WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:13.240 In southwest Ohio. One evening in two thousand and sixteen, 2 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.079 my buddy and I were fishing at a pond in 3 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:21.120 Sycamore State Park. We were downhill from a reservable shelter 4 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.920 where a wedding reception was being held, and we started 5 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.359 making our way back up the hill. When we made 6 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:30.559 it to the top, we looked over at the shelter 7 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:34.560 under the light. Something caught our attention and it made 8 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.759 a stop in our tracks. It was a nine foot 9 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:41.679 tall dark creature standing next to one of the trash cans. 10 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.200 It stared at us for a couple of seconds, and 11 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.799 then it turned around and walked into the brush line. 12 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:50.880 We ran to the car and sped out of there, 13 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:56.880 and we've never been back to that place. Hey, y'all, 14 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:59.520 welcome to the podcast. My name is Cam Buckner and 15 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.039 this is the Dixie Cryptid Podcast, also known as the 16 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:06.719 what If It's True? Podcast on any podcast app that 17 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.040 you have on your phone. By to it. Most of 18 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.840 December and the holiday season off. Hope you guys had 19 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.480 a great Christmas in New Year, by the way, But 20 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:17.760 I took that time off and just didn't do much 21 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.439 of nothing, and I am recharged and ready to get 22 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:24.560 back and get back at this podcast and everything else 23 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.760 I do during the day. Let's say we've got nine 24 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.439 stories in this podcast, because I owe it to you 25 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:35.000 been gone for about three weeks. The last story might 26 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:38.920 be the most interesting story in this podcast. It's about 27 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.920 thirty minutes long, and it is an email I got 28 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.760 from a federal game warden. Read the story, thought it 29 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.519 was interesting. He left his phone number, and I called 30 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:54.519 him and asked him about this story. Normally I don't 31 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:56.719 do that. I mean, it's like one out of a 32 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.879 thousand that I'll call when people send their phone number. 33 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.439 He give me a call if you want to talk 34 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:03.519 or whatever. I don't. I don't have time for that. 35 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.680 But I call this guy because the story was so 36 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.680 interesting and it kind of matched up with the missing 37 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.960 person's phenomenon. So he and I talked. Actually we've talked 38 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:18.039 a couple of times. He as a partner that he 39 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.120 worked with for years. He's retired now, but he as 40 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.240 a partner he's worked with for years and together they 41 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:28.960 have some amazing stories. He's written one more and he's 42 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:33.000 promised to send me a couple more, give me a 43 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:36.759 series of about four or five. So as I do them. 44 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.800 I'll make the thumbnail. It'll be a missing person's kind 45 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.120 of thumbnail, and you'll know that it's another one in 46 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.919 the series. And I'm including it with a bunch of 47 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.960 other stories. So you guys can all you people who 48 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.520 fall asleep can listen to this over and over and 49 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.960 snooze off while I read a story. Seems to be 50 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.840 a popular activity when my podcast has gone going on. Anyway, 51 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.120 thanks for joining me on this podcast. I'm ready to 52 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:11.719 get into it all right, here we go. My cousin's 53 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:14.319 husband was sitting next to me at dinner one night. 54 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:19.439 I knew he was an outdoorsman working on wildlife conservation projects, 55 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.520 so I turned to him and asked him about the 56 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:26.240 spotted owl project that he had been working on. His 57 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:30.520 entire demeanor changed, his skin paled and his hand trembled 58 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.479 as he reached for his glass. I saw them. You 59 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:39.080 know they're huge, he said, the owls I asked. He 60 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:43.400 shook his head and looked away. It was never about owls, 61 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:48.199 never about owls, he kept saying. Taking another drink, his 62 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.680 hands still trembling, and he dropped his voice and leaned 63 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:55.719 in and he whispered softly. It was about Sasquatching. It 64 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:00.439 was always about that beast. He quit talking now after that. 65 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.759 I was so taken aback by his response that I 66 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:08.159 didn't ask him anything else. Already believed in Sasquatch as 67 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.520 long as I could remember, and had so many questions 68 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.120 for him, but I kept them to myself. The way 69 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.639 he spoke about it to me, it pained him. His 70 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:23.720 body language was screaming trauma. I desperately wondered what happened 71 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.399 to him out there on his soul called a spotted 72 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:31.000 owl project, but I didn't dare to ask him. He 73 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.120 passed away now, and I never once doubted that he 74 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.319 was telling the truth. His demeanor that night was confirmation 75 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.079 enough to me that we had been deceived and there's 76 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:44.079 something in the woods they don't want us to know about. 77 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:49.360 Oh man, that is such a cryptic little email. You know, 78 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.480 there's not a lot of background, which I kind of 79 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.680 like those. I kind of like those stories where it 80 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.439 just tells the story. I think it's more impact Sometimes 81 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:01.560 the shorter stories are more impactful than the long drawn 82 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.360 out I'm a I'm a he man, mountain man kind 83 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:08.560 of stuff. But this was really good. So this guy's 84 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.560 out on this spotted owl project, which I think is 85 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.759 a is something that goes on in the Northwest. Well, 86 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:16.959 I don't think we have spotted owls where I live. 87 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.240 We do have some big old barn owls and other 88 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.600 kind of owls. I have them land up in my 89 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.199 pine trees out in front in my front yard in 90 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.360 the summertime, and I'll see one of them, a big one, 91 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.600 swoop up and land on a branch, and I walk 92 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.360 right up but underneath them, and look up at him 93 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.839 and take pictures of them, and they just kind of 94 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.759 look down at me. And when they're looking down at me, 95 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.839 it's kind of they are an amazing bird. But when 96 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.480 they look down at me, it's like, if you were 97 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.600 a little smaller, I think I'd eat you. That's the 98 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.199 vibe I get from an owl. And I have two 99 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:55.519 little dogs. I don't think they would eat my little dogs, 100 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.199 but they might anyway. I love owls. But he's out 101 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:03.600 there on his spottedt oul project and it's disguised as 102 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:07.519 a sasquatch project, and she was afraid to ever ask 103 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.040 him the question. Again. I kind of get that, you know, 104 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.240 when you get that kind of response from somebody that 105 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.879 doesn't talk much you just leave it alone and you 106 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.199 take it for what it's worth. Anyway, this was a 107 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.360 great story. I really appreciate the writer sending it. It 108 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:28.519 was so good. Thank you. I am an active duty 109 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:33.360 soldier stationed at Fort Stuart, Georgia. Earlier this year. My 110 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.879 unit was out on training for forty five days. In 111 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.399 that time, we trained day and night, and we slept 112 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.079 under the stars, sometimes in the woods and sometimes out 113 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:47.879 in open fields. On one night, we had just finished training, 114 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:51.560 five of us were huddled together watching the clouds drift 115 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:56.000 overhead as we talked about anything and everything. The planet 116 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:58.879 Venus was prominent in the night sky and the Moon 117 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.439 was sitting fairly low. We were able to make out 118 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.959 both of them through the clouds. As we admired the view, 119 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:11.240 large bright object appeared beneath the glow of Venus. None 120 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:13.800 of us could figure out what it was. It had 121 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:16.639 appeared out of nowhere and was sitting in front of 122 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.519 the clouds and was shining brighter than Venus. It wasn't 123 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.399 an aircraft because it wasn't moving or blinking. We got 124 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.600 lost in the conversation and again about one thing or another. 125 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.879 When one of our group pointed out that the light 126 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.920 had disappeared and then reappeared a full ninety degrees away. 127 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.839 All eyes were back on this light, and again it 128 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:42.800 wasn't moving. As we watched it, it started releasing a 129 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:47.199 ring of white smoke. It was circular at first, and 130 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:51.519 then it expanded into a sideway's heart shape. It was 131 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.199 big and loose at first, and then started to get 132 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.800 smaller somehow, and it became more defined until poof the 133 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:03.759 object and the shot out of sight. The strangest part 134 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:06.360 was that all of the clouds in the sky disappeared 135 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:09.759 in an instant, and all of the stars popped on 136 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.160 this massive canvas of black, as if a switch had 137 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.240 been flipped. The five of us looked at each other, 138 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.160 relieved we had seen the same thing, knowing anyone else 139 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.920 would have called us crazy and locked us up. The 140 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:27.240 next day, I couldn't stop thinking about it. At least 141 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.720 three other soldiers from different areas of our training site 142 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:33.919 saw it too. It was the strangest thing I had 143 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:36.879 ever seen, and I've never been able to explain it. 144 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.879 Oh what a cool story. Now that's a UFS That 145 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:44.879 is a UFO story. I've never heard smoke coming out 146 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.279 of the UFO making some kind of shape in the 147 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.919 sky and then boom, it's gone and all the clouds 148 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.000 are gone. Now that is weird. I love all this 149 00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:02.159 UFO stuff, and it's actually become so the word popular. 150 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.480 There's a lot of information out on these things now 151 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:10.279 nobody still nobody knows what they are, but the so 152 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:14.799 that the just the light sightings become less interesting. Do 153 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.080 you know what I'm talking about? But these light sightings 154 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.679 are exciting to me because I think I've seen something like, 155 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:25.919 not this, but something lights in the sky. I've described 156 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.240 it before. I have no idea what it was. It 157 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:32.799 was probably all explainable, and you know, it was probably 158 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.320 just a natural thing, an aircraft or something like that. 159 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.200 But I've seen lights in the sky and the way 160 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.600 it makes you feel is like, oh man, that is 161 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:44.360 so cool to see something different like that. It seems 162 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:47.919 to be nothing like in movies, you know, do you 163 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.919 guys like the UFO type movies. Like one of my 164 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.080 favorite movies of all time is Close Encounters of the 165 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.879 Third Kind. That movie. I could watch it today and 166 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.360 it still takes me back to that time when I 167 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:04.840 was just in wonder an amazement at all the things 168 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:10.320 that could be it's the the UFO type, alien type 169 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.600 films that come out now. They're so I don't know, 170 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.840 they're just I don't know if it's the writers or 171 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:21.080 what it is. I just watched. We bought a subscription 172 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:24.360 to Apple TV, and I got to tell you, I 173 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:27.679 don't like anything by Apple. I don't like their phones, 174 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:33.240 I don't like their computers. Just logging in to your account, 175 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.639 your Apple account is a major pain. It's not like 176 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:42.080 anything else anyway. We subscribe to Apple TV to watch 177 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:46.559 a specific series. It was probably a year ago, maybe more, 178 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.399 and then I was going to cancel the subscription, but 179 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:51.799 I've kept it all this time, hoping they put something 180 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:56.080 good back up. Well, along comes this series called Pluribus 181 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:02.840 now Pluribus on Apple TV, A series created by a 182 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.399 man named Vince Gilligan who was the I guess he 183 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:10.440 was the creator of the was it the AMC or 184 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:14.480 FX series Breaking Bad? Which I thought was awesome. It 185 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.919 was a great series. It went on for years, so 186 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:19.879 I thought, oh man, this is going to be good. 187 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.480 And they really hyped it up to begin with. They 188 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.000 really hyped up ploribis well. I watched the first episode 189 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.120 one night. It was kind of late. My wife and 190 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.480 I watched it and we thought, oh, this is interesting. 191 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.679 Then we watched the next episode and it was pretty 192 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.840 much the same thing. And I got to the ninth 193 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.200 final episode and the story never changed. It was like, 194 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:45.759 there were things happening, obviously, but it was the same 195 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:49.399 kind of thing over and over and over again. It 196 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:52.960 was the I was so disappointed in that series. It 197 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.879 was like, is this thing? Is anything ever gonna happen? 198 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:59.919 So I don't recommend Ploribus. That's just me. I liked 199 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:04.879 stories that move. That was. Man, what a letdown for 200 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:08.679 this for that series Pluribus. We did, however, watch a 201 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.679 movie I think it was called The Astronaut. It was 202 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:18.360 an alien spaceship kind of movie and it moves really 203 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:23.120 fast and the ending was awesome. When it was over, 204 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.240 I turned to my wife and I said, now that 205 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.360 is a good movie. That was a good story. It 206 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.039 was a cool surprise ending. It was kind of a heartwarming. 207 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.200 You think it's a horror type story, but at the 208 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.200 end you're kind of relieved. Not that I like any 209 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.519 kind of particular ending, but it was just a perfect 210 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.559 appropriate ending that just made you go, oh wow, now 211 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:49.960 that was cool. So I recommend that. I can't. We 212 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.759 must have rented it on Prime or I can't remember 213 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:56.279 where it's showing. But if you can find a film 214 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.279 called The Astronaut, I think the thought Nail or the 215 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.759 Marquee for it as a woman inside, she's got a 216 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:10.440 like a space helmet on. Anyway, The Astronaut, it's really good. Okay, 217 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.159 enough you acting about UFO stuff. I just thought that 218 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.120 was interesting and it made me think about the horrible 219 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.559 series called Pluribus. If you liked plur of Us, make 220 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.039 a comment in the comment section below what you thought 221 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.159 about it. I thought it was horrible, horrible. Anyway, let 222 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.879 me know what you like. What do you like in 223 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:37.159 UFO type sci fi movies? Let me know this little story. 224 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.159 I don't remember when I got this. When you first 225 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:44.360 hear it, when the first when the story first starts, 226 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.919 you're not going to get it, but you'll get it 227 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:51.120 at the end. It seems to be just a piece 228 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.440 of fun writing, is what I would call it. It's 229 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.679 a sidesquat story, but I got a kick out of it, 230 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.360 so I thought you guys might like it. We'll do 231 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:04.279 this one before we get into our missing person's serious 232 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.440 Bigfoot story. I think it's a bigfoot story. You'll have 233 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.840 to decide anyway. Listen to this fun story. I had 234 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.480 been sort of depressed for several days after talking crow 235 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:18.480 adventure and almost getting eaten by a bear. I thought 236 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.840 things couldn't get much worse, but they did. We learned 237 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.600 that Aunt Myrtle and her snooty little daughters were returning 238 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.960 for another visit. We figured that after the dragon's scared, 239 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.759 they would never return, but we were wrong. The thought 240 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.240 of having to return to sleeping in the barn and 241 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.320 listening to their silly giggling made my Dame even more depressing. 242 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.440 The boys decided it was time for us to do 243 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:48.399 something so they would never want to come back. After 244 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.720 reading about a half animal and half human creature that 245 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.159 roam the woods in Oregon, we devised a plan that 246 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:58.320 was surely scared the snooty girl so bad that they 247 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.879 would never want to visit us again. The creature was 248 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.840 called sasquatch, stood about eight feet tall and was covered 249 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:10.200 in thick black hair. What seemed amazing was it walked 250 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.600 upright like a human. If we could create a creature 251 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:17.399 that resembled a sasquatch and scare the girls they would 252 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:21.799 never come visit again. Using a picture from a magazine 253 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:25.840 as a model, we made our sasquatch costume. We used 254 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.360 burlap sacks covered with some black moss for the body, 255 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:34.279 and an old cowskull made the perfect head. This costume 256 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:37.159 was really scary looking. Now we had to figure out 257 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:40.639 how to use it for the best results. When that 258 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.799 Myrtle and the girls arrived, we were all nice and polite, 259 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.480 and we carried their bags to their room and brought 260 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:51.120 some lemonade for refreshments. Grandma was so surprised at our 261 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.960 good manners she gave us a big smile, and Grandpa 262 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.399 was not fooled by our actions and cast a cynical look. 263 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:02.759 Our way suggested the girls should get out and enjoy 264 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.879 the fresh air and sunshine, and we would be happy 265 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:09.519 to show them the farm. Everyone thought this was a 266 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.759 swell idea, so we invited the girls to go doberry picking. 267 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.600 It was decided the following morning would be the ideal 268 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:21.679 time to pick berries. We found the perfect spot for 269 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.960 our sisquatch trick. It was sounded by thick bushes where 270 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:30.080 we could hide waiting the berry picking girls. Jake escoreded 271 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.720 the girls to the berry picking spot, while Reuben hid 272 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:37.480 in the nearby bushes wearing the sasquatch costume. I was 273 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:42.320 Reuben's assistant in case he needed any help. On their 274 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.799 way to the berry patch, Jake told the girls a 275 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.399 story about a wild man that roam the river bottoms nearby, 276 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.679 and he would occasionally be seen by folks. The girls 277 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.559 got scared and wanted to return to the house, but 278 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.840 Jake assured them that he would protect them if the 279 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:04.039 wild man was to appear. When the girls started picking dewberries, 280 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.559 they soon forgot about the wild man and started giggling 281 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.920 and talking their girl talk. Reuben waited a while before 282 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:15.000 walking out of the bushes wearing the wild man costume. 283 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.480 The girls didn't notice him at first, but after he 284 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.839 made a loud grunting sound, they saw him and they 285 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.599 screamed in terror. Now one might not think girls wearing 286 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:30.640 skirts and petticoats could run fast, but these girls raced 287 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.119 off through the woods like gus elves. One girl fell 288 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.440 down in a mud hole and was covered from head 289 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.680 to toe and gooey slime. The other tore her dress 290 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:43.440 on a thorn bush, lost a shoe, and even managed 291 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:47.640 to step in some bull nettles after a good long life. 292 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.359 We realized we might have gone too far with our 293 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.960 wildman trick and probably had some tall explaining to do 294 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:58.279 when we returned home. The story we finally decided on 295 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:01.720 was that our old black Shad and Gorara goat had 296 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.920 probably followed us to the berry patch, and this is 297 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.599 what the girls had seen. I don't think anyone believed 298 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:13.200 our story, but we were not punished. That same afternoon, 299 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:18.480 Aunt Myrtle and the girls left for home. Good riddance. Okay, 300 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.319 that's probably just a fun story, but it's a good story. 301 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:23.680 I hope you guys like that, and I appreciate the 302 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:26.599 writer taking time to do this. I don't know this 303 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:31.240 story could be true, but it's not necessarily a Bigfoot story. 304 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:34.200 It's a bigfoot hoak story, and it's a good one 305 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.039 at that. But anyway, thanks to the writer for sending it. 306 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:45.039 It was really really entertaining. Thanks. Okay, I think Rebecca 307 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:47.799 labeled this a Bigfoot story. I'm reading it cold. It's 308 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:50.000 a short, little story, but it looks kind of good. 309 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.279 One night in nineteen sixty nine, I got up to 310 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.480 get a glass of water in the kitchen. I saw 311 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.839 a huge auburn colored furry face looking at me through 312 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:03.440 the glass, and I screamed. My family laughed at me, 313 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.359 but I remember it clearly to this day. The round, 314 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.359 soulful eyes and the large head and the beautiful colors 315 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.720 stand out in my mind. Since that night, I have 316 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:19.920 experienced one strange thing after another. Animals of all kinds 317 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:23.319 come right up to me, and strange lights follow me home, 318 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.480 and objects in my house seem to move on their own. 319 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:30.400 My relatives think I'm crazy, and if it weren't for 320 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:34.039 my children, who have witnessed every event, I might think 321 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.400 I was losing my mind too. I still live in 322 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.519 the same area that I grew up in. At night, 323 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:43.240 when the motion lights flicker on and off, I hear 324 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:48.720 slaps at my bedroom window and strange howls from the woods. Personally, 325 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.279 I believe there are many things we humans don't understand. 326 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:55.359 I trust that my Lord is King, and I fear 327 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:59.079 nothing because he promised to protect me and mine. I 328 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:02.640 don't know why I was chosen to witness these strange things, 329 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:06.839 but I feel very blessed. Love your podcast. And she 330 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.000 signs off, and I know it's a she because of 331 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.799 her Uh, well, that could be a guy name. Anyway, 332 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:17.359 it's a great story. And that's exactly how I would 333 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:21.000 feel if I saw Bigfoot or I saw, you know, 334 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:24.200 one of these cryptids that didn't kill me or eat me. 335 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:29.680 But I would feel so lucky. And I can see 336 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:33.559 why people say it would change my life, change their lives, 337 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.279 because you know, to see something you've never seen, something 338 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.599 that you think could there's no way it could exist, 339 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.160 would be life changing. And it would. And what I 340 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:47.000 like about this story is, all of a sudden, I 341 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:50.319 the blue wild animals come up to her. I'm assuming 342 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:53.079 she means deer, and probably some of the other smaller 343 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:56.400 wildlife where she lives. But this was a great story. 344 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.160 It's a short one, but it was really good. Man. 345 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.079 There's a lot of gunpowder in these short stories, and 346 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.319 I love them. So you guys keep sending them. I 347 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:12.240 really appreciate it. Thank you to the writer. Okay, this 348 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.720 is a show enough Bigfoot story. I was raised in 349 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:19.200 the small town of Eldriche, Alabama. One night in the 350 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.000 summer of nineteen ninety, my family and I were watching 351 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.920 TV with the windows open. Out of nowhere, my father 352 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:28.640 jumped up and grabbed the remote and he shouted did 353 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:32.359 y'all hear that? My mother and I shrugged, and he 354 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.319 told us to wait and listen. We got up off 355 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:37.359 the couch and walked out the front door, and we 356 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.519 looked outside, right across from us as my grandfather's and 357 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:45.079 cousins trailer. As we looked toward their home, we saw 358 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:49.039 an eight foot tall bigfoot standing at my cousin's window, 359 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:52.799 staring at him as he slept. My dad got on 360 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.079 the phone and called my grandfather and told him what 361 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:58.480 was happening. And my grandfather grabbed U thirty thirty Winchester 362 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:02.599 rifle and walked quick but quietly to my cousin's bedroom. 363 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.920 When he opened the door, he caught the bigfoot reaching 364 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.960 in the window toward my little cousin. And when he 365 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:11.880 realized what he was looking at and what this big 366 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.759 brute was trying to do, we heard him yell out, 367 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.480 I don't think so, you stinking s hope. He opened 368 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:22.319 fire on it and shot it straight in the chest. 369 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:26.559 The bigfoot roared and hit the side of my grandfather's 370 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.200 trailer so hard that the force knocked it off its 371 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:32.799 brick foundation. And there we were in our home right 372 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.559 across from it, watching it all happen. My dad and 373 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:39.519 I were in protective mode at that point. We grabbed 374 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:43.720 our rifles and joined our grandfather outside and unloaded into 375 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:47.160 the beast. That thing roared and tore through the trees 376 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.079 like a D nine bulldozer. My mother called the police 377 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:54.279 while we checked on my cousin. He was unaware of 378 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:58.400 anything happening. The gunshots in the same room barely woke 379 00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:00.880 him up. I swear that kid could sleep through a 380 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:05.880 raging hurricane. Betty was drunk. Thirty minutes later, two deputies 381 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:09.160 showed up and we told them what had happened. After 382 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.640 hearing everything, one of the deputies took us flashlight out 383 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:15.079 and shined it in our eyes and asked us where 384 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.559 the drugs were. I thought my grandfather and dad were 385 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.000 about to whoop his ass till the other deputy stepped in. 386 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.559 He told his partner to open his eyes and look 387 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.599 at the condition of the trailer. There was no man 388 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.279 who could cause that kind of damage to a mobile 389 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:35.240 home and knock it off its foundation. Then he pointed 390 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:37.880 his flashlight a few feet away and lit up a 391 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:42.640 massive track this beast had made. There were complete right 392 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:46.440 and left prints in the dirt, and then another right print. 393 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:49.839 Three steps. That's all it took for Bigfoot to reach 394 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:53.799 the woods. We measured the tracks and they were seventeen 395 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:58.400 inches long and six inches white. The deputy with common 396 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:02.200 sense said it looked like foot. He took the report 397 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:05.519 and took pictures, and right before he left, he looked 398 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.079 at us and said, I don't let nobody tell you 399 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:11.720 that was a bear, and then he left. We love 400 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:14.519 your show, and we've been listening for six years now. 401 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:17.880