WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.839 Hey guys, and welcome to our nice little campfire in 2 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:28.359 the woods. 3 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:28.679 Yeah. 4 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:34.840 This is our fourth episode and our second topic, which 5 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.280 is something strange, which. 6 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:43.320 Is something strange in the woods, a strange thing in 7 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:44.200 the woods. 8 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.520 And guess what we're in the woods? 9 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:47.679 We are in the woods. 10 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.320 Oh, that's what these trees are doing here. That's right. 11 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.920 We are out in the wilderness up in the mountains 12 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.159 on Friday to thirteenth, around the campfire by a full moon, 13 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.399 by a full moon on Friday the thirteenth, out of campfire, 14 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.319 walking at scotch with Scotch and Irish death. 15 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.519 Yeah, and talking about a strange thing in the woods, 16 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:13.280 which is true because it's like ten thirty. It's very 17 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.040 dark except for the full moon which is now rising. Yeah, 18 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:20.439 it's getting a little it's crazy because the full moon 19 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.879 casts a lot of shadows this time of night. 20 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:23.120 Yeah. 21 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:25.640 And if our if our audio quality isn't good, it's 22 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:30.159 because we are recording on our smartphone, because we are 23 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.760 truly out of cell phone range, out in the middle 24 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.680 of nowhere in the woods, around a campfire, enjoying a 25 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.359 barley pop or beer. Some people would like to call it. 26 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.359 I don't think anybody calls it a barleypop. 27 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.599 You know you want to head down to the hip 28 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:48.280 of a hop gub a barley pop and get a 29 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.239 part of did you grab that? 30 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:51.760 He just grabbed him off? 31 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.439 That was attraction by the fire out of thin air. 32 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.799 With his lightning speed hands. 33 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:00.319 That was weird. Anyway. 34 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.760 So we are here in the woods and we're doing 35 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.239 this podcast right now. And because we're doing this opening 36 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.560 before we actually get the stories, we don't know what 37 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:12.080 the heck we're gonna be talking. 38 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:13.840 About, or if we're going to be able to because 39 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.400 nobody seems to be involved. 40 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:17.800 Yeah, if somebody would like give us their stories, come on, 41 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:18.240 damn it. 42 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:23.240 But we're hoping explicit rating on iTunes PG. 43 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:23.719 Thirteen. 44 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:27.560 Damn it. It's not a bad word. 45 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:29.719 I guess I don't know what's bad. 46 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:33.240 We are here in the woods and we are about 47 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:38.120 to launch these strange stories. So belt up, get ready, 48 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:43.199 don't get too afraid, and if you do, call your counselor. 49 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:45.000 I got a better one. 50 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:49.639 Okay, throw on your backpacks, grab some trail mix nice 51 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:51.000 and hit the trails with us. 52 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:58.639 True that that's pretty good, And here's our first story. 53 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.680 Hey guys, Hey guys, and thank you for tuning into 54 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:07.960 the fourth episode of A Strange Thing podcast. 55 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:11.199 Which on sub podcasting platforms that might say episode five 56 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:12.360 because we did a teaser. 57 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.919 Yeah, so this is number four, no matter what your silly. 58 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:20.240 Little lap says, yeah, because really, this is episode number four, 59 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:21.360 and we are starting a. 60 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.759 New topic today, yeah, which. 61 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.599 Is, yeah, we're starting something. 62 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.000 We're like Michael Jackson, We're gonna be. 63 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:34.719 Yeah right. Yeah, So our topic that we're starting and 64 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:40.280 we're calling this a Strange Thing in the Woods, which 65 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.599 if you've listened to our opening, you will discover that 66 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.840 we did the kickoff for this topic while we were 67 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:49.080 in the wood woods. 68 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.599 Yep. We were on a hunt and we sat down 69 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.520 by the fire, turned on the phone and recorded ourselves 70 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.840 rambling about strange things in the woods. 71 00:03:58.879 --> 00:03:59.080 Yeah. 72 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.319 So if you see a or here, a quality difference 73 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.080 between what we did in the woods and what we 74 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.639 do here, it's because we have better speakers, well, better 75 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:09.599 microphones here and speakers, yeah both. 76 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:11.039 It's just better here. 77 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.759 It's warmer and there's not bugs. 78 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.959 Fun grab moths out of the air, like. 79 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:21.560 Yeah, boy master, but you gotta admit that was awesome. 80 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:22.560 It was super fun. 81 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:23.079 We're up there. 82 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:24.959 It was a full moon. It was Friday the thirteenth, 83 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:29.120 and it was beautiful and the fire was. 84 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.959 Popping and it was crazy quiet. It was nice. It 85 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:33.680 was pretty cool. 86 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:35.959 It was really cool, and we had a good scotch. 87 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.439 Yeah we did, and we didn't drink too much. Drink responsibly. 88 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.439 We just are saying that right now so that we 89 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.079 can have a disclaimer. You've been disclaimed. You've been disclaimed. 90 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:45.879 Don't be stupid. 91 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:46.480 There you go. 92 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:51.959 So this is all about your stories, strange things that 93 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:55.639 happened to you, our listeners while you're outside or out 94 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:58.279 in the woods. And we got some great ones. Yeah, 95 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.240 so let's just kick it off. Let's just go for all. Right, Okay, 96 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:06.519 this one, I'm shouting out to Ron Colbert, Ron Colbert, 97 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:11.240 Ron Colbert, the story is from you, and it's for us, 98 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:16.040 and it's an awesome story. So Ron shared his story 99 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.199 when he was in high school almost graduating. Back in 100 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.600 the day, like in the early eighties, maybe the late seventies, 101 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:25.680 what you used to do is you would get in 102 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.279 a car and you would go out on the cruise. Now, 103 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:32.000 I know this is like something totally alien for everybody 104 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.160 that's probably twenty five and under, but what you would 105 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:37.480 do is you would go out, because you didn't have 106 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:41.720 cell phones. You had to go out and drive really 107 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.439 slowly back and forth on a boulevard and whistle at 108 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:49.519 girls or boys, depending whatever you wanted as the cars 109 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.800 drove by you on the other side of the road, 110 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.079 and you'd pull over and you'd talk, and you'd meet 111 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.480 your friends and you'd get tough and you'd like try 112 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.319 to get start a fight or something if you're that 113 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:01.600 kind of person. But it was just a fun thing 114 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:02.680 he did on a Friday night. 115 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:08.000 So or Saturday, borrow the keys to your dad's Lincoln Continental. 116 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.920 Or you might even have had a car maybe, yeah. 117 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.680 Or take your Ford Pinto, get a couple of your 118 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.040 buddies several if it's the Lincoln two. 119 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:22.199 If it's the Pinto, So Ron and his buddies get this, 120 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:28.199 get in. I think it's a nineteen eighty Chevy Manza ooh, which, 121 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.000 by the way, is the same car your mom had. 122 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:31.680 Yeah, that was her first car. 123 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.800 V six, A little sporty, little car, kind of fun. 124 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:36.040 It looks like a Dotson. 125 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:40.120 Yeah, two door coup right. So Ron and two or 126 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:44.240 three of his buddies are out cruising. It's late cruise 127 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:47.920 starts dying down about maybe midnight, one o'clock, one am, 128 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:51.040 and so they decide to go home. So they get 129 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.120 in the car. They're driving home, and this is taking 130 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:57.240 place in Salt Lake City, Utah. And they were out 131 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:01.279 by the railroad tracks driving home and they saw a 132 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.279 train coming, and so they're watching the train coming and 133 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:06.720 they stop for the train because they're not gonna they 134 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:10.160 don't want to die. And is the trains coming. They 135 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.680 look up and they see a hobo standing on the 136 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.680 side of the tracks. And as the train goes by 137 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.199 in front of them, the hobo takes off running so 138 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.160 he can jump on the train. Okay, because trains go 139 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:28.199 slow through town, right, Yeah, So the hobo chases the train, 140 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:29.759 grabs the railing. 141 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.959 And guess what, like from a like a Western movie. 142 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.399 Yeah, yeah, he's gonna hop the train. He's gonna he's 143 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.639 gonna be a train hopper. So he goes to grab 144 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:43.519 the rail, he misses, falls down, and the train runs 145 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.800 over him. Oh and they watched it happen, yeah, from 146 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.639 the Manza parked in front of the railroad tracks. So 147 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.399 they're like, oh my gosh, what and the train goes by. 148 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.040 They're freaking out. They don't know what to do. They 149 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.959 can't call like a paramedic or the police. 150 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:59.519 They have to go to a landline. 151 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.800 Yeah, have to go to a phone booth, or go 152 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:06.639 to a something that's open and borrow a phone. That's 153 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:12.600 not funny. So the train goes by. They get out 154 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.639 and run up to see what has happened, expecting to 155 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.199 see the worst. And when they get up there, the 156 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.399 train had ran over the guy and cut off both 157 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.920 of his legs right above his knee. 158 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.079 Oh my goodness. 159 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:29.680 Yeah, it's not funny. No, but can you imagine. 160 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.200 You're out on a cruise end this strange thing happens. 161 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.399 It's strange, and you're walking up and you're kind of 162 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.799 going slow because you don't want to see it. And 163 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.240 they get up there and everything is probably in like silhouette, 164 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:45.440 and they see arms flailing around and stuff like that. 165 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:46.919 They can't hear the guy because all you can hear 166 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.159 is yeah, the train goin. Yeah, Oh my goodness. 167 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:53.320 They get up there, the guy's been run over. His 168 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:57.000 both of his legs right above his knee are are missing, 169 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:01.200 and when the train ran over him, it rolled him 170 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:05.840 underneath and basically his pant legs were wrapped. 171 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.159 Up so tight around instant. 172 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.720 Yeah, like pinched off the blood supply, which probably saved 173 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.240 his life. And so they went up there and the 174 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:20.799 guy is obviously in shock, and Ron said, what struck 175 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:22.960 him the most is when they got up to this 176 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:27.000 person lying there, that he was trying to stand up 177 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.360 or sit up. And every time, because he's in shock, 178 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:32.840 and every time he tried to sit up. 179 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.320 I fil a graphic warning coming up. Yeah, if you're squeamish, yeah, 180 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.279 plug your ears. Yeah for a second. 181 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.080 But when he tried to sit up, it would force 182 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:48.879 the steamers to protrude out of the of the stump 183 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.120 and then out of the pants. They could see the 184 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.480 bone push out, and then he'd lead back down and 185 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.240 they'd retracked back into his leg. 186 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.919 So he's like eighteen or nineteen. 187 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:00.000 Yeah, yeah, all these guys were probably eighteen. 188 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.440 I can't have no idea like the best way to 189 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.519 go about helping him. No, they kind of held him 190 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.039 off the tracks or something. They got him off the 191 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.799 tracks and kind of held him down. A guy ran back, 192 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.639 got in the Manza and took off to go get help. 193 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.000 And eventually the cops come and I think maybe a 194 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:20.679 fire truck and and an ambulance an ambulance and they 195 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.159 picked this guy up and they take him off to 196 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.080 the hospital. That is such a creepy, strange story. 197 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:29.120 You start the night out going out thinking you're gonna 198 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.320 go find some hot chikis on the on the boulevard. 199 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.000 End up saving a hobo with no legs, and you 200 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:35.600 end up saving a hobo with no legs. 201 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:36.159 Crazy. 202 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:39.120 Yeah, that is a That is a strange story. 203 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:39.720 Ro Cobrat. 204 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.519 I'm surprised Ron didn't like just cauterize the rounds with 205 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.879 friction and carry him back to the hospital. He is 206 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:46.399 a beast. 207 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:48.840 We know, Ron, he is a beast. He was a 208 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.960 wrestler at the time, and he was the mascot for 209 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.639 the Cheered team. Strong dude, Yeah, strong dude. But anyway, Ron, 210 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.600 thanks for that story. It's an awesome. 211 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.120 Story story and a great kickoff. 212 00:10:58.159 --> 00:10:59.240 So yeah, for sure. 213 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:03.279 So I don't know really what that first story was, 214 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:06.200 but I'm sure it was awesome because we chose it. 215 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.480 So now the setup for our second story that we 216 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:11.720 don't know what it will be. 217 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:17.679 Here's our friend or listener giving us a story about something. 218 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:22.000 Here she or he is and they are gonna tell 219 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.000 you about it, and now we're gonna tell you about 220 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:24.960 them telling us about it. 221 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:26.840 Yeah, we're gonna talk to you about it. So here's 222 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:34.039 story number two. Click, she'd do like four us. Okay, 223 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.000 So this story is really kind of cool and it's weird. 224 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.840 It's like something you would not expect, and it is 225 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.600 brought to us by Travis Gatsby Travis, thank you for 226 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.159 sending it. It's an awesome story. 227 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.679 Big DG, big DG. 228 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.759 So Travis wrote up the story and sent it to us, 229 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:57.480 and it has written so well, and we're gonna kind 230 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.279 of paraphrase for time's sake on our podcast. But for 231 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.840 listeners who want to read Travis's story written out the 232 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.159 way that it was done in its purest form, go 233 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.240 to our website, go to the episode page and then 234 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.559 look a look at the links page and you'll find 235 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.960 his actual story in his own hand. 236 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:14.759 Nice. 237 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.600 So, anyway the story goes that Travis sentis It was 238 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.159 about him and his wife and another couple that went 239 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.879 up camping and motorcycle riding in a small area outside 240 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.639 of Atlanta, Idaho. Yes, there is an Atlanta outside of 241 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:33.000 Idaho or in Atlanta. I'm Atlanta yeah. So they go 242 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.480 up there and they're going to go to this place 243 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:39.240 called Grouse Lakes, and so the only way to really 244 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.679 get there is on a motorcycle or side by side 245 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.159 or something like that. You got to get up and 246 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.519 get up in the wilderness in the mountains. And so 247 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.480 they go up there and they're riding motorcycles and they 248 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:53.720 go to this lake and yeah, it does it sounds 249 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:56.080 like a lot of fun. Anyway, they go up there 250 00:12:56.200 --> 00:13:01.440 and one of the wives has this brilliant thought. She says, hey, 251 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:06.039 isn't it called Grouse Lakes as in gross lakes plural? 252 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.159 And they're sitting around one lake, and it got them thinking, well, 253 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:12.279 maybe there's another lake around here somewhere. 254 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.159 So it's like adventure time. Adventure time. 255 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.200 So they get out their topographical maps and sure enough, 256 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.639 there's another lake, and they decide they're going to go 257 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.120 out and find it. So they get on their bikes 258 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.279 and they ride up there, and then I guess they 259 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:26.960 have to get off and kind of do a little hiking. 260 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.399 And while they're there, they look up and guess what 261 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:31.559 they see in the trees? 262 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.000 Airplane? 263 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.960 Nope, the in the tree. 264 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:39.279 Oh I get crashed. 265 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:42.759 No, no, almost though, they look up and they see 266 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:48.639 a tan parachute hanging from a tree branch and at 267 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.919 the end of the cord something is tethered to it. 268 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.440 Oh yeah. 269 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.320 So Travis and his friend are like, hey, girls, you 270 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.799 guys stay here, we're gonna go check it out in 271 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:59.879 case there's a dead body or something. You never know, 272 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.039 And so. 273 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.600 They got part of Jurassic Part two. 274 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:05.799 Yeah, skulls probably wouldn't smell very good. 275 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:07.600 It's like the body hanging. 276 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.200 Ew yeah, maybe like go all the predators are like 277 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.360 tewed off parts. 278 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.799 Yeah. 279 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.559 Well, they get up there and it wasn't a human 280 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.399 nothing was it. So when they go around the corner 281 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:21.159 and they look and there is like a thirty gallon 282 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:25.080 drum attached to the cords at the end of this parachute. 283 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.399 So they call the girls over and they all are 284 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.200 like looking at this thing and trying to move it. 285 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.440 But it's like it's like three hundred. 286 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:33.039 Pounds, you know. 287 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.080 And so this big barrel and its duct taped and 288 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.639 it's all sealed up and like special wrap and stuff, 289 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:42.000 and they're like, what the heck is this And they're 290 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.799 jostling it, trying to shake it and figure it out. Well, 291 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.360 times are burning, man, they got to keep going. So 292 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.679 they end up taking a video of it, and it 293 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:52.559 must have been like a VHS tape because this is 294 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.679 like nineteen ninety. 295 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.440 Five, so this is like a while ago. 296 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:59.120 Nice, So they take a little quick video and then 297 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.440 they're off again to find the lake, which they did, so, 298 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:04.720 oh good for them. Yeah, so the name was accurate. 299 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:08.360 It is Grouse Lakes plural. So they go and they 300 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.039 do their thing, and then they go back to the 301 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.159 camp and the other couple their friends, has to leave 302 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.440 a little early, so Travis and his wife stay a 303 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:19.039 couple extra days and then they go home. And when 304 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.720 they get home they discover like on their answering machine, 305 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.919 because they did have those in nineteen ninety five. 306 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.360 Yeah, Billo, you've reached the big TG. I'm not able 307 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.759 to come to the phone right now, but if you 308 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:32.159 have any questions about a mysterious barrel in the woods, 309 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.919 leave a message. 310 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:38.320 After the beat, right exactly. But it's loaded. There are 311 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:42.039 all kinds of messages, And apparently what happened was the 312 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:44.919 friends got home, they told their parents, and the parents 313 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:47.440 told somebody else, and they told somebody else. Pretty soon 314 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.879 the Forest Service heard about it and it was a 315 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.679 big deal. So they get there and the Forest Services 316 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.360 on the messaging thing saying, hey, you need to come 317 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.840 and ride away. We got to talk about this. 318 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.559 Bring your video. 319 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:00.559 So they go to the for. 320 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:03.799 A Service office in Twin Falls, Idaho, which is I 321 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:06.399 don't know, it's a good one hundred miles eighty ninety 322 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:08.399 miles from from Atlanta. 323 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.879 Yeah. 324 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.440 Yeah. 325 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:14.799 So they go back and and they go to the 326 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.639 Office for a Service and they describe what they saw, 327 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:22.080 and before they even view the tape that they'd recorded, 328 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:24.559 they're like, you know what, you need to go right. 329 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.720 To the DEA. No. 330 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.039 Boy, So, for those of you who don't know, DEA 331 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:33.399 stands for what Austin's Test Drug. 332 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.399 And Drug Administration Drug Enforcement Administration. 333 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:41.080 Good try, you're almost he had one third of it. 334 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.320 No, you had two thirds Administration. 335 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:46.720 Drug Enforcement Administration. 336 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.120 Yeah. 337 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.879 So they go to the DEA's office and they show 338 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.360 this tape and I guess they're sitting around this table 339 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:56.159 and the people around the table kind of look like thogs, 340 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.519 kind of like a mobster or something more than DEA agents, 341 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.519 and so it was a little weird. But they show 342 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.960 the tape and the DEA agents are like, oh my gosh, 343 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:11.720 this is classic narcotics dropping into wilderness so they can 344 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:16.039 bypass you know, laws and cops and everything like that. 345 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.960 They drop in the wilderness and they have mules go 346 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.920 up and get it, and then they take it down 347 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.799 and sell it. Yeah, they distribute it and make lots 348 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.960 of money. So the DEA agents see this video and 349 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.880 they're like, we've got to do something right away because 350 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:30.880 somebody's gonna go up there and get it. We're gonna 351 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.960 have all these drugs on the market. And not only that, 352 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.839 your lives are in danger because you've found this, you 353 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.680 videotaped it, and you guys which Travis and his wife, 354 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.240 you know, they could be after you anyway. They say, hey, 355 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.279 you've got to take us up there, and he goes, okay, 356 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:50.400 I can do that like maybe wednesday or next week 357 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.480 on Friday something like that. And they go, no, you 358 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:57.720 got to take us up there first thing tomorrow morning. 359 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.839 And he's like, you can only get there by motorcycles, 360 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:03.119 and he goes, we'll get motorcycles. We got to get 361 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.440 up there first thing tomorrow morning. He's like, oh, I 362 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.880 don't know, and he goes, you if you don't your 363 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:13.920 life's in danger. So go home, lock the doors, and 364 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:19.559 if anything weird happens, call us immediately. So they're all 365 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:22.400 nervous and a little creeped out. They go home, and 366 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:24.079 the next day he gets up and he loads up 367 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:27.039 his motorcycles and he meets the DEE agents and off 368 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.720 they go to check out the barrel of. 369 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:33.000 The serious barrel of Rouse Lakes. 370 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:37.119 So while they're driving up there, they're talking about, you know, 371 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:41.880 drugs and how they'll drop in drugs in a barrel 372 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.559 and then people will go up and get it and 373 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.960 that kind of stuff. 374 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.240 And they're talking about. 375 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:51.599 How it's really cool because if there are drugs in 376 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:56.160 the barrel, him and his wife they would get five 377 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.759 percent of the street value of the drugs as a 378 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:04.160 re ward for finding the drugs. So he's like, oh yeah, 379 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.319 this is awesome, man. And he's spending his money in 380 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:09.880 his head, he said, is he's going up there. And 381 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.519 so they get up to Atlanta and they unload the 382 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.720 bikes and then they start driving up through the trails 383 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.359 and stuff like that. And I guess somewhere along the 384 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:19.359 way and I don't know if it's they stop somewhere, 385 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:22.200 but somewhere along the way one of the DEE agents said, Hey, 386 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.240 did you buy chance wiggle the barrel or jiggle it 387 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:28.680 or anything like that, or did you guys just look 388 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.759 at it? He goes, no, we wiggled it and we 389 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:32.279 were going to try to cut the top off and 390 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.440 we didn't. And he goes, oh, well good because if 391 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:36.680 it was booby trapped, it probably would have blown up. 392 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.359 And he's like what, Yeah, it scared him. After death, 393 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.240 you know that they were maybe up there and this 394 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.440 thing had been booby trapped. 395 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.400 Yeah, they could have died. Yeah. 396 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:50.640 They end up getting on the motorcycles and Travis said 397 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:54.319 that these guys obviously aren't motorcycle riders, but somehow they 398 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:56.799 managed to make it up to the site and they 399 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:00.400 find the barrel in the parachute and they go up 400 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.039 to it and they're kind of carefully rolling it around 401 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.319