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<v Speaker 1>It was just after dark in two thousand and eight,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it was July. My nephew and I

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<v Speaker 1>had spent the day swimming at the stream just at

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of the campground that backed up next to

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<v Speaker 1>the river here in the Ozarks. About half an hour

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<v Speaker 1>before dark, we decided to start fishing. We fished in

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<v Speaker 1>peace with the noise of the campground behind us for

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<v Speaker 1>about an hour or so, and by the time all

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<v Speaker 1>the daylight faded and night took over, I was finally

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<v Speaker 1>starting to get some nibbles from the fish. I had

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<v Speaker 1>my swim trunk still on, so I decided to wait

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<v Speaker 1>across the shallow stream. I had an led headlight that

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<v Speaker 1>could change the three different colors. I had the white

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<v Speaker 1>light on as I crossed the stream, and I found

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<v Speaker 1>a little sandbar to stand about knee deep in the water.

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<v Speaker 1>Was about twenty five feet from the far side of

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<v Speaker 1>the river bank, which was nothing but thick forest and

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<v Speaker 1>a steep hillside. I settled into my little spot and

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<v Speaker 1>I flipped my headlight to the red led light, and

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<v Speaker 1>I cast my line into the water near some logs

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<v Speaker 1>I had noticed on the other side of the river bank.

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<v Speaker 1>As soon as my bait hit the water with no

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<v Speaker 1>warning at all. Something smacked the water three feet in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me. It could have been closer, so close

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<v Speaker 1>that I felt a hard thud on the river bottom

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<v Speaker 1>with my feet, and I turned my head to look

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<v Speaker 1>back at my nephew, only to see him drop his

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<v Speaker 1>pole and start running back to his mother at the campsite.

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<v Speaker 1>I snapped my head back towards the direction from whatever

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<v Speaker 1>this thing was had come from. Hey, I shouted into

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<v Speaker 1>the trees, and I flipped my headlight onto the bright

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<v Speaker 1>white setting and grabbed my hand held flashlight, dashed in

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<v Speaker 1>my front pocket of my swim trunks, and drowned the

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<v Speaker 1>trees with light, trying to get a glimpse of what

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<v Speaker 1>had thrown such a hit heavy object at me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was scanning the woods and was overcome with the distinct

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<v Speaker 1>feeling that I was very vulnerable, that I was being watched,

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<v Speaker 1>and I decided that I didn't want to stand there

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<v Speaker 1>alone any longer. And I have to say that that

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<v Speaker 1>has never happened to me. And I grew up in

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Louis. It can be a violent city to live in,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was kind of a rough kid. I never

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<v Speaker 1>backed down from a confrontation, so I quickly waded back

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<v Speaker 1>across the river bank, making sure not to turn my

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<v Speaker 1>back on the direction I thought it had come from.

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<v Speaker 1>Later that night, we heard a pack of wolves tear

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<v Speaker 1>through the night with their howls. It was close enough

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<v Speaker 1>to make your skin crawl. Then we heard the coyotes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean we heard tons of them, and it

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<v Speaker 1>sounded like they were following the wolves. I mentioned this

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<v Speaker 1>because I have heard people discuss that wolves follow bigfoots

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<v Speaker 1>and coyotes follow wolves. All I know is that I

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<v Speaker 1>have camped all over these Missouri woods. There are some

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<v Speaker 1>spots down here in these Oozar Kills that seemed mysterious

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<v Speaker 1>as all get out, and there's no telling what's yet

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<v Speaker 1>to be found. We all have those friends that we

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<v Speaker 1>would be better off without, and my friend Charlie was

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<v Speaker 1>that friend. To be fair, I was that friend to

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<v Speaker 1>him too. The adrenaline Russian excitement that we brought to

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<v Speaker 1>each other's lives were too fun to resist. We were

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<v Speaker 1>usually in trouble one way or the other when we

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<v Speaker 1>were together. In fact, after some of the hot water

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<v Speaker 1>we got ourselves into it's a miracle that I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>on this side of the grass. We were best friends

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<v Speaker 1>for almost thirty years. Our favorite pastimes were fishing, hunting,

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<v Speaker 1>and shooting anything from bows and arrows to guns to

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<v Speaker 1>homemade spud launchers which made great mortars for boats on

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<v Speaker 1>a lake. We used giant slingshots to launch water balloons

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<v Speaker 1>at water skiers, and we put open cans of cat

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<v Speaker 1>food in the cars of people we did not like man.

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<v Speaker 1>That is one of the foulest odors to ever get

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<v Speaker 1>sucked into a person's nose, especially on a hot summer day.

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<v Speaker 1>We love turkey and deer hunting, and Charlie's mother and

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<v Speaker 1>stepfather owned sixty acres in Kentucky and we got to

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<v Speaker 1>use that land. And on top of that, we had

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<v Speaker 1>permission to hunt almost all the properties surrounding that form,

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<v Speaker 1>which was almost two thousand acres. We both had three

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<v Speaker 1>wheelers to start with, but later in life we graduated

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<v Speaker 1>to quads. Those Honda two fifties were awesome to play on.

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<v Speaker 1>There was one form we were prohibited from hunting. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the Sherman Farm. It was on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of the highway. But Charlie had a different take on

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<v Speaker 1>that property, as it once belonged to his grandfather and

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<v Speaker 1>when the government cut the highway through the county, they

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<v Speaker 1>divided his grandfather's farm, which resulted in two thirds of

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<v Speaker 1>the property because coming inaccessible. In order to access it,

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<v Speaker 1>his grandfather needed to cross the land of the Sherman family,

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<v Speaker 1>but Sherman Senior would not allow it. Well, it didn't

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<v Speaker 1>take long before Charlie's grandfather started to struggle, and soon

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<v Speaker 1>after that he had to sell his land to the Shermans,

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<v Speaker 1>the family who cut him off from his own property.

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<v Speaker 1>He was offered ten cents on the dollar, but not

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<v Speaker 1>having any other options, he took the deal just to survive.

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<v Speaker 1>In turn, some twenty plus years later, along came to

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<v Speaker 1>yahoos As Charlie and I were often called running carefree

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<v Speaker 1>all over the county, and as you can probably guess,

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<v Speaker 1>we did not respect the boundaries of the Sherman family farm.

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<v Speaker 1>We discovered that we could ride our hon to two

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<v Speaker 1>fifty three wheelers under the highway through a drain culvert

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<v Speaker 1>and pop out on the creek on the other side,

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<v Speaker 1>giving us a route into two hundred acres of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the most adrenaline to off road trails we could find.

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<v Speaker 1>The property also held a good population of bucks and gobblers,

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<v Speaker 1>but when we hunted that farm, we would cross the

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<v Speaker 1>highway by foot right over the top so our rides

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be found. It was during turkey season and we

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<v Speaker 1>had already hunted quite a bit that week, and we

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<v Speaker 1>decided to sneak into the Sherman family's land anyway to

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<v Speaker 1>fill up a couple of bread bags with some spike

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<v Speaker 1>mushrooms and others that grew over on that side a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better than around Charlie's mom's place. And while we

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<v Speaker 1>were there, we decided that we would try to call

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<v Speaker 1>in a tom or two with some words of love

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<v Speaker 1>from our turkey callers. The next morning, we snuck over

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<v Speaker 1>the highway and into the woods. Almost like clockwork, the

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<v Speaker 1>gobblings started. But the bad thing was that the gobblers

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<v Speaker 1>were on the other ridge and we had to cross

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<v Speaker 1>an open bottom to get there. We slipped into ninja

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<v Speaker 1>mode and got our outlaw butts into gear and ran

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<v Speaker 1>over to where the birds were calling, and by the

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<v Speaker 1>time we got there everything was quiet. We knew we

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<v Speaker 1>had to get them worked up and excited, so we

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<v Speaker 1>put out three decoys on an old logging road and

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<v Speaker 1>we hunkered down against a couple of trees. We slipped

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of callers under our mouths and fired up

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<v Speaker 1>some love songs and promised those times the time of

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<v Speaker 1>their lives. But the reply was not what we expected.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of seconds after we finished our calls, six

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<v Speaker 1>bullets of flu right past our heads. Charlie and I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at each other with wide eyes and pale faces,

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<v Speaker 1>and sat as still as we could, letting our camo

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<v Speaker 1>do its job, and not wanting to give away our position.

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<v Speaker 1>We were turkey hunters and woodsmen, and I cannot tell

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<v Speaker 1>you how many times I have called other hunters to

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<v Speaker 1>me and had them within arms reached before I said

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<v Speaker 1>something to them, just to scare them into learning a

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<v Speaker 1>lesson about the difference between a real gobble and a

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<v Speaker 1>turkey callar. But this time was different, though, this was

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<v Speaker 1>about survival. I looked over at Charlie and I wondered

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<v Speaker 1>if we should make ourselves known, when from behind us,

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<v Speaker 1>in about half the distance as before, came six more shots.

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<v Speaker 1>They whizzed past our heads again and sent us both

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<v Speaker 1>to our feet, tearing down the old logging road, and

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<v Speaker 1>we ran as hard as we could go, and we

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<v Speaker 1>got around the ridge, and we stopped to catch our breath,

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<v Speaker 1>but whoever it was, caught up to us in no time,

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<v Speaker 1>and since six more shots flying right past us, we

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<v Speaker 1>were off again, running for our lives. The highway was

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<v Speaker 1>only one hundred and fifty yards away, and if we

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<v Speaker 1>reached it we would be home free. But as we ran,

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<v Speaker 1>we looked to our left and saw an old man

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<v Speaker 1>dashing between the trees. He was keeping up with us.

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<v Speaker 1>We knew it must have been the Sherman senior and

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<v Speaker 1>that he would cut us down if he got the chance.

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<v Speaker 1>With a last ditch effort, we tore down the ridge

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<v Speaker 1>and right up to the fence and over to a

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<v Speaker 1>large drop off alongside the highway. We had never come

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<v Speaker 1>out of that area before, but six more shots rang

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<v Speaker 1>out from behind us, and we didn't get a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to even think about it, And so we took a

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<v Speaker 1>leap of faith and we jumped, and we slid down

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<v Speaker 1>that rock cliff on our asses right to the shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>of the highway, and without so much as looking for

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<v Speaker 1>oncoming traffic, we ran across all four lanes to the

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<v Speaker 1>concrete runoff that ran next to the porch of Charlie's

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<v Speaker 1>mom's farmhouse. We told her what happened, assuming that Sherman's

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<v Speaker 1>Senior had probably already called the sheriff on us and

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<v Speaker 1>expecting him to roll up any minute. And we begged

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<v Speaker 1>her to say that we had been sitting on the

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<v Speaker 1>porch all morning with her, but instead she tilted her

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<v Speaker 1>head and she looked confused. You ought to go talk

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<v Speaker 1>to the fellow who was just here. He left just

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<v Speaker 1>a minute ago. She said, what do you mean, who

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<v Speaker 1>was it? Charlie asked, it was Sherman Junior. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>matter of factly, he came to talk to me. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts fell out of our chests. We knew we

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<v Speaker 1>were in for it, thinking that he wanted to confront

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<v Speaker 1>us about our trespassing. But Charlie's mom said that the

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<v Speaker 1>man was running for office and he had come by

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<v Speaker 1>to try to earn her vote, and she told him

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<v Speaker 1>that she could not vote for a man whose family

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't even allow her son to hunt their property. In return,

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<v Speaker 1>Sherman Junior looked at Charlie's mother in the eye and

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<v Speaker 1>apologized for his father's stubbornness. He said that since the

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<v Speaker 1>farm was now his, we would be happily given permission

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<v Speaker 1>written permission to hunt the property, and Charlie's mother asked

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<v Speaker 1>him if something happened to Sherman's Senior, and Junior replied

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<v Speaker 1>that he had passed on just a week ago, and

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<v Speaker 1>then she handed us a piece of paper with the

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<v Speaker 1>written permission to hunt the land we had just been

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<v Speaker 1>chased off of. Charlie and I looked at each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither of us wanted to say it out loud, but

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<v Speaker 1>we were both thinking it. The ghost of Sherman ran

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<v Speaker 1>us off his property. Since that day, Charlie and I

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<v Speaker 1>only ventured over the highway a few more times. There

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<v Speaker 1>were never many birds to speak of over there, and

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<v Speaker 1>the mushrooms had all vanished. The Shermans pushing dead trees

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<v Speaker 1>and brush up along the creek to keep the ATVs

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<v Speaker 1>out of the property, and we stopped sneaking over there

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<v Speaker 1>and instead hunted birds on our side of the line.

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<v Speaker 1>And I must conclude that ultimately Sherman Senior's ghost won

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<v Speaker 1>in the end. I guess the reputation of the two

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<v Speaker 1>yahos was so bad that even in death, that old

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<v Speaker 1>crow didn't want us out there. Something happened on a

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<v Speaker 1>fishing weekend that I went on with two of my

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<v Speaker 1>friends that we have never been able to explain. We

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<v Speaker 1>were camping in the woods alone. The sand was Sincto

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<v Speaker 1>River at a place my friend Bobby Sea called Van Lakes.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a property owned by Louis Berger that was

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<v Speaker 1>who could be doing that. By the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>we were running out of bait, and we were a

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<v Speaker 1>It was my job to stay and keep fishing. We

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<v Speaker 1>got quiet. I didn't mean in things quiet down and

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<v Speaker 1>And then I heard something moving in the woods around me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I told myself it was Bobby messing with me.

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<v Speaker 1>They probably set the whole thing up. That's what I figured.

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<v Speaker 1>They'd pretend to go off and buy more baits so

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<v Speaker 1>Hidden as I was in the shadows of the trees,

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<v Speaker 1>I was barely allowing myself to breathe at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>I began to hear something up in the trees moving around.

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell it big, but I couldn't quite pinpoint

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<v Speaker 1>where it was at, and I couldn't see a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And at that moment, one of the fishing poles got hit,

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<v Speaker 1>so I eased back over to it and I reeled

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<v Speaker 1>it in. There was nothing on the line, but as

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<v Speaker 1>night were back, and I was thinking to myself, what

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<v Speaker 1>the heck, while simultaneously breathing a sigh of relief. So

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<v Speaker 1>That was enough to get me moving, and I started

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<v Speaker 1>when Bobby and Joe came walking back up and started

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<v Speaker 1>About the time that Bobby started telling that there was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing in these woods to be afraid of, it got

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<v Speaker 1>quiet again. We all felt it. Our heads were spinning

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<v Speaker 1>as we all looked in every direction, trying to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out what kind of predator was out there scaring nature

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<v Speaker 1>into silence. Now, Joe, who was a natural born Chicken

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<v Speaker 1>agreement with him. Something was out there, and every sense

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<v Speaker 1>I had was telling me that I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>meet it. Bobby wasn't convinced until we heard what sounded

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<v Speaker 1>like a big tree being pushed over. Trees get old

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<v Speaker 1>and they do fall, but generally the falling part doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen until the wind blows, but there wasn't any wind.

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<v Speaker 1>There was just this long, creaking, sighing sound of breaking wood,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it fell over with a crash. Well, that

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<v Speaker 1>leaving our poles behind. The truck was one hundred yards away,

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<v Speaker 1>and we climbed over each other getting in and screaming

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<v Speaker 1>go go, go, go go, and the tires reoster tailed

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<v Speaker 1>dirt and gravel behind us as we fishtailed into motion.

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<v Speaker 1>No one said another word until we got back to

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<v Speaker 1>more about what happened while they were gone, So I

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<v Speaker 1>repeated my story, and I tried to add any details

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<v Speaker 1>that I might have missed earlier, and then I asked

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<v Speaker 1>them flat out if it was them messing with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, both of them denied it. Would they have

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<v Speaker 1>left their poles behind if it was all a joke.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of days later, when the sun was shining,

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<v Speaker 1>Bobby and I went back to get those poles. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe didn't go with us. It's been forty five years

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<v Speaker 1>since that day. We've never told our story to anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>After listening to your channel for a while, I started

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<v Speaker 1>to think that we dodged a bullet that night. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't see what it was. None of us did,

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<v Speaker 1>But these days I'm kind of glad that I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>see it. I grew up in Maryland. Now I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>a great storyteller, but there were a couple of things

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<v Speaker 1>that happened in my past that took me from skeptic

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<v Speaker 1>to believer, and I'd like to share them with you now.

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<v Speaker 1>The closets in my bedroom had louvered doors. That wall

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<v Speaker 1>was opposite of my bed at the foot, so I

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<v Speaker 1>faced them when I laid there at night. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>until I was sixteen that I noticed anything strange about them.

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<v Speaker 1>It all started one night, just out of the blue.

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<v Speaker 1>I began to feel like I was being watched through

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<v Speaker 1>the slights in those doors. I'd be lying in bed,

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<v Speaker 1>reading or listening to music, and the hairs would stand

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<v Speaker 1>up on the back of my neck that since you

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<v Speaker 1>get when you know someone's watching you. It would wash

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<v Speaker 1>over me and I would find myself wanting to turn

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<v Speaker 1>and look at the doors. In my head, I would

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<v Speaker 1>argue with myself that no one was there, how could

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<v Speaker 1>anyone be there? But that feeling would not go away.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it would be so strong that I couldn't even

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<v Speaker 1>force myself to look at those doors. This went on

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<v Speaker 1>for several nights, and I finally got some posters and

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<v Speaker 1>I hung them over the louvered part of the doors.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought the problem was solved, but I wish it

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<v Speaker 1>had been that simple. Right after I covered the doors

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<v Speaker 1>and the posters, I began to wake up each morning

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<v Speaker 1>to find them open. They weren't standing wide open, they

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<v Speaker 1>were just cracked, but it was enough to make me

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<v Speaker 1>aware that someone had opened them. The doors were solid,

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<v Speaker 1>and I tested them out on several occasions, and no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how hard I pulled, once they were light, they

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<v Speaker 1>would not open unless I turned the handles. To make

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<v Speaker 1>matters worse, my dog chesters stopped going into the room

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Even if I tried to force him in,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd fight and struggle against me the rest of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Anywhere else he was fine with me. It was only

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<v Speaker 1>when I tried to get him to go into the

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<v Speaker 1>the closet doors started opening on their own in the night.

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<v Speaker 1>This went on for about a month before my brother

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<v Speaker 1>moved out on his own and I jumped at the

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<v Speaker 1>chance to move into his bedroom. I can't tell you

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<v Speaker 1>how excited I was to get away from that bedroom

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<v Speaker 1>and those closet doors. Except now. Chester was fine with

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<v Speaker 1>And dogs have instincts about these things, and I trusted

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<v Speaker 1>Chester's instincts. The closet doors in the new room were

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<v Speaker 1>solid wood, there were no lovers, and again I tested

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<v Speaker 1>them and they could not be open without turning the knobs,

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<v Speaker 1>and it didn't stop them from opening on their own

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<v Speaker 1>every night. No one believed me about the closed doors

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<v Speaker 1>until my girlfriend, who would eventually become my wife, stayed over.

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<v Speaker 1>She woke me up in the middle of the night

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<v Speaker 1>frantically saying, it's open. I just watched it open. Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>followed me from one bedroom to the other at my

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<v Speaker 1>then I had my own place and it never happened again.

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<v Speaker 1>I had another incident, and it happened when I was eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was an actual ghost sighting. I was driving

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<v Speaker 1>Not of nowhere, my passenger seat headrest cover flew off

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<v Speaker 1>and hit my windshield. At the same time, a ghostly

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<v Speaker 1>figure of a woman appeared in the crosswalk directly in

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a dress and was completely white, and I could

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<v Speaker 1>see right through her. So I slammed on my brakes

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<v Speaker 1>and then she was gone. It was a long time

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<v Speaker 1>before anything strange happened to me again, but lately I've

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<v Speaker 1>had an ongoing experience that I don't know what to

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<v Speaker 1>do about it. We have three kids who all sleep

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<v Speaker 1>up stairs, and my wife often works from home. She

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<v Speaker 1>tells me that she hears footsteps upstairs when the kids

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<v Speaker 1>are all at school. Now I have to admit that

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard them too. It isn't your typical house creeks

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<v Speaker 1>and groans. It sounds like a grown man walking from

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<v Speaker 1>room to room. And on top of this, on most nights,

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<v Speaker 1>my kids will come downstairs because they claim they can

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<v Speaker 1>hear someone breathing up there. Well, I hate telling my

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<v Speaker 1>kids that there's nothing to be afraid of, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want them to be scared. But I have seen things,

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<v Speaker 1>so for me to say that would be lying to them.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a thirty one year old Army veteran and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an avid hunter and fisherman. I walk around in the

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<v Speaker 1>But when I think about what's going on in my house,

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<v Speaker 1>the hairs start standing up all over my body and

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<v Speaker 1>I get a cold feeling in the pit of my stomach.

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<v Speaker 1>Some things in this world can't be explained and they

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<v Speaker 1>should not be messed with. All right, I appreciate you

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<v Speaker 1>all listening and joining me on this podcast. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>busy the last week. This is I've missed about seven

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<v Speaker 1>days of putting a podcast out because I've been working

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<v Speaker 1>on other things. But I'm trying to get these done

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<v Speaker 1>as quickly as possible. It actually get a few done

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<v Speaker 1>in a row so that I can upload those more

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<v Speaker 1>consistently through the next few weeks, so there's no commentary.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't get to hear me run in my mouth,

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<v Speaker 1>which is fine. I'll keep doing that at some point

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<v Speaker 1>when I have time, but on this one it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to read the stories so that you

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<v Speaker 1>could enjoy them. And that'll do it for now, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see you guys on the next podcast. I sure

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<v Speaker 1>do appreciate you. Thank you.