1 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: All right, here's a story about a dog man. This 2 00:00:10,759 --> 00:00:13,439 man email. This is an older one too. He emailed 3 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:16,800 me quite a ways back. Let's see what he says. 4 00:00:16,839 --> 00:00:20,120 I think it's pretty good. I've traveled around the entire 5 00:00:20,199 --> 00:00:23,559 lower forty eight states and through five time zones of 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,679 Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast offer hiking 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,600 and photography. I have visited all the big cities, but 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,240 most of the time I'm in one of the national 9 00:00:34,359 --> 00:00:40,560 parks or state parks or national monuments. Recently, during the winter, 10 00:00:40,679 --> 00:00:43,000 my daughter and I headed to Florida for a week 11 00:00:43,079 --> 00:00:46,600 or two. The highlight for us was Key West. We 12 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:48,799 spent a couple of days in the Keys, and after 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,479 getting our fill of beautiful sunsets, we headed back to 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,560 the mainland. We reached US forty one through the Everglades 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,920 around midnight and we found a water pumps and we 16 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:03,479 parked under the light pole to kill some time and 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,319 rest up. After a while, a police car pulled into 18 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,599 the station. I assumed it wanted us and everyone else out, 19 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,920 so I started the car again and I pulled onto 20 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:18,120 the road heading west. We wanted to be at Sharp 21 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:21,959 Valley entrance to the Everglades, National Park by sunrise so 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,920 we could spend the day hiking, and our plan was 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,680 to pass the entrance and find a safe place to 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,359 park for a few hours. We drove past Monroe Station 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,120 and found a picnic area and we parked. The moon 26 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,519 was an upside down crescent sitting far in the east 27 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,760 of a black sky full of stars, and after just 28 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:45,799 a few minutes I saw a shooting star. And my 29 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,680 daughter had fallen asleep by then, and as I scanned 30 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,040 the sky looking for more action in the distance, I 31 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,480 saw a light coming our way. I thought it may 32 00:01:55,519 --> 00:01:58,719 have been a lightning bug, since in Florida, insects seem 33 00:01:58,879 --> 00:02:02,120 a lot bigger than back home in New Jersey. But 34 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,200 as I watched it get closer, I realized it wasn't 35 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:07,959 a lightning bug at all. It was the eye of 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,199 a ten foot tall monster. It was blazing evil a 37 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,080 giant lemon, and sticking out from the head of a beast. 38 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,639 I fumbled to reach for the headlights, but my better 39 00:02:19,719 --> 00:02:22,520 senses told me not to let this thing know I 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,199 was there. It moved like it was on roller skates, 41 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,199 without the slightest bounce in its step, and it was 42 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,680 so big that it would have had to have stooped 43 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:34,840 down to look an elephant in the eye, and it 44 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,120 could have ripped the roof off my car and plucked 45 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:41,319 us like eggs from a basket. But instead it disappeared 46 00:02:41,319 --> 00:02:44,039 into the darkness to the east, and I could tell 47 00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:46,639 it was on a mission, and I was relieved it 48 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,800 didn't involve me and my daughter. At that point, I 49 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,000 didn't care about getting any sleep, so I started the 50 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:56,159 car and drove it to the exit and got straight 51 00:02:56,199 --> 00:02:59,800 out of there. When morning came, we headed back to 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,199 the Everglades National Park, and when we passed through Monroe 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:09,159 Station again, we saw signs that said don't feed the Bigfoot. 54 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,159 I have repeatedly heard that Bigfoot has red eyes, but 55 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,280 the eyes of the creature I saw were blazing fluorescent 56 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,680 yellow without any pupils. I'm sure it could see in 57 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,080 the dark and must have known my daughter and I 58 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:26,719 were there. I believe it was a dog man, and 59 00:03:26,759 --> 00:03:29,400 I told my daughter about it the next morning, and 60 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:32,759 to this day, I'm ridden with guilt that I endangered 61 00:03:32,759 --> 00:03:36,319 her life by not getting out of there sooner. It 62 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,280 had the chance to confront us, but for some reason 63 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:42,800 it chose not to. We were lucky it didn't come 64 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,039 back with a friend and pick up the car and 65 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,000 carry us away to never be seen again. Wow, that's 66 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,599 another Florida, Florida's story, I said. When I first started it, 67 00:03:54,599 --> 00:03:57,960 it was labeled a dog man's story and the sign 68 00:03:58,039 --> 00:04:01,879 said don't fit feed Bigfoot. This is in Florida Monroe 69 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:07,000 Station Everglades National Park. I guess this guy saw a 70 00:04:07,039 --> 00:04:09,719 dog man. I wonder if he saw any more detail 71 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,919 other than the shape, because it was dark and there 72 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,120 was a crescent man. There wasn't a full moon, and 73 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:21,480 it had big glowing eyes. Man, Man, that is cool, 74 00:04:21,639 --> 00:04:24,160 cool story. Thank you to the writer. I hope you 75 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:27,839 guys have gotten over that episode and they're continuing to hike. 76 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,639 And did you say you do? Yeah, hiking in photography. 77 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,920 He's a photographer, So I hope you're still into that. 78 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,120 I really do, And again I appreciate the story. Sir. 79 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:44,839 Here is an email. Oh let me get my mic 80 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,160 up here. It was way over there. Here is an 81 00:04:48,199 --> 00:04:52,160 email from a man from the United Kingdom. This is 82 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:55,920 pretty good. It's difficult to know where to start. Really. 83 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,120 I'm fifty five and I live in the United Kingdom 84 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,319 life and I absolutely love the United States, and I 85 00:05:03,399 --> 00:05:05,959 have lost count of how many holidays over the years 86 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,920 that we have spent traveling your great nation. My granddad 87 00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:12,800 was an American citizen, and he spent many hours telling 88 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,839 me stories about his adventures across the Pond. I guess 89 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,480 that's where my love for the United States came from. 90 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,000 I've never given Bigfoot much thought while traveling through the 91 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,040 national parks over the years, but I've always been open 92 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,079 minded about it, and if I'm honest, I would be 93 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,399 a person who needed proof. I sort of thought there 94 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:37,000 must be something going on, though otherwise it's the biggest 95 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,120 con the world has ever known. Either way, it never 96 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:44,600 deterred me from exploring. I've been traveling to the United 97 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,160 States since nineteen eighty nine and I have never had 98 00:05:48,199 --> 00:05:51,279 any encounters, and I've been to over thirty states. Now. 99 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,519 Florida has always been somewhere that we've loved, and people 100 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:59,319 mistake it for just the attractions, but it's very much 101 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,720 more than that. The wildlife is amazing, and you can 102 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,000 find yourself in the middle of nowhere within ten minute 103 00:06:06,079 --> 00:06:11,279 drive of serious infrastructure. It was love at first sight, really, 104 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:13,519 and we decided early on that we were going to 105 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:17,879 spend a lot of time there. In twenty sixteen, in 106 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,040 preparation for my retirement, we decided to buy a home 107 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:24,639 in central Florida. I took my son and his wife 108 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,480 and two grandchildren with me and we purchased a fabulous 109 00:06:28,519 --> 00:06:32,519 home in a gated community in an area called I 110 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:39,480 can't pronounce this point Siana poi n cia na Pointciana. 111 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,680 That's the only way I know to say it. And 112 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,839 we had a great vacation. The night of the purchase, 113 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,639 we sat around celebrating and planning our many family holidays 114 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,879 to come. It was a special time for me, my 115 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,720 family around me, A second home in Florida, a place 116 00:06:55,759 --> 00:06:58,839 I felt at home in. What more could I ask for. 117 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,639 We picked poinsy Ona because it was far enough away 118 00:07:03,639 --> 00:07:06,399 from the attractions, but close enough to see them if 119 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:09,399 we felt the urge, you know, for the grandkids and 120 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:13,040 the extended family. And when you see it on Google Earth, 121 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:16,040 it looks like it's in the middle of nowhere, surrounded 122 00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:20,600 by nature, and that's what I wanted. The community had 123 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:23,439 all the amenities that anyone would need, but the most 124 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,399 important thing for me was lots of trails in and 125 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:30,240 out of the community. In the UK, you don't get 126 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:33,160 this because houses are not on the verge of while 127 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:36,600 nature like that. It was on one of these trails 128 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,959 outside the community that my life changed forever, and not 129 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,319 for good by any stretch of the imagination. I've only 130 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,959 told this story to my wife and my son and 131 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,720 a few close friends. They thought I was crazy, and 132 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:53,920 they mocked me in a nice way. But it made 133 00:07:53,959 --> 00:07:56,639 me realize that people have a hard time accepting this 134 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,360 sort of thing. Hell, I've already said that I would 135 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,079 need proof, so why would they be any different. My 136 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,240 wife refuses to talk about it anymore, and I think 137 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:10,160 she believes me, but the thought of this being true 138 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,639 is too much for her to comprehend. It was five 139 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,360 pm on a very warm day in June and I've 140 00:08:17,399 --> 00:08:20,480 been doing some minor decorating task on the new home 141 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,680 while everyone else had gone to the attractions for the day. 142 00:08:24,639 --> 00:08:26,879 I had to get this work completed because I wanted 143 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,240 to get the home on the rental market before we 144 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,560 left in the next few days to head back to 145 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,960 the UK. I was itching to explore, and I thought 146 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,879 of myself as a bit of a bushman, at one 147 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,279 with nature and all that. I took some water and 148 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,480 went out the back of the property and then headed 149 00:08:44,519 --> 00:08:47,679 for the nature area. It was easy to find and 150 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,039 easy to transition into what I considered to be wild Florida. 151 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:55,120 There were trails running as far as the eye could see, 152 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:58,320 with a heavy blanket of trees above me and plant 153 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,320 and water coverage on either side, and I thought I 154 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,440 would take a walk down one of the trails, hoping 155 00:09:03,519 --> 00:09:07,919 to see an alligator or maybe a python. I remember 156 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:12,159 feeling so happy and contented with myself. After all, I 157 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,200 had just realized a dream, and the thought of spending 158 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,960 lots of time there was almost overwhelming. I had been 159 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,600 walking for no more than ten minutes when I heard 160 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,600 what can only be described as a low moan coming 161 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:30,120 from my left. I slowed down, and without warning, I 162 00:09:30,159 --> 00:09:33,840 stepped out into the trail. And nothing prepares you for this. 163 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,039 I don't care what people say. I was absolutely terrified. 164 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,759 It was fifty yards in front of me, and at 165 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:44,279 first I didn't think it saw me because it looked 166 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,600 across the trail to the other side. And then it 167 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,720 turned its head toward me and followed quickly by its 168 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,200 whole body, almost in one motion, and let out what 169 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:59,159 I can only describe as a low, deep, prolonged growl. Now, 170 00:09:59,159 --> 00:10:05,120 my wife loved horror films, and I think they're stupid. 171 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,960 Oh my gosh, man, you and I could have a 172 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,080 long conversation over horror films sitting in the pub drinking 173 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,080 a beer, because my wife likes horror stories and so 174 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,919 do my kids, and I think they're stupid. They never 175 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,120 scare me because they're so stupid. I'm sorry to digress, y'all. 176 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,440 Let's get back to the story. I always say that 177 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,840 you would just run if a monster were coming, so 178 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,120 I could never take them seriously. But I'm here to 179 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,440 tell you that I couldn't move my legs. They felt 180 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,000 like lead, and my blood ran cold in that split second, 181 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,279 and my life flashed in front of me, and I 182 00:10:42,399 --> 00:10:44,960 was sure I was a dead man. It was as 183 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,320 simple as that. I'm six feet two inches tall and 184 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,480 i weighed two hundred and twenty pounds, and I'm in 185 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:54,679 good shape. And this thing wasn't much taller than me. 186 00:10:54,799 --> 00:10:57,720 But it was white and thick set, and it had 187 00:10:57,759 --> 00:11:01,120 the face of a caveman. It must have been five 188 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,360 hundred pounds or more. It had muscle definition and fairly 189 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,399 long hair, and it looked at me with what I 190 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:12,039 can only say was contempt. Just as fast as it 191 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,600 stepped out, it turned and stepped to the other side 192 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,919 of the trail, and it was gone. Well. I turned around, 193 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,440 not quite believing what I had just seen, and I 194 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:24,159 started to walk back, looking over my shoulder every few seconds. 195 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,519 Now it sounds strange, but I was physically drained. I 196 00:11:28,519 --> 00:11:31,840 could hardly walk, let alone run, And after a few 197 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:34,440 minutes I had to stop and I dropped to my 198 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,720 knees and I vomited. I was in absolute mess, and 199 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:43,200 I couldn't believe what had happened. This encounter has had 200 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,440 a very negative effect on me. It's opened up a 201 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:51,120 whole new world to me. If Bigfoot exists, then doesn't 202 00:11:51,159 --> 00:11:55,919 that mean that other cryptids may exist too? Dog Man ghosts, 203 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,519 things that go bump in the night. I'm gone from 204 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,399 being an outgoing person to someone who looks over his 205 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,919 shoulder all the time. My wife keeps ponies and I 206 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,159 refuse to go and check them in the dark. I 207 00:12:09,159 --> 00:12:12,000 have not been back to the US for four years. 208 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,960 We're planning a trip to the Smoky Mountains this year, 209 00:12:15,399 --> 00:12:18,480 but COVID nineteen put a stop to that, and I'm 210 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,480 glad it did. The thought of going to the Smoky 211 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,639 Mountains fills me with dread and fear even now, four 212 00:12:24,759 --> 00:12:30,039 years on and with some therapy. In twenty eighteen, I 213 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,720 sought help to try to overcome this because it was 214 00:12:32,799 --> 00:12:37,120 dominating my life. Obsession is a strong word, but that 215 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,799 best describes how I felt about it. There wasn't a 216 00:12:40,799 --> 00:12:43,919 week that I didn't have a serious nightmare about this thing, 217 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,679 and my life changed that day forever. I was worried 218 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,360 that I might be ridiculed, but the therapist was actually brilliant. 219 00:12:51,919 --> 00:12:54,559 And the irony is that we Brits think going to 220 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,919 therapy is an American thing, but here I am doing it. 221 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,159 The therapist help me come to terms with the encounter. 222 00:13:03,039 --> 00:13:06,600 She said that whatever I saw stripped away my innocence. 223 00:13:07,399 --> 00:13:10,679 The paradigm I had built up over my life was gone, 224 00:13:10,759 --> 00:13:13,799 and the world was a new and scary place. And 225 00:13:13,879 --> 00:13:16,559 she helped me look at the encounter as a privilege 226 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,679 that many people would love to have. I'm in a 227 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,159 bitter place now, but I still need time before I 228 00:13:23,279 --> 00:13:26,399 ventured to the US again. And as I said in 229 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,919 my garden, gaze up at the night sky, I know 230 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,360 they are out there, and some people may have suffered 231 00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:36,799 horrifically at their hands. No matter how much therapy I get, 232 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,480 and no matter how many years go by, the look 233 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:43,919 of contempt on this thing's face is something that I'm 234 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,879 sure will never leave me. Okay, I read that cold. 235 00:13:49,039 --> 00:13:53,360 I didn't expect all that. Now I'm gonna sound redundant here, 236 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:57,399 but this is I have never gotten an email, and 237 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,879 he reverences COVID nineteen. So this is a couple of years. 238 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,360 I got this email a couple of years ago. I'm 239 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,279 getting all of them. I'm getting to him just to 240 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,000 hold on. I got a bunch to do, y'all. So 241 00:14:08,519 --> 00:14:11,120 I wonder if he's been back. But I really have 242 00:14:11,279 --> 00:14:14,559 never heard of anyone from the UK coming to the 243 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,759 US and having an experience like this. I assume this 244 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,080 was a bigfoot or what the Floridians people in that 245 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,679 area call a skunk. But because he said it wasn't 246 00:14:25,759 --> 00:14:29,200 really that big. It was about his same height, but 247 00:14:29,279 --> 00:14:31,120 I mean it was big. He said it weighed five 248 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,080 hundred pounds. Good grief, and he goes to therapy for it. 249 00:14:35,279 --> 00:14:37,080 That's a good move. You know a lot of people 250 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,480 say they listen to different YouTubers to feel better about 251 00:14:41,519 --> 00:14:46,720 some I don't know PTSD or whatever from seeing these things. 252 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:50,240 I guess I never really put much stock in that, 253 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,799 to be honest, because my son fought in Afghanistan. I 254 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,240 don't know if he has PTSD or not. He doesn't 255 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:01,639 talk about it. You know, these guys in war and 256 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,279 people who have been through horrible things as opposed to 257 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:11,679 someone just walking up on an unidentified species of animal. 258 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:15,720 To me, that's two different things. But this email has 259 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,679 I think maybe my sensitivity to that may have just 260 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:22,399 clicked up a couple of notches because I can feel 261 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,879 this man's tension and the worry in his voice, and 262 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:30,120 his dread of actually coming back to the United States, 263 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:34,519 especially up in the Smokies where there are tons of 264 00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:41,279 bigfoot encounter reports and stories and sightings and probably some 265 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,919 video and pictures of what people think are bigfoot. I'm 266 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,720 just saying, that's supposedly a realactive area, and it would 267 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:51,360 give them a great environment to live in, you know, 268 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:56,720 good habitat, just like Florida. So this was a kind 269 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,559 of an eye opening five and a half, almost six 270 00:15:59,639 --> 00:16:03,960 years into this podcast, I got one that actually moved 271 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,440 me and to the writer, I think he gives his name. 272 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,279 He didn't say no. He said he wants to be anonymous. 273 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,879 But if you hear this, mister United Kingdom, I really 274 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:17,720 appreciate the email, and I hope you've kept your place 275 00:16:17,799 --> 00:16:20,480 in Florida because a lot of us go out in 276 00:16:20,519 --> 00:16:23,159 the woods every day. We never experience anything like this 277 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:27,279 at all. Matter of fact, the United States, you know, 278 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,120 the wilderness in the United States, for the most part, 279 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,960 is very safe until you get out west and you've 280 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,600 got big predators like bears and big cats. And still 281 00:16:37,679 --> 00:16:40,519 people hike it. They hike it, they go camping out there, 282 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:43,679 and some people get eaten by bears. Even in the 283 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,480 Smoky Mountains, people get injured or some people get killed 284 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:52,080 by black bears there for the most part, you know, 285 00:16:52,559 --> 00:16:56,200 especially the southeastern United States. I never go with a gun. 286 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,279 I don't. Somebody asked me that recently. They said, what 287 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:00,759 do you carry when you go in the woods. I'm like, 288 00:17:00,799 --> 00:17:03,879 I'm not carrying that weight in the woods. I mean, 289 00:17:03,919 --> 00:17:06,640 I have a I'm not going to talk about my firearms, 290 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,079 but I have plenty of handguns, and even the smallest 291 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,799 one adds weight to my hip. And I just don't 292 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,880 like it, and I don't need it. I mean, the 293 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,880 most dangerous animal iversy is maybe a cotton mouth or 294 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,599 a People say you need to watch out for codies 295 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,039 and stuff. Every cody I've ever seen in my life, 296 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:25,880 and I've seen a bunch of them. They just run 297 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,880 away from me. They don't bother me. Maybe a pack 298 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,039 of curved dogs might be a problem, but I've run 299 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,279 up on those before too, and they just run off. 300 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:38,000 So the United States is a pretty safe place, a 301 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:44,000 lot more dangerous than England in the British Isles and England, Scotland, 302 00:17:44,039 --> 00:17:48,640 Ireland and probably most of Europe is so populated and 303 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:53,039 so short on wilderness that you know, a lot of 304 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:55,920 the predators are probably gone. I don't really know. I 305 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,799 don't know. I know that about England because they crave 306 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,880 to be in the people in England loved to go 307 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,079 to the wilderness, and especially here in the United States. 308 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,599 I'll quit rambling. I just I can't get over how 309 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,240 moved I was by this man's email, and I really 310 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:19,079 appreciating it. I really appreciate him sitting it, so thank you, sir. Okay, 311 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:24,640 we'll end this podcast up with a bigfoot story. I 312 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,039 went on a long walk with my friends Wes, Sean, 313 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,000 and Randy in an area of wilderness between Abernathy and 314 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,599 Salmon Creek in Cowlitz County, Washington. Knowing what awaited us, 315 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,599 we were armed with a Magnum revolver and high powered rifles. 316 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,079 The day before, Sean had been out here looking for 317 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,279 fossils when he found a huge barefoot track twenty inches across. 318 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,680 He knew exactly what kind of creature made the track, 319 00:18:52,759 --> 00:18:54,599 and he was set on going back to get a 320 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,599 cast of it. Each of us has had experiences with 321 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,759 bigfoot in one way or another since middle school. I've 322 00:19:02,799 --> 00:19:06,200 read every book on bigfoot that I can find, and 323 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,200 based on my years of studying the subject and the 324 00:19:09,279 --> 00:19:12,640 experiences of people close to me, I have no doubt 325 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,519 that it is real, and I'm open with folks about 326 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:20,000 my beliefs. My friend Sean had his own experience five 327 00:19:20,079 --> 00:19:23,359 years earlier near the Bridge of the Gods where the 328 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,119 Sasquat shook his camper, and our friend Randy saw a 329 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,400 bigfoot cross a two lane highway late at night in 330 00:19:30,559 --> 00:19:35,160 just three steps. We didn't want to go alone and unarmed, 331 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,720 and Sean invited Randy and me to go back with 332 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:41,720 him to make the cast of this perfect print. Sean's 333 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:46,440 stepdad Wes, is a dentist with an open mind. Now 334 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:51,160 that doesn't say dentist, it says dentiist. Is that somebody 335 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:58,720 who makes dentiers denturist, dentiists de n t u r ist. Anyway, 336 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,599 I'm hung up on that. Sorry about that. His stepdad 337 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,359 West is a denterious with an open mind and a 338 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,920 three hundred wind mag rifle. He came along too. As 339 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,319 soon as we crossed into the Warehouser timberlands, we heard 340 00:20:14,319 --> 00:20:18,359 heavy footsteps parallel to us, made by something walking on 341 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:22,680 two feet, and we exchanged some cautious glances, but decided 342 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,680 to tread on. We falled a game trail Sean had 343 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,559 marked for about three hours until we got to the print, 344 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,200 and then we marked around it with an orange survey 345 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:37,079 or tape. Sean mixed the dental casting compound that West 346 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,559 supplied and made a good mold of the print. He 347 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,640 lifted it up and we started commenting on how detailed 348 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,799 and defined it was. When a scream came from the 349 00:20:46,799 --> 00:20:50,799 woods a little too close to our location. The hair 350 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,880 on our bodies started to rise and we knew we 351 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,880 had worn out our welcome. We turned around and walked 352 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,039 out of there as fast as we could, hearing the 353 00:21:00,319 --> 00:21:04,599 heavy bipedal footsteps parallel to us again, and they paced 354 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,440 us the whole way back. I've heard many times that 355 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,200 this is rare for these creatures to show themselves to 356 00:21:11,279 --> 00:21:14,920 groups of armed men. Some say they can smell the 357 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:17,920 metal or the gun ole. I don't really know, but 358 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,759 if it had charged, we certainly had enough firepower between 359 00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:24,880 us to knock him down. He must have known we 360 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,880 were dangerous because he kept just out of sight but 361 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,759 close enough to make sure that we were leaving his backyard. 362 00:21:32,319 --> 00:21:36,640 The loggers know sasquatch are real from the Pacific northwest 363 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,759 all the way down to Arizona and New Mexico. They 364 00:21:39,839 --> 00:21:42,559 see and hear things that would keep most folks up 365 00:21:42,599 --> 00:21:45,400 at night. They know a lot, and if you're lucky 366 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:48,240 enough to get these guys to talk, they have some 367 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,319 incredible stories to share. Oh that was a good story 368 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,799 they got. This guy was a I guess that mean denteroust. 369 00:21:56,559 --> 00:22:01,119 He's had casting compound for the they use on teeth 370 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,920 to do the to do the track print. I'm not 371 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,640 sure how the loggers came into that there at the end, 372 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,440 but it doesn't matter. It's he just knows. He knows, 373 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,920 he's probably heard some stories from loggers and that's why 374 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,720 he put that in there. But this was a really 375 00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:21,200 good story, and I'm I'm glad. I don't know why 376 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,559 that caught my attention. He has an open he's a 377 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:27,359 dangerous with an open mind, and a three hundred win 378 00:22:27,519 --> 00:22:30,160 mag rifle. Does it have a scope on it? That's 379 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,720 all I want to know. Brother. This was a good 380 00:22:32,799 --> 00:22:35,200 This was a good story. I enjoyed reading it. I 381 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,839 appreciate you sending it. Kind of a short podcast. I 382 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,960 didn't have a lot of time today to do this, 383 00:22:41,839 --> 00:22:44,480 to make a long one, and I thought i'd get 384 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,599 something out because these were really good stories. In the 385 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,119 next two or three podcasts may be less than thirty 386 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,920 minutes long, and I'm gonna keep cranking them out until 387 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,160 I till I land some work. So I'm having fun, 388 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,519 all right, See you guys on the next one. Thanks again.