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<v Speaker 1>So I have a story I'd like to share. It

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<v Speaker 1>happened years ago, back when I was in high school.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends and I would camp out in the woods

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<v Speaker 1>in and around the neighborhood. Brad and Steve and I

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<v Speaker 1>were heading out into the woods on a Friday. It

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<v Speaker 1>was just about dark, so Brad ran ahead to get

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<v Speaker 1>the fire started while Steve and I carried the cooler

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<v Speaker 1>out to the site. As Steve and I headed down

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<v Speaker 1>the path towards the site, we stopped for a second

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<v Speaker 1>to put the cooler down. We both lit a cigarette

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<v Speaker 1>and were chatting when all of a sudden I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>it was eerily silent. No crickets chirping, no birds, nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>just dead silence. The next thing I know, about one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred yards down the path, there was an almost ninety

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<v Speaker 1>degree turn. Brad comes hauling around the corner, and as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as we saw him, he started yelling go, run, run,

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. Steve and I stood there waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for Brad to get to us to see what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on. Brad just kept screaming run go as he

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<v Speaker 1>blew right by us, heading back out of the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>So me and Steve tossed our cigarettes left the cooler

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<v Speaker 1>there and started running after Brad. Finally, when we got

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<v Speaker 1>out of the woods, we caught up to Brad in

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<v Speaker 1>a field that led to some other woods. You could

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<v Speaker 1>see in Brad's face that he was spooped. I've never

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<v Speaker 1>seen anybody that scared before in my life, and as

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<v Speaker 1>long as i've known Bread, even still to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't scare easily, if at all. After we caught

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<v Speaker 1>our breath, we asked Brad, dude, what was that all about?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened? He started saying, I saw something. I saw

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<v Speaker 1>something in the trees. You guys are going to think

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<v Speaker 1>I'm lying that I'm full of it. So, after about

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<v Speaker 1>a minute and a couple of drags off a cigarette,

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<v Speaker 1>Brad says, you guys have known me for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>Have I ever lied to you guys about anything? No,

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<v Speaker 1>we said in unison. So Brad says, when I got

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<v Speaker 1>to the campsite, I started to grab some wood to

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<v Speaker 1>get the fire going, and as I was picking up

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<v Speaker 1>some wood, I got a real eerie feeling like something

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<v Speaker 1>was watching me. I looked around and didn't see anything,

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<v Speaker 1>and then as I reached down to pick up some sticks,

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed that it was dead quiet, no sound at all.

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<v Speaker 1>As I stood back up after picking the sticks up,

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed movement up in a tree on my right,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I looked up there, I saw something. What

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<v Speaker 1>did you see? We asked. I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>say this, said Brad, or how to explain, other than

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<v Speaker 1>to say I saw a predator like in the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>Me and Steve started laughing, but something in the fear

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<v Speaker 1>in Brad's face or the fact that he doesn't lie

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<v Speaker 1>stopped us after a few seconds. So as Brad started

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<v Speaker 1>to say, I knew you guys wouldn't believe me, Steve

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<v Speaker 1>looks back at him and says, Brad, predator, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>And Brad started to explain, I didn't see an actual predator,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know in that movie how it camouflages itself

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like see through. That's what I saw. It

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<v Speaker 1>was up in the trees, and I could see the

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<v Speaker 1>distortion was moving side to side, almost like swaying in

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<v Speaker 1>the breeze. And then he said he saw it move

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<v Speaker 1>over to another tree next to the one he spotted

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<v Speaker 1>it on and just dropped the sticks in his hands

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<v Speaker 1>and took off running. So the three of us just

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<v Speaker 1>stood there trying to decide what and if we were

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<v Speaker 1>men enough to go back and get the cooler so

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<v Speaker 1>we could go back to my house and party there.

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<v Speaker 1>Brad waited in the field as Steve and I went

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<v Speaker 1>back into the woods to grab the cooler with our

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<v Speaker 1>heads on a swivel. Luckily, the cooler was only a

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<v Speaker 1>couple one hundred yards into the woods and was visible

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<v Speaker 1>from the field where the path started. Otherwise that cooler

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<v Speaker 1>would be staying there for the night. I've been in

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<v Speaker 1>those woods one hundred times since then and grew up

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<v Speaker 1>and then prior to that night. Brad still to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>swears he saw what he said he saw, and I

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<v Speaker 1>believe him.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to share my experience in Chetwynd in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three, I worked for a forestry contractor based out

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<v Speaker 2>of Prince George. We were working helicopter contracts being flown

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<v Speaker 2>in daily for patching clearcuts that had failed their first

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<v Speaker 2>effort to replant several years before. The first few days

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<v Speaker 2>were without issue, and a few guys working the limit

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<v Speaker 2>of the clear cut claimed to have seen some tracks

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<v Speaker 2>in the mud. I saw a few, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>way larger than my size fourteen foot. The rumors started

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<v Speaker 2>to make the rounds, and the guys who lived in

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<v Speaker 2>the area, which is British Columbia, thought nothing of it,

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<v Speaker 2>like it was normal to see these giant tracks. The

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<v Speaker 2>guys who came from the east in Canada tended to

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<v Speaker 2>be more skeptical than they mocked the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 2>But a few days later we noticed that some of

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<v Speaker 2>our tree planning shovels had gone missing. This one on

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<v Speaker 2>day after day, and our boss was furious. Replacing lost

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<v Speaker 2>shovels for workers when they are flown in by helicopter

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<v Speaker 2>to inaccessible areas is a big fricking deal. We didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have access to a local hardware store. Our boss said,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever's doing this, better not this shit off now. Not

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<v Speaker 2>only will you lose your job, I'm going to turn

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<v Speaker 2>my back and let the guys who are now unable

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<v Speaker 2>to make money have their way with you. We were

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<v Speaker 2>all terrified of being labeled as the thief while simultaneously

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<v Speaker 2>suspecting the guy we liked the least as the culprit.

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<v Speaker 2>At any rate, the shovels kept disappearing, and soon vehicles

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<v Speaker 2>were being vandalized. It quickly became apparent that none of

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<v Speaker 2>us were doing this. The more the work slowed, the

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<v Speaker 2>less money we made. All of us were angry to

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<v Speaker 2>miss out on the income, every one of us. And

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<v Speaker 2>still the shovels kept vanishing. At the base, the trucks

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<v Speaker 2>were having large stones thrown at them and breaking out windows.

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<v Speaker 2>Those were stones that we struggled to roll or lift,

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<v Speaker 2>and the damage done to our trucks was like these

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<v Speaker 2>stones were launched from a cannon. The damage was extensive.

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<v Speaker 2>One truck that was new only two months prior was

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<v Speaker 2>in fact written off or totaled. We didn't see anything

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<v Speaker 2>and we didn't hear anything, at least not there. But

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<v Speaker 2>I also know that no one flew their own personal

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<v Speaker 2>helicopter in each day to steal our forty five dollars shovels,

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<v Speaker 2>and each person on my crew stayed the whole season,

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<v Speaker 2>so it didn't appear that there were any dissidents among us.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't say it was a siequatch, but then I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know of too many other possibilities. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>any animal that I've encountered in my forty six years

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<v Speaker 2>in Canada that would steal shovels or launch a fifty

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<v Speaker 2>pound stone at a vehicle. Whatever, kind of being did

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<v Speaker 2>this had dexterity, and it acted with intelligence and stealth,

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<v Speaker 2>all the while maintaining a constant presence that fifty some

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<v Speaker 2>odd guys never detected. Was it a sisquatch? I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>seen one of these beings face to face, but I

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<v Speaker 2>have lived alone in the woods and at times with

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<v Speaker 2>a few others off grid for five years of my

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<v Speaker 2>life in British Columbia, Northern Manitoba, and Central Ontario, hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>of miles from the nearest towns. In addition to my

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<v Speaker 2>chetwind experience, I have seen tracks, and I've heard calls

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<v Speaker 2>that I can't place, and I have viewed tree origami

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<v Speaker 2>that just doesn't make sense given the general accepted catalog

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<v Speaker 2>of North American animals. I don't want to take up

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<v Speaker 2>more of your time. I just thought i'd share these things.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ever had more questions, please email me. Dude,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not taking up my time. This is what I do.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes on to write, my wife and I are

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<v Speaker 2>headed back to British Columbia to travel in camp and

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<v Speaker 2>head up to the Yukon and Alaska next year, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can't wait. My heart is in those woods given

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<v Speaker 2>my occupation and work. I need to ask that my

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<v Speaker 2>name not be revealed. I wish it were otherwise, but

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<v Speaker 2>I know you have a keen interest in these things,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wanted to share this with you. Well, that's

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<v Speaker 2>his first experience, and that's that's quite fascinating. You know

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of guys work in the timber industry. All

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<v Speaker 2>of them have shovels, and all of a sudden, these

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<v Speaker 2>shovels just start vanishing. Why would anybody steal a shovel

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<v Speaker 2>and take you know, they're just costing themselves money. And

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<v Speaker 2>then the rocks being thrown through the trucks. But he

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<v Speaker 2>has another story. This one is not Bigfoot related, but

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<v Speaker 2>it is fascinating. A matter of fact, it's way better,

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<v Speaker 2>not better, but it's way more interesting to me than

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<v Speaker 2>his first story. And you're gonna I think you may

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<v Speaker 2>agree with me, he writes. I'm taking some lunch right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and also taking a much needed break from some internal

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<v Speaker 2>audits my company performs, and I'd like to share another

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<v Speaker 2>experience I had. This one occurred just weeks before the

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<v Speaker 2>initial experience I previously shared with you. It doesn't fall

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<v Speaker 2>into a typical CRYPTIDS or UFO story. But it's actually

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<v Speaker 2>more frightening for me because to this day I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what happened, nor does the guy who was with me.

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<v Speaker 2>My former brother in law, John, and I left Winnipeg

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<v Speaker 2>early April of nineteen eighty five to head the British

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<v Speaker 2>Columbia to work for the summer near Chatwind. We decided

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<v Speaker 2>that we would drive through the day and night on

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<v Speaker 2>this twenty four hour journey in TI take some stops

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<v Speaker 2>along the way, even though it would make our trip

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<v Speaker 2>more like thirty six hours long. My nineteen eighty four

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<v Speaker 2>VW Golf was packed to the roof and I'm sharing

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<v Speaker 2>this because it will be pertinent later in the event.

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<v Speaker 2>We left Lloydminster, Alberta, at roughly two thirty after an

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<v Speaker 2>uneventful first day of driving. After driving all that day,

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<v Speaker 2>we had both hit our second wind and drove rather

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<v Speaker 2>than resting, despite the late hour and having been on

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<v Speaker 2>the road over twelve hours at that point. We were

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<v Speaker 2>traveling west on Highway sixteen, which in Canada is known

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<v Speaker 2>as the Yellowhead. In these parts, there are not a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people and we would pass another car maybe

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<v Speaker 2>every half hour at best. There's just not much doing

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<v Speaker 2>in these parts during the day and absolutely nothing at night.

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<v Speaker 2>To keep ourselves going. We had the windows rolled down

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<v Speaker 2>for the cool night air, and had some of our

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<v Speaker 2>favorite tunes playing on my stereo, and we smoked a

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<v Speaker 2>few good cigars just to pass the time. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>changing the song on the stereo and glancing at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>It was three forty five and we still had an

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<v Speaker 2>hour and forty five minutes to Edmund, Alberta. What happened

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<v Speaker 2>next I can only describe as if my life was

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<v Speaker 2>like an old real film that someone cut seven hours

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<v Speaker 2>of time out of and spliced it back together again,

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<v Speaker 2>because in a flash, seven hours of time that we

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<v Speaker 2>would not have otherwise known went missing, except for that

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<v Speaker 2>it was now clear daylight and we were not on

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<v Speaker 2>the highway. One minute I was driving, and the next

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the hatch of my car with my

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<v Speaker 2>body pressed into the roof, laying on my back, upside

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<v Speaker 2>down and looking backwards out the hatch with my face

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<v Speaker 2>pressed against the glass. I called for John again and

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<v Speaker 2>again to help me because I was stuck. I would

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<v Speaker 2>later learn that he was upside down, his upper body

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<v Speaker 2>in the footwell with his head wedge behind the center console.

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<v Speaker 2>I kept calling to him to help me and open

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<v Speaker 2>the hatch, because there was no way that I could

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<v Speaker 2>get out otherwise I was pressed in there in a

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<v Speaker 2>way that defied any logic. Eventually, John got to the

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<v Speaker 2>back of the car and he helped me out. We

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<v Speaker 2>were finally free and both of us standing next to

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<v Speaker 2>and we only stared some wild eyed glances at each other.

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<v Speaker 2>I offered him a cigarette and we sat and what

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<v Speaker 2>we now realized was a field of mature wheat with

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<v Speaker 2>no highway in sight. I glanced at the time and

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<v Speaker 2>it was ten thirty with the sun shining bright. Finally,

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<v Speaker 2>after finishing a cigarette, I said, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>of paper and we're both going to write down what

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<v Speaker 2>we can each recall since we left the most recent

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<v Speaker 2>gas station in Lloydminster. After doing that, we compared notes

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<v Speaker 2>and shared exactly the events that I just shared with you.

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<v Speaker 2>We then looked around and saw a gravel road not

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<v Speaker 2>too far away. The soil was bone dry, so I

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<v Speaker 2>could make it out in my VW golf and in

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<v Speaker 2>doing so, it dawned on me that we were ruining

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<v Speaker 2>this old mature wheat as we drove out, but astonishingly

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<v Speaker 2>had not made any visible path getting to the spot.

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<v Speaker 2>And with this I started to shake. And when John

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<v Speaker 2>looked over at me and saw me shaking, he saw

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<v Speaker 2>what I was seeing. The realization that we had been

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<v Speaker 2>placed in this field was shocking. He started to cry,

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose, out of fear. And then it sank in

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<v Speaker 2>that we just lost seven hours of our lives. It

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<v Speaker 2>went from night to day and highway to a random field.

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<v Speaker 2>In the blink of an eye. I followed the gravel

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<v Speaker 2>road and it led me back to Highway sixteen, and

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment I thought, okay, maybe I just went

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<v Speaker 2>off the highway and passed out. Now this called me

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment, and then I saw the road signs

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<v Speaker 2>and I realized that we were now back east, fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>kilometers or nine miles from where we were last. To

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<v Speaker 2>explain this more clearly, we were traveling in the same

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<v Speaker 2>place we were driving the last ten minutes before we

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<v Speaker 2>went blank. Now we were more freaked out than ever,

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<v Speaker 2>and I pulled over because my foot shook so much

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<v Speaker 2>to drive a steady throttle, and I looked over the

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<v Speaker 2>car there was not a spot of damage to the car.

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<v Speaker 2>We were not hurt or disturbed in any way that

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<v Speaker 2>we could tell other than our car. It was nine

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<v Speaker 2>miles backwards from where we left off, in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of a wheat fill with no tracks leading to where

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<v Speaker 2>my car wound up, and then seven hours of my

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<v Speaker 2>life had vanished. When we arrived in Prince George at

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<v Speaker 2>corporate headquarters, we checked into the medical clinic. I feared

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<v Speaker 2>I had some mental episode, or we had our drink

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<v Speaker 2>spiked or something, but both John and I checked out okay.

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<v Speaker 2>We passed the required toxicology screening for our employment. John

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<v Speaker 2>and I have run into each other occasionally over the

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<v Speaker 2>past twenty five years, and we both recall the same details.

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<v Speaker 2>To this day. I have no idea what happened to

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<v Speaker 2>me and John, and in being brave enough to share

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<v Speaker 2>a few times with others, we have only faced ridicule.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not prepared to say that I was abducted by something,

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<v Speaker 2>but I also know that what occurred was not just

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<v Speaker 2>me falling asleep at the wheel. Don't know what occurred

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<v Speaker 2>that night twenty five years ago. In later years, I

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<v Speaker 2>would learn professionally that this world is not what we think,

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<v Speaker 2>we were raised to think it is. I look forward

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<v Speaker 2>to the day that I can speak on that more clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep up the good work, Cameron. I really like your

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<v Speaker 2>format where people can feel they have nothing they have

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<v Speaker 2>to prove, they can just share we and they are

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<v Speaker 2>not crazy. And society is programmed to make us feel

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<v Speaker 2>scared of being labeled and mocked as such.