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<v Speaker 1>My cousin is a nurse in Rushton, Louisiana, although at

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<v Speaker 1>the time she lived just outside the city and the

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<v Speaker 1>little town of Children. She lived in a trailer on

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<v Speaker 1>her mother's property, several hundred yards away from the main house.

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<v Speaker 1>They have an acreage property set back in the woods,

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<v Speaker 1>not too far from the train tracks that run through

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<v Speaker 1>the area. One night, my cousin had just finished her

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<v Speaker 1>graveyard shift at the hospital in Rushton. She was tired

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<v Speaker 1>after the long shift and was returning home to child

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<v Speaker 1>around three am. There been several accidents on the road

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<v Speaker 1>near her home, where it comes across the train tracks,

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<v Speaker 1>and the bushes and the woods near the tracks, and

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<v Speaker 1>the odd bend in the road can make it treacherous

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<v Speaker 1>if drivers don't pay close attention. There are no railroad

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<v Speaker 1>crossing signals on the road, and if you have your

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<v Speaker 1>music to loud, you might not hear the train. More

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<v Speaker 1>than one car has smacked into the train, which is

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<v Speaker 1>always a losing proposition. She approached the tracks, and although

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<v Speaker 1>she was exhausted, she was careful to come to a

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<v Speaker 1>stop and crack her window a bit to listen for

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<v Speaker 1>the train. There were no lights coming or train sounds

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<v Speaker 1>coming down the tracks, and with her window crack, she

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<v Speaker 1>took the opportunity to light a cigarette while she stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>As she put the cigarette into her mouth and fished

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<v Speaker 1>around in her purse for a lighter, a huge, hairy

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<v Speaker 1>hand with a massive hairy forearm smacked palm first onto

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<v Speaker 1>the driver's side area of the windshield, mere inches from

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<v Speaker 1>her face. She let out a startled scream of terror.

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<v Speaker 1>The darkness outside prevented her from seeing anything approach her car,

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<v Speaker 1>and the darkness outside and the lights from the dash

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<v Speaker 1>inside also prevented her from getting a good look at

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<v Speaker 1>her attacker. In any case, she didn't stick around to

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<v Speaker 1>find out who or what it was. She mashed her

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<v Speaker 1>foot on the gas and blasted down the road. She

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<v Speaker 1>got home in no time and ran for the safety

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<v Speaker 1>of her trailer. She concedes that she didn't see what

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<v Speaker 1>smacked her window, only that it was a giant and

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<v Speaker 1>the arm was covered in thick, dark hair. It could

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<v Speaker 1>have been a man out near the train tracks in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods at three am in the dark, but she's

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<v Speaker 1>convinced that it was a bugger. We have spent many

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<v Speaker 1>evenings on the porch playing cards at the main house,

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<v Speaker 1>and her terrible screams come from the woods beyond the pond.

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<v Speaker 1>All my cousins tell me it's a black panther they

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes see in the area, and it certainly sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>the scream of a big cap the kind that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like the blood curdling scream of a woman that ends

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<v Speaker 1>in a roar. But now I'm not so sure it

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<v Speaker 1>is a panther. If your show has taught me anything,

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<v Speaker 1>it's that boogers and bigfoot can make those same sounds.

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<v Speaker 1>Either way. Next time we visit, I won't be out

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<v Speaker 1>walking around outside in the dark by myself. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for your time. Keep up the great work. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the Steve Lily stories. Keep them coming, dude, I love

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<v Speaker 1>writing them. You and I talked about Steve Lily over

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<v Speaker 1>the phone. Some people say he's my alter ego. No

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<v Speaker 1>he's not. Steve Lily is just a character. He's like

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<v Speaker 1>I put ten or twenty guys I've known in my

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<v Speaker 1>life together and I just stuffed them all in Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Lily and that's how he got to be how he is.

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<v Speaker 1>But working on Steve Lily Number ten now, I hope

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<v Speaker 1>to have it out in the next week or two,

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<v Speaker 1>so I keep getting emails and comments, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's very flattering. I don't say those things like I'm bragging.

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<v Speaker 1>I say those things in all that people actually like

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<v Speaker 1>those stories. To me, they're so silly, but and I

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<v Speaker 1>love writing them because it's like I feel like a

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<v Speaker 1>little kid when I'm writing them. When I tell you

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<v Speaker 1>that there's I get a lot of emails and comments

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<v Speaker 1>on them. I'm saying that in what's the word, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking for appreciation, gratitude, and thankfulness that you all enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>those stories, and that the man who wrote this story

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<v Speaker 1>that I just read, he's a screenwriter. When you have

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<v Speaker 1>somebody read or hear your story and they like it,

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<v Speaker 1>that's better than one hundred dollars bill. I guarantee you,

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<v Speaker 1>to someone who wrote it, it's better than one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>dollars bill. So thank you all for enjoying Steve Lily,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to have another one out pretty soon. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>let's move on to another story. Okay, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>really interesting story. And at the beginning of his email,

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<v Speaker 1>he gives me I almost narrated this. I'm glad I didn't,

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<v Speaker 1>because he said, let me tell you a bit about

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<v Speaker 1>myself in confidence he wants to remain anonymous for several reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>but I will tell you this. He's sixty five years old.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a man. He's got an extensive education background, bachelor's

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<v Speaker 1>degrees and leadership and ministries, and a master's degree in

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<v Speaker 1>the science of counseling. And he says, I hate to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about myself. I was taught not to brag, but

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<v Speaker 1>I did graduate at the top of my class, and

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<v Speaker 1>people say that I helped them make good decisions. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>only telling you this to give these stories a little credibility. So,

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<v Speaker 1>in other words, he's not from the trailer park like me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kidding, man, I'm just kidding. So here's what

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<v Speaker 1>he writes. My sister and I are the only ones

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<v Speaker 1>living from our immediate family now. My mom and dad

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<v Speaker 1>and three older brothers have passed away, so I really

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<v Speaker 1>don't have anybody to ask about the things that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to tell you. But there's just a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>strange things that happened as I was growing up that

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<v Speaker 1>never had a resolution. And I suppose it was because

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<v Speaker 1>they happened to me at such a young age that

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't question them or fully dwell on them. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>writing to you because of your non judgmental approach to

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<v Speaker 1>the subject of the unknown. I enjoy your style of

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<v Speaker 1>telling about these experiences, and I check your channel to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure I haven't missed any of them. That always

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<v Speaker 1>makes me so happy when people say that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>people think this is a successful YouTube channel. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>small channel in the scope of YouTube, and I still

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<v Speaker 1>get giddy when I hear people say, Oh, I like

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<v Speaker 1>to hear you read a story, and you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I'm just going on here. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>keep going. So he writes. All three of these events

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<v Speaker 1>that I will tell you are true. They're not fiction.

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<v Speaker 1>You may use them on your channel, which I enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>very much, or just read for your own pleasure if

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<v Speaker 1>you want. All I ask is that you mask both

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<v Speaker 1>names in specific places. We grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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<v Speaker 1>We lived in a law large ranch style home with

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<v Speaker 1>a big, full basement and a main level and an upstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>It faced the highway and on the other three sides

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<v Speaker 1>it was surrounded by woods. And he sent some photos,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't show photos, so we're not going down

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<v Speaker 1>that road. We rented it from the cement plant. My

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<v Speaker 1>dad worked for. I recently tried to find out how

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<v Speaker 1>many acres the plant owned, but I couldn't. I did

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<v Speaker 1>find out the manufacturing and packing plant itself is thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two acres, so it stands to reason that there's at

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<v Speaker 1>least seventy five acres or so of fairly dense woods

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<v Speaker 1>that were talking about. I always loved to play in

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<v Speaker 1>those woods. It was a southern boy's dream. We moved

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<v Speaker 1>to the house when I was six years old, and

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<v Speaker 1>I lived there until I was eighteen. There was one

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<v Speaker 1>house next to iris when we moved in, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was vacant and torn down shortly after. There were no

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<v Speaker 1>other homes around at all after that, and I would

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<v Speaker 1>estimate the closest would be a mile or two in

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<v Speaker 1>either direction, with only the woods and the plant behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>I would always go through those woods to the left

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<v Speaker 1>of our home, which was a quarter a mile of

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<v Speaker 1>dense hardwood, and then i'd crossed a small fence that

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<v Speaker 1>opened out into a large field. Across that field, I

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<v Speaker 1>could go play in a small creek, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>always a fun track. Sometimes I would go to the

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<v Speaker 1>right of the house into those woods. We would always

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<v Speaker 1>throw our leftover food or spoiled food over the fence

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<v Speaker 1>on that side. I would go about a quarter mile

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<v Speaker 1>in that direction until it opened up into a clay

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<v Speaker 1>clearing that was totally surrounded by large pine and evergreens.

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<v Speaker 1>It had a big deposit of slate rocks, and I

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<v Speaker 1>can remember grabbing a rock and riding my name on

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<v Speaker 1>the other rocks around there. It was like a chalkboard.

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<v Speaker 1>That clearing was one place I always felt like someone

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<v Speaker 1>was watching me, though I never went any further than

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<v Speaker 1>that to the right, even though the river was only

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<v Speaker 1>a half mile further. If I were to walk straight

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<v Speaker 1>back towards the center of the woods for miles and miles,

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<v Speaker 1>I would eventually get to the plant my father worked at.

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<v Speaker 1>But we never went toward the center of those woods.

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<v Speaker 1>For some reason, there seemed to be unspoken boundaries. Even

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<v Speaker 1>when I went out with my older brother's hunting, I

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<v Speaker 1>was always told not to go that way because the

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<v Speaker 1>plant would blast rocks back there with dynamite. There were

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of no trespassing signs, no hunting signs, all riddled

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<v Speaker 1>with bullet holes, and oddly enough, some danger quicksand signs

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<v Speaker 1>really quicksand in East Tennessee, or was that a sign

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<v Speaker 1>to just scare people. We always had dogs that we

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<v Speaker 1>kept outside. Now it seems to me like they always

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<v Speaker 1>disappeared or died on a regular basis, and I never

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<v Speaker 1>understood why. And in my family, a good Southern family,

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<v Speaker 1>if you do not talk about it's like it never happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, isn't that a weird thing about us Southern people?

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<v Speaker 1>We just don't. I do. I talk. I like to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about things. Sometimes I need to talk things out,

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<v Speaker 1>but mostly I'm quiet. I'm not a bliber mouth, but

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<v Speaker 1>some things I need to. Okay. For some reason, this

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<v Speaker 1>story is making me yack. I'm gonna quit doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>We usually kept one or two hunting dogs like beagles,

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<v Speaker 1>and at least two big German shepherds. My dad always

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<v Speaker 1>put the dogs up in a strange way. He stationed

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<v Speaker 1>them directly behind our house, one to the right side

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<v Speaker 1>of the woods and one towards the center of the woods,

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<v Speaker 1>and one to the left. We had a large pin

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<v Speaker 1>that spanned the entire half of our yard that was

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<v Speaker 1>made from fencing at least six feet tall. On the

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<v Speaker 1>front of the large pin was a house made from

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<v Speaker 1>ten and it was big enough to shelter a pony

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<v Speaker 1>we had for a while. Why didn't they just put

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<v Speaker 1>the dog and that instead of letting it sent empty?

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if they were put up like this to

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<v Speaker 1>guard our yard. Dad always kept a loaded shotgun handy

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Mom would always warn me that the boogerman

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<v Speaker 1>was in the woods and that I shouldn't let it

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<v Speaker 1>get me. She would have probably freaked out if she

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<v Speaker 1>knew I went in there to play as much as

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<v Speaker 1>I did. Later on, my dad would explain that screams

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<v Speaker 1>we heard a few times in those woods originated from

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<v Speaker 1>bowampus cat, a large mountain lion type creature we used

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about. Did he tell me this because I

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<v Speaker 1>would be more accepting of a large cat in those

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<v Speaker 1>woods rather than well, something else. I think the subject

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<v Speaker 1>of these stories is more than land we lived on

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<v Speaker 1>rather than anything else. Or maybe because I believe in

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<v Speaker 1>the supernatural, I was more sensitive to these events. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they happened to me just because with a randomness

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<v Speaker 1>that can be ironic. Well, let me get to the

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<v Speaker 1>first event. I did not usually take my little sister

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<v Speaker 1>with me in those woods to play when I went,

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<v Speaker 1>but one day we decided to play in that fenced

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<v Speaker 1>As we got closer to the end of the pen,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what, maybe some animal, including gums and teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>It was fresh, because I distinctly remembered that the gums

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<v Speaker 1>like they were still moist, and the teeth were all intact,

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<v Speaker 1>like the entire jaw was carefully extracted. It could have

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<v Speaker 1>in one section. It had not fallen down. It was

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<v Speaker 1>coming from something crouched down in the tall grass and

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<v Speaker 1>I went back the next day and the jaw was gone. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>my parents told us both to stay out of that house.

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<v Speaker 1>There were fleas from the dogs in there, and we

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<v Speaker 1>that ten house. Well, what do I think happened? I

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<v Speaker 1>think there were sasquats living deep in those woods, but

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<v Speaker 1>at that time knew nothing about them. This happened to

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<v Speaker 1>us in nineteen sixty six. The sisquatch probably thought I

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<v Speaker 1>was harmless and they never bothered me when I played

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<v Speaker 1>the back of the pen where it couldn't be seen

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<v Speaker 1>and had easy access from the center woods. And I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that it had killed something, maybe a dog or

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<v Speaker 1>a coyote, and brought it in there to eat, and

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<v Speaker 1>us goofy kids walked up on it and it felt threatened,

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<v Speaker 1>so it growled. After that, I heard more stories of

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<v Speaker 1>the wild man in our area, and we became careful,

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<v Speaker 1>especially at night. In fact, when my sister was older

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<v Speaker 1>and she was left alone in the house, she was

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<v Speaker 1>Even when I grew to a teenager and would come

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<v Speaker 1>never hang around outside. It was so dark from the

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<v Speaker 1>woods in our yard, and the dogs would regularly bark

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<v Speaker 1>into the woods and we would hear movement in there,

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<v Speaker 1>but we never saw anything. And our usual routine for

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<v Speaker 1>porch was locked, the door to the kitchen right off

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<v Speaker 1>the screen porch was locked and dead bolted, and the

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<v Speaker 1>to the basement would be locked, and the entrance into

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<v Speaker 1>the main floor from the basement was bolted shut. On

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<v Speaker 1>November fourth, nineteen sixty five, my grandfather died. I was

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<v Speaker 1>ten years old then and my sister was seven. He

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<v Speaker 1>was never a warm and fuzzy type grandfather. He would

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<v Speaker 1>always sit out in the yard with his metal lawn

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<v Speaker 1>chair and smoke cigarettes. He was a slim man with

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<v Speaker 1>a ring of white hair around his head. He always

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<v Speaker 1>had on his Liberty overalls, a sport coat, a stetson hat,

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<v Speaker 1>and broke in boots. I felt bad for my father

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<v Speaker 1>that Paul, that's what we called him, had died, but

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't feel the loss as much since he was

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<v Speaker 1>not an overly affectionate kind of a man. Two weeks later,

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<v Speaker 1>Mom and Dad had to go somewhere and left my

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<v Speaker 1>sister and I alone for a while. We were goofing

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<v Speaker 1>around on the porch and something got my attention about

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<v Speaker 1>halfway up the driveway. It was Paul walking up the

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<v Speaker 1>driveway and his overalls and his sport coat and hat

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<v Speaker 1>and his brokens. Both of us scurried into the house

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<v Speaker 1>and locked the kitchen door. We didn't have time to

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<v Speaker 1>lock the screen in the porch door, so my grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>walked in and began to knock on the kitchen door.

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<v Speaker 1>We both hid in the living room until we were

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<v Speaker 1>sure he was gone. Both of us saw him and

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<v Speaker 1>recognized him. There was no mistake about that, but the

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<v Speaker 1>way he was dressed and the way he walked were

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<v Speaker 1>just the same. Now, I cannot explain that to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>and my mom just said it could not have been

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<v Speaker 1>him and we were mistaken. The next story I have

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<v Speaker 1>takes place a couple of years later. My older brother

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<v Speaker 1>and I were home alone one night and for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>we went outside. As we stood there, right outside the

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<v Speaker 1>detached garage, we both looked into the sky. It was

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<v Speaker 1>dark and clear, with the stars shining all around. At

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<v Speaker 1>this time, it was nineteen sixty eight. The area was

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<v Speaker 1>still undeveloped as far as business goes, so there weren't

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<v Speaker 1>any lights from buildings or signs. As we looked up,

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<v Speaker 1>it seemed as one of the stars was becoming brighter

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<v Speaker 1>than the rest. It was becoming brighter because it was

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<v Speaker 1>getting closer. In a matter of seconds, we understood that

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't a star. Yes, they're hovering above us, was

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<v Speaker 1>a flying saucer. Its appearance was similar to the classic

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifties sci fi movies. It was round with lights

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<v Speaker 1>that rotated all around it, and it looked bigger than

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<v Speaker 1>our two story house and it just hung there, making

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<v Speaker 1>little noise as we stared back at it and shot. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>my brother told me to get in the corner of

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<v Speaker 1>the garage and stay there I did, and he ran

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<v Speaker 1>into the house and got the Trusty twelve gage shotgun.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard him come out and I stepped out too,

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<v Speaker 1>and just as he shouldered the J. C. Higgins twelve gage,

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<v Speaker 1>the object disappeared. We both stood there and shocked for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. Never spoke of it again, but I always

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<v Speaker 1>felt protected and glad my brother was around. Isn't that weird?

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<v Speaker 1>I have absolutely no idea what this was. All I

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<v Speaker 1>truly know is that it was an unidentified flying object

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<v Speaker 1>that scared us both to death. And Now for my

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<v Speaker 1>fourth story, this occurred when I I was seventeen. I

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<v Speaker 1>had the entire upstairs to myself. My sister was always

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to have her room up there for some reason.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it was because you could hear footsteps up there

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<v Speaker 1>when we were all downstairs. My parents said the house

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<v Speaker 1>was just settling, and I always left a light on

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<v Speaker 1>in the hall bathroom and the door cracked about halfway.

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<v Speaker 1>If I knew it would be dark before I went

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<v Speaker 1>upstairs to my room, I would leave a light on

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<v Speaker 1>all day so the area would be illuminated for me

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<v Speaker 1>when I walked up those stairs. As I went to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>One night, I took my glasses off and I placed

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<v Speaker 1>them on the bedside table. I have poor vision and

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<v Speaker 1>I could see nothing without them. And I woke up

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<v Speaker 1>sometime in the wee hours of the morning and I

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<v Speaker 1>turned my head to the side. That's when I saw it,

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<v Speaker 1>or I saw him. I was standing in my hallway,

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<v Speaker 1>right outside of my room what appeared to be a

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<v Speaker 1>Civil War soldier. He had a uniform, one that looked

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<v Speaker 1>like a Confederate officer's attire with fancy braids and buttons.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I could even react or think, he was straddling

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<v Speaker 1>me on the bed, making the mattress in springs underneath

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<v Speaker 1>me conformed to a U shape. I sunk into the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the bed. I had been scared before, but

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<v Speaker 1>this was stark terror. And as quickly as he appeared,

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<v Speaker 1>he disappeared, and the mattress, the springs, and me returned

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<v Speaker 1>to their original position. I immediately sat up straight in the bed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I took a deep breath, and I screamed. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I screamed, but no sound came out. I took a

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<v Speaker 1>deep breath to scream again, but no sound, just my breath.

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<v Speaker 1>I have since read that if you're terrified, your body

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<v Speaker 1>may go into shock. It temporarily freeze up and it

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<v Speaker 1>will not function. But the third attempt came with a

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<v Speaker 1>blood curdling scream, and I ran downstairs and I told

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<v Speaker 1>my mom, who met me at the bottom of the stairs,

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<v Speaker 1>that I had a nightmare. She suggested that I sleep

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<v Speaker 1>on the couch in the downstairs living room that night,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what I did for a week. Was it

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<v Speaker 1>a nightmare? Really? Was it a familiar spirit, maybe taking

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<v Speaker 1>the form of a soldier who fought in the area.

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<v Speaker 1>How could I see in such detail without the aid

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<v Speaker 1>of my glasses? I will never know. Shortly after I

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<v Speaker 1>moved out got married, my sister did as well. Mom

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<v Speaker 1>and Dad moved to a house they built on a lake.

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<v Speaker 1>The old house was torn down by the plant. It

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<v Speaker 1>was not in bad shade. And why they decided to

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<v Speaker 1>tear it down instead of renting it or selling it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll never know. Again. All these events are all true,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure no one would believe me. I've never

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<v Speaker 1>shared all three events. Actually there were four events with

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<v Speaker 1>anyone else, but they really did happen. Feel free to

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<v Speaker 1>use these stories if you wish. You may call me

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<v Speaker 1>to verify if you want. If I'm busy, leave a

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<v Speaker 1>voicemail and I'll call you back. Thank you for all

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<v Speaker 1>you do in the wonderful stories you tell, and then

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<v Speaker 1>he signs off. I'm telling I'm gonna be straight up

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<v Speaker 1>with y'all. I read this story cold because I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was a Bigfoot story, but then it got into

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<v Speaker 1>UFOs and it got into ghosts. They saw their grandpa

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<v Speaker 1>walk up to the house. You know, I love these

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<v Speaker 1>stories just as much as Bigfoot stories. They're all great.

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<v Speaker 1>We all love to hear them, and this man was

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<v Speaker 1>so nice to sit down and write all this stuff

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<v Speaker 1>down for us to enjoy. So this is the story

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<v Speaker 1>that's at the end of the video. I know everybody

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<v Speaker 1>expects me to do Bigfoot. I really like doing these

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<v Speaker 1>UFO ghost stories. We do those on the what if

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<v Speaker 1>it's true? This one kind of snuck in. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>leave it in because it's just damn good. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>there is to it. Confuct In, Pug need be distrust