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The Thing at the Edge of the Woods and I Died Once · Pinky Boo Hauntings

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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to Pinkyboo Hauntings. I'll be you
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Speaker 1: witchy hosts shy, and I'll be your guide to all
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Speaker 1: things paranormal, weird and spooky. I don't know about you, guys,
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Speaker 1: but I'm already tired of the heat and it's not
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Speaker 1: even summer yet. Plus the humidity is making everything worse,
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Speaker 1: and I'm so sick of filling gross and sweaty every
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Speaker 1: time I walk out the door. I just want it
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Speaker 1: to be cold again, or at least live inside until
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Speaker 1: it does get cold. But since I can't do that,
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Speaker 1: let's read some paranormal stories to try and forget about
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Speaker 1: the heat, even if it's for a little while. Our
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Speaker 1: first story is called our Bizarre Experiences with the forest
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Speaker 1: behind our house eventually forced us to move out. I
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Speaker 1: was eight years old when we first moved into the
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Speaker 1: house on the edge of the forest. The house at
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Speaker 1: the edge of the forest sounds like the start of
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Speaker 1: a horror movie, so I'm not surprised you have weird
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Speaker 1: experiences here. My parents had their doubts about buying the
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Speaker 1: house with a backyard bordered by forests. They had concerns
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Speaker 1: about wild animals getting into our bins or hurting our dogs,
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Speaker 1: and we're worried one of us might go too far
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Speaker 1: into the trees and get lost. Okay, why is it
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Speaker 1: my first tories would go to cryptids, like having to
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Speaker 1: deal with a bigfoot or a flesh pedestrian, or maybe
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Speaker 1: even worrying about disturbing the faith. I don't think I
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Speaker 1: would worry about the wild animals until after I saw
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Speaker 1: one or something happened. But then again, I'm a city girl,
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Speaker 1: so that stuff was never a worry where I lived.
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Speaker 1: Where I live now is the most I've been outside
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Speaker 1: of the city, and it's still crazy to me to
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Speaker 1: see deer just walking about my yard, or seeing a
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Speaker 1: big snake on my porch, which I did not know
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Speaker 1: how to handle. I just stayed inside. I'm not scared
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Speaker 1: of snakes, but I don't know what to do if
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Speaker 1: one's on your porch. I was just always told to
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Speaker 1: run away and just not be near him, so I
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Speaker 1: didn't know what to do. But even then, this place
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Speaker 1: is still pretty developed and on the edge of the
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Speaker 1: city limits, so it's not like a live in the
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Speaker 1: rural area or something. But it was cheap. My dad
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Speaker 1: liked the seclusion. My mom loved the house itself, and
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Speaker 1: my siblings and I were excited about playing in the
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Speaker 1: backyard and exploring the forest. Our first sign that something
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Speaker 1: wasn't right was that our dogs were absolutely terrified of
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Speaker 1: the forest. Yeah, that's a very bad sign, because either
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Speaker 1: they're sensing another animal that could be a danger to
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Speaker 1: them and your family, or they're sensing something unexplainable that
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Speaker 1: is still just as dangerous. Either way, it's not a
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Speaker 1: good thing when they're scared, and you should always listen
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Speaker 1: to your animals. They never went into the forest for
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Speaker 1: any reason. If a toy they've been playing with found
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Speaker 1: its way past the tree line, they would refuse to
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Speaker 1: retrieve it, and when one of us went in, they
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Speaker 1: would pace anxiously until we returned. On occasion, we've noticed
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Speaker 1: the dog staring at a point in the forest in
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Speaker 1: obvious distress, sometimes growling or barking, but we can never
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Speaker 1: see anything there. My brother once carried one of the
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Speaker 1: dogs into the trees to show her there was nothing
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Speaker 1: scary about it, but she wiggled out of his grip
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Speaker 1: and sprinted into the house in a panic. Oh my god,
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Speaker 1: the poor baby was scared. Why would you try to
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Speaker 1: prove to them, it's okay. They clearly sent something. Just
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Speaker 1: because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
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Speaker 1: If my dog was acting like that, I don't think
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Speaker 1: i'd ever go into those woods. At least I wouldn't
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Speaker 1: go without caution. If we were in the backyard when
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Speaker 1: it was getting dark, we sometimes heard noises like someone
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Speaker 1: was walking through the forest, dick's crunching underfoot, branches being
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Speaker 1: pushed aside. If we called out, there was no response,
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Speaker 1: but if we shined a flashlight around, we would occasionally
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Speaker 1: catch a glimpse, for just a split second, of something
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Speaker 1: that we could swear look like a person walking around
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Speaker 1: in the dark. My parents quickly banned us from entering
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Speaker 1: the forest at all after dark, and even during the day,
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Speaker 1: we weren't allowed to go out of sight of the house.
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Speaker 1: I don't blame your parents for banning you from going
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Speaker 1: in the woods. I'm surprised they didn't put up some
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Speaker 1: kind of security setup to make sure no weird people
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Speaker 1: were coming into your yard or hanging out at the
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Speaker 1: edge of the woods. My sister's bedroom window looked out
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Speaker 1: at the backyard in the forest beyond, and she remembers
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Speaker 1: looking out her window one night, ew she didn't have
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Speaker 1: her curtains closed to night, could not be me and
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Speaker 1: seeing a shadowy figure standing right at the edge of
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Speaker 1: the backyard. She says there was something wrong with it,
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Speaker 1: like it wasn't quite standing on the ground, and it
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Speaker 1: was a little too tall to be a person, and
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Speaker 1: it was sort of distorted, and she was convinced it
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Speaker 1: was staring at her because it was this is why
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Speaker 1: we don't look out the windows at night and keep
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Speaker 1: the curtains closed. She called for our dad, saying there
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Speaker 1: was a man in the yard staring through a window,
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Speaker 1: and when he ran outside to chase off whoever it was,
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Speaker 1: she continued to watch the figure. It didn't move away,
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Speaker 1: but when the light from our dad's flashlight passed over it,
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Speaker 1: it suddenly just wasn't there. Oh well, I was thinking
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Speaker 1: it might be a flesh pedestrian, but I don't think
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Speaker 1: they just magically disappeared when a light hits them, or
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Speaker 1: float for that matter. We regularly heard knocking at the
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Speaker 1: back door at night with no one there. I know
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Speaker 1: this kind of stuff can happen outside of them, but
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Speaker 1: I wonder if they live within the Appalachian Mountains, because
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Speaker 1: it's starting to sound like something you'd hear from those mountains.
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Speaker 1: Our parents thought it was a teenager playing pranks and
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Speaker 1: stop bothering even opening the door. Wait, it didn't click before,
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Speaker 1: but they've been opening the door. Oh my god, I'm
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Speaker 1: surprised you haven't already let something in. This is insane.
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Speaker 1: Why would you open the door without knowing who was
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Speaker 1: on the other side. Until one rainy night, when the
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Speaker 1: knocking was persistent and agitated, my mom pointed out there
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Speaker 1: might be someone needing shelter from the heavy rain outside.
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Speaker 1: But when she opened the door, not only was there
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Speaker 1: no one there, but there were no wet footprints on
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Speaker 1: the porch. Let's just forget the paranormal happening is going
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Speaker 1: on here. Why the hell would you do that? That
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Speaker 1: could be some creep trying to hurt you and your kids. Again,
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Speaker 1: I say, don't open the door for anyone you don't
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Speaker 1: know what. The knocking continued the whole time we lived there.
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Speaker 1: It would happen several times in the span of a
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Speaker 1: few weeks, then stop for months, then start again. My
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Speaker 1: parents eventually installed a security camera and there was never
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Speaker 1: anyone at the door. That took them way too long.
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Speaker 1: They should have put them up a long time ago,
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Speaker 1: probably back when your sister saw something just staring at
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Speaker 1: her through the window. The camera wasn't all useless though.
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Speaker 1: About three years into living there, my brother started having
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Speaker 1: night terrors and sleepwalking. When he went sleepwalking, he would
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Speaker 1: always go out the back door and start walking towards
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Speaker 1: the forest. My mom, being a light sleeper, would hear
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Speaker 1: a door open and would run out to get him
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Speaker 1: before he made it to the forest. After the third
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Speaker 1: or fourth time it happened, my brother asked to see
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Speaker 1: the camera footage because he wanted to see how he
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Speaker 1: looked when sleepwalking, I guess, thinking it looked funny. The
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Speaker 1: footage showed him walking out onto the porch, then pausing
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Speaker 1: as if listening to something and shaking his head, then
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Speaker 1: reluctantly walk forward as if being pulled or forcefully guided
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Speaker 1: by something. Oh, he was getting called into the woods
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Speaker 1: by something, and I like that. One evening, my dad
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Speaker 1: was in the backyard and he heard my sister calling
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Speaker 1: him from the forest, now seemingly in distress. No, don't
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Speaker 1: do it. I know what you're about to do. Don't
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Speaker 1: do it. Thinking she had gone exploring in the forest
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Speaker 1: and fallen over in herself. He ran in and started
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Speaker 1: calling to her, but quickly realized it was too dark
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Speaker 1: to see her and he couldn't pinpoint where her voice
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Speaker 1: was coming from. He told her to wait where she
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Speaker 1: was while he grabbed a flashlight. When he ran back
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Speaker 1: into the house for the flashlight, he saw my sister inside,
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Speaker 1: safe and completely unconcerned. My dad hadn't told us about
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Speaker 1: hearing my sister's voice in the forest, so when I
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Speaker 1: heard my mom's voice coming from the forest months later
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Speaker 1: while I was outside with the dogs one evening, I
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Speaker 1: didn't question it, despite the fact I had seen my
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Speaker 1: mom inside recently and hadn't noticed her walking past me.
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Speaker 1: My mom was calling for me, saying she had gotten
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Speaker 1: her sweater caught in some branches and needed me to
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Speaker 1: come in and help her. As I walk in, the
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Speaker 1: dog started barking, alerting my dad, who saw me through
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Speaker 1: the window wandering into the forest. He came outside and
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Speaker 1: called for me, and I said I was just helping mom.
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Speaker 1: He yelled back that Mom is inside and I need
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Speaker 1: to run back to the house as fast as I could,
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Speaker 1: which I did. After this, my parents had a fence
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Speaker 1: built around the backyard and started looking for a new place.
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Speaker 1: In the time between the fence being built in us
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Speaker 1: moving out, it got way worse. I'm not surprised at all.
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Speaker 1: We'd hear knocking at the door more regularly, as well
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Speaker 1: as tapping on the windows, as if someone was walking
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Speaker 1: the perimeter of the house and trying every window. We
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Speaker 1: would often hear scratching and scraping sounds on the fence
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Speaker 1: in voices behind it. My brother's night terrors got more frequent,
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Speaker 1: and one night my mom didn't hear the door open
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Speaker 1: when he went sleepwalking, and he woke up standing at
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Speaker 1: the fence, staring into the forest with the doll was
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Speaker 1: barking at him. The last morning we spent there, less
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Speaker 1: than four years after we moved in, we woke up
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Speaker 1: to find the back door fully open. Into security camera
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Speaker 1: footage showed it slowly swung open on its own. Since
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Speaker 1: moving out, my brother's sleepwalking has stopped, though he still
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Speaker 1: gets night terrors and he suffers from pretty severe anxiety.
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Speaker 1: A few nights ago, he called me out of the blue,
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Speaker 1: and after a bit of small talk, he asked me
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Speaker 1: if I think the door being opened that final night
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Speaker 1: means whatever was out there finally got in I'm shocked
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Speaker 1: with everything you guys did wrong. It wasn't already in there.
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Speaker 1: He was trying to make light of it, saying he
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Speaker 1: was getting into the spirit of Halloween, joking about how
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Speaker 1: maybe we should all get exercised just in case something
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Speaker 1: latched onto us all those years ago. But I think
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Speaker 1: he's deeply bothered by everything that happened. I know I
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Speaker 1: still am a little. I still get nervous around dark
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Speaker 1: wooded areas. I don't know what I think was out
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Speaker 1: there in the forest behind her house at night, but
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Speaker 1: I get the feeling that, given the chance, it would
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Speaker 1: have swallowed us whole. Yeah, your brother was definitely scared
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Speaker 1: of everything that happened, and most likely was just trying
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Speaker 1: to play it off as a joke to not seem scared.
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Speaker 1: But seriously, this is why the Appalachian Mountains have these rules. Again.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's where you lived, but this
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Speaker 1: really does sound like something that goes on in those mountains.
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Speaker 1: I wish I could remember what they call it, because
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Speaker 1: it doesn't sound like a flesh pedition completely. I swear
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Speaker 1: there was something else that this sounds more like. Does
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Speaker 1: anyone know what it is? Because I keep thinking it's
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Speaker 1: a fore spirit. But at the same time I know
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Speaker 1: that's wrong. I wish I could actually remember, because I
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Speaker 1: swear there is like a way to protect yourself from it.
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Speaker 1: But there is another way to protect yourself. If you've
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Speaker 1: ever lived in Appalachia, you probably know them. If you
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Speaker 1: hear something, no, you didn't, If you see something, no,
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Speaker 1: you didn't. And always make sure to cover your windows
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Speaker 1: at night, never look out them at night. Also, I'm
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Speaker 1: not sure this last one is a rule, but if
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Speaker 1: you hear knocking, never open your door, especially at night.
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Speaker 1: You could be letting something in you don't want there.
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Speaker 1: But honestly, that should be a rule for both the
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Speaker 1: paranormal and for people. Oh and if he's still feeling
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Speaker 1: the effects of that place, he needs to get himself
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Speaker 1: cleansed and protected because whatever it is still seems to
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Speaker 1: have a hold on him and he needs to do
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Speaker 1: something about it, not just joke about it. Wow. That
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Speaker 1: was a long one, like way longer than I thought,
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Speaker 1: which I love. But since it was a long one,
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Speaker 1: I think we'll just read one more for this episode.
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Speaker 1: I don't want this to get too long because I
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Speaker 1: don't have a lot of time to edit this week. Anyways,
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Speaker 1: this one is called I Died Once. Here's my experience.
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Speaker 1: In twenty twelve, I had suffered a stroke that killed me.
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Speaker 1: As I slipped away, I had felt an overwhelming piece
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Speaker 1: come over me like I had never felt before. Things
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Speaker 1: went black. Then I was ascending above and I saw
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Speaker 1: the city below Next to me. I heard a voice
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Speaker 1: from this orb of varied colored lights that also had
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Speaker 1: a miss coming off of it. It was a woman's voice,
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Speaker 1: and she was telling me how excited she was to
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Speaker 1: finally be with her family and see her mom and
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Speaker 1: dad again. I started to feel unsure and told her
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Speaker 1: I wasn't supposed to be here. Suddenly I was standing
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Speaker 1: in an otherworldly place that was gorgeous. All of the
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Speaker 1: structures and buildings were made of what looked like similar
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Speaker 1: to marble, but it had an iridescent color between the marbling.
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Speaker 1: The buildings were decorated with colorful stones, with gold embellishments
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Speaker 1: lining the buildings and glass fences. I walked along the
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Speaker 1: path with my arms crossed and holding onto my body.
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Speaker 1: I felt lost, and everyone around me was chatting happily
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Speaker 1: with each other in these other worldly clothes of satin
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Speaker 1: like linens. Some people held hands and were close and
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Speaker 1: joyful with each other. This place was absolutely beautiful. I
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Speaker 1: came upon an old man who was sitting near a
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Speaker 1: tree in what seemed to be teaching a class with
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Speaker 1: people surrounding him. Some were sitting and others were standing.
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Speaker 1: He called me over to join him. He was teaching
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Speaker 1: the lesson of what life is supposed to be on nerve,
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Speaker 1: what it was originally supposed to be in how humans
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Speaker 1: were supposed to be caring for the world and the
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Speaker 1: inhabitants of it, but materialism had gotten in the way,
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Speaker 1: among other things. I felt an overwhelming knowledge come over
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Speaker 1: me as he continued to teach his class about the world,
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Speaker 1: the universe, life and death. Everyone began to surround me,
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Speaker 1: and the old man put his hand on my shoulder
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Speaker 1: and he said, it's not your time yet. You will
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Speaker 1: know when it is. The people from the class all
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Speaker 1: came in and held me in a circle, and I
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Speaker 1: was suddenly back. I opened my eyes and breathed in.
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Speaker 1: I was alive and back in my earthly body. This
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Speaker 1: is how I came to believe in God and also reincarnation.
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Speaker 1: I don't claim to be religious, but my beliefs are
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Speaker 1: now a mix of things things. Unfortunately, slowly that knowledge
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Speaker 1: that was instilled into me slowly slipped away over the years,
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Speaker 1: but I feel it in the back of my mind.
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Speaker 1: To me, religion became several fingers pointing at the same being,
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Speaker 1: I don't need a religion to dictate my relationship with God.
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Speaker 1: If you're all wondering, I am twenty seven now and
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Speaker 1: suffer residual effects that have disabled me, but I keep going.
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Speaker 1: My body may not work properly, but my brain still does,
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Speaker 1: and I focus on expanding my knowledge in various areas.
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Speaker 1: Oh wow, I'm so sorry you had that stroke at
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Speaker 1: such a young age and are still feeling the effects
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Speaker 1: from it even now. At least, it hasn't seemed to
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Speaker 1: stop you. As for what you saw, it sounds absolutely beautiful.
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Speaker 1: And I wonder if that man that called you over
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Speaker 1: was talking to all those souls right before they were
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Speaker 1: about to head back down to Earth. Maybe that's why
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Speaker 1: he also called you over. He knew it was in
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Speaker 1: your time, so he figured he'd let you in on
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Speaker 1: the secret before you were sent back down. Maybe the
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Speaker 1: parts you do remember are part of your purpose here,
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Speaker 1: and he knew you needed to hear it. I also
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Speaker 1: wonder if he is connected to you in some way,
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Speaker 1: like an ancestor, or maybe as fear guide, or maybe
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Speaker 1: he just goes off grandfather vibes and that's all I'm sensing.
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Speaker 1: Whatever it was, it obviously set your mind at ease
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Speaker 1: enough to listen to what he was teaching the others, which,
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Speaker 1: of course, since you were so young, you probably needed
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Speaker 1: that comfort and reassurance. Also, he was right about one thing.
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Speaker 1: We should be taking care of Mother Earth and all
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Speaker 1: that inhabit her. Sometimes we forget that and take her
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Speaker 1: for granted, but we should be showing her the respect
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Speaker 1: she deserves. If there's one thing that you take from
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Speaker 1: this episode, hopefully it's to do something for the Earth,
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Speaker 1: to show your respect to her and all she does
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Speaker 1: for us. Well, guys, that's all I have for you today.
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Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed and hopefully these stories helped you
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Speaker 1: like they did me. Forget about the heat. Oh sadly,
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Speaker 1: I am starting to fill it again. So I'm about
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Speaker 1: to go get in the air condition after this. And
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