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<v Speaker 1>I live in a house in the country near Eldorado, Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>I woke up one morning and looked out in my

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom window toward my chicken coop, and I saw a

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<v Speaker 1>figure standing there. Judging by the height of the coop,

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<v Speaker 1>the creature was at least seven feet tall. The only

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<v Speaker 1>way to describe it is that it looked like a Chewbacca,

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<v Speaker 1>the way it's hair flowed, and the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't see a neck. I rubbed my eyes several times,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was still there. It was like it wanted

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<v Speaker 1>me to see it, It wanted to be seen. It

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<v Speaker 1>just stood there, looking at the house. Finally I looked away,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I looked back again, it was gone. I

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<v Speaker 1>never said anything for a while. Although I never saw

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<v Speaker 1>it again, I would carry my pistol if I went

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<v Speaker 1>outside after dark. After that, we would hear strange sounds

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<v Speaker 1>at night, but we never saw anything again. Now my

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<v Speaker 1>friend had to run in with a dog man, but

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<v Speaker 1>that was months later. We had a tracker come in

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<v Speaker 1>to look around, but he found nothing, or at least

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that he would admit to. I told my family,

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<v Speaker 1>and they gave me the strangest looks. Some of them

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<v Speaker 1>think I should quit listening to shows like yours. They

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm seeing things. Oh well, these stories are great.

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<v Speaker 1>People are seeing things, and I'm just so glad you

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<v Speaker 1>sent this in. It was a short, little story, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was great. In nineteen ninety nine, I was a

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<v Speaker 1>tradesman working on an apartment complex that was being built

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<v Speaker 1>in my town. Operated my own company, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>working after the bulk of the trades had left for

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<v Speaker 1>the day. I was finishing my task in one unit,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was gathering my tools to do the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing in the neighboring unit, and I was moving quickly

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<v Speaker 1>to take advantage of the daylight. Out of the corner

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<v Speaker 1>of my eye, I caught a figure outside the window,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I turned my head to look, person was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>There were other apartments in the area that were inhabited,

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<v Speaker 1>so I thought someone was taking a shortcut through the

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<v Speaker 1>construction site. When I got to the next unit, I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at the window in the back and I saw

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<v Speaker 1>the coast was clear. But while I was working, I

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<v Speaker 1>got the sensation that someone was watching me. I turned

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<v Speaker 1>to the back window again and got a glimpse of

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<v Speaker 1>a shadow as it walked away. It was the same

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<v Speaker 1>figure I had seen earlier. When I finished my work,

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<v Speaker 1>I moved upstairs. These apartments did not yet have the

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<v Speaker 1>decks installed on the back side of the building, so

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't think it was necessary to even entertain the

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<v Speaker 1>possibility that this figure would be there. While I install

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<v Speaker 1>the fixtures on the second floor unit, I felt that

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<v Speaker 1>feeling again. I knew someone was watching me, and when

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<v Speaker 1>I looked over my shoulder, I saw a man with

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<v Speaker 1>a hat and a jacket outside the window. I had

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<v Speaker 1>no clue what he was standing on because the balcony

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<v Speaker 1>was not there. I turned around and looked at him,

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<v Speaker 1>and he stared back at me, expressionless. I was nervous

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<v Speaker 1>and dangerously close to being behind schedule for the project.

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<v Speaker 1>I finally said out loud, well, if you're here to help,

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<v Speaker 1>I could use a hand. If not, my insurance will

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<v Speaker 1>not cover you on my job site. After I said that,

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<v Speaker 1>he left. I decided to leave and come back the

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<v Speaker 1>next day to finish. But before I went to bed

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<v Speaker 1>for the night, I made a sketch of the man

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<v Speaker 1>that I saw. The next morning, I was getting dressed

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<v Speaker 1>for work when my wife watched TV. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday morning, and I asked her what she was watching.

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<v Speaker 1>She said she was watching Poltergeist. She said it's a

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<v Speaker 1>good movie. I told her that I had never seen it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I started lacing up my boots. I glanced at

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<v Speaker 1>the TV and saw something that caught my attention. A

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<v Speaker 1>familiar looking ghost walked across the road and across walk

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't believe what I saw. I went and got

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<v Speaker 1>a sketch that I drew from the day before, and

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<v Speaker 1>I handed it to my wife and I asked her

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<v Speaker 1>if she could rewind the movie to that scene. She

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<v Speaker 1>looked from my sketch to the TV and she said,

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<v Speaker 1>are you sure you haven't seen this movie before. I

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<v Speaker 1>told her I hadn't, even though the actor looked just

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<v Speaker 1>like the man in my sketch, I didn't tell her

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<v Speaker 1>what I saw out the second floor window of the

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<v Speaker 1>day before. I didn't want to scare her look stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>It took about a month or two for me not

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<v Speaker 1>to get startled whenever I saw a flat brim farmer's hat.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty fifteen, my son and I were hunting in

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<v Speaker 1>south central Colorado. We were tent camping like we always do,

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<v Speaker 1>and I brought two different propane heaters along with the

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<v Speaker 1>three cold weather sleeping bags just to be safe. Long

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<v Speaker 1>story short, Neither heater would work at the elevation that

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<v Speaker 1>we were at, so we I ended up placing our

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<v Speaker 1>heavy duty hunting kots right next to each other. That

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<v Speaker 1>way we could share the third sleeping bag across the

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<v Speaker 1>top of us. The low that night was in the

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<v Speaker 1>upper twenties, but we were okay. Before I went to

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<v Speaker 1>bed that night, I pumped up the pressure really good

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<v Speaker 1>in my comb and lantern and I left it on low.

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<v Speaker 1>I was hanging in a tree in case either of

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<v Speaker 1>us had to go relieve ourselves in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the night. Around midnight, not long after I fell asleep,

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<v Speaker 1>I woke up to my son tapping me on my shoulder. Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>there's something outside the tent. I can hear it breathing,

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<v Speaker 1>he said slowly. I reached over and grabbed my nine

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<v Speaker 1>millimeter off the table next to me. My son's cot

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<v Speaker 1>was up against the back wall and my cot was

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<v Speaker 1>next to his. I lay there silently holding my gun,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could clearly hear something outside breathing. He was

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<v Speaker 1>right from the angle I was lying in the position

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<v Speaker 1>of the sounds. I made it the height of our

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<v Speaker 1>visitor to be in the ten foot range. I could

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<v Speaker 1>hear the blood pumping in my ears, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>on full alert. I told my son to plug his ears.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard this thing slowly walk around the corner of

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<v Speaker 1>the tent and then stop. Then I heard a second

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<v Speaker 1>creature come to the tent from a different angle, and

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I needed to make some noise. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I shouted, making myself known. These things stopped in their

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<v Speaker 1>tracks right before they cast a shadow onto the side

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<v Speaker 1>of the tent from the lantern. I heard them slowly

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<v Speaker 1>back away, but their footsteps weren't heavy like I heard

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<v Speaker 1>about in some other stories. When we got up in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning, I looked around our tent and the frost

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<v Speaker 1>covered grass, but there was not a single track to

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<v Speaker 1>be found. I don't have any idea who visited our

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<v Speaker 1>camp that night, but I do know I've never been

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<v Speaker 1>so scared in my life. I know what came to

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<v Speaker 1>your camp. Brother. I'm pretty sure we all know what

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<v Speaker 1>came to your camp. That's a cool story, scary story.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for sending it. It was great. I am

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<v Speaker 1>an outdoorsman and I live in Middle Tennessee. During the

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<v Speaker 1>last deer season, I was out hunting one evening with

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<v Speaker 1>my bow, trying to spot and stalk a deer, when

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<v Speaker 1>I felt the sudden urge to look up at a

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<v Speaker 1>nearby sycamore tree. There, hovering by the branches, saw a

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<v Speaker 1>brown object that somewhat resembled the batman's symbol if you

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<v Speaker 1>were to cut off the ears and jag at the edges.

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<v Speaker 1>It was some sort of flying, silent creature. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>a bat, but it wasn't a bird. This thing just

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<v Speaker 1>hovered there above me for what felt like forever, and

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<v Speaker 1>when it finally moved from its stationary position, it shot

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<v Speaker 1>straight up in the sky until I couldn't see it anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the most interesting UFO encounter I've had up close,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've seen more than my fair share at a distance.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, I see white lights in the sky so

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<v Speaker 1>consistently that it's become as interesting to me as seeing

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<v Speaker 1>an ordinary plane pass by. They never make any sound,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll notice multiple of them in a night. The

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<v Speaker 1>lights don't blink, and their speeds very dramatically. Sometimes they

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<v Speaker 1>move slowly and other times incredibly fast. Sometimes I see

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<v Speaker 1>them ascend into the sky, and sometimes they shoot up

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<v Speaker 1>rapidly and disappear. I hope you get to see them

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<v Speaker 1>one night. All you have to do is look up

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<v Speaker 1>and wait.