1 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: All right, all right, got two stories. Got a ghost 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,759 Speaker 1: story and a really a good ghost story and a 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,359 Speaker 1: really good bigfoot story. Kind of a short podcast. I 4 00:00:16,399 --> 00:00:18,679 Speaker 1: hope you guys like it. All right, let's get it rolling, 5 00:00:18,879 --> 00:00:31,719 Speaker 1: all right, here we go. In the early nineteen nineties, 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: my brother and I used to go to ihop every night. 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,399 Speaker 1: We would spend hours there drinking coffee and discussing philosophy 8 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: and art and religion and literature. We were sitting in 9 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: the last booth in the corner where we could see 10 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: out of both sides because each side had a row 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: of windows, and the windows showed a scene of the 12 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:56,039 Speaker 1: Dallas LBJ Freeway leading into I thirty five and an 13 00:00:56,159 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: endless stream of fast cars. And even though it was 14 00:00:59,399 --> 00:01:03,719 Speaker 1: late at night, the stream was still moving. I noticed 15 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:06,439 Speaker 1: to my left, way out in the distance, a figure 16 00:01:06,519 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: coming off of I thirty five. It walked down the 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,719 Speaker 1: middle of the median between the two sections of east 18 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: and westbound traffic, and as it got closer, I could 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,719 Speaker 1: see it was a woman in a long white dress. 20 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: She had long black hair and wore a white veil 21 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,719 Speaker 1: that flowed behind her like a train. Well. I blinked 22 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: and rubbed my eyes and I squinted to make sure 23 00:01:28,079 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: I was seeing what I was seeing, and I watched 24 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: as she got closer and closer, thinking that when she 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: passed the bridge, I might be able to see her 26 00:01:36,519 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: going down the other side. But while she was on 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,799 Speaker 1: the bridge, my view was obstructed by a service station, 28 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:45,519 Speaker 1: and I didn't see her come out the other side. 29 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: She either disappeared on the bridge or crossed the freeway 30 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: there amid the heavy stream of traffic and went down 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the grassy hillside. I read about a legend once called 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: La la Ronna. I'm sure I'm not pronouncing that right. 33 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:04,519 Speaker 1: She is the weeping woman of the Southwest. It eerily 34 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: fits the woman I saw. The legend says that the 35 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: beautiful woman has long black hair, and she wears a 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: white gown, and she wanders through the night looking for 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: children to take with her. Maybe that was just a 38 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: meth head walking around doing that jerky kind of thing 39 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,479 Speaker 1: they do, and she had found a sheet to wrap 40 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: her up with. I don't know. I don't know. Let's 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: go to the next He's got another story here. Let's 42 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,159 Speaker 1: go to that. In the nineteen eighties, I used to 43 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,879 Speaker 1: visit my sister and her husband and spend time with 44 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: their kids every year. My brother in law's father lived 45 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,599 Speaker 1: with them. He was disabled and he stayed back in 46 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,039 Speaker 1: his room most of the time. My sister was a 47 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,039 Speaker 1: teacher and her husband ran his own company, and while 48 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:48,319 Speaker 1: they were at work and the kids were at school, 49 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,599 Speaker 1: I would be left alone with his father. Often my 50 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,199 Speaker 1: brother in law's clients would call the house and I 51 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: would take a message for them, and when the phone rang, 52 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: the father would pick up the phone and ants it too, 53 00:03:01,199 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: and each time I told him that I had it covered, 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,879 Speaker 1: and then he would hang up. I never saw the 55 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: guy much, and that was about the only contact I 56 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: actually wanted with him. He was not a personable guy. 57 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: My sister and her family moved to a new house 58 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:21,879 Speaker 1: with a pool, and his father died shortly after that. Well. 59 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,719 Speaker 1: I visited them at their new house, and one morning, 60 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: after everyone had gone to school and work, I was 61 00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: left alone again, and I was planning to swim in 62 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:33,479 Speaker 1: their new pool and read a book and watch TV. 63 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,599 Speaker 1: But as usual, the phone rang. It was a customer 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,919 Speaker 1: for my brother in law, and as I spoke to 65 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: the customer, the phone made a clicking sound like another 66 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: extension had picked up. Hello. I heard the voice say 67 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: the same voice as my sister's late father in law. Well, 68 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: I kept talking and I took the message, and the 69 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: caller hung up, and I didn't hear the extension hang up, 70 00:03:58,759 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: so I stayed on the line. There was no doll tone, 71 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,439 Speaker 1: and it sounded like the line was still open, the 72 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:09,199 Speaker 1: way it used to sound on old ground lines with extensions. 73 00:04:10,319 --> 00:04:13,759 Speaker 1: I listened for twenty seconds or so, and I felt rattled. 74 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: When I finally gathered up my courage, Is anyone there? 75 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: I asked. The phone made a clicking sound of someone 76 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,519 Speaker 1: hanging up, and then came the doll tone. I was 77 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,759 Speaker 1: out the front door and down the block in a second, 78 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,319 Speaker 1: and I drank coffee at a local deli until it 79 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: was time for my sister to come home. I am 80 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: of a Christian faith, and I could tell you about 81 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:41,199 Speaker 1: some miracles I've seen. I do not draw major conclusions 82 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: from these experiences, but I'm smart enough to know that 83 00:04:44,959 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: I don't know everything, and some things just can't be explained. 84 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: What a creepy, creepy whoo. That kind of gave me shivers. 85 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:57,639 Speaker 1: It's almost like that those movies they make with the 86 00:04:58,399 --> 00:05:02,399 Speaker 1: you know, the phone rings and the young twenty somethingter 87 00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: women pick up the phone and it's like, we know 88 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,439 Speaker 1: what you did. You know those kind of creepy shows. 89 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: I get bored with those, but when they first came 90 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: out they were pretty interesting. It kind of reminds me 91 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,319 Speaker 1: of that. And I saw a movie probably in the 92 00:05:16,439 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: last couple of years on this La Lorona of the 93 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:22,199 Speaker 1: Weeping Woman of the Southwest, that was a horror movie. 94 00:05:22,399 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: My wife and I love to go to movies. We 95 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,319 Speaker 1: go to We're always looking at the ads at the 96 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: movie theaters for what cool movies are coming out. We're 97 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,079 Speaker 1: always watching trailers and stuff like that. Have y'all. This 98 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: is way off topic, but who has seen the new 99 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: Kevin Cosner movie out called Horizon. That movie has gotten 100 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: terrible feedback from the public and from reviewers. But we 101 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: went to see that movie and we loved it. I 102 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,439 Speaker 1: guess we're just of a generation who likes the big, 103 00:05:54,519 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: epic scenery and the long stretching story and the different 104 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: characters and all that. But it was like a minute 105 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,959 Speaker 1: or two over three hours. And we both said driving 106 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,319 Speaker 1: home that with that movie, it felt like we were 107 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:13,439 Speaker 1: in there for fifteen minutes. You just stay engaged and 108 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,639 Speaker 1: you're watching the story. I would recommend you all go 109 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: see it and just don't go with any expectations. But 110 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: go see Horizon and understand that it's either going to 111 00:06:25,879 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: be two or four movies. I don't know if he's 112 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,319 Speaker 1: going to do four now that this first one isn't 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,759 Speaker 1: making money. Actually, he's taken a financial beating on this movie. 114 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,959 Speaker 1: But I like Kevin Costner. He seems to be a 115 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,759 Speaker 1: pretty idealistic guy. He's got visions for his movies, like 116 00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: dances with wolves and stuff like that. But go to 117 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: this movie or rent it on a streaming service with 118 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: the expectation that there's more common. None of the loose 119 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,439 Speaker 1: ends are tied up in the first one, but it 120 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: really sets the stage and gets you engrossed and involved 121 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: in the story. I recommend it. I don't know why. 122 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: I guess talking about movies, horror movies got me off 123 00:07:06,079 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: on that. A'll quit talking about that. Now we'll go 124 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: to a bigfoot store. I got a bigfoot story. Hang on, 125 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: hang on, Okay, here's a bigfoot story from New York. 126 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: It's is really good. I really enjoyed reading this. Here 127 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:24,199 Speaker 1: we go. I'm from Northern New York State, about as 128 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: far north as you can get without crossing over into Canada. 129 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: I'm a paranormal investigator encryptid researcher. My love for the 130 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: subject came from my father, who would read me stories 131 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,279 Speaker 1: about Bigfoot, the Locknessed Monster, and UFOs and ghosts and 132 00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:44,879 Speaker 1: the dog Man, all of them. I live about twenty 133 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: minutes from the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains and have 134 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: collected numerous eyewitness encounters and sightings of Bigfoot here and 135 00:07:53,079 --> 00:07:56,519 Speaker 1: surrounding areas. I spent a lot of time in the mountains, 136 00:07:56,519 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: so it's no wonder that's where my first encounter took place. 137 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:04,439 Speaker 1: It was October of nineteen eighty seven and I was 138 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,319 Speaker 1: ten years old, and my father wanted a day just 139 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: for the two of us to spend some quality time together, 140 00:08:10,759 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: so we took a drive up to Cranberry Lake, New York, 141 00:08:13,639 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: in the mountains. It was a beautiful day and the 142 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: colorful fall leaves were at their peak. My father drove 143 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: about a mile off the main road to a picnic 144 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: area right on the lake, and we sat down at 145 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:30,279 Speaker 1: the table near the water to eat a baloney sandwich 146 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: and chips that we had packed with us, and We 147 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: spent our time talking about different things. When the sun 148 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: started to set and it was nearing time to head home, 149 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,279 Speaker 1: my father walked me up the trail of ways to 150 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,879 Speaker 1: a small utility shed where I could relieve myself with 151 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: a bit of privacy as my father waited for me 152 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,039 Speaker 1: on the other side of the shed. I stood there, 153 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,159 Speaker 1: staring into the quiet wooded surroundings when out of nowhere, 154 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: something was thrown against the side of the shed. Well 155 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: that scared me half to death. And not long after 156 00:09:04,159 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: that had happened again, and I finished my business as 157 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,759 Speaker 1: fast as I could, and I rushed to my father. 158 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,639 Speaker 1: With the concerned look on his face did a little 159 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: to comfort me. Are you playing a joke on me, Dad, 160 00:09:15,879 --> 00:09:20,039 Speaker 1: I asked him. No, he said bluntly. Did you hear 161 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,639 Speaker 1: something hit the shit, I asked. He nodded. It was 162 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: two rocks the size of my fist, he said, And 163 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,519 Speaker 1: then we heard grunts and growls. We couldn't see what 164 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,279 Speaker 1: was making the noise, even though the leaves had started 165 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: to fall from the trees by this time of the season, 166 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: and you could see a good thirty yards into the 167 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:40,639 Speaker 1: woods and up the hill from where we were standing. 168 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:44,039 Speaker 1: My father crouched down to one knee and he told 169 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,519 Speaker 1: me to get behind him, and he looked up through 170 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: the trees and slowly pointed to something in the distance. 171 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,759 Speaker 1: It was so big it didn't take long for me 172 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,879 Speaker 1: to see it too. It was a seven foot tall, 173 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: dark figure with a huge upper body, and it was 174 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: weighing back and forth between two trees. My father told 175 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: me to turn around and start walking slowly down the 176 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: trail back to the truck, and I did as I 177 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: was told, looking back all the time to see if 178 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: he was coming too. When I got to the truck, 179 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:18,919 Speaker 1: I finally saw him running down the trail at full speed, 180 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: and we both jumped in the truck and got out 181 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: of there as fast as we could. I was scared 182 00:10:25,159 --> 00:10:28,399 Speaker 1: and confused, and tears were building up in my eyes, 183 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: but I did my best not to cry. And we 184 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,759 Speaker 1: stopped at the rest area a few miles down the 185 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,039 Speaker 1: road and my father put the truck in part and 186 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: he reached out to put his arm around me. Are 187 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: you okay, he asked me, Yeah, I said, what was that? 188 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: My father is a believer, and he didn't hesitate. I 189 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,039 Speaker 1: think we just saw a bigfoot. Well, I don't want 190 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,759 Speaker 1: to see him again, I said, with a blatant honesty 191 00:10:53,799 --> 00:10:56,919 Speaker 1: of a ten year old. My father kind of smiled 192 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: me neither, he said. After we got home, my father 193 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: told my mother what had happened. I never really knew 194 00:11:04,519 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: if she believed him or not. She was just glad 195 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:10,919 Speaker 1: that we were both safe. Now, I've only told three 196 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,919 Speaker 1: other people about this throughout my life. My father would 197 00:11:14,919 --> 00:11:16,879 Speaker 1: talk to me about it from time to time, but 198 00:11:17,039 --> 00:11:20,799 Speaker 1: didn't share it with many others. Knowing what I know 199 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:25,159 Speaker 1: now is a bigfoot researcher and investigator. I'm certain we 200 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: saw a bigfoot that day. And every time I think 201 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,159 Speaker 1: about that experience, I'm taking back to that fall day 202 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,759 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty seven with my father, right back to 203 00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:39,519 Speaker 1: being that scared little boy, right back to the fear 204 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: I felt, and all these years later, I still can't 205 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: shake it. Oh man, man, man, man, that was awesome. 206 00:11:49,399 --> 00:11:53,879 Speaker 1: That was a good story, an actual visual siding. And 207 00:11:54,039 --> 00:11:57,039 Speaker 1: the father was running. I wonder if the bigfoot was 208 00:11:57,159 --> 00:11:59,639 Speaker 1: chasing him or of course I know some of the 209 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,759 Speaker 1: big experts will say, well, hell, if he'd a chased him, 210 00:12:03,799 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: he to call him if he wanted to catch him, 211 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,639 Speaker 1: to call him. Bigfoots can do anything, But was he 212 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: running from the Bigfoot? I don't know. That's the first 213 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,519 Speaker 1: thing I thought of when I read this. But this 214 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,919 Speaker 1: was a great story. To the writer, this is old. 215 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,519 Speaker 1: I've had this for a long time. I finally got 216 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: to it, and I'm glad I got to it because 217 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,919 Speaker 1: it's a good one. I appreciate you sending it sir, Well, 218 00:12:23,919 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: thanks for listening to this short podcast. I just wanted 219 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: to get something up today. I'm writing Steve Lilly today. 220 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:32,639 Speaker 1: I am working on a couple of other things as well, 221 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,159 Speaker 1: but I want to keep this roll going of a 222 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: steady podcast two or three times a week. So here's one, 223 00:12:40,039 --> 00:12:42,279 Speaker 1: right hurt All right, y'all, have a good rest of 224 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,399 Speaker 1: your week, and we'll see you on the next podcast. Thanks.