WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:13.000 Okay. Sometimes we get little short, one paragraph stories, and 2 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.199 I try to include all the stories I get in 3 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.000 this podcast. So this is really short, but it has 4 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:22.160 a lot of impact. Here's the story. I'm a hiker 5 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.280 and a birdwatcher, and I'm a friend to animals. In fact, 6 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:29.199 I usually like them more than people. I was hiking 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.880 once in Washington State, near Darrington when I stopped to 8 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:37.079 retime my boot drink some water. Off to my right, 9 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:40.840 I heard something stomping through the brush. I turned to 10 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.920 look at it, and I saw plainly that it was 11 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:48.799 a bigfoot. It was unmistakable, over seven feet tall, with 12 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.840 light brown, shaggy hair, and it smelled like a wet dog. 13 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.000 I didn't know what else to do but put my 14 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:59.399 hand up and wave at it, and to my surprise, 15 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.920 it waved right back and then just kept on going 16 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.959 where it had to be. I didn't feel scared for 17 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:09.040 a second. It was a brief encounter, but it was 18 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:17.280 a friendly one. The writer titles this story the P. D. Booger. 19 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.319 This is a true story that took place in a 20 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.879 remote area of south central North Carolina along the Great 21 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:29.159 Pade River Valley country. My father lived in a little 22 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.439 house along one of the few lonely backroads that went 23 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.519 into this rural section of our county. Although I didn't 24 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.519 live with him, I spent a lot of time with 25 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.079 him when he didn't have to work. I lived in town, 26 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.719 fifteen miles away to the south with my grandparents at 27 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.840 the time. I was a young boy around the age 28 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:51.799 of twelve when I first started visiting with Dad. In 29 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:56.480 the country. Between Dad's house in about three or four others. 30 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:01.680 Clustered around him were an expanse of four forest hills, creeks, 31 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:05.799 and valleys that ran along with the river. It's a 32 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:10.280 beautiful area with its thickly covered rolling hills with plenty 33 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.000 of wildlife. I made friends with two other boys about 34 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:19.080 my age, and the three of us became inseparable. They 35 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.319 were brothers, one named Steve and the other was Heath. 36 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.800 Although they fought like cats and dogs with each other, 37 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:29.759 they were always good friends to me. Now bear in 38 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.080 mind that this was around nineteen eighty and in those 39 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:36.360 days we didn't even have cell phones and even video 40 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.520 games at home. Arcades had just started showing up, and 41 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.159 the nearest one was miles away. So we did what 42 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:48.240 young country boys do. We kept ourselves entertained by chomping 43 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.439 the hills and the forests. We did a lot of 44 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.240 fishing in the creeks and ponds. We'd catch a lot 45 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.840 of crappie and bass and take them home for Dad 46 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.960 to cook up for a big fish fry. Tree stands 47 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.800 and forts back in the woods, we'd camp out too. 48 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.960 We never lacked for something to do, and now, as 49 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.879 a much older man, I treasure those memories. To the 50 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:16.280 northwest of Dad's house, the woods were thicker and took 51 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.280 on an almost spooky feel at times. The area was 52 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.639 known to have been the home of the Creek Indians 53 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.520 many years ago, and there were the remnants of some 54 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:29.240 of their burial mounds and settlements said to be scattered 55 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.840 along the river valley. There was one patch of woods 56 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.439 that we never camped in, and an elderly older man 57 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:39.879 always warned us to be careful if we ventured in there. 58 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:43.680 He claimed that the woods were haunted and that folks 59 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.000 had been seeing a wild man over the years in there. 60 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:52.159 He called it the pd Booger. To us boys, that 61 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.800 was like an imitation. Because we were always looking for 62 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.599 something to do and weren't afraid of much. We had 63 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.479 walked in trails and deer paths before in the area 64 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.039 and heard some strange sounds like hoots and grunts and 65 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:09.360 what they now call tree knocks, but we never really 66 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:13.319 thought much of it. And then one evening, my friend 67 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.240 from school rode with me and we stayed the night. 68 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.120 We decided to walk up a path that we had 69 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.160 never been before. A mile in we began to have 70 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.639 a feeling that we were being watched. You always got 71 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.199 that feeling up there. We rounded a bend in the 72 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.680 path and caught sight of something big running upright down 73 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.600 the hill ahead of us. We took off running as 74 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.639 fast as possible, and we could hear this thing running 75 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.680 down the hill in our direction. We made it back 76 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.160 to within sight of the road and we stopped to listen. 77 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.279 This thing also stopped, and we could hear it running away. 78 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.519 We told Steve and Heath about it, and the next 79 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.680 day me and my friend had to return home, but 80 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:59.920 Steve went up to the area to check it out. 81 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.279 He found a series of footprints in an exposed clay 82 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:09.360 patch that he later showed me. A few weeks later, 83 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.839 my dad took Steve and myself fishing at that spot 84 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:16.879 not too far away, but closer to the river. Dad 85 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.199 told us not to venture too far from the boat 86 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:22.920 landing where he had parked the truck. Steve knew of 87 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.639 a specific spot up along the creek that he was 88 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:28.759 told was good to fish, so we walked about an 89 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.680 eighth of a mile up a footpath. We came up 90 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:36.240 on the spot and noticed a foul smell in the air. 91 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.399 Steve noticed footprints similar to what we had seen days earlier, 92 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:45.399 only these were eighteen inches long and had three toes 93 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.279 on each foot. It looked like whatever left the Prince 94 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.800 came down the hill and went into the water, and 95 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.959 then climbed back out and walked north along the same 96 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.000 path that we were on. I went down to the 97 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.800 creek's edge to get a closer look, and I fell in. 98 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.319 Steve said, dang boy, your daddy's going to be mad 99 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.639 at you. After he got through laughing, he grabbed a 100 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.079 stick and he helped me pull myself up the bank. 101 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.000 The clay was like walking on butter, and you could 102 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:18.160 barely stand up on it. I brushed myself off, and 103 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.279 I talked Steve into following those tracks to see if 104 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:24.439 we could find it. So off we headed north along 105 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:28.480 the creek, Wherever the creature stepped in the clay, it 106 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.920 left a distinct track, and there were limbs and brush 107 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:35.680 pulled back well above our heads, which indicated to us 108 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.680 that this thing was greater than six feet tall. We 109 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:44.279 walked another four hundred yards until Steve stopped and said, listen, 110 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:49.199 do you hear anything? I said no, He said, that's 111 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.519 my point. It's dead quiet. It's kind of eerie. The 112 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:57.519 four sounds around us all went silent. As we stood there, 113 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.920 we began to hear heavy breathing and crunch sounds of 114 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:06.920 leaves that foul odor was back. Also, something let out 115 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.399 a growl that rattled our bones. That it was so close, 116 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.160 we did what anyone would do. We ran like hell. 117 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.720 Steve was so scared that he dropped his new tackle 118 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.319 box with a fifty dollars worth of tackle in it. 119 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:23.120 He was scared to stop, and we just left it. 120 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.160 By the time we made it back to the road, 121 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.120 it was almost dark and we heard Dad calling our 122 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.160 names from the other side of the bridge. He was 123 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.199 upset and worried, but he was relieved to see us. 124 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.839 After a good lecture from Dad, we told him what 125 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.519 had happened. He didn't believe us we could tell that, 126 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.959 but he asked Steve where his tackle box was. Steve 127 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.319 told him that it was back up the trail. Dad, 128 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.240 not really being scared of much and believing that there 129 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.920 was a rational explanation for all of this, grabbed his 130 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.240 flashlight from the glovebox and said, well, come, come on, 131 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:04.279 let's go get it. Dad had given Steve some of 132 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.480 the tackle and knew that Steve's folks would be upset 133 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.079 if he lost it, so after a little bit of 134 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.319 convincing us to go with him, we reluctantly followed Dad 135 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:17.600 back up the trail. As we approached the fishing spot, 136 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:21.399 we showed Dad the footprints. He agreed that they were odd, 137 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:25.759 but that didn't amuse him, so we pushed on once again. 138 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.519 The forest sounds ceased, and I could tell that Dad 139 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:34.279 was getting an uneasy feeling. Then we all smelled that odor. 140 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.879 We soon came upon the tackle box and hitting the ground, 141 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:43.120 it had popped open, spilling much of the contents. Steve 142 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.480 and I squatted down to pick up the stuff and 143 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.639 put it back in the box while Dad held the 144 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:52.000 flashlight on it. Then again, a low growl came from 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:55.279 the trees off to our right, it was real close 146 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.240 this time. For the first time in my life, I 147 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:02.639 saw fear in my dad's He said, hurry up, boys, 148 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.600 grab what you can and let's get out of here. 149 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.759 So we scrambled to get all the lures and lead 150 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.320 sinkers and corks and hooks, etc. Along with the leaves 151 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.080 and dirt Scooped up as much as possible, and threw 152 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.840 it in the box and grabbed it and walked very 153 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.720 fast away. Dad told us not to run, because he 154 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.399 couldn't keep up with us if we did, and he 155 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.240 didn't want that thing to give chase, so he walked 156 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.080 behind us, keeping ourn eye out for the creature. By 157 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.879 the time we reached the truck, we heard the creature 158 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.159 screaming at us from the other side of the creek. Well, 159 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.679 my father's almost eighty now, and he told me that 160 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:42.519 he went back there without us one day many years 161 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:46.200 ago and had his own experience with this same creature. 162 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.919 Although he didn't see it, it watched him from the 163 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.759 hill above and tossed rocks into the water near him. Now, 164 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.759 a grown man in my fifties, I went back there 165 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.399 myself one night, and I parked the car and I 166 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.039 sat out on the boat ramp and I just listened. 167 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.879 I was the only one out there that cool fall night. 168 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.759 I thought I heard a faint howl way up in 169 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.799 the creek, so I got up, found a large stick, 170 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.200 and started hitting the side of a fence post. It 171 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.240 wasn't long before I got three distinct knocks from reply 172 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.080 way off in the distance. Sat there for another hour 173 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:27.519 and I heard nothing. And in the following years I've 174 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.399 heard tales from hunters and fishermen talking about hearing this 175 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:36.039 creature and its lonely cry in the night. One fellow 176 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.679 that I heard even said he saw it on the 177 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:41.840 river bank a few miles away while he drifted on 178 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:47.120 the water at night fishing. Stephen Heath moved on. I 179 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:51.559 don't know where they are today. Dad's old home places gone. 180 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.360 It burned down years ago after he moved back into town. 181 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.759 Just a patch of holly bushes where the old house 182 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:03.480 used to sit. Or Do I miss those days? We 183 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:06.600 heard and saw a lot of strange things in those hills. 184 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:09.480 And I could go on and on about my experiences. 185 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.679 If you ever find yourself along the back roads of 186 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:16.759 pe d River Hill country, along about dark, keeping eye 187 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.720 out for deer and bobcats and turkey and other wild animals, 188 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.639 and who knows, you might just catch sight of the 189 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:30.720 PD booger. I've been hunting on my own since I 190 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.960 was twelve years old. Today I'm forty three, and after 191 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.200 years of working as a large animal vettec there are 192 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:42.799 mornings when I feel like a hard and abused ninety 193 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:46.799 year old. For the last five years, I've hunted the 194 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:51.159 same spot on our land in Breckinridge, Texas. It's a 195 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.080 good place to escape the world and work. Their two 196 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:59.080 main trails, and at their intersection stands a large oak tree, 197 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:03.159 and that's where I I've had game that I passed 198 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:06.200 on stand within feet of me and never know I 199 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:10.360 was there, And boy was that fun watching a young 200 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.240 doe and her fawn jumping and spinning like a bucking 201 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:17.600 bull on the frosty ground. Or the ridiculously fat squirrel 202 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:20.639 who came by and got within inches and stared at 203 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.080 me for several minutes before barking once and waddling off. 204 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:28.080 I like to get to my spot well before legal light. 205 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.799 My walk to the tree is only about three hundred yards, 206 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.039 but it takes me quite a while to get there 207 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:36.440 because I go slow because I don't want to make 208 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.159 any noise and spook any game that might be bedded 209 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:43.759 down close by. Now, this first story happened not long 210 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.200 after I got to my spot, climbed into the tree, 211 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.639 and I settled in. I took off my night vision 212 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.399 goggles and I hung them from a branch. Dawn was 213 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.679 still an hour and a half off, so I laid 214 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:00.000 back and I got comfortable. The insects and the night 215 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.919 birds weren't all that chatty yet. I stayed still and 216 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.799 I listened to the quiet, and then came a tapping sound. 217 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.080 Something was hitting the rough bark of an oak tree 218 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:14.799 close by. I moved my eyes left and right, keeping 219 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.039 my head still. I didn't see anything, so I let 220 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:22.480 it go. Then it happened again, this time on another tree, 221 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.799 and still it was too close. I was getting ready 222 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.799 to grab my nods to see what the hell was 223 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:33.320 causing that damn tapping sound. When I saw it. It 224 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.559 landed on a broken branch, perfectly silhouetted against the starry sky. 225 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:42.279 It was a small owl, about eight inches tall. I 226 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:46.440 nearly laughed out loud. He had been going on from 227 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.559 spot to spot trying to get a look at me. 228 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:51.720 He was only four feet away. He was bobbing his 229 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:55.039 head up and down. I knew owls made little to 230 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.679 no noise when they flew, but this little guy was 231 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.559 flying and landing around within fi of me for twenty minutes. 232 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.679 It was too cool. A few weeks later, I was 233 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.240 enjoying a beautiful afternoon sitting in a tree. There was 234 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.600 little wind, and there was lots of sun, and the 235 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.240 temperature was in the forties. Out of the corner of 236 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.399 my eye caught movement. It was coming toward me from 237 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:21.440 the east. I turned my head slowly and looked at 238 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.080 what I thought was the biggest coyote I'd ever seen 239 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.840 in my life. Sweet buttery, Jesus, I realized that is 240 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:33.120 not a coyote. It was twenty five yards away when 241 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:36.120 it froze and sniffed the air, and it turned away 242 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.639 northward at a trot, all the while looking for whatever 243 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.919 spook did. It was a wolf. Now that's a big deal, 244 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.919 because wolves have been extinct in Texas for fifty years. 245 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:50.919 I'm sure what I saw that day was a Mexican 246 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:56.240 red wolf, a fairly contented species, with some scientists arguing 247 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:00.960 it's a separate species entirely goes on to say thanks 248 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.200 for your channel, please keep up your off topic rants 249 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:10.159 and bad pronunciation. We're Southern rednecks and we said the 250 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.399 way we want to say it. You damn right about 251 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:17.559 that if most people won't that We're not scared to 252 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:21.519 mispronounce a word. So I'm not unique among people in 253 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.120 my area. But this is a cool story, and it 254 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.840 sounds like a story that I read a couple of 255 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.720 years ago about a guy who and this could be 256 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:33.200 the same story, and that maybe maybe I didn't file 257 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:36.639 it right, but any at any rate, it was still 258 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:41.919 worth reading again because I do a lot of reading 259 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.240 on coyotes. For some reason, I'm fascinated with that animal. 260 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.240 And I'm not going to bore you with all the 261 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.080 things that I've learned about coyotes, but I have read 262 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:57.519 us by some really reputable biologists that the coyotes are 263 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:02.279 breeding with you know, kydies will breed with domestic dogs. 264 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:06.799 And I can't remember exactly how the article went, but 265 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:11.080 you know, the red wolf was prominent even where I live, 266 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:15.879 all the way south in Louisiana and Texas and South Alabama, 267 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.879 South Mississippi and even northern Florida, and I think on 268 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.960 down the Peninsula of Florida, and it's pretty much considered 269 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:27.960 extinct now, but there's a gene somewhere in the coyote 270 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:32.000 line that keeps coming back. It seems like that was 271 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:36.360 the gist of the article. If anybody knows anything about that, 272 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.080 make a comment about it. But they're saying that the 273 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:43.600 red wolf could come back in a different form, and 274 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.639 wouldn't that be cool? But I do not doubt for 275 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:50.480 a minute this man saw a red wolf in Texas. 276 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.480 And when I read that article, it made me think 277 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.559 of the story. That's how I know. I read it 278 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.039 a couple of years ago on this channel. Anyway, I'm 279 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:02.440 just running off the somebody commented on my last video. 280 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.200 I think he was from He's either from the UK 281 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.759 or Australia because he called me Mike. But he's like, dude, 282 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.680 quit running your mouth between stories. Just get to the story. 283 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:16.079 And I tend to agree with that. I don't like 284 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:20.119 to watch videos where people just blaber blaber blabber yack 285 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:24.920 yack yack, But sometimes something just hits me and I 286 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:28.599 just ramble on about it. So if you'll excuse that 287 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.799 every once in a while and just give me some 288 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:35.799 grace on that because sometimes these stories make me remember 289 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.079 things and I just kind of, I don't know, I 290 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.799 feel like telling you about it. So there's that. I 291 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.759 appreciate you listening to the story, and thank you to 292 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.039 the writer for sending it to me. It was really good. 293 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:52.359 I love the story. Appreciate it. I had an encounter 294 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.720 with La Rona when I was eight. It was just 295 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.759 after my mother passed away. My cousins and I were 296 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.880 playing behind my uncle's home, where a creek ran through 297 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:06.960 the village. The creek was surrounded by willowy trees, though 298 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.039 they were all dead despite the water. We were jumping 299 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.200 around the creek and playing tag when a far away, 300 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:19.720 ghoulish wailing cry carried down the water. Up until then 301 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.400 we could hear all the fauna in the forest, But 302 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.319 when the howl rose in pitch, not another sound could 303 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.680 be heard. The atmosphere went dead, silent, and a chill 304 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:34.240 crept into the warmth of the day, and we were frozen. 305 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:39.119 My cousin's head slowly looked down the creek. Whatever it 306 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:43.039 was they had seen it before. I felt my skin 307 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:49.039 go cold, and I followed their gaze. Sweeping slowly toward us. 308 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:53.559 Over the water was a black cowl covered figure, growing 309 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:59.279 in size as it approached. My cousins started shouting run 310 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.519 before she gave but you run, They pleaded, but I 311 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:06.039 didn't move. I thought they were tricking me until it 312 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:11.000 got closer. It was floating above the water, a skeleton 313 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:16.240 covered in a wraith like black cowl, whipping in the breeze. 314 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:20.240 It had moved seventy five yards toward us in mere seconds. 315 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:22.599 I didn't know a lot, but I knew enough that 316 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:26.279 no human could travel that distance that fast. And then 317 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.200 it got closer. I wanted to run, but I couldn't. 318 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:33.720 It was like I'd been placed in ice. My body 319 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.400 was frozen still, except for the eyes fixed on this 320 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:42.039 horrible creature inching closer. It was a skeleton of a woman, 321 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:46.880 her bony hand raised toward me, and then her crying intensified. 322 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:50.960 She was screeching and wailing. The unearthly sound of it 323 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:54.960 pierced my skull. I could hear my cousins. They were 324 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:59.079 shrieking just before the woman touched me. My cousin's cries 325 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.359 for help broke me out of the hypnotic state, and 326 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.440 then I could move, and we ran for our lives, 327 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:08.400 away from the creek toward the hut, screaming and crying 328 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:12.720 and asking anyone for help. The adults demanded to know 329 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:16.039 what we were running from. Creek wasn't that far from 330 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:19.599 the house, but they hadn't heard a thing. My cousins 331 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:23.079 did all the talking because I couldn't sleep. As soon 332 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:26.240 as they spat out the words La Lorona, the adults 333 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.880 understood what had happened. We weren't allowed to go to 334 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:34.160 the water after that. That was the first time and 335 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:37.680 the last time I saw that unholy demon, and I 336 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:41.559 have never forgotten it. My cousins later explained to me 337 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.519 all the other creatures their parents had warned them against. 338 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:49.200 Some of the stories made my skin crawl. What stayed 339 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:52.480 with me was the idea of all the unknown entities 340 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:56.440 roaming the earth. I never lie or downplace stories of 341 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.079 ghosts or creatures that go bump in the night. I 342 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:08.880 studied the Bible for explanations, those that no man can give. Okay, 343 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:13.799 here's a story from this is kind of funny because Rebecca, 344 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:16.759 she gives me notes at the beginning of these emails, 345 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:19.920 because she's read them, and she's organized them and got 346 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:23.279 them ready for me to read. And she says that 347 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:27.519 this man actually asks if I would please mention his name. 348 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:32.680 So this is an email from John in Pittsburgh. Anyway, 349 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:36.759 onto the story. I was working as a security guard 350 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:40.480 at a small children's hospital here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, back 351 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:45.079 in twenty twelve. I hadn't had any family for some time, 352 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.880 so whenever a holiday came around, I volunteered to work 353 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:52.720 so others could spend time with their loved ones. That's 354 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.119 why I ended up doing a double shift from three 355 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:59.720 in the afternoon to seven am the next morning. That 356 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:04.480 was from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. The hospital was 357 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:08.319 only three stories high. On the first floor were a 358 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:12.880 special needs daycare center, the security desk where all visitors 359 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:16.480 had to sign in, and the elevator to the upper floors. 360 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:21.680 The second floor had eight bedrooms, a communal kitchen and 361 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:24.319 a living room for the parents of the six children 362 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:27.640 to live in while their kids were being treated, and 363 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:31.240 a small room halfway down the hallway between the elevator 364 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:36.160 and the bedrooms called the boutique. This room contained all 365 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:40.680 sorts of donated personal items for families and other children 366 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:45.599 of the patients. On the third floor were the actual 367 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:51.400 hospital facilities, mostly for premature infants and small children, and 368 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:53.920 when I started my shift, I went around and I 369 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:56.920 checked the whole building, from the attic where the heating 370 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:59.960 unit was, to the basement where the plumbing and other 371 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:04.240 machinery were. After doing this, I would take up a 372 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:08.839 station by the second floor elevator. Another guard was stationed 373 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:12.119 at the security desk in the lobby, and once an 374 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:14.680 hour I would get up and do a walk through 375 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:17.759 of the three floors so I had a good sense 376 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:19.920 of who was in the building and where they were. 377 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:24.279 This was a very busy day with families coming in 378 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:28.680 and out to visit the children. Whenever visitors arrived, the 379 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:31.559 other guard would radio me to escort them to where 380 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:35.880 they wanted to go. After more than seven hours, most 381 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:38.319 of the visitors had left the building and most of 382 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.279 the families who lived there had returned. I had escorted 383 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:45.240 them to the living area and bedrooms and as I 384 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:49.759 had to unlock the doors for them. At eleven PM, 385 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:54.240 a different guard, Dorothy, started working, and she preferred sitting 386 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:57.759 in the lobby overdoing rounds, and I went back to 387 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:02.319 the second floor hallway. At around ten minutes before midnight, 388 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:05.359 Dorothy radioed me that the last couple staying in the 389 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:08.720 hospital had returned and needed me to escort them to 390 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:12.200 their room and unlock the door. Well. I greeted them 391 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:15.440 at the second floor elevator and we started walking down 392 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:19.359 the hallway it was maybe sixty feet long, and passed 393 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:23.440 the boutique to their room. As we passed the boutique, 394 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:27.640 I could see through the narrow window that someone was inside. 395 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.799 I hurried down the hallway and quickly unlocked the door 396 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:33.319 for the couple, and then turned and headed up the 397 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:36.559 hall to see who was in there. I was mad 398 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:39.640 as hell. It was Christmas Eve and here were people 399 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:44.759 stealing from a charity, or at least that's what I thought. Now. 400 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.480 I'm a big goon of a guy. I'm over six 401 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:49.920