WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:10.519 Back in the summer of nineteen eighty seven, my friend 2 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:13.359 Ron and I were on a retreat with a Catholic 3 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:18.879 youth organization where we served as youth ministers. We arrived 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.719 at the camp site and we felt strange as if 5 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:24.960 something were watching us, but we blew it off due 6 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.600 to the fact that we were in the mountains and 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.359 we were a large group of youths and adults. The 8 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:33.799 weekend so far had gone off without a hitch, as 9 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:37.640 we had team building exercises, we had some free time 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:43.159 and informational seminars to contend with. Ron, myself and a 11 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:46.799 few young ladies volunteered to prep breakfast the next morning, 12 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:49.880 so we got started at about eleven pm and finished 13 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.039 at two am. Afterward, we headed back to our cabins 14 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:58.840 for some sleep in preparation for the next day's busy schedule. Well, 15 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.799 we were walking across large field that combined three soccer 16 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.000 and football fields side by side. It was a full 17 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.239 moon out and things seemed peaceful, and as we walked 18 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:11.760 across the fields to get back to our cabins, we 19 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.519 saw a dog come out of the woods. At least 20 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.000 that's what we thought we saw. We were from the 21 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:20.040 city and we thought that we could coax it over 22 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.000 to us and pet it. But then it suddenly stood 23 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:27.040 up on two legs, and everything around us got really quiet. 24 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:29.920 When it stood up, it was far enough away that 25 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.359 we could tell that it wasn't a dog, but it 26 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.959 wasn't a man either, And whatever it was, it was 27 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.400 an off white color and much larger than anyone in 28 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:43.680 the group. All of the here boy left our lips immediately. 29 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.760 Whenever we went on these retreats to different wooded locations, 30 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.280 I always carried a large pocket knife. We were all 31 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:55.640 totally shocked and afraid at the same time, but someone 32 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.439 had to do something, so I grabbed my knife. This 33 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.280 thing took two steps forward, but stopped dead in its tracks, 34 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:08.080 and it just stared at us. I slowly walked forward 35 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.840 to see if it was someone playing tricks on us. 36 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:14.759 When it took a step back, I started running toward it, 37 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.159 but before I could get much closer, this thing took 38 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.280 three steps into the woods and disappeared without a trace. 39 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.800 Once we made it back to our cabins, the authorities 40 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.599 were notified and we made a report, to which we 41 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:31.319 heard someone say I'm not surprised. Needless to say, we 42 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.719 cut our trip short and left mid afternoon the next day. 43 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:38.159 Thanks for listening to my story. Okay, this was a 44 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:41.400 dog man's story where the guy actually ran at the 45 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:45.080 dog man. Now that's pretty brave. I could not add 46 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:48.879 one thing in commentary to this story other than you 47 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:54.439 are a stud man a stallion running right at a 48 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.680 dog man with a pocket knife. That's awesome. What an 49 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:03.400 awesome little story. There's your dog man's story, folks. When 50 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.879 my wife was fourteen years old, her dad took the 51 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.879 family to Yellowstone National Park and in a camper, they 52 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.719 stayed in the Fishing Bridge campground. Sometime during the night, 53 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:18.520 my wife was awakened by a noise outside. She pushed 54 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.960 the curtain back just enough for her to see out 55 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.319 the window, and she was surprised to see a large man. 56 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.680 She woke her mother up and told her that a 57 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.280 man was looking in the window at her, but her 58 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:32.319 mom told her that she was dreaming and to go 59 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:36.120 back to sleep. She decided to take another peak to 60 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.400 convince her mother that something strange was out there, but 61 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:42.000 again her mother told her to go back to sleep. 62 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.080 The next day they found dents of a large finger 63 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:50.280 impressions on the top of the camper. In nineteen seventy two, 64 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.280 when I came back from Vietnam, I decided to go 65 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.960 to Bible College. We moved to Toko, Georgia and lived 66 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.199 in a low income government housing pet to be nearer 67 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:04.360 the school. In the woods behind our house, we would 68 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:07.879 often hear knocks coming from the woods at night. The 69 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:11.879 college had eleven hundred acres. Students were allowed to hunt 70 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.240 above the main campus. On the upper campus there was 71 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:18.800 a large lake with an earthen dam. One day, my 72 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:22.399 wife and I were up there scouting for upcoming deer season. 73 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:25.639 We were walking beside the beaver pines when we began 74 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:29.759 to hear footsteps paralleling hours in the woods. I thought 75 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.000 maybe it was a black bear, but I wasn't too 76 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.000 worried because I had a thirty thirty rifle with me. 77 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.279 But something was unsettling about the sound of it. It 78 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.839 didn't sound like a bear. It sounded like a heavy 79 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.360 footed human. After the new year, we moved to a 80 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.319 different house on the mountain. The owner of the house 81 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.720 was a farmer who gave me permission to hunt on 82 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:56.519 his land, including the forested port. We never ran into 83 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.079 bigfoot while we were hunting, but we would hear them 84 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:01.959 in the woods at night from the house. When one 85 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.199 of them came close to the house, all the sounds 86 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.040 would come to a sudden halt, and then the strange 87 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:12.199 house and other unnatural vocalizations fill the air. My wife 88 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.439 and I are in our seventies now and we plan 89 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.920 to go camping this summer and we hope to see 90 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:19.879 a Bigfoot or two. We live in Wyoming and are 91 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:24.560 planning to go to northern California, Oregon, and Washington. Oh Man. 92 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.720 I hope you get to see a couple of bigfoots. 93 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:29.720 That would be that would make the trip worthwhile, that 94 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:32.000 would be worth going camping. I think long as they're 95 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.040 not too close. We don't want Bigfoot too close to us. 96 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.240 We want to see them way over there. That's where 97 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:40.879 we want to see Bigfoot. Thank you to the writer 98 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:46.319 for sending this story. I thought it was great. On 99 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:50.360 a cloudless spring day in the California Central Valley, I 100 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.759 could see the Sierras clearly to the east, one hundred 101 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:58.079 miles away. I had been outside in the backyard from 102 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:03.319 my Saturday morning chore of airing dog poo. Fortunately, our 103 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.800 dogs were savvy enough to relieve themselves in generally the 104 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:11.800 same area of our half acre yard. Seven redwoods lined 105 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.000 the west side of the fence, and a shallow concrete 106 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.839 pool filled with colorful koi adorn the east side. I 107 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.160 began to dig a hole near the tool shed at 108 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.680 the south corner without a conscious thought, and I turned 109 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:28.600 my head to the east, as if anticipating something was 110 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:33.639 coming at me. In midair, a gray colored creature stopped 111 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:37.920 abruptly and hovered upright about a shovel's length away, just 112 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.720 above my eye level. What the heck, I thought. As 113 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:45.720 we observed each other for five long seconds, it was 114 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.519 enough time for me to get a good look at 115 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:51.319 it close up in bright daylight. I looked first, where 116 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:56.519 most animals have eyes. The flying creature had tiny black eyeballs, 117 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:59.639 if that's what they were. The rest of the eye 118 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.240 area were darker shades of gray. I saw no mouth 119 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:07.319 and no nose. The thing had a body like a worm. 120 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:11.120 It was two feet long and one fourth of that wide. 121 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.000 It had transparent wings, but they did not reach out 122 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:18.560 like a bird's. Instead, they were adjoined alongside its entire 123 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.560 body on both sides, and they moved in waves, very 124 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:25.720 much like a cuddlefish. As quickly as it appeared, it 125 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.319 flew off to the south, and I lost sight of it. 126 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.879 When it passed my neighbor's plum tree. It seemed to 127 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:36.639 dissolve into the sky. Now I'm no stranger to paranormal activity, 128 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:40.000 but this was weird even for me. I finished my 129 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:44.079 chore while engraving every detail of that buggish bird in 130 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.680 my mind. I told my wife as soon as I 131 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.160 entered the house, I just saw something out of a fairytale. Sweetheart. 132 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.560 Of course, she didn't know what to say, although we 133 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.560 had been married only a few years by then, she 134 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:02.160 had witnessed several unnerving events in my company. Because of 135 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:06.519 those scares and resolutions involving the dead, she gave me 136 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:10.000 the benefit of the doubt. Two weeks later, I watched 137 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:14.120 an episode of Monster Quest. A news cameraman had captured 138 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:20.800 on film an unexplained flying object at lax on several occasions, 139 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:25.399 streaking across the sky at low altitude. The UFOs appeared 140 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:29.720 like long, thin, gray forms, traveling so fast that human 141 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:34.960 eyes can only see them on film. Monster Quest named 142 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:41.519 them rods. A news anchorman seconded the recorded sightings videos 143 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:44.919 by other camera personnel and other places around the world 144 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:49.120 showed that humans didn't notice them as unknown animals. Started 145 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.720 by that's it, That's what I saw. I was so 146 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.159 excited that others had seen them too, even if only 147 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:00.200 on film. I jumped off the sofa and googled Tom, 148 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.679 the cameraman who first videoed these creatures. He had a 149 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.399 website just on this subject. Most of his narrative was 150 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.440 about how extremely upset he was that Monster Quests primarily 151 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.519 attempted to debunk what he had captured on film, so 152 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.159 typical of such TV programs when something new is explored. 153 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:23.320 I email my experience to him. In it, I presented 154 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.279 a question and he gave me an answer. Why would 155 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.399 it stop and study you? I believe the speedy creature 156 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.799 stopped to take note of me because I since it coming. 157 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.480 That may not happen often. It's been more than twenty 158 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.320 years since I met that rod animal. I would be 159 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:46.960 pleased to encounter it another time anywhere. I live in 160 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:51.879 the East Midlands of England, a rural area about fifteen 161 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:55.720 miles from the nearest city. There are only twenty houses 162 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.960 in our village, and close by are the acres of woodland. 163 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.279 I've walked in those woods countless times with friends, and 164 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:07.200 I never found anything unusual other than the occasional tent. 165 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.000 A man lives in those woods with his well trained 166 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:15.600 dogs that regularly compete in dog shows. I've never heard 167 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.559 them bark once and all the times I visited them. 168 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:23.080 During the COVID epidemic, I decided to take up running. 169 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:26.679 Due to the situation, we were only allowed to exercise 170 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.759 outside once a day, and I decided to go for 171 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:33.080 a run in the mornings. It went well for a 172 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.960 few weeks. I improved a lost weight and I enjoyed myself. 173 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:39.759 I would run about a half mile up the road 174 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.600 and back. Eventually, I decided to run to a small 175 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.240 bridge over a ditch about a mile up the road 176 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.480 around there. Every day for a week or so, when 177 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.480 I ran, I listened to music to help distract myself 178 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:59.960 from from fatigue and exhaustion. My music was never too loud, 179 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.960 just in case a car came down the road. One day, 180 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:06.639 I was approaching the bridge and I kept hearing something 181 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.600 other than my music. So I got to the bridge 182 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.360 and I stopped to listen. As I took my earphones out, 183 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:17.039 I heard a loud howl from the woods another mile ahead. 184 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.639 I stood there for a moment, trying to catch my breath, 185 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:24.639 and moments later another howl came, but this time it 186 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.559 was closer. I searched my brain to think of what 187 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.759 could be making that noise. I knew that the man 188 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.679 who lived up the road had dogs, but like I said, 189 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.639 they were trained in obedient. Another disturbing howl came, and 190 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:42.440 that was enough for me, and I ran straight back home, 191 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:44.840 and I spent the next days trying to think of 192 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:48.080 what it could have been. I didn't say anything to 193 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.000 anyone because I didn't think it was that important, and 194 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.559 I came to the conclusion that it must have been 195 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:57.440 those dogs. Well, a few days later, I saw the 196 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.600 man outside gardening and I stopped to say hello, and 197 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.360 I asked him whether his dogs howled in the mornings. Well, 198 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.440 he looked at me like I was crazy and said 199 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.320 they never howled. I asked whether they were kept outside, 200 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.080 but he said that he kept them indoors until they 201 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:17.639 went on a walk, usually around nine am. I used 202 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:20.279 to run at seven am, so whatever I heard out 203 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.960 there was not his dogs. But I put the house 204 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.240 to the back of my mind anyway, and I moved on. 205 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.360 Sometime later, I went on a walk with a girlfriend. 206 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:34.320 Her auntie lived in the village over. To get there, 207 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:36.519 you had to pass the man's house to go through 208 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:38.879 the woods, and I dropped her off and I went 209 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:40.919 back through the woods and I said hello to the 210 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.759 man and his dogs, and I made my way home. 211 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.639 Between the woods and my house is a private gated 212 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:52.879 lane where pheasant feeders are kept for shooting season. Well, 213 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.840 I approached the lane and I heard that same howl, 214 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:59.919 this time from the pheasant feeders. The gate was shut 215 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.679 and there were no vehicles at the entrance. I knew 216 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.679 the farmer checked the area regularly to ensure no one 217 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:09.679 could enter the property. So I came to the unsettling 218 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.120 conclusion that the creature in the woods had snuck its 219 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:15.639 way in. Well, I picked up my pace and I 220 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:19.879 went home. Whatever that howl was, it scared me enough 221 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:23.799 not to go on my morning runs at all. Thank 222 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.120 you for reading this far I don't mind if you 223 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.600 use my name. I know this story isn't very interesting, 224 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.080 but I know your viewers won't judge me. Keep up 225 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.159 the amazing work and I love listening to your podcast. 226 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.399 And the writer's name has Ben is from the East Midlands. 227 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.639 Of England. I really appreciate these stories from England and 228 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:49.799 anywhere in Europe. I love hearing from those people. Australia, Europe. 229 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:56.759 You know, does Russia, does the Far East get these podcasts? 230 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.120 Is it like excluded? I've always wondered do Russians listen 231 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.480 to this stuff? They probably don't understand English, and hell 232 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:08.000 I don't even speak English very well. But I was 233 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:13.840 just wondering, regarding the international audience, if anybody in Russia 234 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.559 or Ukraine or any of those countries in that area 235 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.720 of Europe and in Russia. Does China get podcasts? Probably not, 236 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.840 I know Japan does. I've heard from people from Japan, Okinawa, Africa. 237 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.559 I've heard a few from Africa, a lot from South Africa, 238 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:34.279 north of South Africa, maybe one or two. Nobody from 239 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.720 the Middle East, maybe one from Iran. I think Iran 240 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.360 must be able to get some of these. I'm not sure. 241 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:43.440 I don't know how that works. Some countries block Western 242 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.600 websites and some countries don't, and people have access to them, 243 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.039 and I really don't know what I'm talking about. It 244 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.080 just kind of crossed my mind, so I said it. 245 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.200 So pay no attention to the village idiot here. I'm 246 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:59.600 just rambling, but it was on my mind anyway. Thank 247 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:03.120 you Ben for the story, and thanks for listening way 248 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:09.440 over there in England. I appreciate you, buddy. Thanks. I 249 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.200 live in Washington and I fished for most of the year. 250 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.639 Last week was opening day of fishing on the Green River, 251 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.360 just north of my home. The fishing was good. We 252 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.559 even hooked a fourteen inch trout on that particular day. 253 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.000 I stayed fishing for a while longer in that spot. 254 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:29.799 My dad went down river to another hole not far 255 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:34.279 from me. I was fishing and a softball sized rock 256 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.720 flew six feet over my head and landed in the 257 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.720 river in front of me. I looked back up into 258 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.399 the thick timber, but I couldn't see anything. I got 259 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.200 my dad's attention and I told him what happened. We 260 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:49.120 walked out of there, expecting to see someone on that hill. 261 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:51.639 I thought it was a guy or kid throwing a 262 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.519 rock into the river, not knowing we were there, But 263 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.679 there was no one up there. I knew something had 264 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.320 thrown it because I heard it hitting the treetops before 265 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.960 it hit the water in front of me. Now there's 266 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.759 a chance it could have been a person, but I 267 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.039 don't know how they could have gotten out of the 268 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.080 area that fast without us seeing them. I don't think 269 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.879 a kid can throw a softball sized rock very far, 270 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:16.960 and if it were an adult, he'd have to have 271 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:19.320 been a big guy, in which case I would have 272 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:24.000 seen him. This event confuses me to this day. Now 273 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:26.679 I still fish out there, but that experience is in 274 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:32.440 the back of my mind every time. In the late 275 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:36.240 nineteen nineties, when my mother was in her sixties, a 276 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.279 memory returned to her. It was a vision long buried 277 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:44.120 in her mind. She was born in nineteen thirty three, 278 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:47.200 the third of ten children, and she had grown up 279 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.519 on a shared plot of land that held both her 280 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:54.120 family's home and her aunt, Doris's house. This was a 281 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.039 land filled with memories of daily life and family, a 282 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.279 place where even the extraordinary might be given a practical explanation. 283 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.559 But this particular memory, once it returned to fight all 284 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:11.480 ordinary reasoning and challenged even her deeply rooted Christian faith. 285 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.839 In nineteen forty four, when she was eleven years old, 286 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:20.759 something startling happened. Her father thought the barn was on fire. 287 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.240 When they rushed closer to investigate, they were not met 288 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:29.480 with flames or smoke, but something entirely different. Suspended in 289 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:33.480 midair above the barn was a perfect sphere, a phenomenon 290 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:37.400 that none of them could have expected or explained. The 291 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.720 sphere appeared almost alive. As my mother described it, it 292 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.160 was beautiful. It was a liquid like surface, and it 293 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.240 shifted with vivid colors, so bright that it should have 294 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.759 hurt her eyes, but it didn't. They approached it in silence, 295 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.599 unable to see it until they were nearly upon it 296 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.759 due to the slope of the land. Once they were 297 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:02.920 close enough, words seemed to disappear. The only sound came 298 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:07.400 from her mother, who murmured a low, almost reverent tone, 299 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:10.559 always heard if you see something like this, there's going 300 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.200 to be a death in the family. They gazed at 301 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:17.559 the sphere in silence and bound together by a shared 302 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:22.640 awe and foreboding, And although the experience was powerful and unsettling, 303 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:26.960 none of them ever spoke about it again. My mother 304 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.440 couldn't remember how they returned to the house afterward. The 305 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.200 memory simply faded, hidden somewhere in her mind, as if 306 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:39.400 shielding her from something that lay beyond understanding. Then, on 307 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:42.200 a day in nineteen ninety seven, as she was going 308 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:46.079 about her day, the memory resurfaced, as vivid as the 309 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:50.480 moment had happened, and she found herself asking aloud, where 310 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:54.920 did it go? The vision returned with such force that 311 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.119 it felt less like a memory and more like a 312 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:01.359 glimpse into an unresolved part of her life. She shared 313 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.559 it with me, describing the sphere as if she were 314 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:08.319 seeing it again. The liquid colors, the eerie silence, and 315 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:13.599 the brightness all still so real to her. Her devotion 316 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.559 to honesty left no room for doubt in my mind, 317 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.039 and her telling was so detailed that we even talked 318 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.279 about visiting the hypnotist to try to uncover more, but 319 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:27.240 we never did. Now that my mother has passed, I 320 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.720 often think back on her story, and I wonder what 321 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:32.759 she might have discovered if we had pursued it further. 322 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.119 I imagine that in some way she finally knows all there 323 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:40.000 is to know about that sphere and the mysteries of 324 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:43.960 that day. Her memory of it remains vivid in my mind, 325 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.200 a story that transcends time and serves as a reminder 326 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:51.440 of the mysteries that lie just beyond what we can see. 327 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.079 Thank you, Cameron for letting me share this, Keep up 328 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.200 the good work and stay just as you are. God 329 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.799 bless you and your family, Tina. God bless you, Tina. 330 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.000 Thank you for that memory of your mother. That's really 331 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:09.400 it's really intriguing. And what a don't how do you 332 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:12.279 describe these things. It's like it's just a warm memory 333 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.200 of something unusual. I don't know. I'm not even gonna 334 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.759 try it. She has her feelings about it, and that's 335 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:21.000 all that counts. What a nice story, What a nice 336 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:28.839 unusual story. Thanks Tina. All right, here is a set 337 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:35.319 of multiple encounters from Carl and Michelle in Arkansas, and 338 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:39.240 she titles this email our encounter. So I'm just gonna 339 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:42.319 read it. At the end of the email, she says, 340 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.200 if you need to edit it, go ahead. Michelle, I 341 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.160 didn't have to. I didn't have to change a word 342 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:51.839 in this. She wrote it perfectly, at least perfectly enough 343 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.480 for me to read it. So here we go. All right, 344 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.480 here we go, Here we go. My name is Michelle 345 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.720 and I'm fifty four years old. My husband, Carl is 346 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:04.200 four six and we're both prior military, and my husband's 347 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:07.160 been in combat on more than one occasion, so he 348 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:12.799 suffers from severe PTSD. We both have our Bachelors of 349 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:16.839 Science degree from UCA and we've been happily married for 350 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:20.400 twenty one years now, so we're not a couple of flakes. 351 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:23.599 I grew up in the foothills of the Ozarks in 352 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:27.039 a town called Shirley, which only has a population of 353 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:31.079 three hundred and thirty six. I occupied myself in the 354 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:34.200 woods growing up. In fact, when I wasn't in school, 355 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.400 that's where I could be found. My father was a 356 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.960 rock mason and a woodcarver. Being his only child, I 357 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.759 was raised a tomboy. He taught me about plants and animals, 358 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.960 and he taught me how to hunt, so I'm very 359 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:51.759 familiar with the woods here in Arkansas. My husband grew 360 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:54.720 up in the shadow of White Rock Mountain in a 361 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:59.079 little community called Pleasant View here in Arkansas. His father 362 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.400 served in the Spoke Forces during Vietnam and taught him 363 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.680 to be a survivalist from birth. So we're both at 364 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:10.079 home in the forest, to say the least. In twenty ten, 365 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.200 we were spending the night with a friend of ours 366 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.759 by the name of Austin. He and my husband were close. 367 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:19.440 He lived in an old single wide trailer and that 368 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:22.319 sat on a hill and away, so that one end 369 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.559 was higher than the other. The tongue d was a 370 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.759 foot off the ground and the other was four and 371 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:31.160 a half feet off the ground, So the small, sideways 372 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:34.720 rectangular window in the bedroom was eight feet off the ground. 373 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.319 Now Austin lives in a community that is way out 374 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:43.160 in the sticks, just outside Plumberville, Arkansas. It was a 375 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:46.759 pleasant summer evening and we were all hanging around the house. 376 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:49.599 Carl got up to go to the restroom as the 377 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.400 rest of us were talking. He hadn't been out there 378 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.720 long when I heard him calling my name. I noticed 379 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:58.960 that his tone sounded strange and off, so I rushed 380 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.119 to the bathroom to see what was going on. When 381 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.079 I opened the door, the first thing I heard was 382 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.559 a low, rumbling growl. I looked at my husband, who 383 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:10.119 was still sitting on the toilet with a shocked look 384 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.440 on his face and his pants around his ankles, and 385 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.519 asked him what the hell was that. I don't know. 386 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.119 He said it was dark outside and I couldn't see 387 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.440 anything out the long, skinny window. So I ran over 388 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:24.160 and I turned out the light and I went back 389 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.400 to the window. The street light was just out of 390 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.440 my line of sight but still illuminated in the end 391 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.599 of the yard. There was a small strip of mode 392 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:36.079 grass at the end of the trailer, and then it 393 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:39.119 was just short brush. All I could see was a 394 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:43.240 large mass on all fours, parting the grass and shrubbery. 395 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:46.640 It looked to be four feet across the shoulders and 396 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:50.319 at least six feet long from shoulder to butt. I 397 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:53.000 did not see a tail, and I turned around and 398 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:56.480 I asked him what just happened. He told me that 399 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.759 he had just come in the bathroom and sat down 400 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:02.359 when he heard a loud growl that made his insides vibrate, 401 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.680