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<v Speaker 1>I've spent most of my life in the western North

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina Mountains. My encounter happened in the early nineteen nineties.

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<v Speaker 1>My kids and I would spend our weekends and evenings

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<v Speaker 1>hunting the North Carolina Mountains for Gensen. It's a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>plant that grows in the hollers in our local area.

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<v Speaker 1>The children enjoyed this activity, searching the forest floor for

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<v Speaker 1>the distinct five leaf plant that gave proof the gen

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<v Speaker 1>seen route would be found in the rich, dark soil below.

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<v Speaker 1>We did this every September in October. Digging and searching,

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<v Speaker 1>we could earn several thousand dollars once the roots were

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<v Speaker 1>dried and sold. A lot of mountain folks would make

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<v Speaker 1>extra money this way, the children would get to keep

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<v Speaker 1>any money they made for their efforts. That was a

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<v Speaker 1>huge motivation. Particular year, we found a real honey hole

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<v Speaker 1>in a place called Greenville Watershed. It is a restricted

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen thousand acre reserve. A highway passes through the area

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<v Speaker 1>with signs visible all along that warned you not to trespass.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking back, I have to ask myself why on earth

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<v Speaker 1>we went in there, because we could have gotten in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of trouble. If we had been caught. This

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<v Speaker 1>forest was completely untouched by humans and it was isolated.

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<v Speaker 1>Needless to say, there was an abundant plant life. One evening,

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<v Speaker 1>after my husband got off work, we went to our

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<v Speaker 1>honey hole to dig. The fall evening was perfect, The

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<v Speaker 1>air was crisp, and the sky was blue, and we

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<v Speaker 1>had been blessed with our diggings. In fact, we were

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<v Speaker 1>so successful that we went further into the forest than usual.

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<v Speaker 1>The day had gotten away from us and darkness was

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<v Speaker 1>setting in Under the tree canopy, we made our way

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<v Speaker 1>back toward our which was parked in a discreete area

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<v Speaker 1>along a narrow road. We were still in the darkness

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<v Speaker 1>of the woods, but we could see the last of

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<v Speaker 1>the day's light where the trees were cleared along the road.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband was in front and our kids were in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle, and I was bringing up the rear. We

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<v Speaker 1>approached the light, we heard a huge noise. At first,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was rocks falling from the high peak

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<v Speaker 1>of the adjacent mountain, and I looked up in that direction,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking I would see a commotion. When we all stopped

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<v Speaker 1>and listened, I realized it wasn't rocks crashing. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a huge, growling breath way too close to us. We froze.

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<v Speaker 1>No one spoke for several seconds. The children started to

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<v Speaker 1>whimper as the reality of what we heard set in.

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<v Speaker 1>When we took a step forward, the creature released another long,

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<v Speaker 1>rolling growl. It was so loud and long that it

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<v Speaker 1>shook my insides, and I knew then that it was

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<v Speaker 1>watching us. We had no choice but to walk forward

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<v Speaker 1>toward the car and out of the dark woods. I

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<v Speaker 1>did not want the children to start running, so I

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<v Speaker 1>held my youngest hand and instructed the other two not

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<v Speaker 1>to run, but to walk slowly and steadily to the car.

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<v Speaker 1>We took several more steps forward, and the creature once

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<v Speaker 1>again released that warning breath, sending tremors of fear through

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<v Speaker 1>my body, but we didn't stop. We all held steady

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<v Speaker 1>and made it to our vehicle, and as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>we were in the car, we took off, the children

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<v Speaker 1>crying and all of us questioning what on earth was

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods with us. We never went back to

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<v Speaker 1>that area again. We still retell that event, and we

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<v Speaker 1>all agreed that the creature that warned us away that

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<v Speaker 1>day was a big one. I now live in a

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<v Speaker 1>small town in the area known as Forest City. We

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<v Speaker 1>bought a sixty eight acre piece of property that is

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<v Speaker 1>partially pasture and part forest. I have seen evidence that

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<v Speaker 1>Bigfoot passes through occasionally. I see twisted off trees and

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<v Speaker 1>it leaves a horrible odor. It calls and makes tree

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<v Speaker 1>knocks too. Now I haven't seen it, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>looking for it. I'm satisfied to know that they are

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<v Speaker 1>living peacefully nearby, and that's enough for me. Okay, here's

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<v Speaker 1>a fun little piece of Steve Lily fan fiction. I

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<v Speaker 1>told people that you're feel free to write Steve Lily's

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<v Speaker 1>stories and I would put them on the podcast. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know the name of this writer. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a woman from Charleston, South Carolina. This is really good.

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<v Speaker 1>I live at the trailer park. It ain't a bad

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<v Speaker 1>place if you learn who to avoid and who to ignore,

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<v Speaker 1>and mind your business. One of my favorite things to

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<v Speaker 1>do is people watch from my little deck just to

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<v Speaker 1>the right of the front door, and it gets the

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<v Speaker 1>best son. Our trailer backs up to the woods and

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<v Speaker 1>all the trails and forts that the park kids built.

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<v Speaker 1>I know all the kids here and I try to

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<v Speaker 1>watch out for them. There's a lot of them that

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<v Speaker 1>are latch key kids with working parents. Well there I

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<v Speaker 1>was one afternoon on my porch, laying low in minding

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<v Speaker 1>my business, when I heard the kids coming up from

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<v Speaker 1>the woods at the back of the trailer park talking excitedly. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not my fault. One of them said, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>my fault either, said another one. Well, she's your sister.

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<v Speaker 1>Which one of you was playing with her? Was it? Me? On?

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<v Speaker 1>These kids went bickering at each other, and I tune

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<v Speaker 1>most of it out until I heard something that piqued

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<v Speaker 1>my interest. I'm hiding out over at your house. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the kids said, my mom is gonna whoop my

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<v Speaker 1>butt good if she don't show up. I told her

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<v Speaker 1>not to go running after the baby monkey. Another said,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no monkeys Mississippi, dummy. It wasn't that, And you

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<v Speaker 1>know it what I thought to myself, realizing they left

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<v Speaker 1>someone's little sister out in the woods chasing monkeys. I

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<v Speaker 1>took off to the back of the trailer and set

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<v Speaker 1>off in the woods. It wouldn't be long before dark,

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<v Speaker 1>and luckily I knew those woods better than anyone, having

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<v Speaker 1>lived there most of my life. The kid's trail was

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<v Speaker 1>easy to follow on the sandy path. There were lots

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<v Speaker 1>of footprints and broken sticks and leaves. So far, so good,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, though I had to go deeper into the

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<v Speaker 1>woods than usual. I finally veered off the path and

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<v Speaker 1>I saw two sets of small, barefoot tracks. Those idiot

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<v Speaker 1>kids let the little sister out here with no shoes on,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought. I shook my head. Then I saw another

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<v Speaker 1>small set of tracks, which was a bit suspicious. Was

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<v Speaker 1>I looking for one lost kid or two? Well? On

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<v Speaker 1>I went for over an hour, knowing that this little

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<v Speaker 1>girl was certainly lost by now, and then I smelled something.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh oh, I thought, it's a pole cat. It's gone.

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<v Speaker 1>What on earth was making that god awful smell. I

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<v Speaker 1>got closer and it got stronger and stronger. There was

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<v Speaker 1>something familiar about it. I had smelled it before, and

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<v Speaker 1>then it hit me, sisquatch. It had to be. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that what that little girl was chasing? A baby? Sisquatch?

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<v Speaker 1>This wasn't looking good. I knew I had to hurry

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<v Speaker 1>up and find her before mama squatched it. Well. Not

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<v Speaker 1>long after that, I heard pitiful crying sounds. Thank goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, I found the girl and I spread it

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<v Speaker 1>in the direction of the sound, I stopped to look around,

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<v Speaker 1>and in an instant I got the scare of my lifetime.

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<v Speaker 1>Something fell on top of me and wrapped its hairy

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<v Speaker 1>little arms around my neck. Oh dear, I thought, realizing

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<v Speaker 1>a baby sasque watch had wrapped her body around me

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<v Speaker 1>like a monkey on a tree. I knew Mama would

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<v Speaker 1>be looking for her, and she would be mad. What

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<v Speaker 1>was I going to do? Now? I needed to return

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<v Speaker 1>this thing and find the little girl. With the baby

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<v Speaker 1>wrapped around my neck, I started going back the way

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<v Speaker 1>I came. I followed my steps to the main trail

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<v Speaker 1>and looked right and left, knowing Mama was gonna come

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<v Speaker 1>any second and find me. And then I heard a

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<v Speaker 1>growl from somewhere in the bushes. I backed up, knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that running would have been a bad idea. I heard

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<v Speaker 1>another growl behind me, and another one off to the side.

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<v Speaker 1>The baby clumbed to my neck even tighter, afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>whatever was in the bushes watching us. One of them

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<v Speaker 1>darted between the trees and I got a glimpse of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a pack of coyotes. To hell with this,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, feet don't fail me now with the pursuit

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<v Speaker 1>on the coyotes yodled and yep. I ran as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as I could, and the pack ran with me, more

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<v Speaker 1>of them seeming to join in the faster I went.

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<v Speaker 1>I had made a big mistake, and now I had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea where I was. The woods had become so

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<v Speaker 1>thick to see through, and I had become winded. I

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<v Speaker 1>backed up against the large pine tree and coaxed the

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<v Speaker 1>baby onto the nearest branch, knowing at least she would

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<v Speaker 1>be safe. Climb on up, Baby, climb, I whispered. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched her climb the tree, and I heard the dogs

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<v Speaker 1>come to a sliding halt behind me. I knew then

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<v Speaker 1>that I would not be going home tonight. When the

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<v Speaker 1>first coyote lunged at me, I raised my arms over

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<v Speaker 1>my head in a pitiful attempt to shield myself. Then

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<v Speaker 1>a miracle happened. I heard it being launched into the

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<v Speaker 1>side of the tree. When I heard a second one jump,

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a smash into the tree too, and I

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<v Speaker 1>heard them yipping and lunging, but none of them touched me.

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<v Speaker 1>I got brave enough to take a look, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when I saw Mama Squatch. To say she was mad

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<v Speaker 1>would have been an understatement. She was eight feet tall,

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt. As she made her way to me, she

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<v Speaker 1>snatched codies up by the tail and swung them headfirst

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<v Speaker 1>into the nearest tree. Her eyes never lost my face.

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<v Speaker 1>Her teeth were grimacing, and out came her tongue, and

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<v Speaker 1>she inhaled deeply and screamed, bloody murder. The sound hit

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<v Speaker 1>me like a bag of rocks and rang through me

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<v Speaker 1>like a jackhammer. My chest hurt from the vibration. She

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<v Speaker 1>inhaled again and screamed louder, probably having smelled her baby

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<v Speaker 1>on me and letting me know that she was furious

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<v Speaker 1>about it. The surviving codies ran in every direction, and

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<v Speaker 1>as she approached me, she raised her large ham sized

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<v Speaker 1>fist in the air. I closed my eyes. This wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>the death I had figured earlier. Thump. The baby squatch

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<v Speaker 1>landed on me again and wrapped her arms around my neck.

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<v Speaker 1>She put her face next to mine and looked at

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<v Speaker 1>her mama, who stopped in her tracks. I saw her

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<v Speaker 1>face soften as she reached her long arms out to

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<v Speaker 1>take her baby. After their touching reunion, the mama reached

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<v Speaker 1>out and stroked my hair. It was a strange sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. But knowing she wasn't going to kill me,

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<v Speaker 1>I could at least breathe again. If only she had

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<v Speaker 1>the neighbor's girl and we could swap, I thought, as

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<v Speaker 1>if she had read my mind. She looked deep into

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes and she softly whooped. Somehow I understood her.

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<v Speaker 1>She wanted me to follow. As in all unbelievable happy endings,

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<v Speaker 1>Mama Squatch led me to a makeshift nest, and when

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<v Speaker 1>I looked over the edge of the sticks and the twigs,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the little girl I had been looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>She was sound asleep. Mama Squatch had probably looked out

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<v Speaker 1>for her so the coo wouldn't get her. Mama looked

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<v Speaker 1>behind her nervously, like there was something out there that

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<v Speaker 1>still worried her. I had heard about sasquatch hunters and worse,

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<v Speaker 1>and knowing this Mama had enough on her plate, I

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<v Speaker 1>We ran a few paces, and then I stopped, wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to thank the Mama Squatch, but when I turned around,

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<v Speaker 1>her and the baby were gone. I let the little

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<v Speaker 1>came out from behind my trailer, she ran straight for home.

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<v Speaker 1>Ahead of me, I saw my man home from work

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<v Speaker 1>he waved his hand in front of his face, laughing. Phew,

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<v Speaker 1>what you been doing girl, chasing skunks? He asked me.

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<v Speaker 1>Lewis hurriedly walked over. Steve, don't you fuss at her.

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<v Speaker 1>The neighbor's girl just told me that Lily found her

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods and brought her home. She deserves a steak.

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Lily nodded and shrugged. Now this was Steve Lily

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<v Speaker 1>quote fan fiction, and it wasn't. It wasn't the normal

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<v Speaker 1>circumstance that Steve Lily would be in. But he's in

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<v Speaker 1>the story. So I want to tell this writer how

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<v Speaker 1>much I appreciate them thinking enough of my Steve Lily

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<v Speaker 1>stories that you would take the time to write a

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<v Speaker 1>great story like this. This was really good. It was

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<v Speaker 1>written almost in you know, the mint Southern vernaculars. Easy

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<v Speaker 1>for me to read because I kind of got it.

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<v Speaker 1>The woman who wrote it is from Charleston, South Carolina, Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently we talked pretty close. Charleston, South Carolina is one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite places. It's one of the nicest, nicest

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<v Speaker 1>people in the world on the east coast of South

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina and North Carolina. Wilmington's that way, Outer Banks is

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<v Speaker 1>that way. I love the East Coast. I'd love to

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<v Speaker 1>live out there someday. Anyway, all that said, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for writing this, and that'll wind up this podcast. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got quite a bit of work going on. It's hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>it's my last job I'm gonna do for the year.

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<v Speaker 1>When i'm done, i'll finish up Steve Lilly Number nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>and it'll be published. And just be patient. Everybody's asking

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<v Speaker 1>for Steve Lily. I'm not done writing Steve Lily. I've

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<v Speaker 1>just hitting a I've just hit a phase where I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, I can't do two things at one time.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been working so hard on this podcast for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>about six or seven years, and I'm just backing away

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not working twelve fourteen hours a day. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just working maybe ten hours a day, and I'm skipping

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast part. I come out about every third day

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<v Speaker 1>early in the morning, and I record a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>stories and I'm gonna be putting those out. But just

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<v Speaker 1>hang on, I'm not done with this. I'm having so

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<v Speaker 1>much fun with it. This next Steve Lily should be

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<v Speaker 1>a ringer. It's pretty good. I think it's a good

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<v Speaker 1>idea for a story. Hang on, thanks for listening to

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast and I certainly do appreciate you, and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>see you on the next week.