WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.919 In the early nineteen nineties, my brother and I used 2 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.679 to go to Eyehop every night. We would spend hours 3 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:16.600 there drinking coffee and discussing philosophy and art and religion 4 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:20.160 and literature. We were sitting in the last booth in 5 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.800 the corner where we could see out of both sides, 6 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.960 because each side had a row of windows, and the 7 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.960 window showed a scene of the Dallas LBJ Freeway leading 8 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.920 into I thirty five and an endless stream of fast cars. 9 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.640 And even though it was late at night, the stream 10 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.799 was still moving. I noticed to my left, way out 11 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.000 in the distance, a figure coming off of I thirty five. 12 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.520 It walked down the middle of the median between the 13 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.719 two sections of east and westbound traffic, and as it 14 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.039 got closer, I could see it was a woman in 15 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.799 a long white dress. She had long black hair and 16 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:01.079 wore white veil that flowed behind her like a train. Well. 17 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.520 I blinked and rubbed my eyes, and I squinted to 18 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:06.280 make sure I was seeing what I was seeing, And 19 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.319 I watched as she got closer and closer, thinking that 20 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.000 when she passed the bridge, I might be able to 21 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.239 see her going down the other side. But while she 22 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.920 was on the bridge. My view was obstructed by a 23 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.640 service station, and I didn't see her come out the 24 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:24.319 other side. She either disappeared on the bridge or crossed 25 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.439 the freeway there amid the heavy stream of traffic and 26 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.640 went down the grassy hillside. I read about a legend 27 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.239 once called La La Nna. I'm sure I'm not pronouncing 28 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:39.400 that right. She is the weeping woman of the Southwest. 29 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:43.840 It eerily fits the woman I saw. The legend says 30 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.640 that the beautiful woman has long black hair, and she 31 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.519 wears a white gown, and she wanders through the night 32 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.640 looking for children to take with her. Maybe that was 33 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.400 just a meth head walking around doing that jerky kind 34 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.040 of thing they do, and she had found a sheet 35 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.359 to wrap her up with. I don't know. I don't know. 36 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.319 Let's go to the next He's got another story here, 37 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.000 Let's go to that. In the nineteen eighties, I used 38 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.680 to visit my sister and her husband and spend time 39 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.199 with their kids every year. My brother in law's father 40 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.439 lived with them. He was disabled and he stayed back 41 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.879 in his room most of the time. My sister was 42 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:21.719 a teacher and her husband ran his own company, and 43 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.280 while they were at work and the kids were at school, 44 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:28.560 I would be left alone with his father. Often, my 45 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.159 brother in law's clients would call the house and I 46 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:34.240 would take a message for them, and when the phone rang, 47 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.520 the father would pick up the phone and answer it too, 48 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.599 and each time I told him that I had it covered, 49 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.840 and then he would hang up. I never saw the 50 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.599 guy much, and that was about the only contact I 51 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.240 actually wanted with him. He was not a personable guy. 52 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.080 My sister and her family moved to a new house 53 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.120 with a pool, and his father died shortly after that. 54 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.680 We lot visit to them at their new house. One morning, 55 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:03.319 after everyone had gone to school and work, I was 56 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.360 left alone again, and I was planning to swim in 57 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.439 their new pool and read a book and watch TV. 58 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.560 But as usual, the phone rang. It was a customer 59 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:15.879 for my brother in law, and as I spoke to 60 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.800 the customer, the phone made a clicking sound like another 61 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.960 extension had picked up. Hello. I heard the voice say 62 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.199 the same voice as my sister's late father in law. Well, 63 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.800 I kept talking and I took the message and the 64 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.360 caller hung up, and I didn't hear the extension hang up, 65 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.199 so I stayed on the line and there was no 66 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.000 doll tone, and it sounded like the line was still open, 67 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:44.199 the way it used to sound on old ground lines 68 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:48.719 with extensions. I listened for twenty seconds or so, and 69 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.400 I felt rattled. When I finally gathered up my courage, 70 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:56.639 Is anyone there? I asked? The phone made a clicking 71 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:01.000 sound of someone hanging up, and then came the doll tone. 72 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:02.960 I was out the front door and down the block 73 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.400 in a second, and I drank coffee at a local 74 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.199 deli until it was time for my sister to come home. 75 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:12.039 I am of a Christian faith, and I could tell 76 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.759 you about some miracles I've seen. I do not draw 77 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:20.040 major conclusions from these experiences, but I'm smart enough to 78 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:24.160 know that I don't know everything, and some things just 79 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:29.160 can't be explained. What a creepy, creepy whoo. That kind 80 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.199 of gave me shivers. It's almost like that those movies 81 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.079 they make with the you know, the phone rings and 82 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.319 the young twenty somethingter women pick up the phone and 83 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.240 it's like, we know what you did? You know, those 84 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:44.920 kind of creepy shows. I get bored with those, but 85 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.279 when they first came out they were pretty interesting. It 86 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.800 kind of reminds me of that. And I saw a 87 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.680 movie probably in the last couple of years on this 88 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:56.079 La Lorona of the Weeping Woman of the Southwest. That 89 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.439 was a horror movie. My wife and I love to 90 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.519 go to movies. We go to We're always looking at 91 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.680 the ads at the movie theaters for what cool movies 92 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.839 are coming out. We're always watching trailers and stuff like that. 93 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:12.000 Have y'all this is way off topic, but who has 94 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:17.439 seen the new Kevin Cosner movie out called Horizon. That 95 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:22.560 movie has gotten terrible feedback from the public and from reviewers. 96 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.879 But we went to see that movie and we loved it. 97 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.439 I guess we're just of a generation who likes the big, 98 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:35.240 epic scenery and the long stretching story and the different characters. 99 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.319 But it was like a minute or two over three hours. 100 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:42.920 And we both said driving home that that movie it 101 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:46.000 felt like we were in there for fifteen minutes. You 102 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:50.839 just stay engaged and you're watching the story. I would 103 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:54.480 recommend you all go see it and just don't go 104 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:59.120 with any expectations, but go see Horizon and understand that 105 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.720 it's either going to be two or four movies. I 106 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:03.560 don't know if he's going to do four now that 107 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.959 this first one isn't making money. Actually, he's taking a 108 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:11.000 financial beating on this movie. But I like Kevin Costner. 109 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.560 He seems to be a pretty idealistic guy. He's got 110 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.160 visions for his movies like Dances with Wolves. Go to 111 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:22.879 this movie or rent it on a streaming service with 112 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.639 the expectation that there's more common. None of the loose 113 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.199 ends are tied up in the first one, but it 114 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.839 really sets the stage and gets you engrossed and involved 115 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.720 in the story. I recommend it. I don't know why 116 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.319 I go. I guess talking about movies, horror movies got 117 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:44.399 me off on that. Here's an email I received from 118 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.959 a woman a while back. These are this is two 119 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:52.839 secondhand stories that she heard that friends of hers told her, 120 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.160 and I thought this was fascinating. So here we go. 121 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.439 She writes, dear cam' fan of your channel, and I 122 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.519 have two stories for you. One is an alien abduction 123 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.399 and the other is a dog man sighting. Neither story 124 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.439 is mine, but I know the people that witnessed these incidents. 125 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:17.279 Story number one the alien abduction. This is Randy's story. 126 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:22.160 Rest in peace, Randy. I'm representing you, dear friend. In 127 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.519 nineteen ninety eight, I returned to my dusty little hometown 128 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.639 in New Mexico for my twenty year high school reunion, 129 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.959 and being in a little town, I ran into a 130 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.959 dear friend of mine, Randy. It was great to see him, 131 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.519 and he looked awesome. He was a short, blond headed, 132 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.800 blue eyed athlete who was always eager for a good 133 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:49.160 joke and any activity that involved people. After twenty years, 134 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.560 he hadn't changed a bet. The only difference in Randy 135 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.560 was his eyes. He had a wide awake look in 136 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:59.680 his eyes that was almost too enthusiastic. Was he excited 137 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:05.720 to see maybe or was there something else. We decided 138 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.319 to go for a drive together, because in high school 139 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.800 that's what everyone did. We all got together and drove 140 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.399 through the hills, looking at different scenic landscapes and doing 141 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:19.319 stupid things like rolling dad's four wheeler or burying our 142 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:24.279 axle in a sandy wash. So there we were, like 143 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.879 old times in nineteen seventy eight, parked on a bluff 144 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:32.399 overlooking the town and smoking pot. I had outgrown the 145 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:34.799 pot thing, but I did partake in it just for 146 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.639 the novelty and to prove to myself I hadn't become 147 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:41.840 an old prude. I was buzzed and out of things 148 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.480 to small talk about, and I made the comment, Randy, 149 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.519 are you nervous about seeing everyone at the reunion? I 150 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.039 don't know why, but I'm nervous about it the reunion. 151 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.279 That's nothing. He smiled, and he laughed, I'm completely relaxed 152 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:00.879 around those people. There's nothing scary about those people at all. 153 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.519 And then his face changed and he stared down at 154 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.399 his arm. Did you see that scar on my arm? 155 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:10.039 He asked. I looked at his forearm and the scar 156 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.879 on it was the size of a dime. It was 157 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.159 round and irregular, like a small bullet wound. I dug 158 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.240 a shard out of my own arm with a pocket knife, 159 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.639 he triumphantly said, pointing at the scar. A shard. How 160 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.600 did it get there? I asked? One day, em and 161 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.960 I were ditching school. We were just riding around out 162 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.960 in the bluffs and smoking, and a spacecraft picked us up. 163 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.399 What the hell an actual UFO picked you guys up? 164 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:44.039 I asked. My face was frozen in total shock at 165 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.799 what I was hearing. Yep, he said, they picked us 166 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.559 up in their spacecraft and they laid us out on 167 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:55.159 a table I was physically examined, and then they put 168 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:59.159 these glass like shards in my body. One was here 169 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.399 in my arm. In the the other one, he turned 170 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:03.279 his back to me and pointed at the base of 171 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.320 a skull on the back of his neck. They put 172 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:09.519 it in the base of my skull. He said, what 173 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.919 did the shard look like? I asked. The one I 174 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.960 dug out of my arm looked like glass. It was 175 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.320 about the size of a grain of rice, but it 176 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.000 was flat and kind of curved, he said, drawing an 177 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:25.360 imaginary shard with his fingers. I really had to dig too. 178 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:28.399 It was embedded in my muscle, close to the bone, 179 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.840 but I was determined to dig it out, and I did. 180 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:36.120 That thing bothered me, looking out and recalling a memory, 181 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.960 he continued. When I went into the army, the doctors 182 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.320 took the one out of my skull after they had 183 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:46.279 to put me through a series of hypnosis sessions. Well 184 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.799 that's good, but how did they find out about it? 185 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:52.120 Did you tell them? I asked. No. I went in 186 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.279 for a physical and the doctor asked me about the 187 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.840 scar on my arm, and I told him what happened, 188 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:58.679 and then I showed him in the back of my 189 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.120 neck where I thought the other one was, and he 190 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.559 asked if I still had the shard and I said, yeah, 191 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.559 it's in a box of my locker. He told me 192 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:08.240 to bring it in for him to look at it, 193 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:11.600 and so I did. Apparently it was quite a fine. 194 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:14.879 They kept having me come back in for more conferencing 195 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:19.000 than other physical exams. I want to see it. This 196 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:23.240 is really important evidence, I said, you actually have evidence 197 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:27.960 of an alien contact. Yeah, I guess I did, but 198 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.960 not anymore. They took the shard that I dug out 199 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:35.000 of my arm, and they never gave it back to me. Instead, 200 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:38.600 they started the whole process of these hypnosis sessions and 201 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:42.240 it really freaked me out. They found exactly where the 202 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.200 other shard was and they removed it, but I didn't 203 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:48.519 get to keep that one either. I never even saw it. 204 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:51.399 The whole Lord deal messed up my head and I 205 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:55.159 couldn't stop crying after that. I kept crying and crying. 206 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:58.840 It was weird. I didn't want him to start crying, 207 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.840 as I was in his car and we were both 208 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.279 high on Pott, so I've changed the focus. How's Mike 209 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:08.840 after all this, I asked, He's cool, Let's go see 210 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:12.440 him Randy said, firing up the engine. So we went 211 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.080 into town and back into the old neighborhood where both 212 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:19.720 Randy and Mike grew up, arriving at Mike's and parked 213 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.639 in the car and Mike's driveway. We both walked up 214 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:26.240 to the door and we knocked. Mike answered, looking the 215 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.960 same as he did in high school, and he invited 216 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:32.759 us in, and we continued more pot smoking. These guys 217 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.639 had become the heads and I had become the square. 218 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.399 And after some small talk, we looked at vacation photos 219 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.759 and we never talked about the abduction again. But a 220 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:46.080 curious note is Mike is still a bachelor, and he 221 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.720 had become quiet and reclusive. I never got married or 222 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.200 had kids, he said. I don't know why. It just 223 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.440 never happened. It's not unusual in this day and age, 224 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.399 I said, but I thought, it's because you got the 225 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.679 life scared out of you in high school. That night, 226 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:05.960 we went to the reunion and we had a great 227 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:10.879 time disco dancing and catching up with life stories. Everyone 228 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.360 was amazing, and for the most part, everybody seemed happy. 229 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:19.320 A few years later, Randy was found dead in an 230 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:23.840 apartment in Bisbee Arizona. It was hush hush as to 231 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:28.919 how he died. Was it suicide? I think so. I 232 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.480 think he was implanted with tracking devices and his suffering 233 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:36.879 of fear was unrelenting. I believe that's what happened, one 234 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:41.000 hundred percent. God bless Randy in the heavens with the 235 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:44.399 peace and love of our eternal grand Creator. So be it, 236 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.360 the woman writes at the end of her first story, 237 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.159 I thought that was very interesting. Let's move on to 238 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.879 story number two, The dog Man Sighting, and she writes, 239 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:00.559 this is my nephew's wife's parents' story that takes place 240 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:04.200 in the same little dusty town in New Mexico. Here's 241 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:08.279 the town layout, she writes. The town is situated down 242 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.519 in a valley where two rivers meet. Looking up, the 243 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.960 valley is lined with jagged sandstone bluffs, and the only 244 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.600 things that grow up there are desert plants, sage brush, 245 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.759 and gnarley cedars. Then down in the valley is a lush, 246 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.960 green farmland with towering old cottonwoods and salt cedars and 247 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:31.639 rabbit brush. The rivers are mountain runoff, and they're teeming 248 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.240 with fresh water trout and bass. And it's not unusual 249 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.039 to see an eagle perched on a limb, just chilling. 250 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.399 My dad lived down by the river and he loved 251 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:45.320 hearing the hawking geese fly by. He also had lots 252 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.320 of deer that came into his yard for a tasty treat, 253 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.840 and he used to mimic them with his front teeth 254 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.879 and say, the deer have nipped off all those rose 255 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.200 buds from my rose bushes. Then he'd click his teeth 256 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:01.360 together to show just how they did it. One night, 257 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.919 my nephew and his wife came over for dinner and 258 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.080 we were sitting around the table afterward having a beer. 259 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.720 My nephew suddenly looked puzzled. Hey, a weird thing happened 260 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.200 to Peggy's parents the other night. He said, they were 261 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:17.879 on the other side of the river, delivering newspapers to 262 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.879 people who live in all those little houses back there. 263 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:23.840 You know how everyone has their houses tucked away in 264 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.519 the back of their acreage. Well, Peggy's mom was driving 265 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.440 along a dirt road while her dad tossed the papers, 266 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.639 and there was barely enough like to see, and then 267 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.399 her dad sniffed something in the air and looked over 268 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.679 at her mom with a stink eye. He said, you 269 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:44.600 smell thy Yeah, that's really right. Something definitely died around here, 270 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:48.480 she said. And then on the passenger side of the car, 271 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:51.720 they saw a creature with the dog's head, running on 272 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.200 two legs like a man. It was keeping pace with 273 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.960 them alongside of their car. Well what did they do, 274 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.120 I asked, Well, they didn't do anything. They didn't have 275 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.039 any time to do anything. The creature was so fast 276 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:07.120 and it ran around the front of the car and 277 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.799 then it ran into these people's front yard. Well did 278 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.440 anyone see it, I ask No. It went to the 279 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:16.879 side of the house really fast, and it hopped on 280 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:20.240 their brick wall like nothing. And Peggy's dad said, the 281 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:22.960 wall was high up. That thing didn't need to jump 282 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.159 without any effort. It hopped up and then it just 283 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.879 turned back and it stared at them. They froze, and 284 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.039 suddenly it just turned and hopped down in the people's 285 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.399 backyard and that was it. That was the last they 286 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:39.519 saw of it. That's a true story. And then she 287 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.000 goes on to write, after listening to your podcast, I'm 288 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.600 able to include other details and have put two and 289 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.080 two together. I recall that after my dad passed away, 290 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:53.960 Black helicopters started cruising the valley. They chased away all 291 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.720 the geese and the eagles, and then the county started 292 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.799 clearing all the underbrush away from the trees, so no 293 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:03.120 more or deer where they're either. And then they diverted 294 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.359 the river so that it became a trickle of water, 295 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:10.240 and the wildlife has systematically gone away. Now that I've 296 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.200 listened to your podcast, I wonder if that wasn't a 297 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.559 way to flush out the dog men. My hunch says yes, 298 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.279 and then she goes on to write, I hope people 299 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:25.759 hear these stories because credibility is important, Validation is important, 300 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.920 but even more important is protection. And I'm not really 301 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.480 sure what that means, but I thought these were two 302 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:36.440 really good secondhand stories. These are, you know, the first 303 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.759 stories from a high school mate, and the other is 304 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:43.279 from some people in her family, who, I mean, why 305 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.720 would they Why would the dog man thing? Why would 306 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.559 somebody just make that up? It's not you know, these 307 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.799 are just normal people having dinner. There's no way to 308 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:54.799 know if they have a history of lying, but let's 309 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.079 assume they don't. And then all of a sudden, this 310 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:59.960 woman said, this woman in man say, well, we just 311 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.759 saw this doglike creature running around on two legs, run 312 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.279 right around the front of our car, into someone's yard, 313 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.000 up on the fence, and then boop on the other side, 314 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.759 it's gone. I don't know why anybody would tell that 315 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.079 story if there wasn't a little bit of truth to it, 316 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:20.680 and this dog man information myth or these stories are 317 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:24.720 not really super prevalent, not like Bigfoot. Bigfoot is known 318 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:29.640 in alien abductions and all of that other stuff is 319 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:35.240 far more notable, and information on it is more widespread 320 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:38.680 than anything like a dog man. The dog man, the 321 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:43.319 werewolf thing is quite It's just not a huge popular topic. 322 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.079 But people see them and then we get stories about them. 323 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:50.079 So to the writer, she didn't give me permission to 324 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.359 use her name, but I thought this was wonderful, so 325 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.279 thank you for sending this to me. I appreciate it. 326 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:01.839 I'm sixty years old and I live in a suburb 327 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:06.559 on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. At the rear court 328 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:09.640 that I live in, there's a large parkland covering over 329 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:14.359 two hundred acres. This parkland separates our estate from the 330 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:19.160 local beach on the perimeter of Port Phillip Bay. I 331 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:23.039 work locally and daily ride a pushbike along the paths 332 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.640 leading through the parkland to the beach and onwards to 333 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:31.960 my place of employment, some fifteen kilometers away. For eight years, 334 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.799 I would exit my driveway, ride up the road for 335 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:38.799 thirty five meters and turn right into a pathway entrance 336 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:42.599 situated between two houses, and begin my ride to work. 337 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:46.880 That journey was interrupted two years ago, and while I 338 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:50.079 still ride to work, I no longer go through the parkland. 339 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.599 I now stick to the road all the way and 340 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:58.480 take the longer but safer route. On a winter morning 341 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:01.960 in twenty sixteen, I exited my house and made my 342 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:05.279 way to the front gate in the usual manner, but 343 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:09.960 I felt anxious for some reason. The magpies that usually 344 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:12.440 greeted me with song from a tree at the front 345 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.839 of my property were silent, and while I always started 346 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:19.119 my journey in the pitch black of night, this time 347 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:23.200 I felt trepidation, and I wondered irrationally if I should 348 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:27.440 drive to work today. There was something else strange about 349 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:31.559 this night. In the distance, emanating from the area of 350 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:37.799 the path entrance was an increasingly louder, asthmic growl. At 351 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:39.920 this point, I'd like to say that I've never, in 352 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:43.880 all my days, experienced anything like I'm about to describe. 353 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:47.640 I have hunted, camped, and lived in the forested areas 354 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:52.200 along our coast and inland districts. The wildlife that I 355 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:58.960 see is always expected kangaroos, koalas, and snakes, etc. I 356 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.200 stopped in a loud eyesight to focus on the entrance 357 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:05.279 to the pathway leading to the parkland, as I was 358 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:08.720 sure it was the source of the rasping, but couldn't 359 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:14.519 see anything exiting onto the road, so I waited. Finally, 360 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.519 I decided it must be an old, large dog that 361 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:20.920 had been brought to heal by its owner. Therefore, save 362 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.880 for me to proceed on my bike journey. I pressed 363 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:28.240 the crank into action and started cycling along the road 364 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:32.000 with a view to entering into the park, Inquisitive as 365 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:35.319 to the type of dog that I would see. As 366 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:37.799 I came closer to the creature, I veered to my 367 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.160 left and ordered a sweep right into the park entrance. 368 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:45.720 When I was stopped dead, I had caught sight of 369 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:50.599 the dog, and it was unlike anything I had ever seen. First, 370 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:54.559 there were no owners in sight. The dog was laying 371 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:57.480 down ten meters from the entrance as if it was 372 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:01.599 lying in wait. When it saw me, it rose on 373 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:05.400 all fours and began prowling towards me. But not like 374 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:10.559 an ordinary dog. This was big, really big. Its head 375 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:13.839 was double the size of e labradors, but more rounded. 376 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:17.599 Its height was that of a Shetland pony, and its 377 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:21.920 width was four or five feet. Its arms were muscular, 378 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:24.839 so much so that it had to roll and display 379 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:28.519 them in order to move forward. It was dark brown 380 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:33.119 in color, moving in the shadowy moonlight, and its eyes 381 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:38.279 glowed orange. I have a scientific background, and funny as 382 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:41.920 it seems, the conundrum of its eyes glowing without any 383 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:46.119 source of illumination from the environment around it intrigued me, 384 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:50.079 and I dare say, rooted me in place. As it 385 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:53.119 came to the front of the entrance, six meters away 386 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:58.160 from me. I remember overcoming my curiosity and exclaiming if 387 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:02.519 this or something of that nature, and began furiously peddling 388 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:06.680 along the road. My bike has an electric function, and 389 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:10.640 with some post purchase modifications, it can reach speeds up 390 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.119 to forty miles per hour fairly quickly, and it sure 391 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:17.960 did that day. I never looked back, and I didn't 392 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:21.000 stop until I was a block away to catch my breath. 393 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:24.319 I then rode all the way to work using the road, 394 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:29.119 not venturing onto the park at any stage. I contacted 395 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:32.400 the local ranger later that day and asked if they 396 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:35.799 had any reports of large stray dogs in that area, 397 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:39.160 and he replied no, so I left it at that. 398 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:43.640 I happened to be watching YouTube earlier this year, and 399 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:47.200 your channel came across my feet. When I heard your 400 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:50.359 stories about the dog man, I finally had a name 401 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:53.640