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<v Speaker 1>Okay, here's a bigfoot story that I thought was interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up just outside of Davenport, Iowa, in the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen sixties and seventies. We grew up around cornfields as

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<v Speaker 1>well as apple, pear and cherry orchards. My first encounter

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<v Speaker 1>was around at the age of seven. I would wake

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<v Speaker 1>up and hear sounds that were really strange, even for

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<v Speaker 1>the countryside. We had a German shepherd who stayed outside

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<v Speaker 1>and would usually not make noise at night unless there

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<v Speaker 1>was something moving around. But one night it was barking

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<v Speaker 1>his head off. I decided to get out of bed

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<v Speaker 1>to see what was causing him to make so much noise.

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<v Speaker 1>I had walked to our back door when I suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>stopped in the living room. There was a hairy face

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<v Speaker 1>in the window watching me. Unfortunately, it wasn't the only

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<v Speaker 1>time I saw it. It happened several times in my youth.

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<v Speaker 1>As I got a bit older, some of the other

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<v Speaker 1>girls and I would walk up to the corn field

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<v Speaker 1>just before dark. We were rather daring as young girls

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<v Speaker 1>playing at night. On one of our walks, we started

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<v Speaker 1>to hear something growling. We knew it wasn't a dog

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<v Speaker 1>because the farmer lived quite a way from the field.

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<v Speaker 1>There weren't many boys who lived by us, or we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think it was one of them either, And when

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<v Speaker 1>we reached the street light at the opening of the cornfield,

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<v Speaker 1>we saw something moving and then suddenly we heard a loud,

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<v Speaker 1>rib shaking growl, and we took off running. We all

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<v Speaker 1>went home, and we never said anything to anyone about

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<v Speaker 1>what had happened. The last time I had heard or

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<v Speaker 1>seen anything was just before I became a teenager. I

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<v Speaker 1>would see a face in the window every now and then,

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<v Speaker 1>and it would be smiling at me. Now that I

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<v Speaker 1>think back on what happened, I'm beginning to believe that

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<v Speaker 1>the one in the window was possibly what we heard

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<v Speaker 1>in the cornfield, because around that time I was being bullied.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps the face in the window had followed us to

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<v Speaker 1>the cornfield to give the other girls a scare. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm retired now, though, and I still think about that face.

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<v Speaker 1>I never did figure out who or what that was.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for giving me the chance to share my story,

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<v Speaker 1>And to those who are afraid to tell of their encounters,

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<v Speaker 1>please don't bottle it up, send them to cam oh Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for that that's a full visual of a

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<v Speaker 1>creature looking at you from outside the house through a window.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really really interesting. It's really sort of profound, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have no doubt that you will never never forget

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<v Speaker 1>that as long as you live. So I really appressed.

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<v Speaker 1>Was an exciting story and I really appreciate the writer.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Here's an Australian bigfoot or Yowi story that

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was great. I've been a solo Yowi researcher

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<v Speaker 1>for about twelve years. My amazing and totally unexpected encounter

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<v Speaker 1>happened in the rainforest walking track between Baron Dam and

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<v Speaker 1>Condolila Falls on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It

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<v Speaker 1>was February twenty twelve and it was one pm in

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon. After a significant five day rain event had

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<v Speaker 1>passed through the Sunshine Coast. I decided to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the Bahroon Pocket Dam to have a look at the spillway,

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<v Speaker 1>which was apparently going mental. I could see from the

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<v Speaker 1>walking track that the spillway was closed as the track

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<v Speaker 1>was damaged. I thought, to hell with it, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to go for a walk to flat Rock roughly four

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<v Speaker 1>kilometers return on the Condolila track, but I didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>it that far. I was ten minutes past the junction

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<v Speaker 1>into the walk when I noticed that all the birds

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<v Speaker 1>had gone silent. Prior to this, I heard the familiar

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<v Speaker 1>cats and birds and whipbird calls echoing through the rainforest,

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<v Speaker 1>along with the frogs and the cicadas. It was like

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<v Speaker 1>someone had flicked a switch. At this point, I should

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<v Speaker 1>have retreated, but I didn't. I stopped and slowly looked about,

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw and heard nothing, just did silence and

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<v Speaker 1>a slight breeze under the rainforest canopy. I dismissed the

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<v Speaker 1>silence what would have been normally a foreboding sign to

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<v Speaker 1>leave the area, and to this day I still don't

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<v Speaker 1>know why I continued. I got to a bridge and

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a scratching noise thirty meters to my right.

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<v Speaker 1>My neck hair stood up. I stopped and looked in

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<v Speaker 1>that direction, but I saw nothing. Without thinking, it took

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<v Speaker 1>me one step forward, and my walking boot made a

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<v Speaker 1>clunk sound on the wooden planking on the bridge. That's

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<v Speaker 1>when I saw it, and that's when it saw me.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing was a pair of huge, dark colored

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<v Speaker 1>eyes and the top of a big head, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it just rose from behind a dead tree and two

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<v Speaker 1>giant ferns to full height. I was stunned. I estimated

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<v Speaker 1>him to be nine feet tall. He had dark brown

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<v Speaker 1>fer and he was built like a barn. He was

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<v Speaker 1>easily three feet across at the shoulders. I was totally

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<v Speaker 1>gobsmacked and in awe at the same time. I just

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<v Speaker 1>stared at him, and he stared right back at me.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt like forever, and then he did the most

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<v Speaker 1>unexpected thing that I'll never forget. He let out a

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<v Speaker 1>big sigh that snapped me out of it. My brain

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<v Speaker 1>was going nuts over what to do. My video camera

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<v Speaker 1>was in my backpack, but I didn't dare to reach

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<v Speaker 1>for it. I knew if I ran, I was screwed,

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<v Speaker 1>so I just put both hands up in the air

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<v Speaker 1>to be as non threatening as I could be and

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<v Speaker 1>as calm as humanly possible verbally apologized for disturbing him.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he did another amazing thing. He relaxed. His shoulders

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<v Speaker 1>sagged a bit, and I saw this as my avenue

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<v Speaker 1>to escape. I think he understood, and I slowly backed up.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't move, he just kept staring. I never felt threatened.

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<v Speaker 1>It was more surprise and curiosity, but there was no

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<v Speaker 1>aggression on his part. I must have crab walked one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty meters, not taking my eyes off him

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<v Speaker 1>until I got around the corner, and then I took

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<v Speaker 1>off like a bolt back to the car park. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never run like that in my life. I made it

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<v Speaker 1>back to my car with my heart in my mouth

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<v Speaker 1>and my adrenaline level out the window. I unlocked the

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<v Speaker 1>car and threw my raincoat and backpack in and suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>felt my hair on the back of my next day

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<v Speaker 1>up again. And then that awful dead smell hit me

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<v Speaker 1>like a slap in the face. It was so strong

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<v Speaker 1>I felt nauseous. It was incredible. I couldn't see him,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know he was there. I thought to myself,

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<v Speaker 1>you sneaky bugger. Had he tricked me into thinking there

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a threat just to come after me without me

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<v Speaker 1>being prepared? Or was he just making sure I was

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<v Speaker 1>really leaving? And then as quick as it started, it

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<v Speaker 1>ended when the car appeared in the parking lot. I

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<v Speaker 1>thank God for saving me. I felt the tention in

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<v Speaker 1>the air dissipate, and I never went back to that

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<v Speaker 1>place alone. I've been a lifelong transmission rebuilder, and in

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<v Speaker 1>the year two thousand, I opened my own shop in Summerville.

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<v Speaker 1>It had three lifts and it was joined by an

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<v Speaker 1>automotive shop with a solid block wall dividing the two.

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<v Speaker 1>The automotive shop was run by a man named Keith,

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<v Speaker 1>who had been there for twenty years. Keith was a

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<v Speaker 1>good man and he and I became friends. My nephew, Raymond,

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<v Speaker 1>was also a transmission man. About four weeks after I opened,

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<v Speaker 1>he would come to help me. I opened my shop

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<v Speaker 1>and I was there all day. That night, I had

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<v Speaker 1>another friend who would come in and pull the transmissions

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<v Speaker 1>out so I could rebuild them the next day. The

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<v Speaker 1>following night he would put them back in. One morning,

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<v Speaker 1>I arrived at seven am. I opened the roll up

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<v Speaker 1>shop door and out of the corner of my eye

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<v Speaker 1>saw a black looking animal run by me and then

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<v Speaker 1>hide behind a trash can. It looked more like a

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<v Speaker 1>shadow than a solid critter. I picked up a shovel,

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<v Speaker 1>ready to defend my shop now. I quickly pulled the

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<v Speaker 1>can back and there was nothing there. I soon forgot

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<v Speaker 1>about it, but at that point things started to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I would be in the shop during the day reb

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<v Speaker 1>building a transmission, and I would hear a wrench or

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<v Speaker 1>a metallic object hit the floor as if it had

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<v Speaker 1>been dropped from six feet in the air. I'd walk

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<v Speaker 1>around the cars and there wouldn't be anything there. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew right off it wasn't from the shop on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side. He was in there with me. I had

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<v Speaker 1>a restroom at one end, and I could see the

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<v Speaker 1>mirror in the hallway from the shop. Around the corner

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<v Speaker 1>from it was a toilet, And sometimes when I would

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<v Speaker 1>go to relieve myself, I would smell a woman's perfume,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes I would smell pipe tobacco. Sometimes I would

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<v Speaker 1>hear a loud bang on the side of the building.

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<v Speaker 1>I would walk out and look, but nothing would ever

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<v Speaker 1>be there. One night, my friend Benny was putting a

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<v Speaker 1>transmission in for me. Around eight pm. He called me

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<v Speaker 1>and he told me that I needed to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him why, and he said the lift wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>come down and the car was stuck up in the air.

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<v Speaker 1>I hung up and I started putting my shoes on

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<v Speaker 1>when he called back, and he said the lift had

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<v Speaker 1>come down on its own and he was leaving the

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<v Speaker 1>next day. Keith came over and laughed. He said he

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<v Speaker 1>was up there working late. When Benny came over to

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<v Speaker 1>his shop scared to death. I asked him why, and

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<v Speaker 1>Keith told Bennie that he had seen Henry. I asked

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<v Speaker 1>who that was, and Keith informed me that it was

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<v Speaker 1>a ghost that lived in the building. Henry was the

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<v Speaker 1>name his wife gave him. I asked Keith if he

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<v Speaker 1>had seen strange things too, and he said, strange stuff

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<v Speaker 1>had happened all the time for the past twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>I called Benny and I asked him to come up

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<v Speaker 1>and put in a transmission for me that night. He

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<v Speaker 1>asked if I was going to be there, and he

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<v Speaker 1>said that he wouldn't come back by himself to work

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<v Speaker 1>in that shop again. He told me that I had

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<v Speaker 1>a ghost. I asked him what had happened, and what

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<v Speaker 1>he told me made my hair stand on in. Benny

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<v Speaker 1>said that when he worked and in a burgundy colored shirt,

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<v Speaker 1>watched him from the mirror. Ben he heard him sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes he'd see him walk by. My nephew finally

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<v Speaker 1>came to help me. Instead never told him anything. He

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<v Speaker 1>had an old race car and at night he would

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<v Speaker 1>stay and work on that. After maybe three weeks, I

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<v Speaker 1>asked him if he had seen or heard anything strange.

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<v Speaker 1>He started telling me stories about all the strange noises

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<v Speaker 1>and shadows that he would see walking by. One day

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<v Speaker 1>he went out of town for a race and I

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<v Speaker 1>was in the shop with the doors closed and I

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<v Speaker 1>was working. All of a sudden, I felt a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of lips against the back of my neck, and I

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<v Speaker 1>felt air blow and took on me. I turned around.

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<v Speaker 1>I was ready to fight, but there was nothing there.

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<v Speaker 1>There was another time I was walking across the shop

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<v Speaker 1>when something put its fingers in my right back pocket

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<v Speaker 1>and gave me a hard tug. I turned around, and

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<v Speaker 1>again there was nothing there. My nephew and his friend

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<v Speaker 1>were in the shop one night talking when his friend

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<v Speaker 1>did a double take. He swore that he saw a

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<v Speaker 1>man standing there, and then the man vanished. On another night,

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<v Speaker 1>my nephew was working on his race car. He was

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<v Speaker 1>by himself, and he was whistling a tune, and when

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<v Speaker 1>he stopped whistling, right in front of him, someone whistled

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<v Speaker 1>the exact same tune. After that he left for the night.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on another time I had a customer in

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<v Speaker 1>the shop and we had a slight disagreement. We were

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<v Speaker 1>Have many other stories from that creepy place, but I'll

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<v Speaker 1>having previously been used as food. Alaska is the land

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<v Speaker 1>of extreme beauty and extreme hardship. I have worked and

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<v Speaker 1>Jack London, but I live to tell about it. In Alaska,

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<v Speaker 1>it is common to see moose, grizzly bears, links, porcupines,

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<v Speaker 1>using the power line easements and retreat back into their wilderness,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just a few blocks away. After many good

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and thirty seven degrees fahrenheit warmer than it

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<v Speaker 1>and I learned just how prevalent the cryptids are here.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to think it was just the wild dogs

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<v Speaker 1>so much more. They are out there, cryptids lurking in

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<v Speaker 1>at night, watching and waiting and sometimes making themselves revealed

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<v Speaker 1>to people like me. I live in a suburb with

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<v Speaker 1>encountered what some stated as a dog man. If you

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<v Speaker 1>be the lush greenery everywhere. It is gently spread out.

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<v Speaker 1>You do not have big city landscapes with skylines blocking

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<v Speaker 1>You often hear dogs barking in certain areas, and then

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<v Speaker 1>Most areas are open with single story business office strips

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<v Speaker 1>a traditional one story multi building office complex. After my

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<v Speaker 1>wait for my ride. My dog is a smaller jack

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<v Speaker 1>Russell terrier. She caught a scent and began pulling me along,

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<v Speaker 1>which is unusual for her, and then she stopped. By then,

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<v Speaker 1>I had developed some vision loss and I could not

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<v Speaker 1>She was trained to bark when someone approached to learning me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt her shaking violently. She leaped into my

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<v Speaker 1>arms and I held her shivering body. I suddenly heard nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>It was too quiet, even for me, like when a

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<v Speaker 1>it was some sort of presence blocking out the sound.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't move or make sudden motions. I just held

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<v Speaker 1>my dog and continued to breathe quietly and waited for

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<v Speaker 1>the presence to move away. In Alaska, my dog's behavior

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<v Speaker 1>usually indicated the presence of a moose nearby, or a

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<v Speaker 1>predator such as a wolf or once a black bear

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<v Speaker 1>that slept in our tree. Up there, we lived next

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<v Speaker 1>What was it? Then my nose was assaulted. What was

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<v Speaker 1>that smell? I wondered if my dog had made a

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<v Speaker 1>the presence and the smell moved on. I heard birds

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<v Speaker 1>a lapse. But as soon as the sounds came back,

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<v Speaker 1>she jumped out of my arms and started sniffing a

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<v Speaker 1>spot nearby. I have some vision loss, but even I

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<v Speaker 1>could see the footprint and the soft earth next to me.

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<v Speaker 1>My weigh over two hundred and fifty pounds, and my

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<v Speaker 1>foot barely left a crease, while the one next to

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<v Speaker 1>me left a deep print in the mud. It was

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<v Speaker 1>long and narrow, ending with three long and distinct claw

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<v Speaker 1>arks deeply imprinted in the mud. Now wear USIZ thirteen shoe,

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<v Speaker 1>and I took a picture for comparison. It was longer

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<v Speaker 1>and wider and heavier than mine. I'm not a hunter gatherer,

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<v Speaker 1>so I sent my pictures to experience hunters and expedition

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<v Speaker 1>hunters back in Alaska, and not one of them could

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<v Speaker 1>identify what it was. Others in my area have shared

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<v Speaker 1>their encounters with creatures here in East Texas, including run

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<v Speaker 1>ins with beasts that are ten to twelve feet tall,

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<v Speaker 1>and they aren't always friendly. From listening to various broadcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>what I encountered was best described as a dog man.

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<v Speaker 1>There's more to share, but only for those not faint

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<v Speaker 1>of heart. Let me know and I'll tell you all

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<v Speaker 1>the details. I'm a loyal subscriber to your channel. You

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<v Speaker 1>read our stories without disputing or belittling the events and

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<v Speaker 1>encounters that we share. I love your reading style too.

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<v Speaker 1>It is based and honest and good natured and enthusiastic.

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<v Speaker 1>This is great since the reason is not to create

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<v Speaker 1>debate and endless supposed scientific criticisms and disputes, but to

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<v Speaker 1>relate our stories and allow us to share experiences which

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<v Speaker 1>challenge our perspectives and oftentimes leave us in bewilderment. And

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<v Speaker 1>he goes on to tell me how much he likes

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<v Speaker 1>the channel, and I really appreciate that. I thought, for

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<v Speaker 1>a minute this was going to be a full on

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<v Speaker 1>visual encounter with a dog man, because Rebecca had listed

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<v Speaker 1>this as a dog man story. Usually when I see

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<v Speaker 1>dog man stories, we don't get the anecdotal type stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>We get full blown visual sighting encounters. However, this story

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<v Speaker 1>is interesting because for some reason something stopped him and

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<v Speaker 1>his dog in their tracks and they look down and

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<v Speaker 1>they see a track of some kind of a canine

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<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing canine. I don't think he ever said he

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<v Speaker 1>what it was. He said what he thinks it is.

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<v Speaker 1>But I thought the story was very interesting and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the way it was written was the way what really

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<v Speaker 1>pulled me in. And that can sometimes happen. You can

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<v Speaker 1>read a story that's not really full of, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>shoot him up type action, but it's written so well

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<v Speaker 1>that it pulls you in to where you want to

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<v Speaker 1>know what's going on. So I really like this story,

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<v Speaker 1>So I appreciate the writer for sending it Okay, as

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<v Speaker 1>another short podcast. I'm doing these in the morning and

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<v Speaker 1>I've been absent a lot the last few months and

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<v Speaker 1>i want to try to catch up and get caught

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<v Speaker 1>back up on this content. So I really appreciate you

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<v Speaker 1>listening this far, and we'll see you guys on the

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<v Speaker 1>next one. Thank you.