1 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,519 Speaker 1: I dated a girl who lived in a haunted trailer 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,839 in the middle of nowhere. She had one bedroom that 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,679 was inexplicably dark, even with all the lights on and 4 00:00:17,719 --> 00:00:21,359 the shades open. No matter how hard she tried, she 5 00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:24,760 couldn't keep a roommate. Everyone who tried to stay in 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,120 that room couldn't last the night. They'd ended up sleeping 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,280 on the couch and leaving the next morning. The only 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,200 guy who actually did manage to stay for a while, 9 00:00:34,679 --> 00:00:37,679 he started going crazy and she had to ask him 10 00:00:37,759 --> 00:00:41,920 to move out after a couple of months. Well, maybe 11 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:45,320 she's a nut living in the middle of nowhere in 12 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:48,719 a trailer. I don't know. Maybe she just couldn't afford 13 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:51,880 anywhere else. But a lot of times, when these girls 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,920 are crazy and people can't last even one day with them, 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,880 it's not the ghost that we're about to read about. 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,759 It's because the girl's a nut and you shouldn't be 17 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:03,640 shacking up. You shouldn't be doing that. You should marry 18 00:01:03,679 --> 00:01:07,120 the girl Mary. The girls quit shacking up with these 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,280 women guys. Okay, enough of my social commentary for the day. 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,519 Move on with the story. One night I was staying 21 00:01:15,599 --> 00:01:17,799 over at her place and I got up to get 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,560 something to drink. As soon as I walked out of 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,400 the bedroom, I heard whispering from a whole bunch of people. 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,280 It was all around me. I looked into the kitchen 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,359 and saw what appeared to be twenty silvery ghosts having 26 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,879 a party. Some were holding plates and some were holding drinks. 27 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,159 I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I slammed my 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,120 hand on the light switch and they disappeared. Another time, 29 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:46,400 I saw something shadowy standing at the edge of the woods. 30 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,359 It was only as tall as a large dog, but 31 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,319 there was something off about this thing. I told my girlfriend, 32 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:56,079 who knew all about it, and she told me that 33 00:01:56,319 --> 00:01:59,040 it didn't like me. She said that many nights it 34 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:01,599 would come right up to her trailer, but when I 35 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:04,079 was around, it would retreat into the woods and wait 36 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,120 for me to leave. The final straw for me happened 37 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,159 in the middle of the day when we heard a 38 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,520 little girl singing at the top of her lungs. There 39 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,719 were no other trailers or neighbors in sight, so I 40 00:02:16,759 --> 00:02:19,439 went outside to check it out, thinking she might have 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,199 been lost, But as hard as I looked, I couldn't 42 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:25,520 find her anywhere. I heard her singing but I couldn't 43 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,280 see her. I circled the entire trailer, and when I 44 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:31,960 got back to the front door, it went quiet again. 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,759 After that, I stopped spending time there. Now. When I 46 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,240 was a little kid, we had a burn pit about 47 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,479 one hundred yards from the house. One night, my dad 48 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,199 was carrying the trash down there and I went with him. 49 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:47,960 When we got there, we saw something that scared the 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,680 hell out of both of us. It was the color 51 00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:54,039 of blue gray smoke, and it looked like a genie 52 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,159 out of a lamp. It was skinny at the bottom, 53 00:02:57,159 --> 00:03:00,479 but toward the top it widened, forming a human torso 54 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,599 with the arms and a head. My dad was not 55 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:07,199 particularly a fit man, but he dropped the trash can, 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,800 grabbed me like a football under his arm, and sprinted 57 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,520 up the hill to the house. Not long after that, 58 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,080 my grandmother died. While we were going through her things, 59 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,560 we found out she had been practicing witchcraft. We found 60 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,280 letters where she had been channeling her dead. She would 61 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,759 write out a bunch of questions and then channel a 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,879 spirit who would answer them for her. The creepiest part 63 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,319 of all was that the questions were written out in 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,639 my grandmother's nice flowing handwriting, but the responses were in 65 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:43,639 a man's rough handwriting. He gave me goosebumps reading it. 66 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,879 When my friends and I were fifteen, we were heading 67 00:03:47,919 --> 00:03:50,759 up a hill to a bluff, and as we were walking, 68 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,960 something hitting me across the back of my head with 69 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:56,960 a stick, breaking it in two. We turned around, ready 70 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,960 to fight, and I saw a young bigfoot standing there, 71 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,879 six feet tall, broad at the shoulders, with hair hanging 72 00:04:03,919 --> 00:04:07,439 off his arms and legs. He took off running and 73 00:04:07,479 --> 00:04:11,240 we went after him, though it was useless because he 74 00:04:11,319 --> 00:04:14,240 had disappeared up the hill in a matter of seconds, 75 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,720 out of sight. Late one night, my friend and I 76 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,120 were walking home. We were nearly at the last street 77 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:24,160 light before my house when something walked into the road 78 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:27,480 in front of us. It looked like a demonic grimlin. 79 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:31,439 It was almost black with white stripes and had kind 80 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:35,000 of an egg shaped head. Its knee bent backwards over 81 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,639 long feet, and its back had an unnatural arch. As 82 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:41,959 soon as it appeared, it vanished again on the other 83 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,959 side of the road. My friend took off running like 84 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 a scared little girl. It took me a minute to 85 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,199 catch up with him. Later, I described it to a 86 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,000 friend of mine who informed me that I had seen 87 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:58,000 a schup of cabra. Where I live, you'll meet more 88 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,519 people who have had strange encounter. Every other person out 89 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,759 here has had their own personal experience, whether with a bigfoot, 90 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,600 a white thing, a chupacabra, or something else that'll make 91 00:05:09,639 --> 00:05:13,360 you lose sleep. It's comforting on the one hand knowing 92 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:15,920 that I'm not the only one seeing these things, but 93 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,920 it is disturbing too, knowing I live in a hotspot. 94 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,040 I love your show. I think you do a fantastic job, 95 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,000 and I've probably heard every one of your episodes. I 96 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,639 heard you say once that you don't like your accent, 97 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:30,720 but I don't think the show would be the same 98 00:05:31,079 --> 00:05:34,480 if some Yankee was reading it. Have a good day 99 00:05:34,879 --> 00:05:38,959 of peace, be with you. Well, thanks for the story. 100 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:41,879 This is I get these every once in a while, 101 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:44,160 and there are some people in this world that just 102 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,519 have event after event after event in their lives with 103 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,800 things that nobody else believes. I don't make a call 104 00:05:53,879 --> 00:05:57,279 on this story one way or another, but I just 105 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,759 sometimes I'm going to just be candid with you. Sometimes 106 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,800 it's kind of odd. I'm not saying it didn't happen. 107 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:05,759 This guy knows whether it happened or not. But if 108 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:10,000 you think this story is not believable or believable, let 109 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,040 me know in the comments. Hey ya got everybody, just 110 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:15,759 feel free to say whatever you want to say. It 111 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,959 was a good story at any rate, and that's why 112 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,279 I read it, so I appreciate the writer sending it. Hello. Hello, 113 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,920 welcome to the podcast. My name's Cam Buckner. This is 114 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:30,439 a Dixie Cryptid YouTube podcast. We also have a podcast 115 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,240 on your podcast app called the what If It's True? Podcast. 116 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:37,279 You can look it up and search anywhere. Probably a 117 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:42,000 lot less ads, a lot less data usage, and it's easy, easy, 118 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:44,839 easy on your phone battery if you use a phone 119 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,279 to listen to the podcast. Hey, what is it about 120 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:52,560 YouTube videos that just drives you crazy? What do you 121 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,560 hate about YouTube videos? I'm curious what everybody will say. Now, 122 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:00,680 you can't say ads, because ads this is just a 123 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,839 natural part of all of these platforms. You cannot go 124 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:12,560 on a single platform Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Rumble, Twitter, 125 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,120 any of them and not encounter ads. Now, I know 126 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,759 the ads are annoying in the YouTube videos because you 127 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,839 are into a story or into a video and an 128 00:07:22,879 --> 00:07:24,879 ad pops up. But there's a way to solve that. 129 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,720 You can just get the YouTube premium for seven ninety 130 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,759 nine a month and you don't have to ever deal 131 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,879 with ads, and I can't live without it. But other 132 00:07:31,959 --> 00:07:35,399 than that, what drives you crazy about a YouTube video? 133 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,040 I'm gonna tell you my biggest pet peeve is when 134 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:40,680 I click on something that I want to see and 135 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:44,920 it takes the creator in a ten minute video seven 136 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,759 minutes to get to the effing point. It drives me insane. 137 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:52,920 Now I used to do that on this channel. I'm 138 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,480 kind of doing it right now. And that is the 139 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,480 main reason I quit talking so much in these videos, 140 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:01,639 is because it drives me nuts when other people do it. 141 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,399 I'd rather them just get to the point. I clicked 142 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:07,439 on the video to listen to a story, to watch 143 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:09,920 something on a particular topic. I don't need to know 144 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,439 everything about their life. I don't need to know. I 145 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:16,199 don't need all the apologies that the sound is bad. 146 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:18,399 I don't need. I don't need them to tell me 147 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,519 to subscribe, because I know how to subscribe to a channel. 148 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,959 If you put out good content, I'll subscribe. That is 149 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,040 what drives me nuts about YouTube videos, and I've seen 150 00:08:29,079 --> 00:08:32,720 them on TikTok, seen them on YouTube shorts. You can 151 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:34,840 just go down the line and people just blab or 152 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,159 blab or brib or until they get to the point. 153 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:40,600 So I'm gonna stop blabbering, but I'm gonna look forward 154 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,559 to hearing what your pet peeves are on YouTube videos 155 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,240 that you watch. So let me know. Let me know 156 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:49,399 in the comment section. All right, we got a couple 157 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,039 one or two more stories in this podcast. Hope you 158 00:08:52,120 --> 00:09:01,879 enjoy it. All right, here we go. The first flash 159 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,600 pulled me from a drunk slumber. I lay there in 160 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:08,360 the tent next to my wife wondering what I had 161 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:13,320 heard till the second splash woke her up. What was that, 162 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,320 she asked. I quietly shushed her, and I listened intently 163 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:21,360 to something shuffling and mumbling on the other side of 164 00:09:21,399 --> 00:09:25,159 the river. I chose our camping spot because it was 165 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,799 an island in the river. If something were to approach 166 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,159 our tent, it would have to wade through the channel 167 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,559 on either side of us. My fault was I'd hear 168 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,320 it and wake up if something crossed. I take these 169 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,679 precautions after growing up and spending my spare time in 170 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:47,240 grizzly country. The third splash sounded as I unholstered my 171 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,559 big Boar revolver and found my flashlight. My wife asked 172 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,200 me again what it was. I could tell by her 173 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,360 voice that she was shaken. Earlier that evening, we had 174 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:01,799 fished and swam next to the camp. I didn't recall 175 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,919 seeing any evidence of a beaver. The size of the 176 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,399 splash was not just from an average sized rock. It 177 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:10,679 would have been a very large rock thrown high in 178 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,080 the air hitting the water. It sounded like shuffling and mumbling. 179 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:18,519 I heard rocks rolling down the slope and what sounded 180 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,600 like footsteps. The mumbling was low and mixed with a grunting, 181 00:10:22,879 --> 00:10:27,080 and I couldn't make out any specific words. In the distance, 182 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,360 I heard a train approaching, and soon the train was 183 00:10:30,399 --> 00:10:33,159 all we could hear. After it passed, we lay in 184 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,480 the tent listening. I realized right then that if something 185 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:39,240 had crossed one of the channels while the train was close, 186 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,480 I wouldn't have been able to hear it in the water. 187 00:10:42,919 --> 00:10:45,000 I told my wife everything was fine and I was 188 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,240 just going to have a look around, and I un 189 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,399 zipup the tent and I stepped out the flashlight was 190 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,159 on and my pistol was raised. I scanned three hundred 191 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:57,639 and sixty degrees and didn't see anything. We were alone 192 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,320 on that island. I head back into the tent to 193 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,879 tell my wife everything was all right. When I heard 194 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:07,360 something crashing off through the brush up the slope. I 195 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:09,360 tried to get the flashlight on it, but it was 196 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:12,639 far enough away that I couldn't see anything now. I 197 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,600 spent the rest of the night feeding the campfire, sitting 198 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,960 in a long chair with my back to the flames, 199 00:11:18,279 --> 00:11:21,120 with a pistol and the flashlight in my lap, while 200 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,320 my wife slept. The following morning, we tore the camp 201 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,200 down and quickly loaded everything into the raft. Before leaving, 202 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,360 I walked up and down our side of the river channel, 203 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,039 once again looking for evidence of beavers, but nothing I 204 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,240 saw led me to believe that there was any in 205 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:43,159 the area. We floated out of there before even cooking breakfast, 206 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,120 and a few miles down stream, my wife asked me 207 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,720 what I thought it had been. I told her it 208 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:52,440 was probably a bear or a moose. She said, bears 209 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,440 and moose don't throw rocks, and she was right. I 210 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,679 felt my eyes wander toward either bank on alert, hoping 211 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,279 I would and catch a glimpse of something tracking us. 212 00:12:03,399 --> 00:12:07,000 We finally determined that someone was walking along the train tracks, 213 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,200 a vagrant maybe, who happened to see our campfire and 214 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,279 thought it would be funny to throw rocks in the 215 00:12:12,279 --> 00:12:16,519 water close to us. This would be extremely foolish to 216 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,559 do to anyone camping in Bear country, but it was 217 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,720 the only logical conclusion we could come up with. This 218 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,879 happened a few years ago, and since then I've had 219 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:30,799 more encounters, including an experience I had bow hunting in 220 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:38,519 northwestern Montana. I have never been one to go to 221 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,919 church or really give God much thought. Throughout the last 222 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,120 forty one years of my life. Although I had a 223 00:12:45,159 --> 00:12:48,759 strong belief in God, I generally had the mindset that 224 00:12:48,799 --> 00:12:51,440 if I kept out of his business, he would keep 225 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,759 out of mind. This was all about to change, however, 226 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,799 and I feel compelled to share my story in the 227 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,679 hopes that maybe it will be of some used to 228 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:03,799 others who were struggling or sitting on the fence. When 229 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,759 it comes to handing the reins over to Jesus, my 230 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,440 introduction to truly believing in God did not start with him. 231 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,320 It started with something else, something that still makes my 232 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:19,480 blood run cold just thinking about it. In July of 233 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,120 last year, my family moved from Calgary, Alberta, to my 234 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,320 parents' home near Edmonton. We wanted to assist my mother 235 00:13:27,399 --> 00:13:29,840 and father since they lived on a large piece of 236 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,960 property by themselves. My father was ill and dealing with 237 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,799 that much land was exceedingly difficult for them to manage. 238 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:42,039 My dad had smoked for sixty years, and the result 239 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,480 of that decision was unfortunately drawing to its inevitable conclusion. 240 00:13:47,279 --> 00:13:50,200 Dad was an old school stored of fella and refused 241 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,399 oxygen or any other help from its doctors. As we 242 00:13:54,399 --> 00:13:57,399 were settling in for our recent move, I noticed that 243 00:13:57,519 --> 00:13:59,960 over several nights, my mother was sleeping with the loan 244 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,519 lights on in her bedroom. She and my father had 245 00:14:03,519 --> 00:14:07,440 slept in separate bedrooms due to his coffee. I thought 246 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,000 her keeping the lights on was a little odd, and 247 00:14:10,039 --> 00:14:12,960 I inquired about it. I was surprised by what she 248 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,879 told me. Now, my mother is an eternal optimist, and 249 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:21,480 I can barely recall when unbridled fear ever touched her face. 250 00:14:22,399 --> 00:14:25,080 She told me one evening prior to our arrival that 251 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,759 she entered her room to use the washroom. She turned 252 00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:31,240 around to grab a book, and there in the corner 253 00:14:31,279 --> 00:14:34,799 of the room, just behind the partially open door, stood 254 00:14:34,799 --> 00:14:39,200 a black figure. She described it as being so tall 255 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,480 that it hunched forward to fit in the room. It 256 00:14:42,519 --> 00:14:46,039 had big hands and long fingers, and no facial features 257 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,200 except for two deep black bits where the eyes should 258 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,039 have been. Although its body was bent forward, she could 259 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:55,360 tell it was looking at her, and she quickly ran 260 00:14:55,480 --> 00:15:00,200 into the bathroom slammed the door. She didn't stay in 261 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,919 the bathroom long because she was worried about whatever that 262 00:15:03,919 --> 00:15:07,080 bloody thing was getting at my dad, and when she 263 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,519 re entered her bedroom, the figure was gone. And after 264 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,840 checking on my father, she tried to reason out what 265 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:17,759 she had just witnessed. From that moment on. If she 266 00:15:17,919 --> 00:15:20,440 slept at all, she slept with her lights on, and 267 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,200 she wouldn't go into that room without a dog with her. 268 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,399 I attributed this story to the deterioration of her mind 269 00:15:28,879 --> 00:15:32,120 from what we thought was Parkinson's at the time, and 270 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,120 although I tried to comfort her, I simply dismissed the 271 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:37,840 whole thing as a trick of light, and I got 272 00:15:37,879 --> 00:15:42,200 one with the evening. A few weeks passed without anything 273 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,159 notable happening. I was responsible for my father's care and 274 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,559 that took up most of my time. Watching someone else 275 00:15:49,679 --> 00:15:52,840 die from lung cancer is an ugly business, and I 276 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:55,840 feel for anyone who has experienced a loved one dying 277 00:15:55,879 --> 00:16:00,480 from that cancer. But one night everything changed, and it 278 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,840 started with bugs. I would lie in bed with my 279 00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:06,720 wife and it would feel like bugs were crawling all 280 00:16:06,759 --> 00:16:09,879 over me. I could feel them on my back and chest, 281 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,519 and arms and legs. I could feel them everywhere. I 282 00:16:13,559 --> 00:16:17,080 did find a spiderbar bed the third night that started, 283 00:16:17,159 --> 00:16:20,360 and I merely pounded it into oblivion with my hand, 284 00:16:20,799 --> 00:16:24,120 thinking this was the cause of my problems. But the 285 00:16:24,159 --> 00:16:27,399 next night, the same thing happened. I asked my wife 286 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,360 about it, but she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. 287 00:16:31,759 --> 00:16:34,759 It became a nightly routine to check my bed for 288 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,399 non existent bugs, only to feel them crawl across my 289 00:16:38,559 --> 00:16:42,879 face shortly after I turned in. The only reprieve seemed 290 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:45,320 to be moving to the couch, and when I went 291 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,600 to the couch, the crawling would cease, but another issue 292 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,679 would soon start. I would fall asleep and my dreams 293 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,919 would be awful, and I'd often wake up sweating and 294 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,799 in a panic. Other times the nightmares would leave me 295 00:17:00,039 --> 00:17:03,519 feeling angry or depressed. So that's how it went for 296 00:17:03,559 --> 00:17:09,599 a while, Bugs the couch, nightmares, and repeat. This went 297 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,759 on for weeks, and then the next regular occurrence started, 298 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,279 a bad feeling followed by little pokes all over my body. 299 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,960 This happened whether my eyes were open or closed, and 300 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,480 as the days progressed, things got worse. The light poking 301 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,119 became more aggressive and turned into jabbing and grabbing and 302 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,319 squeezing and pulling and pushing. I was getting less sleep, 303 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:39,359 and tending to my daily duties became increasingly difficult. I 304 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,160 occasionally asked my wife and mother if they noticed anything strange, 305 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,279 but they never experienced anything. I never told my nine 306 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:49,880 year old son about what was happening, except that if 307 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,599 he noticed anything out of the ordinary, he was to 308 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,400 let me know. I shared everything with my wife that 309 00:17:56,519 --> 00:17:58,880 was happening at the time, and I can't thank her 310 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,400 enough for not calling the men in the white coats. 311 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,839 But I told my father nothing because I figured he 312 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,440 had had enough to worry about. While this was happening, 313 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,200 I contemplated my own sanity, and I attributed most of 314 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,559 the issue to the stress of watching my father slowly 315 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:21,079 deteriorate and my lack of sleep. One event, however, got 316 00:18:21,079 --> 00:18:24,759 my full attention and charged my mindset from that day forward. 317 00:18:26,079 --> 00:18:28,759 Once again, I ended up on the couch one night 318 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,119 trying to sleep. I was on my right side when 319 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,680 that old, familiar feeling crept in. However, this night was 320 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:41,200 very different from the previous nights. Instead of the usual routine, 321 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,839 I felt a hand grabbed the side of my face 322 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:48,000 and pushed my head down into the pillow. The hand 323 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:52,599 felt large and cold and rough, with extremely long fingers. 324 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:55,640 The palm of it covered the side of my face 325 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,039 from my chin to the top of my head, with 326 00:18:58,079 --> 00:19:01,599 the fingers wrapping around my head and running down my jaw. 327 00:19:02,799 --> 00:19:05,599 We always leave a light on for my sun at 328 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:08,400 night in case he needs to use the bathroom. So 329 00:19:08,519 --> 00:19:11,799 when my eyes snapped open and I could see but 330 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,519 there was no one there, the force came straight down 331 00:19:15,559 --> 00:19:18,640 and there was pressure from what I can only describe 332 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,640 as a gigantic hand squeezing my head tightly. This time 333 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,440 there was pain both from my neck and head being 334 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,279 pushed down hard. From the pressure around my face, I 335 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,079 could feel my hair and skin moving in response to 336 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,880 the hand moving and pushing and squeezing, but I still 337 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:42,240 saw nothing. I let out a muffled, startled cry instinctively 338 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:46,680 threw my arms up over my head. Surprisingly, this seemed 339 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,160 to stop whatever was happening, and I rolled on my 340 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,279 back and I looked around wildly, and I could feel 341 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,559 something walk down the link of the couch toward my feet, 342 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,200 kind of like when someone walks by you when your 343 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,759 eyes are closed. There wasn't any sound either, no footsteps 344 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:06,079 or anything. I turned my head to look at my feet, 345 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,240 which were now placed on the arm set opposite my head, 346 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:14,119 when I felt something grab both of my ankles. This time, 347 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:17,319 I did see something. As I was watching my feet, 348 00:20:17,319 --> 00:20:20,039 I saw the material of the sweatpants that I was 349 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:24,039 wearing move, as if someone was painfully squeezing my ankles. 350 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,799 I began kicking my legs and uttering a series of curses, 351 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,240 and then it stopped. I sat up and rubbed my 352 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,720 neck and my jaw on my ankles because they hurt 353 00:20:34,759 --> 00:20:37,920 like hell. There wasn't any bruising that I could see, 354 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,279 but my head and ankles felt that they had been 355 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:43,720 placed in a vice. I didn't sleep at all after that. 356 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,599 My routine changed, and I stayed up every night after 357 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,440 that for as long as possible, checking in on my 358 00:20:51,519 --> 00:20:55,920 family constantly and making sure they were okay. Now, this 359 00:20:56,039 --> 00:20:58,400 happened to no one else in the family at the time. 360 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,880 Other than that, I did nothing else. I didn't seek 361 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,559 out any help from the outside sources, and I kept 362 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,000 what happened to me relatively quiet, even though I was 363 00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:12,920 pretty scared. After that, thing seemed to die down a 364 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,079 bit and reverted to bugs and poking again in the 365 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,880 wee hours of the morning. I was running on months 366 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,359 of no sleep while trying to care for my father, 367 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:25,440 and now I knew that there was something seriously wrong 368 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:28,799 going on. Early in the morning a few weeks later, 369 00:21:28,839 --> 00:21:32,400 I was having a cigarette in the garage. Our garage 370 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,519 has a work bench in front of a big window. 371 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:37,519 When I was watching YouTube and drinking coffee with my 372 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,079 leg on top of the bench to stretch my back 373 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,359 while I was looking at my phone, the bad feeling return. 374 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,599 This time, however, it was much worse than before. What 375 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,720 I felt was pure malevolence. I wanted to run, but 376 00:21:53,759 --> 00:21:57,039 I was afraid to move. I could feel it coming closer, 377 00:21:57,039 --> 00:22:00,559 and I suddenly noticed that I was cold. I couldn't 378 00:22:00,599 --> 00:22:03,039 see my breath, but I was shaking from the drop 379 00:22:03,079 --> 00:22:06,279 in the temperature. I felt it come up behind me 380 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,920 and managed to turn my head and look, and there 381 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,039 was nothing there. Then I felt it grabbed my upper thigh, 382 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,079 and I panicked, and I spun around and I swung 383 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,000 my fist through the air, and then I ran to 384 00:22:19,079 --> 00:22:22,319 the garage door and entered the house. I made my 385 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,599 way through the house and I could feel that bloody 386 00:22:24,599 --> 00:22:28,400 thing behind me the whole time. Again. I saw nothing 387 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,480 and heard nothing from whatever this was, but I could 388 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:34,319 feel it. So I just sat in my chair and 389 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,799 I waited, knowing that something more was likely to happen. 390 00:22:39,279 --> 00:22:43,960 My breathing was labored and sporadic, as I was beyond terrified. Again, 391 00:22:44,039 --> 00:22:46,880 it grabbed me, this time around the back of my neck. 392 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,599 It squeezed hard, and that was when I started to pray. 393 00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:54,319 First in my mind, I started to say our Father, 394 00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:59,359 and then I started whispering it aloud. The pressure and 395 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,799 the grip looted and then let go all together, and 396 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:07,640 that awful feeling dissipated warmth returned to me. While I 397 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,119 sat there whispering that prayer for quite some time, not 398 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,680 wanting to move. I was done in every way I 399 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,880 can think of, and I had had enough. Like so 400 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,079 many times before, I did not sleep that night, and 401 00:23:22,079 --> 00:23:24,400 in the morning, I drove off the property and made 402 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,279 a call to my aunt and uncle, who were both pastors. 403 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:31,599 After telling them everything and on the verge of tears, 404 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,519 I was surprised that they weren't as alarmed as I 405 00:23:34,559 --> 00:23:38,559 thought they would be. They asked me a few basic questions, 406 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,799 like had this ever happened before? And if I had 407 00:23:41,839 --> 00:23:45,720 ever prayed or spoken to Jesus out loud. Well up 408 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:49,000 until the previous night, I couldn't recall ever praying out loud, 409 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:51,640 except on rare occasions that I would go to church 410 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,440 for something like a funeral. They told me of its importance. 411 00:23:56,599 --> 00:23:59,960 I repeated a prayer offering both myself and my son 412 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,920 to Jesus. I met what I said, and although I 413 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,119 did not understand it fully, things again were about to change. 414 00:24:09,279 --> 00:24:12,079 When I went home, I felt better, but wasn't expecting 415 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,599 any kind of change. As the evening loomed, I readied 416 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,400 myself for the worst. I was exhausted, and early in 417 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,440 the evening I tried to lay down for a nap 418 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,960 as I was expecting the night to be a long one. However, 419 00:24:25,039 --> 00:24:27,480 when I went to bed, nothing happened. There were no 420 00:24:27,559 --> 00:24:31,200 bugs crawling on me, no poking or prodding. I wasn't 421 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,640 even anxious. I was just tired. For the first time 422 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,359 in months, I fell fast asleep. There were no awful 423 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:44,319 nightmares or experiences, and when I woke it was light outside. 424 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,880 I slept through the entire night without an incident. At 425 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,960 that point I dared to dream that my ordeal was over, 426 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,079 but it wasn't. It happened again. Three weeks later. My 427 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,960 aunt and uncle had told me that I had the 428 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,480 authority to send anything un gone out of my house 429 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,000 by speaking the words I had spoken in the car 430 00:25:04,039 --> 00:25:07,480 of weeks earlier with them. As I felt the presence 431 00:25:07,559 --> 00:25:10,440 move up beside me, I felt that old, familiar hand 432 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:13,880 grab the top of my head. My breath caught, and 433 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,799 I went to say the words my aunt and uncle 434 00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:18,799 had taught me, but nothing came out of my mouth. 435 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:21,920 And in my mind I heard the words say it, 436 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,079 say it, You've got to say it, but I couldn't 437 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,240 find my voice. I was becoming more alarmed as the 438 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:34,240 presence felt increasingly hostile toward me, the grip tightened and 439 00:25:34,279 --> 00:25:36,880 I was on the verge of sheer panic. It took 440 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,640 everything I had to get it out, and I blurted 441 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,440 out what I was instructed to say. The result was instantaneous. 442 00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:47,519 The grip on my head immediately lifted, and I could 443 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:52,160 feel that malevolent presence move away from me. It did, however, 444 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,079 leave me a gift. My right knee exploded in pain, 445 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,240 and I felt as if a knife was twisting inside 446 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:02,599 of it. It took my breath away, but as quickly 447 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,920 as it started it stop. Laying there panting and sweating, 448 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,079 I felt something significant had just happened. That was the 449 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,680 last time it ever bothered me, and the first time 450 00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:19,079 I truly felt God's presence. Unfortunately, a week later, my 451 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,960 father was admitted to the hospital, and soon after that 452 00:26:22,279 --> 00:26:26,440 he died. The months following my father's death were confusing, 453 00:26:26,759 --> 00:26:28,559 and it took me a long time to put the 454 00:26:28,599 --> 00:26:32,519 pieces together. My son came to me a few weeks 455 00:26:32,559 --> 00:26:36,599 after my dad passed, complaining that he couldn't sleep. He 456 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,119 told me that it felt like he was being watched 457 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,359 and that he got a bad feeling while he was 458 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,400 trying to fall asleep. And when I heard this, I 459 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,519 immediately took him to his room, and he repeated the 460 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:51,640 same words I had spoken twice before. There's been no 461 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,480 disturbance in the house since. My son has never again 462 00:26:55,559 --> 00:27:00,559 mentioned any kind of disturbance. He just turned ten years old. Now. 463 00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:03,920 I never told him of the experiences I had months earlier. 464 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,200 And as for my mother, she too never had any 465 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,519 other experiences. Now. I read the Bible one or two 466 00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:14,519 times a day, and I pray several times throughout the day. 467 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,400 We now sit together as a family to read and 468 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,160 discuss the scripture. My son and I pray together every 469 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,799 night before he goes to bed. Even reminds me if 470 00:27:24,839 --> 00:27:28,079 I forget up. Until a few months ago, I had 471 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,359 never cracked open a Bible. I call myself a believer, 472 00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:34,559 only to find that I was far from it. I've 473 00:27:34,599 --> 00:27:38,200 done some awful things in my life, and I guess fundamentally, 474 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:41,799 I never thought redemption was an option for me because 475 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,519 I didn't deserve it. But not only was I forgiven, 476 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:48,240 but God was there when I needed him the most. 477 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,240 And to discover that God is there will help you 478 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,119 if you ask is mind blowing, as is the realization 479 00:27:55,279 --> 00:27:59,200 that the devil and his minions are also real I 480 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,720 still struggle with what happened to me daily, and it 481 00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:05,039 is only through the grace of God that I can 482 00:28:05,079 --> 00:28:09,119 continue to remain sane. To say the last year has 483 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,559 been difficult is likely the biggest understatement of my life. 484 00:28:13,079 --> 00:28:15,559 But through prayer, I have learned that if you talk 485 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,240 to God, he might answer you, which is both wonderful 486 00:28:19,319 --> 00:28:24,279 and terrifying all on its own. Again, I consulted my 487 00:28:24,319 --> 00:28:27,200 aunt and uncle about whether this sort of thing happens, 488 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,920 and they assured me that it indeed does. I sent 489 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,279 my story to you because I was instructed to talk 490 00:28:33,319 --> 00:28:36,599 about my experience and tell others about it. For reasons 491 00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:40,519 I can only guess. As I've stated before, I'm new 492 00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:43,039 to this sort of thing and I don't really understand it. 493 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,119 I hope that as this journey progresses, I will gain 494 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,920 some clarity, but only time will tell. Thank you for 495 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,880 your time in reading this. I truly appreciate you sharing 496 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:58,279 my experience. Take care, and may God bless you and 497 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:04,200 he signs his at the end. And as a terrifying story, 498 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:09,000 I actually believe the story one hundred percent. Anyway, for 499 00:29:09,119 --> 00:29:12,079 people who might be having these problems, listen to what 500 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,799 this man wrote he's found the secret to getting rid 501 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,920 of some kind of evil spirit, and I think it's 502 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,640 worth taking seriously and I think it's worth listening to. 503 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,880 So thank you to the writer. It's a horrifying story, 504 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,039 but I'm glad everything is okay. Thank you, Hey, thanks 505 00:29:29,079 --> 00:29:31,440 for hanging with me this far on this podcast. Hope 506 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,519 you enjoyed it and we will see you on the 507 00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:36,359 next one. Love you all see it. M. Thanks