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Speaker 1: If you're reading this, I apologize in advance. Sorry this

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is so long.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot I've been keeping on my shoulders for

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a long long time. I trust all of you here,

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and I have to share my story. You don't have

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to believe me. I'm sure most of you won't, but

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I'm laying it all out here so at least it

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won't go to my grave with this horrible secret. So

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I'll stop rambling now and I'll.

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Speaker 1: Lay it down for you.

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Speaker 2: For a long time, me and my two closest friends,

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Logan and Joel, we've had a ridiculous tradition. But one

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of us had a birthday. The birthday boy got pranked.

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A little background of my friends, Joel was always the

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skinny kid. No matter how much junk he ate, he

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always seemed to be ten pounds underweight. He usually wore

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the same clothes t shirts, jeans. If it was cold,

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he wore a hoodie if it was warm, who were shorts.

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He had shaggy blonde hair that usually fell over his face.

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Couldn't grow facial hair if he tried, and believe me,

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he tried. Joel was naive endearingly so Logan was the

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outgoing person in our crew. He was athletic and at

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least a foot taller than the other two of us.

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He had buzzed black hair and thick eyebrows. Came from

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a family with Mediterranean roots. Logan could be very persuasive.

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He had this amazing way of talking himself out of

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almost any situation. He could diffuse people without saying anything.

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He always said it was his award winning smile. Then me.

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Speaker 1: You can call me Edward anyway.

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Speaker 2: Our tradition started when we were high schoolers in the

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late nineties. Joel and I decided to pull a practical

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joke on Logan for his birthday in July. We showed

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up at his house before he got up and prepared

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him for the worst morning of his life. We almost

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woke him up, giggling like idiots. Just a few of

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the highlights. We put plastic wrap over his toilet seat,

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he filled his shower head with red kool Aid powder,

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and replaced his face soap with school glue. Let's just

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say that he had an interesting morning. Of course, he

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swore avenge shortly after. Joel and I got a good

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laugh out of it. Since my birthday is in mid October,

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I would have been next on the list. I braced

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myself for retaliation. First, I thought I was off the

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hook as my birthday came and went uneventfully. Didn't come

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until Halloween night. I spent the entire evening out in

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my neighborhood with my little cousin, Trick retreating, who was

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dressed as a secret Service agent, complete with a little

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black suit, aviator, sunglasses, and a coiled earpiece. He was

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even strapped with a plastic pistol in a holster. When

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I got home, I was exhausted chasing a nine year

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old around and making sure he didn't get run over.

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It was a lot more tiring than I anticipated. At

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the end of the night, I ambled to my room

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like a zombie and flung the door open, intent on

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passing out the second my head hit the pillow. As

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soon as my door completely opened, an ear piercing siren

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assaulted my ears, instantly triggering my fight or flight response

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and filling me with adrenaline. My brain struggled to understand

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while my body decided to attack the doorframe. Clawing helplessly

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at the wall, I spun around on my heels and

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bolted in the opposite direction. Slamming my shoulder hard into

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the doorframe. After my senses returned, I realized was coming

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from inside my room. When I checked behind my door,

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I found an air horn duct taped to the wall,

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perfectly aligned with the door handle. I instantly knew who

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was responsible. Joel, of course, was next. His birthday was

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late January. Logan and I got together and planned our

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prank carefully. Logan invited Joel over for a night of StarCraft,

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pizza and various sugary junk foods. I was also invited,

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but pretended to have other plans so.

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Speaker 1: And be able to make it.

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Speaker 2: While the two of them were hanging out, I suck

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in a Jeel's house and kidnapp Arraco, his two year

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old and Lasapso. The next day, Joel came to school

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thinking his dog ran away, which for him was the

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cruelest prank of all. Actually felt bad, and it wasn't

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long before we told him the truth. He didn't speak

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to either of us for a week after that. So

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this tradition was born, and this went on for years,

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that is, until things went wrong. One year, when we

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were all in our mid twenties, Logan and I ran

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into each other at a party. We hadn't seen each

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other for a couple of years. After catching up, we

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started reminiscing about our old pranks. It was only a

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matter of time before we had formulated a plot to

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prank Joel. The first part of the plan was to

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invite him to the Logan's grandfather's cabin for a weekend.

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He was situated in the woods by a lake around

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three hours out of town. Of course, Joel, knowing his

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birthday was just around the corner and the fact that

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we hadn't hung out in a while, immediately suspected foul

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play and called us out on the prank. Miraculously, we

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were able to convince him that we were done pranking

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and two grown up for dirty tricks. When we finally

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got out of the cabin, we actually had a great

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time bonding doing buddy stuff. This basically amounted to drinking,

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goofing off, and telling ghost stories around the campfire pit

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behind the cabin. The second night, after we were good

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and toasted, the second part of the plan was engaged.

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We were passing a cigarette around when Logan suggested we

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take his grandpa's boat out into the lake to go fishing.

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Catch the little fuckers while they're asleep, he said, laughing.

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This was, after all, the tradition of ours as well.

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Three of us had fished together countless times on that

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lake over the years. This was as good a time

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as any. It was cold, but not cold enough for

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the lake to freeze. We climbed into the boat and

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I paddled us out into the center of the glassy lake.

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I can see my friend's breath puffing out swirly wisps.

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We then proceeded to drunkenly fumble through an old stained

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tackle box, attempting to bait hooks. Suddenly, Logan shouted at me, hey,

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be more careful. He grabbed my left hand as blood

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ran down his finger. He slashed me with your hook, jackass.

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Speaker 1: I stood up in the boat.

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Speaker 2: You did that yourself, you drunk an idiot. I fired back.

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Logan stood up and shoved me with his good hand.

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He forced me back down into the sitting position. Within moments,

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we were wrestling and rolling around on the floor of

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the small fiberglass boat. Stop it, the boat's gonna tip over,

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Joe yelled helplessly. I let go, and Logan stood up

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abruptly and yelled something at me. He lost his balance,

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suddenly pitching off the side of the boat. He fell

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backwards and was swallowed up by the black water. Instantly,

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he sank like a stone. Oh shit, shit, Joel screamed,

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looking over the edge into the water. It was too

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dark to see our friend. He wasn't thrashing around. He

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didn't seem to be surfacing either. A pointed a flashlight

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into the water. Joel quickly hit the switch on his

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Dura cell headlamp.

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Speaker 1: The beams cut.

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Speaker 2: Into the murky lake, but apparently not deep enough to

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make contact. First there were bubbles, lots of them. Then

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there was nothing. Here's something, shouted Joel. On the ViRGE tears.

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Joel's head was on a swivel, checking back and forth

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for Logan in the water. We silently shone our lamps

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from point to point, looking for any sign.

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Speaker 1: Logan was just gone.

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Speaker 2: Joel turned to me, his head lamp shining in my eyes.

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What the hell, man, he said, He is crying now,

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Logan's a good swimmer. It doesn't make sense. Joel slumped

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back into the boat, cradled his face in his hands.

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I leaned back over the boat's edge, shining my light again.

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Logan was nowhere to be found. Now. Of course, I

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knew Logan was a good swimmer. He was an exceptional swimmer.

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As a matter of fact, he spent time at the

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lake every summer growing up. He was such a good

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swimmer that Joel didn't realize he had swim under the

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boat and toward Fidget's Bar, a small island near the

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center of the lake. The actual name was Box Island

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if you were to look it up on a map.

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In an age long past, Logan's grandfather had an Australian

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shepherd named Fidget, and he named the island after the pooch.

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Allegedly long before they did so, we always called it

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Fidget's Bar. The island was only one hundred feet or

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so away from where our boat was situated, so I

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had no doubt that swim was a breeze to Logan.

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At this moment, Joel looked back at me, again, do something,

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Why don't we do something. I started to remember back

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in high school, when he made Joel think his dog

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had run away, that feeling of guilt, that the joke

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had maybe gone a little too far. I saw Joel's

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face now, his eyes red and swollen, his nose running.

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His hands were trembling. I shouted, let's go to a

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physis bar and regroup. I grabbed the oars and started

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to paddle in the direction of the island. Joel grabbed

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onto the front of the boat anxiously. Soon the boat

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made landfalls, scraping ashore. Joel sprung out and pulled the

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front of the boat in. He yanked hard as I

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was getting up, and I fell backwards into the boat.

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I didn't say anything. As I was climbing out of

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the boat. Joel already stripping his clothes off. What are

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you doing, Joel, I asked, well, going in after him,

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he shouted as he pulled.

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Speaker 1: His shirt off.

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Speaker 2: Look, Joel, I started, but he wasn't hearing any of it.

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Joel waited out until he was waist deep in the

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frigid water of the lake. I shouted after him, Joel,

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it was a prank. Logan's here on the island. The

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word prank escaped my mouth. You could see Joel's shoulders

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go up. He didn't turn around, but he was frozen

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in place. It was a long pause. As I stood

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at the shore fiberglass boat, looking out at Joel. An

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icy wind dragged across the surface of the lake. The

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trees on the island behind us thrashed about in the gust.

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For a moment, my eyes caught the moon in the

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sky and I looked up, just for a moment. The

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hit came next, and I didn't expect it. Joel's fist

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collided with the bridge of my nose hard. I heard

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a pop, and then nothing.

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Speaker 1: Then I was on the ground.

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Speaker 2: The cold wind was still blowing, but for the moment

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my face was hot. I heard a ringing in my ears.

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For a few seconds, Jolls paced around the rocky shore.

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When the wind stopped blowing, it was suddenly eerily quiet

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on the shore of Fidget's bar. I stood up and

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saw the Joel was standing with his back to me,

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still shirtless, shoeless, and only wearing wet boxer shorts. His

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ribs stuck out as he breathed. I didn't say a word,

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but started the up his clothes. Once I had gathered

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all of his stuff, I handed it over to him.

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Joel took the clothes and got dressed. Meanwhile, I sat

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back and lit a cigarette. I ran my hand over

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my face and felt my nose. My hand came back bloody,

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so Joel asked me quietly, where's Logan now? I pointed

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my thumb behind me at the thick mass of trees,

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the ones leading into absolute darkness. I have no idea

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he should be here on the bar, somewhere. I pulled

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myself to my feet and looked at the dark of

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the woods. There was no noise on Fidget's bar. The

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wind had ceased to howl. The trees stood still and silent.

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Joel and I stood side by side at the precipice

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of darkness. It occurred to me that I had never

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actually explored the island before, neither Joel. To my knowledge,

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Logan used to talk about blazing trails in the brush

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of the bar with his grandpa, but that was years ago.

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Presently we stood at the edge of the dark woods,

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with no real knowledge of what lie ahead. In fact,

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one fact remained, Logan hadn't shown himself yet. Then Joel

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inhaled sharply and took a step towards the woods. He

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flipped the switch on his head lamp, casting a beam

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into the darkness of the forest. I turned my flashlight

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on and followed suit. Joel's head was on a swivel,

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sweeping back and forth to dimly reveal our surroundings. Together

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we walked upon what appeared to be a trail that

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led deep into the trees of Fidget's bar. But ahead

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there seemed to be some kind of clearing. At this

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point I wanted to find my friend and get the

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hell off the island. I wasn't upset about the punch

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I deserved it, Probably mostly I was still in shock

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of what happened and regretted the whole prank idea. Also,

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something felt wrong. We hadn't discussed hiding on the island

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like this. We should have seen Logan by now. The

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original plan was to regroup on the island and then

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Logan would jump out scare Joel. I should have been

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the end of it. Joel would have laughed and got me,

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and we would have headed back to the cabin for

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drinks and shenanigans. This plane had gone sour, and I

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had a feeling in the pit of my stomach and

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that I couldn't shake. But ahead and the clearing, we

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could see a well. There was an old fashioned well

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built from stone. The pulley suspended above the rusted crank

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looked like it hadn't been touched in ages. Ferns and

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spinly vines of ivy had grown round the base of

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the well and coiled up around the wooden frame above.

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No rope or bucket to be seen. Just beyond the well,

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nearly swallowed by trees, was a small shack buried in

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the underbrush. I couldn't hear a single sound here. For

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a brief moment, I felt as though I might have

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hurt my ears, and Joel hit me maybe it was

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the fall. There were no birds, no voices, no wind,

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no nothing, stillness, silence in the forest. Finally a noise.

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It was nearly inaudible at first, then it grew. It

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was a voice calling out. I recognized at his logans.

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Initially I was flooded with relief, but his voice sounded

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far away and echoed. Joel and I ran towards the sound,

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which appeared to be coming from inside the shack. It

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was a dilapidated old building, not much larger than a

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detached garage. Once we looked into the one at the foggy,

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cracked windows, it was obvious that someone at sometime lived

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in there. Most of the windows are broken or covered

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in branches. The siding was unpainted. The roof collapsed. The

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front door at one spin painted green, but was all

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bubbled and rotten. Splitting from the inside. Won a hard

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push from Joel and the door disintegrated. We went inside

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and saw a pale blue table turned upside down with

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a heap of broken chairs. There was some utensils scattered

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about the floor, so as broken plates and rusted out kettle.

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A pile of ancient newspapers, bound and string were stacked

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to the ceiling in one corner. The place was wet,

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it smelled like mildew. Then we heard the voice again,

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Logan's voice. It didn't seem to be coming from the

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house this time. No, it was coming from below us, somewhere.

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Joel and I noticed this at the same time, and

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started searching the damp floor for a trapdoor or a

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hatch of some kind to get below the shack. I

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pushed the pile of newspapers over and they fell to

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the floor with a heavy thump. Meanwhile, Joel was throwing

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the rotted old chair parts aside. Looking underneath, it occurred

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to me the part of the floor we were standing

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almost actually matted with the remains of an air wea rug.

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I pushed with my shoes to try and move it,

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but seemed to be fuse to the floor that dropped

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to my knees and felt around for a seam. It

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was in vain. We didn't find anything. After our exhaustive search,

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we went outside to look for a cellar, hatch or

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anything to get the Logan's voice below. I realized it

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almost immediately when I stepped out into the crude porch.

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Speaker 1: The well.

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Speaker 2: The two of us made our way over to the

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ancient looking stone well. We stood on either side and

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peered down. Joel's head lamp cut down aways, but the

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bottom of the well remained dark. I shouted down the shaft, Hey, Logan,

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are you down there? Joel yelled too, again can you

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hear us? And then Logan's voice echoed up. Hey, you

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guys made it. Finally Joel gave me an inquisitive look.

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What are you doing down there? Joel said to the

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darkness of the well. There was no answer, Logan. I said,

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how the hell did you get down there? Finally his

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voice came back. He d remember what he made Joel

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think his dog was gone. Joel and I exchanged a glance. Yeah,

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I remember, Joel said, smartly right here, Dick. Logan's voice again,

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Hey Ed, it's really cold down here. How do we

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get you out? Joel shouted back, so fucking cold, you guys.

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Logan's voice said, give us a second, Logan, well, think

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of something. I shouted, you're having Joel's jacket and pulling

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away from the well. When we were a few feet

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away from the well, I pulled Joel close enough that

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our faces were nearly touching.

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Speaker 3: Joe, he's not making any sense. I know, what do

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you think he's doing down there? Joel asked, Maybe he phil,

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maybe he's in shock. Maybe there's maybe there's another way

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down there.

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Speaker 1: We should ask him, I said.

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Speaker 2: We went back to the opening of the well and

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I shouted down Logan, is there another way into the well?

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Speaker 1: There was a long silence.

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Speaker 2: Logan shouted, Joel the well, said Logan's voice. Finally, what

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are you talking about? You're in a well, Logan, I

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said back. Hey Ed, said Logan's voice, you should really

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come down here. It's delightfully cold. And Logan's voice said

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delightfully cold. Something sounded wrong about his voice. It was

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almost sing songy, chilled me to the bone. Joel and

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I looked at each other. I could see the fear

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in Joel's face. Joel whispered, what the.

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Speaker 1: Fuck is he talking about?

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Speaker 2: Logan's voice rose up from the darkness.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 2: We got you good with that air horn, didn't we add?

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Almost forgotten the airhorn on Halloween all this years ago. Yeah, yeah,

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you got me. I said, let's get you out of there.

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Don't you want to go home? Yeah, Logan's islands creepy

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as hell, Joel said, down the well, maybe we could

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lower something down for you to grab onto you. Huh.

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Logan's voice came back. Just jump on down, guys, I

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can catch you. We need to get you out of there.

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I said back, there's no way in hell we're coming down.

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Such a beautiful day, Logan said, in that strange, sing

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songy voice. Again, such a beautiful day. And that was

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the last time I ever heard Logan's voice. Joel and

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I shouted for him for nearly an hour before we

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decided to go back to the cabin and call the police.

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For the following week, the search crew, including the local police,

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searched Fidget's bar top to bottom. They calmed the entire

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half mile long stretch of the forest without finding anything.

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Speaker 1: After that, they searched the lake.

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Speaker 2: Police boats dredged the lake for days until finally.

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Speaker 1: They found something.

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Speaker 2: Nine days after the search began, they found what they

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were looking for. Logan's body was extracted from the lake

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about eighty yards away from the shore Fidgeed bar. The

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place would tell us his neck was broken. When Logan

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fell from the boat, he hit his head on a

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large submerged rock. His death was instant, they told us.

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He would have been dead before he was completely in

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the water because of the sudden trauma. He exhaled sharply

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and sank into the bottom. He said he never drew

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another breath. So if Logan was dead when he hit

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the water, who did we talk to in the forest

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on Fidget's bar? Whose voice was that I understand why

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my story needed to be told. I mean, like I said,

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I I don't expect you to believe me, but.

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Speaker 1: Why would you?

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Speaker 2: It's crazy, But at least it's out there now you

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can decide for yourself.

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Speaker 1: Either. Kids.

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Speaker 2: It's me mister creepy Pasta, and I just wanted to

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tell you thank you so much for watching tonight's video

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or for listening to tonight's episode of the podcast. It's

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still cold. I don't know if you guys have that

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major freeze that happened to me, but uh yeah, it's

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in Texas and it's snowing, so it's pretty damn cold.

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But you know what's not cold A hot cup of

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tea and my wife still sells tea. And as always,

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I want to give a very big thank you to

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everybody who supports me over at Patreons patreon dot com

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Speaker 1: In sweet your Hymns,