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Random Sightings... mostly of Bigfoot · Journey to the Fringe

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From the unexplained to the mundane, come join
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us on a journey to the fringe. Hello and welcome
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to Journey to the Fringe. Apparently here with
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the hot takes about cryptic creatures and how
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they taste. We are your podcast hosts, Taylor
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and Chelsea. Here today, probably not talking
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about that, but who knows, we've got opinions
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on stuff. We might be wrong, we might be right,
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but they're going to be loud. It's a Chelsea
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episode, so I'll let her take it from here. That
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sounds about right. Okay, we're coming back from
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a little bit of a break, but you know. Not for
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you. Not for you. And, you know, I have to apologize
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in the last episode for my audio. You know, I
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hope I have it on the right setting now. Turns
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out we recorded the last episode and this episode
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back to back, so we're cutting. The whole last
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episode. Yeah, just so you guys know, we do have
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quality standards, and we cut a whole episode
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because the quality wasn't high enough. In saying
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that, we actually have... put a lot of episodes
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out there that we shouldn't have because we needed
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to but you don't worry about that we cut a whole
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episode because of this yeah maybe you'll get
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it again one day you probably won't because it
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wasn't worth re -recording so here we are anyhow
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we're coming back from a little bit of a break
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and in that time I had some time to start a handful
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of new scripts and abandon them completely what
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else would I do with that time in all the doom
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scrolling I was doing on reddit I had an idea.
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And that idea is one with no direction at all.
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And it's just a bunch of encounters that I've
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come across recently that I found interesting.
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And since we're all friends here, I thought it's
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in your best interest that I share them with
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you. And oh boy, do I have some good encounters
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that you are going to like. Okay, I love it.
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And Chelsea, I actually had the exact same idea
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for something slightly different that we're actually
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going to be doing in a few weeks. So I'm excited
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that we kind of have the same idea. I love that
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on our time off, we both had the same idea. To
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get us started, we have an encounter from Phantoms
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and Monsters, and I got this one specifically
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from Phantoms and Monsters Radio. Let me tell
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you, as an aside, Lon, I enjoy the work you do.
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I haven't looked too far into you yet, so asshole
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status is yet to be confirmed. But you really
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need to get someone else to read the encounters
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on your show, man. Straight up. I'll volunteer.
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Yeah. I don't know. He needs to drink a coffee
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right before he does it or something. Not only
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coffee, but he also needs to drink a liter of
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water or something. Because all I can hear is
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his mouth like saliva. Anyhow, I'm not going
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to go into details because I don't like dirty
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lawn. Yeah, I got my own gripes with lawn. If
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you want to hear them, go back to the genitals
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episode. So all we got on lawn right now is his
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non -reporting genitals and his mouth noises.
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I mean, that's not too bad, but anyhow. Just
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wanted to provide a recommendation. Thanks for
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listening and taking my opinions into consideration.
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I'm going to hold back the title on this one.
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I don't want to give it away too quickly. And
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the title is way too specific to start with.
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Okay. This one is from February 21st, 2020. And
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you may say, but I thought you wanted to look
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at recent encounters. They are recent to me and
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to you. Hopefully you haven't heard this. I was,
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this is where it starts. Quote, kind of. I don't
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know. I think this is the story. I was contacted
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by BR by telephone. I feel like this is long.
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The witness had several questions about Bigfoot
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before he told me what he had encountered. The
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reason for the questions was because BR did not
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believe in the phenomenon until he had this experience.
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He seemed reluctant to talk at first, but was
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assured that I had heard many hard -to -believe
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Bigfoot encounters over the years. Little did
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I know, I was about to hear a remarkable account.
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BR is a licensed personal use medical marijuana
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grower who resides in Minnesota. Wait. Yeah.
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That's his job? Yeah. He grows his own weed?
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Yeah. Medical marijuana. I don't think it sounds
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like it's for himself. They said personal use.
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Yep. I did say that. Okay. That's his job. How
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is that his job? How could that possibly pay?
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Anyhow, I'm not here to answer those questions.
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I'm just here to read and not listen to what
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I'm saying, apparently. No, and that's the whole
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thing. When we do stories about encounters, we
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are not judging the encounters or the people.
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Because it's just to get the story forward. In
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this sense, we are very much Dr. Salas. That's
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his name, right? Michael Salas. Yeah, yeah. Is
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he a doctor? Yes, he is. Yeah, this is PhD. Yeah.
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I love that guy. May he never realize his hair
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is receding. The general location of the incident
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is Charlton County in a forested area near the
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Kettle River. In order to avoid theft of his
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plants, BR built a secure 10 by 12 growing shed
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on a piece of property he owned. The shed was
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built out of reinforced cement blocks with vertical
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steel girders. placed every six inches along
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the inside wall. He also had a heavy steel vault
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door fitted with a large tempered block. The
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inside of the shed was eight feet from ceiling
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to floor with heating, humidity control, grow
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lights, etc. The entire setup was very expensive,
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including the electrical service that he had
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wired in from the main grid. Yes, which he paid
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for with his personal use marijuana. Yeah, just...
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Like opposed to what? Like, I'm wondering if
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it wasn't, I don't know. I'm just so confused
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about how this is his job. I think the whole
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reason, like, let's not worry too much about
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that. I think the whole reason they said that
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part is because they need to focus on the marijuana
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and why he has it. And it's not illegal. I think
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that's why they said it. Not that this is like,
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yeah, to make him sound reputable. True. Okay.
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I didn't think about that. Needless to say, BR
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did not want any persons messing with his plants.
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According to BR, he kept anywhere from 15 to
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20 plants at one time. He was also growing for
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two other licensed medical marijuana users. This
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system had been doing well for a year or so without
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any incidents. Then, a few months ago, BR traveled
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to his growing shed and immediately noticed that
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the steel vault door had been tampered with.
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There were scratches all around the outside face
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of the door and the jam had been slightly bent
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away from the cement blocks. It was difficult
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for BR to open the door after unlocking it. He
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figured that someone had attempted to force their
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way into the shed but were unable to gain access.
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None of the plants were tampered with, so BR
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fixed the door with additional reinforcement.
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Everything seemed fine for about three weeks
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but then there was another attempt to break into
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the shed. This time a large hole was created
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through the cement wall and one of the steel
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girders had been pushed out of its mooring in
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the concrete floor. Whoever gained access was
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able to reach into the shed and pull up a few
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plants. BR was confounded by the effort taken
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in order to gain access. There was snow on the
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ground and it indicated that there has been significant
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activity, but BR didn't notice any prints or
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other evidence. Not even a shoe print or tracks
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for any equipment that could have been used to
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create the breach. BR then decided to scout out
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the location. He repaired the wall and then decided
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He decided that he needed to set up a campsite
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nearby in order to catch whoever was messing
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with his property. He was ready for the long
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haul. BR set up a large tent about 30 yards from
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the shed and brought enough supplies in order
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to keep him comfortable for a week or more. I
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don't know that I'd do that, honestly. I just
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planted it through. That seems like a lot to
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protect your leg. Not making any money off it.
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Weed. He doesn't have a whole lot of plants either.
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I don't know that I'd be that committed to it.
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He doesn't seem to have a lot going on in his
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life, though. Like, from how it's been described.
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Yeah, I know. I need this. He also installed
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outside lighting around the top of the shed.
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I mean, he could have just put a camera in. He
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couldn't afford it. He only got self -grown weed
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money. After a few nights, everything seemed
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to be quiet. The only movement that he noticed
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in the forest was one visit from a black bear
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and an occasional deer here and there. Then,
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one evening around twilight, he heard cracking
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sounds coming from the direction of the shed.
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There was enough light to see movement, though
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the lights around the shed had not come on yet
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since it was set on a timer. It wasn't even like...
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Movement activated? It was on a timer. He's doing
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a really shitty job at surveilling. As BR focused
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in at a distance of about 20 yards, he could
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see light escaping from the shed onto the adjacent
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trees from a far wall. Something had breached
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the shed. What he's doing a bad job himself.
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What he witnessed next was a complete and utter
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shock to BR. stepping away around the shed was
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an eight to nine foot tall bigfoot carrying at
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least six plants as br watched he observed the
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creature literally place one of the long stems
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on the plant into its mouth and strip off the
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leaves and buds He watched the Bigfoot chew the
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contents while walking away towards the forest.
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I asked B .R. if the Bigfoot acknowledged his
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presence. He answered that the Bigfoot looked
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in his direction for a second, turned, and walked
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away. Did he do it in like a really chill way?
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Probably. His eyes were probably all squinty.
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Yeah. BR then noticed other activity and sounds
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coming from the surrounding area. He is positive
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that there were several other Bigfoot nearby
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during the incident. BR's description was of
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a massive frame with a conical head covered in
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dark auburn colored hair. That sounds beautiful.
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The face had sparse hair and that the features
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of the face were noticeable. I wonder what the
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features were. Yeah, they were just noticeable.
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I didn't notice them, but they were noticeable.
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They probably both looked at each other through
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squint eyes. They probably had the same look
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on their face. BR mentioned that he could literally
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see the whites of his eyes. Okay, they were white,
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not red, which seemed to glow a bit. Oh, good
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for you. He's real high at this point, just so
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we're all on the same page. The face was very
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ape -like with a large, wide, flat nose. He also
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mentioned that he could clearly see the fingernails
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on one of the large hands. The gate was also
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very unusual, as if it picked up its feet higher
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than a human when it walked. He was able to see
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the bottom of the feet as it walked away. I asked
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if there was an opportunity to take a photograph,
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but BR said that his phone had been turned off
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in order to save the battery since he was going
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to be in the forest for several days, which actually
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tracks being like how everything else has gone
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for BR so far. Yeah, he was living in like a
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shed. That was not supposed to maintain life
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for a few days just to do this. Yep. So I get
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that. He's not going to waste money on charging
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a phone. The incident occurred about two weeks
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ago. BR has since begun building another grow
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shed at another location several miles away.
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He did repair the previous shed and has begun
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to place trail cameras at the location. There
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we go. He is determined to gather evidence, either
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photographic and or physical. He does have one
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of the stems that was stripped and hopes to have
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it tested for saliva or touch DNA. BR and I plan
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to keep in contact. And here's Lon's note. Wait,
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sorry. They're hoping BR can provide proof or
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Lon can provide proof to him. That was just a
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weird way it was phrased. Yeah, it feels like
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Lon is relaying the story. So I think Lon is
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hoping to provide some proof. I don't know, honestly.
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But here's a note from Lon. Lon notes... Was
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the Bigfoot interested in the marijuana for possible
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pain control or simply for the hallucination
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effects? According to some of the team and other
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investigators, there have been instances of Bigfoot
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pulling illegal marijuana plants in the Pacific
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Northwest slash Northern California. As well,
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the native people have mentioned these creatures
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used herbs and plants. It seems to me that the
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determination to gain access to the plants by
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this particular Bigfoot was for a medical reason.
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Lon. I don't know why he says that. And the whole
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fact that it was like thrashing to get in there
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leads me to believe it was not for medical reasons.
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It's true. I mean, you're right. It took weeks
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to get in there. That for medical reasons, that
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doesn't make sense. Like if you need something
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for medical, you need it quick and you need it
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now and you're not going to plot out how to get
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in there. Yeah. Anyhow, I really like the story.
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I would agree with you that it's definitely they
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just think it's fun. Yeah. And he's so fucking
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high out there. I do like the thought of a high
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Bigfoot just kind of wandering around the Pacific
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Northwest. The true chillest cryptid out there.
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Okay, so the next one, I'm going to read you
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the actual title. I didn't mean for this to be
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so Bigfoot heavy, but hey, I just heard a lot
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of good Bigfoot encounters, and that's just the
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way it landed. This is from September 1978 at
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dusk. Exact time not given. Here's the witness
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report. Quote, My name is Donald, and this happened
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when I was a boy. In September 1978, I was living
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with my father on a farm near Shawano, Wisconsin,
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very close to Menominee Indian Reservation. Around
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that time, there had already been some talk in
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the community about an unknown large hairy creature
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that two deer hunters had seen not far from our
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farm. I had heard stories from the Menominee
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about Manabaiwak or the Giants, but I always
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considered those accounts to be legends. I never
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expected anything like that to cross into my
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own life. One evening, my father and I were coming
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home from the store when we noticed what looked
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like two hairy creatures in our garden. They
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appeared to be collecting squash. each creature
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was at least six feet tall it was dusk but there
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was still enough light for us to clearly see
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what they were doing my father immediately cut
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the headlights and stopped the car we just sat
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there stunned watching these creatures pick and
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eat squash from the garden they did not seem
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to notice us even though we are only about 100
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feet away After about five minutes, one of the
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creatures looked in our direction. When it did,
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I could see its eyes glow red in the moonlight.
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He was so fucking high. Yeah. Chelsea, I have
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to ask, is your theme here either glowing eyes
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or high individuals that we're seeing? Okay.
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The only theme is that I like these stories.
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Okay. And I came across them during our break.
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Didn't you listen to the beginning? I thought
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you said there was a bit more to it. No. Okay.
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You can pretend there is, though. Okay. And as
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always, it ends up being Bigfoot heavy. So anyhow
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that frightened us. We decided we needed to make
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a dash for the house and call the police. I would
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agree with that and I feel like I would have
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played out this entire situation the same thing.
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Like you're coming home from what have you and
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you're like what is that in our squash garden?
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And you're like whoa those look like Bigfoot.
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Let's just sit here and watch them. Until they
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look at you and they blink and their eyes are
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like glowing red. Then I'd be like, probably
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time to go. Oh, they're so cute. And they look
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up at you with their glowing red eyes. It seems
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so natural. Then I'd be like, yeah, we're going
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to leave now. I think that's where you even give
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them your wallet. No, you got to give them the
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marijuana plants. Yeah. Okay, so then that happens.
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Before we could move, huge dish -shaped objects
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suddenly appeared above us. They slowly moved
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towards the east field which was about 200 yards
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from us and one of them landed. I estimate that
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the craft was about 40 feet in diameter. A large
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sliding door opened almost immediately and a
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foggy green light glowed from inside the craft.
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After a few seconds, the door closed. The craft
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slowly rose into the air, then shot off towards
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the north. When we looked back toward the garden,
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the creatures were gone. A few days later, our
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neighbors from down the road came over for dinner.
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After we finished eating, my father and Mr. C
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walked outside and talked for about an hour.
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Later, after the neighbors left, I was cleaning
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up the kitchen. That evening, I was watching
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television in the living room when my father
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walked in, turned off the TV, and sat down beside
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me. He told me that Mr. C and his sister had
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witnessed one of the crafts on the same night
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as our encounter. They had also seen several
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of the large hairy creatures meandering in the
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nearby woods. Mr. C said he knew something had
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been in those woods for several weeks, but he
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never got a good look at it until the craft arrived.
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After that night, we never had another encounter.
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We also never heard of any more sightings from
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people in the area. Do you think these creatures
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were Bigfoot aliens or the same thing? It has
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always seemed strange to me that a Bigfoot body
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has never been found. Is it possible that Bigfoot
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is an extraterrestrial being? Thanks, Donald.
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Here's Lon's, I got confused there for a second.
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Here's Lon's commentary. This report, I can just
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hear Lon saying this in my head because I listened
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to so much. Chelsea, can you put like a sponge
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in your mouth so we can really get the Lon experience?
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Yeah, exactly. I need to put like cotton balls
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in there. Just dry it out. Get a hair dryer and
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just like blow it right in. There are times I
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have to skip over it because I'm just like, dear
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God. This report falls into the small but persistent
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category of Bigfoot and UFO crossover cases in
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which large hairy humanoids are reportedly seen
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in close proximity to aerial or landed craft.
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These accounts are controversial even within
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the Bigfoot research community because they challenged
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the strictly biological model of Sasquatch and
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pushed the discussion into high strangeness territory.
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Several details stand out. The creatures were
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engaged in ordinary animal -like behavior, apparently
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taking squash from a garden, yet the sudden appearance
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of dish -shaped craft and the immediate disappearance
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of the being strongly suggest a possible connection,
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at least from the witness's perspective. The
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account also includes multiple witnesses with
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Donald and his father seeing the creatures in
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the craft, while neighbors reportedly observed
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a similar craft and additional large hairy figures
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in the woods the same night. How do they know
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it's not the same? And why do they think it's
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just normal animal business with the squashes?
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How do they know what they're doing with the
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squashes? It could have been non -animal related.
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Well, that and then a UFO shows up right after.
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So maybe the squashes were in fact summoning
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a UFO. true like nothing about this seems ordinary
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like why were they collecting squashes oh yes
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off to my ufo now okay we've got the squashes
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for dinner let's go The Shawano region adds another
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layer of interest. The area lies near Menominee
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lands with dense woods, rural... Oh, God damn
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it. Why would they put those two words together?
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Rural roads. Rivers, farm fields, and long -standing...
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I'd like to hear lawn say rural roads. And long
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-standing indigenous traditions. No, I wouldn't.
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Actually, that was a lie. Donald's reference
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to the Manabi walk or the giants is notable because
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he already knew of regional giant lore before
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the encounter, though he originally dismissed
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those stories as legend. The red eye reflection
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may have a natural explanation, as if you see
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that all the time, Lon. If moonlight or a vehicle
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light caught the eyes at the right angle. But
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the broader sequence is much harder to explain
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conventionally. A pair of large, unknown animals
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raiding a garden would already be unusual. He
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already said it was normal. He did. They were
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doing perfectly normal. It was unusual for them
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to do it, but they were doing perfectly normal
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things in there. I don't know. I already called
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that out because I was like, I don't think that
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was normal. Adding the landed dish -shaped craft,
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the green interior light, the rapid departure,
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and the subsequent neighbor report makes this
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a classic high strangeness case. As for Donald's
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question, whether Bigfoot could be extraterrestrial,
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interdimensional, biological, or something else
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entirely, there is no definitive answer. The
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absence of a confirmed body remains one of the
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central mysteries surrounding the phenomenon.
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Cases like this do not prove an alien origin,
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but they do. suggest that some bigfoot reports
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may involve more than a conventional unknown
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primate that's that one okay i have one more
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this one is phantoms and monsters again and it
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this one did end up being a bigfoot episode sorry
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guys there does seem to be another common denominator
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here and he gets so i'm sure they've been like
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yearning for more Bigfoot since last week. Yeah,
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I know. They were just saying, why are we so
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starved for Bigfoot stuff with you guys? We do
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love good Bigfoot. Okay, so this one, get ready.
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Outdoorsman reports possible Bigfoot carrying
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child. It's capitalized. Sorry, I had to yell
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it. In red clothing at Colorado's Quinella Pass.
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Date, spring 2008. Morning. Witness report. Quote,
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I was camping and hiking through Colorado in
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the spring of 2018. For the past several years,
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I have tried to find any facts about what I saw
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and what I believe may have taken place. I contacted
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numerous Bigfoot researchers and investigators
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nationwide, but I never received any information
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that satisfied my concern. One morning I woke
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up to loud smashing sounds that seemed to be
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getting closer to my camp. At first I thought
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it might be an angry bear. I grabbed my hiking
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stick even though I knew it would not do much
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against a charging bear. I thought maybe with
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some luck I could distract it or jab at it enough
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to get away. The sounds came right up near my
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camp but then they suddenly turned away. everything
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happened very fast i peeked out of my tent and
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i saw a large dark hairy shape moving through
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the trees it looked like the thing was carrying
24:44
something that had red cloth on it then it turned
24:48
and ran up a steep hill i could hear it crashing
24:50
through the trees and it sounded like a tank
24:53
going 60 miles per hour up that slope i wish
24:56
i had gotten a better look but the sighting was
24:58
over almost immediately i had the strong feeling
25:01
that i needed to get out of there right then
25:04
It felt like I had seen something I was not supposed
25:06
to see. I packed up my camp and hiked out of
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there. I am not completely sure, but ever since
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then, I have had the feeling that the red cloth
25:15
may have been a t -shirt. I believe the large
25:18
creature may have been carrying an abducted child.
25:21
At that time, there were reports of missing people,
25:24
especially children, and nobody seemed to know
25:27
what had happened to them. I've been desperate
25:30
for answers. I did everything I could to report
25:32
what I saw, but law enforcement and state wildlife
25:36
officials simply ignored me. I know what I saw
25:39
and I believe a child was taken by the creature.
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This occurred at Gwinola Pass, which is located
25:45
inside the Pike National Forest in Colorado,
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end quote. So what's a witness report without
25:51
a commentary from law? So here we go. This is
25:55
a disturbing report because the witness does
25:58
not merely describe a fleeting Bigfoot -type
26:00
sighting. His lasting concern centers on what
26:04
the figure appeared to be carrying, the red cloth.
26:07
Later interpreted by the witness as possibly
26:10
being a t -shirt, became the detail that stayed
26:13
with him and pushed him to contact multiple investigators.
26:16
The Gwenaula Pass region is a rugged high elevation
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mountain corridor with steep slopes, dense timber
26:23
at low elevations, open alpine areas and numerous
26:27
hiking and camping access points. The south side
26:30
of the byway enters the Pike National Forest
26:32
South Plate Ranger District, while the broader
26:35
Gwenaula Pass scenic byway connects the Georgetown
26:38
and Grant areas through a heavily used but still
26:41
wild mountain landscape. Whatever that means.
26:44
There are several possible explanations to consider.
26:47
A black bear is always a relevant factor in springtime
26:50
backcountry encounters in Colorado. Bears are
26:53
active from mid -March through early November,
26:56
and a bear moving through timber near a campsite
26:59
can create loud, crashing sounds. Low visibility,
27:03
trees, fear, and a very brief viewing window
27:05
can all distort what a witness perceives. That
27:08
said, the witness described the figure as large,
27:12
dark, hairy and moving uphill through heavy terrain
27:16
with unusual speed and power he also distinguished
27:19
the sound and movement from those of what he
27:22
had initially believed might have been a bear
27:24
the emotional after effect is also notable he
27:29
did not simply leave because he was frightened
27:31
by wildlife because he was frightened by wildlife
27:34
he left because he felt he had seen something
27:37
he should not have witnessed I'm interested about
27:41
the fact that he didn't get from that that he
27:44
had an overwhelming sense of dread. Because that's
27:47
kind of what I got from him. From how you explain
27:51
the story, it almost feels like he overthought
27:55
the story and almost felt like he saw a kid getting
27:58
abducted. Is that what you got from the initial
28:01
encounter? And that's kind of what I got just
28:04
from the story, how it was explained. I don't
28:07
know for sure, but it almost feels like he saw
28:09
this like red thing in front and he's like, maybe
28:11
it was a kid because so many kids are being abducted
28:14
in here these days. To me, it seemed like more
28:17
of an afterthought when he was thinking about
28:20
the encounter, but he did describe after he saw
28:24
it that he felt like he saw something wrong that
28:27
he shouldn't have seen and he had to leave. Yeah.
28:29
Yeah. It's an afterthought. I think though it
28:33
was once he left that he was like, I wonder what
28:36
that red thing was. Do you think it was a kid?
28:39
Yeah. But like, to me, it seems like he got,
28:43
you know, how some of these encounters have that
28:46
feeling of dread. i i just yeah you would think
28:50
in that kind of situation you would get that
28:51
too but that's not here he doesn't he doesn't
28:54
explain it as that no that's just kind of how
28:57
i interpreted it but no and even like the worries
29:00
and dread that he seems to be feeling is um all
29:03
thinking about it afterwards yeah The child abduction
29:07
interpretation remains the witness's belief,
29:09
not a verified conclusion. Without a confirmed
29:12
missing person match, physical evidence, photographs,
29:16
tracks or corroborating witnesses, the case cannot
29:19
be treated as proof of an abduction. Still, the
29:23
report deserves documentation because it contains
29:25
a highly specific visual detail, a strong instinctive
29:29
reaction, and a setting consistent with other
29:32
remote mountain Sasquatch and high strangeness
29:35
accounts. That's where I'm going to end the episode.
29:38
However, what may be one of the most mysterious
29:43
cryptids of the bunch that I encountered over
29:46
the break That would be posted on Reddit cryptids
29:50
and that was later removed about the Loma Prieta
29:53
face fucker. Oh, yes. And that post was deleted
29:58
shortly thereafter. I don't know if you actually
30:01
had a chance to leave it. I did not have time
30:03
to see any of that. It deserves a special mention,
30:07
which is why it's going to come up here. And
30:09
I assume it was deleted by the mods because it
30:12
was clearly AI. And the poster said, beware the
30:16
Loma Prieta face fucker. He's real. And then
30:19
he posted an AI photo. Oh my God. The whole comments
30:22
were so funny. So then in the comments, he posted
30:25
just a picture of... of like the forest before
30:28
and it all it said was moments before there was
30:36
no black blur on it and so it gave me a chuckle
30:40
it probably doesn't do it justice the way that
30:43
I just described it but it was an amazing piece
30:46
of internet history that is sadly deleted and
30:49
that's my episode Do you like my Bigfoot episode?
30:52
Well, thank you for that Bigfoot episode that
30:54
was almost more than a Bigfoot episode, but we
30:57
can't have more than just a Bigfoot episode,
31:00
so that's where we're at. No, I like the stories.
31:03
I really like that, like, everybody involved
31:06
in them seemed to be fairly casual with everything.
31:09
Like, they weren't out to go find a Bigfoot.
31:12
They just happened to be doing their thing and
31:14
a Bigfoot walked by or something like that. Yeah,
31:17
these ones just seemed really special to me.
31:20
I'm going to be honest, I do try to listen to
31:22
Phantoms and Monsters. It's more like bedtime
31:25
listening, if I was to be honest. But not like,
31:29
you can't solely focus on it because of Lon's
31:32
mouth noises. So it's an interesting podcast,
31:35
but... Obviously, a few of these or more or all
31:39
of them came from that. There's just something
31:41
about all of them that really caught me, starting
31:44
with the marijuana one. And then I was like,
31:46
I got to fit this into an episode. Oh, I do really
31:49
like that story. I love that guy. I want to talk
31:51
to that guy, actually. Especially Lon's commentaries.
31:55
Okay. Yeah. Well, that's probably a good place
31:58
to end it. With that, I have been Taylor here
32:01
with Chelsea. We are Journey to the Fringe. Thank
32:03
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