has been the worst tix season ever. But we just spray.

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I mean we have to spray. I spray down my

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clothes was with permuthene, and then I have heard you

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say it properly.

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Speaker 1: I think I said that right, permethrone.

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Speaker 2: Permethrone. There, you got that, We got it. Eventually. I

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do spray my boots down real heavy with that and

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my pants and then I'm usually just an outer spray

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on top. There is no What we're looking for is

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a little different than going out deer hunting and everything too,

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you know, I mean, I'm not trying to hide when

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I'm coming out looking for them. I don't do that

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no more so. I spray kind of heavy when I

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need to. That's about our best defense. I mean, there's

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not too many other things you can really do with it,

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and the heat is just something you can't deal with either.

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I mean, but honestly, like as far as what I've

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found out too is going in the middle of the

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day is the best time. Everybody wants to go at

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night and do this and that when they're active. I've

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had a lot of encounters happen when I've caught them

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when they're not active, walking in, walking right in on them.

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So I like going there in the middle of the

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day when it's hot. It's miserable, But it also is

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when things are betting down and you walk in on

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a lot of things like deer and hog and sasquatch.

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Speaker 1: If they're bedded down in the middle of the day,

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doesn't that tip the favor in their hand, because if

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they're not moving, wouldn't it be more likely to hear

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you stalking in?

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Speaker 2: I don't know, because I've caught them off guard the most.

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often or too much, was me catching them off guard,

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being real quiet walking into these areas is when I

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had my first two I would say bad encounters. Was

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right in the middle of the day, and I figured

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if they were going to be relaxing and betted down

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that I could probably walk up on them. And that's

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what happened, And I think I caught I think I

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caught them off guard. And that was the very first

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stories I ever talked to you about were because of

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that reason. When I was being quiet by myself.

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Speaker 1: Walking up on a grizzly, like, that's bad enough, but

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you walk up on the wrong sasquatch, I think that

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could get pretty ugly pretty quick.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they don't. They don't seem to like it. They

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don't like being uh, they don't like you catching them

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off guard. So I kind of announce our presence now

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anytime we walk into an area, just to kind of

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let them know what's going on.

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Speaker 1: I can't say I blame you. There probably a good idea, Christina.

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goes down, you don't have too much to worry about

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in the way of dangerous animals. But back to the

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whole same thing with you guys living where you do

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after the sun goes down in Florida, there's a laundry

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list of things out there that could really India or

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if not India puts you in a real big hurt locker. Well,

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with that in mind, do you two just swear off

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ever heading into the woods after dark? Or do you

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still go? But with all sorts of precautions.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we don't ever say like, oh, we better

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not go. If we have a chance to go, We're

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always going to go out, depending on the day or

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whatever this scenario may be. But honestly, I feel like

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when we're out there and we're doing our research and

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we're going through the trails, there's so many different leaves

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and palmetos and just so much stuff that we're walking

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on that anything and everything basically can hear us coming.

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And I feel like, in some weird way that we

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are protected. There's some type of beings I don't you

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know fully I want to dive into that just now,

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but I feel like we are protected as a whole,

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and as we're coming through, anything that hears us will

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kind of like scamper off. Nothing's really like drawn to us,

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you know, Like I don't feel like we're bait when

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we're out there or we're being hunted or anything like that.

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I feel like we're just out there and whatever noise

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we may make is gonna like deter any predators that

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may be out there. That's my opinion.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think about that. If you walk through the woods,

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there's all sorts of things to make noise when you

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do it. So that's a really good point, Mike. When

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you're out there, out and about at nighttime, after nightfall, what,

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more so than any other critter, are you on the

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lookout for.

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Speaker 2: As far as worrying about what I could run into?

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Speaker 1: That's right.

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Speaker 2: Wild hogs. Definitely. Wild hogs. We have a lot of them,

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and they're one of the few things that will charge

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you and you know they could actually hurt you pretty bad.

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We've got something, I mean, we've in the force that

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we go into. I've had I had an FWC officer

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tell me to be careful back there that he had

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seen a twelve hundred pounds hog back there in this area. Wow,

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that is a that is a gigantic hog. And I

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don't want to run into something that big, especially at night.

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Just last night we were walking through and we're not positive,

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but I think it was a group of hogs that

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we walked by and they didn't come out, but I

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heard something kind of I don't know either it was

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grunting or growl, and I don't know which one it was.

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But I'm like, Christina, we need to keep on moving.

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We're pretty safe. I mean I don't. I pretty much

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just carry my my knives on me and I'm I'm

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pretty close combat comfortable, and I'm if I'm gonna deal

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with something, I'm just gonna have to deal with it.

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But for like she said, for the most part, it's

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almost like we feel protected. Sometimes we don't have a

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lot we deal with at night. It's really surprised you.

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I've come across a few things here and there I

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wouldn't want to come across. I heard about a five

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hundred pound black bear in the forest across the street

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from us. I don't want to come across him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you've never taken me there, Yeah, since you

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found out with the kids either.

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Speaker 2: I don't. Yeah. I went in there one time with

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my children, and once the guy sent me pictures, I

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was like, I'm not bringing you guys back here, And

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I went in there with Michael into this area and

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there's supposed to be a very aggressive sasquatch in there.

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That's how I learned about the area. This sasquatch. Apparently

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the guy called me and he said that it took

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his hog trap that he brought in four loads to

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bring this hog trap in, and it took it and

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wrapped it around a tree forty yards away from where

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he put it in at wow And and in the

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middle of the night with him and his wife were hunting,

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and it pushed a tree over at their their hunting

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blind that they were they were on and they came

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back then a couple days later and every tree around

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it was broken six foot off the ground. Like he's

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he said, it's very intimidating creature back there. And I

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haven't ran into The picture of the bear was enough.

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This bear was gigantic for Florida. But I went back

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there with Mike and we had something following us out

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of there just right at dark that made both of

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us really nervous. Mike had his hand on his gun like, hey,

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I'm armed, just so you know. This thing was breathing

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at us, and the lung capacity of it sounded like

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it was a thousand pounds, like just just loud deep.

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It was a creepy feeling. Man, that's the most creeped

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out I've been in quite a while. Was that thing

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that night?

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Speaker 1: Well, I can understand why I've said it a thousand times.

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When these guys want to make an impression on you there,

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master is it doing that. So it's no wonder it

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affected you that way. Oh yeah, Christina. For all the

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listeners who listened to last week's show, I'm sure some

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of them were listening to you to talk about taking

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the kids out with you, which I think is wonderful,

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but they were probably turning their noses up, probably thinking

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that it's an irresponsible thing to do. It's not safe

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to take the kids out to the places where you

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go to try to investigate SASQ watch. What's your take

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on that, Well.

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Speaker 3: I mean people are going to form their own opinions

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based on what they hear and not being there and

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not knowing. However, Mike and I are incredibly responsible parents,

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not just to our kids, but to any kid anywhere

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that we go, birthday parties, just randomly going to the beach.

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You know, we're always watching out for Like I said,

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not only our kids, other kids, and we go prepared.

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We make sure the kids have their snake boots on,

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we have all of the proper things that we need

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when we go. We also don't go to areas where

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we think that there could be something some sort of

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potential of something bad happening or unsafe. We use our

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best judgment and we would never put our kids in

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harm's way. And I know people will say, oh, well,

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you never know, there could be a bear, there could

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be this, there could be that. Okay, well, also you

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could easily get into a car accident, just you know,

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taking your kids to school on the way here, on

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the way there. They're just you just never know. Anything

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could happen at any time. So as a parent, be prepared,

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use your best judgment. And I mean people are always

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going to have something to say. But at the end

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of the day, we know that we're responsible and our kids.

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We're teaching our kids how how to observe different things

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when we're out, like what to listen for, what to

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look for, what to do if like a hog charging,

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what do you do. We're trying to teach them awareness

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of being outside. Nowadays, you know, all the kids are

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just so stuck to their screens, and we just really

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like to get them outside and teach them.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's wonderful you do that too. Yeah,

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there is such a thing as sheltering kids too much.

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If a kid is sheltered too much, it just leaves

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them in a bad spot to handle life, all the

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things that life is going to throw at them. And yeah,

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I think what you two are doing, I think it's great.

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I really do. Christina. When you and Mike had that

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experience on Beer Island, do you think it still would

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have happened if that hawk wouldn't have let out those

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alarm calls?

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Speaker 3: Hmm, that's a good question. I mean, I don't know.

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I feel like in some ways, you know, they kind

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of alert, or maybe they're just calling. It could have

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been calling to a mate, or I really don't. I

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don't know, do you what do you think? I mean?

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Speaker 2: I don't.

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Speaker 3: I think regardless, our experience would have happened, whether the

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hawk was calling out or not. It's just kind of

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interesting that he was following us along. What do you think?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that we were in their area no

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matter what. And I just think that he I think

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that bird sounded off just tipped the hat a little

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bit to him, you know, like, hey, they're here. It

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was weird the way that thing kept going off the

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way it did. It was really really weird. And it

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happens in a lot of different places too, right the

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birds and.

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Speaker 1: I know it's not lost on you two that these

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guys are so tuned into the forest around them that, yeah,

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that's like reading the paper. So it's no wonder than you.

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If they didn't already know you were there, then they

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knew then, Right, Mike, you told us about that print

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you found. Was it filled with water or on firm ground?

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When you found it?

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Speaker 2: It was right in the middle of one of the

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game trails that was about a half mile off trail

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as you off the main trail. There's only there's not

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that many main trails coming out of the Bear Island,

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but there was one that kind of went back and

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then it went into a regular game trail. Looked like

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somebody had been walking back there and it was right

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in the middle of it. But it looked like it

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was weird. It was like kind like at an angle,

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like it was a misstep. It was like it was

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because it was going at an angle across the trail,

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which was kind of odd.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it seems like they do all they can to

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avoid stepping on trail, so it makes you wonder why

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it did that. Although about I guess eight years ago,

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maybe ten years ago, my brother and I were in

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the big woods here and I was heading down this

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trail and I don't know what was going on. I

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was lost in my thoughts or something, but at the

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time he was about forty feet behind me, and all

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of a sudden he stopped me and called me back

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to take a look at something. Well, as I'm turning

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around and looking at him, he's just staring at the ground,

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and I'm wondering, what's he looking at? Why is he

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calling me back? So I come back and there's a

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squatch print right there in the middle of the trail

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I had stepped right over. So apparently they do step

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in trails. You're a proof of that, and I guess

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I'm proof of that as well.

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Speaker 2: It's funny, like if I'm really looking for him, I'm

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Usually it's funny they're either dead in the middle of

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the of these back where little trails and roads, or

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they're directly off to the side of it. It's not

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usually right where we're walking, especially in hiking areas, it's

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usually just off to the right or left of the

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trails where you'll find the steps, or I've caught a

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bunch of them cutting across the trails at an angle

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like where they've just took in one or two steps

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and went into the woods.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure that trail that you found that one

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print on, I'm sure it wasn't close to being too

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wide for a sasquatch to jump over without touching, was it.

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Speaker 2: No, it could have easily walked over it. But I

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wonder if that trail, that trail could have been underwater also,

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and it had dried up when we were there, because

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the water level down in the Everglade changes a lot.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, that's a good hypothesis there. That would make

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a lot of sense.

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Speaker 2: There was a pretty deep footprint, like it could have

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been a soft spot, you know. I mean, I'm sure

475
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they're not perfect either, and they don't know every where

476
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,799
it'll put their feet, so you miss miss a step

477
00:26:29,799 --> 00:26:33,000
and it goes down. That footprint was about a foot deep.

478
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,920
It was down in there. It was like like it

479
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,880
missed a step and hit a soft spot.

480
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 1: Well, that is deep well then again, they're awfully heavy too,

481
00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:45,799
so the two combined. No wonder, Mike, when Keelan saw

482
00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:49,319
that eight foot sasquatch obviously made quite the impression on them,

483
00:26:49,319 --> 00:26:53,119
and you know, understandably sill. But with that said, were

484
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,960
you still more excited than he was or vice versa.

485
00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:02,279
Speaker 2: It was such a cool moment because we had Ryan

486
00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:04,559
and his children. I was out with him and it

487
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,359
was just the way he stopped and I'm like, I

488
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:09,960
didn't even know what was going on until I got

489
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,400
up next to him and I looked at his face

490
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,160
and he's just crying and he's like I just saw

491
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,240
him And like that really touched that kid. Like me

492
00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:21,039
and him bonded more, even though we were like really

493
00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:25,839
connected already, you know, we're very, very connected, Like that

494
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:30,279
did it even more. And like he was like he

495
00:27:30,319 --> 00:27:33,519
felt like he was more connected to the whole deal. Also, like,

496
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,119
oh my god, Like I thought I'd seen things before,

497
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,680
but that was real. He couldn't stop talking about it,

498
00:27:38,799 --> 00:27:41,400
So I don't know, man, I think we're even on that.

499
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,680
I was so excited because he got the be one

500
00:27:44,759 --> 00:27:47,880
hundred percent experiencer, even though I knew he had seen

501
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,880
things before. This was different. He saw it clear as

502
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:55,359
day and he was giving me more details that day

503
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,000
and like, but it definitely changed him. He was very,

504
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,440
very excited after that happened, but not not in like

505
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,440
a freaked out way like I said. He was literally

506
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,519
crying because he was just like, oh my god, it's.

507
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:14,079
Speaker 1: Real Ookline and Sinker. He was addicted. Then, Yeah, yeah,

508
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,680
that's great. Christina. What do you think of the chances

509
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,200
of the kids growing up to be investigators themselves, and

510
00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:24,400
if they do become investigators, would that make you happy?

511
00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:31,839
Speaker 3: Well, honestly, I don't know if they'll continue to do

512
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:36,559
it as they get older. I feel like the teenage

513
00:28:36,599 --> 00:28:41,599
years are upon us here pretty soon, and they may

514
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:46,119
not always enjoy going out with us at some point,

515
00:28:46,319 --> 00:28:49,119
which is fine. But if they do want to go,

516
00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:52,720
then that's awesome. I'm always going to encourage them to go,

517
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,599
just to get out of the house and to be

518
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,519
out there and do that. But as long as they're

519
00:28:59,559 --> 00:29:03,559
doing something thing productive, I'll always you know, support them.

520
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,519
I think there's a pretty good chance that they're going

521
00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:10,880
to continue down this road, especially if we keep having

522
00:29:11,359 --> 00:29:18,599
experiences and encounters and sightings and cool stuff happening I

523
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,880
think they're gonna want to stick with it. I don't know,

524
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,759
of like long term, I can't really say. I don't know,

525
00:29:27,839 --> 00:29:31,759
but I remember being a teenager and you know, at

526
00:29:31,759 --> 00:29:35,400
some point, you know, hanging out with my friends and

527
00:29:35,559 --> 00:29:39,119
that sort of thing starts to become more important, which

528
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:45,319
you know may happen. But either way, anytime that we

529
00:29:45,359 --> 00:29:49,480
get to spend doing anything that we love together is important.

530
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: Oh it's great. Yeah, Like I said, I love the

531
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,839
fact that you all do that have the sasquatch that

532
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,880
you and Mike have seen over the years meant the

533
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,799
description of being more or like skun keeps in appearance,

534
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,640
or would you say they look more like the traditional

535
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,680
sasquatch you'd find elsewhere in the lower forty eight.

536
00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:16,799
Speaker 3: Well, the only only like real visuals I've seen, I

537
00:30:16,839 --> 00:30:30,400
would say a more traditional sasquatch bigfoot like large. It's

538
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,480
it's hard to say, just because they have not like

539
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,480
seen each one. I mean, obviously I can compare to

540
00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:43,559
the different videos and stuff like that, but I would

541
00:30:43,559 --> 00:30:47,680
definitely say it was like more of like a I mean,

542
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,480
who's I don't know, I'm five ten and uh so

543
00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:59,000
to see something pretty large regardless it's it's large, it's big,

544
00:30:59,079 --> 00:31:03,319
it's not human, and it's not you know, no.

545
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: I think I follow you, Mike, from listening to you

546
00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:09,319
talk about the sasquatch that you and your family members

547
00:31:09,319 --> 00:31:12,160
have seen. It sounded to me like there are some

548
00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:14,839
variances in their appearance, but I don't want to jump

549
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,480
to conclusions. So with that in mind, were there many

550
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:21,519
variances and how they looked, And of course you can

551
00:31:21,599 --> 00:31:23,759
jump in on that as well, Christina, if you'd like to.

552
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:32,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, they I've had class A sightings more during the day.

553
00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:37,119
Christina's had the nighttime mostly the eye shine. She's she's

554
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,000
been close to things, but she hasn't had that middle

555
00:31:40,039 --> 00:31:44,000
of the day or clear, crystal clear picture. Just the

556
00:31:44,079 --> 00:31:47,759
eye shine. That was no doubt. She's seen that, and

557
00:31:47,799 --> 00:31:51,319
she's how big it was. It was wild. But I've

558
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:55,160
had a few different ones, and I can tell you

559
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,519
that like it went by the region and it kind

560
00:31:58,519 --> 00:32:01,799
of makes sense. So the one that we had, the

561
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:06,079
one I saw in Homosassa first was reddish brown and

562
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,720
had pretty long hair, but I wasn't close to it.

563
00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:11,039
I was from a distance, but I know it was

564
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:14,640
cinnamon colored. The next one I saw was in the

565
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,200
green swamp, and I was extremely close to that one.

566
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,400
It was at night, had my head lamp on, and

567
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,960
when I turned my head lamp on, it was standing

568
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,720
beside a tree with its back to me, and its

569
00:32:23,759 --> 00:32:30,039
hair looked very rough, and I could actually see it

570
00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:32,200
and see its skin was almost like a purple as

571
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,039
black color and it looked kind of like oily. And

572
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,880
he looked rough, like his hair was kind of matted more.

573
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:47,000
And then that one, I would say fits that, that

574
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,400
being in the swamp version. But up here the one

575
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:55,039
we saw, the juvenile, that one a couple months ago

576
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,240
had the most beautiful, well groomed looking hair I've ever

577
00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:02,240
seen on anything. Like it was almost had like a

578
00:33:02,279 --> 00:33:06,440
sheene to the black hair, and it was beautiful, like

579
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,519
when that thing took off, like it was just beautiful.

580
00:33:09,799 --> 00:33:12,480
So there's definitely some variances in I don't know if

581
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,880
it's regions. I would say, you know, if if you

582
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,720
live in a swamp all your life, you're gonna not

583
00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:19,480
be as well maintained as if you're living up in

584
00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:20,480
hills and caves.

585
00:33:20,839 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: You know, that's true. That's a really good point. And

586
00:33:26,359 --> 00:33:30,759
talking about the appearance thing people wonder why sasquatch are

587
00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:34,880
commonly reported is having long hair down in Florida. Well,

588
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,559
something to keep in mind is that's a very good

589
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,079
adaptation to deal with heat. But as long as your

590
00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:44,119
hair is set up a certain way. What I'm getting

591
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,160
at is certain animals, like camels, for example, they've grown

592
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:52,680
long hair long fur to keep the radiant heat off

593
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,000
of their skin. That's an advantage in hot areas. As

594
00:33:56,079 --> 00:33:59,480
long as the fur the hair is open enough where

595
00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:03,720
airflow heat exchange can take place, then having long hair

596
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,480
or long fur is a benefit, not a drawback. Now,

597
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,400
if you have a dog that's got a dense coat,

598
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,760
long dense fur, then that's a problem. That's a drawback

599
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,960
because it traps heat. But with skunk apes, with other

600
00:34:17,039 --> 00:34:20,440
sasquatch down in Florida, it would make sense that they

601
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,360
would be reported with long hair because they're here is

602
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,239
normally reported as being pretty clean, from what I've heard,

603
00:34:27,039 --> 00:34:30,320
pretty tidy. And if that's the case, then it is

604
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,360
going to block the radiant tee of the sun off

605
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,920
their skin but still allow breezes to get in and

606
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,440
heat transfer. Does that all make sense?

607
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent. And also something else that it

608
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,800
does that beautiful hair also is an insect repellent. I mean,

609
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,119
if you're in the middle of a swamp and you've

610
00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:51,159
got that hair the way it is, it's really hard

611
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:55,079
for mosquitoes and biting flies to get in there through

612
00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:55,840
that thicker hair.

613
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: Oh, that's a really good point. That does make a

614
00:34:59,519 --> 00:35:02,400
lot of sense, Mike. I don't think I ever heard

615
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,480
you answer this question before you had that first sighting

616
00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:10,039
in twenty seventeen. Were you interested in sasquatch or was

617
00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:11,440
it just in passing.

618
00:35:12,599 --> 00:35:18,039
Speaker 2: It was mostly just a I may believe it's real,

619
00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:21,280
I may not. It wasn't like something I worried about

620
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,320
all the time. It was just like I enjoyed Harry

621
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,480
and the Henderson's. I loved the thought of Bigfoot and sasquatch,

622
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,960
you know, I just had never dialed into it too much.

623
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,679
I think it was something that's been a part of

624
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,039
me when I was young, and I never knew it though.

625
00:35:36,599 --> 00:35:41,679
The area I grew up in, down in Wesley Chapel,

626
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,920
Pasco County, Florida, there's a preserve back there that as

627
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,920
a teenager, I was in there every day fishing and

628
00:35:48,599 --> 00:35:52,320
constantly being watched and followed by something, and I never

629
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,079
realized what it was till later in the years after

630
00:35:55,199 --> 00:35:56,800
i'd had that sighting.

631
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,639
Speaker 1: See, that's the thing. People have encounters with a squatch.

632
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,239
You they tell me that they've spent their whole lives

633
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,840
in the woods. Well, they have an encounter when they're

634
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,360
thirty or forty or fifty and they're freaked out. But

635
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,119
I tell them, well, if you've been in the woods

636
00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:12,639
all of your life, just think about all the times

637
00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:16,800
these guys have followed you, watched you, monitored you, and

638
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:21,039
they never hurt you. So that definitely counts for something.

639
00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:24,679
If they were monsters, and that definitely wouldn't be the case.

640
00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:31,119
So something not to lose sight of. Christina, you too,

641
00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:34,480
have turned squatching into a family thing. Have you ever

642
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,199
thought about how lucky you guys are to be able

643
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,280
to share these great experiences with your children.

644
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,639
Speaker 3: Oh, definitely. We count our blessings all the time without

645
00:36:45,679 --> 00:36:46,079
a doubt.

646
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: Well that's great, Yeah, you really are lucky going to

647
00:36:51,079 --> 00:36:54,719
fireworks and things like that. That's fun. But yeah, I

648
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,840
wouldn't stack that up against the times that you and

649
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,199
the kids have going out there with Mike and doing

650
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,599
all this squatching. Yeah, that's great.

651
00:37:03,559 --> 00:37:08,159
Speaker 3: Well, and you know, like he explained before, you know, mine,

652
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:14,079
my two are not exactly outdoorsy. I grew up outdoorsy,

653
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:18,880
but I also spent you know, a good amount of

654
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,679
my childhood up in Illinois, so you know, it was

655
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,519
the climate was a little bit different. You could go

656
00:37:25,559 --> 00:37:28,440
outside and ride a bike and you know, play all

657
00:37:28,519 --> 00:37:35,719
day without nearly dying. So but you know, I think

658
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,719
my kids are starting to learn to love to go.

659
00:37:40,639 --> 00:37:43,960
They're starting to learn to deal with the mosquitoes and

660
00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:47,719
the bugs and the deer fly. I mean, no one

661
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,360
really likes.

662
00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:50,639
Speaker 2: That part of it.

663
00:37:51,159 --> 00:37:54,559
Speaker 3: No one, no one enjoys that part of it. But

664
00:37:54,760 --> 00:38:00,239
the more you do it, the more uh comfortable. Yes,

665
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,559
I could say you get or you just accept it.

666
00:38:04,559 --> 00:38:07,559
It's just part of It's just a part of being

667
00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:09,039
out there and going to do what we gotta do.

668
00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:11,719
Yeah we're all hot, Yeah we're all sweaty, and there's

669
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,039
bugs and everything else. But take a look around, like

670
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,400
just look around at the beauty of nature. Like you know,

671
00:38:19,519 --> 00:38:24,199
when we go out, we don't always necessarily just snap

672
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:28,159
pictures and videos of you know, sasquatch stuff or skunk

673
00:38:28,199 --> 00:38:33,440
cape stuff that we think could be some evidence or

674
00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:36,719
proof of them being there. We also look at the

675
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,960
just the natural beauty of the way the trees grow

676
00:38:41,159 --> 00:38:44,400
and the leaves and just it's just so nice to

677
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,760
get out and just see what they see. Because you know,

678
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,440
even Mike and I when we go, I'll see something

679
00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:54,039
and he'll see something, and we we pointed out and

680
00:38:54,039 --> 00:38:56,480
it's just it's just really nice to take in all

681
00:38:56,519 --> 00:39:00,360
the beauty around us while we're out there swatting buzzugs

682
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:04,400
and you know, wiping sweat and guzzling water doing all

683
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,559
those things. But it's just really nice to kind of

684
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:12,039
get a kid's perspective of, you know, what they see

685
00:39:12,079 --> 00:39:13,199
in what they notice.

686
00:39:14,039 --> 00:39:17,079
Speaker 2: It's a it's a it's very much. I'm not going

687
00:39:17,159 --> 00:39:20,599
to tell you it's easy to get your children to

688
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:26,079
go to get that many little different acting and different

689
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,719
way of thinking, little minds, and you know, four of

690
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,880
them that are all different little people, and to try

691
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,679
and make all four of them happy outside in the

692
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:41,519
heat with the bugs is a challenge. It tests you

693
00:39:41,559 --> 00:39:44,719
at times, but we also you know, we push them

694
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:46,719
through it a little bit. We're like and then you know,

695
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:50,559
they all complain, they all, but we always have enough water.

696
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,599
We always have enough this and that. Jesse, you know,

697
00:39:53,679 --> 00:39:57,239
we've learned to he wants gloves now, and you want gloves, fine, buddy,

698
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,239
take gloves. He don't like getting bit, so he's he's

699
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,920
wearing his gloves, and he was happy as he could

700
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,119
be wearing gloves. So each one has to adapt to

701
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,639
where they're at to make them happy, and we work

702
00:40:08,679 --> 00:40:11,480
around it, and then it turns out to be more

703
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,079
adventurous because of that. But after they're done and they've

704
00:40:14,119 --> 00:40:17,159
sweated and they've been bug bit, they love coming back

705
00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:19,119
and telling their little stories of what they saw for

706
00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:19,880
that day.

707
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:24,079
Speaker 1: I love it. That's great. Yeah, as long as you

708
00:40:24,119 --> 00:40:27,639
can say that, then you can tell they're really enjoying themselves.

709
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,280
And a bad day in the woods beats of pants

710
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,079
off a good day in the office anytime. So I'm

711
00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:35,039
so glad you do that. Another thing I like so

712
00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,639
much is most of the time you go out, you're

713
00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:39,840
not going to have any activity, but you guys are

714
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,280
still enjoying the woods and enjoying nature. So as long

715
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,480
as that's the case, it's always going to be a win.

716
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 2: I always have people comment on random pictures that I

717
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,199
post and I'm like, oh, there's nothing there I'm just

718
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:58,119
admiring beauty because I'm a nature lover first, and Florida

719
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,880
is one of the most beautiful places on earth that

720
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:04,440
they would ever just finally stop destroying it and building

721
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,239
it up. Like I'm trying to bring people into that

722
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,599
part of Florida, like taking pictures and showing you things.

723
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,800
I'm showing you things from two to three miles deep

724
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,800
in the forest that nobody goes into and not nearly

725
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,159
as many people get to see. That's the real beauty

726
00:41:19,159 --> 00:41:22,440
of Florida, man, it is. It's such a beautiful place,

727
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:23,840
not the.

728
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 3: Overcrowded beaches and Disney World and it's all of that.

729
00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:35,199
Like we're trying to hold on to that original wild Florida.

730
00:41:35,519 --> 00:41:36,320
That's what we love.

731
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like Mike said, they're cutting down wild Florida more

732
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:46,440
and more every year. So it is sad, it really is. Christina.

733
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,679
I know Mike has gone into the field by himself

734
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,239
to investigate, but how about you. Have you ever done that?

735
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,519
If not, different plan to do that someday.

736
00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 3: I don't know that I have ever gone out in

737
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,840
the field to research by myself.

738
00:42:05,039 --> 00:42:07,559
Speaker 2: You've gone on. When we first met, you were always

739
00:42:07,639 --> 00:42:08,599
hiking bile yourself.

740
00:42:09,639 --> 00:42:12,559
Speaker 3: Yeah. I did go for some walks by myself. I

741
00:42:12,599 --> 00:42:16,400
mean not in not in the areas that we go,

742
00:42:16,519 --> 00:42:22,239
although I did go back by Uford Springs once in

743
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,840
the preserve, but it was more I would go on

744
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:31,840
like a marked, like known walking trail in places like that.

745
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,000
I wasn't like out looking for sasquatch or you know,

746
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:41,280
doing anything like that. I don't really have any reason

747
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:50,280
to go by myself, so but I would. I'm definitely

748
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,760
not opposed to it. I mean probably not at night.

749
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,920
I'm not gonna lie. I would not go by myself

750
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,079
at night. I don't really like to go anywhere at

751
00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:03,679
night by myself, just being a woman. But uh, yeah,

752
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:09,519
I'm not against it, but I'd rather go with somebody else,

753
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,320
Mike for my kids, or you know, another Keey member

754
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,960
or however it worked out well.

755
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 1: As adventurous as you sound, I wouldn't be surprised if

756
00:43:20,199 --> 00:43:22,800
some day you head out by yourself. But it's got

757
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,360
to be so much more fun when you tour together anyway,

758
00:43:25,679 --> 00:43:28,239
So I don't blame you for not having gone out yet.

759
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,599
Speaker 3: Oh it is. We have so much fun when we're

760
00:43:31,599 --> 00:43:33,599
out there, so much fun.

761
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,119
Speaker 2: I don't know, we need to start doing outtakes and

762
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:41,639
like just because those are funny. Like we are very

763
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,760
genuine people, Like I don't change because I turn the

764
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:49,079
camera on or if I have a recorder on. I

765
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,960
have to remind myself constantly that I am doing something

766
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:57,119
because I'm just no filter. And that's probably what makes

767
00:43:57,159 --> 00:43:59,840
it humorous and personal to other people, is because we

768
00:44:00,199 --> 00:44:01,599
how we are with everyone.

769
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:07,039
Speaker 1: Well, that's a good thing. Christine. From one understand you're

770
00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:11,159
recently invited to speak at a bigfoot conference. Please expand

771
00:44:11,159 --> 00:44:12,880
on that for us.

772
00:44:13,199 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 3: I am. I have been. It's going to be at

773
00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:20,320
the Great Florida Bigfoot Conference that they host every year

774
00:44:21,039 --> 00:44:24,519
and in O'calla, Florida at the World Crust Free and

775
00:44:24,639 --> 00:44:31,639
Center Expo one and that's on June thirteenth. But yeah,

776
00:44:31,679 --> 00:44:34,320
actually there was there was a post on Facebook. Well

777
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,559
I've attended the last two years. It's been great as

778
00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:39,800
a part of our other research team that we were

779
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:43,559
a part of. But this year we're actually doing our

780
00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:47,000
own thing, like we kind of touched on last week

781
00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:55,239
and so anyway, they were looking for some researchers to

782
00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:58,559
join the Skunk Ape round Table. It's kind of like

783
00:44:58,599 --> 00:45:06,000
an open discussion as a portion during the conference, and

784
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,199
I was the people's choice. People nominated me suggesting that

785
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,840
I would be a good person to go up there,

786
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,800
and so when I was invited, I happily accepted. Of course,

787
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:27,119
I'm quite nervous. I not exactly. I don't like being

788
00:45:27,119 --> 00:45:31,360
in front of the camera or I don't like talking

789
00:45:32,039 --> 00:45:36,760
too much about this. However, the more I do it,

790
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:42,159
the easier it gets, I'll say. So, I am pretty

791
00:45:42,159 --> 00:45:46,639
excited about it. Definitely nervous, but it's gonna be great.

792
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:48,079
Super excited.

793
00:45:49,039 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: Well you should be. You're gonna knock it out of

794
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:51,239
the park.

795
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,599
Speaker 2: And she happens to have two of our teammates with

796
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,400
her up there on stage, so that's going to help

797
00:45:58,400 --> 00:45:59,119
out a lot too.

798
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,679
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, that definitely helps. Do you have the

799
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,440
Squatch and fl shirt you're gonna we're picked out already

800
00:46:06,559 --> 00:46:09,400
or is that a work in progress?

801
00:46:09,039 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 3: It's on order. It is on order where we got

802
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:19,599
our merchandise order in. It's just going to take some

803
00:46:19,679 --> 00:46:23,480
time for production, but it shall be here prior to

804
00:46:23,519 --> 00:46:27,119
the conference, and uh, we'll have some stuff up for

805
00:46:27,199 --> 00:46:27,920
sale here soon.

806
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:33,039
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're prepared then that's great, Mike. When you and

807
00:46:33,159 --> 00:46:36,440
Christina had those three Class A sightings in two days.

808
00:46:36,559 --> 00:46:38,280
Do you think the fact that you had them was

809
00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:40,880
more to do with the things that you did or

810
00:46:41,519 --> 00:46:42,639
just dumb luck.

811
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:47,199
Speaker 2: Well, I think it was a little bit of both.

812
00:46:48,559 --> 00:46:51,599
The Friday night one was we had nothing to do

813
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:54,199
and the kids wanted to go for a jeep bride,

814
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,639
like we had just her kids and my kids were

815
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,280
with their with their mom, and her kids were like,

816
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,760
we want to go for a jeep ride, and I'm like, well,

817
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:05,559
let's go over here and maybe we'll do a little

818
00:47:05,559 --> 00:47:09,280
squatching at the same time. And it just couldn't have

819
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,599
worked out better. We were in there for thirty seconds,

820
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,400
didn't even have a chance to turn a camera on,

821
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:17,400
and boom, there's those giant eyeballs looking at us. And

822
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,400
then I think that was a little bit of luck

823
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,199
in that. But the next time I think was more

824
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,760
it was not as much luck because I followed the

825
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,039
trail right to where Well, it was a little bit

826
00:47:32,039 --> 00:47:33,480
of luck on that one too, because I got lost.

827
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:41,079
But I happened to get lost almost before dark, waiting

828
00:47:41,079 --> 00:47:43,280
for the cast to dry, And if I wouldn't have

829
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,199
got lost, I probably wouldn't have ended up in that

830
00:47:45,199 --> 00:47:48,760
little valley where we saw that juvenile go from two

831
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,519
legs to four legs, but so a little bit of both.

832
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,679
Speaker 1: He didn't get lost, he just got turned around right

833
00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:02,119
right exactly. That's it, Mike. What's the main mission of

834
00:48:02,199 --> 00:48:03,199
squatching FL.

835
00:48:05,119 --> 00:48:12,079
Speaker 2: We want to just have an open, fun, educational platform.

836
00:48:12,519 --> 00:48:15,159
We want to show that you can take kids out

837
00:48:15,199 --> 00:48:17,920
and do this in the woods. Other than just the research,

838
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,920
you can do that teaching the kids to be outdoors,

839
00:48:20,159 --> 00:48:23,079
learning camping, learning how to take care of themselves. We're

840
00:48:23,079 --> 00:48:25,360
going to be doing group things like that, helping to

841
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,480
We love doing that. We love teaching kids how to

842
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,440
do stuff. That's part of it. The other part, in

843
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:35,760
the long run would be to hopefully show proof. One

844
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,880
day we could be the organization that shows proof that

845
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,199
maybe the government and everybody else finally recognizes us as Okay,

846
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:47,360
these things are real. They are family groups, and we're

847
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,519
going to try and protect them and their families and

848
00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:51,599
the forests that they live in.

849
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,039
Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like you're on the right track to

850
00:48:54,079 --> 00:48:57,039
seeing that happen. And speaking of that, how big do

851
00:48:57,119 --> 00:48:59,960
you want this thing to grow? Talking about squatching FL.

852
00:49:01,159 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 2: I would love for I would love for it to

853
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:06,719
get as big as we can get it. I would

854
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:09,280
love to be whenever you think about Florida, Hey, oh

855
00:49:09,519 --> 00:49:12,079
Squatch an fl that's we know who that is. It'd

856
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:14,480
be cool if it this became like a household name.

857
00:49:14,559 --> 00:49:20,039
And but and it was always directly linked to the

858
00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:23,280
type of people and personalities we are. And then we're

859
00:49:23,559 --> 00:49:27,039
going to always have a great organization and no matter

860
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:28,920
how big or small it is, we're always gonna be

861
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,599
the same. We're always gonna be kind and courteous. I'll

862
00:49:32,639 --> 00:49:35,440
always reach out and talk to anybody who needs help.

863
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,800
We eventually have have future plans that we want to

864
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,440
work with RPG and some other play other people, maybe

865
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:49,039
helping veterans, helping children, helping people with mental illness. There's

866
00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:51,320
a lot of different things in different directions. We want

867
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:55,599
to go other than just Sasquatch. Sasquatch is just the

868
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,800
the piece of the puzzle that that connect that makes

869
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,400
the puzzle complete.

870
00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:02,559
Speaker 1: Well, you're both awfully nice people, and of course I

871
00:50:02,599 --> 00:50:04,800
wish nothing but the best for you. I hope this

872
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,800
thing grows wings and really takes off. I really do.

873
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:12,840
But oh, you're welcome, and we're.

874
00:50:12,639 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 3: Just not even necessarily trying to build a brand or

875
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:21,960
name or like, we're just trying to like a community

876
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:27,440
where we can all come together like minded people and

877
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:33,519
just open their minds and here, you know, hear us out,

878
00:50:33,599 --> 00:50:38,840
hear them out, tell stories, share different things. Everyone has

879
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:44,840
so much that they can contribute towards, you know, the research,

880
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:50,760
the exploration, just the whole big community. Like I said

881
00:50:51,159 --> 00:50:56,400
to everybody, come together, work together to make the world

882
00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:57,280
a happier place.

883
00:50:58,440 --> 00:50:58,639
Speaker 2: You know.

884
00:50:59,679 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, we work together, we get so much more done.

885
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,000
That's a good goal to have if it really is, well,

886
00:51:06,159 --> 00:51:08,199
we're almost out of time before we get out. If

887
00:51:08,199 --> 00:51:10,599
you're a guys, would you like to take this opportunity

888
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:13,760
to promote squash and fl one more time and let

889
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,519
anyone in Florida who had a sighting there know where

890
00:51:16,639 --> 00:51:18,519
they can get a hold of you. What's the best way?

891
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:24,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, we actually we know we cover everything on

892
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:28,280
our own and we're not trying to make money doing it.

893
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,760
But at the same time, if you can make a

894
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,760
little bit of money doing what you love to do

895
00:51:33,159 --> 00:51:36,519
and you're putting out a great product which people seem

896
00:51:36,559 --> 00:51:38,760
to love. They love our brand and the logo, So

897
00:51:39,079 --> 00:51:42,000
we decided to start doing the merchandise, and that helps

898
00:51:42,079 --> 00:51:45,119
us fund our adventures and little trips we do with

899
00:51:45,159 --> 00:51:47,480
the kids too. That's what we're trying to work towards.

900
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,639
As you imagine, with four kids, it costs a lot

901
00:51:50,679 --> 00:51:55,719
to do that. But we just literally today just put

902
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:59,679
up the pre order forums on Facebook and on my

903
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,440
face book page which I still use as a spatch

904
00:52:02,519 --> 00:52:06,159
NFL and on the group page. But there's a link

905
00:52:06,199 --> 00:52:07,480
on there that you can go to and you can

906
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,239
pick out whatever you want. We're also offering if you

907
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:11,920
go on there and you do find something you like,

908
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:15,079
we're gonna for the pre order stuff, We're gonna give

909
00:52:15,079 --> 00:52:16,960
away a gift card for bass Pro for twenty five

910
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,280
bucks just for the pre order stuff either right, just

911
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,400
for the pre order stuff, and you're gonna get each

912
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:27,679
You're gonna get decals with that too, So if you

913
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,039
do a pre order, you're gonna get a decal of

914
00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:32,199
your choice or whatever color you want, and every twenty

915
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:35,480
five dollars you spend gets a raffle ticket for the

916
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:40,480
gift card. But that being said, if you want to

917
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,920
get in touch with us, probably the easiest all around

918
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,079
method right now is to go through Messenger on Facebook

919
00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:50,800
Messenger and reach out. I do have my personal number

920
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:56,119
linked to my Facebook account also, that's probably the best

921
00:52:56,159 --> 00:52:57,519
ways to get a hold of us. And you know,

922
00:52:57,559 --> 00:52:59,840
if you have stories, or you have areas that you

923
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:01,800
want want to research and check out, you want someone

924
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,039
maybe you are afraid to tell someone that you had

925
00:53:04,039 --> 00:53:06,920
an encounter. I love hearing about that type of stuff

926
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,239
and I'd love to tell you, you know, anything you

927
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,119
need to hear that or you know, some people don't

928
00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:15,119
want to reach out to people like that, but I'm

929
00:53:15,199 --> 00:53:18,039
lucky and have quite a few people come to me

930
00:53:18,119 --> 00:53:20,280
and say, hey, you know, I've had this happen, I've

931
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,320
had that happen. Would you mind talking to me tell

932
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,960
me about your experiences. I'm always here for it.

933
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:29,559
Speaker 1: Well, that's awfully admirable, And for everyone listening who wants

934
00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:32,679
to contact you or check out squatching fl to find

935
00:53:32,679 --> 00:53:35,760
out more about your organization, I'm going to put your

936
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,800
contact info in the description for tonight's show. That'll make

937
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,599
it really easy for them to find that. But having

938
00:53:42,679 --> 00:53:45,559
said that, Mike and Christina, I can't thank you enough

939
00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:47,960
for coming on to do these shows, to tell us

940
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,360
about your experiences and of course to answer all these questions.

941
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:54,719
I really appreciate it, of course, that's pleasure.

942
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 2: Thank you very much for having us. You've been been great,

943
00:53:59,199 --> 00:54:01,000
you know, ever since we met you, you've been nothing

944
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:05,760
but great. And thank you for being behind us and support.

945
00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:08,400
Speaker 1: Paul, You're welcome. Yeah, you too are some of the

946
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,320
good people in this community. So however I can help,

947
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:15,440
glad to do it. Please remember that too. But having

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said that, thanks again so much for your time. It's

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been a lot of fun. And have a great night.

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That's it for another episode of Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio with

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Vic Kundiff. If you've had a sasquatch encounter and would

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like to be a guest on the show, please go

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to Bigfoot Eyewitness dot com and submit a report. We'd

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love to hear from you. Thanks for listening, have a

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great night.