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<v Speaker 1>This story is something that happened to my late husband

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<v Speaker 1>when we were a young family. We lived in northeast Louisiana,

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<v Speaker 1>in a town where we had lived all our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>There are lakes and bayous and streams that make perfect

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<v Speaker 1>fishing spots, as well as a large river between our

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<v Speaker 1>twin cities. Now. My husband loved fishing and honting, and

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<v Speaker 1>when a young couple moved in across the street from us,

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<v Speaker 1>he invited the husband to go fishing with him on

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<v Speaker 1>a Saturday afternoon. The lake where we were headed was

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<v Speaker 1>well known and full of cypress trees. If you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know the area, it's easy to get lost in there forever.

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<v Speaker 1>The two of them sent off in my husband's old

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<v Speaker 1>truck with tackle boxes and rides packed in the bed,

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<v Speaker 1>and his aluminum John boat and tot. The motor was

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<v Speaker 1>a hand me down from my dad, who was a

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<v Speaker 1>semi commercial fisherman. It was well used but well maintained.

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<v Speaker 1>When they got to the water, they launched the boat

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<v Speaker 1>and headed into the cypress trees toward a spot my

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<v Speaker 1>husband guaranteed would fill the boat with fish, and all

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon they cast and caught, and cast and caught and

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<v Speaker 1>fish after fish, not realizing how fast the light was

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<v Speaker 1>fading in the sky. It gets dark in those cypress

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<v Speaker 1>trees quicker than you realize, as most fishermen do. They

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<v Speaker 1>both said, one more cast, again and again until nightfall.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband had fished that lake for years, but with

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<v Speaker 1>the darkness surrounding them, he realized he may have waited

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<v Speaker 1>one cast too many. Now it'd be difficult to see

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<v Speaker 1>the boat lanes leading to the area where they launched.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband didn't want his partner to know they were

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<v Speaker 1>in a bit of a fix, so he started heading

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<v Speaker 1>toward the open where he thought led to the lawn,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was slowly trolling through the trees looking for

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<v Speaker 1>the boat lane. The lack of night noise was unsettling,

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<v Speaker 1>to say the least. There were no frogs, no owls.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no sound at all, and it was making

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<v Speaker 1>my husband's young partner a little worried. You do know

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<v Speaker 1>how to get out of here, don't you? He asked? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>of course I do. I've been fishing and hunting this

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<v Speaker 1>lake for years, my husband said, as he nervously searched

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<v Speaker 1>for a way out of the lake, intent on not

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<v Speaker 1>going deeper into the cypress trees. No one went into

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<v Speaker 1>the deep center of the lake at night, and very

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<v Speaker 1>few would admit why there were things back in there

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't want to meet in the daytime, much less

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<v Speaker 1>at night. As the moon started to shed a little

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<v Speaker 1>light through the trees, they heard the sound of tree

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<v Speaker 1>branches cracking and splashing, like someone was walking in the water.

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<v Speaker 1>Where is that damn boat lane, my husband thought to himself,

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<v Speaker 1>as the sounds got louder and close. Finally, in the

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<v Speaker 1>weak glow of the moonlight, there was an opening in

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<v Speaker 1>the trees. They had found the boat lane. The trolling

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<v Speaker 1>motor was raised and the hand me down out board

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<v Speaker 1>cranked up, and the boat launched across the dark water,

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<v Speaker 1>away from the sounds of the tree breaks and splashing.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's when the real noise started. Not far behind

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<v Speaker 1>them came a scream like a woman being tortured. Did

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<v Speaker 1>you hear that? The young man asked, shouldn't we go

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<v Speaker 1>back and help that lady? That ain't old lady? My

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<v Speaker 1>husband loudly informed him over the sound of the motor.

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<v Speaker 1>We ain't going nowhere but the hell out of here. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you better hang on because if you fall out, I

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<v Speaker 1>ain't coming back. To get you. The kid's face went

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<v Speaker 1>white as a sheet, and my husband's hair flew behind

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<v Speaker 1>him as he raced toward the boat launch. The way

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<v Speaker 1>it flew up onto the bank, you would have thought

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<v Speaker 1>that that John boat had wings. My husband loaded the

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<v Speaker 1>boat on the trailer and bowled out of the launch

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<v Speaker 1>so fast he may as well have been racing in

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<v Speaker 1>a dragstrip. After my husband slowed down a while later,

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<v Speaker 1>the kid finally found his voice again. What was making

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<v Speaker 1>that noise and what was that god awful scream? He asked.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband stared into the dark road ahead of him,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing he was about to shatter the kid's naive perspective

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. I'm going to say this one time,

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<v Speaker 1>and one time only. There are things in this world

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<v Speaker 1>that people will tell you do not exist, But you

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<v Speaker 1>just heard one that does. It's real, and if you're

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<v Speaker 1>close enough to see it, it's close enough to get

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<v Speaker 1>to you. And if it gets you, you'll never get

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<v Speaker 1>out alive. Now, don't ever talk about it to me again,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't ever go back in there. They drove the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the ride home in silence. They passed a

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<v Speaker 1>man walking down the road in the dark and decided

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<v Speaker 1>to give him the fish they had caught. My husband

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<v Speaker 1>and the young neighbor never went fishing together again. A

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<v Speaker 1>friendly wave or a quick hello was all that ever

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<v Speaker 1>passed between them until they moved back to their hometown.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a long time before my husband told me

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<v Speaker 1>about the events of that fishing trip. Once, when I

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<v Speaker 1>was a little girl, my daddy told me about the

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<v Speaker 1>strange things that came out of the center of that

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<v Speaker 1>big Cypress lake at night. He believed my daddy then,

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<v Speaker 1>and I believed my husband too. I never did ask

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<v Speaker 1>him what he thought the thing was in the Cypress Lake.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I didn't want to know. Hey want to

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<v Speaker 1>take a little break between stories, and I want to

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<v Speaker 1>give you a big thank you. This weekend, I threw

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<v Speaker 1>up a picture of myself with a little girl named Chloe.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of you know her story. It is basically, she's

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<v Speaker 1>a little girl. She lives in Arkansas. She is my

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<v Speaker 1>daughter in law's niece. She's my daughter in law's sister's daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>Chloe and her sister, Riley, lost their father a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago. During the COVID outbreak. I asked on

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<v Speaker 1>the post for you guys to say hi, to Chloe,

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<v Speaker 1>and I told her, I said, I'm going to put

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<v Speaker 1>your picture on YouTube and Facebook, and she was so excited.

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<v Speaker 1>She just was giddy about it. And she has read

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<v Speaker 1>every one of your comments, every single one of your comments,

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<v Speaker 1>and you absolutely, without a doubt, made this little girl's day.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to thank you, and I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>keep from choking up. I want to thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>being the the absolute best people in the world to

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<v Speaker 1>reach out and make that little girl's day. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>that big of a deal to us, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really not that big of a deal. But to her,

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<v Speaker 1>you absolutely made her day. She has been pouring over

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<v Speaker 1>these comments, reading every one of them, and it's it

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<v Speaker 1>just absolutely rocks my world that you guys are so

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<v Speaker 1>nice and so generous to do something like that. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. I don't think I can talk anymore because

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<v Speaker 1>it really moved me. Every time I open those up

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<v Speaker 1>to read the comments and thank you for the comments

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<v Speaker 1>and and and all that stuff. It just I can't

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<v Speaker 1>believe how nice you all are. In a world where

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<v Speaker 1>the internet is a mean place to be, we have

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<v Speaker 1>this little group of people that follow along with this channel,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're just so good you're just good, good people.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'm gonna stop. I just love you so

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<v Speaker 1>much and I appreciate you, and uh, okay, we're back

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<v Speaker 1>to monster stories. Let's get back to the podcast as

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<v Speaker 1>what you're here for, and if you like, if you

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<v Speaker 1>like creepy, be weird kind of bigfoot, dog man, were wolf,

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<v Speaker 1>ghost UFO type stories, you found your people, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you like being associated with a nice bunch of people,

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<v Speaker 1>you really have found your people. So let's get back

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<v Speaker 1>to the stories. All right, here we go. I live

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<v Speaker 1>in central Mississippi, near a town called Bay Springs. My cousin,

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<v Speaker 1>who lives down the road from me, has cattle, and

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<v Speaker 1>he and I often sit out at night on his

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<v Speaker 1>property to hunt coyotes that frequently kill his newborn cows.

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<v Speaker 1>We had met in his field one spring night after

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<v Speaker 1>a rainstorm to watch him listen for coyotes. We were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to start a fire in the catchpin to make

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<v Speaker 1>coffee and settle in for a night of hunting. When

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<v Speaker 1>we decided to get some sawmill slats to add to

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<v Speaker 1>the fire. We walk behind the catchpin to get the wood,

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<v Speaker 1>and we heard the scream and it was unlike anything

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<v Speaker 1>we'd ever heard before in these woods. My cousin and

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<v Speaker 1>I are both hunters and outdoorsmen, and we and we

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, we are familiar with all the sounds made

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<v Speaker 1>by creatures who live in the woods. But what we

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<v Speaker 1>heard made the hair stand up all over our bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>and in my misplaced wisdom, I decided to check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked down through the pasture toward a small stream

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<v Speaker 1>that ran through the hayfield, and thanks to the bright

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<v Speaker 1>moon in the sky, I didn't need to use my

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<v Speaker 1>flashlight to see my way, and when I got to

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<v Speaker 1>the stream, I saw something standing next to the woodline.

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<v Speaker 1>At first, I thought it was just one of the trees,

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<v Speaker 1>but as I got closer, I remembered that I had

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<v Speaker 1>raked the hay in that area of the previous summer,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was no tree in that area. I turned

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<v Speaker 1>on my flashlight to get a better look, and as

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<v Speaker 1>I did, this shadow we figure moved toward the trees

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw its back in its right hand, which

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<v Speaker 1>was much too large to be a human, and from

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<v Speaker 1>where I stood, I could see that it was at

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<v Speaker 1>least eight feet tall and it was covered in dark hair.

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<v Speaker 1>I retreated to the cattle pen and I told my

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<v Speaker 1>cousin what I had seen, and since then we have

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<v Speaker 1>had other encounters on his property. To add to our

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<v Speaker 1>excitement and apprehension, we learned that our neighbors have had

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<v Speaker 1>unsettling experiences with strange creatures in the area as well.

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<v Speaker 1>That experience was so eye opening for me that it

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<v Speaker 1>started me on a path to discover encryptids, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>been a cryptid researcher now for fifteen years, mostly here

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<v Speaker 1>in Mississippi. In the nineteen eighties, I spent my teenage

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<v Speaker 1>years in a small town in southern Indiana. By small,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean around one hundred people. We did have a

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<v Speaker 1>gas in, two churches, and there was a tiny post office,

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<v Speaker 1>all of which were surrounded by thousands of acres of

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<v Speaker 1>national and state forest land. My friends and I spent

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of time riding dirt bikes and camping out

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<v Speaker 1>and fishing and hunting and doing things that we probably

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have done. I spent a lot of time in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods alone because I've always been drawn to it

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<v Speaker 1>more than any of my friends. And in all the

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<v Speaker 1>time I spent out there, I never once felt scared

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<v Speaker 1>of anything until this one incident happened. The biggest animal

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods around here is the deer, and the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest predators or coyotes, or so I thought. One day

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<v Speaker 1>after school, I decided to walk through the cow pasture

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<v Speaker 1>behind the house to a wooded area and go squirrel hunting.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't really want to shoot anything. I was just

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<v Speaker 1>using it as an excuse to be out. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>deep in the woods at all, sitting on a stump

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<v Speaker 1>watching squirrels and birds, when all of a sudden I

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<v Speaker 1>heard something come crashing through the trees. It ran through

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<v Speaker 1>there like a freight train, and it was knocking down

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<v Speaker 1>trees and just tearing the area up. There was no

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<v Speaker 1>way this was a deer or a coyote, I thought, well.

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<v Speaker 1>I sat there for a couple of minutes waiting to

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<v Speaker 1>see what it was. But the closer it got, the

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<v Speaker 1>louder it got, and the more scared I became. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I've never felt such fear in my life. It was

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<v Speaker 1>an unexplainable, unnatural fear, and the single shot four ten

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<v Speaker 1>I was caring didn't give me any comfort at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried to be brave, but I just couldn't make

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<v Speaker 1>myself sit there and wait for it. I never saw

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<v Speaker 1>what it was, and I still kicked myself for being

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<v Speaker 1>there to look for clues. And this may not sound

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<v Speaker 1>like a great encounter, but it sounded much bigger than

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<v Speaker 1>any person or animal that was supposed to be there,

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<v Speaker 1>And for a sixteen year old kid who knew nothing

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<v Speaker 1>about bigfoot or cryptids at the time, it was an

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<v Speaker 1>epic experience. Hell yes, man, oh, I love that last sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>It was epic. I think that's the way I would

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<v Speaker 1>feel about an experience like that. As long as I

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<v Speaker 1>got away unhurt. That's the deal breaker right there. If

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<v Speaker 1>I get away, don't get hurt, it's going to be epic.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the story, sir. I grew up in Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>hunting and fishing, and I've seen strange things happen since

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<v Speaker 1>I was a kid, and I have more stories than

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<v Speaker 1>I can count, but I'll start with my two sasquatch encounters.

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<v Speaker 1>In high school. My friends and I would sneak out

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<v Speaker 1>go when there was a big moon out anyway, so

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<v Speaker 1>that we didn't need to use flashlights and risk getting caught. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>That night it was me and Kenny and Newton and

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<v Speaker 1>Newton and I stopped at the first big pond while

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny went through the woods to the other ponds. I

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<v Speaker 1>on my left. We were about knee deep catching bass

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<v Speaker 1>on every cast, and we threw them straight back in

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<v Speaker 1>and I told Newton that I was going to find

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny so we could get out of here before it

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<v Speaker 1>started to rain. So I got out of the water

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<v Speaker 1>and I ran into the darkness, and I ran down

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<v Speaker 1>the logging road, cut through a cedar thicket, and then

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<v Speaker 1>the lightning flashed and I saw something go around the

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<v Speaker 1>corner to the left. It's about thirty yards away. I

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<v Speaker 1>stopped at my tracks. I never heard it make any noise,

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<v Speaker 1>and it never looked back at me, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>clearly trying to get away. This thing was eight feet tall,

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<v Speaker 1>and it had a small head sitting right on top

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<v Speaker 1>that bigfoot smoothness you hear about. I ran right back

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<v Speaker 1>to Newton, and when he saw the look on my face,

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't ask a single question and we both ran

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<v Speaker 1>flat out on the paved road to our car, which

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<v Speaker 1>we had parked a quarter a mile away. Well, Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>shows up about forty five minutes later. He didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>rain that night. Well, that side squatch was watching us

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<v Speaker 1>catch those fish. People ought to start splashing instead of

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<v Speaker 1>tree knocking. It worked for us. Another story, my dad

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<v Speaker 1>were hundreds of acres of pasture land and scattered woods.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a postcard beautiful land for turkey and deer honey.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was a place on the fence line where

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<v Speaker 1>my dad that I was going to take my climbing

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<v Speaker 1>stand over there and hunt that deer trail. I went

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty yards and I set up right on the trail,

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<v Speaker 1>which I didn't like doing. I hadn't cut any shooting lanes,

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<v Speaker 1>so there was some undergrowth. I was about twelve feet

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<v Speaker 1>up a white oak, hunting with my recurved bow, and

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<v Speaker 1>I had four arrows with me. The evening was dead

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<v Speaker 1>quiet and with no birds, annoying chipmunks or bugs, and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing except the sound of a dog gapping on the

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<v Speaker 1>next farm. Over the whole evening, I remember wishing that

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<v Speaker 1>dog would shut up, and right at dark I decided

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<v Speaker 1>to get down while I could still see. I had

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<v Speaker 1>ropes untied and such, and I was making some noise,

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<v Speaker 1>but nothing too loud, and I realized that the dog

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<v Speaker 1>had finally stopped barking. That's when I heard something growl,

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<v Speaker 1>low and deep. I stopped and looked around. When I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't see anything, I kept doing what I was doing.

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<v Speaker 1>But then I heard it again, and it was low

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<v Speaker 1>and a deep rumbling that sounded like it came right

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<v Speaker 1>out of a monster. For the life of me, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't see anything through the thick darkness, and I craned

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<v Speaker 1>my neck and stretched out as far as I could

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<v Speaker 1>see something without falling, but I had no luck seeing anything.

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<v Speaker 1>And there I was thinking, what in the world am

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<v Speaker 1>I gonna do? I have to climb down, run twenty yards,

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<v Speaker 1>climb a fence, and after that there's a three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>I decided that when my feet hit the ground, I

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<v Speaker 1>would leave my stand and throw my bow over the

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<v Speaker 1>fence and run for my life. The fear only intensified

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<v Speaker 1>when I got out in that big pasture. I had

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<v Speaker 1>nowhere to go but uphill, and it reminded me of

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<v Speaker 1>a werewolf movie where the good guy runs for his life,

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<v Speaker 1>all the while knowing he's gonna die. The thing never

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<v Speaker 1>showed itself, but I heard it behind me, and I

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<v Speaker 1>knew it could have caught up to me if it

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<v Speaker 1>had the slightest interest. When Kenny's grandmother heard us talking

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<v Speaker 1>about what happened to me, she told us that she

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<v Speaker 1>had heard stories about the old nuns who used to

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<v Speaker 1>see white creatures in that area. The next day, when

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<v Speaker 1>I went back to get my stand, I went back

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<v Speaker 1>prepared with my Remington eight seventy in a pocket full

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<v Speaker 1>of slugs. That event has given me nightmares until this day.

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<v Speaker 1>I crossed the road from my dad's place is thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine thousand acres of lake Cumberland Land in Russell County, Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved chasing turkeys out in that open land, and

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<v Speaker 1>I did it all on foot, the way it should

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<v Speaker 1>be done. Well. There was one turkey that gobbled his

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<v Speaker 1>head off every morning, and one day I told my

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<v Speaker 1>an hour or so to creep my way over and

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<v Speaker 1>up there. The only thing I could find to hide

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<v Speaker 1>end was a giant wild rose bush with white flowers. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>it smelt good and the bees were buzzing all around me.

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<v Speaker 1>It was almost magical, and it hid me well except

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<v Speaker 1>for my shotgun, which was poking out and only the

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<v Speaker 1>in the forest, including the gobbling, went completely quiet. Even

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<v Speaker 1>the bees flying around me, had flown off. So I

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<v Speaker 1>crept up to the edge of where that bird had

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<v Speaker 1>been strutting moments before, and he was gone. It was

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<v Speaker 1>like he just vanished. And I stood up from the

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<v Speaker 1>camouflage of the roses, and I walked right over there,

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<v Speaker 1>looking around like a big joke had been played on me.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on the ground at my feet I found

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect fan from that bird, as if someone yanked

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<v Speaker 1>it right out and left it there for me. There

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<v Speaker 1>were no other feathers or fluff or any hint of

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<v Speaker 1>a struggle at all, like you would normally expect from

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<v Speaker 1>a fox or a big cat. The whole bird was

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<v Speaker 1>just gone. It was just the fan left. It might

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<v Speaker 1>have been a big foot that got my turkey, and

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<v Speaker 1>it makes just as much sense as a turkey disappearing

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<v Speaker 1>into thin air, if you ask me. My father grew

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<v Speaker 1>fruit trees, peaches and pears and apples and apricots. He'd

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<v Speaker 1>always complained that something was stealing his fruit, but now

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<v Speaker 1>looking back, it all kind of makes sense now. My

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<v Speaker 1>dad never did say anything about it while he was alive,

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<v Speaker 1>but we all knew something was lurking around in that land,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was something that did not belong. Thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate you all so much. Hope you were having

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<v Speaker 1>a great Labor Day day. Today is Labor Day. I

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<v Speaker 1>got to go to my granddaughter's birthday party in Arkansas

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend and we had a great time. A bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of screaming girls at a swimming party, and luckily there

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<v Speaker 1>was plenty of beer around, so me and the other

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<v Speaker 1>I'm back now recording podcast. I appreciate you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to this one, and we'll see you on

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<v Speaker 1>the next one. Thank you.