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<v Speaker 1>In the summer of two thousand and two, I was

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<v Speaker 1>dating a girl from a small town in Missouri whose

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<v Speaker 1>family owned a well known apple orchard. She lived in

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<v Speaker 1>a house that overlooked the Missouri River on top of

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<v Speaker 1>a hill on the Missouri River bluffs. I deer hunted

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<v Speaker 1>this area for many years. I always wondered why the

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<v Speaker 1>woods were so dead quiet, with no sounds of life

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<v Speaker 1>coming from any type of animal. There were a few

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<v Speaker 1>times I remember hearing large limbs snapping or sounds of

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<v Speaker 1>trees falling over, but I didn't pay much attention to that.

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<v Speaker 1>In many years of hunting this property, it was strange

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<v Speaker 1>to me that I never killed many deer, especially since

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<v Speaker 1>I was hunting on the edge of an apple orchard.

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<v Speaker 1>The apple orchard sat directly on top of the Missouri

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<v Speaker 1>River bluffs, and there were over one hundred acres of

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<v Speaker 1>apple trees and hundreds of acres of woods. There was

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<v Speaker 1>an unlimited food supply, a great water source from the river,

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<v Speaker 1>high elevated hills, and deep thick woods. You could literally

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<v Speaker 1>get lost in if you weren't familiar with the surrounding area.

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<v Speaker 1>The next doorland owner, Jesse, who owned the cattle farm,

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<v Speaker 1>directly across from the orchard asked me if I had

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<v Speaker 1>seen any of his baby calves, because there were several

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<v Speaker 1>of them missing, and at the time I thought a

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<v Speaker 1>big cat, maybe a mountain lion or something related had

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<v Speaker 1>killed them and dragged them into the steep embankments of

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<v Speaker 1>the bluffs. I never thought much about it until now.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened changed my life forever. It has riddled me

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<v Speaker 1>with so much fear that my eyes won't stop tearing

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<v Speaker 1>up as I write this story. I have seen more

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<v Speaker 1>violent killings working as a Kansas City police officer than

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<v Speaker 1>many will see in a lifetime. Many times I have

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<v Speaker 1>caught myself tearing up at the sadness I've experienced on

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<v Speaker 1>this job. But never in my life have I ever

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<v Speaker 1>experienced tears caused by extreme fear again. The year was

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and two, and it still haunts me to

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<v Speaker 1>this day. It was a hot summer night with clear skies,

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<v Speaker 1>and the orchard was in the midst of its apple season.

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<v Speaker 1>I left my girlfriend's house late at night and got

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<v Speaker 1>into my vehicle and headed back home to Lexington. I

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<v Speaker 1>drove slowly down a gravel road and approached an s

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<v Speaker 1>curve the left side of the road was all apple

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<v Speaker 1>trees and the right side was cattle. As I began

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<v Speaker 1>to round the first part of the S curve, I

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<v Speaker 1>saw a large black creature down on all fours facing

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<v Speaker 1>the farm. At first, I thought it was a black bear,

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<v Speaker 1>even though black bears are uncommon in this area. I

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<v Speaker 1>slowed down, and as I got closer, my headlights lit

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<v Speaker 1>up the creature fifteen yards away. Its hair reflected off

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<v Speaker 1>my headlights and had a sort of a shimmering sparkling

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<v Speaker 1>of fact. It stared at me with two large, piercing

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<v Speaker 1>green eyes, and then turned and scurried off the gravel

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<v Speaker 1>road toward the orchard. As I went into the S curve,

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<v Speaker 1>I looked out my driver's side window, and I'll never

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<v Speaker 1>forget what I saw till the day I die. It

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<v Speaker 1>forever haunts my mind. While looking out my window, the

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<v Speaker 1>creature stood upright on two legs, just ten feet from

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<v Speaker 1>my vehicle. I was shocked. It was a giant, ape

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<v Speaker 1>like creature that towered above my vehicle. He was eight

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<v Speaker 1>feet tall and must have weighed eight hundred pounds of

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<v Speaker 1>solid muscle. He had black, gray matted hair, long arms

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<v Speaker 1>that went to his knees and a face completely covered

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<v Speaker 1>with thick, straight hair. I slowly drove by and he

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<v Speaker 1>stared right at me, unmoving, like he didn't know I

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<v Speaker 1>could see him or didn't care. The entire encounter only

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<v Speaker 1>lasted ten seconds, but it was the longest ten seconds

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<v Speaker 1>of my life. It scared me so bad that once

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<v Speaker 1>I drove past the creature, I downshifted my truck into

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<v Speaker 1>second gear and almost killed the clutch. Thank god that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't happen, because I would have probably had a heart attack.

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<v Speaker 1>When I got back home to Lexington, I told my

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<v Speaker 1>parents and my brother what had happened, and to this

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<v Speaker 1>day they believed me. Six months ago, I reached out

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<v Speaker 1>to Jesse, the owner of the cattle farm. I hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>spoken to him in eighteen years, but I asked him

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<v Speaker 1>about the missing baby calves again. He told me that

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<v Speaker 1>his family had spent a week searching the property for

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<v Speaker 1>any signs of them being attacked by big cats, but

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<v Speaker 1>he never found evidence of them being killed or dragged away.

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<v Speaker 1>They just disappeared and no bones were ever found. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>at the police department has heard my story, and two

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<v Speaker 1>of my coworkers have had encounters with this same creature.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them had a daytime encounter in the winter

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<v Speaker 1>of nineteen ninety four while he was bird hunting near Concordia.

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<v Speaker 1>My cousin has had three encounters on a conservation ground

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<v Speaker 1>called Baltimore Ben, which is only four miles east of

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<v Speaker 1>my sighting on the bluffs. In one of his encounters,

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<v Speaker 1>he had to fire a shot at the creature because

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<v Speaker 1>it was stalking him while he was squirrel hunting. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for letting me share my story. I hope whoever is

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<v Speaker 1>listing from the Missouri area will come forward with their

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<v Speaker 1>own stories. There have to be many more people who

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<v Speaker 1>have had these encounters with the elusive creature, and I

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to hearing about their experiences. I lived one

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<v Speaker 1>mile from the school that I attended. I never had

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<v Speaker 1>much fear of the woods, even after my first encounter

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<v Speaker 1>with a bigfoot, and I knew my way through them

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<v Speaker 1>from the house to the school. There were old logging

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<v Speaker 1>roads through there, so they weren't hard to travel through. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>One day, it was late in the fall and I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have to babysit my brother that day since he

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<v Speaker 1>was at the doctor, so I took a long route

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<v Speaker 1>home from school through the woods. I wasn't very far

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<v Speaker 1>when I noticed something walking beside me one hundred yards away.

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<v Speaker 1>At first I thought it was a bear, and my

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<v Speaker 1>heart began to race, But then I realized it was

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<v Speaker 1>walking on two legs and had slinked behind a tree.

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<v Speaker 1>It was as big and black as the midnight sky,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was a bigfoot, and it was much bigger

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<v Speaker 1>than the first one I had seen. He was more

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<v Speaker 1>powerful looking than the first one, and his hair was

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<v Speaker 1>much shorter, kind of like a gorilla. He could not

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<v Speaker 1>hide from me, though, and he didn't like that I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed him, and he paced a few feet toward me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I quickly realized he wasn't as friendly as the

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<v Speaker 1>first one that I had encountered. The way he was moving,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd have thought he was pissed off at me. My

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<v Speaker 1>adrenaline was pumping at that point, and I bolted out

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<v Speaker 1>of there. To my horror, he followed right after me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was a fast runner, and I was even

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<v Speaker 1>on the track team. I was good, but he had

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<v Speaker 1>no problem keeping up with my pace, and he could

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<v Speaker 1>have easily overtaken me. So I sped up as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as I could go, but this beast just kept right

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<v Speaker 1>with me. At that point, I was terrified. I threw

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<v Speaker 1>my books and I ran as fast as I could,

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<v Speaker 1>not wasting the precious energy to look back at him.

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<v Speaker 1>When my heart was thundering in my throat and I

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<v Speaker 1>was depleted of oxygen, I couldn't run anymore, and I

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<v Speaker 1>looked back and he was gone. Well. I didn't trust this, though,

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<v Speaker 1>so I ran on until I got home. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>my shaking fingers, rustling with my keys trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>in the door. And when I got in, I slammed

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<v Speaker 1>the door and I locked it, but I couldn't calm

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<v Speaker 1>down because I knew he could still enter, just like

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<v Speaker 1>the first one had done. I stayed freaked out all day,

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<v Speaker 1>and I never went back through the woods again. I

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<v Speaker 1>got in a lot of trouble for ditching those school books,

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<v Speaker 1>and I had to pay for them, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>care going back after them. Ever, that beast let me

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<v Speaker 1>know that this was his territory, and in my mind,

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<v Speaker 1>he could keep it. I'm a retired school teacher living

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<v Speaker 1>in South Mississippi. About twenty years ago, I attended a

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<v Speaker 1>teaching Writing to Children workshop taught by a lady from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 1>She was a professor at the USM at University of

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<v Speaker 1>Southern Mississippi. All University of Southern Mississippi is where Brett

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<v Speaker 1>Fahr played college football. By the way, but I digress,

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<v Speaker 1>pardon me, She recounted this story to participants of the workshop.

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<v Speaker 1>This happened in the mid nineteen seventies. She was sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>years old. Her dad owned a country gas station and

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<v Speaker 1>grocery store just north of Hattiesburg and lux near the river.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember if it was the Leaf river of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bowie Bowie Boie Bowie River, but she and a

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<v Speaker 1>friend were hauling a load of trash and her dad's

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<v Speaker 1>old standard shift pickup to a place near the river.

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<v Speaker 1>They were unloading sacks of trash when they both heard

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<v Speaker 1>something walking up the river. They listened as the splashing

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<v Speaker 1>got closer, and then they noticed a nasty, putrid odor.

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<v Speaker 1>And what they saw next terrified them. A huge, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>between eight and nine feet tall, hairy, white creature came

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<v Speaker 1>walking with purpose from the banks of the creek up

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<v Speaker 1>a slight hill toward them. They jumped into the truck

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<v Speaker 1>to leave, and the truck's ball tires were spinning in

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<v Speaker 1>the sandy soil allowing the creature to almost reach the

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<v Speaker 1>tailgate as her friend was screaming, go, go go, it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get us. The old truck had no back window,

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<v Speaker 1>and the odor from the creature was actually making them nauseated.

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<v Speaker 1>The truck's wheels finally gained enough traction to spin out

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<v Speaker 1>as she made it back to her dad's station. They

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<v Speaker 1>ran inside, panicked and breathlessly telling what they I had seen.

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<v Speaker 1>There were several local customers in the store that heard

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<v Speaker 1>the girls share the story, and they commented that there

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<v Speaker 1>had been several sightings of this creature. It had come

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<v Speaker 1>to be called the White Gorilla. They also said that

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<v Speaker 1>there had been a number of reports of missing dogs

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<v Speaker 1>in the area. She actually wrote a short story recounting

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<v Speaker 1>the event, which she entitled the White Gorilla. Oh, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to read that story. Oh, I'd love to read

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<v Speaker 1>that story. And there's a PostScript here. I must say

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<v Speaker 1>that this is one of the best workshops I ever

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<v Speaker 1>had the opportunity to attend. One of the most difficult

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<v Speaker 1>problems children face when staring at a blank page after

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<v Speaker 1>being instructed to write a story is what to write about.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't tell you how many times I've heard I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have anything to write about. Our instructor first had

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<v Speaker 1>us think of an experience that left a lasting impression.

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<v Speaker 1>She gave us construction paper in Elmer's glue and then

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<v Speaker 1>had us tear page and illustrate the experience or memory.

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<v Speaker 1>It was after we constructed our illustrations that we began

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<v Speaker 1>to write our stories. It totally changed the way that

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<v Speaker 1>I taught. I learned how important it was to model

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<v Speaker 1>for students writings a process. She taught us how to

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<v Speaker 1>teach the process. So I enjoy listening to Dixie Crypti it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for providing folks and opportunity to share their experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>Yours truly, Robin, and you may use my name, Robin.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for that email. That White Gorilla story

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<v Speaker 1>is so good, and again I would love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>her short story the White Gorilla. Oh, I bet it's

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<v Speaker 1>awesome and it's so cool that you. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you still teach anymore. This was twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, and I agree. Sometimes I have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of ideas for stories in my head. I'll sit here

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<v Speaker 1>and look at the screen and just ready, quiet, ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go, And now I cannot. It may take me

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<v Speaker 1>an hour just to do the first sentence. But usually

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<v Speaker 1>once you get started, the ideas just start going. They

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<v Speaker 1>just start flowing. If there's anybody out there who has

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<v Speaker 1>that problem like me and a lot of other people,

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<v Speaker 1>just start writing, just start putting words on the paper,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes it just comes to you. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>Don't worry about the grammar, don't worry about the punctuation,

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry about any of that stuff. Just start putting

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<v Speaker 1>it on paper. You can go back and correct it.

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<v Speaker 1>The most important thing is to get the idea, or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're writing one of these stories, get the memories

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<v Speaker 1>down on paper so they're in print. Look, people say

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<v Speaker 1>videos are forever, they're not. These audio recordings are not forever.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you put it in print, print it out

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<v Speaker 1>on a piece of paper and start somewhere, that is

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<v Speaker 1>more likely to be forever than some of these videos.

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<v Speaker 1>All we need is one EMP pulse attack and all

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff is wiped out. It's all gone, and that

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<v Speaker 1>the chances of that happening in this culture are pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>So everything you've ever seen on video. H you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it can disappear, but stuff printed on paper, written on paper,

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<v Speaker 1>printed on paper has a better chance of surviving. So

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<v Speaker 1>write your thoughts down, write them out. You can go

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<v Speaker 1>back and edit them and make them good. Writing's not easy.

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<v Speaker 1>She's right, it's it's a daunting task, especially to someone

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<v Speaker 1>who doesn't do it. Anyway, that's my encouragement to people

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<v Speaker 1>to write. I think you will enjoy it. I think

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes you can look back on it and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad I wrote that. But anyway, that's Those

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<v Speaker 1>are my ideas on writing. And thanks for listening to me,

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<v Speaker 1>And thanks to Robin for sending this email so good.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't even have to send it to my editor because

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<v Speaker 1>she's a writer, and it was written just perfectly. I

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<v Speaker 1>had no trouble reading it, so thanks for that, Robin. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a short little pot I wanted to get

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<v Speaker 1>something out on Sunday. I usually upload something on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>I am just hammered with work right now. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>working all weekend. I'm going to be busy for the

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<v Speaker 1>next month or two with strict, tight deadlines, lots of changes,

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<v Speaker 1>lots of extra work, blah blah, blah. It's just the

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<v Speaker 1>nature of my business. But so some of these podcasts

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<v Speaker 1>that I put out may be short, shorter like this

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<v Speaker 1>because I can just knock them out real quick in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning, but I appreciate you listening to it. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>keep them cranking them out. And I'm also uploading these

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<v Speaker 1>archive podcasts. You see a thumbnail that says archive. These

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<v Speaker 1>are podcasts that I'm going back four or five six

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<v Speaker 1>years and re editing and redoing the sound, taking all

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<v Speaker 1>of my useless commentary out of it. It is only stories.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no talking. There may be one or two where

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<v Speaker 1>was I think it was appropriate to do that. But

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<v Speaker 1>on the podcast, if you look on Spotify or Apple,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got over one hundred. I think there's like one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty up, but I'm just slowly bringing those

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. Some of them are shows so short that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm putting them together and combining like three or four

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<v Speaker 1>archives in one. But if you see those pop up

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<v Speaker 1>on your YouTube screen, click on it. If you like

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<v Speaker 1>these stories. These are older stories that the newer listeners

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<v Speaker 1>probably haven't heard. You can click on them and you

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<v Speaker 1>will be amazed at some of the stories I've gotten

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<v Speaker 1>through the years. I think you'll be very much entertained

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoy what you hear. So okay, thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll see you guys on the next podcast. Appreciate

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