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<v Speaker 1>I am eighty nine years old now, and I've never

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<v Speaker 1>told this story to anyone other than my immediate family.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in my twilight years, and I feel the need

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<v Speaker 1>to pass this on to others who may have had encounters.

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<v Speaker 1>My mother gave birth to me at home, partially because

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<v Speaker 1>that was the way things were done back then. Daddy

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<v Speaker 1>was away at work when I decided that it was

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<v Speaker 1>time to go into my new life journey. Mom was

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<v Speaker 1>all alone at home when the event took place, and

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<v Speaker 1>thankfully things went well. She and I were okay for

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<v Speaker 1>the hour or so until Dad got home and ran

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<v Speaker 1>and got the midwife. During the event, Mom looked out

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<v Speaker 1>the window anxiously waiting for Daddy. There was someone there,

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<v Speaker 1>but it wasn't him. It was a large, hairy man.

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<v Speaker 1>It scared her. Mom said. The face smiled at her

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<v Speaker 1>and then just turned around and walked away. I figured

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<v Speaker 1>that it saw that she was okay, and it went

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<v Speaker 1>on with its day. My mother was deaf, and I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up and I learned two languages, English and American

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<v Speaker 1>Sign Language. When I was five years old, we moved

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<v Speaker 1>to a farm in the Deep South, and I had

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of animals to play with dogs and cats

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<v Speaker 1>and chickens, you name it, we had it. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a huge garden too. Dad had made a large area

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<v Speaker 1>for me to play in with a swing set and

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<v Speaker 1>a slide and a sandbox. I had a tricycle and

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<v Speaker 1>a radio flyer wagon too, And since I was an

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<v Speaker 1>only child, sometimes I just sat on the swing and

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<v Speaker 1>I swung lazily on my own, facing the woods, wishing

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<v Speaker 1>desperately I had a playmate, And one day that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I was swinging one afternoon when just inside the woodline

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a small, dark monkeylike thing looking at me. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I was fascinated with animals, so I wasn't scared. I

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<v Speaker 1>got off the swing and went to the edge of

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<v Speaker 1>the fence and it smiled at me, and I smiled back,

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<v Speaker 1>and I waved, and it waved back, and I stretched

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<v Speaker 1>out my arm and it stepped out further into the opening,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could see that it was a boy like me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I motioned for him to come closer. Over the

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<v Speaker 1>next weeks and months, we visited each other at the

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<v Speaker 1>woodline and got to know each other as best as

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<v Speaker 1>we were able to. I could see that he was

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<v Speaker 1>interested in my play area. Several times, I found tracks

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<v Speaker 1>in the sand and the toys were not as I

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<v Speaker 1>left them, so I suspect that he would come around

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<v Speaker 1>at night when we were sleeping. One day, when we

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<v Speaker 1>were visiting at the woodline, his mother came out. She

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<v Speaker 1>picked him up and took two giant steps to the

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<v Speaker 1>play area and dropped him in. We were both a

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<v Speaker 1>bit prized at first, but what fun we had that day.

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<v Speaker 1>With Dad off at work and Mom being deaf, we

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<v Speaker 1>hooped and hollered and had a grand old time. Mom

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<v Speaker 1>never worried about me because I never left the play

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<v Speaker 1>area unless I went into the house. In those days,

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<v Speaker 1>that was how things were done. My new friend pushed

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<v Speaker 1>me on the wagon and he rode the tricycle. We

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<v Speaker 1>swung on the swings and went down the slide together.

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<v Speaker 1>This went on for months. I started calling him buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would call for him whenever I was in

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<v Speaker 1>the play area alone. I never told anyone about him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I kept our play dates to myself. But one

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<v Speaker 1>day the inevitable happened. The weather was turning cold, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was so excited to go out and play that

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't take a jacket. I'd been out there long

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<v Speaker 1>enough for Buddy to come out and play. When Mom

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<v Speaker 1>stepped out the back door and walked to the play

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<v Speaker 1>area with my jacket, and she stopped in horror and

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<v Speaker 1>disbelief that the sight of Buddy and me having a

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<v Speaker 1>grand time playing while his massive beast of a mother

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<v Speaker 1>watched from just inside the woodline. Mom let out a

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<v Speaker 1>scream like no other in Buddy's Mom stepped out of

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<v Speaker 1>the trees. Well. Buddy was scared out of his wits

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<v Speaker 1>and he jumped into his mother's arms. They were gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom grabbed me and took me into the house and

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't allowed to go to the play area alone again.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom told Dad to build a large wooden fence to

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<v Speaker 1>fence off the woodline, and Dad said, if this thing

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<v Speaker 1>is as big as you say it is, it won't

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<v Speaker 1>make any difference what we do. But Mom was adamant.

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<v Speaker 1>She told him she saw that thing's face twice and

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<v Speaker 1>she would not tolerate seeing it a third time. She

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<v Speaker 1>told him to build a fence so they would be moving.

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<v Speaker 1>But Dad did build the fence and Mom finally calmed down.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I remember seeing her looking out the kitchen window,

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<v Speaker 1>checking to see if anyone was there, but to my disappointment,

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy and I never did have any more visits. A

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<v Speaker 1>couple of decades and I grew up and went off

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<v Speaker 1>to college. I went to get a veterinary degree specializing

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<v Speaker 1>in large animals. I never forgot my farm experience and

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<v Speaker 1>my friend Buddy. When I graduated from vet school, I

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<v Speaker 1>returned to my sleepy little town I grew up in

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<v Speaker 1>to start a vetinary practice. Mom and dad had passed

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<v Speaker 1>on and the old house was in some disrepair. I

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<v Speaker 1>went out to the backyard and looked around. The old

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<v Speaker 1>play area was still there. It's converted now to an

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<v Speaker 1>old duck run with a waiting pool that had a

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<v Speaker 1>few holes in it. That old fence was still there,

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<v Speaker 1>but it had a few sections missing from it due

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<v Speaker 1>to age. The garden area hadn't been used in a

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<v Speaker 1>decade or more. I took note of all the repairs needed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I added them to my to do list. When

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't getting called out for an animal emergency at

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<v Speaker 1>this farm or that, I spent all week and remodeling

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<v Speaker 1>my homestead. Since I was the only vet for fifty miles,

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<v Speaker 1>I had built quite a client tile, but at the

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<v Speaker 1>rate I was working, it would be years before I

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<v Speaker 1>had the house fixed up. Months later, I had the

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<v Speaker 1>old house livabool again, and I had heard stories from

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<v Speaker 1>some of the older folks around me about the buggers

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<v Speaker 1>in the area and the noises they made at night.

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<v Speaker 1>There are stories of crops being stolen and animals being taken,

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<v Speaker 1>and occasional noises around the area. Hearing these stories made

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<v Speaker 1>me wonder about Buddy and his mom and what happened

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<v Speaker 1>to them. After one especially long work week, I was

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<v Speaker 1>worn smack out and I decided it was time to

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<v Speaker 1>grill a few burghers and have a beer, and I

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<v Speaker 1>forgot about the renovations for the weekend. Just as I

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<v Speaker 1>was starting to light the coals, I heard a grunt

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<v Speaker 1>from the woodline. I didn't see anything, so I let

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<v Speaker 1>off the coals and I popped the top, and again

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<v Speaker 1>a loud grunt came from the woodline. Me and my

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<v Speaker 1>beer strolled over to that break in the fence for

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<v Speaker 1>a closer look, and to my surprise, outstepped an eight

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<v Speaker 1>foot tall behemoth of a male sasquatch. When he spoke,

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<v Speaker 1>I dropped my beer. He said, Buddy, it was Buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>all grown up. I smiled at him, and he smiled

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<v Speaker 1>back at me, and the next thing I knew, he

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<v Speaker 1>threw me over his shoulder and he ran with me

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<v Speaker 1>through the woods. He hauled my butt for miles and

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<v Speaker 1>at no leisurely pace. We finally came to some deep

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<v Speaker 1>mountain woods in a ravine and I saw an entire

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<v Speaker 1>colony of sasquatch. Buddy brought me to some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>structure and he set me down, and I looked around,

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw an enormous alpha male pacing and eyeing

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<v Speaker 1>me like I was about to be his lunch. This

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<v Speaker 1>thing was not happy that I was there, but Buddy

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<v Speaker 1>motioned for me to go inside the structure with him.

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<v Speaker 1>Inside were several females. One of them was pregnant and

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<v Speaker 1>in obvious distress. I moved closer to her, but the

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<v Speaker 1>other females moved in my way to protect her. To

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<v Speaker 1>my amazement, she signed to them that I was there

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<v Speaker 1>to help. The signs she used was old, and most

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<v Speaker 1>of it I didn't understand, but I was able to

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<v Speaker 1>understand that she needed water. One of the females left

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<v Speaker 1>and came back with water in a basket made of leaves.

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<v Speaker 1>They let me move closer to the pregnant female and

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<v Speaker 1>I began my assessment. Her baby was breached, and I

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<v Speaker 1>tried to communicate with her that I needed to turn

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<v Speaker 1>the baby around, and after some back and forth, she understood.

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<v Speaker 1>With buddy standing guard outside, I put pressure on her

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<v Speaker 1>abdomen to try to turn the baby. Before a newborn,

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell this was going to be a whopper.

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<v Speaker 1>I was not able to fully turn the baby on

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<v Speaker 1>my own, though I had to sign with one of

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<v Speaker 1>the other females that I needed her help. It took

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<v Speaker 1>one human veterinarian and one female Bigfoot attendant, but after

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<v Speaker 1>a tough few minutes, we got the baby turned around.

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<v Speaker 1>While this was going on in the hut, I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>a commotion outside. It sounded guttural and serious, but the

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<v Speaker 1>baby was almost there and I didn't have time to

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<v Speaker 1>check it out. It was yelling and gibberish and crashing

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<v Speaker 1>and howling, and it sounded like all hell was breaking loose.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just about to get this little guy out

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<v Speaker 1>when the hut shook violently and I heard a grunt

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<v Speaker 1>and a groan and something hit the ground hard. The

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<v Speaker 1>baby's head had just crowned and I was working on

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<v Speaker 1>getting a shoulder out when what I can only describe

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<v Speaker 1>as a chimpanzee frenzy broke out like they were all

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<v Speaker 1>being chased by a silver back. Out came the other shoulder,

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<v Speaker 1>and I welcomed the newborn baby boy Sasquatch into the world.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point, my job was done. They had been

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<v Speaker 1>doing this for centuries, I presume. So I set the

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<v Speaker 1>baby on the mama's belly and I washed him off

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<v Speaker 1>a bit, and I stroked mom's face and I smiled

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<v Speaker 1>and she smiled back, and I went out to see

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<v Speaker 1>what the commotion was all about. I walked outside to

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most vicious heavyweight fights I could imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>There they were Buddy and the Alpha posturing each other.

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<v Speaker 1>The first move was about the Alpha and he tried

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<v Speaker 1>to jump onto Buddy, but Buddy was too fast. He

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<v Speaker 1>moved on to his back and grabbed the Alpha, and

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<v Speaker 1>he kicked him into a big tree. The tree he

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<v Speaker 1>shook like it was going to topple over. The Alpha

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<v Speaker 1>was really pissed off now, and he charged Buddy and

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<v Speaker 1>they came to blows. If you've ever seen Too Grizzly's fight,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like that mixed with the power of two

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<v Speaker 1>silver bagged guerrillas. It was fast and vicious, and by

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<v Speaker 1>round two they were both torn up and bloody. But

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<v Speaker 1>he had some deep lacerations on his chest and the

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<v Speaker 1>Alpha had one clawed open. Well. I watched them and

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<v Speaker 1>I wished I still had my beer. As they charged

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<v Speaker 1>each other, Buddy stepped to the Alpha's blindside and clocked

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<v Speaker 1>him with a hard, straight left to the nose. There

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<v Speaker 1>was a sickening sound of bone and blood, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Alpha found himself on his butt. He let out a

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<v Speaker 1>howl of anger, and when the two came back together,

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<v Speaker 1>there was so much power you could feel it in

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<v Speaker 1>the ground. Somehow, the Alpha, with obviously years of fighting experience,

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<v Speaker 1>managed to put Buddy on the ground with an MMA

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<v Speaker 1>style move that would have made Royce Gracie proud, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he started to pound on Buddy relentlessly. At that point,

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<v Speaker 1>I began to worry for my safety. If the Alpha

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<v Speaker 1>one would I be able to leave? Would I survived

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<v Speaker 1>the next minutes In post fight, Just then Buddy saw

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<v Speaker 1>an opening and he pounded the Alpha's nose again. The

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<v Speaker 1>pain gave Buddy the break he needed. The office screamed

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<v Speaker 1>in pained and rolled in the dirt. Buddy jumped up,

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<v Speaker 1>went over to the alpha, and pounded him into oblivion.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder there was a fight. Buddy had been protecting

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<v Speaker 1>and breeding rites. And Buddy walked up to me and

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<v Speaker 1>and she stroked my cheek. I saw tears forming her eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>and she returned to the group, and I spent a

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<v Speaker 1>Every now and again I would see some young ones

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<v Speaker 1>I even came to find out they kind of liked

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<v Speaker 1>Once she was over the shock, she loved on those

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<v Speaker 1>but they keep the secret of the homestead. The love

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<v Speaker 1>to meet her too. The last time I saw Buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>that they didn't come back here. That might not be safe.

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<v Speaker 1>They seem to understand, and we all parted with love

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<v Speaker 1>and understanding. I only hope that when I get to

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<v Speaker 1>hope they have beer where we're going. Okay, I just

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<v Speaker 1>opened this story up. It was one of the longer

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<v Speaker 1>stories I had, and since I'm just doing one story

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<v Speaker 1>in this podcast, I picked the largest file in a

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<v Speaker 1>So this is obviously a fictional story. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it could be true, but the writer didn't

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<v Speaker 1>scientist to figure that out. You never know, You never

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<v Speaker 1>there are weirder things. Well, I don't know if there's

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<v Speaker 1>any weirder things that have happened, but probably I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to write this off as fiction. I just didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>y'all think that was a great story? Let me know

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<v Speaker 1>in the comments section? Uh, you know. I put out

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see podcast after podcast after podcasts for me,

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<v Speaker 1>may do one podcast a day for thirty days. Wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>that be cool. I've never done that before, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>thought about it. I thought about it for years, and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to commit to it because sometimes I

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<v Speaker 1>commit to things, or I tell y'all I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>I still haven't got it out. So I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to do a podcast today for thirty days.

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<v Speaker 1>sure if I can do one for thirty days for

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<v Speaker 1>podcasts are gonna start coming one after another, so just

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<v Speaker 1>hang in there. More Steve Lilly, more podcast to Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Lilly novel. And I'm working on an idea for a

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<v Speaker 1>fictional podcast that I Thank you guys. Might be a

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<v Speaker 1>I need to finish. It's a great Western by a

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<v Speaker 1>great writer that I'm really looking forward to finishing. If

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<v Speaker 1>he still wants me to finish it, I got to

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's going on with the podcast at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>you guys enjoyed this and we'll see you on the

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<v Speaker 1>next week. Thanks to