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<v Speaker 1>It had only been months since i'd lost my sister.

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<v Speaker 1>I was depressed and feeling all alone. When I reached

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<v Speaker 1>out to a friend. He suggested I get out and

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<v Speaker 1>go down around the mulgi. I think i'll pronounce that

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<v Speaker 1>right oak mulgy. Maybe that's a river or a swamp,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure, and he wanted to scout for hogs.

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<v Speaker 1>We planned on going on a hunt soon, so I

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<v Speaker 1>decided he was right that it might be good for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I took my dog, a cocker Spaniel named River, and

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<v Speaker 1>we headed out. We'd worked our way down to the

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<v Speaker 1>famous bass fishing lake through the woods for about a

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<v Speaker 1>mile when I got a whiff of something that could

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<v Speaker 1>have knocked a buzzard off a poop wack. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the way you guys write. I can't even describe it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just bad. I started looking around for it,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking what I smelled with something dead. I thought coyotes

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<v Speaker 1>might be a concern, but I had my pump action

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<v Speaker 1>Mossberg loaded with buckshot and slugs, so I wasn't too worried.

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<v Speaker 1>About that time. River disappeared somewhere and I started seeing

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<v Speaker 1>water through the trees, so I knew I must be

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<v Speaker 1>getting close to the lake. As I got closer to

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<v Speaker 1>the water and rounded a little thicket, I immediately saw

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<v Speaker 1>something standing to the left of me. I knew this

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<v Speaker 1>is what I must have been smelling. Admittedly, I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>wearing my glasses, so I couldn't see every minor detail,

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<v Speaker 1>but I knew what this thing was. I noticed his

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<v Speaker 1>lips for some reason, he wasn't quite showing his teeth,

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<v Speaker 1>but he wasn't not showing them either. It was more

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<v Speaker 1>like a relaxing moment, kind of like after you brush

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<v Speaker 1>your teeth. But what surprised me the most was when

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<v Speaker 1>he saw my shotgun. It had been tucked behind my

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<v Speaker 1>leg in such a way that it was hidden from

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<v Speaker 1>the creature at first, but in my shock, I took

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<v Speaker 1>a step back, dropping it into plain sight. He took

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<v Speaker 1>one look at it and zeroed in on it with

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<v Speaker 1>real fear and recognition on his face. He knew what

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<v Speaker 1>this thing was, and I believe he knew that it

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<v Speaker 1>could hurt him. His eyes darted back and forth between

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<v Speaker 1>me and the shotgun, so I knew I had to

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<v Speaker 1>do something. I raised my free hand in a show

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<v Speaker 1>of peace to sort of say, hey, I'm not here.

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<v Speaker 1>To hurt you. That must have satisfied him, because he

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<v Speaker 1>turned and walked off. It was actually more like a

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<v Speaker 1>glide than a walk. I exhaled and realized I'd been

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<v Speaker 1>holding my breath. I admit I was shocked to my core.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that they're there now. I went back out

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<v Speaker 1>there with my friend during the rainy season and we

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<v Speaker 1>found two sets of tracks. The writer of this account

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<v Speaker 1>states the following event is recorded in a book. Photos

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<v Speaker 1>were taken by a California Highway Patrol officer and these

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<v Speaker 1>photos are reproduced in this book. As of today, I

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<v Speaker 1>have not confirmed this. However, he claims several of the

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<v Speaker 1>individuals present during this UFO event have read the book

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<v Speaker 1>and seen the photographs. I have the title of the book,

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<v Speaker 1>but the dates given do not correspond with the date

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<v Speaker 1>of the following event. I do not doubt the writer's word.

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<v Speaker 1>On the contrary, I believe the date of the publication

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<v Speaker 1>in his email is a typo. We will hear more

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<v Speaker 1>from this writer in the future, and if I can

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<v Speaker 1>get this information straight, I will reveal the title of

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<v Speaker 1>the book that he wrote of and the date of

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<v Speaker 1>its publication. Fountain Valley, California, during the fall of nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy three, one of those seventy degree t shirt nights

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<v Speaker 1>in Crazy Fornia. At nine o'clock PM, we stopped working

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<v Speaker 1>on our dragster and we decided to run down to

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<v Speaker 1>the local coffee shop. As we walked towards our cars,

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<v Speaker 1>I looked towards Miles Square Park, two blocks from my house.

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<v Speaker 1>Three lights were hovering about three thousand feet or less

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<v Speaker 1>above the park. The light formed a triangle shape in

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<v Speaker 1>the sky. A helicopter practiced landing pad was located in

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<v Speaker 1>the park. An unfortunate helicopter crash had occurred there some

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<v Speaker 1>weeks before. As unusual as this may sound, three choppers

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<v Speaker 1>collided at once and fell to the ground, killing several airmen.

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<v Speaker 1>Crews were at work removing the wreckage at this time.

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<v Speaker 1>One fuselage remained on the ground for the next day's work.

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<v Speaker 1>Three lights were slowly descending over the park. My friends

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<v Speaker 1>and I stood in astonishment watching the lights descend over

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<v Speaker 1>the park. I asked my friends if they wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>get a better look, and I was surprised to hear

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<v Speaker 1>them respond with a hell no. The lights continued their descent,

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<v Speaker 1>pulsing and constantly changing colors. It was too much for me,

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<v Speaker 1>so I smugly called my buddies a bunch of chickens,

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<v Speaker 1>and I raced for the park in my chevel. I

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<v Speaker 1>reached the closed gate to the landing pad with my

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<v Speaker 1>head lights off. The lights were now five hundred feet

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<v Speaker 1>or less off the ground. Marines had been guarding the

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<v Speaker 1>pad since the crash, but they were distracted by the

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<v Speaker 1>lights now falling on top of them. Signs were posted

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<v Speaker 1>along the fence to keep out. I had to see

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<v Speaker 1>this up close, and I sprung from the car, hopped

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<v Speaker 1>a fence, ran the last hundred yards through a shallow ditch,

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<v Speaker 1>and I crouched next to the landing pad. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>I would be seen at some point and probably go

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<v Speaker 1>to jail, but the impulse to get close was worth

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<v Speaker 1>it for me. A young marine stood just a few

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<v Speaker 1>feet away on the tarmac. He was transfixed by the

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<v Speaker 1>crafts hovering above. I could now clearly see the UFOs,

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<v Speaker 1>only one hundred feet above the last helicopter wreckage. They

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<v Speaker 1>were round objects with a metallic appearance. One was red

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<v Speaker 1>and then pulsed to orange, Another was blue, changing to purple.

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<v Speaker 1>The last was yellow to green. The colors changed slowly.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no blinking. I walked out onto the tarmac

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<v Speaker 1>and I stood next to the marine who had dropped

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<v Speaker 1>his rifle and gazed at the spectacle as if he

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<v Speaker 1>were in a trance. He never noticed me walk past him.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I was standing next to the helicopter and directly

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<v Speaker 1>under the UFOs. They now hovered silently fifty feet above me,

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<v Speaker 1>still maintaining their triangular formation. Each vessel looked to be

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred feet in diameter. I felt no heat or wind,

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<v Speaker 1>and the area was silent. They hung in the sky

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<v Speaker 1>as if strings held them in place. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how long I stood watching. It could have been thirty seconds,

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<v Speaker 1>or it could have been three hours. There were no

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<v Speaker 1>voices in my head, but I distinctly got the message

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<v Speaker 1>to get off the tarmac. So I turned my back

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<v Speaker 1>to the wreckage and I walked back the way that

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<v Speaker 1>I had come in. The guard was in front of me,

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<v Speaker 1>walking in the same direction towards the field and the brush.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in a zombie like state, putting one foot

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<v Speaker 1>in front of the other, with no animation or interest

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<v Speaker 1>in what was happening around him. I walked by the

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<v Speaker 1>rifle he had dropped earlier, and I caught up with

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<v Speaker 1>him at the edge of the concrete and we both

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<v Speaker 1>to watch the UFO slowly began gaining an elevation, and

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<v Speaker 1>then they shot into the sky like bullets, stopping briefly

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<v Speaker 1>as pinpoints of light in the sky, and then they vanished.

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<v Speaker 1>The guard looked over at me, appearing to be a

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<v Speaker 1>bit surprised to see me there. So I headed back

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<v Speaker 1>to the car, not saying a word. It was time

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<v Speaker 1>to go back. At the coffee shop, I met my

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<v Speaker 1>buddies in the parking lot. They had watched the whole

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<v Speaker 1>event from here. A bunch of chickens, I mumbled. They

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<v Speaker 1>made the case that they might be chickens, but at

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<v Speaker 1>least they weren't crazy, and I actually think they had

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<v Speaker 1>a point. I proceeded to tell them the whole story.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole thing really was crazy. Twenty years later, my

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<v Speaker 1>wife and I were attending a wedding dinner for the

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<v Speaker 1>daughter of my friend Ken, who was at the coffee

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<v Speaker 1>shop parking lot that night. We all sat at a

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<v Speaker 1>large table and the discussion was lively. From across the table,

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<v Speaker 1>I heard Ken say, Hey, Mark, why don't you tell

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<v Speaker 1>that story about the UFOs? At Miles State Park. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of our friends laughed, but Ken and I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>went on to tell the story to a mesmerized audience.

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<v Speaker 1>I was almost to the end of the story when

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<v Speaker 1>Ken's wife blurted, Oh my god, you mean that story

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<v Speaker 1>is true. Ken laughed and he said, I've been telling

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<v Speaker 1>you that story for years. Yes, it's true. We all

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<v Speaker 1>saw them, and oh, crazy here took off in his

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<v Speaker 1>car and snuck into that park like it was no

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. All he wanted was a front row seat.

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<v Speaker 1>All of this has really been blocked out until recently.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard so many stories and started putting two and

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<v Speaker 1>two together. I didn't know what it was that I

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<v Speaker 1>saw until recently, and some things leading up to it

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<v Speaker 1>and things that happened afterward have put it all in perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is John and I'm a firefighter and a

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<v Speaker 1>minister of the gospel. What happened to me happened when

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<v Speaker 1>I was twelve years old. That was back in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven. I lived in a neighborhood in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 1>The neighborhood was not huge, but not small either. However,

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<v Speaker 1>every bit of it was surrounded by woods, There were

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<v Speaker 1>also bayous not too far away that we would sneak

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<v Speaker 1>away and fish in. And we knew most of the

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<v Speaker 1>woods around there like the back of our hands. We

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<v Speaker 1>had b begun wars and pine cone wars and bottle

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<v Speaker 1>rocket wars, and we camped out and we built forts,

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<v Speaker 1>and you get the picture. We loved the woods and

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<v Speaker 1>we played and we played hard, except there was this

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<v Speaker 1>one section of woods when you first entered the neighborhood

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<v Speaker 1>that we just never felt comfortable in. We call those

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<v Speaker 1>woods the creepy woods. When you entered the neighborhood, they

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<v Speaker 1>were on the left hand side. I remember my friend's

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<v Speaker 1>dad took us back there mudding in the back of

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<v Speaker 1>his pickup truck, and they seemed like they went on forever.

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<v Speaker 1>In reality, I believe if you followed them far enough,

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<v Speaker 1>it would drop into a huge subdivision several miles away.

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<v Speaker 1>We could never put our finger on it. We just

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like going back there again. It was just creepy.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinking back, there was a gravel road that us kids

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<v Speaker 1>used to take to the old country store a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of miles away. We were able to avoid the busy

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<v Speaker 1>main road to get there, and that gravel road covered

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<v Speaker 1>a section of those creepy woods. It was just close

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<v Speaker 1>enough to the main road where you could hear the traffic,

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<v Speaker 1>so it didn't seem quite as creepy. My dad used

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<v Speaker 1>to send me to that old country store to get

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<v Speaker 1>his newspaper every Saturday and Sunday morning. I guess that

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<v Speaker 1>walk was between one and two miles. There were so

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<v Speaker 1>many times that I would take that walk and feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I was being watched, and I would stop walking

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<v Speaker 1>and I would listen, because even though I was walking

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<v Speaker 1>on the gravel, I swore I could hear leaves crunching,

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<v Speaker 1>like something was keeping pace with me. Many times I

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<v Speaker 1>was with my friends and we would all get the

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<v Speaker 1>same sensation. Somebody would tell everyone to stop and be quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>and we would just listen. It was eerie, but we

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<v Speaker 1>almost always chalked it up to us being scared of

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<v Speaker 1>the creepy woods. One night, my dad was driving me

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<v Speaker 1>home from a little league baseball game. He was president

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<v Speaker 1>of the league, so we almost always got home late.

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<v Speaker 1>As he took a right into our neighborhood, the creepy

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<v Speaker 1>woods were on the left. We went in one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>yards and then took another right. There was a field

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<v Speaker 1>that we played baseball and football on right across from

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<v Speaker 1>those woods. As he took that right, our headlights shined

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<v Speaker 1>into the field and that's when we saw it. The

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<v Speaker 1>lights caught glowing amber colored eyes and a shadow of

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<v Speaker 1>something that was absolutely huge. We both saw it for

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<v Speaker 1>Dad let out, oh, what the heck was that and

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<v Speaker 1>and after a short discussion, we determined that we both

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<v Speaker 1>We told my mom and sister when we got home,

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<v Speaker 1>and they thought we were trying to scare them. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we went out the next day and we walked around

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<v Speaker 1>five feet from where we had seen the shadow. At

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<v Speaker 1>a best guess, we determined this creature was at least

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<v Speaker 1>eight feet tall. Now I remember the ground was dry,

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<v Speaker 1>so we never found any tracks, and over the next week,

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<v Speaker 1>back to our daily routine a few weeks later. I

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<v Speaker 1>away shortly after. My buddy and I were walking to

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<v Speaker 1>saw this creature in and honestly I hadn't thought much

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<v Speaker 1>more about it, but as we walked by, I got

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<v Speaker 1>another uneasy feeling that we were being watched. I did

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<v Speaker 1>the best I could to ignore it. I didn't mention

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<v Speaker 1>I was crazy or scared. We got to his house

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<v Speaker 1>and his parents would not let us stay the night,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was stuck walking back home by myself. As

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<v Speaker 1>I once again approached the field, this time it was

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<v Speaker 1>on my right, there were two ways that I could

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<v Speaker 1>the left, which shortened up my trip quite a bit,

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<v Speaker 1>or I could go straight and take the road, which

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<v Speaker 1>I added several minutes. I was going to take the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd done it a hundred times, and as I was

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<v Speaker 1>about to take the turn, into the woods. The hair

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<v Speaker 1>on the back of my neck stood straight up, and

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<v Speaker 1>my heart started racing, and I literally became fearful. Something

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<v Speaker 1>on the inside of me screamed, do not go that way,

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<v Speaker 1>and I listened to that voice, and I took off,

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<v Speaker 1>running as fast as I could down the gravel road.

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<v Speaker 1>I ran all the way home with tears streaming down

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<v Speaker 1>my face, and I never looked aback. I think I

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<v Speaker 1>broke a world record that night. I opened the door

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<v Speaker 1>and went straight to my room, and I never discussed

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<v Speaker 1>it with anyone. I've never had that kind of fear

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<v Speaker 1>come over me before, and I've never had it since.

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<v Speaker 1>But after listening to so many encounters, there's no doubt

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind what was out there. Again, I never

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<v Speaker 1>talked to any of my friends about it, and only

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<v Speaker 1>recently I'm forty four years old now did I ask

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<v Speaker 1>my dad if he remembered that huge creature we saw

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<v Speaker 1>in the field that night. He had not thought about

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<v Speaker 1>it until I mentioned it, he said, And I told

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<v Speaker 1>him what I thought it was, and he didn't disagree

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<v Speaker 1>with me. That is what I believe to be my encounter.

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<v Speaker 1>It may not be as exciting as some that I've

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<v Speaker 1>heard but I will always remember the fear that I

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<v Speaker 1>felt that lone night. I will always remember those amber

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<v Speaker 1>colored eyes in that dark shadow that stood in the field.
