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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to ouch. Was that a ghost? This podcast may

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<v Speaker 1>contain graphic material which some listeners may find disturbing. Listener

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<v Speaker 1>discretion is advised. Is advise.

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<v Speaker 2>Me?

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<v Speaker 1>Now that we covered that, here's your host list.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Oach? Was that a ghost? That was loud?

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Oach? Was that a ghost? We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be doing a fun one today. Well, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you'd call it fun. It's a short one. Today.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to be hugged today. We're going to be hugging.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I just threw out the name. I'll just

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<v Speaker 2>say it now, Hug and Molly. Some call Molly an entity,

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<v Speaker 2>a cryptid spirit. But whatever Mollie is, her lore has

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<v Speaker 2>frightened children in Abbeville. I don't know if it's Abbeville, Abby, Abbeville, Abville.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard it different ways and on different YouTube videos.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard Abbeville or Abville. So I feel like Abbeville

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like it's better. Well, children in Alabama have been

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<v Speaker 2>frightened for years. Tales of Hug and Mollie have become

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<v Speaker 2>a significant part of Abbeville, Abbeville, Adville. But the great

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<v Speaker 2>thing about it is it's spelt hu ggi n like

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<v Speaker 2>huggin like. It has that little droll on it. So

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<v Speaker 2>sightings of hug and Molly began in the early nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds and per the norm, descriptions vary, but commonly she's

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<v Speaker 2>described as over a seven foot tall humanoid that is

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<v Speaker 2>as wide as a bale of cotton. What a strange

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<v Speaker 2>unit of measurement. They're not very nice in her description.

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<v Speaker 2>She's often described as haglike, having long, unkempt black hair

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<v Speaker 2>which obscures most of her large, hideous face. Her body

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<v Speaker 2>is described as having bumpy, greenish yellowish skin. For Mollie,

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<v Speaker 2>her fingers are described as abnormally long, which I hate

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<v Speaker 2>long thin fingers. It does something to me with fingernails

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<v Speaker 2>that look more like claws. Maybe she's going for those

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<v Speaker 2>really long nails. I don't know how women function with those.

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<v Speaker 2>I can go a few inches long, but that's about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I see these women that can make these like five

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<v Speaker 2>inch long nails, you know, extending over, and I would

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<v Speaker 2>poke my eye out. I don't know what I'd do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably wake up with scratches all over my face.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't function with them. But kudos to those who

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<v Speaker 2>can like Mollie. So Mollie, you have her description so far.

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<v Speaker 2>She's said to wear an old, worn, tattered dress or cloak,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's often described as having a wide brimmed hat

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<v Speaker 2>or parasol with her hug and Mollie is usually only

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<v Speaker 2>seen at night or in the early morning, avoiding sunlight,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's usually only seen on town streets and in

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<v Speaker 2>dark corners, but there are rare times where she has

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<v Speaker 2>gone to people's homes. If her appearance did not make

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<v Speaker 2>you notice Mollie, her odor will do the trick she

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<v Speaker 2>said to emit the smell of rotten flesh. Parents and

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<v Speaker 2>Abbeville worn our abvill warn their children not to stay

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<v Speaker 2>out after dark as this enormous hug and Molly will

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<v Speaker 2>sneak up on a person, particularly children like she doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>really mess with adults, as more kids teenagers. She'll sneak

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<v Speaker 2>up on the child or teenager and hug them, which

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, apart from the lack of consent, that sounds

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<v Speaker 2>nice until Mollie she'll lean into the huggy's ear and

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<v Speaker 2>let out this ear splitting scream, sort of like a banshee.

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<v Speaker 2>It just it will leave your ears ringing. She just

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<v Speaker 2>hugs you and then she'll just scream in your ear.

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<v Speaker 2>She doesn't ask consent, she just goes up and hugs.

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<v Speaker 2>Consent should be acquired before the hug. But here we are.

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<v Speaker 2>But there are sometimes when Mollie will appear crying and

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<v Speaker 2>she will ask for a hug, and if she's denied

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<v Speaker 2>the hug that she yearns, she'll burst into tears and

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<v Speaker 2>she'll beg and plead for a hug. And if she's

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<v Speaker 2>still denied, she'll get angry and she lets out this

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<v Speaker 2>bone chilling scream and she'll chase the person to get

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<v Speaker 2>a non consensual hug. And if she catches the person

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<v Speaker 2>and gets that hug against their will, enormous Molly hugs

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<v Speaker 2>them tight enough to cut off their air. And then

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<v Speaker 2>she whispers the person's time of death and then disappears,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm not sure if that means they die right

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<v Speaker 2>then and there, or she's gonna be like, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>die next Thursday at five pm, Like I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what exactly that means. And if the person complies and

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<v Speaker 2>gives hug and Molly that hu Mollie takes this as

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<v Speaker 2>a go and she'll begin stalking the hugger, following them home,

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<v Speaker 2>She'll break in. She'll take a permanent part in that

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<v Speaker 2>person's life, whether a wife or a mother, And if

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<v Speaker 2>the person doesn't play along, Molly may try to murder

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<v Speaker 2>or devour the person's soul. So that took a quick turn.

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<v Speaker 2>This is right from Hugginmolly dot com forward slash legend.

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<v Speaker 2>I put the link below. So Jimmy Rain, an Abville

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<v Speaker 2>native and lifelong resident, grew up hearing the legend of

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<v Speaker 2>hugg and Molly. For him and his friends, she was

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<v Speaker 2>as real as the trees that rustled in the wind

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<v Speaker 2>at night. He said, quote, anyone who grew up in

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<v Speaker 2>Abbeville grew up knows the legend of hugg and Molly.

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<v Speaker 2>If your mother or dad didn't want you out after dark,

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<v Speaker 2>they'd tell you hugg and Molly would get you, and

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<v Speaker 2>you believed it too. So one night Jimmy and his

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<v Speaker 2>good friend Tommy Murphy heard the story from Tommy's dad.

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<v Speaker 2>He told them he knew hugg and Molly was real

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<v Speaker 2>because she had sprung from the shadows and hugged him

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<v Speaker 2>one night, and they were convinced it had to be true.

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<v Speaker 2>To this day, hearts beat faster as the moon rises

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<v Speaker 2>in the sky over Abbeville, and Hug and Molly, dressed

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<v Speaker 2>all in black, could show up at any time. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been said that if Mollie is given a nice enough

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<v Speaker 2>gift like food or her favorite whiskey, she'll leave the

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<v Speaker 2>gifter with a bottle of her own tears. And these

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<v Speaker 2>tears are said to be able to cure any illness.

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<v Speaker 2>And there is a cheat code for Hug and Molly.

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<v Speaker 2>You're ready for it? If someone can go in on

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<v Speaker 2>that green and yellow bumpy face and give her a

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<v Speaker 2>kiss instead of a hug, she gets super embarrassed and

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<v Speaker 2>shy and she'll just vanish. That's it. That's cheat code.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you willing to go in for that smooch? Give

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<v Speaker 2>her a peck? So Some theories are that Mollie is

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<v Speaker 2>a grief stricken mother who lost her child, and she

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<v Speaker 2>was searching for her baby until she died of heartbreak,

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<v Speaker 2>and even after her death, she sorrowfully wanders looking for

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<v Speaker 2>her child, hugging other children as a way to find comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>Another theory being that Molly is a woman in black ghost,

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<v Speaker 2>the seven foot tall looming figure is some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>supernatural protector that's there to protect children through fear. Others

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<v Speaker 2>theorize hugg and Molly is a hag or a cryptid

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<v Speaker 2>due to her unnaturally long black hair, her claws, and

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<v Speaker 2>her greenish yellow skin tone and that odor that she emits.

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<v Speaker 2>I forgot to write one in here, but there was

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<v Speaker 2>one about a professor at a college that he is

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<v Speaker 2>thought to possibly be Molly because he was I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>a professor that would dress up like hug and Molly

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<v Speaker 2>to scare the kids not to stay out late, and

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<v Speaker 2>that somehow that might be who hug and Molly is now.

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<v Speaker 2>Or maybe hugg and Molly is just a community myth

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<v Speaker 2>that started and evolved over time, just storytelling like Can't

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<v Speaker 2>Fry a stories that just kept getting added too. But

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<v Speaker 2>the main purpose of hugg and Molly does seem to

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<v Speaker 2>be a cautionary tale to make sure kids get home

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<v Speaker 2>at night, and the town seems to embrace the legend.

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<v Speaker 2>This Hug and Molly restaurant where they serve molly fingers

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<v Speaker 2>like not chicken fingers, Molly fingers, and hugg and Molly

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<v Speaker 2>is in the game South of Midnight. I've never heard

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<v Speaker 2>of this before. In the game, she's just this crazy

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<v Speaker 2>boss lady that kidnaps children and does experiments on them.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty twenty four, there was a horror movie that

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<v Speaker 2>was released titled Hugg and Molly, where Molly appears more

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<v Speaker 2>witch like. I haven't seen that, but I definitely want

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<v Speaker 2>to check that out now. And the best part about

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<v Speaker 2>Mollie is that the sign to Abbeville, like the welcome sign,

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<v Speaker 2>it says underneath it home of hugg and Molly, and

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<v Speaker 2>under that there's a figure of a woman chasing a

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<v Speaker 2>child who is like running for his life, flailing his arms.

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<v Speaker 2>So the town seems to really embrace Molly. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they have restaurants after her, and she's just like a

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<v Speaker 2>local legend. I guess. So what would you do if

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<v Speaker 2>you encountered miss Molly? You give her the consensual hug

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<v Speaker 2>and then she'll just be your wife. I wonder what

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<v Speaker 2>happens if you get her home and she becomes your

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<v Speaker 2>wife and then you kiss her. Does she disappear then

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<v Speaker 2>or now you guys are in a relationship. She's not

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<v Speaker 2>as embarrassed. Like I said, this is a super short one,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just thought it was fun. Someone requested it

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<v Speaker 2>and I John did. Thank you. So much John for

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<v Speaker 2>the request. I'm a jerk. I should have said that

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<v Speaker 2>at the beginning, but I did not think that this

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<v Speaker 2>was what Hug and Molly was. But I am really

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<v Speaker 2>happy I went down this little, this little Molly rabbit hole. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you everybody so much for listening. Till next time.

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