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<v Speaker 1>Now one of your pudding. I got a string going

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<v Speaker 1>on here, something just cause my dog. Something killed your dog,

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<v Speaker 1>my dog. We're flying through the air over the tree.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how it did it, Okay, Damn, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really confused. All I saw was my dog coming over

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<v Speaker 1>the fence and he was dead. And once you hit

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<v Speaker 1>the ground like, I didn't see any cars. All I

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<v Speaker 1>saw was my dog coming over the fence. Sat what

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<v Speaker 1>are you putting? We got some wonder or something crawling

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<v Speaker 1>around out here? Did you see what it was? Or

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<v Speaker 1>was it was? Standing enough? I'm out here looking through

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<v Speaker 1>the window now and I don't see anything. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to go outside. Jesus quice, you better New York. Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>hit somebody out here?

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<v Speaker 2>What went on out there?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought of a bit just about sixty forty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know easy him out there? Yeah, I'm right head.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh hey, greetings, thanks for joining me. Todavis breadon Alaska.

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<v Speaker 2>You might hear rain hitting the windshield. I'm doing this

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<v Speaker 2>on the fly. Got a lot of background stuff going on.

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<v Speaker 2>What I wanted to share with you today comes from Travis.

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<v Speaker 2>Travis as a carpenter. He actually reached out a while

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<v Speaker 2>back I worked with the guy years ago, back when

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<v Speaker 2>I was an apprentice, but he had somehow stumbled across

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<v Speaker 2>me on YouTube and was like, wait, I know that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He reached out and wanted to share something with me

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<v Speaker 2>that happened back in two thousand and four. He just

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was strange. He used to work with me,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden he sees me doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>Travis was contracted to do some work on a cabin

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<v Speaker 2>at Devil's Lake. There's many places called Devil's Lake, appropriate title,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, so he was hired on for a four

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<v Speaker 2>day contract. This gentleman that hired him had been having

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<v Speaker 2>trouble since he built the place with what he perceived

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<v Speaker 2>as bear's breaking in during the off season when he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't there. He would have to fix the damages and

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<v Speaker 2>do the repairs every year. It's just something that this

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<v Speaker 2>cabin owner had just taken as par for the course.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the wilds of Alaska. Bears break in whatever he

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<v Speaker 2>gets blown in. I don't like the thought of being

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<v Speaker 2>dropped off somewhere for work, but I've been there, done that,

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<v Speaker 2>so Travis thought nothing of it. He had all the

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<v Speaker 2>extra materials that the guy had flown in a couple

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<v Speaker 2>weeks prior, saw what was there, made a little list,

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<v Speaker 2>because obviously he's not new to it, had a list

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff, took pictures of the damage for Travis to

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<v Speaker 2>look at and possess. Okay, we'll get this for this

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<v Speaker 2>and that for that whatever. He had a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>knotty pine for the interior wall where it was damaged,

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<v Speaker 2>a new door and a new window that he was

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<v Speaker 2>replacing along with all the other minor materials. Two by

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<v Speaker 2>fours and four by fours. Travis has flown in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a real tight weather window on him getting

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<v Speaker 2>in there. He got everything offloaded. The pilot that dropped

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<v Speaker 2>him off said I'm gonna be back in four days

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<v Speaker 2>whether dependant. He understood off the pilot does. So Travis

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<v Speaker 2>is there and he drags all the materials up to

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<v Speaker 2>the cabin. He decided, you know what, he had a

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<v Speaker 2>little pop tent and he decided he was just going

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<v Speaker 2>to pop that tin up inside the cabin. The damage

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<v Speaker 2>at the door, he said, was extensive. He basically had

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<v Speaker 2>to reframe in and do some other stuff to even

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<v Speaker 2>attach the new door right. He said, it was crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>It looked like the door just imploded into the cabin

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<v Speaker 2>kind of deal with serious force because all the hinges

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<v Speaker 2>and everything that was attached, even the dead bolt, all

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<v Speaker 2>that was forced in and everything was splintered out behind it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was like forced in. The door was in

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<v Speaker 2>three separate pieces, and it was solid wood. That particular

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<v Speaker 2>door he was replacing with another custom solid door, branches, thick,

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<v Speaker 2>solid not a hollow door of any kind. It was

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<v Speaker 2>all custom made by a woodsmith in a shop specifically

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<v Speaker 2>for this doorway. But the one previous that he saw

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<v Speaker 2>was literally broken into three pieces. It just amazed him

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<v Speaker 2>at the force it would take to do that, but

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<v Speaker 2>yet there it was, right, So it gets on the

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<v Speaker 2>job of just getting things squared away because the owner

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<v Speaker 2>had been in a couple weeks before and did a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of the cleaning already, so it was basically outside

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<v Speaker 2>of that broken door being inside there the obvious mess

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<v Speaker 2>of the damage. The floor was cleaned up, and all

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<v Speaker 2>the excess garbs and all that kind of stuff was

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<v Speaker 2>already gone out of his way. We set up his

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<v Speaker 2>pop tent inside the cabin to stay out of the wind,

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<v Speaker 2>have another roof over him. Right, So first day he did,

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<v Speaker 2>he was taking off old stuff and doing his thing

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<v Speaker 2>and basically refurbishing what he could to reuse and getting

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<v Speaker 2>it ready. He got a bunch of the framing into

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<v Speaker 2>the new door done. So what he decided to do

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<v Speaker 2>that first night is basically set the door in place,

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<v Speaker 2>put in a screw in each one of the different

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<v Speaker 2>hinges to at least be able to shut it, and

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<v Speaker 2>the next day he planned on finishing up what he

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<v Speaker 2>had to do. So he said, just as it was

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<v Speaker 2>getting into dusk, which this was towards end of May

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and four, it was still getting dark at

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<v Speaker 2>land of the midnight sun, but it wasn't full on craziness.

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<v Speaker 2>So he gets all that tended too, gets the door

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<v Speaker 2>in place, and he said he stepped out on the deck.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a little small, little weber grill that he

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<v Speaker 2>was cooking on. He got everything gone and was cooking

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<v Speaker 2>up his dinner. And he said he was going in

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<v Speaker 2>and out from his supplies inside and coming out and

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<v Speaker 2>tending to the meat he had cooking on the grill.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, it was getting on in the dusk and

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<v Speaker 2>he was really tired, so he was trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>it done so he can complete the contract. Basically with

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<v Speaker 2>the limited time he had. He said, the time he

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<v Speaker 2>was coming out to take the food off of the

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<v Speaker 2>grill and he was putting it on his plate, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side of the lake, he heard a scream.

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<v Speaker 2>It concerned him that a woman was out there along screaming.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like, oh shit, what the hell is this.

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<v Speaker 2>He was very well armed, three thirty eight win mag rifle,

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<v Speaker 2>twelve gaate shotgun, and a four to fifty four, so

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<v Speaker 2>he was loaded for bear, literally loaded for bear. So

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<v Speaker 2>he decided, okay, since there's a lot of brush, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>bring the shotgun and the four fifty four and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go help this woman. Because again, up until that point,

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<v Speaker 2>harry Man, Bigfoot, all that shit wasn't even on this

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<v Speaker 2>guy's radar. So Travis, he takes off and he follows

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<v Speaker 2>the game trail along the lake, and he said he

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<v Speaker 2>got about half the distance around, which would have been

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<v Speaker 2>a little over half a mile, right along the edge

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<v Speaker 2>of the lake. As he's going off to the other end,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said he was overcome by the overwhelming sense

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<v Speaker 2>that he was being watched in a very negative way.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, he's stopped and he hunkered down low

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<v Speaker 2>and was trying to look around because the way the

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<v Speaker 2>brush was, he couldn't really see too much. Very narrow

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<v Speaker 2>game trail. He's pushing through the brush and he felt

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<v Speaker 2>real nervous about that. But where he got that feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in a little bit of an open area

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<v Speaker 2>and off to his right was the lake with a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of brush in between him and the lake.

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<v Speaker 2>So he said it was about twenty five feet to

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<v Speaker 2>the edge of the lake, and then up to his

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<v Speaker 2>left it sloped up up towards the mountains. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>he stood there, and he said he kept feeling sick

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<v Speaker 2>to his stomach. This is bad, and so he decided

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<v Speaker 2>to start yelling out, hey, do you need help? And

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<v Speaker 2>so he starts yelling this over and over. He said

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<v Speaker 2>he finally got sick of it. He wasn't hearing a response.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he heard the scream again, and the scream came

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<v Speaker 2>from behind him. He said he wasn't sure how far

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<v Speaker 2>behind him, but it was between him in the cabin.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said that's when he knew it wasn't no

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<v Speaker 2>woman because the second scream he heard was very low

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<v Speaker 2>but very high pitched at the same time, and he

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<v Speaker 2>knew all was not good. He said he was highly intimidated.

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<v Speaker 2>He said fear, yes, but he felt he was able

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<v Speaker 2>to turn that fear into focus, and I'm getting back

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<v Speaker 2>to some relative safety. So he starts going back. He

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<v Speaker 2>said it took everything in him to go that direction

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<v Speaker 2>where this scream came from, because it freaked him out.

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't want to be where he was. He

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get back to that cabin. He said. He

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<v Speaker 2>was pushing back through the brush and he got about

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred yards or so from where he initially heard

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<v Speaker 2>that second scream, and he started hearing this huffing sound.

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<v Speaker 2>He said it was probably about sixty ish feet away,

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<v Speaker 2>up in the brush off to his right hand side,

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<v Speaker 2>which would be sloping up the mountain next to him.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said in the thickness of the brush that

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<v Speaker 2>he was standing in, he could not make it out.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he was hearing the huffing, he stopped and

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<v Speaker 2>was really listening really hard, and he said it was

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<v Speaker 2>really deep breathing. It wasn't really a huff, It was

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<v Speaker 2>real deep breathing. And he said that was very concerning

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<v Speaker 2>because he didn't know what the hell it was. He's

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<v Speaker 2>been around bears before. It wasn't some bear, And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>as he was sitting there trying to listen, he decided,

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<v Speaker 2>do you know what, screw this. I don't need to listen.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to continue on about my way. So he

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<v Speaker 2>continues on, and he said he made it about another

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<v Speaker 2>fifty feet and then it opened up into a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a clearing, a little more clear area. Where

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<v Speaker 2>it opened up to was an avalanche shoot that came down.

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<v Speaker 2>He said. It was about one hundred yards wide. All

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<v Speaker 2>the trees had been knocked down from the years before

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<v Speaker 2>avalanche and stuff, and there was wooded debris and stumps

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<v Speaker 2>and just avalanche to breathe. And so he felt in

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<v Speaker 2>the open he was a little more calm down because

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<v Speaker 2>he had a better line of sight. He said, as

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<v Speaker 2>he stood there, he went up to about the middle

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<v Speaker 2>there was about one hundred yards wide. So he went

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<v Speaker 2>about fifty yards into the opening where it's more clear,

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<v Speaker 2>and started looking around, panning around. Now, understand, he started

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<v Speaker 2>this at dusk. Okay, so now it's getting on later

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<v Speaker 2>into dusk to where it's getting dark enough to where

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<v Speaker 2>you can't fully see now land of the midnight sun. Understand,

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<v Speaker 2>the sky is light. The terrain is dark. It's only

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<v Speaker 2>getting darker at this time of year. He said. He

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<v Speaker 2>stood there and he was looking up slope in the

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<v Speaker 2>direction at an angle, in the direction that he had

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<v Speaker 2>heard the huffing just moments before, and he heard movement.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when he would focus on that movement, it'd

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<v Speaker 2>go quiet, and then he would be listening and then

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<v Speaker 2>he would hear movement again. It focus in that direction

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<v Speaker 2>with the shotgun, and then the movement would stop, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, I couldn't see anything. At first. He

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<v Speaker 2>was like, I didn't want to turn my back. I

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<v Speaker 2>felt like I shouldn't turn my back. I should stay

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<v Speaker 2>focused on what I'm doing. So, he said, at that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>he decided, you know what, I had a pocket full

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<v Speaker 2>of shotgun shells, slugs and buckshot, a fully loaded shotgun,

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<v Speaker 2>and a four fifty four. I was gonna let some

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<v Speaker 2>rounds fly. Now, unless you've been under those high stress

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<v Speaker 2>judge anybody for shooting a gun. Okay, he let about

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<v Speaker 2>three or four rounds fly. He popshots not directly in

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<v Speaker 2>that area, but up at a steep angle and just

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<v Speaker 2>popshots off, one after another, boom. Then he screamed leave

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<v Speaker 2>me alone, real loud. After that, right his ears are ringing.

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<v Speaker 2>He couldn't hear anything for a few moments. He thought

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<v Speaker 2>he heard movement, but he wasn't sure because again they're

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<v Speaker 2>ringing in the ears from the shotgun blaster. So he

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<v Speaker 2>point he goes, okay, That's when I turned and ran,

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, why do you turn and run?

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<v Speaker 2>He goes. After he shot, and after the ringing kind

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<v Speaker 2>of subsided just enough, he could hear thrashing coming down

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<v Speaker 2>off to his right hand side, coming up parallel to

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<v Speaker 2>get parallel with them inside the tree line. Again. He's

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<v Speaker 2>about halfway point in this open avalanche shoot area. He said.

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<v Speaker 2>He felt like this thing was circling around to come

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<v Speaker 2>after him. That's the feeling he had inside. He said.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't tangible, it was just what I felt. And

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<v Speaker 2>he said he turned and took off, running towards the cabin. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, as he was running along, every once while

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<v Speaker 2>he would stop turning around, raise the twelve gage in

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<v Speaker 2>that direction. Nothing, do it again, run ten twelve paces

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<v Speaker 2>real fast. Again. This is a narrow game trail like

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<v Speaker 2>It's not anything consistent like a park trail. Okay, understand

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<v Speaker 2>what you're doing with And he would stop, turn nothing,

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<v Speaker 2>and he would continue on. He said, when he made

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to be out there dark. And again

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<v Speaker 2>sky's pretty light. Everything else is dark. And he said

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<v Speaker 2>when he got back up, because the cabin was elevated

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<v Speaker 2>in the front and the back end was against the ground,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was on pilings in the front right for

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<v Speaker 2>the most cabin was on pilings the way the stairs were.

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<v Speaker 2>They went up in one direction about five steps, and

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<v Speaker 2>then they hooked back up to the little porch, little deck,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the cabin there. And he said, when he

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<v Speaker 2>got up there, he was standing there catching his breath,

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<v Speaker 2>and he heard a grunt. He said, the grunt he

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<v Speaker 2>heard had to have come from behind the cabin. And

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<v Speaker 2>in the back of the cabin. When you go in

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<v Speaker 2>the door, there's a window on each side of this

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<v Speaker 2>wood stove, and it's on the upper portion of the wall.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not very low, he said, they're about four and

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<v Speaker 2>a half feet off the ground. Then they're about two

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<v Speaker 2>foot tall and about two foot wide windows, and he

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<v Speaker 2>said he went inside it, drabbed his flashlight out of

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<v Speaker 2>his bag, went over and started looking out these windows

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<v Speaker 2>to see if he could see anything, right, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>at one point and the one window, he couldn't see anything.

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<v Speaker 2>He thought he saw brush moving, but the wind could

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<v Speaker 2>have did it something else. And so he went to

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<v Speaker 2>the other window, which if you're facing the cabin, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be the one off to the left. He

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<v Speaker 2>went over to that side, hit the flashlight again. That's

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<v Speaker 2>when he saw eyeshine further up the hill behind the cabin,

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<v Speaker 2>up into the brush. He said, he wasn't sure how

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<v Speaker 2>tall it would have to be at that point to

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<v Speaker 2>see it, but it was above the brush that he

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<v Speaker 2>saw the eye shine, and he said it was bright red.

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<v Speaker 2>It was immediate. It was very like holy shit. So

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<v Speaker 2>he killed the light, goes over again. This door. It

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't latchable or anything like that. He had it hanging

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<v Speaker 2>by a screw in each hand, just fitting it. Not

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<v Speaker 2>complete or whatever. He said. He took his dwall impact

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<v Speaker 2>and he screwed a board across to keep that door shut.

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<v Speaker 2>He said. He sat there. He had left his food

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<v Speaker 2>out on the deck where he had set it down

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<v Speaker 2>before he took off. He said, he wasn't even thinking

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<v Speaker 1>And.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned for more sasquatch out to sea. We'll be

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<v Speaker 2>right back after these messages, said, he sat down, sat

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<v Speaker 2>there and just looked around every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 2>make sure nothing was looking in at him or whatever. Basically,

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<v Speaker 2>he ended up after, he said, it had to have

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<v Speaker 2>been a few hours. He ended up falling asleep, laying

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<v Speaker 2>basically on the shotgun, had three thirty eight rifles right

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<v Speaker 2>next to him in the four fifty four within easy

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<v Speaker 2>reach tuk back into the corner. He said. At one

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<v Speaker 2>point he was woken up by what sounded like a

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<v Speaker 2>real heavy weight being out on that deck, of the

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<v Speaker 2>shifting and the creaking of the boards under severe weight.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was listening and he heard his plate that

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<v Speaker 2>he had out there earlier, and the silverware he had

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<v Speaker 2>on it clink around right, and it dawned on him,

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<v Speaker 2>I left my food out there, So he sits up,

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<v Speaker 2>turns on his flashlight and starts yelling I'm in here,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in here, and then he heard nothing, so he

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<v Speaker 2>was like, what the hell. He didn't know what the

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<v Speaker 2>thump dump thump was. He assumes it was a couple

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<v Speaker 2>few steps jumping off or whatever, because it just went

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<v Speaker 2>quiet and there was no more noise, he said. He

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<v Speaker 2>laid there for a little while longer, shaken and freaking

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<v Speaker 2>out inside because he didn't know what the hell it was, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>what did I get myself into? Kind of deals? He said.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually he calmed down enough that he fell back asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>He woke up the next morning bright and early in

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<v Speaker 2>a flash, sat up real quick, looking around. Everything was

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<v Speaker 2>peaceful and calm. He heard songbirds. The sun was out,

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<v Speaker 2>so he woke up with a sense of peace. He

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<v Speaker 2>used the cordless and took the screws out of the

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<v Speaker 2>board he had put across the doorway, got it out

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<v Speaker 2>of the way, opened the door, slowly, looked out, slowly

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<v Speaker 2>went out, looking around, had the shotgun with them? Was

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<v Speaker 2>just like, what the hell? He said. His plate was there,

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<v Speaker 2>his silverware was on the deck, His plate was there.

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<v Speaker 2>He had made some kind of posteroni or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Where it was some kind of Creamiofredo sauce, and he

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<v Speaker 2>had cooked a steak to go with that stuff, so

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<v Speaker 2>there was a lot of sauce on the plate along

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<v Speaker 2>with the steak. But he said the plate was mostly clean,

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<v Speaker 2>except it looked like a tongue drag of some kind

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<v Speaker 2>across the plate, and there was a funny smell out

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<v Speaker 2>on the deck. Looked around, didn't see any sign of anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to look for tracks. Songbirds are going real peaceful.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like, I don't know what the hell to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm stuck. He's there for a few more days.

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<v Speaker 2>So he immediately gets into his work. He goes, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna fire up to saw. I'm gonna do this. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do that. He went, fired up the generator that

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<v Speaker 2>the guy left underneath the deck. He got that going,

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<v Speaker 2>started making a lot of noise with his carpentry, and

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<v Speaker 2>focused on what he had to do. He said he

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<v Speaker 2>never worked so efficiently in his light. He completed almost

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<v Speaker 2>everything that second day, almost everything door, all of it,

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<v Speaker 2>replaced the window. He said he was motivated to have

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<v Speaker 2>that place one hundred percent so he could hide in

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<v Speaker 2>there if he needed to. I'm not laughing at him.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand it. He said. It was quiet for the

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<v Speaker 2>next two days, and the following day this plane was

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be back to get him. So with all

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<v Speaker 2>the weather clear and everything, he wasn't concerned with that.

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<v Speaker 2>He was just wanting hopefully nothing happens with the weather

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<v Speaker 2>window and they're able to get him out of there.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, because he was all done, he figured he

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<v Speaker 2>would just sit out on the deck and keep an

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<v Speaker 2>eye out and listen and all this kind of stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and again, songbirds are going. There wasn't any weird feeling

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<v Speaker 2>until dusk, he said. At dusk he heard a whoop

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<v Speaker 2>that standing on the deck, you can easily see the lake.

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<v Speaker 2>The lake is about not quite one hundred yards in

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<v Speaker 2>front of you, but it had been maintained and cleared

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<v Speaker 2>out to where you have a nice view of this lake.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said it was off to the right hand side,

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<v Speaker 2>probably had to have originated probably hundred one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty yards away ish because of the brush and everything,

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't safe for sure. And he said he heard

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<v Speaker 2>that and instantly jumped up, went inside and shut the door.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, he made sure that he anchored bolted everything.

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<v Speaker 2>He had to for that doorway to be pristine. Tiptop

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<v Speaker 2>even built a little thing to slide a board in

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<v Speaker 2>there for extra protection. He had two sets, one at

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<v Speaker 2>the top, one towards the bottom, so he could put

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<v Speaker 2>two of the leftover boards there. He did that, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he's sitting there, he goes, you know what, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go fill up that generator because it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>run for at least six hours. It's loud, right. What

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<v Speaker 2>he decided to do is take off part of the

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<v Speaker 2>muffler of that thing, so it ran real loud, real

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<v Speaker 2>real loud. There's this little what they call a fire arrestor, right,

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<v Speaker 2>There's like this conical shape thing that sticks into the

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<v Speaker 2>exhaust that kind of keeps any flames from spitting out

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. So he removed that and he fired it

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<v Speaker 2>up after he filled it up, because he had to

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<v Speaker 2>go back outside to do this. Fired it up and

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<v Speaker 2>it was nice and loud, and he was comfortable with that.

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<v Speaker 2>He let that run and went back inside and just

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<v Speaker 2>sat there and he said, off in the distance, it

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<v Speaker 2>sounded like across the lake. Every once in a while

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<v Speaker 2>he would hear a long, bellowing kind of howl yell,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to call it. He said, he hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>calmed down enough. Once the generator went out, which killed

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<v Speaker 2>a little work light he had running, and some battery

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<v Speaker 2>charges he had connected or whatever. Part of this plan

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<v Speaker 2>with that was to make sure every battery he had

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<v Speaker 2>because he had one of these little systems where you

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<v Speaker 2>clicked the battery on. It's got a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a light, a flashlight, so he had enough light or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>And so he said, once the generator died and he

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<v Speaker 2>was just chilling there, he felt a little more comfortable

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<v Speaker 2>having various power options for a light or whatever. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>And so he said. He sat there just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>stay as calm as he could. But every once in

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<v Speaker 2>a while, across what he assumed was across the lake,

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<v Speaker 2>he would hear that long, bellowing, mournful, sorrowful kind of

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<v Speaker 2>scream yell whatever. He said. It was mostly in one

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<v Speaker 2>like a baritone type octave, but at the end it

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<v Speaker 2>would always end high pitched. It was real weird, but

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<v Speaker 2>the high pitched portion, he said, was very brief. He

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<v Speaker 2>ended up falling asleep nothing not a sound, he said.

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<v Speaker 2>He slip pretty good up until he heard up bam

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<v Speaker 2>shook the whole cabin. Something smacked the cabin startled the

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<v Speaker 2>shit out of him. When he jumped up, he grabbed

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<v Speaker 2>the four fifty four and he's looking out the back

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<v Speaker 2>two windows because it hit near where he was laying

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<v Speaker 2>down on the side. And he said when he looked out,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't see anything, but it was daylight. So since

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<v Speaker 2>he was up, he was like, screw this. He started

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<v Speaker 2>gathering up his stuff, putting everything back into these small

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<v Speaker 2>totes he traveled with and all that stuff. He said.

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<v Speaker 2>After a couple hours he went outside. The weather was

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<v Speaker 2>still clear, everything was good. He tidied up the last

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<v Speaker 2>bit he had as far as that contract had to go.

417
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<v Speaker 2>You know. Once he was outside for a little bit,

418
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<v Speaker 2>it was quiet initially, then songbirds started chirping and singing,

419
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<v Speaker 2>and and he felt a little more calm knowing they

420
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<v Speaker 2>were around. And then after a little while he heard

421
00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:09.680
<v Speaker 2>the drone of the prop plane coming in and it

422
00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:14.559
<v Speaker 2>showed up. He never so happily loaded up, asked the pilot, hey,

423
00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.839
<v Speaker 2>on the flight out, I was about an hour and

424
00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:19.839
<v Speaker 2>a half's light. Asked him, hey, any strange stuff ever

425
00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:23.079
<v Speaker 2>happened here? And the pilot, without skipping to be goes well, yeah,

426
00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:25.079
<v Speaker 2>there's a freaking big foot out there somewhere.

427
00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.279
<v Speaker 1>Man.

428
00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:28.079
<v Speaker 2>Things crazy. He'll throw stuff at you. Did it throw anything?

429
00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:31.200
<v Speaker 2>And he goes, no, I didn't throw anything. He goes, okay, good, Yeah,

430
00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:33.119
<v Speaker 2>they'll throw stuff at you. He said. The way the

431
00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.799
<v Speaker 2>pilot was this nonchalant. He was taken aback and didn't

432
00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:38.359
<v Speaker 2>know how to react to it. Hey, Travis, thanks for

433
00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:40.000
<v Speaker 2>reaching out. It was good to catch up with you

434
00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:43.119
<v Speaker 2>on those old projects and stuff from years back. Yeah,

435
00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.519
<v Speaker 2>shit gets crazy. What I wanted to show with you

436
00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.319
<v Speaker 2>today comes from Samuel and his son, and we'll call

437
00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.079
<v Speaker 2>him Samuel Junior. They're from the Yek Delta, the UK

438
00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:55.680
<v Speaker 2>Couscacune Delta. We'll leave it at that. Samuel is in

439
00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:58.240
<v Speaker 2>a certain position, not his real name. To use names

440
00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:01.680
<v Speaker 2>of these particular rivers, it really allows people to be

441
00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:05.240
<v Speaker 2>in a way pinpointed. So we'll just leave it alone.

442
00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:09.279
<v Speaker 2>What Samuel dealt with this encounter happened about seven years ago,

443
00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:14.000
<v Speaker 2>but prior to that, Samuel was able to have time

444
00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:16.119
<v Speaker 2>with the sun when he actually turned fifteen because him

445
00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.119
<v Speaker 2>his son's mother didn't get along. They lived somewhere else,

446
00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:23.400
<v Speaker 2>and so at fifteen, Samuel was able to take custody

447
00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:27.079
<v Speaker 2>of his son, start being hands on dad versus child'sport dad.

448
00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:30.400
<v Speaker 2>So for three years Samuel attempted to take his son

449
00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.960
<v Speaker 2>out for hunting, to get him laced up, train properly,

450
00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.960
<v Speaker 2>get his marksmanship up, teach him the lay of the land,

451
00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:39.279
<v Speaker 2>teach him some of the traditional stuff that he felt

452
00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:41.680
<v Speaker 2>that his son should know. For three years in a row,

453
00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.400
<v Speaker 2>they were thwarted, whether it be no most to be found,

454
00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:48.640
<v Speaker 2>whether just running them out or just circumstances. So he

455
00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.640
<v Speaker 2>was really stoked this particularly year, about seven years ago,

456
00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.920
<v Speaker 2>to get out on the river with the sun. They

457
00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:57.839
<v Speaker 2>live off of a major river. This particular river they

458
00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.880
<v Speaker 2>were back up in was a smaller feat river, a

459
00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:04.279
<v Speaker 2>lot smaller narrow were they were back in there about

460
00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:07.240
<v Speaker 2>two miles from what he was saying, it's real twisty

461
00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.960
<v Speaker 2>and turney, and there's this one spot that's got a

462
00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:13.279
<v Speaker 2>pretty decent straight away before it hooks around to the right,

463
00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:15.839
<v Speaker 2>kind of like a fish hook shape. And this straightaway

464
00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.839
<v Speaker 2>was only like maybe one hundred and twenty five yards.

465
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<v Speaker 2>That morning they were slowly coming up, it was just

466
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<v Speaker 2>barely daylight. They could see clearly. You don't mistake what

467
00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:27.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying the sun was off to their right and

468
00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:29.559
<v Speaker 2>slowly coming up. It was just not very high in

469
00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.880
<v Speaker 2>the sky. Again in the fall, of course, there's lots

470
00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:35.240
<v Speaker 2>of colors and stuff. As they're going up, he was

471
00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:37.599
<v Speaker 2>explaining that the river bank was about two feet above

472
00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.400
<v Speaker 2>them from the water line, roughly maybe three in certain places.

473
00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:43.440
<v Speaker 2>And the further back he got, the higher it got

474
00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:45.720
<v Speaker 2>from the water line. And he goes when they got

475
00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:48.119
<v Speaker 2>back up in there, it was between two three feet

476
00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:51.680
<v Speaker 2>higher than the water level and whatnot. He said, because

477
00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.880
<v Speaker 2>of the ice moving out in the spring, it took

478
00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.920
<v Speaker 2>a lot of the brush right on the edges with it.

479
00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:58.599
<v Speaker 2>So while the brush was a good ten to twenty

480
00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.119
<v Speaker 2>feet back away from the river, right all the alders

481
00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:04.160
<v Speaker 2>of stuff. As he was coming up, the sun was excited.

482
00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:06.920
<v Speaker 2>The Sun's sitting in front of him. As they hit

483
00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:10.079
<v Speaker 2>this trade away directly in front of him, they see

484
00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:13.480
<v Speaker 2>this what looked like a huge moose, nice rack everything.

485
00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:16.519
<v Speaker 2>The head was twisted down and it was holding this ant.

486
00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.480
<v Speaker 2>It's funny, but it ran through a kind of a

487
00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.680
<v Speaker 2>hole in the brush directly in front of him and disappeared.

488
00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.839
<v Speaker 2>So instantly they're excited. He kills the motor and they

489
00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:27.440
<v Speaker 2>just drifting forward, and he starts giving the son instruction, Hey,

490
00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.319
<v Speaker 2>you're going to take the lead. We're gonna go slow,

491
00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:32.440
<v Speaker 2>take your time, just coaching him a little bit. And

492
00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:35.599
<v Speaker 2>he had already altered his anchor line to have a

493
00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:39.559
<v Speaker 2>little wedge kind of shovel anchor, about thirty feet of rope,

494
00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:41.119
<v Speaker 2>so he didn't have to go and run and tied off.

495
00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:43.000
<v Speaker 2>He could just jump up on the bank and digging in, right,

496
00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:45.640
<v Speaker 2>So he jumps up, he does that, his son hands

497
00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.400
<v Speaker 2>him his gun. He helps his son out with his

498
00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.920
<v Speaker 2>gun and stuff, and he has his son take to lead.

499
00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.799
<v Speaker 2>He's trying to remember what I taught you, remember where

500
00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:55.680
<v Speaker 2>to shoot all this stuff. Junior's got it. Junior is

501
00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:58.240
<v Speaker 2>eighteen at the time, had just turned eighteen like a

502
00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:02.000
<v Speaker 2>month before. So he takes a Samuel's about four steps

503
00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:05.119
<v Speaker 2>behind Junior roughly to give him room, but he wanted

504
00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.839
<v Speaker 2>to back him up in case his shot missing the

505
00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:10.640
<v Speaker 2>bulmost try to charge. Shit happens, right, So Junior gets

506
00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.599
<v Speaker 2>up to this. It's not a game trailer. It was

507
00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:15.079
<v Speaker 2>just like an opening in the brush. So when his

508
00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.279
<v Speaker 2>son gets over there, he squats down a little bit

509
00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:20.880
<v Speaker 2>and raises a gun lowers it, raises it again and

510
00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.880
<v Speaker 2>is looking and then lowers the gun and turns to

511
00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.240
<v Speaker 2>Samuel and goes, in a regular speaking voice, goes, it's

512
00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.599
<v Speaker 2>not a moose. Dad. And Samue's like quiet, and he goes, Dad,

513
00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:31.119
<v Speaker 2>it's not a moose. And he turns again and he

514
00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:33.039
<v Speaker 2>raises his open he goes, it's not a moose. And

515
00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:35.319
<v Speaker 2>so Samuel comes up, what do you talk. We just

516
00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:38.240
<v Speaker 2>saw it. We just saw this moose cut through there.

517
00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.119
<v Speaker 2>What do you mean it's not a moose? He comes

518
00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:43.319
<v Speaker 2>around and he's looking and his son's pointing. So where

519
00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:46.160
<v Speaker 2>this particular opening was in the brush was basically at

520
00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:48.640
<v Speaker 2>a point of a V shape where it opened up,

521
00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.799
<v Speaker 2>and there's kind of some scrub rush and stuff here

522
00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.000
<v Speaker 2>off to an immediate left behind that row of brush

523
00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:55.799
<v Speaker 2>on the river bank, scrub brush and everything, but it

524
00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:58.559
<v Speaker 2>kind of weds shaped away from him, with the outer

525
00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:02.680
<v Speaker 2>part being like black spruce, asking and whatnot, some willows,

526
00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:05.240
<v Speaker 2>and it ran out and the black spruce we right

527
00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:09.480
<v Speaker 2>in there, maybe sixteen eighteen feet from what Samuel was saying.

528
00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.720
<v Speaker 2>So Samuel was looking over his son's shoulder and he's

529
00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.720
<v Speaker 2>looking and he goes, what do you mean where'd it go?

530
00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:18.119
<v Speaker 2>Because in essence, it should have been a wide open view.

531
00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.680
<v Speaker 2>Had it been a moose, it should have been clear

532
00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:24.480
<v Speaker 2>right there. They would have heard it crashing through the trees.

533
00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.880
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't adding up. So the sun points and he goes,

534
00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.039
<v Speaker 2>it's right over there, and he goes, Dad, it walks

535
00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:32.160
<v Speaker 2>like a man. And Samuel's like, what are you talking about?

536
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.960
<v Speaker 2>We saw a moose. What do you mean It walked

537
00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.519
<v Speaker 2>like a man. And Samuel in his mind's eyes trying

538
00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.640
<v Speaker 2>to envision a moose walking like a man. It just

539
00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:42.519
<v Speaker 2>wasn't adding up. So he looks and way at just

540
00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:46.759
<v Speaker 2>where the tree lined curves out of view, he sees

541
00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:50.680
<v Speaker 2>this dark things peaking out again. It happened to be

542
00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:53.759
<v Speaker 2>the direction of where the sun was coming up off

543
00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:57.279
<v Speaker 2>in the distance, and so it's silhouetted. And Samuel was like,

544
00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:00.839
<v Speaker 2>let's squat it down next to Junior, looking and so

545
00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:03.440
<v Speaker 2>he raises his rifle and look to the scope and

546
00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.680
<v Speaker 2>he dials it back, have a little bit of a

547
00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:08.079
<v Speaker 2>wider view, but bringing a lot closer. He said he

548
00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:11.559
<v Speaker 2>saw it. He was peeking out tucking back. It was

549
00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.559
<v Speaker 2>just like a head and the shoulder leaning out and

550
00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:17.359
<v Speaker 2>then leaning back, and it threw him off because the

551
00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:19.319
<v Speaker 2>conundrum of it was is he was expecting to see

552
00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.799
<v Speaker 2>a moose. Now there's this tall, manlike figure leaning out.

553
00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.799
<v Speaker 2>He's what the hell And he's asking him, what'd you see?

554
00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.559
<v Speaker 2>What the hell is that? When the son was like,

555
00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:31.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but when I looked through the brush, Dad,

556
00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:33.480
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't a moose. It was walking away and it

557
00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.319
<v Speaker 2>went into the brush right there, and now it's peeking

558
00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.680
<v Speaker 2>out at us. He said. It walked like a man.

559
00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:41.240
<v Speaker 2>So Samuel's okay. He looks at the scope one more time,

560
00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.960
<v Speaker 2>he said, And just as he did and lowered it,

561
00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:46.359
<v Speaker 2>he was just touching his son to tell him, hey,

562
00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:48.839
<v Speaker 2>let's get out of here. And as he touched his

563
00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.880
<v Speaker 2>son's shoulder, this thing let out a scream. The combination

564
00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:55.960
<v Speaker 2>of the scream simultaneously with the hand on the shoulder,

565
00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.799
<v Speaker 2>Junior popped up like a jack in the box accordion

566
00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:02.240
<v Speaker 2>what Samuel said, knock sam em clean over. Knocked the

567
00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:05.680
<v Speaker 2>rifle out of his hand. The son takes off, so

568
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:10.200
<v Speaker 2>Samuel collects himself, grabs his rifle right behind him. Somewhere

569
00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:13.480
<v Speaker 2>in the midst of that, the scream stop Samuel's son

570
00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:17.440
<v Speaker 2>is down in the skiff right now. Already kid was motivated.

571
00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:20.400
<v Speaker 2>He's trying to fire up the kicker. But his dad

572
00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.240
<v Speaker 2>pulled a little kill switch off a bit right and

573
00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.759
<v Speaker 2>it was just hanging there. All you need to is

574
00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:27.440
<v Speaker 2>click it into the little safety and catching it fire up.

575
00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:30.759
<v Speaker 2>Junior was unaware, didn't have that much experience with downboard,

576
00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.079
<v Speaker 2>so he's just yanking away right, almost pulling the damn

577
00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:35.799
<v Speaker 2>thing out of the water. Samuel jumps down in the skiff,

578
00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:40.079
<v Speaker 2>sets his rifle down, a says move. His son turns

579
00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:42.640
<v Speaker 2>and is holding his rifle. He says, calmed down, we're leaving.

580
00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:45.720
<v Speaker 2>He puts the kill switch back in place, he fires

581
00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.200
<v Speaker 2>it up, and he turns and he looks back towards

582
00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:52.839
<v Speaker 2>the direction of that patch where they were looking through

583
00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:56.319
<v Speaker 2>the hole in the brush. And as he's looking, he

584
00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.759
<v Speaker 2>can hear and feel running. He could feel it because

585
00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:03.400
<v Speaker 2>the way the boat was still pushed up against the

586
00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.119
<v Speaker 2>bank at the moment, it was transferring, and he could

587
00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:09.240
<v Speaker 2>feel it in his feet as well. It was like startling.

588
00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:13.279
<v Speaker 2>It was what the hell? Stay tuned for more sasquatch

589
00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:15.359
<v Speaker 2>out to see. We'll be right back after the east

590
00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:22.039
<v Speaker 2>messages the motor is running. He makes sure the anchor's pulled,

591
00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:25.119
<v Speaker 2>sat down in there the waters, catching the boat and

592
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.119
<v Speaker 2>slowly pulling it as he's working his way back, and

593
00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:31.359
<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, as he just gets it back

594
00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:33.799
<v Speaker 2>to the kicker to do what he has to do,

595
00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.759
<v Speaker 2>put in reverse, pull away from the bank and get

596
00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:38.880
<v Speaker 2>turned around or whatever. As he just stands and grabs

597
00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.119
<v Speaker 2>the arm of the tiller, all of a sudden, the

598
00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:43.519
<v Speaker 2>shot breaks boom, and it startles the shit out of

599
00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.599
<v Speaker 2>him right because it's immediate left to his left. His

600
00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.519
<v Speaker 2>son is fired or shot into the brush. What the

601
00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.839
<v Speaker 2>hell was that? He goes, it was looking at us.

602
00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:53.400
<v Speaker 2>It was looking at us. So Junior's freaking. He racks

603
00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:56.720
<v Speaker 2>another round and Samuel's stopped shooting. You know what the

604
00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>hell it was right there, Dad, It was looking at us.

605
00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:03.240
<v Speaker 2>And he goes, why'd you shoot it? Junior's I didn't.

606
00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.640
<v Speaker 2>I shot up. So they had a little bit of

607
00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.599
<v Speaker 2>back and forth because of the adrenaline and the high

608
00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:14.039
<v Speaker 2>emotions involved. Well, Samuel had left his rifle two rows

609
00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:16.440
<v Speaker 2>ahead of him, leaned against the bench seat of the

610
00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:20.519
<v Speaker 2>lun skiff. He jumps over and grabs it again. The

611
00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.680
<v Speaker 2>water is pushing him back at this point, so the

612
00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:24.880
<v Speaker 2>rear end the stern of the skiff bumps into the bank,

613
00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.519
<v Speaker 2>is starting to swing the front around. This is all

614
00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:30.440
<v Speaker 2>going on, and as he grabs his rifle, turns back

615
00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.799
<v Speaker 2>and gets back to where the kicker is, he hears

616
00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:37.960
<v Speaker 2>a grunt, like a gurgling, reverberating grunt, growl kind of noise.

617
00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:40.799
<v Speaker 2>Is real deep, he said, And he turned and in essence,

618
00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:43.119
<v Speaker 2>he's looking straight off the stern at this point, because

619
00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:47.519
<v Speaker 2>the skiff was swinging around. As he looks, he was startled.

620
00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:51.039
<v Speaker 2>And all of a sudden, he hears the son say

621
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:53.079
<v Speaker 2>get down, and he turns and he sees his son

622
00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:58.400
<v Speaker 2>standing on the bench seat, so instinctively ducked another shot.

623
00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:01.559
<v Speaker 2>Bay am. They hear the scream and a bunch of thrashing.

624
00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:04.839
<v Speaker 2>So Samuel turns around again and raises his rifle. And

625
00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.400
<v Speaker 2>this thing was out of you at this point, and

626
00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:10.480
<v Speaker 2>he said, when he initially saw it standing there, he

627
00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.839
<v Speaker 2>could see it better, but the face was really black.

628
00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:15.119
<v Speaker 2>It was hard to make out features, but he could

629
00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.279
<v Speaker 2>see the glint of like life in the eye, he said.

630
00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:20.599
<v Speaker 2>The eyes look black and the sun shot again is

631
00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.559
<v Speaker 2>well shit, you know what the hell? He is get

632
00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:24.440
<v Speaker 2>down from where you're standing. I got to operate the

633
00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:27.039
<v Speaker 2>boat as that scream ended, and that they heard the

634
00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:29.720
<v Speaker 2>thrashing and the brief little scolding he gave it. His

635
00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:33.079
<v Speaker 2>son got down. Now the front end is swinging around,

636
00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:36.000
<v Speaker 2>so where they were looking was almost behind them at

637
00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:40.559
<v Speaker 2>this point, back up where that river hooks around where

638
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.160
<v Speaker 2>they initially saw in the direction they saw what was

639
00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:48.519
<v Speaker 2>a moose. They hear another scream, a very very high

640
00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:52.880
<v Speaker 2>pitched but also a lot more powerful screen and it

641
00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:56.559
<v Speaker 2>startled them right because the first one was loud as hell.

642
00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:01.000
<v Speaker 2>From what he said, this one was a lot louder.

643
00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:04.839
<v Speaker 2>He looks back up basically behind him. Now they're staring.

644
00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:09.359
<v Speaker 2>They see this thing. It looks real, super skinny. Almost

645
00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:11.400
<v Speaker 2>looked like it was standing sideways the way it was

646
00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:15.880
<v Speaker 2>moving at the distance, maybe at this point one hundred

647
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.920
<v Speaker 2>and fifty yards. At this distance, they couldn't figure out

648
00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:21.799
<v Speaker 2>why because it was literally moving sideways, so it looked

649
00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:26.119
<v Speaker 2>a lot skinnier. The way it was moving. It was

650
00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:29.279
<v Speaker 2>like it was doing something. But he said the closest

651
00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:31.519
<v Speaker 2>thing would be a dance, but it wasn't melodic or

652
00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:36.079
<v Speaker 2>rhythmic in any way. Then it turned broadside, he said,

653
00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:39.519
<v Speaker 2>it was taller than the other word. The other one,

654
00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:41.640
<v Speaker 2>he said, when it was peaking from behind the trees,

655
00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:45.720
<v Speaker 2>he realized the trees are about eighteen foot ish between

656
00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:48.759
<v Speaker 2>sixteen eighteen foot as a rough estimate, this thing had

657
00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:50.680
<v Speaker 2>to be at least eleven foot tall when it was

658
00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.799
<v Speaker 2>peaking from behind the trees. Before the initial screaming, they

659
00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:56.440
<v Speaker 2>took off with the skiff, and he said this one

660
00:33:56.720 --> 00:34:00.319
<v Speaker 2>was taller than the alderbrush along the river bank, which

661
00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.799
<v Speaker 2>was over their heads. So he said it had to

662
00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:04.640
<v Speaker 2>have been at least a foot or two taller than

663
00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:08.559
<v Speaker 2>the one they originally saw. That scream happens, and it's moving,

664
00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:11.280
<v Speaker 2>and when it turns the broadside, he said, the way

665
00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:14.719
<v Speaker 2>it was moving was like it would slink down and

666
00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:16.679
<v Speaker 2>move and then stand up. And then when it got

667
00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:18.880
<v Speaker 2>close to where that opening was in the brush where

668
00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:21.199
<v Speaker 2>they initially saw what they thought was a moose cut through,

669
00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:24.320
<v Speaker 2>they started moving back and forth real fast and making

670
00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:28.000
<v Speaker 2>this weird gurgly growl sound. At this point, the skiff

671
00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:31.800
<v Speaker 2>is already facing down river. They're drifting them along this

672
00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:36.320
<v Speaker 2>whole time. So he jumps down and gets gone. Now

673
00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.119
<v Speaker 2>this is pretty narrow fairly deep but narrow, so he

674
00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.199
<v Speaker 2>couldn't just go wide open and make the turns because

675
00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.800
<v Speaker 2>they were pretty tight turns, so he'd have to go

676
00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.159
<v Speaker 2>nice and slow to make these turns. And it was

677
00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:50.519
<v Speaker 2>real windy. They're two miles as a crow flies from

678
00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.519
<v Speaker 2>the mouth of where it met took to the larger river.

679
00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:56.000
<v Speaker 2>River miles going back and forth, probably closer to three.

680
00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.679
<v Speaker 2>So they're cutting back and forth, cutting back and forth.

681
00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.920
<v Speaker 2>He said. They were about four bends heading back to

682
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:05.920
<v Speaker 2>where thought, okay, we're getting out of here. There's nothing

683
00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:08.920
<v Speaker 2>else happened. Then they hear this crash, like a breaking sound,

684
00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:11.719
<v Speaker 2>off in the distance up ahead of them to the right,

685
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:14.760
<v Speaker 2>and it was just as they came around this one

686
00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.880
<v Speaker 2>bend and there was a short little run and then

687
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.000
<v Speaker 2>it cuts back around to the left as far as

688
00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.760
<v Speaker 2>the river goes, and they heard the breakup over there,

689
00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.719
<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden they could hear it over

690
00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:27.800
<v Speaker 2>the skiff and everything. It was a loud, cracking sound,

691
00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.800
<v Speaker 2>so it was like, what the hell. So they made

692
00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.559
<v Speaker 2>it around, and then when they came back on the

693
00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:34.960
<v Speaker 2>other bend, just as they were coming around where it

694
00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.880
<v Speaker 2>bends back to the left, been ahead of where they

695
00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:39.199
<v Speaker 2>were all of a sudden, just in front of them,

696
00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:43.320
<v Speaker 2>about just as they were coming into the turn, you know,

697
00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.159
<v Speaker 2>the apex of this turn where it's a little bit

698
00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:49.360
<v Speaker 2>of a straightaway. This black spruce tree is throwing, like

699
00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:53.400
<v Speaker 2>speared into the muddy river bank to where they had

700
00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.880
<v Speaker 2>to duck down immediately. If it was any lower, it

701
00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.800
<v Speaker 2>would have pushed them out of the boat or stopped

702
00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.920
<v Speaker 2>the boat. So that freaked meat because they barely made

703
00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.840
<v Speaker 2>it through that. And then he gave it a little

704
00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:05.000
<v Speaker 2>more throttle, and then it kicked up. When a few

705
00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:10.239
<v Speaker 2>more bins, they heard noises thrashing behind him. He couldn't

706
00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:12.400
<v Speaker 2>make out if it was chasing them or what it

707
00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.960
<v Speaker 2>was doing, because again he has the noise of the bow,

708
00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.480
<v Speaker 2>the noise of his own thoughts in his head, and

709
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.920
<v Speaker 2>also this commotion, so it's like a gulash. So he

710
00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.199
<v Speaker 2>said there were about two or so, maybe three bins

711
00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:26.679
<v Speaker 2>from where the black spruce wedged into the mud bank.

712
00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:29.280
<v Speaker 2>When they came around another bend, and all of a sudden,

713
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:31.760
<v Speaker 2>it looked like a birch tree or a piece of

714
00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:35.039
<v Speaker 2>a birch tree was wedged in as well, and a

715
00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.079
<v Speaker 2>little lower. He initially was like he thought he was

716
00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:40.360
<v Speaker 2>going to have to stop, you know what I mean.

717
00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:44.280
<v Speaker 2>But thankfully the weight of the birch dropped into the water.

718
00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.639
<v Speaker 2>So what he did was gunned it a little bit,

719
00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.119
<v Speaker 2>held onto the back of the skiff the kickers so

720
00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:52.639
<v Speaker 2>didn't kick up too far anyway, and rode over the log.

721
00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.800
<v Speaker 2>He said, once that happened, he got it up to

722
00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:59.639
<v Speaker 2>what speed it could tolerate going through these s curves,

723
00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.320
<v Speaker 2>And he said it was about three more bends down

724
00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:05.480
<v Speaker 2>when they hooked a right turn, and they were going

725
00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:07.519
<v Speaker 2>to hook back around to the left. When they're in

726
00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:10.519
<v Speaker 2>the apex of that turn, they saw it standing there again,

727
00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:13.039
<v Speaker 2>the ones that he had guessed. His son shot because

728
00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:15.800
<v Speaker 2>when it was standing there he could see what it

729
00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:17.960
<v Speaker 2>looked like. It had a wet spot off to the

730
00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:20.719
<v Speaker 2>side of its chest. It didn't do anything, but his

731
00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:23.559
<v Speaker 2>son raised a rifle to shoot at it. Just as

732
00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:26.159
<v Speaker 2>he fired the shot, the thing moved. The shot miss

733
00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:29.760
<v Speaker 2>ran it off, so they continued on. They make it

734
00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:32.320
<v Speaker 2>out to where the mouth of this little feeder river

735
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:35.320
<v Speaker 2>meets the larger river. It's a fairly large river. So

736
00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:37.920
<v Speaker 2>they went out to the middle. Samuel killed the outboard

737
00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.639
<v Speaker 2>so they could calm down, he let himself a cigarette.

738
00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:43.119
<v Speaker 2>His son was like, what the hell, what is that?

739
00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:46.559
<v Speaker 2>Samuel like, it's a harry Man. I didn't know. I'd

740
00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.559
<v Speaker 2>only seen him before many years ago, and it was

741
00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:51.639
<v Speaker 2>at distance. In other words, I knew of them, but

742
00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.039
<v Speaker 2>it was like not something everyday type of thing, So

743
00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:56.280
<v Speaker 2>it didn't really come to mind because it was so

744
00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:58.239
<v Speaker 2>many years ago, and of course he didn't have this

745
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:01.840
<v Speaker 2>kind of reference to share. So they had a discussion.

746
00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:05.599
<v Speaker 2>Junior was pretty shook up. So when I had a

747
00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:08.599
<v Speaker 2>chance to talk to Junior about what his perspective was

748
00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:11.440
<v Speaker 2>is he was excited. His dad taught him very well

749
00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:14.079
<v Speaker 2>how to shoot, respect and all that. One thing his

750
00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:17.360
<v Speaker 2>dad didn't notice when Junior went up to that clearing,

751
00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:20.079
<v Speaker 2>that opening in the brush and looked just before he

752
00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:24.119
<v Speaker 2>raised his rifle, he noticed tighter to the left there

753
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.440
<v Speaker 2>was a caribou antler's on the ground with remains of

754
00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.480
<v Speaker 2>a carcass, and also a dead brown bear that was

755
00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:32.880
<v Speaker 2>pause up. What stood out about the dead brown bear

756
00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:35.480
<v Speaker 2>was with these paws up, there was fur and everything

757
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.920
<v Speaker 2>still attached to the legs, but it was like the

758
00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:40.760
<v Speaker 2>whole chest was missing from it. He didn't notice the

759
00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:42.840
<v Speaker 2>head or anything because of just how it was obscured.

760
00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:46.719
<v Speaker 2>But there was dead critters back there. His dad didn't

761
00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.280
<v Speaker 2>notice that because his dad wasn't quite where he was

762
00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.519
<v Speaker 2>and looking tight to the left. His dad's attention was

763
00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:55.960
<v Speaker 2>Harryman Peakeey right. Then. I asked him what caused you

764
00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.599
<v Speaker 2>when you fired the shot to actually shoot it, not

765
00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.840
<v Speaker 2>the warning shot the initial time, but the second time

766
00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:03.719
<v Speaker 2>when you shot it. Why'd you shoot that? And he said,

767
00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:06.599
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want it to get my dad. I want

768
00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:09.639
<v Speaker 2>to thank them for sharing that, because approximately seven years

769
00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:13.719
<v Speaker 2>ago on a major river way in the White k Delta,

770
00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:16.440
<v Speaker 2>the Uconn't Custom Crime Delta. I want to thank you

771
00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:21.039
<v Speaker 2>Samuel for reaching out and sharing. I know it's not easy,

772
00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:24.840
<v Speaker 2>especially with some of the cultural things. There's places where

773
00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.840
<v Speaker 2>you can't even go and speak about the Harryman and

774
00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:29.360
<v Speaker 2>they'll want you out of the village. They can play

775
00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.719
<v Speaker 2>none of that because you'll bring a bad omen according

776
00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:34.360
<v Speaker 2>to what they believe, and bad fishing. They'll steal something.

777
00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.639
<v Speaker 2>There's a multitude of things. I don't knock that superstitious

778
00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.679
<v Speaker 2>belief because it started somewhere for a certain reason, so

779
00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:43.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't knock it. I have a different view, of course,

780
00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:47.920
<v Speaker 2>because of public safety. But again I wouldn't never begrudge

781
00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.119
<v Speaker 2>somebody for their beliefs. Thanks against Samuel for sharing that,

782
00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:55.159
<v Speaker 2>Thank you Junior, Thank you guys for joining me. We'll

783
00:39:55.199 --> 00:42:03.800
<v Speaker 2>catch you on the next one.