1 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: In twenty and nineteen, I took a security job night 2 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,199 watching equipment in the middle of the woods at a 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,679 temporary concrete plant close to the town I used to 4 00:00:20,719 --> 00:00:23,839 live in. It was a blessing for me to land 5 00:00:23,879 --> 00:00:26,960 this job at that time, and on the first night there, 6 00:00:27,239 --> 00:00:30,519 I relieved my uncle's best friend, who I had not 7 00:00:30,719 --> 00:00:33,399 seen in forever, so I knew I should be just 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,399 fine there. The first few months were uneventful. I would 9 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,960 leave the windows down on my truck, and that's when 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,240 I started hearing tree limbs breaking off in the distance 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,280 and gravel hitting the metal pieces of the plant. I 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,960 wrote that office wind and rocks falling off the conveyor belt. 13 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:55,759 I left it at that. Sometimes I would take my 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,320 dog to work with me. He was a tough dog, 15 00:00:58,359 --> 00:01:00,119 but he wouldn't even get out of the truck and 16 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:04,079 these noises started. He just stayed on the floor all 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,719 night with his hair standing up and he would growl. 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,280 I didn't think much of it at the time. Winter 19 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:13,000 started and I ended up getting a new car to 20 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,480 save gas and be able to stretch out. The first 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,519 night I drove the car to work, I parked it 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,959 behind these water tanks that were on the ground. They 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,480 were laid over, so you couldn't see me until you 24 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:27,200 walk right up on me. It was a good plan 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,680 to catch trespassers, but a bad plan for everything else, 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,840 because it meant something could walk up on me too, 27 00:01:33,879 --> 00:01:36,040 and I wouldn't see them until it was too late. 28 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:40,200 It was around midnight. I had just laid my seat 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,879 back and I looked over my shoulder and I saw 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,239 this giant, white, gray looking thing walking up the driveway. 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,879 It looked like a guy in an Alabama sweatsuit. At first, 32 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,159 I'm six foot four and I weigh three hundred and 33 00:01:55,159 --> 00:01:59,000 seventy five pounds, and I'm not scared of anything, but lord, 34 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,400 this scared me. All I could think of was what 35 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,519 an idiot walking up here at this time of night, 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,080 in the middle of nowhere. When whoever it was got 37 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,840 closer to the street light and I could see it, 38 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,439 I saw that it had a tan colored face, and 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,719 what I thought was a jumpsuit was actually hair, and 40 00:02:19,759 --> 00:02:21,879 then it turned to look at me with that old 41 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:26,560 snap look on its face. Normally my truck was visible 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,479 from anywhere in the area, or you could hear it 43 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,199 pull up, and apparently I snuck in unnoticed that night. 44 00:02:34,599 --> 00:02:36,319 When I got a good look at it, I spun 45 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,919 my car around and shined my headlights on it, and 46 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,680 I grabbed my AR fifteen. It has a vortex scope, 47 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,599 tack light and a laser on it. In these couple 48 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:49,960 of seconds, it made it to the woodline sixty yards 49 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,840 away with a light and laser on it, and looking 50 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:55,599 through the scope, all I could see was its eyes shining, 51 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:59,199 and I bet they were seven inches apart. It was 52 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,879 cloaked like in the movies, the predator being the dummy 53 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,919 that I am. I fired twenty rounds at its feet 54 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,919 and over its head and it never blinked once. I 55 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,199 wasn't going to stay in that spot any longer, so 56 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:16,360 I hauled to a lit parking area to finish my 57 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,080 shift out that night. The next night, at work, I 58 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:23,479 was nervous, so I carried my bullpop shotgun loaded with 59 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,840 one out slugs. All night I heard trees falling and 60 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,479 got awful howls. There was no wind or a cloud 61 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,199 in the sky. I ended up telling my uncle's friend 62 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,319 what had happened, and he was relieved to hear it. 63 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:41,240 Apparently he had been going through hell with these creatures. 64 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,520 According to him, there was more than one. There was 65 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,439 a new story a long time ago from this area 66 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:52,120 about a local man's livestock coming up dead, and if 67 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:56,840 I'm not mistaken, something broke the donkey's neck. This happened 68 00:03:56,919 --> 00:03:59,159 right down the road from the area, not too far 69 00:03:59,199 --> 00:04:01,479 from the woman who who had made friends with them. 70 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,759 You had her on at one time. Cam. There are 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,639 several more stories just about that job site, and if 72 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,960 you and the audience would like to hear more, let 73 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,680 me know. I could probably write a book on it. 74 00:04:14,919 --> 00:04:17,240 Heck ya, we want to hear a man? Send them, 75 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,160 send them, send them. You can write a book, but 76 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,319 let me put them on the podcast. The man didn't 77 00:04:22,319 --> 00:04:24,399 say whether to use his name or not, so I'm 78 00:04:24,399 --> 00:04:28,360 not going to. But he's talking about the Alabama white thing, 79 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:31,399 and I think the woman he's referring to as my 80 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:35,839 friend kat Rabbit in Alabama. Anyway, this was, man, what 81 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:39,399 an exciting story. I really appreciate him sending it. Thank you, 82 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,040 all right, all right, thanks for joining the podcast. In 83 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,160 the last podcast I put out at the end, I said, 84 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,759 if you listen to the end of a two and 85 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,319 a half hour podcast, I'd shave your name in my back. 86 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:57,079 But there were too many names to do that. I 87 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,560 can't reach back there, and my wife's not going to 88 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,199 touch that, and I was afraid y'all wouldn't be able 89 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,160 to read it. So I just didn't do it. So 90 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:06,600 I didn't lie to you. That was kind of the intention, 91 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,240 but it became an impossibility because so many people listen 92 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:12,639 to the end. So I appreciate all you guys listening 93 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,000 to the end. Hey again, thanks for joining the podcast. 94 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:17,959 I don't know how many stories are going to be 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,240 in this podcast. I think four, couple of long ones, 96 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,879 a couple of short ones, whatever the deal. I hope 97 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:33,360 you enjoy it all. Right here we go. I have 98 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:37,160 a story that has haunted me my entire life. I 99 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:40,439 want to know what you think about this. I grew 100 00:05:40,519 --> 00:05:43,639 up in West Tennessee, in a small community on the 101 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,279 other side of our town. Back in the early sixties, 102 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:50,480 we only had black and white television with three channels. 103 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,040 Our mom would tell us that there was no such 104 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,680 thing as monsters, and she allowed us to watch movies 105 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,000 with for ten monsters or aliens, as at the time, 106 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,519 looked robotic and cheesy. I was about four or five 107 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,319 years old and I slept on a makeshift feather bed 108 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,319 in the room with my parents. One night, I was 109 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,800 awaken from a deep sleep with a bright light on 110 00:06:13,879 --> 00:06:16,879 my face. I would not open my eyes because I 111 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,959 was confused about why my mother would do that. It 112 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,720 was not like her at all to turn on a 113 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,879 light while I was sleeping. I waited and the light 114 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:29,240 stayed on, and I was feeling a bit cool. What 115 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:33,040 is my mother doing? I wondered in my half sleep state. 116 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,120 I could sense something standing at my head, and I 117 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,519 noticed that I couldn't move anything but my pinky fingers. 118 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,639 I felt the edge of my bed, only to feel 119 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,639 that it had a cool, metallic feel to it. I 120 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,720 was lying on my back and my head and feet 121 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:51,240 were straight. I slowly opened my eyes and I saw 122 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,439 that I was naked. I was in a sterile looking 123 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,199 room with no windows that I can remember. Each side 124 00:06:58,199 --> 00:07:01,519 of me, there were two gray alien beings, and there 125 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,319 was one at my feet. I could still sense the 126 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,319 one at my head too, and all there were six 127 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,480 of them in the room with me. As soon as 128 00:07:10,519 --> 00:07:14,480 I focused on these things, they simultaneously leaned over toward 129 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,879 my face. They looked alike with their big heads and 130 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,439 black eyes and slits for nostrils and mouths. I panicked 131 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,839 because I had never seen such things in my life. 132 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,199 I couldn't scream. I just kept trying, and the third 133 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,680 time that I tried to scream, I suddenly woke up 134 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,759 in my bed. My nightgown was on, and there was 135 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:39,319 like nothing had ever happened. This incident has stayed with 136 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,720 me my entire life. I was in my mid twenties 137 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:45,560 before I saw a real picture of a gray alien, 138 00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:49,959 and I was shocked that picture was identical to those 139 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 six beings. My thoughts were instantly flooded with that memory 140 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,319 at that very moment. I have told one person about this, 141 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,920 and when I told them, that person looked at me 142 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:04,959 as if I was crazy. I've heard that when abductions occur, 143 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,439 these people are visited on a regular basis, but this 144 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:10,439 has not been the case for me, at least not 145 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,959 that I can remember. I have had other odd things 146 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:17,120 happen to me during my lifetime, but this one was 147 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,160 one of the most terrifying. Oh wow, you know, I 148 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,720 get these stories every once in a while, and I 149 00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:27,120 hear them from people. I'm not going to say anything 150 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:31,560 that I don't think this woman has thought of herself 151 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,879 but could it have just been a very vivid dream 152 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,480 and those images in your mind of these aliens could 153 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:41,480 have been something you saw on television or in a 154 00:08:41,639 --> 00:08:45,679 magazine or in a book. I'm not saying that's the case. 155 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,000 I'm just saying, could these things be explained like that? 156 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,799 Because every time I get one of these the person 157 00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:57,279 is having, it's like they're unconscious but they're conscious. It's 158 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,559 almost like they're awake but they're not awake. Just sounds 159 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,440 a lot like a dream to me. I grew up 160 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,679 with the night terrors, and I can remember those dreams. 161 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,159 I'm sixty two and I can still remember those dreams 162 00:09:12,399 --> 00:09:16,200 from fifty to fifty five years ago, just as clear 163 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,600 in my mind as I had just woken up from them. 164 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:25,559 Those night terrors, those night horrors, they imprint on your psyche, 165 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,320 and it's like a lot of people never forget them. 166 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,080 I would love to explain to you all some of 167 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,759 my night terrors that I've had, maybe I will someday, 168 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,399 and they're kind of silly. And I think one of 169 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:40,720 my sons had night terrors at night, and you know 170 00:09:40,799 --> 00:09:43,039 now that I'm talking about that. I've never asked him 171 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,039 what those dreams were about, or if he can even 172 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,799 remember them. But now that I'm talking about it, I'm 173 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:50,720 going to see him at Christmas. I'm going to ask 174 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:54,159 him that this is very interesting. I don't doubt that 175 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,559 this woman had some kind of experience. That's not the 176 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,559 reason I said, could it be a dream? I'm always 177 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,519 looking for answers to a lot of these. I love 178 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,200 the story. If this is something that really happened to 179 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,000 this woman, doesn't matter. What matters is it bothers her 180 00:10:10,039 --> 00:10:12,759 still today and she can't figure it out. So thank 181 00:10:12,799 --> 00:10:18,759 you for sharing it with us. Okay, this is a 182 00:10:18,879 --> 00:10:23,440 little This is a short, short, little story about a dog. 183 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:27,240 It's not a monster story. It's not Bigfoot, not dog Man, 184 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,840 not aliens. But it's a really good little story about 185 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,279 how intuitive dogs are. Let me read it to you. 186 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:39,240 Olympia was a beautiful, gentle golden retriever. Everyone loved her. 187 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,120 My friends used to argue over who got the babysit 188 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,519 her when I had to go away for a few days. 189 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:49,159 She was intelligent and intuitive. She knew when I was ill, 190 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,000 and she would stay in physical contact with me all 191 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,799 day and all night if I were ailing her hip 192 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,879 against mine, until I felt better. Once It was a 193 00:10:58,919 --> 00:11:01,799 knock at the door, and outside was a big, scary 194 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,240 looking guy replete with leathern studs and tattoos. He had 195 00:11:06,279 --> 00:11:11,720 a mohawk and a mean angry expression. Olympia became enraged 196 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,120 at the sight of this man, and I had to 197 00:11:14,159 --> 00:11:17,000 restrain her or she would have gone through the screen 198 00:11:17,039 --> 00:11:20,759 door after him. I had never once seen her act 199 00:11:20,799 --> 00:11:25,200 like this. Could she smell his aggression? Could she smell 200 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:30,639 my fear? Olympia's best friend was a yellow lab named Katie. 201 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,720 Katie and her humans lived a few blocks away from us. 202 00:11:35,519 --> 00:11:38,120 She was a frequent visitor and I used to take 203 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:40,399 care of her when her family had to go away. 204 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,120 If you've ever had a dog, you know that they 205 00:11:44,159 --> 00:11:47,679 have specific places in the house that are their very 206 00:11:47,759 --> 00:11:51,519 own place. Olympia liked to be on or next to 207 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,679 my bed, and Katie used to like to hang out 208 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:58,720 under the bed. Olympia never went under the bed though, 209 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:02,480 never that was case Eady's place. But one day she 210 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:05,919 suddenly went under the bed in Katie's spot, and for 211 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,399 two weeks that's where she stayed. And then suddenly she 212 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,480 re emerged and never went back under there again. Later, 213 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:18,200 I learned that just when Olympia started going under the bed, 214 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,919 poor Katie had died. When I found out, Olympia's behavior 215 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:27,279 made perfect sense. She was, after all, an incredible dog 216 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,799 with an incredible intuitive gift, and I was lucky to 217 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:34,080 call her my own. And that's the end of it. 218 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,879 But I thought that was good. I wanted to share 219 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:38,960 it with you because I like to talk about dogs, 220 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,720 and dogs seem to have a sense about those things. 221 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,279 Nobody can explain it. If you have a story that 222 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,879 you could send me that's an unusual story about a dog, 223 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,879 or just about a dog that you love, man, send 224 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,360 it to me. I'll put it on the podcast. I 225 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,320 love those stories. Sometimes it's good to break away from 226 00:12:58,399 --> 00:13:01,759 the monster stuff and just read something good and heartwarming. 227 00:13:02,159 --> 00:13:08,720 I really appreciate the writer for sending this. It was 228 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,720 late summer of two thousand and nine in a small 229 00:13:11,799 --> 00:13:15,840 Minnesota town north of the Twin Cities. I was staying 230 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,159 in my buddy John's house on ten acres of forested land. 231 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:24,159 We were just seventeen at the time. John's dad built 232 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:26,480 a million dollar home on that plot of land, with 233 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,919 more rooms and doors and windows than you could count. 234 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,519 He even had a gun room, John's parents were out 235 00:13:33,519 --> 00:13:36,559 of town on vacation in Mexico, and his sister was 236 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,360 at a friend's house for the week. So John came 237 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,480 and picked me up in his maroon Grand Marquee and 238 00:13:42,519 --> 00:13:46,320 we went to his house. Nothing was out of the ordinary, 239 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,639 but I remember when I got out of the car, 240 00:13:48,799 --> 00:13:52,080 I smell something rank in the air. I don't really 241 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:54,879 know how to describe this smell, but it made me 242 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,440 sick to my stomach. John said there was probably a 243 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,720 dead animal somewhere, not to worry about it. We got 244 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,480 inside through a couple of steaks on the grill and 245 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:09,159 enjoyed the view from his million dollar back patio, which 246 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,200 faced the vast wilderness and the ponds surrounded by trees. 247 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:16,679 Now I could hear the frogs sounding out different calls, 248 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,639 but otherwise there was no noise but the gentle breeze 249 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,720 and the leaves. But there was that smell again. It 250 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:25,679 was so bad that I had to go inside to 251 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,120 find a handkerchief to put over my face so I 252 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:31,440 could breathe. It didn't work very well, but I was 253 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,639 thankful that it helped it a little. By the time 254 00:14:34,679 --> 00:14:37,440 we finished eating, there was nothing left but bones on 255 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,200 the plate. It was dark enough that you couldn't see 256 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,360 an inch into the tree line at the edge of 257 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:47,360 John's thick, beautiful golf course green lawn. We looked at 258 00:14:47,399 --> 00:14:49,799 the steak bones on our plate and decided the only 259 00:14:49,879 --> 00:14:52,080 rational thing to do was to see who could throw 260 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,480 them further in the woods. So we chunked them as 261 00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:58,120 hard as we could, and we listened to the rustling 262 00:14:58,159 --> 00:15:00,799 of them falling through the trees. We heard them hit 263 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,799 the ground, but what we didn't expect were the noises 264 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,840 that came after that. It sounded like a bear crashing 265 00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:12,240 through the trees. The bears are rare in Minnesota, but 266 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:16,559 they are here, make no mistake. John and I decided 267 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,720 to get out there and go for a drive so 268 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:21,840 that whatever was crashing through the trees wouldn't be tempted 269 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:25,120 to come and check us out. We brought the grill in, 270 00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:27,279 we hopped in the car, and we sped out of 271 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,840 there as quickly as we could. We drove around for 272 00:15:30,879 --> 00:15:34,360 about an hour, listening to loud music, and made the 273 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,000 same trip over the same roads until it was pitch 274 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:41,360 black outside. It was about the sixth time that we 275 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,679 had made that loop when I started getting a funny feeling. 276 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,120 It was a sense of anxiety that I'd never felt. 277 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,879 Adrenaline immediately started coursing through my veins. I felt like 278 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:56,519 I was being watched by something big. I stopped listening 279 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:00,399 to the music and I was looking straight ahead. John 280 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:03,840 was barely paying attention other than he was going straight. 281 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,919 I saw a huge figure walk across the road. I 282 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:10,080 couldn't see its face, but I saw the shine of 283 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,879 its eyes. That some bitch had to be ten or 284 00:16:12,879 --> 00:16:16,440 eleven feet tall, and its arms were unnaturally long to 285 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,720 be a human in a suit or a bear. It 286 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,120 was walking on two legs, but it walked more like 287 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,480 an ape than a human, and its feet were massive 288 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,320 and flat, and I could see the muscles rippling through 289 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,840 its thick, red gray fur. I felt fear like I 290 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:35,679 had never felt before in my life, and every hair 291 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,440 on my body stood straight up. It was like I 292 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,440 had been struck by lightning. I remember trying to scream 293 00:16:42,519 --> 00:16:46,240 and I couldn't breathe. John never saw what crossed the road, 294 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,480 even though he came a foot from hitting it with 295 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:51,840 his car, But he noticed that something was wrong with me, 296 00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:54,840 and he slapped me across the chest, which made me 297 00:16:54,879 --> 00:16:57,600 catch my breath. What the hell's going on with you? 298 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:01,639 He asked. It was a bigfoot, I managed to get out. 299 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:05,960 John knew me as the craziest, most fearless person he 300 00:17:06,039 --> 00:17:08,720 had ever met. He knew I never backed down from 301 00:17:08,759 --> 00:17:12,240 any challenge or any dare, anything that was stupid and 302 00:17:12,519 --> 00:17:16,119 could result in broken bones or death. But there I was, 303 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,920 his fearless friend, scared straight and barely able to speak. 304 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,839 My fight or flight response was always fight first, and 305 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,599 asked questions later. But I won't lie though I was 306 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,319 all flight that night. He slammed on the brakes and 307 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,400 spun the car around to go back to where I 308 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,519 saw what scared me, and we drove a little until 309 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:40,839 I could see footprints out the window, and John turned 310 00:17:40,839 --> 00:17:45,160 his car so the headlights pointed into the trees. In 311 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,759 the light from the headlights, I saw the creature standing 312 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:50,079 behind a tree, and it was holding on to a 313 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,440 tall branch. If I didn't know what I was looking for, 314 00:17:53,519 --> 00:17:56,359 I would have never have seen it. Right away, I 315 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,920 lost my breath and all my hair stood up again. 316 00:17:59,519 --> 00:18:02,920 I felt like it was radiating anger straight at me. 317 00:18:04,519 --> 00:18:06,440 John asked if I saw it, but all I could 318 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,240 do was point, So we rolled down his window and 319 00:18:09,319 --> 00:18:11,519 stuck his head out, and he called out to it, 320 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,039 but the creature didn't move. And then he opened up 321 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:18,240 his door and got out and whooped into the forest, 322 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:21,440 and right then a loud, angry growled like I had 323 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:24,039 never heard before in my life, came right back at 324 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,599 him from the woods. John saw the creature as it 325 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,799 raised its hand in the air and threw a large 326 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,960 rock at the car, busting the headlight on his side. 327 00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:36,160 He jumped back in the car and popped it in 328 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,119 reverse and kicked up rocks and gravel in the road 329 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,359 as he peeled out of there. We got back to 330 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,119 his house, pulled the car in the garage, and assessed 331 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,799 the damage. Then we started hearing banging on the house 332 00:18:48,839 --> 00:18:52,440 and screams coming from outside, just like we heard on 333 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,480 the road. Well, we looked at each other and headed 334 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:59,240 to the gun room in the basement. John retrieved us 335 00:18:59,279 --> 00:19:02,240 both a gun and a rifle, and the banging got 336 00:19:02,279 --> 00:19:05,839 louder and more intense, and the screams were becoming deafening. 337 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,480 We headed upstairs to the ground floor and went out 338 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,200 the front door with our weapons pointed. John went left 339 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,079 and I went right. We were going to meet up 340 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,279 in the back of the house, and if we saw 341 00:19:18,319 --> 00:19:22,359 this creature, we agreed we would shoot it. We ran 342 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,160 around the entire house and right into each other without 343 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:28,440 either of us seeing anything, but we could still hear 344 00:19:28,519 --> 00:19:33,160 this thing screaming and banging around. We went inside through 345 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,640 the back door and closed and locked it, and then 346 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,440 went upstairs to their bonus room, which had a view 347 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,799 of the front and left side and the rear of 348 00:19:40,799 --> 00:19:44,599 the property. There was a point at every window in 349 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,559 that room that you could open it up, step out 350 00:19:47,599 --> 00:19:50,920 on the roof, and walk anywhere you wanted. And as 351 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,000 soon as we got in the room, we realized the 352 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,200 creature was screaming and banging around on the roof. John 353 00:19:57,279 --> 00:20:00,039 opened up one of the windows, pointing his gun and 354 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,680 fired three shots into the air. That's when my fight 355 00:20:03,799 --> 00:20:06,640 response kicked in, and I climbed out the window with 356 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,200 the rifle in my hand, and I turned to the 357 00:20:09,279 --> 00:20:11,640 left and started onto the roof, and I saw the 358 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:16,480 creature standing there staring at me. I froze in fear. 359 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:20,440 At that moment, it seemed like Tom stood still, and 360 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,759 I was sure that I was gonna die. This thing's 361 00:20:23,839 --> 00:20:27,559 fists were clenched and his arms looked like clubs, and 362 00:20:27,599 --> 00:20:30,839 he was growling and showing me his long, gangly teeth 363 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,559 Behind me, John climbed out the window too, and he 364 00:20:34,599 --> 00:20:37,440 saw me standing there, frozen and pointing the rifle at 365 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,400 the creature. And when John ran toward me, the creature 366 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,759 started to charge. I pulled the trigger as fast as 367 00:20:43,799 --> 00:20:46,839 I could, and I fell backward. John grabbed me and 368 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,039 hoisted me back to my feet and started firing at 369 00:20:50,079 --> 00:20:53,880 the creature while it was still charging us. He landed 370 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,759 a shot in the creature's left leg, right shoulder, and forearm, 371 00:20:58,279 --> 00:21:00,880 and it let out a howl of pain, and I 372 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,000 pulled my trigger again, this time hitting him twice in 373 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:07,279 the chest. But it just kept coming at us even 374 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:12,079 after we had shot it. The creature jumped right over 375 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,599 us and off the roof, and it landed on the 376 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,759 earth like it was nothing. We heard him running back 377 00:21:17,759 --> 00:21:21,279 into the forest, screaming and growling as it went, crashing 378 00:21:21,319 --> 00:21:25,799 through the forest away from the house. Back inside the 379 00:21:25,799 --> 00:21:29,079 Bonus Room, we sat at opposite windows, holding our guns 380 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,640 in hand and talking until we both passed out sitting up. 381 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,759 We woke up the next morning, both of us startled 382 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:38,799 and looking out the windows to see if there was 383 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,160 anything out there that shouldn't have been but it all 384 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,079 seemed clear, so we went out of the windows to 385 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,200 look around on the roof to see if we could 386 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,359 find blood. We did find a little, and John took 387 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,519 pictures of them to prove to his dad that we 388 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:58,799 weren't just messing around. Since then, I have lost contact 389 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:01,240 with John and his family, and I no longer have 390 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,680 access to those photos on the camera. But after we 391 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,559 took pictures, we washed all the blood off the roof 392 00:22:07,599 --> 00:22:10,079 and the grass leading up to the tree line, and 393 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:12,480 then we followed the path that the creature had made. 394 00:22:13,319 --> 00:22:17,119 We found its massive footprints and took photographs of them. 395 00:22:17,559 --> 00:22:19,680 We followed it all the way down to the water 396 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,480 that's where it disappeared. I stayed there another three nights 397 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,279 with John at the house with absolutely no activity. We 398 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,240 called his father and his mother and explained what had happened, 399 00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:34,920 and if it weren't for the pictures of the footprints 400 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,039 and the blood, they would have never believed us. We 401 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,839 never really spoke of it again, and this is the 402 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,359 first time I'm telling of it since I'm twenty nine 403 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,319 years old, and I still dream of that night, and 404 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:52,039 I wake up shivering. I hope you enjoyed the story. 405 00:22:52,519 --> 00:22:57,799 Not gonna lie, reliving that moment isn't exactly a pleasant experience, 406 00:22:58,279 --> 00:23:02,319 but I'd liked my story to be out there. Thanks 407 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,200 for listening this far. I appreciate you. Christmas is coming up. 408 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,160 I know everybody's getting excited. Today is December thirteen, twenty 409 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:13,759 twenty four. I've got about I don't know what's that 410 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,599 twelve days before Christmas. I'm looking forward to it. I 411 00:23:17,599 --> 00:23:20,480 hope you guys are. Let's all get in the Christmas spirit. 412 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,920 Be good to everybody, be a light to everybody. Breathe 413 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:28,359 life into everybody you come across, and display that Christmas spirit. 414 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,279 I know they would appreciate it. Thanks for listening to 415 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:39,240 the podcast. See you guys on the next one.