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<v Speaker 1>Today, I want to tell you about a journey that

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<v Speaker 1>I've been on for most of my life. Ever since

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<v Speaker 1>wild men while spending time with my friends and family.

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<v Speaker 1>As I grew older and read more about the paranormal,

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<v Speaker 2>Now, what are your reporting? I got a string going

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<v Speaker 2>on here. Something just kid with my dog, something to

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<v Speaker 2>kill your dog, my dog. We're flying through there, over

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<v Speaker 2>the tree. I don't know how it did it? Okay, damn,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really confused. All I saw was my dog coming

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<v Speaker 2>over the fence, and name was dead once you hit

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<v Speaker 2>the grill. I didn't see any cars. All I saw

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<v Speaker 2>was my dog coming over the fence. Happen? What are

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<v Speaker 2>you reporting? We got some wonder or something crawling around

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<v Speaker 2>out here? Did you see what it was? It was

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<v Speaker 2>enough out here. Look, I'm new to the window now and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see anything. I don't want to go outside.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus quiney, charl see hello, get somebody out here? What

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<v Speaker 2>quin announced their? I's thought of a bitch of about

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<v Speaker 2>sixty foot nine? I don't know, easy announcer. Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking right away.

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<v Speaker 3>M hmm.

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<v Speaker 4>Greetings. Thank you for joining me today. What you just

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<v Speaker 4>listened to that opening minute eight seconds or whatever. The

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<v Speaker 4>first thirty two to thirty four seconds is the original,

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<v Speaker 4>and I got it on a loop to where it

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<v Speaker 4>plays the amplified version in the last thirty four seconds

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<v Speaker 4>of that. Just to illustrate, I had to have my

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<v Speaker 4>tech guy pull out the generator of background noise isolate

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<v Speaker 4>those noises so you can actually hear what. We'll give

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<v Speaker 4>her the name of Miss Sally, what she heard that

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<v Speaker 4>day when she recorded it. Now, obviously those weren't al

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<v Speaker 4>hoots because al's if you notice, for she hooted back

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<v Speaker 4>in the amplified portion, you could hear one just go.

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<v Speaker 4>Owls don't do that. They just don't. Not that I've

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<v Speaker 4>ever heard. That comes from the Delta Clearwater River up

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<v Speaker 4>in the interior. It's just an example of that alhut

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<v Speaker 4>high pitch whistle, al hoot, the scream. Hear a lot

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<v Speaker 4>about the scream. I'm working on a couple of encounters

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<v Speaker 4>with some people from the village that had some pretty

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<v Speaker 4>horrifically horrible things going on. I'll pre warn people, but

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<v Speaker 4>it involves dogs being killed and some other stuff, pretty

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<v Speaker 4>horrible shit. The video comes from Miss Sally. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 4>she lived up in the Delta Clearwater area. She didn't

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<v Speaker 4>specify exactly when that was recorded, but it was either

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<v Speaker 4>between twenty fifteen and twenty seventeen ish, give or take.

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<v Speaker 4>She was unavailable to go over some of the finer

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<v Speaker 4>points of what happened during her ordeal up there, So

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to give you what I have already pre

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<v Speaker 4>apologize to her if I get some things out of Lye. Chronologically,

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<v Speaker 4>it started in December twenty fifteen. Her and her boyfriend

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<v Speaker 4>at the time. She was in a rental house there

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<v Speaker 4>right on the river. They had their own personal hot

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<v Speaker 4>tubs set up on this little knoll next to their rental,

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<v Speaker 4>not twenty five feet away. If that they get into

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<v Speaker 4>the hot tub, they're enjoying it cold minus ten. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't get into hot tubs in that temperature. I don't care.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the getting out that's the hard part. As they're

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<v Speaker 4>sitting there trying to relax or whatever, they hear this

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<v Speaker 4>high pitched scream type whistle coming from the river roar

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<v Speaker 4>type scream whistle. Unless you've heard it, it's hard to explain.

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<v Speaker 4>It is loud on multiple octaves all at once. It's jarring.

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<v Speaker 4>It'll jar your system. Even if you hear it a

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<v Speaker 4>mile away, something will strike you inside. They heard that,

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<v Speaker 4>and what the hell, what the hell is this? A

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<v Speaker 4>rock gets thrown, bounces off of the hot tub. Her

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<v Speaker 4>dogs would not go out use a bad She would

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<v Speaker 4>typically let them out the back door. They wanted no

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<v Speaker 4>part of going out the back door towards the hot tub.

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<v Speaker 4>You got to understand, they're approximately seventy five feet off

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<v Speaker 4>the river. I'm not far from the river. From that

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<v Speaker 4>video footage, you could tell they're not far from the river.

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<v Speaker 4>That's not a pond, that's just a slow moving river.

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<v Speaker 4>Dogs won't go out back. She has to force them

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<v Speaker 4>out the front to the bottom of the stairs. They

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<v Speaker 4>won't leave the bottom of the stairs. They handle their business.

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<v Speaker 4>Not too many days later, she notices fresh tracks and

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<v Speaker 4>the snow going towards her power pole. She figured meter

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<v Speaker 4>reader went over there to read, but then at Donna onder,

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<v Speaker 4>wait a minute, the meter is not over there, that's

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<v Speaker 4>just the pole. Upon investigating, she noticed in line tracks

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<v Speaker 4>going right down the bank of the river and disappearing

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<v Speaker 4>along the bank of the river. Just sorryings, tracks and

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<v Speaker 4>whoops and haulers as their time goes on. There she's

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<v Speaker 4>dealing with things like that, and of course the recording

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<v Speaker 4>that you guys heard the al hoots. On top of that,

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<v Speaker 4>she had made mention that she was really paying attention.

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<v Speaker 4>She said it seemed like activity would ramp up around April,

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<v Speaker 4>die off over the summer, and ramp up again into

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<v Speaker 4>the fall. Rocks being thrown in the river, all the

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<v Speaker 4>al hoots, the screams. In twenty seventeen, her and her

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<v Speaker 4>boyfriend bottle land bout half mile upriver from their rental.

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<v Speaker 4>They're clearing a lot. As they're clearing a lot, there's

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<v Speaker 4>rocks being thrown. There's more hoots, whistles, high pitch whistles,

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<v Speaker 4>the dogs acting unlike themselves. Anytime these things come around,

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<v Speaker 4>they just wouldn't act like themselves. The hardest part was

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<v Speaker 4>the rock throwing thing, because it was random. They get

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<v Speaker 4>it built on what have you. They no longer live there.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't get a straight answer on whether it was

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<v Speaker 4>because of these things are just life circumstances separated them

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<v Speaker 4>from the area. Thank you, miss Sally for sharing that

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<v Speaker 4>audio making it available for us to check out so

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<v Speaker 4>people can get an idea of what we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 4>When we say the imitation ol hoots, there's no mistaking

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<v Speaker 4>what you're hearing. Once you're hearing something imitate an owl,

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<v Speaker 4>it's not a bear imitating an owl to lure in

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<v Speaker 4>an owl to get and none of that crap. Only

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<v Speaker 4>these things do that. Just keep that in mind. I

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<v Speaker 4>got a report of recently a guy coming back from

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<v Speaker 4>snow machining up off the Donaley Highway. He had some

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<v Speaker 4>trailer issues. One of his tie downs came loose. He

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<v Speaker 4>stopped and he was approximately he said, about two miles

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<v Speaker 4>from Paxson, coming from the Donaley's side towards the Glen

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<v Speaker 4>Allen side, going towards the Richardson Highway. As he stopped

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<v Speaker 4>to check his trailer because a couple of people were

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<v Speaker 4>honking and flashing. He looked was tighthounds messed up. So

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<v Speaker 4>he gets out immediately. When he stops his truck, a

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<v Speaker 4>couple other people pass him. He waits for it to

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<v Speaker 4>be cleared. He waited till he was on a straight stretch.

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<v Speaker 4>Smart guy. He doesn't want to be on the bend

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<v Speaker 4>of somewhere and someone come around the corner in the

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<v Speaker 4>snow and slide into him. So he's being responsible. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>he waits for the traffic and he hops out. He

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<v Speaker 4>goes back and he's ondoing a little sense strap and

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<v Speaker 4>a little ratchets deal getting things cinched back down. He

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<v Speaker 4>gets this eerie feeling like he's being watched. So he

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<v Speaker 4>looks around to see if there's a snow machine or

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<v Speaker 4>park somewhere, just you know, taking a break watching him.

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<v Speaker 4>He didn't see anything. He turns around to directly behind him,

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<v Speaker 4>there's scrubbrush and a couple of the black spruce that

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<v Speaker 4>are starting to get up into the hills there. He

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<v Speaker 4>gets a creepy feeling. It's just he's just scanning the

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<v Speaker 4>tree lined so he turns on and goes back to

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<v Speaker 4>what he was doing. Alho, very similar to what the

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<v Speaker 4>amplified version of that audio was, but he said it

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<v Speaker 4>was much louder. He said it would have been like

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<v Speaker 4>something a thousand pounds plus imitating an owl. He felt

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<v Speaker 4>it in his body, the woo. He said, he felt

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<v Speaker 4>a stirring in his spirit. Something told him he needed

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<v Speaker 4>to pray right. So he's doing his ratchets strapped thing.

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<v Speaker 4>He starts praying out loud, Lord Jesus, please help me.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what's going on, but I don't feel right.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 4>Sooner that he says that, he hears al hoots and

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<v Speaker 4>a whoop, and he turns around and he sees something

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<v Speaker 4>dark in those trees moving away up the hill. And

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<v Speaker 4>as it's moving away up the hill, it's letting out

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<v Speaker 4>this weird scream, like that xylophone weird sound, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>breaking stuff as it's moving away. One of the things

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<v Speaker 4>he said stuck out to him was after the initial

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<v Speaker 4>hoots that he felt and he got quiet and started

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<v Speaker 4>to pray. It got dead quiet everywhere, he said. At

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<v Speaker 4>one point he could hear snow machines off in the

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<v Speaker 4>distance and stuff. But he said, in those moments, everything

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<v Speaker 4>got dead quiet. He said his prayer, and then he

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<v Speaker 4>said it out loud, and then noise erupted in this

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<v Speaker 4>thing moved away. Just food for thought. That to me

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<v Speaker 4>speaks volumes again. Thanks miss Sally. Truck driver with the

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<v Speaker 4>snow machines, what we'll just call him Chuck. Thank you

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<v Speaker 4>Chuck for sharing that. He just wanted anonymity. He didn't

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<v Speaker 4>care if I shared what happened. He just basically helped

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<v Speaker 4>me out to get a pinpoint on the map so

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<v Speaker 4>people are aware. That's another thing. Check out the map,

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<v Speaker 4>the interactive map. Getting around to an update of Vincent

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<v Speaker 4>Wassly's experience. When I initially had shared his experience up

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<v Speaker 4>up the Cayagilic River, I hadn't spoken to his sister

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<v Speaker 4>personally since the video uploaded, I've had a chance to

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<v Speaker 4>speak to her. He dug out some photos from a

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<v Speaker 4>year or two after with the tracks and the tundra

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<v Speaker 4>and whatnot, which is at the beginning of this video.

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<v Speaker 4>Also a little screenshot of the map on exactly where

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<v Speaker 4>the location was. Separate from Vincent's experience, I also heard

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<v Speaker 4>from some different villagers about some very picking incidences. So

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<v Speaker 4>back in twenty eleven, in the fall, Vincent, his sister, Grace,

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<v Speaker 4>and another relative they went out moose hunting. They were

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<v Speaker 4>a good distance away from the village. What ended up

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<v Speaker 4>happening is Vincent didn't eat that day. So where they

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<v Speaker 4>ended up shoring up on the river bank. He decided

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<v Speaker 4>to go up on the tundra, find a berry patch

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<v Speaker 4>and eat some berries. He was about one hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>fifty two hundred feet away from the river bank whereas

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<v Speaker 4>sister and cousin were. As he starts to pick berries,

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<v Speaker 4>he hears this long drawn out He says, it sounded

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<v Speaker 4>like a cow moose call, just drawn out. He realized

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<v Speaker 4>after hearing it that moose don't make that kind of

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<v Speaker 4>long drawn out noise. Bears sure, don't a man. A

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<v Speaker 4>person just isn't capable that long and that loud, because

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<v Speaker 4>he said it echoed around the lake, which if you

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<v Speaker 4>look on the map, it's a fairly large lake. But

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<v Speaker 4>as he was sitting there eating his berries, he came

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<v Speaker 4>to the conclusion of it probably a hairy man, and

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<v Speaker 4>he got freaked out. While that was going on, his sister, Grace,

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<v Speaker 4>and their relative were up on this little rise off

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<v Speaker 4>in the distance. They saw what, she said looked like

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<v Speaker 4>something tall and skinny and brown. She was expecting it

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<v Speaker 4>to be a moose. This thing was going up the

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<v Speaker 4>rise a little ways, like at a forty five degree angle,

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<v Speaker 4>and coming back down by this tree. She kept expecting

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<v Speaker 4>it to turn broadside see the moose, but it didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>After watching it a little bit, she realized it was

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<v Speaker 4>a hairy man going back and forth. She said, it

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<v Speaker 4>looked like it was looking for something, because it would

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<v Speaker 4>come down by this little tree and just stand by

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<v Speaker 4>the tree like it was looking at the tree for something,

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<v Speaker 4>and then it would go right back over to where

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<v Speaker 4>it was just real odd behavior, she stated. Her cousin

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<v Speaker 4>didn't say much different as far as that was concerned,

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<v Speaker 4>but once vincent gets back to the skiff from where

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<v Speaker 4>he was, they just kept it on the hush because

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<v Speaker 4>Vincent was a little freaked out by it. Totally understandable

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<v Speaker 4>for something to make that loud of a noise at

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<v Speaker 4>that distance, for it to echo around. These are native villagers.

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<v Speaker 4>They know their area. Just look at the map. They

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<v Speaker 4>go around there all the time without a map. They

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<v Speaker 4>know their area, they know what's in it, they know

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<v Speaker 4>where to go for berries for fishing. When Vincent gets

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<v Speaker 4>back to the skiff asked, hey, did you guys hear that,

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<v Speaker 4>they left it alone and said no. When Vincent until

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<v Speaker 4>about a week or so later, heard a similar sound

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<v Speaker 4>on a Bigfoot show, he was like, that was it.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's when his sister and cousin came forward and said,

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<v Speaker 4>we heard it too, but you were freaked out and

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<v Speaker 4>we didn't want to keep you going kind of deal,

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<v Speaker 4>which is totally understandable. Something to understand about a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of natives. They don't typically share these things. So I'm

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<v Speaker 4>very thankful to Vincent for coming forward and be willing

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<v Speaker 4>to share, because there's a lot of natives that want

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<v Speaker 4>to remain anonymous, which I totally understand. They have to

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<v Speaker 4>live there, regardless if everyone knows it's there, there's still,

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<v Speaker 4>for some reason, there's still this It's almost like a

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<v Speaker 4>shame type of deal, even though it's not anyone's fault

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<v Speaker 4>any of these experiences that I've shared with you guys,

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<v Speaker 4>it's no one's fault that they were put in that position.

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<v Speaker 4>Separate from Vincent, in twenty twenty one, there was a

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<v Speaker 4>group of women and children near the same area that

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<v Speaker 4>a year or two after that experience Vincent had with

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<v Speaker 4>his sister and cousin. They were further up the I

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<v Speaker 4>believe he said it was a Johnson River near the

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<v Speaker 4>Kowskag Mountains, and that's where the track came from. They

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<v Speaker 4>thought it was a bear track initially, they followed it

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<v Speaker 4>through the brush to the opening, saw what kind of

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<v Speaker 4>track it was. Tracking was over. If you look at

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<v Speaker 4>those tracks, the amount of weight to break through to

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<v Speaker 4>the soil that's immense, So you're talking thousand pounds plus.

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<v Speaker 4>I doubt if all three of them that were there

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<v Speaker 4>at the time jumped on each other's back, they could

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<v Speaker 4>have impressed the ground that deeply. Very compelling stuff. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>sure there's a lot of other villagers with a whole

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<v Speaker 4>lot of stuff out there. It just doesn't get shared around.

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<v Speaker 4>We might see a blip on Facebook here and there,

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<v Speaker 4>but typically because immediately people will start saying they're fake

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<v Speaker 4>or whatever. Most natives they just don't post just because

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<v Speaker 4>of the ridicule. And I don't blame them. Why I

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<v Speaker 4>put yourself out there just to be shot down or

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<v Speaker 4>made fun of or called the liar. Things of that nature.

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<v Speaker 4>Separate from Vincent. These other villagers in twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 4>They were approximately three point six miles outside of the village.

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<v Speaker 4>There was a group of women and children. The males

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<v Speaker 4>that were in the party were off berry picking. The

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<v Speaker 4>women and children were in this one area near the gifts,

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<v Speaker 4>doing their thing, hanging out.

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<v Speaker 1>And stay tuned for more sasquatch out to see. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>be right back after these messages.

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<v Speaker 4>Way off in the distance, they see this dark thing

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<v Speaker 4>moving backwards and forwards. One of the first things asked

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<v Speaker 4>to an elder is do we look that tall at

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<v Speaker 4>that distance? Because it was a younger person in the group.

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<v Speaker 4>They all said no, So they all start watching this thing.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just going back and forth. I asked if there

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<v Speaker 4>was any creepy feelings, and it was more of a

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<v Speaker 4>curiosity thing, because I think the distance alleviated the immediate fear.

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<v Speaker 4>This went on for a while. They wanted to holler

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<v Speaker 4>and get the attention of the guys that were in

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<v Speaker 4>the group just down a ways, but they didn't want

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<v Speaker 4>to draw attention to the people bury picking, pretend give

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<v Speaker 4>the hairy man a reason to look after him, or

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<v Speaker 4>basically didn't want to draw attention to the berry pickers,

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<v Speaker 4>so they just stayed quiet. Once the people made their

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<v Speaker 4>way back to the skiff, they pointed out they all looked, well,

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<v Speaker 4>this thing came and dropped down in the tundra. Whether

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<v Speaker 4>it was hiding or disappeared somehow, they couldn't tell because

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<v Speaker 4>of the distance, but it was definitely not a villager.

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<v Speaker 4>It was too big. I'm just mentally envisioning this scene

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<v Speaker 4>moving back and forth and then dropping down in the tundra.

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<v Speaker 4>There's little drops, it's very uneven on the tundra. You'll

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<v Speaker 4>have little mounds, you'll have smaller rises with maybe some

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<v Speaker 4>black spruce, all this kind of thing. So it's a

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<v Speaker 4>very terrain. Even though it may look flat on a map,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not the case. Once you get down to the ground,

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<v Speaker 4>you got the spongy moss, the tundra, the berry bushes.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a bumpy terrain. This thing had just dropped down.

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<v Speaker 4>It was either hiding or something else. All they know

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<v Speaker 4>is that it disappeared. My first thought when I heard

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<v Speaker 4>that was the spider crawl deal. Some creepy shit. Regardless,

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of my fellow natives that share their experience,

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<v Speaker 4>their integrity is such that if I missed up on something,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna hear from Vincent on this, because out from

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<v Speaker 4>the village, you need to know exactly what batcha tundra,

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<v Speaker 4>what this and that is. There was another barry picker

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<v Speaker 4>during that same thing where the one disappeared. Once they

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<v Speaker 4>talked to this person later, which was right in the

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<v Speaker 4>immediate area, just not right with the women and children

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<v Speaker 4>and such. He had his own skiff and was doing

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<v Speaker 4>his own thing, but near there he reported feeling watched

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<v Speaker 4>and got creeped out and left out of there soon.

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<v Speaker 4>So I didn't forget that part. Vincent almost did. My

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<v Speaker 4>point being is very meticulous with the integrity of what

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<v Speaker 4>they're sharing. If I missed anything, I'm sure I'll get

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<v Speaker 4>a text or a call from Vincent. He'll set me

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<v Speaker 4>straight on it. So I apologize ahead of time. Vincent's

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<v Speaker 4>experience happened in twenty eleven. The following year or the

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<v Speaker 4>year after, He's not quite sure sure was when they

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<v Speaker 4>got the photos on the tundra. The last part of

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<v Speaker 4>this experience happened to separate villagers in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 4>three point six miles away from the village. Vincent is

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<v Speaker 4>reaching out to other villagers to see if they'll come forward.

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<v Speaker 4>It can be tough just because of the amount of ridicule.

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<v Speaker 4>There's people that will post on Facebook and immediately get

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<v Speaker 4>ripped the shreds by others. It's really unfortunate because a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of people doing that, dishing out the ridicule moren't

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<v Speaker 4>likely have never gotten off their lazy ass and been

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<v Speaker 4>out in the woods or anywhere remote. You got to understand,

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<v Speaker 4>this is west of Bethel, north of Nunapitchuk. It's the

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<v Speaker 4>epitome of remote. You can't get any more remote than that.

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<v Speaker 4>I make a joke, and I say it jokingly, but

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<v Speaker 4>you step off the road anywhere in Alaska, you're automatically remote.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just how it is. We have moots that come through,

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<v Speaker 4>we have bears that come through, fox you name it.

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<v Speaker 4>There's wildlife everywhere. It's one of the few places like

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<v Speaker 4>I know down in the States there's black bear problems,

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<v Speaker 4>stuff like this deer will come in. But up here,

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<v Speaker 4>when the wildlife comes through, it's wildlife. There's no tameness

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<v Speaker 4>to a moose. A moose will stomp you to death.

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<v Speaker 4>I got a moose that's been coming around for the

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<v Speaker 4>past few days. I gotta make sure I watch out

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<v Speaker 4>for the dogs. Go outside first and take a look

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<v Speaker 4>around with the flashlight. Make sure there's not a moose

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<v Speaker 4>betted down in your yard, because if you let your

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<v Speaker 4>dogs out, they're immediately going to run towards the moose.

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<v Speaker 4>Most is gonna stand up in Benji's life. You don't

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<v Speaker 4>want that. That's an ugly scene. Trust me, you don't

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<v Speaker 4>want that at all. Thanks to Vincent, thanks to those

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<v Speaker 4>other villagers, I also encourage other villagers who have had

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<v Speaker 4>experiences go ahead and share. I'll keep your name out

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<v Speaker 4>of it. If you want the exact locations left out,

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<v Speaker 4>I've already done that several times for others. But let's

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<v Speaker 4>get these things shared with everybody so that way it's

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<v Speaker 4>more known and less likely to run into ridicule in

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<v Speaker 4>the future. Again, I'm gonna think Vincent. Although those others

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<v Speaker 4>who have shared, I want to thank all my fellow

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<v Speaker 4>Natives that have been reaching out sharing. I know it's

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<v Speaker 4>not easy and I appreciate you coming forward again those

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<v Speaker 4>who want to share and keep your name out of it,

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<v Speaker 4>exact location out of it. I view it more public safety.

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<v Speaker 4>So if you have something to share, just reach out,

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<v Speaker 4>no judgment. Let me hear it. Even if I don't

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<v Speaker 4>share it with others. It's good to get it off

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<v Speaker 4>your chest, for one, but I'd prefer to be able

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<v Speaker 4>to share with everybody under public safety. We all go

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<v Speaker 4>out in the woods up here. Today's share is a

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<v Speaker 4>perfect example of that. Doug first Nations his wife Claire.

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<v Speaker 4>He's been living in Anchorage for the last fifteen years

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<v Speaker 4>since he got out of college. Now, his adventure started

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<v Speaker 4>not this last fall, but the year before, where he

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<v Speaker 4>went hunting outside of his traditional homelands where he's used

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<v Speaker 4>to hunting. They ended up in a very familiar place

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<v Speaker 4>to me, which is south of the d Nale Highway

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<v Speaker 4>along the north fork of the Golcana River. Would be

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<v Speaker 4>south to Swede Lake, just north of the alphabet. Says.

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<v Speaker 4>We call him the Alphabet Mountains on his hunting trip.

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<v Speaker 4>That initially sparked his curiosity about the place. They had

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<v Speaker 4>a great caribou hunt trip and he loved it. So

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<v Speaker 4>he told himself when he made it back from that trip,

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<v Speaker 4>I told his wife Claire that next year, I want

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<v Speaker 4>you and his fifteen year old son to go with him.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll just us three go. Because when he went, they

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<v Speaker 4>saw a black bear, they saw some moose, and they

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<v Speaker 4>saw the cariboos. So in his mind's eye, it was

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<v Speaker 4>a relatively safe place. Of course, he'd go bloated for bear,

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<v Speaker 4>so to speak. He got a good vibe about the

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<v Speaker 4>area and what was going on. He felt totally comfortable

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<v Speaker 4>that this last fall, taking Claire and his fifteen year

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<v Speaker 4>old son back out there. Once they got to the

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<v Speaker 4>hunting grounds, that parking lot was packed, very packed, a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of trailers and everything, and so he was thinking

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<v Speaker 4>the worse. He had invested money in new four wheel

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<v Speaker 4>it won for his wife and son to ride on,

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<v Speaker 4>went for him to tow basically their equipment. Just spend

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<v Speaker 4>a good four or five, maybe even six days depending

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<v Speaker 4>on how well it went out there. Well, he was like, yeah, dang,

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<v Speaker 4>we're here, let's make the best of it. So they

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<v Speaker 4>load up and it's a few hours, taking their time

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<v Speaker 4>getting down to the north fork of the Golcna where

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<v Speaker 4>they crossed again. Once you pass Swede Lake on this

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<v Speaker 4>particular trail, you have to drop down to the north

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<v Speaker 4>fork of the Gold Cana. They had gotten to the

414
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<v Speaker 4>crest to drop down to the river at daylight. It

415
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<v Speaker 4>was frosty. It was nerve wracking getting down there. New

416
00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.839
<v Speaker 4>equipment to him, he's an avid four wheeler rider, but

417
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<v Speaker 4>just learning the quarks of the new machine. His wife

418
00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.720
<v Speaker 4>not being very experienced, so he had a lot of concerns.

419
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<v Speaker 4>So he went down first with the trailer, and then

420
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<v Speaker 4>they had a little handheld walkie talkies and he radioed up,

421
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<v Speaker 4>come on down, ride the brake because it's a pretty

422
00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:54.920
<v Speaker 4>steep drop. They get down there, they find a good

423
00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.880
<v Speaker 4>crossing spot. It wasn't overly high because it hadn't been

424
00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:01.680
<v Speaker 4>raining too much. They get a cross and it's shantytown.

425
00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.200
<v Speaker 4>Anyone who's been there knows exactly what I'm talking about.

426
00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.839
<v Speaker 4>If it looks like Somalia with all little shannies and

427
00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:11.200
<v Speaker 4>little makeshift hunting sites, and it literally runs along the

428
00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.200
<v Speaker 4>trail all the way up to the foothills of the alphabets.

429
00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:17.839
<v Speaker 4>Damned sing I've ever seen so. Once they crossed, he decides,

430
00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:21.599
<v Speaker 4>I don't want to be in shantytown. He decides he's

431
00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.440
<v Speaker 4>going to head basically due west. He picked a trail

432
00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:28.160
<v Speaker 4>that was not the best trail that went right along

433
00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:31.759
<v Speaker 4>the river, and it'd been obviously not well used or

434
00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:34.759
<v Speaker 4>anyone to maintain, so as he's going along he'd have

435
00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:39.079
<v Speaker 4>to stop hack stuff down. It was work. So he

436
00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:41.319
<v Speaker 4>finally gets to a spot and they cut across the

437
00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:44.319
<v Speaker 4>tundra to the bottom of one of these buttes. Now

438
00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:48.680
<v Speaker 4>out there, it's basically rolling hills. I don't consider o mountains,

439
00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:51.599
<v Speaker 4>but whatever, big rolling hills and some of these butte

440
00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:54.640
<v Speaker 4>like structures coming out of the tundra. He sees one

441
00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:56.799
<v Speaker 4>off in the distance and says, that's a good one.

442
00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:59.160
<v Speaker 4>I know right where to find the river. We won't

443
00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:01.839
<v Speaker 4>get lost, easy to find camp at the end of

444
00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:04.640
<v Speaker 4>the day. We'll go there. They break trail, find some

445
00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.480
<v Speaker 4>old trails and fight through and finally get there. After

446
00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:12.160
<v Speaker 4>getting well familiar with this winch getting unstuck in everything.

447
00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.720
<v Speaker 4>They pick a spot basically on a small shelf, and

448
00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:19.519
<v Speaker 4>there's other shelves above them. Going up this butte now

449
00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:22.599
<v Speaker 4>where he picked, he scouted first. Once they got there,

450
00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.960
<v Speaker 4>the wife and the boy, Claire and his son were

451
00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:27.960
<v Speaker 4>eating lunch. They had premade some sandwiches or whatever, and

452
00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.839
<v Speaker 4>he took a sandwich and went for a little walk,

453
00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:33.240
<v Speaker 4>looking to make sure there wasn't big loose rocks, any

454
00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:35.559
<v Speaker 4>kind of hazards that may come down on them. There

455
00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:38.079
<v Speaker 4>was nothing. It was a shale like rock. Nothing to

456
00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:40.839
<v Speaker 4>be concerned about as far as anything tumbling down on him.

457
00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.640
<v Speaker 4>Satisfied with that, they break out camp now. He invested

458
00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.839
<v Speaker 4>in a ten x twelve heavy duty canvas tent from

459
00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:52.200
<v Speaker 4>Alaska Tent and Tark also bought a three four hundred

460
00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:54.559
<v Speaker 4>dollars a little wood stove. He wanted his family to

461
00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:57.799
<v Speaker 4>be comfortable because he was cold the year before and

462
00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.640
<v Speaker 4>wasn't going to have that for his family. He wanted,

463
00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:04.519
<v Speaker 4>you know, comfort, go hamping, as he called it. They're

464
00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.000
<v Speaker 4>all set up. It's just past midday when they're fully

465
00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:12.039
<v Speaker 4>set up, maybe closer towards evening. He doesn't remember offhand,

466
00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.880
<v Speaker 4>because there's so much going on with unpacking and getting

467
00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:18.000
<v Speaker 4>stuff right and all that. His wife, Claire starts cooking

468
00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:20.559
<v Speaker 4>they brought a couple different ways to cook. One was

469
00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:24.519
<v Speaker 4>to cook directly on the stove with the cast iron

470
00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.920
<v Speaker 4>skillet or standard Coleman for burner. His wife's cooking on

471
00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:30.319
<v Speaker 4>the four burner and they have it on the back

472
00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.759
<v Speaker 4>of the kerfour wheeler. As she's cooking, he said, he

473
00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:38.440
<v Speaker 4>kept carrying a weird, very sharp piercing whistle way off

474
00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:41.480
<v Speaker 4>in the distance. It was the damnedest thing he ever heard,

475
00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:44.839
<v Speaker 4>because it wasn't a whistle that he had ever heard

476
00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:46.799
<v Speaker 4>in all of his years in Alaska. You know, he

477
00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:49.680
<v Speaker 4>chalks it up till I'm from up north. It's probably

478
00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:52.440
<v Speaker 4>just something I haven't experienced down here, and it just

479
00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.680
<v Speaker 4>didn't happen last year for whatever reason. So he's dismissing things.

480
00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.599
<v Speaker 4>It gets to a point of this whistling over time,

481
00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.799
<v Speaker 4>it's not happening out of regular cadence. It sounds like

482
00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.160
<v Speaker 4>it's getting closer, and he's this is the Dana sing

483
00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:10.039
<v Speaker 4>and it sounds like it's okay. In that area, there's

484
00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:12.000
<v Speaker 4>a small little bit of a valley from the north

485
00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:14.359
<v Speaker 4>fork of the Gold Canna to the Alphabets. It's those

486
00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:16.400
<v Speaker 4>a few beaver ponds. They got the river on the

487
00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:19.599
<v Speaker 4>far side of the valley, various scrub rush and stuff,

488
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.279
<v Speaker 4>so he's thinking it sounds like it's coming from just

489
00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.000
<v Speaker 4>up on our side of the valley, but who knows,

490
00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:28.480
<v Speaker 4>Maybe it's a hunter. They're lost. They got a whistle

491
00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:31.640
<v Speaker 4>to get someone's attention. So he's like, all right, since

492
00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:34.039
<v Speaker 4>you're cooking, I'm gonna jump on my wheeler, since I

493
00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:36.799
<v Speaker 4>had the more powerful four wheeler, and I'm going to

494
00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:39.880
<v Speaker 4>go over that way, and I'm going to see who's

495
00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.759
<v Speaker 4>whistling and they might need help. And his wife's all fours, yeah,

496
00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:46.119
<v Speaker 4>go ahead. He grabs his firearms, puts he had a

497
00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:49.160
<v Speaker 4>four to fifty four cussole on his hip. I believe

498
00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:51.680
<v Speaker 4>he just had a thirty out six rifle over his

499
00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:54.440
<v Speaker 4>shoulder that our a three hundred win mag He had

500
00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.599
<v Speaker 4>named both, but he said he brought one and I

501
00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.640
<v Speaker 4>forget exactly which one. Anyway, high caliber rifle. He rips

502
00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:05.319
<v Speaker 4>on out there, doesn't hear anything again, sees nothing, gets

503
00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:08.079
<v Speaker 4>to a point where he just gets this overwhelming feeling

504
00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:10.599
<v Speaker 4>he's being washed and gets the creeps. He said he

505
00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:14.240
<v Speaker 4>wanted to flee his skin, so he followed his gut,

506
00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.359
<v Speaker 4>turned around and went right back to camp. He only

507
00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:19.440
<v Speaker 4>went back about a mile and a half. Once he

508
00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:22.279
<v Speaker 4>gets back to camp, the food has been done. It's

509
00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:24.200
<v Speaker 4>getting cool. His wife warms it up a little bit

510
00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:26.799
<v Speaker 4>for him, and they all took into the canvas tent

511
00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:29.559
<v Speaker 4>and he's looking over topographical maps on where he wants

512
00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.680
<v Speaker 4>to take the three of them first light, go looking

513
00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.680
<v Speaker 4>for these caribou because he had a few spots he

514
00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:36.559
<v Speaker 4>had picked out the year before that. Oh, that would

515
00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:39.240
<v Speaker 4>be a good spot kind of thing. He eats. They're

516
00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:42.359
<v Speaker 4>all lounging around, just talking family stuff, just family talk.

517
00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:45.559
<v Speaker 4>He went outside of the tent to use the bathroom.

518
00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:48.880
<v Speaker 4>They brought one of those little five gallon bucket lovable loes.

519
00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:51.359
<v Speaker 4>I actually got one over on my porch, basically a

520
00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.880
<v Speaker 4>five gallon bucket with a makeshift toilet seat on the

521
00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:56.519
<v Speaker 4>top that latches shut. They had one of those. So

522
00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.880
<v Speaker 4>he went off to do his business. It's gutting on

523
00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:03.519
<v Speaker 4>in the dark, about twilight. As he's sitting taking care

524
00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:07.400
<v Speaker 4>of his business, he hears a scream. It sounded way

525
00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:11.440
<v Speaker 4>off in the distance. He said. The scream gave him

526
00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.119
<v Speaker 4>the shivers from head to toe. He didn't feel it

527
00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:18.319
<v Speaker 4>was natural. He finishes his business and commences to set

528
00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:22.279
<v Speaker 4>up a tarp around this little porta potter area for

529
00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:25.920
<v Speaker 4>his wife's privacy. Trying to think ahead. Just Board really

530
00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.720
<v Speaker 4>gets it all set up, goes back in the tent.

531
00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:31.759
<v Speaker 4>Now it's on into full on dark. He said. It

532
00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:34.319
<v Speaker 4>had been about forty five minutes had passed and darkness

533
00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:37.319
<v Speaker 4>has set in. There's just the slightest twinge of twilight

534
00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:40.720
<v Speaker 4>in the sky. He hears another scream that sounds like

535
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.319
<v Speaker 4>he's coming right up at the top of this butte

536
00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:46.640
<v Speaker 4>that they're basically at the base of. And he was like,

537
00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:51.160
<v Speaker 4>what the hell? He said. It was so ear piercingly loud,

538
00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:54.200
<v Speaker 4>but yet low. It sounded like there was a couple off.

539
00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:58.839
<v Speaker 4>There's one real high, one real low. It just reverberated

540
00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.480
<v Speaker 4>across the valley. He was like, Wow, that's going to

541
00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:04.200
<v Speaker 4>wake a lot of people up. As he's sitting there

542
00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:09.599
<v Speaker 4>contemplating the scream, he starts thinking back to his childhood

543
00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:13.559
<v Speaker 4>and stories of the Harryman. He thought to himself. Initially, No,

544
00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:17.720
<v Speaker 4>there's young hunters out there whooping it up, partying. They'll

545
00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:22.720
<v Speaker 4>calm down. So he dismisses that. About another hour, he said,

546
00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:25.960
<v Speaker 4>goes by his son out of boredom, Battery's dying on

547
00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:30.799
<v Speaker 4>his little handheld video game. Decides he's gonna go out.

548
00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:34.440
<v Speaker 4>They were going to start a campfire, roast some marshmallows

549
00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:37.000
<v Speaker 4>before calling it at night. He goes out, him and

550
00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:39.440
<v Speaker 4>his boy. His mom's getting all the ground crackers and

551
00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:42.000
<v Speaker 4>all that kind of stuff ready for the s'mores. They're

552
00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:46.119
<v Speaker 4>building the fire and they hear another scream. This one

553
00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:50.160
<v Speaker 4>sounded a little bit closer than the other scream, but

554
00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:53.039
<v Speaker 4>he said it really spooked his son. His son didn't

555
00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:55.119
<v Speaker 4>want s'mores anymore. He didn't want to be outside of

556
00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:57.000
<v Speaker 4>the tent. He didn't even want to be there, but

557
00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:59.720
<v Speaker 4>he especially didn't want to leave the inside of the tent.

558
00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.880
<v Speaker 4>In his young mind, that was a false sense of security, basically,

559
00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:08.400
<v Speaker 4>I get it. So as Doug is sitting there talking

560
00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:10.319
<v Speaker 4>to his wife, because his wife heard it very clearly,

561
00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:13.000
<v Speaker 4>comes out and goes another scream that's not a closer,

562
00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:16.319
<v Speaker 4>and so they're discussing this. As they're talking about it,

563
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:19.119
<v Speaker 4>they had just gotten the fire going. He says, I'm

564
00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:21.920
<v Speaker 4>just gonna let this burn out. I'll watch it. I'll

565
00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.079
<v Speaker 4>keep watching and keep listening. You guys can stay in

566
00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:27.160
<v Speaker 4>the tent. Or whatever, and she goes, no, I'll sit

567
00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:29.039
<v Speaker 4>out here with you for a little bit. So as

568
00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:31.480
<v Speaker 4>they're sitting out there, he told her some of the

569
00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:34.920
<v Speaker 4>hairy man stories he had heard, but he was still

570
00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:37.119
<v Speaker 4>basically on the fence. He goes, I heard the stories

571
00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:39.039
<v Speaker 4>and I met people that told them to me, but

572
00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:42.599
<v Speaker 4>I haven't seen anything, so I don't know. They sit there,

573
00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.279
<v Speaker 4>they do their thing. The fire dies down enough where

574
00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:49.200
<v Speaker 4>he feels comfortable putting it out. They had limited fresh

575
00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:51.680
<v Speaker 4>water with them and not an immediate water source to

576
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.920
<v Speaker 4>douse it, so he basically let it burn down a

577
00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.920
<v Speaker 4>little more so he didn't have to use as much

578
00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.920
<v Speaker 4>water to kill the flames. It had been not recently raining,

579
00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:03.839
<v Speaker 4>but the ground was wet enough, but still just being responsible.

580
00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.559
<v Speaker 4>As he's pouring the water and it's steaming and everything. Immediately,

581
00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:10.160
<v Speaker 4>without the light of the fire, it starts getting real

582
00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:12.359
<v Speaker 4>dark around him. He has to pause what he's doing,

583
00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.759
<v Speaker 4>go on in the tent, put on a headlamp, comes

584
00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.039
<v Speaker 4>back out with his headlamp. On is doing his thing,

585
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.960
<v Speaker 4>kicking around the little pieces of log left and everything.

586
00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.839
<v Speaker 4>His wife and son were inside and they were reading

587
00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:26.319
<v Speaker 4>some book together. As he's standing by the fire. He

588
00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:30.279
<v Speaker 4>said he heard what he thought was a rock tumbling

589
00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:33.880
<v Speaker 4>down the side of this butte through the brush. He

590
00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:36.720
<v Speaker 4>got small willows and alders and stuff all through there.

591
00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:39.359
<v Speaker 4>He was like, oh crap, there's a rock tumbling. I

592
00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.960
<v Speaker 4>checked earlier. There was nothing loose. So he stopped and

593
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:46.119
<v Speaker 4>he's listening. He noticed that the sound wasn't coming directly down.

594
00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:50.200
<v Speaker 4>It was going crisscross back and then forth with the noise.

595
00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.880
<v Speaker 4>Once he started paying attention, it was easy for him

596
00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.839
<v Speaker 4>to discern what direction the noise was going. It was

597
00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:00.880
<v Speaker 4>something real heavy making, crashing and thrashing that happening. He

598
00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:04.240
<v Speaker 4>gets this eerie feeling of being watched again. This time

599
00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.079
<v Speaker 4>it's three times as bad, four times as bad as

600
00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:09.279
<v Speaker 4>what he felt on his little four wheeler trip. He

601
00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:12.920
<v Speaker 4>goes inside the tent, tells his wife keep a firearm

602
00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.480
<v Speaker 4>near you. I don't know what's going on, but there's

603
00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:18.519
<v Speaker 4>something big moving around just up the hill from us.

604
00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.359
<v Speaker 4>His wife wanted no parts of that. Shoe was like,

605
00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.480
<v Speaker 4>we'll lead this shit here, We'll get on the wheelers

606
00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:27.440
<v Speaker 4>and we'll get out of here. He calmed her down

607
00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:30.160
<v Speaker 4>and said, we can't necessarily do that safely in the

608
00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.680
<v Speaker 4>dark and then cross the river in the dark. We

609
00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:36.160
<v Speaker 4>can do it first light. She calms down. She grabs

610
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.480
<v Speaker 4>one of his firearms that he had brought for her

611
00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:41.039
<v Speaker 4>to have protection if she stayed in camp or whatever.

612
00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:44.240
<v Speaker 4>They had a king sized cot she's sitting on that.

613
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.039
<v Speaker 4>He's sitting on one end, but where the zipper for

614
00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:49.720
<v Speaker 4>the door is. They're sitting there. They had a couple

615
00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.079
<v Speaker 4>of those led lanterns on each side of the tent.

616
00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:56.599
<v Speaker 4>Up at the peak. Doug and his wife Claire were

617
00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:00.279
<v Speaker 4>discussing what they were going to initially bring on their

618
00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:02.400
<v Speaker 4>way out in the morning. Doug was telling her who

619
00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:05.319
<v Speaker 4>he was going to get help to come and retrieve

620
00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:08.320
<v Speaker 4>all the stuff. As they were discussing it, their son

621
00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:12.159
<v Speaker 4>was in the corner of this tent area on his

622
00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:15.639
<v Speaker 4>sleeping bags, just leaned back reading this book, but he

623
00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.519
<v Speaker 4>would look over and watch his parents. And as he

624
00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:22.599
<v Speaker 4>was doing so, he notices movement on the tent canvas.

625
00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:25.239
<v Speaker 4>Something was pushing it in and moving along on it.

626
00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.679
<v Speaker 4>He immediately started pointing and was like, Hey, what's that, Dad,

627
00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:31.280
<v Speaker 4>what's that? So Doug turns and looks and it's off

628
00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:33.360
<v Speaker 4>to his side and it was just behind where the

629
00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:36.719
<v Speaker 4>woodstove was. He saw the movement and said, hey, we're

630
00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:41.239
<v Speaker 4>in here. Yells, and then here's stood and crashing into

631
00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:45.800
<v Speaker 4>the brush. Everyone was freaked out. They ended up sitting

632
00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:50.239
<v Speaker 4>in the center of the tent with guns nearby. His

633
00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:52.039
<v Speaker 4>son knew how to shoot, so he made sure his

634
00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:55.079
<v Speaker 4>son was armed. They were basically all back to back

635
00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.199
<v Speaker 4>periodically looking for movement on the tent. They heard the

636
00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:01.519
<v Speaker 4>thrashing in this sho when he said hey, we're in here.

637
00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:04.119
<v Speaker 4>It was dead quiet. The rest of the night. None

638
00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:07.719
<v Speaker 4>of them slept until just before dawn. His son fell asleep,

639
00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:11.840
<v Speaker 4>Claire was starting to doze. Just as they were starting

640
00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:14.480
<v Speaker 4>to doze off up that beaute from where they were,

641
00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:18.880
<v Speaker 4>he heard that scream again. Immediately everyone's back up. That

642
00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.880
<v Speaker 4>was the last thing they heard and saw nothing this

643
00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:26.760
<v Speaker 4>whole time. They saw on nothing first, like comes they

644
00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.960
<v Speaker 4>had the pertinent stuff. They wheelerd on out of there. Doug,

645
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:33.159
<v Speaker 4>I want to thank you for sharing. That not his

646
00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:35.960
<v Speaker 4>real name. It was hard for him to share because

647
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.519
<v Speaker 4>it involved his wife and son in the situation. He

648
00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:43.719
<v Speaker 4>has a different emotional reaction to that, that protective papa

649
00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:46.519
<v Speaker 4>bear kind of thing, which I totally understand and respect,

650
00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.599
<v Speaker 4>But it was hard for him to share it. It

651
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:52.880
<v Speaker 4>was hard for him because it made him feel less

652
00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.000
<v Speaker 4>than even though he did all the right things and

653
00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:57.639
<v Speaker 4>was a man about it in my opinion, but in

654
00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:00.719
<v Speaker 4>the moment he said, he felt very little. I get it,

655
00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.760
<v Speaker 4>you know again, thanks to Doug and Claire for sharing.

656
00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:06.519
<v Speaker 4>Like I've said before, I like to speak to the

657
00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:10.079
<v Speaker 4>people a few times just to catch little nuances of

658
00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:13.159
<v Speaker 4>what goes on, to share it in the right light,

659
00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.119
<v Speaker 4>so to speak.

660
00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.760
<v Speaker 1>And stay tuned for more sasquatch out to sea. We'll

661
00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:19.719
<v Speaker 1>be right back after these messages.

662
00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:25.360
<v Speaker 4>For those of you who live in Alaska, I've been

663
00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:29.079
<v Speaker 4>talking to We'll say his name is Rick. I've been

664
00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:31.800
<v Speaker 4>talking to Rick for about three months off and on.

665
00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:35.000
<v Speaker 4>Not my buddy Rick, and mean this guy Rick. He

666
00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:38.480
<v Speaker 4>used to run a little guide service just to rinky dink,

667
00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:41.000
<v Speaker 4>just enough to get him by. He did it on

668
00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:46.199
<v Speaker 4>the Nishgek River for approximately ten years. Why he stopped

669
00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:50.000
<v Speaker 4>was over the course of that ten years he had

670
00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:55.079
<v Speaker 4>four different experiences. First experience was by Sophie's landing. Second,

671
00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.480
<v Speaker 4>same area keeper cutoff that little islands between Portage and

672
00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.599
<v Speaker 4>Black Bluff. He basically had three sightings and weird sounds

673
00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:09.559
<v Speaker 4>in this area. But the fourth one that got him

674
00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:13.360
<v Speaker 4>to stop was a charter Someone paid for charter service,

675
00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:17.679
<v Speaker 4>basically freight. The guy was going up to the molchat

676
00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:21.079
<v Speaker 4>in a river. Now, this guy wanted to get dropped

677
00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:24.960
<v Speaker 4>off up there for two months with contact and whatnot.

678
00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:27.679
<v Speaker 4>Whenever he was in the area, Rick would go by

679
00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:30.719
<v Speaker 4>or whatever. Let me start by sharing what initially happened.

680
00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.079
<v Speaker 4>It was near Sophie's landing. He had a group of

681
00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:36.519
<v Speaker 4>three people. They were fishing for nat kings. One of

682
00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:38.960
<v Speaker 4>them caught one and had it on, and so everyone

683
00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:41.159
<v Speaker 4>else reeled in their lines to not get it tangled,

684
00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.760
<v Speaker 4>because those kings liked to fight and run around. So

685
00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:46.840
<v Speaker 4>he was doing his thing. He drops the anchor because

686
00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:49.039
<v Speaker 4>they were drifting down and he wanted to stay put

687
00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:51.159
<v Speaker 4>because he knew a little further down there was a

688
00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:53.880
<v Speaker 4>bunch of dead fall in the water where the sama

689
00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:56.360
<v Speaker 4>could get caught. So he dropped the anchor. And as

690
00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.079
<v Speaker 4>he's dropping the anchor and he's tying it off on

691
00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:01.360
<v Speaker 4>the front cleet, one of his passengers says, there's a

692
00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:04.320
<v Speaker 4>bear on the bank. They're about twenty five feet from

693
00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.400
<v Speaker 4>the bank and the bank is about four feet taller

694
00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:09.599
<v Speaker 4>than them. At that point, they were on the west channel,

695
00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:13.280
<v Speaker 4>so don't worry about the bear. Were in the river,

696
00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:15.039
<v Speaker 4>they can't get to us. He was just trying to

697
00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:17.920
<v Speaker 4>call him a client and this person goes, that's not

698
00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.599
<v Speaker 4>a bear. So he turns and looks and sees this

699
00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:25.159
<v Speaker 4>black figure go from basically hunched over to standing up

700
00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:28.480
<v Speaker 4>and walk off into the trees. And he was just stuck.

701
00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.920
<v Speaker 4>He is that, what the hell was that. One of

702
00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:33.039
<v Speaker 4>his clients is still fighting his fish at the time,

703
00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:35.840
<v Speaker 4>so he just chalked it up. He goes, someone must

704
00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.239
<v Speaker 4>be doing something in the woods or whatever. And the

705
00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:41.480
<v Speaker 4>client that initially saw it was like, that's no bear.

706
00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:44.400
<v Speaker 4>That wasn't a bear. Guy catches his salmon. They get

707
00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:47.079
<v Speaker 4>out of the area that was into that one second.

708
00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:50.320
<v Speaker 4>One those little islands, which is basically a bunch of

709
00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:52.360
<v Speaker 4>different runoff spots for when the ice backs up and

710
00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:54.840
<v Speaker 4>stuff the little channels through there. I've shared there was

711
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:57.199
<v Speaker 4>a guy whose neck got twisted up in the same area.

712
00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:00.239
<v Speaker 4>Area is known for activity. He gets screamed at with

713
00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:04.000
<v Speaker 4>a group of five clients. The second time. All they

714
00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:06.119
<v Speaker 4>heard was a scream, but it was coming from up

715
00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.039
<v Speaker 4>one of those sleus they were fishing for a northern pike.

716
00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.719
<v Speaker 4>He didn't know what to make of it first time

717
00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:14.920
<v Speaker 4>he had heard that and left it alone. Third sighting

718
00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.920
<v Speaker 4>he had was on the opposite side of the river,

719
00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:21.880
<v Speaker 4>just upriver from Portage. On the Portage side where the

720
00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:25.199
<v Speaker 4>high bluff comes down basically cuts back down the river level,

721
00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:27.239
<v Speaker 4>which is a little ways up. It's been a minute

722
00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.480
<v Speaker 4>since I've been up there. So they're up on that

723
00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:32.039
<v Speaker 4>side and they're in the deeper channel again. His client

724
00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:36.079
<v Speaker 4>gets his attention, points out, hey, there's a very big

725
00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:39.360
<v Speaker 4>black bear up on the riverbank. Now at this point,

726
00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:42.519
<v Speaker 4>they're about forty feet from the river bank. What he's

727
00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:45.039
<v Speaker 4>done is he's anchored off in a little bit shallower

728
00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.400
<v Speaker 4>part of the channel and he's having the people feed

729
00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:49.840
<v Speaker 4>and run their lines down the deeper channel where the

730
00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:53.400
<v Speaker 4>kings are. So he looks over and he sees a

731
00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:55.280
<v Speaker 4>black mass up there. He goes, oh, yeah, yeah, that's

732
00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.280
<v Speaker 4>a good sized one or some hunter's going to be

733
00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:59.800
<v Speaker 4>happy if he comes across him. This year, he's talking

734
00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:02.440
<v Speaker 4>to clients about bears he's seen and everything right, and

735
00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.760
<v Speaker 4>then Rick gets this feeling of being watched, so he

736
00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:07.199
<v Speaker 4>turns it around immediately because he's got clients behind him

737
00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:08.679
<v Speaker 4>as well, and he thought maybe one of them was

738
00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:11.159
<v Speaker 4>staring at him or something. Couldn't hear what he was

739
00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.840
<v Speaker 4>saying because he was talking to a group of three

740
00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.000
<v Speaker 4>and there's still a couple behind him, So he turns around.

741
00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:17.880
<v Speaker 4>They're focused on their lines and what they're doing. He

742
00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:20.880
<v Speaker 4>looks back over to the bank and he sees a

743
00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:24.639
<v Speaker 4>face in the grass. He couldn't make it out very well,

744
00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:28.199
<v Speaker 4>ashen gray, looked like someone had to park a hoodie

745
00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:31.760
<v Speaker 4>on around the face, very broad nose, but what threw

746
00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:34.039
<v Speaker 4>him off was the size of the head, and he

747
00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:36.199
<v Speaker 4>was trying to make out you might see things. It's

748
00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:39.400
<v Speaker 4>like paradoia or something. He was trying to figure it out.

749
00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:43.079
<v Speaker 4>When it recess back into the grass, he's like, that's

750
00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:46.159
<v Speaker 4>really weird. One of the clients sitting there said, hey,

751
00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:48.480
<v Speaker 4>I saw the black mass. That client saw it as

752
00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:51.400
<v Speaker 4>well and asked, is that what the face of a

753
00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:55.159
<v Speaker 4>black bear looks like? He said no. Immediately everyone stands

754
00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:57.079
<v Speaker 4>up and they're looking back over to the bank because

755
00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:00.440
<v Speaker 4>everyone there caught this feeling. He said, it was really weird.

756
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:04.039
<v Speaker 4>It was all at once. Everyone's attention to the river

757
00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:07.960
<v Speaker 4>bank as this thing it stood up. When it stood up,

758
00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:12.199
<v Speaker 4>it had two pieces of a broken spruce tree, black

759
00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:15.880
<v Speaker 4>spruce beetle kill. Obviously, because it's so you can see

760
00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:19.199
<v Speaker 4>the bark torn on it from the beatles. So he said,

761
00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.400
<v Speaker 4>this thing was holding two chunks and just looks at

762
00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:24.760
<v Speaker 4>the people, kind of starts doing the swaying back and forth,

763
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.039
<v Speaker 4>lowers its arms and drops the piece as it turns

764
00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:29.280
<v Speaker 4>around and walks off into the trees. Everyone there was

765
00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:32.760
<v Speaker 4>just like stuck, because he said, the weirdest thing about

766
00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:36.840
<v Speaker 4>that experience was is everyone in an instant felt its

767
00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:39.960
<v Speaker 4>presence and were drawn immediately to it. Everyone was chattering

768
00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:43.039
<v Speaker 4>and immediately no one said hey, look, none of that.

769
00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:46.639
<v Speaker 4>Everyone just felt it and Boop immediately had their attention.

770
00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:50.039
<v Speaker 4>So they got out of the area. On the drift

771
00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:52.599
<v Speaker 4>back Doren, no one was really fishing much. They talked

772
00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:54.679
<v Speaker 4>amongst each other a little bit about what they saw.

773
00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:57.920
<v Speaker 4>It basically was quiet ride, he said. The rest of

774
00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:02.440
<v Speaker 4>that day. Now, the ferry service, the freight service up

775
00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:06.920
<v Speaker 4>to the Mulchatna. Now it's a river ride, trust me.

776
00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:10.599
<v Speaker 4>From Dillingham to the Mulchattna by river, it takes a minute.

777
00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.199
<v Speaker 4>You're just not doing it like immediately, especially laiden down

778
00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:17.679
<v Speaker 4>with supplies and stuff. This guy was going to prospect,

779
00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:19.639
<v Speaker 4>which not the first time people have gone up there

780
00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:22.760
<v Speaker 4>to do that. People do it all the time. Anyone

781
00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:25.440
<v Speaker 4>who's been there, Hey, hit me up, let me know

782
00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:28.039
<v Speaker 4>what you've dealt with on the ferry ride up there,

783
00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:30.559
<v Speaker 4>or taken him in the supplies up there. He explains

784
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:33.639
<v Speaker 4>to him what I just explain to you guys, and

785
00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:35.960
<v Speaker 4>told him to be careful and asked him what he

786
00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.360
<v Speaker 4>had for protection. The guy had a twenty two pistol

787
00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:43.039
<v Speaker 4>for grouse small game to eat off of, had a

788
00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.400
<v Speaker 4>bunch of canned goods, and he had a twelve gage shotgun,

789
00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:49.199
<v Speaker 4>had a single box of rounds slugs. And Rick goes,

790
00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:52.000
<v Speaker 4>you can't just have those five shots. You may use

791
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:54.559
<v Speaker 4>up two chasing a bear away, and then you have three.

792
00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:56.360
<v Speaker 4>What if another one comes, you got to scare that away,

793
00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:58.719
<v Speaker 4>then you're down to one or none. So he gives

794
00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:02.760
<v Speaker 4>him a good dozen of his buckshot in twelve gage slugs.

795
00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:05.840
<v Speaker 4>They get up to the mouth of Malchatna and they're

796
00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:08.199
<v Speaker 4>starting to go up to Malchatina. You know the Mulchatna

797
00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:10.719
<v Speaker 4>rivers one hundred and forty three miles or something like that.

798
00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:14.599
<v Speaker 4>That's the second largest tributary to the Nushigak next to

799
00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:17.159
<v Speaker 4>the nu Yekuk. They get up there, and then once

800
00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:20.519
<v Speaker 4>you get up above Kalignik, just up from their little ways,

801
00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:23.119
<v Speaker 4>there's a bunch of what they look like islands, but

802
00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:26.119
<v Speaker 4>what they are is just where water kind of passes

803
00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:30.320
<v Speaker 4>around ground ends up cutting channels. So it looks like

804
00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:33.159
<v Speaker 4>they're islands now, but they didn't start out as islands.

805
00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:35.840
<v Speaker 4>It was overflow from the ice They want have been

806
00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:37.159
<v Speaker 4>through there, and he was just showing him some of

807
00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:40.320
<v Speaker 4>a beautiful scenery. Right. They come back around and they

808
00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:42.599
<v Speaker 4>start up the mouth of the Maulchata and the guy

809
00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:46.239
<v Speaker 4>is looking at topographicals Rick slows down and asks to

810
00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:49.679
<v Speaker 4>see where exactly are you trying to go? Rick knew

811
00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:51.760
<v Speaker 4>the area. He wanted to make sure he gets the

812
00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:54.360
<v Speaker 4>guy where he wants to go. Guy's paying good money,

813
00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:57.480
<v Speaker 4>gets the map from him, sees the spot, he goes, Okay, yeah,

814
00:43:57.679 --> 00:44:00.000
<v Speaker 4>I know where you're going. So he gets up there

815
00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:04.239
<v Speaker 4>little ways to where this guy's given information by whoever

816
00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:07.199
<v Speaker 4>to go there to pan again. It's going to take

817
00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.400
<v Speaker 4>him back to the Mulchattna hills, but where he wanted

818
00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:11.679
<v Speaker 4>a camp was closer towards the mouths of the Mulchattna,

819
00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:14.480
<v Speaker 4>not that far up. He wanted to take photos or

820
00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:18.119
<v Speaker 4>do whatever. So they get there, he ties off and

821
00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:20.519
<v Speaker 4>he starts helping this guy unloaded stuff. Guy brought a

822
00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:24.039
<v Speaker 4>canvas tent, little potbelly's stove to keep the place warm

823
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:28.280
<v Speaker 4>if he needed it. This was in June. It wasn't

824
00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:32.320
<v Speaker 4>overly cold, but the guy wasn't from Alaska. Gets him

825
00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:35.159
<v Speaker 4>and his supplies up on the ground, decides to give

826
00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:37.039
<v Speaker 4>him a heads up because he's been that way before,

827
00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:40.039
<v Speaker 4>and he goes, come with me, Graby twelve. Gage Rick

828
00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:42.320
<v Speaker 4>had his fire arm on his hip. They walk up

829
00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:45.400
<v Speaker 4>the river bank away until the trees parted out. You

830
00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:47.440
<v Speaker 4>could see some muskeg and then you can see the

831
00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:49.440
<v Speaker 4>Mulchattna hills off in the distance.

832
00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:49.679
<v Speaker 2>There.

833
00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:51.760
<v Speaker 4>He goes, what you want to do and be aware

834
00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:53.760
<v Speaker 4>of is on that side you're going to get lost.

835
00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:56.039
<v Speaker 4>You stated this side of the hills, you'll always be

836
00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:58.480
<v Speaker 4>able to fire in the Mulchatna River. You won't get lost.

837
00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:02.159
<v Speaker 4>Guys like I have a g I'm good, he says again.

838
00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:07.199
<v Speaker 4>GPS batteries die things happen, he could lose it whatever,

839
00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:10.639
<v Speaker 4>Just be aware. Stayed on this side of the hills.

840
00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:12.280
<v Speaker 4>You always be able to see the river and find

841
00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:15.000
<v Speaker 4>your way back to camp. Giving them life saving advice.

842
00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:18.599
<v Speaker 4>Guy's like, hey, okay, I appreciate that. Rick feels better

843
00:45:18.719 --> 00:45:21.039
<v Speaker 4>that he gave him information. They're heading back to this

844
00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:25.079
<v Speaker 4>guy's camp. Nothing has been set up, everything's been laid out.

845
00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:30.840
<v Speaker 4>He had a bunch of small, easy compacted packable mining stuff,

846
00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:33.639
<v Speaker 4>panning and all that. As they're getting back to camp,

847
00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:36.719
<v Speaker 4>this dark figure is on the opposite side of all

848
00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:39.840
<v Speaker 4>the gear and walks off into the trees. The guy

849
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.199
<v Speaker 4>that he was bringing saw at the same time Rick did.

850
00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:46.639
<v Speaker 4>The guy immediately was like, that's a big bear. Rick goes,

851
00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:50.000
<v Speaker 4>that's not a bear, that's a hairy man. That's a

852
00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:52.880
<v Speaker 4>sasquatch over there. The guy laughs and he laughs real hard,

853
00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:55.360
<v Speaker 4>and Rick goes, I don't think it's a good idea

854
00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:59.079
<v Speaker 4>for you to stay here. They had stopped their walk.

855
00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:01.440
<v Speaker 4>They're about twenty five five yards from the campsite when

856
00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:03.960
<v Speaker 4>they spotted it, and it walked off. When he's talking

857
00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:06.480
<v Speaker 4>to the guy on the trail not far from the riverbank,

858
00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:10.960
<v Speaker 4>telling him I think you should rethink staying here, and

859
00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:14.079
<v Speaker 4>maybe someone in Koligniki can pay to ferry you across

860
00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:16.079
<v Speaker 4>it and once every three days or something. He was

861
00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:18.079
<v Speaker 4>trying to give him out, and the guy was like, no,

862
00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:21.679
<v Speaker 4>I think I'll stay. So as they're having this conversation,

863
00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:25.480
<v Speaker 4>the trees just inside the tree line starts shaking. A

864
00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:29.679
<v Speaker 4>scream comes from it, a bunch of crackings. If anyone's

865
00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:32.599
<v Speaker 4>ever heard a beetle killed spruce tree, a dead one

866
00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:35.760
<v Speaker 4>getting cracked, it's imagine taking three or four two by

867
00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:39.199
<v Speaker 4>fours snapping them all at once. It is a loud noise.

868
00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:43.159
<v Speaker 4>So they're hearing that going on. In the screams partial roar.

869
00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:46.239
<v Speaker 4>The guy is down on his knees with his hands

870
00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:50.320
<v Speaker 4>over his ears, freaking out, trembling. Rick says, we need

871
00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:53.119
<v Speaker 4>to get out of here. The guy said, everything important

872
00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:56.119
<v Speaker 4>to me is in my backpack on my back. He goes, well,

873
00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:59.239
<v Speaker 4>come with me, let's retreat out of here. We'll go

874
00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:01.679
<v Speaker 4>camp out of click, Nick, and we'll come back tomorrow

875
00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:04.199
<v Speaker 4>and gather up your gear when this thing has hopefully

876
00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:07.599
<v Speaker 4>gone on its way. Guy agrees he has no argument

877
00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:10.400
<v Speaker 4>at this point because he heard everything. The guy's freaking out.

878
00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:13.679
<v Speaker 4>So he stands up. He's basically dragging his twelve gauge,

879
00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:16.239
<v Speaker 4>holding it by the barrel and just dragging it. Rick

880
00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:19.119
<v Speaker 4>said the guy was totally defeated. He could talk, but

881
00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.320
<v Speaker 4>he had all his words were tongue tied. He was

882
00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:24.480
<v Speaker 4>trying to ask Rick what is that? That was the

883
00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:26.039
<v Speaker 4>other thing that was coming out was what was that?

884
00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:28.159
<v Speaker 4>And he goes, I told you that that's a hairy man.

885
00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:30.599
<v Speaker 4>Then he starts asking him have you seen him before?

886
00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:32.800
<v Speaker 4>He goes, I told you of the experiences on the whip.

887
00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:36.119
<v Speaker 4>He goes, I thought you were talking trash. He goes, no, no,

888
00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:39.360
<v Speaker 4>I wasn't, just trying to regale you with the lasking

889
00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:42.280
<v Speaker 4>tails and whatnot. So the guy was like, okay, let's

890
00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:46.199
<v Speaker 4>just go. So they start walking together. The guy's dragging

891
00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:48.400
<v Speaker 4>his twelve gage and Rick tells him put that damn

892
00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:50.239
<v Speaker 4>shotgun on your shoulder and make sure you got to

893
00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:52.519
<v Speaker 4>do it on safety till we get in the boat

894
00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:56.039
<v Speaker 4>and we get away. As the guys racking around into

895
00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:59.119
<v Speaker 4>the shotgun and putting it on safety, some more screams come,

896
00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:02.159
<v Speaker 4>but there are a little bit closer, but still just

897
00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:05.679
<v Speaker 4>behind where they stacked all his equipment. He said. It

898
00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:09.639
<v Speaker 4>was a burst of brush and the little alder willows

899
00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:12.559
<v Speaker 4>and stuff. A whole portion of this guy's gear just

900
00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:15.519
<v Speaker 4>gets flung out. Some of it landed in the skiff,

901
00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:18.840
<v Speaker 4>some of it landed in the river, and another scream.

902
00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:22.960
<v Speaker 4>Then this dark mass retreats back into the trees. Another scream,

903
00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:26.320
<v Speaker 4>and they saw trees shaking and moving away from them,

904
00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:30.800
<v Speaker 4>and guys trembling again. Rick realizes this guy is mussling

905
00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:32.719
<v Speaker 4>with his shotgun, so he grabs a barrel of the

906
00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:34.719
<v Speaker 4>guy's shotgun and tells him, hey, like goes the gun,

907
00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:37.199
<v Speaker 4>takes a shotgun from the guy, slings it over his

908
00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:40.239
<v Speaker 4>shoulder and goes, come on, just follow me, stay behind me.

909
00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:43.360
<v Speaker 4>There was crap in the end of the barrel he

910
00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.440
<v Speaker 4>saw when he grabbed it. It was all plugged up

911
00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:48.400
<v Speaker 4>with shit. That scene for the guy, so he gets

912
00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:51.199
<v Speaker 4>the guy to follow him down. Has the guy get

913
00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:54.360
<v Speaker 4>in the skiff. The guy, at this point didn't give

914
00:48:54.360 --> 00:48:57.519
<v Speaker 4>a crap about his stuff, gets in the skiff unties

915
00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:00.760
<v Speaker 4>they start drifting away. He gets backed past. Guy fires

916
00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:05.159
<v Speaker 4>up the engine to outboards, starts turning around. He's letting

917
00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:07.320
<v Speaker 4>the current kind of swing the bow around as he's

918
00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:09.320
<v Speaker 4>doing so and giving it a little bit of throttle

919
00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:12.519
<v Speaker 4>to help ease it around. Some more of the guy's

920
00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:15.119
<v Speaker 4>stuff comes flying out. Some of it went all the

921
00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:17.280
<v Speaker 4>way across, and some of it landed in the river.

922
00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.519
<v Speaker 4>Some more screams. He got clear got out of there.

923
00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:23.760
<v Speaker 4>Once they cleared the mouth. Clignik was just down river,

924
00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:26.599
<v Speaker 4>but across the river. He asked him, do you want

925
00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:29.599
<v Speaker 4>to camp out? And Klignik will get your stuff tomorrow. Hey,

926
00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:32.599
<v Speaker 4>He's like, just to take me to the airport. So

927
00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:37.719
<v Speaker 4>that's what he did. But because of that situation, the

928
00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:41.960
<v Speaker 4>next time Rick tried to go out, he felt such

929
00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:46.079
<v Speaker 4>a burden of keeping them safe that he couldn't do

930
00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:49.360
<v Speaker 4>it anymore. He couldn't put himself in a position to

931
00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:55.400
<v Speaker 4>where he's responsible for their lives but yet truly ignorant

932
00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:57.960
<v Speaker 4>to what could happen. He didn't want that on him,

933
00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:59.880
<v Speaker 4>He didn't want that on his conscience. He didn't want

934
00:49:59.880 --> 00:50:03.280
<v Speaker 4>that to be part of anyone's experience with him. He

935
00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:06.760
<v Speaker 4>essentially quit. Rick no longer does that. He still goes

936
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:09.440
<v Speaker 4>out in the woods, but he doesn't bring people along.

937
00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:13.559
<v Speaker 4>He just his passion is lost. And I understand that

938
00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:16.320
<v Speaker 4>one completely. I really do I go out in the woods,

939
00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:19.679
<v Speaker 4>but my passion has gone from it. Yeah, I do it,

940
00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:22.599
<v Speaker 4>but it's not like he used to be. Where before

941
00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:25.960
<v Speaker 4>my experience in six I would yeah, let's go over

942
00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:28.159
<v Speaker 4>that next hill. Nowadays, yeah, let's go over the hell,

943
00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:30.159
<v Speaker 4>let's go see what's going on over there kind of thing.

944
00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:32.880
<v Speaker 4>I know how it is to lose the passion. There's

945
00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:35.519
<v Speaker 4>so many that suffer in silence. So again, if you

946
00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:37.159
<v Speaker 4>need to get off your chest and don't want to

947
00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:39.239
<v Speaker 4>share it on the channel, whatever, just hit me up.

948
00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:41.840
<v Speaker 4>Get it off your chest. Don't walk around with that

949
00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:44.599
<v Speaker 4>burden because some people it's not all, but some people

950
00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:47.800
<v Speaker 4>self medicate. They get in a bad way and you

951
00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:50.440
<v Speaker 4>just don't want that. We'll catch on the next one.

952
00:50:51.719 --> 00:51:01.519
<v Speaker 4>They say, you don't gotta go home, but you can't stay.

953
00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:03.000
<v Speaker 3>And I don't want to feel.

954
00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:05.880
<v Speaker 4>World open.

955
00:51:10.639 --> 00:51:23.039
<v Speaker 5>Side Stasie.

956
00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:33.159
<v Speaker 3>Try this chart. That chart, Everything came in right back,

957
00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:40.800
<v Speaker 3>right back, joy from me, joy staying right there, come

958
00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:57.760
<v Speaker 3>in right away.

959
00:51:47.679 --> 00:52:54.199
<v Speaker 5>Still stop stas stas sat still stout sasstssssssssss
