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<v Speaker 1>All right, here's a story or an email with a

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<v Speaker 1>story from I don't know how to pronounce her name.

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<v Speaker 1>It's spelled Dha and a Dana, Dahnnahnah, Dohnnah, Johanna, do Hannah, Hannah, Dana.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's Dana. I'm just playing. It's a pretty name,

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<v Speaker 1>she writes. Hello. My name is Dana and I live

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<v Speaker 1>in the Pacific Northwest in a small town in Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband and I have a story to tell that

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<v Speaker 1>happened to us in twenty and fifteen. In November. We

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<v Speaker 1>had moved into an off grid RV park alongside the

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<v Speaker 1>Lewis and Columbia River in April of that year, and

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<v Speaker 1>during the summer we began exploring the wooded area behind

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<v Speaker 1>the park. In the fall, I started having the uneasy

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<v Speaker 1>feeling that we were being watched, but I never saw

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<v Speaker 1>anything out of the ordinary. When winter came, we had

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<v Speaker 1>stocked up supplies and were preparing to deal with the

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<v Speaker 1>cold weather coming on. We would not go in the

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<v Speaker 1>woods hiking around, but around the third week in November,

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<v Speaker 1>we noticed unusual activity going on. The area got quiet

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<v Speaker 1>and I never heard so much as a frog croaking,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's when I knew we were being watched. My

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<v Speaker 1>husband and I were woken up to feel something large

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<v Speaker 1>slap the side of our trailer from the backside. Our

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom faced the woods, and it seemed that the woods

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<v Speaker 1>amplified the sound, then the sound of something moving around outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither of us dared to step foot outside, nor would

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<v Speaker 1>we allow our animals out. We could hear branches breaking

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods behind us, and a little later we

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<v Speaker 1>heard screams that would scare the Bejesus out of us. This,

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately was not the end, because whatever was out there

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<v Speaker 1>terrified the dogs in the camp, and I heard more

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<v Speaker 1>than one screaming as it was killed. That happened at

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<v Speaker 1>least three nights in a row. The screams from this

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<v Speaker 1>creature could be heard from near the river and would

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<v Speaker 1>start from around nine pm until three or four am

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning. We didn't sleep much during this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the third night, this creature came around again, and

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<v Speaker 1>this time it shoved at the trailer. My husband was

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<v Speaker 1>alone at the time, so I only had this accounting

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<v Speaker 1>for this incident, but it scared him to death. I

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<v Speaker 1>came home from staying over at a friend's house and

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<v Speaker 1>gave her heads up. She was skeptical, but didn't outright

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<v Speaker 1>call me a liar. That night, the whooping and screaming

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<v Speaker 1>went on again and again, and I heard dogs barking fiercely.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty soon, a neighbor living on the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>the park grabbed his gun and emptied a magazine in

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<v Speaker 1>the general direction of where it was. I didn't return

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<v Speaker 1>after that. There was one rumor that said bear tracks

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<v Speaker 1>were found, but I doubt that was it. Bears don't

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<v Speaker 1>scream and whook. But the most bizarre and scary point

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<v Speaker 1>of this whole encounter was when my husband and I

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<v Speaker 1>and our cats heard heavy pounding steps that literally shook

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<v Speaker 1>the ground behind our trailer. We also had a swampy

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<v Speaker 1>area behind the trailer that filled whenever the heavy rains came.

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<v Speaker 1>My cat went on guard duty during that time and

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<v Speaker 1>would lay between me and the window at any rate.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband and I have talked to quite a few

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<v Speaker 1>folks at the RV part, and the odd thing was

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<v Speaker 1>none of them claimed to hear or see anything out

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<v Speaker 1>of the ordinary. We still live at that part. We've

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<v Speaker 1>heard no more unusual activity, but have gone into the

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<v Speaker 1>woods only during the daylight. We look up at the trees,

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<v Speaker 1>and it does not appear that something very large passed

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<v Speaker 1>through there. High branches are broken, and large trees are

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<v Speaker 1>toppled over and right in the middle of the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>That was enough, plus our experience, to make believers out

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<v Speaker 1>of my husband and I. The end, Oh wow, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good story. You know. The strange thing about that

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<v Speaker 1>is you have all this stuff going on around around

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<v Speaker 1>your trailer. And I'm assuming that the camper trailers I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure they're fifth wheels or you know, big box trailers

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<v Speaker 1>are probably fairly close together. I mean, you can probably

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<v Speaker 1>see neighbor after neighbor, and all of this noise, all

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<v Speaker 1>this racket, this thing slapping the side of your your

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<v Speaker 1>caravan or your trailer, and nobody else in the whole

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<v Speaker 1>place has any idea what's going on. They don't they

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<v Speaker 1>don't hear it. The thing doesn't slap their trailer. But

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<v Speaker 1>you seem to know what this thing was. Plus that

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<v Speaker 1>premonition that you had of something watching you, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes that sixth sense tells it all. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>great story. Dana, Dha and A. I'm very sorry if

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<v Speaker 1>I butchered the way to pronounce your name, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's spelled pretty it's spell and I think it's Dana.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, thanks Dana for the email. It was

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<v Speaker 1>really great. Here is an email from Ted and here's

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<v Speaker 1>what he writes. I'm not just a fair weather camper

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<v Speaker 1>and fisherman. I love the outdoors and exploring it. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is a true story. I'm now fifty eight years old.

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<v Speaker 1>On this evening, I was in my mid forties. My

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<v Speaker 1>wife and I used to camp a lot in a

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<v Speaker 1>big one ton truck and a camper rig that we own,

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<v Speaker 1>And on this evening, myself and my friend Tom had

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<v Speaker 1>just made camp on the edge of a secluded lake

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<v Speaker 1>midway up Vancouver Island on the coast of British Columbia.

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<v Speaker 1>We left our wives at an event in the town

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<v Speaker 1>of Nanimo and we were going to continue on up

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<v Speaker 1>the island. Okay, there's nothing funny about that sentence. However,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's funny that Nannimo is spelled Naimo and

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<v Speaker 1>the right phonetically wrote it out for me. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if he did that for me or if

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<v Speaker 1>he probably does that for a lot of people. But

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<v Speaker 1>I've had a lot of people say hey, I can

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<v Speaker 1>do some editing for you, and I can even phonetically

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<v Speaker 1>spell out the words that you probably can't pronounced, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not embarrassed that I can't pronounce some words. And

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<v Speaker 1>there are some words that I know how to pronounce,

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<v Speaker 1>but I cannot get my mouth to form the words.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what it is. Anyway, I'm digressing quite

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<v Speaker 1>a bit here. I just thought that was funny that

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<v Speaker 1>he phonetically spelled it out. All right. Back to the story.

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<v Speaker 1>The plan was to rough it fishing in a rugged

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<v Speaker 1>spot that I knew of, just us guys. After leaving

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<v Speaker 1>the main highway, we had traveled for the better part

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<v Speaker 1>of the afternoon down a gravel logging road to reach

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<v Speaker 1>the spot. It was late spring and there was still

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<v Speaker 1>a chill in the air. The trip in was long,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was excited to experience these secluded lakeside ca

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<v Speaker 1>caampsites again. I expected some monster trout to be waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>I had been there once before to visit a large

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<v Speaker 1>cave that was at the very end of the road

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<v Speaker 1>into this area. We made our way around to the

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<v Speaker 1>backside of the lake and we had our pick of campsites. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you could call them that. This mountain side came

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<v Speaker 1>straight down to the lake without a natural beach. Whoever

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<v Speaker 1>had created the campsites had cut away material for a

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<v Speaker 1>road and then left it natural around the lake. The

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<v Speaker 1>campsites themselves were nothing special. They were just reasonably flat

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<v Speaker 1>spots cut into the wild lakeside. Once we parked, looking

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<v Speaker 1>back at the mountains, seemed to reach right down to

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<v Speaker 1>the very edge of the lake, and it was an

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<v Speaker 1>odd place, and I remember not being so happy with it.

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<v Speaker 1>The truck was parked and the jacks were down, and

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<v Speaker 1>I got on with building a campfire. We pulled out

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<v Speaker 1>our chairs and began to talk and relax. Now Tom

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<v Speaker 1>is a notorious loud talker. He had no sense of

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<v Speaker 1>how a private conversation worked. So what was once silent

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<v Speaker 1>wilderness was now wide awake. The two of us were

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<v Speaker 1>probably now audible all across the lake. That said, we

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<v Speaker 1>heard no other voices. We were there on our own,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was still a bit of daylight, and we

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<v Speaker 1>were enjoying recounting the events of previous fishing trips. I

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<v Speaker 1>was starting to talk about dinner when Tom's face took

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<v Speaker 1>on a startled Look, Hey, you just about got hit

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<v Speaker 1>by that rock. He said, Well, I was oblivious. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>just been gnattering away, but he'd seen a large rock

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<v Speaker 1>fly by and land not far away from me. A

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes later, another rock bounced past us, and I

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<v Speaker 1>saw this one. It was a softball sized rock, and

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't help but be concerned. I recognized the danger

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<v Speaker 1>of being hit. I figured they were rolling down the

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<v Speaker 1>mountain side because of snow melting. It was certainly steep

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<v Speaker 1>enough that a rock could bounce down from some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of natural erosion like that, but the idea that they

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<v Speaker 1>were being thrown that never occurred to me. This continued

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<v Speaker 1>a few more times until a big one landed in

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<v Speaker 1>the lake, and with this we stood up and began

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<v Speaker 1>looking up the mountain side. We couldn't see anything moving,

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<v Speaker 1>there were no deer animals visible, and there didn't seem

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<v Speaker 1>to be an area that looked loose. Once we began

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<v Speaker 1>surveying the situation, the rocks stopped, and it was hard

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<v Speaker 1>to take in such a large area, and now the

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<v Speaker 1>light was getting low. We lost interest in the rocks.

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<v Speaker 1>I went on with cooking dinner. We ate and settled

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<v Speaker 1>down to a few beers and probably some more lively conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>and then something happened that I'll never forget. The silence

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<v Speaker 1>of the lakeside ended like an alarm bell ringing, and

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<v Speaker 1>what seemed to be a woman began screaming at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of her lungs. It was loud and clear, and

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<v Speaker 1>coming from somewhere right above us on this dark mountain side.

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<v Speaker 1>We were both instantly at full alert. The screaming then continued,

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<v Speaker 1>just as loud, echoing out across the lake. This time

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<v Speaker 1>it scared me to the bone, sending shivers up and

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<v Speaker 1>down my back. The screams sounded human. It did not

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<v Speaker 1>occur to me it was anything else but a woman

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<v Speaker 1>screaming at the top of her lungs. Well, who was

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<v Speaker 1>up there? There are no roads on that mountain. What

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<v Speaker 1>was someone doing up there? This was so out of

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<v Speaker 1>place on such a quiet night, and with no other

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<v Speaker 1>signs of people around the area. The area was not populated.

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<v Speaker 1>This was logging company land, with twenty miles of boggy,

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<v Speaker 1>mosquito infested forest punctuated with small, shallow lakes, were backing

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<v Speaker 1>into coastal mountains, and beyond that was wild rainforest for

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<v Speaker 1>many miles leading to the wild north coast of the

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<v Speaker 1>island was someone in serious trouble or being attacked. I

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<v Speaker 1>had no doubt in that moment that that was the case.

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<v Speaker 1>My senses were piqued and I expected to hear someone

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<v Speaker 1>crying for help any second. A minute passed, there was nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>no sound. Neither Tom or I spoke. It was completely silent.

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<v Speaker 1>Darkness came quick and horror enveloped our campsite. The fear

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<v Speaker 1>that someone was in serious trouble hung over us, but

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<v Speaker 1>there were no more signs of this person. We looked

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<v Speaker 1>around as best as we could with our flashlights, and

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<v Speaker 1>we called out into the dark, and there were no

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<v Speaker 1>further signs of trouble or strangeness. I had a lousy

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<v Speaker 1>night of sleep. I felt someone had been in trouble,

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<v Speaker 1>but I also knew how odd it was. How could

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<v Speaker 1>someone be up on that mountain side with no roads?

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<v Speaker 1>She sounded really close. Why would she stop yelling? What

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<v Speaker 1>would make a person scream like that and just stop?

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<v Speaker 1>There was intense emotion in this scream, and whoever did

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<v Speaker 1>it was communicating with us on purpose. At that time,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't see how the rocks and the screams could

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<v Speaker 1>be connected, But in hindsight and with what I've learned.

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<v Speaker 1>I suspect it may have been sosquatch objecting to our

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<v Speaker 1>rude and noisy entrance to the lake. Were we being

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<v Speaker 1>told that we were not alone? Was this creature imitating

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<v Speaker 1>the sounds that other humans had made when it had

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<v Speaker 1>encountered us? The next morning, several other camping rigs rumbled

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<v Speaker 1>into the area. The sounds of a few families and

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<v Speaker 1>accident a few years ago. Now, I've camped throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>rockies in the national parks, some with bears close, and

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<v Speaker 1>cougars are common animals here on the island. I've never

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<v Speaker 1>That's the end of his email. Oh man, what a

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<v Speaker 1>great story. Vancouver Island is a total wilderness from what

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<v Speaker 1>I understand. I've never been out there, but I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>TV shows on it and videos about Vancouver Island, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's full of bears. Brown bears, the real

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<v Speaker 1>big mean ones like the grizzly Kodyak kind of bears.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. In fishing. I think I'd have to

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<v Speaker 1>rethink fishing on an island covered up with bears. But

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<v Speaker 1>I might be wrong. There may not be any bears

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<v Speaker 1>on Vancouver Island. You guys, comment below and let me

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<v Speaker 1>know people who know. I'd love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 1>But thanks Ted for this email. It was really good,

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<v Speaker 1>what a great story. He hasn't seen anything before or

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<v Speaker 1>since like this, and it really makes you wonder, really

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<v Speaker 1>makes you wonder what's going on on Vancouver Island. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you again for the email. Here's a story from my

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<v Speaker 1>neck of the woods, just down the road in Tupelo, Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 1>My son married a Mississippi girl and lived in northeast

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<v Speaker 1>Tupelo until recently. It was a suburban area where the

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<v Speaker 1>to the forested hills and gullies along Elvis Presley Lake.

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<v Speaker 1>We agreed it was squatchy looking. We even had some

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<v Speaker 1>to the woods. Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest,

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<v Speaker 1>he used to tease his kids about bigfoot living in

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<v Speaker 1>those woods. But he doesn't tease them any longer. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>let him tell the rest of them story. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a snowstorm March eleven, twenty twenty two, and the wind

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<v Speaker 1>fifty PM. My wife had just come home and we

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<v Speaker 1>when something let out a whoop, howl, scream. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>best way I can describe it. It was incredibly loud,

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<v Speaker 1>at least as loud as a tornado siren. Sounded like

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<v Speaker 1>it was from that patch of woods right down the street.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't be surprised if half the neighborhood heard it,

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<v Speaker 1>especially the people up in the trailer park on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the woods. It made us all jump. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I can guarantee you the people in the trailer park

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<v Speaker 1>heard it. You better believe that. In fact, the unbelievably

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<v Speaker 1>loud scream we heard started with a whoop and then

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<v Speaker 1>built into a howl, and finally a powerful but higher

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<v Speaker 1>pitched scream. And it was all in one breath. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no pause. It was like it was singing a

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<v Speaker 1>scale from low to high. I said, dang, that was close.

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<v Speaker 1>My wife was like, what was that. I've lived around

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<v Speaker 1>here most of my life and I've never heard anything

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<v Speaker 1>like that before I have, I said. I guess my

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<v Speaker 1>face gave it away, because she asked, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>it was bigfoot? I said, Yep, that was bigfoot. Two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks later, he was out back working on his lawnmower

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<v Speaker 1>one night and he heard a whoop from the same direction.

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<v Speaker 1>It was answered by another whoop from the other end

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<v Speaker 1>of the street by the pond in the woods. There's

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<v Speaker 1>more than one, he thought, And the next day he

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<v Speaker 1>laid down the law to a seven and five year old.

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<v Speaker 1>No whooping and no banging around on things, and don't

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<v Speaker 1>even think about going back in those woods. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>when he quit teasing the kids or mentioning Bigfoot. They

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<v Speaker 1>moved to a different town soon thereafter. Oh that's Tupelo's

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<v Speaker 1>and that's in a suburban area. Now that's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's all kinds of Bigfoot reports around here

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<v Speaker 1>around Mississippi. I live right on the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>Holly Springs National Forest. If y'all ever heard coonbo talk,

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<v Speaker 1>he talks about his stomping grounds in the holly. Matter

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<v Speaker 1>of fact, he even invited me to go with him

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<v Speaker 1>one night. I don't really know if I want to

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<v Speaker 1>go right around in cars whooping for bigfoots all night,

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<v Speaker 1>but I might go. I don't know. I might go,

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<v Speaker 1>but I kind of like the stories. I don't like

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<v Speaker 1>to put myself in the mix. I don't want one

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<v Speaker 1>of them things after me because those things charge Coonbo

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<v Speaker 1>and those guys. So but this was a great story.

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate the man sending it, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>close to my where I live. That makes it even

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting for me. Here's an email from John. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure how to categorize this. When Neoma did the

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<v Speaker 1>cleanup on this story, she thinks it's either a time

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<v Speaker 1>warp or a matrix glisse. But let's read on and

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<v Speaker 1>find out what it is. It's a pretty cool story.

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<v Speaker 1>In the spring of nineteen eighty six, I was working

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<v Speaker 1>for Shell Oil in Long Island, New York. I took

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<v Speaker 1>my vacations twice a year, one in the spring and

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<v Speaker 1>one in the fall, so I could drive up to

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Lawrence to see my family and friends. In the spring,

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<v Speaker 1>I would do some fishing and in the fall, I

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<v Speaker 1>would hunt. I owned a sport car back then, so

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<v Speaker 1>naturally I pushed the limits with it. I can make

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<v Speaker 1>that eight hour drive in six hours. On this trip,

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<v Speaker 1>I expected to be back on the family farm by

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<v Speaker 1>nine am. My route took me through Plattsburgh and from

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<v Speaker 1>there I take the military turn bike to Ellenburgh and

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<v Speaker 1>then i'd take Route eleven to Constable. On this trip,

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<v Speaker 1>this is where I began to get an odd feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't place my finger on why I felt the

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<v Speaker 1>way that I did, until I realized I hadn't seen

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<v Speaker 1>anyone in a while, not a single person. No one

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<v Speaker 1>was out driving or walking around. No one was headed

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<v Speaker 1>to work, no one was taking their kids to school.

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<v Speaker 1>There just wasn't anyone. It was so odd. But it

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<v Speaker 1>was at seven o'clock in the morning, and I figured

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<v Speaker 1>I was just in the right place at the right

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<v Speaker 1>time to miss people starting their day. I was in

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<v Speaker 1>Franklin County at the time, with another hour left before

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<v Speaker 1>reaching home. By the time I crossed into Saint Lawrence County,

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<v Speaker 1>I was beginning to get worried I should have seen

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<v Speaker 1>someone by then, and I started looking in the windows

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<v Speaker 1>of houses and storefronts as I drove by, hoping to

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<v Speaker 1>see someone, see anyone, and I never saw a soul.

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<v Speaker 1>I was half an hour from the farm and I

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<v Speaker 1>began passing the homes of friends, and I was sure

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<v Speaker 1>i'd see people moving around there, but again there was

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<v Speaker 1>no one around. I pushed on tour home, knowing i'd

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<v Speaker 1>see at least my four family members when I got

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<v Speaker 1>to the house. But when I got there, they were gone.

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<v Speaker 1>The door was unlocked, so I walked in and I

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<v Speaker 1>called out. I got no answer. It was eight thirty am.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone should have been up and going about their day.

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<v Speaker 1>There was livestock to ten two. That's it. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>they must be out in the barn, but they weren't.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just the cows and horses. Now I was

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<v Speaker 1>completely freaked out, and I decided to drive into town.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a small town with a general store and

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<v Speaker 1>a post office and a hardware store. There was a

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<v Speaker 1>laundry mat, and there were a couple of bars. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I knew the bars would still be closed, but the

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<v Speaker 1>other businesses all would have opened by seven. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to the grocery first. No one was there. It was open,

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<v Speaker 1>but I could have run off with the cash register

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<v Speaker 1>and no one would have been there to stay. I

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<v Speaker 1>was feeling more and more like I was trapped in

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<v Speaker 1>an episode of the Twilight Zone. I drove over to

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<v Speaker 1>a friend's house next. No one was home there either,

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<v Speaker 1>and finally I decided to go back to the farm

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<v Speaker 1>and wait. I was doing my best to be reasonable.

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<v Speaker 1>That was probably an emergency somewhere, I told myself, and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know where the emergency was, so I just

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<v Speaker 1>have to go back to the farm and wait. Someone

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<v Speaker 1>would show up sooner or later. I was tired from

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<v Speaker 1>all the driving through the night, so I stretched out

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<v Speaker 1>on the couch and I fell asleep. And when I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up, it was noon and my father was coming

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<v Speaker 1>through the front door. I asked him where everyone went.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked at me like I was nuts and asked

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<v Speaker 1>what I was talking about. Dad. When I got home,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone was gone, I said, and again he looked, but

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<v Speaker 1>he said that a lot of people went over to

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<v Speaker 1>Messina for some big event from two whole counties. I question,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was clear that he didn't understand, so I

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<v Speaker 1>explained everything that had happened. He shrugged his shoulders and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, you got to be mistaken, son. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to the store, but I've only been gone twenty minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you just got here. As far as he

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<v Speaker 1>was concerned, everyone was where they were supposed to be.

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<v Speaker 1>I've only told this story to a few close friends.

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<v Speaker 1>I know most people would think I'm crazy. I pushed

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<v Speaker 1>it to the back of my mind and I have

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<v Speaker 1>kind of forgotten about it over the years. However, listening

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<v Speaker 1>to your last show about a guy who lost time

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<v Speaker 1>while driving brought it all back. Was it all the

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<v Speaker 1>result of a random event aligning perfectly or did something

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<v Speaker 1>really strange happen? I guess I'll never know. And he

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<v Speaker 1>mentions that he's got more stories and I would love

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<v Speaker 1>to read them. This is an old story, but I

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<v Speaker 1>would love to read your stories, John, send them on brother.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the story. M