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Squonk, Glas Gaibhnenn, and Personal Experiences · Hidden Creatures

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  Foreign.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  the
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  first
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  episode
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  of
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  Hidden
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  Creatures
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  mcfap
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  Encounters
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  with
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  Father
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  and
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  Son.
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  Mcfap
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  stands
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  for
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  mythical
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  cryptid
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  Fae,
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  slash
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  fairy,
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  alien
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  and
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  paranormal.
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  So
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  what
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  we
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  are
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  doing
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  here,
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  as
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  the
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  name
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  suggests,
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  father
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  and
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  son,
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  we're
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  looking
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  at
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  the
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  relationships
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  between
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  the
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  mcfap
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  umbrella.
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  Again,
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  mythical
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  cryptid,
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  fairy
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  fae,
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  alien,
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  paranormal,
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  you
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  know,
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  trying
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  to
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  try
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  to
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  explore
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  if
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  they're
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  all
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  related
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  or
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  if
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  they're
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  each
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  their
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  individual
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  category.
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  In
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  order
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  to
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  do
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  that,
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  interviewing
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  people
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  who
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  have
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  really
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  interesting
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  interviews
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  lined
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  up
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  for
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  this
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  season.
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  We
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  have
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  interviews
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  with
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  people
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  who've
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  experienced
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  a
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  witch,
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  Bigfoot,
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  ghosts,
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  aliens,
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  aliens,
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  a
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  folklore,
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  a
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  folklorist
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  who
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  specializes
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  in
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  Southern
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  Appalachia,
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  or
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  Appalachia,
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  I
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  guess,
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  depending
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  on
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  where
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  you're
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  from.
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  Depends
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  on
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  how
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  you
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  pronounce
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  it.
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  So
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  we're
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  gonna
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  be
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  doing
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  that.
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  So
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  some
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  of
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  our
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  episodes
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  are
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  going
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  to
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  be
• 1:16
  doing
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  those
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  interviews,
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  and
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  other
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  episodes
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  are
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  just
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  gonna
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  be
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  the
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  two
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  of
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  us
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  doing
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  sort
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  of
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  dives
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  into
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  creatures.
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  So
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  this
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  being
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  our
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  first
• 1:26
  interview,
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  we
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  decided
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  we
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  should
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  sort
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  of
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  introduce
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  ourselves,
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  talk
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  about
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  some
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  strange
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  experiences
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  we
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  have
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  had,
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  and
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  then
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  we
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  are
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  each
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  going
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  a
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  creature.
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  We
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  have
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  each
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  chosen
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  a
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  creature.
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  Rainy,
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  your
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  creature
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  is
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  the
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  glass
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  Gabby
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  lamb,
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  I
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  think.
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  Yeah,
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  I
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  think
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  so.
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  And
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  mine
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  is
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  the
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  squonk.
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  We
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  will.
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  We
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  will
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  tell
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  some
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  of
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  our
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  own
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  stories
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  first,
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  and
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  then
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  we'll
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  get
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  into
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  the
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  creatures.
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  And
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  then
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  episode
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  two,
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  we
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  are
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  slated
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  to
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  interview
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  the
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  witch.
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  So.
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  Okay,
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  so
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  we're
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  gonna
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  start
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  with
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  my.
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  My
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  experiences.
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  My
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  first
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  experience,
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  I'm
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  gonna
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  refer
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  to
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  it
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  as
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  the
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  property.
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  And
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  we're
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  gonna
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  be
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  talking
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  to
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  quite
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  a
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  few
• 2:12
  people
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  who
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  have
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  had
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  experiences
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  on
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  the
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  property
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  as
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  well,
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  including
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  me.
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  So
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  I've
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  been
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  sort
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  of
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  on
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  and
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  off
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  the
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  property
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  for
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  the
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  past
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  20
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  years
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  and
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  have
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  had
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  a
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  slew
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  of
• 2:25
  experiences.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  talk
• 2:26
  about
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  one
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  today.
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  Yeah,
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  and
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  just
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  about.
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  Just
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  about
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  anybody
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  who
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  spent
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  any
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  kind
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  of
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  time
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  out
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  there
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  has
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  had
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  some.
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  Kind
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  of
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  weird
• 2:33
  experience.
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  Some
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  kind
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  of
• 2:35
  weird
• 2:35
  experience.
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  So
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
• 2:37
  talking
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  about
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  quite
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  a
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  few
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  of
• 2:38
  those
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  over.
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  Over
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  our
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  journey
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  through
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  this
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  podcast.
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  But
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  today
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  we're
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  talking
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  about
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  mine.
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  So
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  my
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  first
• 2:45
  experience
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  about
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  20
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  years
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  ago,
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  we
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  were
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  out
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  there
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  and
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  it
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  was
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  like
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  a.
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  Sort
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  of
• 2:50
  like
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  a
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  summer
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  camp
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  for
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  kids.
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  And
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  before.
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  And
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  this
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  was
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  the
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  first
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  year
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  it
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  was
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  active.
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  Before
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  we
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  had.
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  Was
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  just
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  sort
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  of
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  an
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  abandoned
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  property
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  for
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  a
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  while.
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  And
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  it's
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  pretty
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  big
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  property,
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  combination
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  of,
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  like,
• 3:07
  fields,
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  like
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  hilly
• 3:08
  fields,
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  and
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  like,
• 3:10
  forested
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  areas.
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  One
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  night
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  I
• 3:14
  was.
• 3:14
  I
• 3:14
  was
• 3:14
  doing
• 3:14
  an
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  overnight
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  shift
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  and
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  I
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  was
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  down
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  where
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  the
• 3:17
  kids
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  slept,
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  just
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  to
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  make
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  sure
• 3:20
  the
• 3:20
  kids
• 3:21
  didn't
• 3:21
  do
• 3:22
  kid
• 3:22
  type
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  stuff.
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  So
• 3:23
  it
• 3:23
  was
• 3:23
  me
• 3:23
  and
• 3:24
  a
• 3:24
  couple
• 3:24
  other.
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  Couple
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  other
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  staff
• 3:25
  members
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  at
• 3:25
  the
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  time.
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  And
• 3:26
  where
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  they
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  slept
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  was
• 3:27
  up
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  on
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  top
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  of
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  the
• 3:28
  hill.
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  And
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  so
• 3:29
  it
• 3:29
  was
• 3:29
  like
• 3:29
  you
• 3:29
  know,
• 3:29
  sort
• 3:30
  of
• 3:30
  clear
• 3:30
  like
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  pasture
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  area,
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  fieldy
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  area
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  and
• 3:33
  then
• 3:34
  going
• 3:34
  down
• 3:34
  the
• 3:35
  hill
• 3:35
  into
• 3:35
  a
• 3:36
  hollow
• 3:36
  or
• 3:37
  a
• 3:37
  holler
• 3:37
  depending
• 3:38
  on
• 3:38
  where
• 3:38
  you're
• 3:38
  from.
• 3:39
  It
• 3:39
  got.
• 3:39
  It
• 3:39
  got
• 3:39
  sort
• 3:40
  of
• 3:40
  wooded
• 3:40
  but
• 3:41
  there
• 3:41
  wasn't
• 3:42
  like
• 3:42
  down
• 3:42
  in
• 3:42
  the
• 3:42
  bottom
• 3:43
  there
• 3:43
  wasn't
• 3:43
  a
• 3:43
  lot
• 3:43
  of
• 3:43
  underbr.
• 3:44
  So
• 3:45
  it
• 3:45
  was
• 3:45
  more
• 3:45
  like
• 3:45
  park
• 3:46
  like
• 3:46
  I
• 3:47
  guess,
• 3:48
  you
• 3:48
  know,
• 3:48
  a
• 3:48
  bunch
• 3:48
  of
• 3:49
  trees,
• 3:49
  sort
• 3:49
  of
• 3:49
  older
• 3:50
  trees,
• 3:50
  but
• 3:50
  not
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  lot
• 3:51
  of
• 3:51
  undergrowth.
• 3:52
  We
• 3:52
  were
• 3:52
  up
• 3:52
  there
• 3:53
  and
• 3:54
  we
• 3:54
  heard
• 3:55
  this
• 3:56
  sound
• 3:56
  that
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  sounded
• 3:57
  similar
• 3:58
  to
• 3:59
  a
• 3:59
  male
• 4:00
  deer
• 4:00
  buck
• 4:01
  sort
• 4:01
  of
• 4:02
  huffing
• 4:02
  or
• 4:02
  blowing.
• 4:03
  And
• 4:03
  it's.
• 4:03
  It's
• 4:04
  sort
• 4:04
  of
• 4:04
  this
• 4:04
  like
• 4:05
  in
• 4:05
  my
• 4:05
  imitation
• 4:05
  it's
• 4:06
  going
• 4:06
  to
• 4:06
  sound
• 4:06
  nothing
• 4:06
  like
• 4:07
  what
• 4:07
  it
• 4:07
  really.
• 4:07
  But
• 4:08
  you'll
• 4:08
  get
• 4:08
  sort
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  a
• 4:09
  vague
• 4:09
  idea
• 4:09
  if
• 4:10
  you've
• 4:10
  never
• 4:10
  heard
• 4:10
  it
• 4:10
  before.
• 4:10
  It's
• 4:11
  like
• 4:11
  a
• 4:12
  sort
• 4:13
  of
• 4:13
  like
• 4:13
  this
• 4:13
  deep,
• 4:14
  longy,
• 4:16
  throaty,
• 4:18
  you
• 4:18
  know
• 4:18
  where
• 4:18
  they
• 4:18
  just
• 4:19
  forced
• 4:19
  sort
• 4:19
  of
• 4:19
  this
• 4:20
  like
• 4:20
  it
• 4:21
  sounds
• 4:21
  like
• 4:21
  that
• 4:21
  roughly.
• 4:22
  So
• 4:23
  me
• 4:23
  being
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  person
• 4:23
  I
• 4:24
  am,
• 4:24
  we
• 4:24
  had
• 4:24
  this
• 4:25
  big
• 4:25
  spotlight.
• 4:25
  So
• 4:26
  I
• 4:26
  took
• 4:26
  the
• 4:26
  spotlight,
• 4:27
  shine
• 4:27
  it
• 4:27
  down
• 4:27
  in
• 4:27
  the
• 4:27
  woods
• 4:28
  because
• 4:28
  I
• 4:28
  wanted
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  see
• 4:28
  some
• 4:29
  deer.
• 4:29
  And
• 4:29
  this
• 4:30
  one
• 4:30
  sounded
• 4:30
  really
• 4:30
  big.
• 4:30
  So
• 4:31
  I
• 4:31
  really
• 4:31
  wanted
• 4:31
  to
• 4:31
  see
• 4:31
  like
• 4:31
  a
• 4:32
  really
• 4:32
  big
• 4:32
  deer.
• 4:33
  And
• 4:33
  didn't
• 4:33
  see
• 4:34
  anything.
• 4:34
  It
• 4:35
  was
• 4:35
  quiet,
• 4:35
  you
• 4:36
  know.
• 4:36
  Five
• 4:36
  minutes
• 4:37
  later
• 4:37
  or
• 4:37
  so,
• 4:38
  heard
• 4:38
  the
• 4:38
  noise
• 4:38
  again,
• 4:40
  shine
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  spotlight
• 4:41
  again,
• 4:42
  didn't
• 4:42
  see
• 4:42
  anything
• 4:43
  again.
• 4:43
  Five
• 4:44
  minutes
• 4:44
  later,
• 4:45
  exact
• 4:45
  same
• 4:45
  thing.
• 4:45
  Heard
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  noise,
• 4:46
  shine
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  spotlight,
• 4:47
  didn't
• 4:47
  see
• 4:47
  anything.
• 4:48
  It's
• 4:49
  not
• 4:49
  that
• 4:49
  important.
• 4:49
  I
• 4:49
  was
• 4:49
  like.
• 4:50
  And
• 4:50
  whatever.
• 4:51
  So
• 4:52
  we
• 4:52
  had
• 4:52
  a.
• 4:53
  Like
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  little
• 4:54
  shack
• 4:54
  that
• 4:54
  we
• 4:54
  could
• 4:54
  go
• 4:54
  into.
• 4:55
  There's
• 4:55
  a
• 4:55
  computer
• 4:55
  in
• 4:56
  there,
• 4:56
  like
• 4:56
  a
• 4:56
  refrigerator,
• 4:57
  some
• 4:57
  chairs.
• 4:58
  So
• 4:58
  I
• 4:58
  went
• 4:59
  in
• 4:59
  and
• 4:59
  sat
• 4:59
  down
• 4:59
  in
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  shack.
• 5:00
  And
• 5:00
  it
• 5:00
  was
• 5:00
  small,
• 5:01
  it's
• 5:01
  like
• 5:01
  maybe,
• 5:02
  maybe
• 5:02
  10
• 5:03
  by
• 5:03
  10
• 5:04
  wooden.
• 5:05
  The
• 5:05
  door
• 5:06
  faced
• 5:07
  like
• 5:08
  where
• 5:08
  the
• 5:08
  kids
• 5:08
  slept.
• 5:09
  Had
• 5:09
  windows
• 5:10
  on
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  other
• 5:10
  three
• 5:11
  sides
• 5:12
  and
• 5:12
  the
• 5:13
  back
• 5:13
  in
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  back
• 5:14
  of
• 5:14
  the
• 5:15
  shack
• 5:15
  faced
• 5:16
  down
• 5:17
  into
• 5:17
  the.
• 5:17
  The
• 5:18
  holler.
• 5:19
  So
• 5:19
  I
• 5:19
  went,
• 5:20
  sat
• 5:20
  down,
• 5:20
  was
• 5:21
  sitting
• 5:21
  down
• 5:21
  for
• 5:22
  however
• 5:22
  long,
• 5:23
  5,
• 5:23
  10
• 5:23
  minutes
• 5:24
  and
• 5:25
  something
• 5:26
  big
• 5:27
  hit
• 5:28
  the
• 5:28
  back
• 5:28
  of
• 5:28
  that
• 5:29
  shack
• 5:29
  hard
• 5:29
  enough
• 5:30
  to
• 5:30
  make
• 5:30
  it
• 5:30
  shake.
• 5:31
  And
• 5:31
  then
• 5:32
  you
• 5:32
  could
• 5:32
  hear
• 5:32
  runoff,
• 5:34
  screaming,
• 5:35
  yelling.
• 5:36
  It
• 5:36
  was
• 5:36
  more
• 5:36
  of
• 5:36
  a
• 5:36
  yell
• 5:37
  than
• 5:37
  scream
• 5:38
  but
• 5:38
  it
• 5:38
  was
• 5:38
  this
• 5:38
  sort
• 5:39
  of
• 5:39
  deep
• 5:40
  guttural,
• 5:42
  but
• 5:42
  at
• 5:42
  the
• 5:42
  same
• 5:42
  time
• 5:42
  sort
• 5:43
  of
• 5:43
  high
• 5:43
  pitched
• 5:44
  noise.
• 5:45
  So
• 5:45
  I
• 5:45
  jumped
• 5:46
  out,
• 5:46
  grabbed
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  flash,
• 5:47
  grab
• 5:47
  the
• 5:47
  spotlight,
• 5:48
  you
• 5:48
  know,
• 5:49
  whatever.
• 5:49
  Didn't
• 5:50
  see
• 5:50
  anything
• 5:50
  but
• 5:50
  we
• 5:50
  could
• 5:51
  hear
• 5:51
  it
• 5:51
  running.
• 5:51
  It
• 5:52
  was
• 5:52
  big
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  it
• 5:53
  was
• 5:54
  by.
• 5:54
  By
• 5:54
  bipedal.
• 5:55
  Bipedal,
• 5:56
  however
• 5:56
  you
• 5:56
  pronounce
• 5:57
  it,
• 5:58
  meaning
• 5:58
  it
• 5:59
  was
• 5:59
  running
• 5:59
  on
• 5:59
  two
• 5:59
  feet.
• 6:00
  And
• 6:00
  things
• 6:01
  running
• 6:01
  on
• 6:01
  two
• 6:01
  feet
• 6:01
  sound
• 6:02
  a
• 6:02
  lot
• 6:02
  different
• 6:02
  than
• 6:02
  things
• 6:03
  running
• 6:03
  on
• 6:03
  four
• 6:03
  feet.
• 6:04
  And
• 6:04
  this
• 6:04
  definitely
• 6:05
  sounded
• 6:05
  like
• 6:05
  it
• 6:06
  was
• 6:06
  running
• 6:06
  on
• 6:06
  two
• 6:06
  feet.
• 6:07
  Didn't
• 6:07
  see
• 6:07
  anything.
• 6:08
  All
• 6:09
  I
• 6:09
  could
• 6:09
  do
• 6:09
  is
• 6:09
  hear
• 6:09
  it.
• 6:10
  I
• 6:10
  could
• 6:10
  hear
• 6:10
  it
• 6:10
  running
• 6:11
  and
• 6:11
  I
• 6:11
  could
• 6:11
  hear
• 6:12
  it
• 6:12
  making
• 6:12
  this
• 6:13
  guttural,
• 6:14
  low,
• 6:15
  but
• 6:16
  also
• 6:16
  high
• 6:16
  pitched
• 6:18
  noise.
• 6:19
  And
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  realize
• 6:20
  something
• 6:21
  can't
• 6:21
  be
• 6:21
  low
• 6:22
  and
• 6:22
  high
• 6:22
  at
• 6:22
  the
• 6:23
  same
• 6:23
  time.
• 6:23
  Cancel
• 6:23
  each
• 6:24
  other
• 6:24
  out.
• 6:24
  I
• 6:24
  get
• 6:25
  it.
• 6:25
  But
• 6:25
  that's
• 6:26
  what
• 6:26
  it
• 6:26
  sounded
• 6:26
  like.
• 6:27
  Talked
• 6:27
  with,
• 6:28
  talk
• 6:28
  with
• 6:28
  the
• 6:29
  other
• 6:29
  people
• 6:29
  on.
• 6:30
  Like
• 6:30
  none
• 6:31
  of
• 6:31
  us
• 6:31
  knew
• 6:31
  what
• 6:31
  could
• 6:31
  be
• 6:32
  nothing.
• 6:34
  And
• 6:34
  this
• 6:34
  was
• 6:34
  in
• 6:34
  north
• 6:35
  Alabama
• 6:36
  and
• 6:36
  nothing
• 6:36
  we
• 6:37
  know
• 6:37
  of
• 6:37
  that
• 6:37
  lived
• 6:38
  in
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  area
• 6:38
  or
• 6:39
  lives
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  the
• 6:39
  era
• 6:40
  is
• 6:40
  a
• 6:41
  that
• 6:41
  size
• 6:42
  that's
• 6:43
  strong
• 6:43
  and
• 6:44
  makes
• 6:44
  that
• 6:44
  noise,
• 6:46
  you
• 6:46
  know.
• 6:46
  So
• 6:46
  it
• 6:46
  wasn't
• 6:47
  like
• 6:47
  it
• 6:47
  wasn't
• 6:47
  a
• 6:48
  wild
• 6:48
  pig,
• 6:49
  it
• 6:49
  wasn't
• 6:49
  a
• 6:50
  bear,
• 6:50
  it
• 6:51
  wasn't
• 6:51
  a
• 6:51
  deer,
• 6:52
  it
• 6:52
  wasn't
• 6:53
  an
• 6:53
  owl,
• 6:54
  it
• 6:54
  wasn't
• 6:54
  a
• 6:54
  mountain
• 6:55
  lion.
• 6:56
  I
• 6:56
  spent
• 6:56
  a
• 6:56
  lot
• 6:56
  of
• 6:57
  time
• 6:57
  in
• 6:57
  the
• 6:57
  woods
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  nothing
• 6:59
  I've
• 6:59
  ever
• 7:00
  experienced
• 7:01
  sound
• 7:02
  or
• 7:02
  moved
• 7:02
  like
• 7:03
  that.
• 7:03
  Next
• 7:04
  morning
• 7:04
  people
• 7:04
  came,
• 7:05
  you
• 7:05
  know,
• 7:05
  talking
• 7:06
  to
• 7:06
  the
• 7:06
  people
• 7:06
  run
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  place
• 7:07
  and
• 7:07
  all
• 7:07
  that.
• 7:07
  So
• 7:08
  I
• 7:08
  told
• 7:08
  them
• 7:08
  about
• 7:08
  it.
• 7:08
  Like,
• 7:09
  ah,
• 7:09
  you
• 7:09
  know,
• 7:09
  it's
• 7:09
  probably
• 7:09
  an
• 7:09
  owl.
• 7:10
  An
• 7:10
  owl
• 7:10
  probably
• 7:10
  ran
• 7:11
  into
• 7:11
  the
• 7:11
  back
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  it.
• 7:13
  Exactly.
• 7:15
  It
• 7:15
  was
• 7:15
  not.
• 7:16
  Now
• 7:16
  like
• 7:16
  owls
• 7:18
  like
• 7:18
  sort
• 7:18
  of
• 7:18
  look
• 7:18
  big
• 7:19
  but
• 7:19
  there
• 7:19
  are
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  lot
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  feathers
• 7:20
  and
• 7:20
  they
• 7:20
  aren't
• 7:20
  like,
• 7:21
  they
• 7:21
  aren't.
• 7:21
  Don't
• 7:21
  have
• 7:21
  that
• 7:22
  much
• 7:22
  mass
• 7:22
  to
• 7:23
  them.
• 7:24
  And
• 7:25
  now
• 7:25
  couldn't
• 7:25
  have
• 7:25
  hit
• 7:25
  it
• 7:25
  hard
• 7:26
  enough
• 7:26
  to
• 7:26
  make
• 7:26
  it
• 7:26
  move.
• 7:26
  Like,
• 7:27
  oh,
• 7:27
  maybe
• 7:27
  a
• 7:27
  deer
• 7:28
  ran
• 7:28
  into
• 7:28
  the
• 7:28
  back.
• 7:29
  No,
• 7:29
  wasn't
• 7:29
  a
• 7:30
  deer,
• 7:30
  wasn't
• 7:31
  a
• 7:31
  bear.
• 7:32
  Like
• 7:32
  it,
• 7:32
  like
• 7:32
  I
• 7:33
  said,
• 7:33
  it
• 7:33
  was
• 7:33
  nothing
• 7:34
  that
• 7:34
  I've
• 7:34
  ever
• 7:34
  had
• 7:34
  an
• 7:34
  experience
• 7:35
  with.
• 7:36
  Yeah.
• 7:36
  And
• 7:36
  that
• 7:36
  was
• 7:36
  that
• 7:37
  just
• 7:37
  this
• 7:37
  crazy
• 7:37
  experience
• 7:38
  didn't
• 7:38
  really
• 7:38
  happen
• 7:39
  again
• 7:40
  to
• 7:40
  me
• 7:40
  out
• 7:40
  there.
• 7:41
  But
• 7:41
  it
• 7:41
  was
• 7:42
  definitely,
• 7:42
  definitely
• 7:43
  a
• 7:43
  crazy,
• 7:44
  crazy
• 7:44
  experience.
• 7:46
  No
• 7:47
  question.
• 7:47
  Sorry.
• 7:47
  Yeah.
• 7:49
  How
• 7:49
  fast
• 7:49
  was
• 7:50
  it
• 7:50
  running?
• 7:51
  It
• 7:51
  was
• 7:51
  running
• 7:52
  fast.
• 7:53
  I
• 7:53
  would
• 7:53
  say
• 7:54
  at
• 7:55
  at
• 7:55
  least
• 7:56
  as
• 7:56
  fast
• 7:56
  as
• 7:56
  a
• 7:57
  person
• 7:57
  could
• 7:57
  sprint,
• 7:58
  like
• 7:58
  full
• 7:59
  out.
• 7:59
  But
• 8:00
  they,
• 8:00
  this
• 8:01
  creature
• 8:01
  like
• 8:02
  maintained
• 8:02
  it.
• 8:03
  So
• 8:03
  it
• 8:03
  wasn't,
• 8:03
  you
• 8:03
  know,
• 8:04
  people
• 8:04
  can
• 8:04
  only
• 8:04
  sprint
• 8:05
  for
• 8:05
  so
• 8:05
  long.
• 8:05
  Like
• 8:06
  this
• 8:06
  creature
• 8:07
  maintained
• 8:08
  that
• 8:08
  speed
• 8:09
  until
• 8:09
  I
• 8:10
  couldn't
• 8:10
  hear
• 8:10
  it
• 8:10
  anymore.
• 8:11
  Like
• 8:11
  it.
• 8:12
  Yeah,
• 8:12
  it
• 8:12
  was,
• 8:12
  it
• 8:12
  was
• 8:13
  fast
• 8:14
  and
• 8:14
  moving
• 8:15
  and
• 8:16
  like
• 8:16
  it
• 8:16
  was
• 8:17
  running
• 8:17
  through
• 8:17
  woods.
• 8:18
  Like
• 8:18
  there
• 8:18
  wasn't
• 8:19
  a
• 8:19
  lot
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  undergrowth.
• 8:20
  There
• 8:20
  was
• 8:20
  still
• 8:20
  some
• 8:21
  undergrowth
• 8:22
  and
• 8:22
  there,
• 8:22
  you
• 8:22
  know,
• 8:22
  trees
• 8:23
  are
• 8:23
  down.
• 8:23
  So
• 8:23
  you
• 8:23
  had,
• 8:24
  you
• 8:24
  have
• 8:24
  to
• 8:24
  clear,
• 8:25
  you
• 8:25
  know,
• 8:25
  logs
• 8:26
  and
• 8:26
  stuff
• 8:26
  like
• 8:26
  that.
• 8:27
  And
• 8:27
  it
• 8:27
  was
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  middle
• 8:27
  of
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  night,
• 8:28
  so
• 8:28
  it
• 8:28
  was
• 8:28
  dark.
• 8:29
  So
• 8:29
  imagine
• 8:30
  sprinting
• 8:31
  all
• 8:31
  out
• 8:31
  through
• 8:32
  the
• 8:32
  woods
• 8:32
  at
• 8:33
  night.
• 8:33
  How
• 8:34
  long
• 8:35
  could
• 8:35
  you
• 8:35
  hear
• 8:35
  it
• 8:35
  running?
• 8:38
  That's
• 8:38
  a
• 8:38
  good
• 8:38
  question.
• 8:39
  I'd
• 8:39
  say
• 8:40
  a
• 8:40
  couple
• 8:41
  of
• 8:41
  minutes.
• 8:42
  A
• 8:42
  couple
• 8:42
  of
• 8:43
  minutes.
• 8:43
  Okay.
• 8:44
  My
• 8:45
  next
• 8:46
  encounter.
• 8:46
  I
• 8:46
  guess
• 8:47
  I'm
• 8:47
  gonna
• 8:47
  talk
• 8:47
  about
• 8:47
  three
• 8:47
  encounters.
• 8:48
  My
• 8:48
  next
• 8:48
  counter
• 8:49
  or
• 8:50
  weird
• 8:50
  thing
• 8:51
  happened
• 8:51
  in
• 8:52
  the.
• 8:52
  In
• 8:52
  the
• 8:52
  Great
• 8:52
  Smoky
• 8:53
  Mountain
• 8:53
  National
• 8:53
  Park.
• 8:54
  I
• 8:54
  was
• 8:54
  leaving
• 8:55
  a
• 8:55
  backpacking
• 8:55
  trip.
• 8:56
  Kids,
• 8:57
  one
• 8:57
  other
• 8:57
  staff
• 8:57
  member.
• 8:58
  Southern
• 8:59
  edge
• 8:59
  of
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  Smoky
• 8:59
  Mountains.
• 9:00
  There's
• 9:01
  a
• 9:01
  big
• 9:01
  lake.
• 9:01
  There
• 9:01
  used
• 9:02
  to
• 9:02
  be
• 9:02
  a
• 9:02
  river
• 9:02
  there.
• 9:02
  Dammed
• 9:03
  up
• 9:03
  the
• 9:03
  river,
• 9:04
  you
• 9:04
  know,
• 9:04
  created
• 9:04
  a
• 9:04
  big
• 9:05
  lake,
• 9:05
  and
• 9:05
  people
• 9:06
  lived
• 9:06
  along
• 9:06
  it.
• 9:06
  So.
• 9:07
  So
• 9:07
  they
• 9:07
  had
• 9:07
  to
• 9:07
  move
• 9:07
  all
• 9:07
  those
• 9:08
  people
• 9:08
  out.
• 9:09
  But
• 9:10
  part
• 9:10
  of
• 9:10
  the
• 9:10
  deal
• 9:10
  was
• 9:10
  they
• 9:11
  were
• 9:11
  going
• 9:11
  to
• 9:11
  build.
• 9:12
  They
• 9:12
  were
• 9:12
  going
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  build
• 9:12
  a
• 9:12
  road
• 9:13
  so
• 9:13
  people
• 9:13
  could
• 9:13
  get
• 9:13
  back
• 9:14
  in
• 9:14
  and
• 9:14
  get
• 9:14
  to
• 9:14
  those,
• 9:15
  you
• 9:16
  know,
• 9:16
  their
• 9:16
  sort
• 9:16
  of
• 9:16
  home
• 9:16
  sites
• 9:17
  and
• 9:17
  their
• 9:17
  towns
• 9:18
  and
• 9:18
  their
• 9:19
  cemeteries
• 9:19
  and
• 9:19
  graveyards.
• 9:21
  And
• 9:21
  so
• 9:21
  they.
• 9:21
  The,
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  know,
• 9:22
  park
• 9:22
  service
• 9:23
  government
• 9:23
  started
• 9:24
  building
• 9:24
  a
• 9:24
  road.
• 9:24
  In
• 9:25
  the
• 9:25
  beginning,
• 9:25
  the
• 9:25
  road
• 9:26
  went
• 9:26
  through
• 9:27
  the
• 9:27
  mountains.
• 9:27
  They
• 9:27
  had
• 9:28
  to,
• 9:28
  you
• 9:28
  know,
• 9:28
  dig
• 9:29
  a
• 9:29
  tunnel.
• 9:30
  However,
• 9:30
  once
• 9:30
  they
• 9:30
  got
• 9:31
  the
• 9:31
  tunnel
• 9:31
  built,
• 9:31
  that's
• 9:32
  how
• 9:32
  they
• 9:32
  weren't
• 9:32
  going
• 9:32
  to
• 9:32
  make
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  road
• 9:33
  anymore.
• 9:33
  So
• 9:34
  the
• 9:34
  start
• 9:34
  of
• 9:34
  the
• 9:35
  trail,
• 9:35
  you
• 9:36
  have
• 9:36
  to
• 9:36
  walk
• 9:36
  through
• 9:36
  this
• 9:37
  long
• 9:37
  tunnel
• 9:38
  that
• 9:38
  was
• 9:38
  built
• 9:38
  for
• 9:38
  a
• 9:39
  road,
• 9:39
  but
• 9:39
  they
• 9:39
  never
• 9:39
  put
• 9:39
  a
• 9:40
  road
• 9:40
  there.
• 9:40
  So
• 9:40
  anyway,
• 9:40
  you
• 9:40
  walk
• 9:41
  through
• 9:41
  tunnel,
• 9:41
  trail,
• 9:42
  whatever
• 9:42
  drop
• 9:43
  down,
• 9:43
  and
• 9:43
  that
• 9:43
  trail,
• 9:44
  you
• 9:44
  know,
• 9:44
  sort
• 9:45
  of
• 9:45
  goes
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  length
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  the.
• 9:47
  Or
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  width
• 9:47
  of
• 9:48
  the
• 9:49
  Smokies
• 9:49
  along
• 9:49
  the.
• 9:50
  Along
• 9:50
  the
• 9:51
  lake
• 9:51
  there.
• 9:51
  And
• 9:52
  I
• 9:52
  believe
• 9:52
  it's
• 9:52
  called
• 9:52
  the
• 9:52
  Lakeshore
• 9:53
  Trail.
• 9:53
  But
• 9:53
  anyway,
• 9:54
  we
• 9:54
  got
• 9:54
  in
• 9:55
  and,
• 9:56
  you
• 9:56
  know,
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  first
• 9:58
  big
• 9:58
  trail
• 9:59
  coming
• 9:59
  up
• 10:00
  off
• 10:01
  the
• 10:01
  lake,
• 10:01
  more
• 10:02
  going
• 10:02
  more
• 10:03
  into
• 10:03
  the
• 10:03
  park.
• 10:04
  I
• 10:04
  believe
• 10:04
  it's
• 10:04
  called
• 10:04
  the
• 10:05
  Forney
• 10:05
  Creek
• 10:06
  Trail.
• 10:06
  So
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  first
• 10:07
  night
• 10:07
  we
• 10:07
  camped,
• 10:08
  you
• 10:08
  know,
• 10:09
  right
• 10:09
  there
• 10:09
  where.
• 10:10
  Where
• 10:10
  Lakeshore
• 10:10
  met
• 10:11
  forty
• 10:11
  Creek.
• 10:12
  The
• 10:12
  next
• 10:12
  day,
• 10:13
  we
• 10:13
  headed
• 10:13
  up
• 10:13
  Forney
• 10:14
  Creek
• 10:14
  Trail,
• 10:15
  about
• 10:15
  10
• 10:15
  miles.
• 10:16
  As
• 10:16
  we
• 10:17
  go
• 10:17
  on
• 10:17
  the
• 10:17
  other.
• 10:18
  The
• 10:18
  other,
• 10:18
  you
• 10:18
  know,
• 10:18
  staff
• 10:19
  member
• 10:19
  and
• 10:19
  I,
• 10:20
  or
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  other
• 10:20
  staff
• 10:21
  member
• 10:21
  know,
• 10:22
  she
• 10:22
  just
• 10:22
  sort
• 10:22
  of
• 10:23
  got
• 10:23
  sort
• 10:23
  of
• 10:23
  slower
• 10:23
  as
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  day
• 10:24
  went
• 10:24
  on,
• 10:24
  and
• 10:24
  slower
• 10:25
  and
• 10:25
  slower.
• 10:25
  So
• 10:25
  I
• 10:26
  pulled
• 10:26
  her
• 10:26
  aside.
• 10:27
  I
• 10:27
  was
• 10:27
  like,
• 10:27
  hey,
• 10:27
  you
• 10:27
  know,
• 10:27
  what's
• 10:28
  going
• 10:28
  on?
• 10:28
  Notice,
• 10:29
  moving
• 10:29
  too
• 10:29
  quickly.
• 10:30
  They
• 10:30
  expressed
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  me
• 10:31
  that
• 10:31
  their
• 10:31
  foot
• 10:32
  was
• 10:32
  bothering
• 10:32
  them.
• 10:33
  So
• 10:33
  I
• 10:33
  was
• 10:33
  like,
• 10:33
  okay,
• 10:34
  well,
• 10:34
  you
• 10:34
  know,
• 10:34
  we'll
• 10:35
  just
• 10:35
  take
• 10:35
  it
• 10:35
  easy,
• 10:36
  get
• 10:36
  to
• 10:36
  camp,
• 10:36
  figure
• 10:37
  it
• 10:37
  out.
• 10:37
  Got
• 10:38
  to
• 10:38
  camp,
• 10:38
  talk
• 10:39
  to
• 10:39
  them.
• 10:39
  A
• 10:40
  couple
• 10:40
  years
• 10:40
  prior,
• 10:41
  they're
• 10:41
  in
• 10:41
  a
• 10:41
  really
• 10:41
  bad
• 10:42
  car
• 10:42
  accident.
• 10:43
  Messed
• 10:44
  up
• 10:44
  their
• 10:44
  foot.
• 10:44
  Really
• 10:44
  bad
• 10:45
  foot.
• 10:45
  Basically
• 10:46
  had
• 10:46
  to
• 10:46
  be
• 10:46
  completely
• 10:47
  rebuilt.
• 10:47
  A
• 10:47
  bunch
• 10:48
  of,
• 10:48
  like,
• 10:48
  screws
• 10:49
  and
• 10:49
  nuts
• 10:50
  and
• 10:50
  bolts
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  plates
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  whatever.
• 10:52
  And
• 10:52
  the
• 10:53
  foot
• 10:53
  really
• 10:54
  bothered
• 10:54
  him.
• 10:55
  So
• 10:55
  I
• 10:55
  said,
• 10:55
  hey,
• 10:57
  check
• 10:57
  it
• 10:57
  out.
• 10:57
  We
• 10:57
  can
• 10:57
  do
• 10:58
  a
• 10:58
  couple
• 10:58
  things
• 10:58
  for.
• 10:58
  We
• 10:59
  can
• 10:59
  wake
• 10:59
  up
• 10:59
  in
• 10:59
  the
• 10:59
  morning.
• 10:59
  If
• 11:00
  you're
• 11:00
  feeling
• 11:00
  better,
• 11:00
  we
• 11:01
  can
• 11:01
  keep
• 11:01
  going.
• 11:01
  If
• 11:02
  you're
• 11:02
  not
• 11:02
  feeling
• 11:02
  better,
• 11:02
  we
• 11:02
  can
• 11:03
  just
• 11:03
  take
• 11:03
  a
• 11:03
  day
• 11:03
  off,
• 11:04
  Hang
• 11:04
  out
• 11:04
  here.
• 11:05
  You
• 11:05
  know
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  your
• 11:05
  foot
• 11:06
  recuperates
• 11:06
  some.
• 11:07
  We'll
• 11:08
  make
• 11:08
  call
• 11:08
  in
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  morning.
• 11:09
  Woke
• 11:09
  up
• 11:09
  the
• 11:09
  next
• 11:09
  morning,
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  person's
• 11:10
  like,
• 11:11
  you
• 11:11
  know,
• 11:11
  my
• 11:11
  foot,
• 11:11
  my
• 11:12
  foot
• 11:12
  is
• 11:12
  no
• 11:13
  good.
• 11:13
  We'll
• 11:14
  just
• 11:14
  stay
• 11:14
  here.
• 11:14
  So
• 11:14
  we
• 11:14
  stayed
• 11:14
  there
• 11:15
  that
• 11:15
  day,
• 11:16
  you
• 11:16
  know,
• 11:16
  checked
• 11:17
  in
• 11:17
  on
• 11:17
  them
• 11:17
  throughout
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  day.
• 11:18
  End
• 11:18
  of
• 11:18
  the
• 11:19
  day,
• 11:19
  you
• 11:19
  know,
• 11:19
  they're
• 11:20
  like,
• 11:20
  yeah,
• 11:20
  foot,
• 11:20
  foot's
• 11:21
  still
• 11:21
  not
• 11:21
  feeling
• 11:22
  great.
• 11:22
  I
• 11:22
  don't
• 11:23
  think
• 11:23
  we
• 11:23
  can
• 11:23
  go
• 11:23
  any
• 11:23
  further.
• 11:24
  So
• 11:24
  we
• 11:25
  came
• 11:25
  up
• 11:25
  with
• 11:25
  a
• 11:25
  plan.
• 11:25
  We're
• 11:25
  like,
• 11:26
  look,
• 11:26
  here's
• 11:26
  what
• 11:26
  we'll
• 11:26
  do.
• 11:26
  We'll
• 11:27
  just,
• 11:27
  we'll
• 11:27
  hike
• 11:27
  back
• 11:27
  out.
• 11:29
  But
• 11:29
  tomorrow
• 11:30
  we
• 11:30
  won't
• 11:31
  do
• 11:31
  it
• 11:31
  all
• 11:31
  in
• 11:31
  one
• 11:31
  day
• 11:31
  because
• 11:31
  it
• 11:32
  was
• 11:32
  like,
• 11:32
  it
• 11:32
  was
• 11:33
  like
• 11:33
  a
• 11:33
  14
• 11:33
  mile
• 11:34
  hike
• 11:34
  out.
• 11:34
  I
• 11:34
  was
• 11:35
  like,
• 11:35
  but
• 11:35
  tomorrow,
• 11:35
  you
• 11:35
  know,
• 11:36
  we
• 11:36
  have
• 11:36
  to
• 11:36
  do
• 11:36
  10
• 11:36
  miles
• 11:36
  back
• 11:37
  to,
• 11:37
  back
• 11:37
  to
• 11:38
  the,
• 11:38
  you
• 11:38
  know,
• 11:38
  campsite
• 11:39
  A.
• 11:39
  But
• 11:40
  this
• 11:40
  is
• 11:40
  what
• 11:40
  we'll
• 11:40
  do.
• 11:41
  I'll
• 11:41
  wake
• 11:41
  up
• 11:41
  early,
• 11:42
  I'll
• 11:42
  run
• 11:43
  my
• 11:43
  stuff
• 11:43
  back
• 11:44
  to
• 11:44
  that
• 11:44
  campsite,
• 11:45
  I'll
• 11:45
  drop
• 11:45
  my
• 11:45
  stuff,
• 11:46
  I'll
• 11:46
  come
• 11:46
  back
• 11:47
  up,
• 11:47
  I'll
• 11:47
  pick
• 11:47
  up
• 11:47
  you
• 11:48
  and
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  kids,
• 11:48
  I'll
• 11:49
  carry
• 11:49
  all
• 11:49
  of
• 11:49
  your
• 11:50
  stuff,
• 11:51
  and
• 11:51
  then
• 11:51
  we'll
• 11:51
  head
• 11:51
  back
• 11:52
  out.
• 11:53
  So
• 11:53
  basically
• 11:54
  I
• 11:54
  was
• 11:54
  doing
• 11:55
  a
• 11:55
  30
• 11:56
  mile
• 11:57
  hike
• 11:57
  that
• 11:57
  day.
• 11:58
  A
• 11:58
  lot.
• 11:59
  Yes,
• 12:00
  that
• 12:01
  is
• 12:01
  a
• 12:02
  lot.
• 12:03
  And
• 12:03
  usually
• 12:03
  when
• 12:03
  I'm
• 12:04
  hiking
• 12:04
  and
• 12:04
  backpacking,
• 12:05
  I
• 12:05
  like,
• 12:05
  I
• 12:05
  like
• 12:05
  to
• 12:06
  take
• 12:06
  my
• 12:06
  time,
• 12:06
  I
• 12:06
  like
• 12:06
  to
• 12:07
  see
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  sights,
• 12:07
  I
• 12:07
  like
• 12:08
  to
• 12:08
  take
• 12:08
  in
• 12:08
  nature.
• 12:09
  You
• 12:09
  know,
• 12:09
  I
• 12:10
  don't,
• 12:10
  I
• 12:10
  don't
• 12:10
  like
• 12:10
  to
• 12:11
  rush
• 12:11
  through
• 12:11
  it.
• 12:11
  Like,
• 12:12
  you
• 12:12
  know,
• 12:13
  I'm,
• 12:13
  I'm
• 12:13
  known
• 12:14
  for.
• 12:14
  If
• 12:14
  you
• 12:15
  come
• 12:15
  across
• 12:15
  a
• 12:15
  nice
• 12:16
  rock,
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  nice
• 12:16
  vista,
• 12:17
  a
• 12:17
  nice
• 12:18
  field
• 12:19
  in
• 12:20
  the
• 12:20
  south
• 12:20
  here
• 12:20
  we
• 12:21
  have
• 12:21
  what's
• 12:21
  called
• 12:21
  balds,
• 12:23
  which
• 12:23
  are,
• 12:24
  you
• 12:24
  know,
• 12:24
  tops
• 12:24
  of
• 12:24
  mountains
• 12:25
  that,
• 12:25
  that,
• 12:25
  you
• 12:26
  know,
• 12:26
  there's
• 12:26
  no
• 12:26
  growth
• 12:26
  on
• 12:27
  them,
• 12:27
  so
• 12:27
  just
• 12:27
  nice
• 12:28
  sort
• 12:28
  of
• 12:29
  grassy
• 12:29
  areas.
• 12:30
  They're
• 12:30
  not
• 12:31
  like,
• 12:31
  I'll
• 12:31
  pull
• 12:31
  over,
• 12:32
  I'll
• 12:32
  take
• 12:32
  a
• 12:32
  nap.
• 12:33
  I
• 12:33
  like
• 12:33
  taking
• 12:33
  my
• 12:34
  time
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  just
• 12:34
  enjoying
• 12:35
  it.
• 12:35
  Campsite
• 12:36
  on
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  trail
• 12:37
  is
• 12:37
  where
• 12:38
  you
• 12:38
  eat
• 12:38
  dinner,
• 12:38
  where
• 12:39
  you
• 12:39
  sleep.
• 12:39
  That's
• 12:40
  it.
• 12:41
  I
• 12:41
  want
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  be
• 12:41
  on
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  trail
• 12:42
  as
• 12:42
  much
• 12:42
  as
• 12:42
  possible
• 12:43
  and
• 12:43
  take
• 12:43
  my
• 12:43
  time
• 12:43
  and
• 12:44
  enjoy
• 12:44
  it.
• 12:45
  So
• 12:45
  anyway,
• 12:46
  but
• 12:46
  this
• 12:46
  day
• 12:47
  I
• 12:47
  was
• 12:48
  cruising
• 12:48
  because
• 12:50
  I
• 12:50
  had
• 12:50
  to
• 12:50
  walk
• 12:50
  30
• 12:51
  miles
• 12:52
  and
• 12:52
  there
• 12:52
  wasn't
• 12:53
  really
• 12:53
  time
• 12:53
  for
• 12:53
  me
• 12:54
  to
• 12:54
  enjoy
• 12:54
  what
• 12:54
  was
• 12:54
  going
• 12:55
  on.
• 12:55
  So
• 12:55
  anyway,
• 12:56
  a
• 12:56
  couple
• 12:56
  miles
• 12:56
  into
• 12:57
  this
• 12:57
  hike,
• 12:58
  meet
• 12:58
  back
• 12:58
  up
• 12:58
  forty
• 12:59
  Creek.
• 12:59
  And
• 13:00
  where
• 13:00
  we
• 13:00
  met
• 13:00
  up,
• 13:01
  like
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  creek
• 13:01
  was
• 13:01
  on
• 13:02
  my
• 13:02
  left,
• 13:02
  which
• 13:03
  would
• 13:03
  have
• 13:03
  been
• 13:04
  east
• 13:04
  side.
• 13:05
  I
• 13:06
  was
• 13:06
  headed
• 13:06
  south
• 13:07
  and
• 13:07
  then
• 13:08
  to
• 13:08
  my
• 13:08
  Right
• 13:08
  there
• 13:08
  is,
• 13:09
  like,
• 13:09
  a
• 13:09
  little
• 13:09
  shoulder
• 13:10
  of
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  mountain,
• 13:11
  but
• 13:11
  not
• 13:11
  much.
• 13:11
  Not
• 13:12
  much
• 13:12
  underbrush
• 13:12
  on
• 13:13
  it.
• 13:13
  And
• 13:13
  I'm
• 13:13
  cruising,
• 13:14
  and
• 13:15
  I
• 13:15
  look
• 13:15
  up,
• 13:16
  and
• 13:16
  there
• 13:16
  are
• 13:16
  five
• 13:17
  wolves
• 13:17
  in
• 13:17
  the
• 13:18
  middle
• 13:18
  of
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  trail.
• 13:19
  And
• 13:19
  I'm
• 13:19
  sure
• 13:20
  we
• 13:20
  all
• 13:20
  had
• 13:20
  the
• 13:20
  same
• 13:20
  look
• 13:21
  on
• 13:21
  our
• 13:21
  face
• 13:21
  when
• 13:21
  we
• 13:22
  saw
• 13:22
  each
• 13:22
  other.
• 13:23
  One
• 13:24
  look
• 13:24
  was
• 13:24
  like,
• 13:25
  what
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  heck
• 13:25
  are
• 13:26
  you
• 13:26
  doing
• 13:26
  here?
• 13:26
  Because
• 13:26
  you're
• 13:27
  not
• 13:27
  supposed
• 13:27
  to
• 13:27
  be
• 13:27
  here.
• 13:28
  You
• 13:28
  know,
• 13:28
  for
• 13:28
  me,
• 13:29
  it
• 13:29
  was,
• 13:30
  you
• 13:30
  know,
• 13:30
  early
• 13:31
  morning.
• 13:32
  Like,
• 13:32
  it
• 13:32
  was
• 13:32
  duskish.
• 13:34
  You
• 13:34
  know,
• 13:34
  there
• 13:34
  was.
• 13:34
  It
• 13:35
  was
• 13:35
  light.
• 13:35
  I
• 13:35
  didn't
• 13:35
  have
• 13:35
  a
• 13:36
  headlamp
• 13:36
  on
• 13:36
  or
• 13:36
  anything.
• 13:36
  It
• 13:36
  was
• 13:37
  light,
• 13:37
  but
• 13:38
  it
• 13:38
  wasn't,
• 13:38
  you
• 13:38
  know,
• 13:38
  full.
• 13:39
  Full
• 13:39
  sunshine.
• 13:40
  So
• 13:40
  probably
• 13:40
  earlier
• 13:40
  than
• 13:41
  most.
• 13:42
  Most
• 13:42
  hikers
• 13:42
  get
• 13:42
  moving.
• 13:43
  And
• 13:43
  so
• 13:44
  for
• 13:44
  them,
• 13:44
  they
• 13:44
  just
• 13:44
  weren't
• 13:44
  expecting
• 13:45
  to
• 13:45
  see
• 13:45
  a
• 13:45
  person
• 13:45
  there
• 13:46
  at
• 13:46
  that
• 13:46
  time
• 13:47
  of
• 13:47
  the
• 13:47
  morning.
• 13:49
  And
• 13:49
  I
• 13:49
  wasn't
• 13:49
  expecting
• 13:50
  to.
• 13:51
  To
• 13:51
  see
• 13:51
  wolves
• 13:52
  because,
• 13:53
  well,
• 13:53
  wolves
• 13:54
  don't
• 13:54
  live
• 13:54
  in
• 13:55
  the
• 13:55
  Smokies.
• 13:56
  Well,
• 13:56
  they
• 13:56
  aren't
• 13:57
  supposed
• 13:57
  to
• 13:57
  live
• 13:57
  in
• 13:57
  the
• 13:57
  Smokies
• 13:58
  anyway.
• 13:58
  I
• 13:59
  know
• 13:59
  somebody
• 13:59
  else
• 13:59
  saying,
• 14:00
  oh,
• 14:00
  like,
• 14:00
  he
• 14:01
  probably
• 14:01
  saw
• 14:01
  coyotes
• 14:02
  or
• 14:02
  there
• 14:02
  was
• 14:02
  dogs
• 14:03
  or.
• 14:04
  It
• 14:04
  wasn't.
• 14:05
  They
• 14:05
  weren't.
• 14:06
  They
• 14:06
  were
• 14:07
  wolves.
• 14:08
  I
• 14:08
  know
• 14:08
  what
• 14:08
  wolves
• 14:08
  look
• 14:09
  like.
• 14:09
  These
• 14:09
  were
• 14:09
  wolves.
• 14:10
  Like
• 14:10
  I
• 14:11
  said,
• 14:11
  there
• 14:11
  was
• 14:11
  five
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  them.
• 14:12
  Three
• 14:12
  of
• 14:12
  them.
• 14:13
  I
• 14:13
  can't
• 14:13
  describe
• 14:14
  what
• 14:14
  they
• 14:14
  looked
• 14:14
  like.
• 14:15
  Like,
• 14:15
  I
• 14:16
  know
• 14:16
  there's
• 14:16
  five.
• 14:16
  Three
• 14:17
  of
• 14:17
  them.
• 14:17
  I
• 14:17
  can't
• 14:17
  describe
• 14:18
  to
• 14:18
  you.
• 14:19
  The.
• 14:19
  The
• 14:20
  one
• 14:20
  that
• 14:20
  I'm
• 14:21
  assuming
• 14:21
  was
• 14:22
  the
• 14:23
  leader
• 14:25
  looked
• 14:25
  like
• 14:25
  your
• 14:26
  typical
• 14:27
  wolf,
• 14:27
  sort
• 14:28
  of
• 14:28
  grayish,
• 14:29
  like
• 14:29
  a
• 14:30
  mask,
• 14:30
  sort
• 14:30
  of.
• 14:31
  And
• 14:31
  that
• 14:31
  one,
• 14:32
  I.
• 14:32
  We
• 14:32
  just
• 14:32
  sort
• 14:32
  of
• 14:32
  locked
• 14:33
  eyes
• 14:33
  and
• 14:33
  just
• 14:33
  looked
• 14:34
  at
• 14:34
  each
• 14:34
  other
• 14:34
  and.
• 14:35
  And
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  fifth
• 14:36
  one
• 14:36
  was
• 14:36
  all
• 14:37
  black.
• 14:38
  And
• 14:38
  initially,
• 14:38
  when
• 14:38
  I
• 14:39
  first
• 14:39
  came
• 14:39
  up
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  it,
• 14:39
  like,
• 14:39
  it
• 14:40
  was
• 14:40
  sort
• 14:40
  of
• 14:40
  at
• 14:40
  the.
• 14:41
  Sort
• 14:41
  of
• 14:41
  far
• 14:41
  end
• 14:42
  of
• 14:42
  the
• 14:42
  pack,
• 14:43
  and
• 14:43
  it
• 14:44
  walked
• 14:44
  up
• 14:44
  and
• 14:45
  placed
• 14:45
  itself
• 14:45
  between
• 14:47
  the
• 14:47
  rest
• 14:47
  of
• 14:47
  the
• 14:47
  pack
• 14:48
  and
• 14:48
  me.
• 14:49
  I
• 14:49
  have
• 14:49
  no
• 14:49
  idea
• 14:49
  how
• 14:50
  long
• 14:50
  this.
• 14:50
  This
• 14:50
  interaction
• 14:51
  took
• 14:51
  place,
• 14:52
  but
• 14:52
  it
• 14:52
  was
• 14:52
  a
• 14:53
  while
• 14:54
  we
• 14:54
  came
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  an
• 14:54
  understanding
• 14:55
  that,
• 14:55
  like,
• 14:55
  none
• 14:56
  of
• 14:56
  us
• 14:56
  were
• 14:56
  there
• 14:56
  to
• 14:56
  mess
• 14:57
  with
• 14:57
  the
• 14:57
  other
• 14:57
  one.
• 14:58
  It's
• 14:58
  not
• 14:58
  like
• 14:58
  we
• 14:58
  talked
• 14:59
  to
• 14:59
  each
• 14:59
  other,
• 14:59
  but
• 14:59
  it
• 14:59
  was
• 15:00
  like.
• 15:00
  It
• 15:00
  was.
• 15:01
  It
• 15:01
  was
• 15:01
  just
• 15:01
  this
• 15:02
  understanding.
• 15:03
  I
• 15:03
  stayed
• 15:04
  where
• 15:04
  I
• 15:04
  was.
• 15:05
  They
• 15:05
  were.
• 15:06
  You
• 15:06
  know,
• 15:06
  I
• 15:06
  let
• 15:06
  them
• 15:06
  do
• 15:07
  whatever
• 15:07
  they
• 15:07
  do,
• 15:07
  and
• 15:07
  then
• 15:08
  they
• 15:08
  just.
• 15:09
  However
• 15:09
  long.
• 15:10
  I
• 15:10
  can't
• 15:10
  tell
• 15:10
  you
• 15:11
  how
• 15:11
  long
• 15:11
  it
• 15:11
  was,
• 15:11
  it
• 15:12
  was
• 15:12
  a
• 15:13
  weird
• 15:13
  experience.
• 15:14
  And
• 15:14
  then
• 15:15
  they
• 15:15
  all
• 15:15
  sort
• 15:15
  of
• 15:15
  moved
• 15:16
  off
• 15:16
  together
• 15:17
  to
• 15:18
  my
• 15:18
  right,
• 15:18
  which
• 15:18
  would
• 15:18
  have
• 15:19
  been
• 15:19
  to
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  west,
• 15:19
  sort
• 15:19
  of
• 15:20
  up.
• 15:20
  Up
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  shoulder.
• 15:22
  And
• 15:22
  then
• 15:22
  they
• 15:22
  just
• 15:23
  sort
• 15:23
  of
• 15:24
  dissolved,
• 15:26
  you
• 15:26
  know,
• 15:26
  and
• 15:26
  it
• 15:27
  was
• 15:27
  a
• 15:27
  slow.
• 15:28
  A
• 15:28
  slow
• 15:29
  dissolve,
• 15:29
  which,
• 15:30
  again,
• 15:30
  I
• 15:30
  understand,
• 15:31
  sounds
• 15:31
  probably
• 15:32
  weird
• 15:33
  because
• 15:34
  they
• 15:34
  didn't
• 15:34
  disappear.
• 15:35
  It
• 15:35
  wasn't
• 15:35
  like
• 15:35
  they.
• 15:35
  It
• 15:36
  wasn't
• 15:36
  like
• 15:36
  they
• 15:36
  went
• 15:37
  into
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  underbrush
• 15:37
  and
• 15:38
  I
• 15:38
  couldn't
• 15:38
  see
• 15:38
  them
• 15:38
  anymore.
• 15:39
  Or
• 15:39
  they
• 15:40
  went
• 15:40
  over
• 15:40
  the
• 15:40
  shoulder
• 15:41
  of
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  mountain
• 15:41
  and
• 15:42
  so
• 15:42
  I
• 15:42
  couldn't
• 15:42
  see
• 15:42
  them
• 15:42
  anymore.
• 15:43
  It
• 15:43
  was
• 15:43
  more
• 15:43
  of
• 15:43
  just
• 15:44
  like
• 15:44
  they
• 15:44
  dissolved.
• 15:45
  Like.
• 15:46
  Like
• 15:46
  you
• 15:46
  could
• 15:47
  see
• 15:47
  the
• 15:47
  picture
• 15:48
  and
• 15:48
  it.
• 15:48
  And
• 15:48
  the
• 15:49
  picture
• 15:49
  faded
• 15:50
  out.
• 15:50
  Sort
• 15:51
  of
• 15:51
  like,
• 15:51
  you
• 15:51
  know,
• 15:51
  the
• 15:51
  end
• 15:51
  of
• 15:52
  song
• 15:52
  sometimes
• 15:52
  how
• 15:52
  the
• 15:53
  end
• 15:53
  of
• 15:53
  songs
• 15:53
  fade
• 15:53
  out.
• 15:54
  It
• 15:54
  was.
• 15:55
  It
• 15:55
  was
• 15:55
  almost
• 15:56
  a
• 15:57
  similar
• 15:57
  thing
• 15:58
  where
• 15:59
  the
• 15:59
  visual
• 16:00
  physical
• 16:01
  being
• 16:01
  of
• 16:02
  these
• 16:02
  wolves
• 16:03
  just
• 16:04
  faded
• 16:04
  out.
• 16:05
  Dropped
• 16:05
  my
• 16:05
  stuff,
• 16:06
  came
• 16:06
  back,
• 16:06
  got
• 16:06
  them,
• 16:07
  got
• 16:07
  them
• 16:07
  back
• 16:07
  down,
• 16:08
  Hiked
• 16:08
  out
• 16:09
  next
• 16:09
  day,
• 16:10
  talked
• 16:10
  to
• 16:10
  some
• 16:11
  rangers
• 16:11
  and
• 16:11
  said,
• 16:11
  hey,
• 16:12
  I
• 16:12
  saw
• 16:12
  some
• 16:13
  wolves.
• 16:14
  And
• 16:14
  they
• 16:14
  said,
• 16:14
  no,
• 16:15
  you
• 16:15
  didn't.
• 16:15
  Wolves
• 16:16
  don't
• 16:16
  live
• 16:16
  here.
• 16:17
  And
• 16:17
  I
• 16:17
  said,
• 16:18
  well,
• 16:18
  you
• 16:19
  need
• 16:19
  to
• 16:19
  tell
• 16:19
  them
• 16:19
  that.
• 16:20
  Because
• 16:22
  sure
• 16:22
  enough,
• 16:22
  there
• 16:22
  were
• 16:23
  some
• 16:23
  wolves.
• 16:23
  There
• 16:23
  was
• 16:23
  five.
• 16:24
  I
• 16:24
  saw
• 16:24
  them.
• 16:25
  And
• 16:25
  he
• 16:26
  said,
• 16:26
  no,
• 16:26
  no,
• 16:26
  no,
• 16:27
  you
• 16:27
  probably
• 16:27
  saw
• 16:28
  coyotes.
• 16:28
  I
• 16:28
  said,
• 16:29
  no,
• 16:29
  I
• 16:29
  know
• 16:30
  what
• 16:30
  coyotes
• 16:30
  look
• 16:30
  like.
• 16:31
  These
• 16:31
  were
• 16:31
  not
• 16:32
  coyotes.
• 16:33
  Ah,
• 16:33
  well,
• 16:34
  it's
• 16:34
  probably
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  pack
• 16:34
  of
• 16:35
  dogs,
• 16:35
  like
• 16:36
  packages,
• 16:36
  wild
• 16:37
  dogs.
• 16:37
  Nope,
• 16:39
  I
• 16:39
  know
• 16:39
  what
• 16:39
  dogs
• 16:40
  look
• 16:40
  like.
• 16:40
  Not
• 16:41
  dogs.
• 16:41
  These
• 16:41
  were
• 16:42
  wolves.
• 16:42
  Didn't
• 16:43
  believe
• 16:43
  me.
• 16:43
  Told
• 16:43
  me
• 16:44
  I
• 16:44
  was,
• 16:44
  you
• 16:44
  know,
• 16:44
  seeing
• 16:45
  things.
• 16:45
  Didn't
• 16:45
  know.
• 16:45
  I
• 16:46
  know
• 16:46
  what
• 16:46
  I
• 16:46
  was
• 16:46
  looking
• 16:47
  at.
• 16:47
  But
• 16:48
  again,
• 16:48
  I
• 16:48
  know,
• 16:48
  like
• 16:48
  I've
• 16:48
  spent
• 16:49
  a
• 16:49
  lot
• 16:49
  of
• 16:49
  time
• 16:50
  in
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  backcountry
• 16:51
  in
• 16:52
  the
• 16:52
  Southeast,
• 16:53
  the
• 16:53
  Rocky
• 16:53
  Mountain
• 16:53
  West.
• 16:54
  Spent
• 16:55
  a
• 16:55
  lot
• 16:55
  of
• 16:55
  time.
• 16:55
  I
• 16:56
  know
• 16:56
  what
• 16:56
  wolves
• 16:56
  look
• 16:56
  like.
• 16:57
  I
• 16:57
  know
• 16:57
  what
• 16:57
  dogs
• 16:57
  look
• 16:58
  like.
• 16:58
  I
• 16:58
  know
• 16:58
  what
• 16:59
  coyotes
• 16:59
  look
• 16:59
  like.
• 17:00
  And
• 17:00
  these
• 17:01
  were
• 17:02
  wolves.
• 17:03
  Okay,
• 17:03
  so
• 17:03
  my
• 17:04
  last
• 17:04
  encounter
• 17:04
  again,
• 17:05
  smokies
• 17:06
  similar
• 17:07
  area,
• 17:08
  but
• 17:08
  this
• 17:08
  time
• 17:08
  we
• 17:09
  were
• 17:09
  doing
• 17:09
  Lakeshore
• 17:09
  Trail.
• 17:10
  But
• 17:10
  we
• 17:10
  were
• 17:11
  going
• 17:11
  from
• 17:12
  the.
• 17:12
  The
• 17:13
  eastern
• 17:13
  edge
• 17:13
  all
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  way
• 17:14
  along
• 17:15
  to
• 17:15
  the
• 17:15
  western
• 17:15
  edge.
• 17:17
  And
• 17:17
  the
• 17:17
  western
• 17:17
  edge
• 17:18
  of
• 17:18
  Lakeshore
• 17:19
  Trail
• 17:19
  meets
• 17:19
  up
• 17:19
  with
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  Appalachian
• 17:20
  Trail
• 17:20
  to
• 17:20
  cross
• 17:21
  the.
• 17:21
  The
• 17:22
  dam
• 17:22
  down
• 17:22
  there.
• 17:22
  It's
• 17:24
  things
• 17:24
  called
• 17:24
  Fontana
• 17:25
  Dam
• 17:26
  a
• 17:26
  couple
• 17:26
  days
• 17:26
  in.
• 17:27
  And.
• 17:27
  And
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  only
• 17:28
  way
• 17:28
  to
• 17:28
  access
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  area,
• 17:30
  I
• 17:30
  guess
• 17:30
  there
• 17:30
  are
• 17:30
  two
• 17:31
  ways.
• 17:31
  It's
• 17:31
  either
• 17:32
  by
• 17:32
  foot
• 17:33
  or
• 17:33
  by
• 17:33
  boat.
• 17:34
  There
• 17:34
  isn't
• 17:34
  a
• 17:35
  road
• 17:35
  anywhere
• 17:35
  close
• 17:35
  to
• 17:36
  it.
• 17:37
  There's
• 17:37
  not
• 17:37
  a
• 17:37
  parking
• 17:38
  area.
• 17:38
  And
• 17:39
  even
• 17:39
  my
• 17:39
  boat
• 17:39
  is
• 17:39
  sort
• 17:40
  of.
• 17:40
  It's
• 17:41
  rough
• 17:41
  because
• 17:41
  the,
• 17:42
  you
• 17:42
  know,
• 17:42
  they
• 17:42
  flooded
• 17:43
  mountains.
• 17:43
  So,
• 17:44
  you
• 17:44
  know,
• 17:44
  all
• 17:44
  the
• 17:45
  shores
• 17:45
  are
• 17:45
  real,
• 17:46
  real
• 17:46
  steep.
• 17:46
  It's
• 17:47
  not.
• 17:47
  Aren't
• 17:48
  like
• 17:48
  good
• 17:48
  landings.
• 17:49
  It's
• 17:49
  not
• 17:49
  an
• 17:49
  easy
• 17:50
  place
• 17:50
  to
• 17:50
  get
• 17:50
  to
• 17:51
  even
• 17:51
  on.
• 17:51
  Even
• 17:52
  on
• 17:52
  foot.
• 17:53
  And
• 17:53
  we're
• 17:54
  probably
• 17:55
  right
• 17:55
  in
• 17:55
  the
• 17:55
  middle,
• 17:55
  so
• 17:56
  probably
• 17:57
  20
• 17:57
  miles,
• 17:57
  give
• 17:58
  or
• 17:58
  take
• 17:58
  from.
• 17:59
  From
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  nearest
• 18:00
  trailhead
• 18:00
  or
• 18:00
  road.
• 18:01
  Set
• 18:02
  up
• 18:02
  camp
• 18:02
  that
• 18:02
  night,
• 18:03
  went
• 18:03
  to
• 18:04
  bed.
• 18:05
  Middle
• 18:05
  of
• 18:05
  night,
• 18:05
  I.
• 18:06
  I
• 18:06
  woke
• 18:07
  up
• 18:07
  because
• 18:07
  I.
• 18:07
  I
• 18:07
  heard
• 18:08
  what
• 18:09
  sounded
• 18:09
  like,
• 18:10
  like
• 18:10
  a
• 18:10
  pack
• 18:11
  of
• 18:11
  dogs,
• 18:11
  like
• 18:11
  somebody
• 18:11
  was
• 18:12
  out
• 18:12
  there
• 18:12
  running
• 18:12
  dogs,
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  know,
• 18:13
  after
• 18:14
  raccoons
• 18:14
  or
• 18:15
  whatever.
• 18:15
  So
• 18:16
  you
• 18:16
  know,
• 18:16
  I
• 18:16
  woke
• 18:16
  up,
• 18:17
  paid
• 18:17
  attention
• 18:17
  to
• 18:17
  it
• 18:17
  because
• 18:18
  I
• 18:18
  didn't
• 18:18
  want
• 18:18
  a
• 18:18
  bunch
• 18:18
  of,
• 18:19
  you
• 18:19
  know,
• 18:19
  hounds
• 18:20
  come
• 18:20
  running
• 18:20
  through
• 18:21
  camp
• 18:22
  or,
• 18:22
  you
• 18:22
  know,
• 18:22
  a
• 18:23
  hunter
• 18:23
  come
• 18:23
  running
• 18:24
  through
• 18:24
  our
• 18:24
  campsite.
• 18:25
  So,
• 18:25
  you
• 18:25
  know,
• 18:26
  figured
• 18:26
  I'd,
• 18:26
  you
• 18:27
  know,
• 18:27
  give
• 18:27
  them
• 18:27
  a
• 18:27
  little
• 18:27
  bit
• 18:27
  of
• 18:28
  warning.
• 18:29
  I
• 18:29
  mean,
• 18:29
  there's
• 18:29
  nothing
• 18:29
  I
• 18:30
  could
• 18:30
  do
• 18:30
  about
• 18:30
  the
• 18:31
  dogs
• 18:31
  running
• 18:31
  through,
• 18:31
  but
• 18:31
  I
• 18:32
  could
• 18:32
  let
• 18:32
  the
• 18:32
  hunter
• 18:33
  know.
• 18:33
  And
• 18:34
  then
• 18:34
  as,
• 18:34
  like,
• 18:34
  I
• 18:34
  sort
• 18:34
  of
• 18:35
  woke
• 18:35
  up
• 18:35
  and
• 18:35
  my
• 18:35
  mind
• 18:35
  started
• 18:36
  working
• 18:36
  a
• 18:37
  little
• 18:37
  better,
• 18:38
  I
• 18:38
  got
• 18:38
  thinking,
• 18:39
  like,
• 18:39
  who
• 18:40
  the
• 18:40
  heck
• 18:41
  would
• 18:41
  be
• 18:41
  running
• 18:41
  dogs
• 18:43
  out
• 18:44
  here?
• 18:44
  Because
• 18:44
  like
• 18:45
  I
• 18:45
  said,
• 18:45
  we
• 18:45
  were.
• 18:45
  We
• 18:46
  were
• 18:46
  far,
• 18:47
  you
• 18:47
  know,
• 18:47
  20
• 18:48
  miles
• 18:48
  or
• 18:48
  so
• 18:48
  from.
• 18:49
  From
• 18:49
  a
• 18:49
  trailhead,
• 18:50
  which
• 18:50
  means
• 18:50
  that
• 18:50
  they
• 18:51
  would
• 18:51
  have
• 18:51
  had
• 18:51
  run
• 18:51
  those
• 18:51
  dogs
• 18:52
  for
• 18:52
  20
• 18:53
  miles,
• 18:53
  which
• 18:54
  means
• 18:54
  to
• 18:54
  get
• 18:54
  back
• 18:54
  out,
• 18:55
  they'd
• 18:55
  have
• 18:55
  to
• 18:55
  run
• 18:55
  those
• 18:55
  dogs
• 18:56
  and
• 18:56
  themselves
• 18:56
  another
• 18:56
  20
• 18:57
  miles.
• 18:57
  I
• 18:57
  know
• 18:58
  I
• 18:58
  just
• 18:58
  said
• 18:58
  I
• 18:58
  did,
• 18:58
  like,
• 18:58
  30
• 18:59
  miles,
• 18:59
  my
• 18:59
  last
• 19:00
  one,
• 19:00
  but
• 19:00
  still,
• 19:00
  like,
• 19:01
  that's
• 19:01
  a
• 19:01
  lot.
• 19:02
  And
• 19:02
  40
• 19:02
  miles
• 19:03
  is
• 19:03
  a
• 19:04
  lot
• 19:04
  more.
• 19:05
  And
• 19:05
  it's
• 19:05
  not
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  easiest
• 19:06
  to
• 19:06
  train.
• 19:06
  I
• 19:06
  mean,
• 19:07
  you're
• 19:07
  up
• 19:07
  and
• 19:07
  down
• 19:07
  and
• 19:08
  around,
• 19:08
  and
• 19:09
  so
• 19:09
  there's
• 19:09
  that.
• 19:09
  So
• 19:10
  we
• 19:10
  really
• 19:10
  weren't
• 19:11
  close
• 19:11
  to
• 19:11
  a
• 19:11
  trailhead.
• 19:12
  The
• 19:12
  other
• 19:13
  thing
• 19:13
  is,
• 19:13
  it's
• 19:14
  illegal
• 19:15
  to
• 19:15
  hunt
• 19:15
  in
• 19:15
  national
• 19:16
  parks.
• 19:16
  And
• 19:17
  I
• 19:17
  know
• 19:17
  people
• 19:17
  poach.
• 19:18
  It's
• 19:18
  silly,
• 19:19
  but
• 19:19
  they
• 19:19
  do
• 19:19
  it.
• 19:19
  I
• 19:19
  get
• 19:20
  it.
• 19:20
  But
• 19:20
  usually
• 19:21
  people
• 19:22
  who
• 19:22
  are
• 19:22
  poaching,
• 19:22
  like,
• 19:23
  want
• 19:23
  to
• 19:23
  do
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  easiest
• 19:24
  thing
• 19:24
  possible,
• 19:25
  which
• 19:25
  means
• 19:26
  not
• 19:26
  having
• 19:27
  to
• 19:27
  travel
• 19:28
  20
• 19:28
  miles
• 19:28
  into
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  national
• 19:29
  park
• 19:30
  to
• 19:30
  poach.
• 19:32
  That
• 19:32
  just
• 19:32
  takes
• 19:32
  a
• 19:32
  lot
• 19:33
  of
• 19:33
  effort
• 19:33
  to
• 19:33
  do
• 19:33
  something
• 19:34
  illegal,
• 19:35
  especially
• 19:35
  when,
• 19:37
  you
• 19:37
  know,
• 19:37
  I
• 19:37
  mean,
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  Smokies
• 19:39
  are
• 19:39
  surrounded
• 19:39
  by
• 19:39
  national
• 19:40
  forest.
• 19:40
  So
• 19:40
  you
• 19:40
  could
• 19:41
  run
• 19:41
  dogs
• 19:42
  all
• 19:42
  you
• 19:42
  want
• 19:42
  through
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  national
• 19:42
  forest
• 19:43
  and
• 19:43
  not
• 19:43
  have
• 19:43
  to
• 19:43
  go
• 19:44
  in
• 19:44
  there
• 19:44
  and
• 19:44
  not
• 19:44
  have
• 19:44
  to
• 19:45
  run
• 19:45
  them
• 19:45
  20
• 19:45
  miles.
• 19:46
  So
• 19:46
  now
• 19:47
  I'm
• 19:47
  sort
• 19:47
  of
• 19:47
  thinking
• 19:47
  about
• 19:47
  all
• 19:47
  this
• 19:48
  stuff
• 19:48
  and
• 19:48
  sort
• 19:48
  of
• 19:48
  how
• 19:48
  that's
• 19:49
  sort
• 19:49
  of
• 19:49
  weird
• 19:49
  and
• 19:49
  doesn't
• 19:50
  make
• 19:50
  much
• 19:50
  sense.
• 19:51
  And
• 19:52
  then
• 19:52
  I
• 19:52
  started,
• 19:52
  and
• 19:53
  I
• 19:53
  could
• 19:53
  hear
• 19:53
  the
• 19:53
  dogs,
• 19:54
  and
• 19:54
  I
• 19:54
  could
• 19:54
  hear,
• 19:55
  quote,
• 19:55
  unquote,
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  hunter.
• 19:56
  But
• 19:57
  I
• 19:57
  started,
• 19:57
  you
• 19:58
  know,
• 19:58
  paying.
• 19:58
  Paying
• 19:59
  more
• 19:59
  attention
• 19:59
  to
• 19:59
  it
• 20:00
  and,
• 20:00
  you
• 20:01
  know,
• 20:01
  hunting
• 20:01
  dogs
• 20:01
  hat
• 20:02
  they
• 20:02
  sound
• 20:02
  a
• 20:03
  particular
• 20:04
  way.
• 20:04
  And
• 20:04
  I.
• 20:04
  And
• 20:04
  I
• 20:05
  realized
• 20:05
  sort
• 20:05
  of
• 20:05
  each
• 20:05
  breed
• 20:06
  has
• 20:06
  their
• 20:06
  own
• 20:07
  sound,
• 20:07
  but
• 20:08
  still,
• 20:08
  like,
• 20:08
  hounds
• 20:09
  are
• 20:09
  hounds.
• 20:09
  You
• 20:09
  can
• 20:09
  tell
• 20:10
  a
• 20:10
  hound.
• 20:11
  And
• 20:11
  although
• 20:11
  these
• 20:12
  sounded
• 20:13
  similar
• 20:13
  enough
• 20:14
  when
• 20:14
  I
• 20:14
  woke
• 20:14
  up
• 20:15
  to,
• 20:15
  like,
• 20:15
  you
• 20:15
  know,
• 20:16
  I
• 20:16
  thought
• 20:16
  a
• 20:16
  bunch,
• 20:16
  you
• 20:17
  know,
• 20:17
  they
• 20:17
  were
• 20:17
  running
• 20:17
  hounds.
• 20:18
  The
• 20:19
  more
• 20:19
  I
• 20:19
  listened
• 20:19
  to
• 20:19
  them,
• 20:20
  the
• 20:20
  more
• 20:20
  I
• 20:20
  realized
• 20:21
  that
• 20:21
  they
• 20:21
  didn't
• 20:22
  really
• 20:22
  sound
• 20:22
  like
• 20:23
  hounds.
• 20:23
  You
• 20:24
  know,
• 20:24
  there's
• 20:24
  a
• 20:24
  bunch
• 20:24
  of
• 20:24
  things
• 20:25
  barking,
• 20:26
  for
• 20:26
  lack
• 20:26
  of
• 20:26
  a
• 20:26
  better
• 20:27
  term,
• 20:27
  and
• 20:27
  howling,
• 20:28
  for
• 20:28
  lack
• 20:28
  of
• 20:28
  a
• 20:28
  better
• 20:29
  term,
• 20:29
  but
• 20:30
  wasn't
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  sound
• 20:30
  of.
• 20:31
  Of,
• 20:31
  like,
• 20:31
  a
• 20:31
  pack
• 20:31
  of
• 20:32
  hounds.
• 20:32
  And
• 20:33
  then
• 20:33
  The.
• 20:33
  The
• 20:34
  hunter
• 20:34
  that
• 20:34
  was
• 20:34
  with
• 20:34
  them.
• 20:35
  I
• 20:35
  could
• 20:35
  hear
• 20:36
  them
• 20:36
  clearly
• 20:36
  and.
• 20:37
  And
• 20:37
  clear
• 20:38
  enough
• 20:38
  to
• 20:38
  decipher,
• 20:39
  okay,
• 20:40
  this
• 20:40
  is
• 20:40
  the
• 20:40
  hunter.
• 20:40
  And
• 20:40
  he.
• 20:41
  And
• 20:41
  here
• 20:42
  are
• 20:42
  the.
• 20:42
  The
• 20:42
  hounds.
• 20:43
  And
• 20:44
  realize
• 20:44
  that,
• 20:44
  like,
• 20:44
  the
• 20:45
  hunter
• 20:45
  wasn't
• 20:46
  speaking
• 20:46
  in
• 20:47
  a
• 20:47
  language
• 20:48
  that
• 20:48
  I
• 20:48
  recognized
• 20:49
  or
• 20:49
  knew,
• 20:50
  you
• 20:50
  know,
• 20:50
  And
• 20:50
  I.
• 20:50
  I
• 20:50
  don't
• 20:51
  really
• 20:51
  speak
• 20:51
  many
• 20:51
  foreign
• 20:52
  languages,
• 20:52
  but
• 20:52
  I
• 20:52
  can.
• 20:53
  I
• 20:53
  can
• 20:53
  make
• 20:53
  a
• 20:54
  good
• 20:54
  guess
• 20:54
  on.
• 20:54
  On
• 20:54
  which
• 20:55
  one
• 20:55
  I'm
• 20:55
  listening
• 20:55
  to,
• 20:56
  whether
• 20:56
  it
• 20:56
  be,
• 20:56
  you
• 20:56
  know,
• 20:57
  French
• 20:57
  or
• 20:57
  German
• 20:57
  or
• 20:58
  Spanish
• 20:59
  or
• 20:59
  whatever.
• 21:00
  And
• 21:00
  again,
• 21:00
  this
• 21:01
  was
• 21:01
  just
• 21:01
  a
• 21:01
  sound
• 21:02
  that.
• 21:02
  That
• 21:02
  didn't.
• 21:03
  It
• 21:03
  wasn't
• 21:03
  close
• 21:04
  to
• 21:04
  any
• 21:04
  language
• 21:04
  I've.
• 21:05
  I've
• 21:05
  ever
• 21:05
  heard
• 21:06
  or
• 21:06
  that
• 21:06
  I
• 21:07
  recognized
• 21:08
  at
• 21:08
  that
• 21:08
  time
• 21:08
  of
• 21:09
  night
• 21:09
  in
• 21:09
  that
• 21:10
  particular
• 21:10
  place.
• 21:11
  So
• 21:12
  anyway,
• 21:12
  I
• 21:12
  listened
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  him
• 21:12
  for
• 21:13
  a
• 21:13
  good
• 21:13
  bit.
• 21:13
  They
• 21:13
  never
• 21:13
  really
• 21:14
  got.
• 21:14
  Got
• 21:14
  any
• 21:14
  closer
• 21:15
  to
• 21:15
  our
• 21:15
  camp.
• 21:16
  Um,
• 21:16
  I
• 21:16
  listened
• 21:17
  to
• 21:17
  him
• 21:17
  until
• 21:17
  I
• 21:18
  couldn't
• 21:18
  hear
• 21:18
  him
• 21:18
  anymore.
• 21:19
  Five
• 21:19
  or
• 21:20
  ten
• 21:20
  minutes
• 21:20
  maybe.
• 21:21
  I
• 21:21
  stayed
• 21:21
  up
• 21:22
  awake
• 21:22
  for
• 21:22
  a
• 21:23
  while
• 21:23
  just
• 21:23
  trying
• 21:23
  to
• 21:24
  figure
• 21:24
  out
• 21:24
  what.
• 21:24
  What
• 21:24
  had
• 21:25
  just
• 21:25
  happened.
• 21:25
  Then
• 21:26
  eventually
• 21:26
  I
• 21:26
  fell
• 21:26
  asleep
• 21:27
  and,
• 21:27
  you
• 21:27
  know,
• 21:28
  didn't.
• 21:28
  Didn't
• 21:28
  hear
• 21:28
  them
• 21:29
  again.
• 21:29
  So
• 21:30
  that's
• 21:30
  the
• 21:30
  three
• 21:30
  interesting
• 21:31
  stories
• 21:31
  I'm
• 21:32
  talking
• 21:32
  about
• 21:32
  tonight.
• 21:33
  How
• 21:34
  far
• 21:34
  away
• 21:35
  was
• 21:35
  this
• 21:36
  happening
• 21:38
  from.
• 21:38
  Where
• 21:38
  we
• 21:38
  were
• 21:38
  sleeping?
• 21:39
  Yeah,
• 21:40
  I
• 21:40
  don't
• 21:40
  know,
• 21:40
  maybe
• 21:42
  couple
• 21:42
  hundred
• 21:42
  yards
• 21:43
  to
• 21:43
  a
• 21:43
  quarter
• 21:43
  mile
• 21:44
  is
• 21:44
  when
• 21:44
  it
• 21:45
  started.
• 21:45
  Then,
• 21:45
  you
• 21:45
  know,
• 21:46
  eventually
• 21:46
  they.
• 21:47
  They.
• 21:47
  As
• 21:47
  they
• 21:48
  got
• 21:48
  further
• 21:48
  away,
• 21:48
  you
• 21:49
  know,
• 21:49
  they
• 21:49
  faded
• 21:50
  out.
• 21:50
  But
• 21:50
  a
• 21:50
  couple
• 21:51
  hundred
• 21:51
  yards
• 21:51
  to
• 21:51
  a
• 21:51
  quarter
• 21:52
  mile.
• 21:52
  So
• 21:53
  their
• 21:53
  voice
• 21:53
  was
• 21:54
  loud?
• 21:56
  Sort
• 21:56
  of.
• 21:57
  Yeah.
• 21:57
  Hounds
• 21:57
  are
• 21:58
  loud.
• 21:58
  Okay.
• 21:59
  And
• 21:59
  then,
• 21:59
  you
• 21:59
  know,
• 21:59
  and
• 22:00
  then
• 22:00
  when
• 22:00
  you're
• 22:00
  whooping
• 22:01
  them
• 22:01
  on
• 22:01
  and
• 22:01
  encouraging
• 22:02
  them
• 22:02
  on,
• 22:02
  you're,
• 22:02
  you
• 22:02
  know,
• 22:03
  sort
• 22:03
  of
• 22:03
  yelling
• 22:03
  and
• 22:03
  hooting
• 22:04
  and
• 22:04
  hollering
• 22:04
  at
• 22:04
  them
• 22:05
  like.
• 22:05
  Okay.
• 22:06
  Would
• 22:06
  you
• 22:06
  like
• 22:06
  to
• 22:06
  share
• 22:07
  one
• 22:07
  or
• 22:07
  two
• 22:07
  of
• 22:08
  your
• 22:08
  stories?
• 22:09
  I'll
• 22:10
  share
• 22:10
  two.
• 22:11
  Okay.
• 22:12
  My
• 22:12
  first
• 22:14
  one
• 22:15
  was
• 22:15
  a.
• 22:16
  So
• 22:16
  I
• 22:16
  was
• 22:16
  washing
• 22:16
  eggs
• 22:17
  on
• 22:17
  the
• 22:18
  property
• 22:18
  when
• 22:19
  it
• 22:19
  was
• 22:19
  a
• 22:19
  farm,
• 22:20
  which
• 22:20
  was
• 22:21
  a
• 22:21
  year
• 22:22
  ago.
• 22:22
  Yeah,
• 22:23
  give
• 22:23
  or
• 22:23
  take.
• 22:24
  Okay.
• 22:24
  And
• 22:24
  then
• 22:25
  I
• 22:25
  started
• 22:25
  hearing
• 22:25
  this
• 22:26
  knocking
• 22:27
  on
• 22:28
  the
• 22:28
  wall
• 22:28
  about
• 22:28
  five
• 22:29
  feet
• 22:29
  away
• 22:30
  from
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  door.
• 22:31
  For
• 22:32
  about
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  first
• 22:33
  five
• 22:33
  minutes,
• 22:33
  I
• 22:34
  thought
• 22:34
  it
• 22:34
  was
• 22:34
  just
• 22:35
  the
• 22:35
  wind
• 22:36
  knocking
• 22:36
  the
• 22:37
  branch
• 22:38
  onto
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  wall.
• 22:40
  And
• 22:40
  then
• 22:40
  I
• 22:40
  looked
• 22:41
  out
• 22:41
  and
• 22:41
  I
• 22:41
  saw
• 22:42
  that
• 22:43
  none
• 22:43
  of
• 22:43
  the
• 22:43
  other
• 22:44
  branches
• 22:44
  were
• 22:45
  moving.
• 22:46
  And
• 22:46
  I
• 22:47
  realized
• 22:47
  that
• 22:48
  there
• 22:48
  wasn't
• 22:49
  a
• 22:50
  tree
• 22:50
  close
• 22:51
  enough
• 22:51
  to
• 22:52
  be
• 22:52
  knocking
• 22:53
  on
• 22:53
  the
• 22:54
  wall.
• 22:55
  So
• 22:55
  then
• 22:55
  I
• 22:56
  thought
• 22:56
  it
• 22:56
  was
• 22:57
  the
• 22:57
  person
• 22:58
  that
• 22:58
  was
• 22:58
  living
• 22:58
  on
• 22:59
  the
• 22:59
  property
• 22:59
  at
• 23:00
  the
• 23:00
  time.
• 23:01
  So
• 23:01
  then
• 23:01
  five
• 23:02
  minutes
• 23:02
  later,
• 23:03
  I
• 23:03
  was
• 23:04
  going
• 23:04
  to
• 23:04
  go
• 23:05
  outside
• 23:06
  and
• 23:06
  see
• 23:07
  who
• 23:07
  it
• 23:07
  was.
• 23:09
  So
• 23:09
  I
• 23:09
  got
• 23:10
  to
• 23:10
  the
• 23:10
  door.
• 23:10
  Then
• 23:11
  I
• 23:12
  couldn't
• 23:12
  open
• 23:13
  the
• 23:13
  door,
• 23:13
  like
• 23:14
  something
• 23:14
  was
• 23:15
  leaning
• 23:15
  against
• 23:16
  it
• 23:16
  with
• 23:17
  all
• 23:17
  of
• 23:18
  its
• 23:18
  mighty.
• 23:19
  So
• 23:19
  then
• 23:19
  I
• 23:20
  went
• 23:21
  running
• 23:21
  over
• 23:22
  to
• 23:22
  the
• 23:22
  building
• 23:23
  where
• 23:24
  Beau
• 23:25
  was
• 23:26
  that
• 23:27
  Was
• 23:27
  my
• 23:27
  first
• 23:27
  one.
• 23:28
  Pretty
• 23:28
  creepy,
• 23:29
  huh?
• 23:29
  Yeah.
• 23:30
  So
• 23:30
  you
• 23:30
  said
• 23:30
  you
• 23:30
  felt
• 23:31
  like.
• 23:31
  Like
• 23:31
  the
• 23:31
  door
• 23:31
  wasn't
• 23:32
  stuck,
• 23:32
  but
• 23:32
  something
• 23:33
  was
• 23:33
  actually
• 23:33
  holding
• 23:33
  it
• 23:34
  shut.
• 23:35
  Leaning
• 23:35
  against
• 23:36
  it.
• 23:36
  So
• 23:37
  not
• 23:37
  holding
• 23:38
  it.
• 23:38
  Yeah,
• 23:38
  but
• 23:39
  leaning
• 23:39
  against
• 23:39
  it
• 23:39
  so
• 23:40
  you
• 23:40
  couldn't
• 23:40
  open
• 23:40
  it.
• 23:41
  Yeah.
• 23:41
  Gotcha.
• 23:42
  Did
• 23:42
  it
• 23:43
  make
• 23:43
  any
• 23:43
  noise
• 23:43
  or.
• 23:44
  I
• 23:44
  mean,
• 23:44
  other
• 23:44
  than
• 23:45
  the
• 23:45
  noise,
• 23:45
  like,
• 23:45
  banging?
• 23:46
  Like,
• 23:46
  did
• 23:46
  it
• 23:46
  make
• 23:46
  any,
• 23:47
  like,
• 23:47
  vocalizations?
• 23:48
  I
• 23:49
  didn't
• 23:49
  hear
• 23:49
  any.
• 23:50
  Who
• 23:50
  is
• 23:50
  in
• 23:51
  my
• 23:52
  next
• 23:52
  one
• 23:53
  is
• 23:55
  the
• 23:55
  way
• 23:55
  the
• 23:55
  farm
• 23:56
  was
• 23:56
  where
• 23:56
  is
• 23:58
  was
• 23:59
  in
• 23:59
  the
• 23:59
  front,
• 23:59
  there
• 24:00
  was
• 24:00
  a
• 24:01
  ginormous
• 24:02
  chicken
• 24:02
  coop.
• 24:03
  Then
• 24:03
  you.
• 24:04
  If
• 24:04
  you
• 24:04
  went
• 24:05
  up
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  road,
• 24:06
  there
• 24:07
  was
• 24:08
  quail
• 24:08
  and
• 24:09
  baby
• 24:09
  chickens.
• 24:11
  Then
• 24:11
  if
• 24:11
  you
• 24:12
  go
• 24:12
  up
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  road
• 24:12
  some
• 24:13
  more,
• 24:13
  there
• 24:14
  was
• 24:15
  the
• 24:15
  building
• 24:15
  where
• 24:15
  I
• 24:16
  had
• 24:16
  my
• 24:16
  experience.
• 24:18
  I
• 24:18
  was
• 24:18
  at
• 24:19
  close
• 24:19
  to
• 24:20
  the
• 24:20
  building
• 24:20
  where
• 24:20
  I
• 24:21
  had
• 24:21
  my
• 24:22
  first
• 24:22
  experience.
• 24:23
  And
• 24:23
  then
• 24:24
  I
• 24:24
  started
• 24:24
  hearing
• 24:24
  this
• 24:25
  whistling,
• 24:26
  like,
• 24:27
  sounded
• 24:28
  far
• 24:28
  away.
• 24:30
  And
• 24:30
  then
• 24:30
  I
• 24:30
  told
• 24:31
  my
• 24:31
  mom
• 24:31
  because
• 24:32
  Bo
• 24:32
  wasn't
• 24:33
  there,
• 24:34
  and
• 24:34
  she
• 24:34
  couldn't
• 24:34
  hear
• 24:35
  it.
• 24:36
  Then
• 24:36
  about
• 24:37
  20
• 24:37
  minutes
• 24:38
  later,
• 24:38
  I
• 24:39
  think
• 24:40
  I
• 24:40
  heard
• 24:40
  it
• 24:40
  again
• 24:41
  at
• 24:41
  the
• 24:41
  big
• 24:42
  chicken
• 24:42
  coop
• 24:43
  at
• 24:43
  the
• 24:43
  front.
• 24:44
  And
• 24:44
  that
• 24:44
  time
• 24:45
  my
• 24:45
  mom
• 24:45
  could
• 24:46
  hear
• 24:46
  it.
• 24:46
  And
• 24:47
  the
• 24:47
  dogs
• 24:47
  were
• 24:48
  barking
• 24:49
  at
• 24:49
  the
• 24:50
  general
• 24:51
  area
• 24:52
  where
• 24:52
  it
• 24:52
  was
• 24:52
  happening.
• 24:53
  And
• 24:54
  the
• 24:54
  whistling
• 24:54
  was
• 24:55
  loud
• 24:55
  to
• 24:56
  be
• 24:57
  that
• 24:57
  clear
• 24:58
  and
• 24:58
  to
• 24:58
  be
• 24:59
  heard
• 24:59
  over
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  dogs,
• 25:01
  because
• 25:01
  I
• 25:01
  think
• 25:02
  we
• 25:02
  had
• 25:02
  five
• 25:02
  of
• 25:03
  them,
• 25:04
  and
• 25:04
  they
• 25:04
  were
• 25:05
  all
• 25:05
  barking
• 25:05
  in
• 25:06
  that
• 25:06
  area.
• 25:07
  And
• 25:07
  so
• 25:07
  what
• 25:08
  did
• 25:08
  the
• 25:08
  whistling
• 25:08
  sound
• 25:08
  like?
• 25:09
  Like,
• 25:09
  was
• 25:09
  it.
• 25:09
  It.
• 25:09
  Did
• 25:10
  it
• 25:10
  sound
• 25:10
  like
• 25:10
  a
• 25:10
  person
• 25:10
  whistling
• 25:11
  or
• 25:11
  what
• 25:11
  did.
• 25:12
  I
• 25:12
  think
• 25:13
  it
• 25:13
  was
• 25:13
  about
• 25:13
  the
• 25:14
  same,
• 25:14
  like,
• 25:15
  rhythm
• 25:16
  of
• 25:16
  the
• 25:16
  knocking
• 25:16
  I
• 25:16
  heard
• 25:17
  on
• 25:17
  the
• 25:17
  wall
• 25:18
  of
• 25:19
  my
• 25:19
  first
• 25:19
  experience.
• 25:20
  But
• 25:20
  did
• 25:20
  it
• 25:21
  sound
• 25:21
  like
• 25:21
  a
• 25:21
  person
• 25:21
  or
• 25:22
  did
• 25:22
  it
• 25:22
  or
• 25:23
  not
• 25:23
  so
• 25:23
  much?
• 25:24
  A
• 25:24
  little
• 25:24
  bit,
• 25:25
  except
• 25:26
  with,
• 25:26
  like,
• 25:26
  more
• 25:27
  powerful
• 25:27
  lungs.
• 25:28
  Gotcha.
• 25:29
  So
• 25:29
  it's
• 25:29
  really
• 25:30
  loud.
• 25:30
  Yeah.
• 25:31
  And
• 25:31
  the
• 25:31
  dogs
• 25:31
  weren't
• 25:32
  happy?
• 25:33
  No.
• 25:34
  So
• 25:34
  you
• 25:34
  think
• 25:34
  the
• 25:34
  dogs
• 25:35
  felt
• 25:35
  like
• 25:35
  it
• 25:35
  was
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  threat
• 25:36
  of
• 25:36
  some
• 25:36
  kind?
• 25:37
  Yeah.
• 25:38
  Shall
• 25:38
  we
• 25:38
  get
• 25:38
  into
• 25:39
  our
• 25:39
  creatures?
• 25:40
  Sure.
• 25:41
  So,
• 25:42
  as
• 25:42
  we
• 25:42
  mentioned
• 25:42
  at
• 25:43
  the
• 25:43
  beginning
• 25:43
  of
• 25:43
  this
• 25:44
  episode,
• 25:46
  I
• 25:46
  chose
• 25:47
  to
• 25:48
  do
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  lonely,
• 25:49
  sad,
• 25:51
  miserable
• 25:51
  creature
• 25:52
  hailing
• 25:53
  from
• 25:54
  the
• 25:54
  hardwood
• 25:55
  forests
• 25:55
  of
• 25:55
  Pennsylvania,
• 25:56
  known
• 25:57
  as
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  Squonk.
• 25:58
  The
• 25:59
  S
• 25:59
  Q
• 26:00
  U
• 26:00
  O
• 26:01
  N
• 26:01
  K.
• 26:02
  Probably
• 26:02
  one
• 26:02
  of
• 26:02
  the
• 26:03
  saddest
• 26:03
  creatures
• 26:03
  to
• 26:04
  ever
• 26:04
  be
• 26:05
  rumored
• 26:06
  to
• 26:06
  exist
• 26:06
  or
• 26:07
  to
• 26:07
  exist.
• 26:08
  Found
• 26:08
  in
• 26:08
  the
• 26:08
  hemlock
• 26:09
  forest
• 26:09
  of
• 26:09
  Pennsylvania,
• 26:10
  is
• 26:10
  known.
• 26:11
  It's
• 26:12
  just
• 26:12
  a
• 26:12
  pitiful
• 26:13
  creature.
• 26:13
  And
• 26:14
  the
• 26:14
  fact
• 26:14
  that
• 26:14
  it's
• 26:14
  sad
• 26:15
  and
• 26:15
  pitiful
• 26:15
  makes
• 26:15
  it
• 26:15
  even
• 26:16
  more
• 26:16
  sad
• 26:17
  and
• 26:17
  pitiful.
• 26:18
  I
• 26:18
  mean,
• 26:18
  it's
• 26:19
  hard.
• 26:19
  It's
• 26:19
  hard.
• 26:20
  Hard
• 26:20
  not
• 26:20
  to
• 26:20
  feel
• 26:21
  sorry
• 26:21
  for
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  Squonk.
• 26:22
  But
• 26:22
  the
• 26:22
  Squonk
• 26:23
  is
• 26:23
  known
• 26:23
  for
• 26:24
  its
• 26:24
  profound
• 26:25
  and
• 26:25
  deep
• 26:25
  sorrow,
• 26:27
  its
• 26:27
  ugliness,
• 26:29
  it's
• 26:29
  shame,
• 26:31
  and
• 26:32
  for
• 26:33
  an
• 26:33
  unending
• 26:34
  cascade
• 26:35
  of
• 26:36
  tears.
• 26:37
  Supposedly,
• 26:38
  it's
• 26:38
  about
• 26:38
  the
• 26:38
  size
• 26:38
  of
• 26:39
  a
• 26:39
  pig
• 26:39
  it
• 26:40
  has
• 26:40
  four
• 26:40
  legs
• 26:41
  like
• 26:41
  a
• 26:41
  pig.
• 26:41
  But
• 26:42
  that's
• 26:42
  where
• 26:42
  the
• 26:43
  resemblance
• 26:43
  ends.
• 26:45
  It
• 26:45
  is
• 26:46
  so,
• 26:47
  quote,
• 26:48
  repulsed
• 26:49
  by
• 26:49
  its
• 26:50
  own
• 26:50
  ill
• 26:51
  fitting
• 26:51
  wart
• 26:52
  covered
• 26:52
  skin
• 26:54
  that
• 26:54
  it
• 26:54
  weeps
• 26:55
  constantly.
• 26:56
  And
• 26:57
  this
• 26:57
  perpetual
• 26:58
  sadness
• 26:58
  defines
• 26:59
  its
• 26:59
  existence
• 27:00
  and
• 27:00
  behavior,
• 27:01
  leading
• 27:02
  to
• 27:02
  perhaps
• 27:02
  its
• 27:02
  most
• 27:03
  bizarre
• 27:04
  reported
• 27:04
  trait,
• 27:05
  the
• 27:06
  ability
• 27:06
  to
• 27:07
  dissolve
• 27:07
  completely
• 27:08
  into
• 27:08
  a
• 27:08
  pool
• 27:09
  of
• 27:09
  tears
• 27:09
  and
• 27:10
  bubbles
• 27:11
  when
• 27:11
  it
• 27:11
  is
• 27:11
  captured
• 27:12
  or
• 27:12
  cornered,
• 27:13
  unquote.
• 27:14
  Let
• 27:15
  me
• 27:15
  break
• 27:15
  this
• 27:15
  down.
• 27:16
  When
• 27:17
  it
• 27:17
  either
• 27:18
  sees
• 27:18
  itself
• 27:20
  or
• 27:20
  when
• 27:20
  it
• 27:20
  knows
• 27:21
  somebody
• 27:21
  else
• 27:21
  has
• 27:22
  seen,
• 27:23
  gets
• 27:24
  so
• 27:24
  upset
• 27:25
  that
• 27:26
  something
• 27:26
  has,
• 27:27
  has
• 27:27
  witnessed
• 27:28
  its
• 27:28
  ugliness
• 27:29
  and
• 27:29
  grotesqueness
• 27:31
  that
• 27:31
  it
• 27:31
  starts
• 27:31
  crying
• 27:32
  so
• 27:32
  hard
• 27:33
  that
• 27:34
  it
• 27:34
  dissolves
• 27:34
  itself
• 27:35
  in
• 27:35
  its
• 27:35
  own
• 27:35
  tears
• 27:36
  into
• 27:37
  just
• 27:37
  a
• 27:37
  puddle
• 27:38
  of
• 27:38
  teary
• 27:39
  goop.
• 27:40
  There's
• 27:40
  there.
• 27:41
  There's
• 27:41
  been
• 27:41
  one
• 27:41
  or
• 27:41
  two
• 27:42
  reports
• 27:42
  of
• 27:42
  people
• 27:43
  actually
• 27:43
  capturing
• 27:44
  the
• 27:44
  creature.
• 27:45
  However,
• 27:46
  those
• 27:47
  people
• 27:47
  have
• 27:47
  no
• 27:47
  proof
• 27:48
  because
• 27:48
  once
• 27:48
  they
• 27:49
  got
• 27:49
  the
• 27:49
  creature
• 27:49
  back
• 27:50
  to
• 27:50
  like
• 27:50
  show
• 27:50
  their
• 27:50
  buddies
• 27:51
  and
• 27:51
  friends
• 27:51
  in
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  newspapers,
• 27:53
  they
• 27:53
  would
• 27:53
  open
• 27:53
  the
• 27:54
  sack
• 27:54
  or
• 27:54
  cage
• 27:54
  or
• 27:55
  whatever
• 27:55
  they
• 27:55
  got
• 27:55
  it
• 27:55
  in
• 27:56
  and
• 27:56
  there
• 27:56
  would
• 27:57
  be
• 27:57
  nothing
• 27:58
  but
• 27:58
  a
• 27:58
  puddle
• 27:59
  in
• 27:59
  there
• 27:59
  because
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  poor
• 28:00
  old
• 28:01
  squonk
• 28:02
  cried
• 28:03
  itself
• 28:03
  into
• 28:03
  oblivion.
• 28:04
  It
• 28:05
  is
• 28:05
  also
• 28:05
  rumored
• 28:07
  to
• 28:07
  have
• 28:07
  webbed
• 28:08
  feet,
• 28:09
  but
• 28:09
  only
• 28:09
  on
• 28:10
  its
• 28:10
  the
• 28:10
  left
• 28:11
  side.
• 28:12
  So
• 28:12
  it
• 28:13
  ever
• 28:13
  gets
• 28:13
  stuck
• 28:13
  in
• 28:14
  like
• 28:14
  a
• 28:14
  pond
• 28:14
  or
• 28:15
  a
• 28:16
  river
• 28:16
  or
• 28:16
  whatever.
• 28:17
  It
• 28:17
  can
• 28:18
  only
• 28:18
  swim
• 28:18
  in
• 28:18
  circles,
• 28:20
  only
• 28:20
  its
• 28:20
  left
• 28:20
  feet
• 28:21
  are
• 28:21
  webbed.
• 28:21
  The
• 28:22
  first
• 28:23
  written
• 28:23
  account
• 28:24
  of
• 28:24
  the
• 28:24
  Squonk
• 28:25
  was
• 28:25
  in
• 28:26
  1920
• 28:27
  in
• 28:28
  the
• 28:28
  book
• 28:28
  called
• 28:28
  Fearsome
• 28:29
  Creatures
• 28:29
  of
• 28:29
  the
• 28:30
  Lumberwoods
• 28:30
  written
• 28:31
  by
• 28:31
  William
• 28:31
  T.
• 28:32
  Cox.
• 28:33
  And
• 28:33
  there's
• 28:34
  a
• 28:34
  picture
• 28:34
  of
• 28:35
  the
• 28:35
  squonk
• 28:36
  in
• 28:36
  there
• 28:36
  and
• 28:37
  the
• 28:37
  illustrator
• 28:37
  was
• 28:38
  Court
• 28:38
  Dubois
• 28:39
  or
• 28:39
  Court
• 28:40
  Dubois.
• 28:40
  So
• 28:41
  first
• 28:42
  name
• 28:43
  C
• 28:43
  O
• 28:43
  E
• 28:44
  R
• 28:44
  T,
• 28:45
  last
• 28:45
  name
• 28:46
  D
• 28:46
  U
• 28:47
  B
• 28:47
  O
• 28:48
  I
• 28:48
  S.
• 28:48
  So
• 28:49
  depending
• 28:49
  on
• 28:49
  where
• 28:49
  you're
• 28:50
  from,
• 28:50
  it's
• 28:50
  either
• 28:50
  Dubois
• 28:51
  or
• 28:51
  Dubois.
• 28:52
  I'll
• 28:53
  let
• 28:53
  you
• 28:53
  make
• 28:53
  the
• 28:53
  distinction.
• 28:54
  William
• 28:55
  William
• 28:55
  Cox,
• 28:56
  the
• 28:56
  author
• 28:56
  Cox,
• 28:58
  he
• 28:59
  went
• 28:59
  around,
• 29:00
  you
• 29:00
  know,
• 29:00
  that
• 29:01
  area,
• 29:01
  so
• 29:02
  I
• 29:02
  guess
• 29:02
  the
• 29:03
  eastern
• 29:03
  Midwest,
• 29:05
  interviewing
• 29:05
  lumberjacks
• 29:06
  about
• 29:07
  strange
• 29:07
  encounters
• 29:08
  they'd
• 29:08
  had
• 29:08
  in
• 29:08
  the
• 29:08
  woods.
• 29:09
  And
• 29:09
  quite
• 29:10
  a
• 29:10
  few
• 29:10
  from
• 29:10
  the
• 29:10
  Pennsylvania
• 29:11
  area
• 29:12
  all
• 29:12
  shared
• 29:13
  this
• 29:13
  story
• 29:13
  of
• 29:13
  the
• 29:13
  squonk.
• 29:14
  So
• 29:15
  he
• 29:15
  wrote
• 29:15
  it
• 29:15
  into
• 29:15
  his
• 29:15
  book.
• 29:16
  Another
• 29:17
  book
• 29:17
  in
• 29:17
  1939
• 29:18
  called
• 29:19
  Fearsome
• 29:19
  Critters
• 29:20
  written
• 29:21
  by
• 29:21
  Henry
• 29:21
  H.
• 29:22
  Tryon.
• 29:23
  T
• 29:23
  R
• 29:23
  Y
• 29:23
  O
• 29:24
  N
• 29:25
  also
• 29:25
  talks
• 29:25
  about
• 29:25
  the
• 29:26
  squonk.
• 29:27
  And
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  illustration
• 29:28
  from
• 29:28
  that
• 29:28
  book
• 29:28
  has
• 29:29
  become
• 29:29
  like
• 29:29
  the,
• 29:30
  the,
• 29:30
  the.
• 29:31
  The
• 29:31
  go
• 29:31
  to
• 29:32
  image
• 29:32
  of
• 29:33
  what
• 29:33
  the
• 29:33
  squonk
• 29:34
  looks
• 29:34
  like.
• 29:35
  And
• 29:35
  that
• 29:35
  squaw.
• 29:36
  And
• 29:36
  that
• 29:36
  in
• 29:36
  that
• 29:37
  picture
• 29:37
  was
• 29:38
  illustrated
• 29:38
  by,
• 29:39
  I'm
• 29:40
  assuming
• 29:40
  it
• 29:40
  was
• 29:40
  Henry's
• 29:41
  wife,
• 29:41
  but
• 29:41
  I
• 29:41
  guess
• 29:42
  it
• 29:42
  could
• 29:42
  have
• 29:42
  been
• 29:42
  his
• 29:42
  sister
• 29:42
  or
• 29:43
  daughter,
• 29:44
  Margaret
• 29:45
  R.
• 29:45
  Tryon.
• 29:47
  And
• 29:48
  like
• 29:48
  I
• 29:48
  said
• 29:48
  that
• 29:48
  that
• 29:48
  has
• 29:49
  been
• 29:49
  like
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  go
• 29:49
  to
• 29:50
  illustration
• 29:50
  of
• 29:51
  this
• 29:51
  is
• 29:51
  what
• 29:52
  a
• 29:52
  squonk
• 29:53
  looks
• 29:53
  like.
• 29:54
  And
• 29:54
  Again,
• 29:54
  that
• 29:54
  book
• 29:54
  is
• 29:55
  titled
• 29:55
  Fearsome
• 29:56
  Critters
• 29:57
  and
• 29:57
  it
• 29:57
  came
• 29:57
  out
• 29:58
  in
• 29:58
  1939.
• 29:59
  The
• 30:00
  Latin
• 30:00
  name
• 30:00
  for
• 30:01
  the
• 30:01
  Squonk
• 30:02
  is
• 30:02
  the
• 30:02
  lacryma
• 30:03
  corpus
• 30:04
  dissolvings,
• 30:05
  which
• 30:05
  translates
• 30:06
  into
• 30:07
  tear,
• 30:08
  body
• 30:09
  dissolving.
• 30:10
  Various
• 30:10
  people
• 30:10
  have
• 30:11
  reported
• 30:11
  seeing
• 30:11
  it
• 30:11
  through
• 30:11
  the
• 30:12
  years
• 30:13
  through
• 30:13
  retellings.
• 30:14
  Main
• 30:15
  the
• 30:15
  main
• 30:15
  description
• 30:16
  of
• 30:16
  the
• 30:16
  Squonk
• 30:16
  has
• 30:16
  always
• 30:17
  held
• 30:17
  true.
• 30:17
  It's
• 30:18
  miserable,
• 30:19
  it's
• 30:19
  sad,
• 30:20
  it's
• 30:20
  crying
• 30:21
  warty,
• 30:22
  has
• 30:22
  ill
• 30:23
  fitting
• 30:23
  skin.
• 30:24
  If
• 30:24
  you.
• 30:24
  If
• 30:25
  you
• 30:25
  ever
• 30:25
  want
• 30:25
  to
• 30:25
  see
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  Squonk,
• 30:26
  the
• 30:27
  They
• 30:27
  are
• 30:27
  reported
• 30:28
  to
• 30:28
  be
• 30:29
  most
• 30:29
  active
• 30:30
  at
• 30:30
  twilight
• 30:31
  and
• 30:31
  dusk
• 30:31
  and
• 30:31
  they
• 30:31
  like
• 30:32
  to
• 30:32
  stay
• 30:32
  in
• 30:32
  the
• 30:32
  shadows,
• 30:33
  doing
• 30:34
  their
• 30:34
  best
• 30:34
  to
• 30:34
  avoid
• 30:35
  bright
• 30:35
  light
• 30:36
  and
• 30:37
  doing
• 30:37
  their
• 30:37
  best
• 30:38
  to.
• 30:39
  To
• 30:41
  minimize
• 30:41
  the
• 30:42
  risk
• 30:42
  of
• 30:42
  either
• 30:44
  anyone
• 30:44
  seeing
• 30:45
  it
• 30:46
  or
• 30:46
  of
• 30:46
  it
• 30:46
  seeing
• 30:47
  its
• 30:47
  own
• 30:47
  reflection
• 30:48
  in
• 30:49
  water
• 30:50
  or
• 30:50
  like
• 30:50
  a
• 30:50
  river
• 30:51
  or
• 30:51
  a
• 30:51
  pond
• 30:51
  or
• 30:51
  a
• 30:51
  puddle.
• 30:53
  The
• 30:53
  thing
• 30:53
  doesn't
• 30:54
  want
• 30:54
  to
• 30:54
  be
• 30:54
  seen.
• 30:54
  It's
• 30:54
  sad,
• 30:55
  it
• 30:55
  makes
• 30:55
  it
• 30:56
  cries.
• 30:58
  The
• 30:58
  Squonk
• 30:59
  does
• 30:59
  have
• 30:59
  a
• 31:00
  couple
• 31:00
  of
• 31:01
  pop
• 31:01
  culture.
• 31:03
  I
• 31:03
  guess
• 31:03
  it
• 31:03
  has
• 31:03
  some
• 31:04
  pop
• 31:04
  culture
• 31:04
  notoriety.
• 31:06
  In
• 31:06
  1970,
• 31:07
  ZZ
• 31:08
  Top
• 31:08
  wrote
• 31:09
  a
• 31:09
  song
• 31:09
  called
• 31:09
  Squank.
• 31:11
  1974,
• 31:12
  Steely
• 31:12
  Dan
• 31:13
  referenced
• 31:13
  the
• 31:13
  Squonk
• 31:14
  in
• 31:14
  a
• 31:14
  song
• 31:15
  called
• 31:15
  Any
• 31:15
  major
• 31:16
  Dud
• 31:16
  will
• 31:16
  tell
• 31:16
  you.
• 31:17
  And
• 31:17
  Genesis
• 31:18
  wrote
• 31:18
  a
• 31:18
  song
• 31:19
  in
• 31:19
  1976
• 31:21
  titled
• 31:21
  Squonk.
• 31:23
  More
• 31:23
  recent
• 31:23
  Pop
• 31:23
  culture,
• 31:25
  pop
• 31:25
  culture
• 31:26
  madness.
• 31:27
  I
• 31:27
  believe
• 31:28
  four
• 31:28
  years
• 31:28
  ago
• 31:28
  was
• 31:29
  the
• 31:29
  first
• 31:30
  Squankapalooza.
• 31:31
  Squankapalooza.
• 31:33
  This
• 31:33
  is
• 31:34
  a
• 31:34
  festival
• 31:35
  dedicated
• 31:36
  to
• 31:37
  the
• 31:37
  Squonk
• 31:38
  in
• 31:38
  Pennsylvania.
• 31:41
  Next
• 31:41
  year,
• 31:41
  so
• 31:41
  2026,
• 31:43
  I
• 31:43
  believe
• 31:44
  it
• 31:44
  will
• 31:44
  be
• 31:44
  happening
• 31:45
  on
• 31:45
  August
• 31:46
  1st.
• 31:46
  Let's
• 31:47
  go
• 31:47
  check
• 31:47
  it
• 31:47
  out.
• 31:47
  And
• 31:48
  that
• 31:48
  is
• 31:48
  the
• 31:48
  Squonk.
• 31:49
  Okay,
• 31:50
  Randy,
• 31:50
  I'm
• 31:50
  gonna.
• 31:51
  I'm
• 31:51
  handing
• 31:51
  it
• 31:51
  over
• 31:51
  to
• 31:52
  you.
• 31:53
  The
• 31:54
  glass
• 31:55
  Gabby
• 31:55
  Lan,
• 31:56
  or
• 31:57
  fairy
• 31:57
  cow
• 31:59
  as
• 31:59
  I'm
• 31:59
  going
• 31:59
  to
• 31:59
  be
• 32:00
  calling
• 32:00
  it,
• 32:00
  is
• 32:01
  a
• 32:01
  magic
• 32:01
  cow
• 32:02
  and
• 32:02
  an
• 32:03
  Irish
• 32:03
  folklore.
• 32:05
  As
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  month
• 32:05
  of
• 32:06
  January
• 32:06
  draws
• 32:07
  to
• 32:07
  a
• 32:07
  close,
• 32:09
  we
• 32:09
  are
• 32:09
  fast
• 32:10
  approaching
• 32:10
  St.
• 32:11
  Bridget's
• 32:11
  Stand.
• 32:11
  The
• 32:12
  first
• 32:12
  February,
• 32:13
  which
• 32:14
  in
• 32:14
  Irish
• 32:15
  tradition
• 32:16
  marks
• 32:17
  the
• 32:17
  first
• 32:17
  day
• 32:17
  of
• 32:18
  spring.
• 32:18
  It
• 32:19
  is
• 32:19
  around
• 32:19
  this
• 32:19
  time
• 32:19
  of
• 32:20
  year
• 32:20
  that
• 32:20
  the
• 32:20
  calving
• 32:21
  season
• 32:21
  begins.
• 32:22
  And
• 32:22
  St.
• 32:23
  Bridget
• 32:23
  herself
• 32:24
  is
• 32:24
  considered
• 32:25
  the
• 32:25
  patron
• 32:26
  saint
• 32:26
  of
• 32:26
  cattle.
• 32:27
  And
• 32:27
  Irish
• 32:28
  tradition,
• 32:29
  the
• 32:29
  saint
• 32:29
  is
• 32:30
  often
• 32:30
  associated
• 32:32
  with
• 32:32
  the
• 32:33
  fairy
• 32:34
  cow.
• 32:34
  One
• 32:35
  story
• 32:35
  of
• 32:35
  the
• 32:35
  fair
• 32:36
  fairy
• 32:36
  cow
• 32:36
  is
• 32:37
  One
• 32:37
  day
• 32:37
  a
• 32:38
  slime
• 32:38
  woman
• 32:38
  heard
• 32:39
  this
• 32:39
  story.
• 32:41
  She
• 32:41
  vowed
• 32:41
  that
• 32:41
  she
• 32:42
  would
• 32:42
  bring
• 32:42
  a
• 32:42
  vessel
• 32:43
  which
• 32:43
  the
• 32:43
  cow
• 32:44
  couldn't
• 32:44
  fill.
• 32:45
  And
• 32:45
  she
• 32:45
  went
• 32:45
  under
• 32:46
  the
• 32:46
  cow
• 32:46
  and
• 32:46
  was
• 32:46
  milking
• 32:47
  her
• 32:49
  until
• 32:49
  it.
• 32:50
  Until
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  cow
• 32:52
  got
• 32:52
  fed
• 32:52
  up.
• 32:53
  By
• 32:53
  the
• 32:53
  length
• 32:53
  of
• 32:53
  the
• 32:54
  time
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  woman
• 32:55
  was
• 32:55
  under
• 32:55
  her
• 32:56
  and
• 32:56
  she
• 32:57
  grew
• 32:57
  impatient.
• 32:58
  She
• 32:58
  looked
• 32:59
  behind
• 33:00
  her,
• 33:00
  and
• 33:00
  when
• 33:01
  she
• 33:01
  saw
• 33:01
  all,
• 33:01
  all,
• 33:01
  all
• 33:02
  her
• 33:02
  milk
• 33:02
  and
• 33:03
  little
• 33:03
  lakes
• 33:03
  around
• 33:04
  the
• 33:04
  field,
• 33:05
  her
• 33:05
  soul
• 33:05
  divided
• 33:06
  from
• 33:06
  her.
• 33:07
  Gotcha.
• 33:08
  So
• 33:08
  so
• 33:09
  the
• 33:09
  cow's
• 33:09
  soul
• 33:09
  departed.
• 33:10
  Not.
• 33:10
  Not
• 33:11
  the
• 33:11
  person.
• 33:11
  So
• 33:11
  it
• 33:11
  wasn't
• 33:12
  like
• 33:12
  she
• 33:12
  was
• 33:12
  like,
• 33:13
  I'm
• 33:13
  gonna
• 33:13
  kill
• 33:14
  you,
• 33:14
  and
• 33:14
  like,
• 33:15
  no,
• 33:15
  no.
• 33:16
  So
• 33:16
  the
• 33:16
  cow
• 33:16
  was
• 33:17
  just
• 33:17
  really
• 33:17
  perturbed.
• 33:19
  Yeah.
• 33:20
  By
• 33:21
  somebody
• 33:21
  wasting
• 33:22
  her
• 33:22
  milk.
• 33:23
  That
• 33:23
  wasn't
• 33:23
  very
• 33:24
  nice
• 33:24
  to
• 33:24
  that
• 33:24
  person.
• 33:25
  No
• 33:26
  cow's
• 33:26
  here
• 33:27
  doing
• 33:27
  nice
• 33:28
  things
• 33:28
  for
• 33:28
  the
• 33:28
  people,
• 33:28
  giving
• 33:28
  all
• 33:29
  the
• 33:29
  milk
• 33:29
  it
• 33:29
  can
• 33:29
  give.
• 33:30
  Got
• 33:31
  peeved
• 33:31
  that
• 33:32
  somebody
• 33:32
  was
• 33:32
  wasting
• 33:32
  its
• 33:33
  milk
• 33:33
  and
• 33:33
  taking
• 33:33
  advantage.
• 33:34
  Yeah.
• 33:35
  Yeah.
• 33:35
  And
• 33:36
  so
• 33:36
  where
• 33:37
  is
• 33:37
  this.
• 33:37
  Where's
• 33:37
  this
• 33:38
  cow
• 33:38
  from?
• 33:38
  Again,
• 33:39
  I
• 33:39
  wasn't
• 33:39
  able
• 33:40
  to
• 33:40
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• 33:40
  a
• 33:41
  specific
• 33:41
  location,
• 33:42
  but
• 33:43
  somewhere
• 33:43
  in
• 33:44
  Ireland.
• 33:45
  Somewhere
• 33:45
  in
• 33:45
  Ireland.
• 33:46
  And
• 33:47
  so
• 33:47
  the
• 33:47
  Irish,
• 33:49
  their
• 33:49
  pronunciations
• 33:50
  are
• 33:50
  a
• 33:50
  little.
• 33:50
  A
• 33:50
  little
• 33:51
  different
• 33:51
  than
• 33:51
  us.
• 33:52
  Us
• 33:52
  Americans.
• 33:53
  Yeah.
• 33:53
  Which
• 33:53
  is
• 33:53
  why
• 33:53
  I
• 33:54
  was
• 33:54
  calling
• 33:54
  it
• 33:54
  the
• 33:55
  fairy
• 33:55
  cow.
• 33:55
  Yeah.
• 33:56
  Will
• 33:56
  you.
• 33:57
  Will
• 33:57
  you
• 33:57
  spell
• 33:57
  it
• 33:58
  how
• 33:58
  it's
• 33:58
  spelled
• 33:58
  in.
• 33:59
  In
• 34:00
  Irish?
• 34:00
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• 34:01
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• 34:01
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• 34:01
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• 34:03
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• 34:03
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• 34:03
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• 34:04
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• 34:06
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• 34:06
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• 34:06
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• 34:07
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• 34:07
  that's.
• 34:08
  That's
• 34:08
  the
• 34:08
  English
• 34:08
  translation.
• 34:10
  Spell
• 34:11
  how
• 34:11
  it
• 34:11
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• 34:11
  be
• 34:11
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• 34:12
  in.
• 34:12
  In
• 34:12
  Irish.
• 34:13
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• 34:14
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• 34:14
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• 34:14
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• 34:16
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• 34:16
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• 34:17
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• 34:17
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• 34:19
  H,
• 34:20
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• 34:20
  E,
• 34:21
  N,
• 34:21
  N.
• 34:22
  And
• 34:23
  then
• 34:23
  there
• 34:23
  are
• 34:23
  a
• 34:23
  couple
• 34:24
  of
• 34:24
  other
• 34:25
  pronunciations.
• 34:27
  Us
• 34:27
  Americans
• 34:28
  aren't
• 34:28
  used
• 34:28
  to
• 34:29
  pronouncing
• 34:29
  something
• 34:29
  like
• 34:30
  that.
• 34:31
  Yeah,
• 34:31
  Another.
• 34:31
  Another
• 34:32
  spelling.
• 34:33
  So
• 34:34
  first
• 34:34
  would.
• 34:34
  Would
• 34:35
  be
• 34:35
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• 34:35
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• 34:35
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• 34:36
  S.
• 34:37
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• 34:37
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• 34:37
  second
• 34:38
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• 34:38
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• 34:38
  be
• 34:38
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• 34:39
  A,
• 34:39
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• 34:40
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• 34:41
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• 34:42
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• 34:42
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• 34:42
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• 34:42
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• 34:43
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• 34:44
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• 34:45
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• 34:45
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• 34:45
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• 34:45
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• 34:46
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• 34:46
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• 34:46
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• 34:46
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• 34:47
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• 34:47
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• 34:47
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• 34:48
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• 34:48
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• 34:48
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• 34:49
  I
• 34:50
  think
• 34:50
  that's
• 34:51
  all
• 34:51
  of.
• 34:51
  Them
• 34:51
  that
• 34:51
  I
• 34:52
  was
• 34:52
  able
• 34:52
  to.
• 34:53
  Yeah.
• 34:53
  Yeah.
• 34:54
  It
• 34:54
  looks
• 34:54
  like
• 34:54
  the
• 34:54
  cow
• 34:55
  has
• 34:55
  been
• 34:55
  attributed
• 34:56
  to
• 34:57
  a
• 34:57
  couple
• 34:57
  different
• 34:58
  saints,
• 34:59
  so
• 34:59
  Saint
• 34:59
  Bridget,
• 35:00
  as
• 35:00
  was
• 35:00
  mentioned,
• 35:01
  but
• 35:01
  also
• 35:01
  Saint
• 35:01
  Brendan.
• 35:03
  And
• 35:03
  one
• 35:03
  rumor
• 35:04
  looks
• 35:04
  like
• 35:04
  it
• 35:04
  has.
• 35:05
  Like
• 35:05
  that
• 35:05
  the
• 35:05
  cow
• 35:06
  was
• 35:06
  sent
• 35:06
  by
• 35:06
  God
• 35:08
  to.
• 35:08
  To
• 35:08
  help
• 35:08
  with
• 35:08
  the
• 35:09
  famine.
• 35:10
  Yeah,
• 35:11
  that's
• 35:12
  it.
• 35:12
  That's
• 35:12
  what.
• 35:12
  That's
• 35:13
  what
• 35:13
  we
• 35:13
  have
• 35:13
  talked
• 35:13
  about
• 35:13
  today.
• 35:14
  Thank
• 35:14
  you.
• 35:15
  Thank
• 35:15
  you
• 35:15
  for.
• 35:15
  For
• 35:16
  joining
• 35:17
  us
• 35:17
  on
• 35:17
  this
• 35:17
  little.
• 35:18
  Little
• 35:18
  journey.
• 35:19
  If
• 35:20
  you
• 35:20
  want
• 35:20
  to
• 35:20
  find
• 35:20
  us
• 35:21
  off
• 35:21
  of
• 35:21
  here.
• 35:22
  Currently
• 35:23
  we
• 35:24
  are
• 35:24
  on
• 35:24
  Facebook.
• 35:25
  If
• 35:25
  you
• 35:25
  just
• 35:26
  type
• 35:26
  in
• 35:26
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• 35:27
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• 35:27
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• 35:27
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• 35:28
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• 35:28
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• 35:28
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• 35:29
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• 35:29
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• 35:29
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• 35:29
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• 35:29
  page
• 35:30
  on
• 35:30
  Facebook.
• 35:31
  Anybody
• 35:31
  has
• 35:31
  any
• 35:32
  pictures
• 35:32
  or
• 35:33
  video
• 35:33
  or
• 35:34
  record
• 35:35
  recordings
• 35:35
  or
• 35:36
  something,
• 35:37
  we'll
• 35:38
  put
• 35:38
  it
• 35:38
  on
• 35:38
  Facebook.
• 35:39
  Yeah.
• 35:40
  You
• 35:40
  can
• 35:41
  also
• 35:41
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• 35:41
  us
• 35:42
  at
• 35:42
  McFaff
• 35:43
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• 35:44
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• 35:44
  P
• 35:45
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• 35:46
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• 35:46
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• 35:47
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• 35:48
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• 35:49
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• 35:49
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• 35:49
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• 35:50
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• 35:50
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• 35:50
  lowercase.
• 35:51
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• 35:54
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• 35:55
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• 35:55
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• 35:55
  listening
• 35:56
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• 35:56
  you
• 35:56
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• 35:56
  some
• 35:57
  interesting
• 35:58
  stories
• 35:59
  or
• 36:00
  myths
• 36:01
  or
• 36:01
  folklore.
• 36:02
  Yeah,
• 36:02
  we'd
• 36:03
  love
• 36:03
  to
• 36:03
  hear
• 36:03
  it.
• 36:04
  We'd
• 36:04
  love
• 36:04
  to
• 36:04
  have
• 36:04
  you
• 36:04
  on
• 36:05
  our
• 36:05
  show.
• 36:05
  Even
• 36:05
  if.
• 36:06
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• 36:06
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• 36:06
  you
• 36:06
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• 36:06
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• 36:07
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• 36:07
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• 36:07
  about
• 36:07
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• 36:07
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• 36:07
  be
• 36:07
  on
• 36:08
  our
• 36:08
  show.
• 36:08
  Awesome.
• 36:08
  If
• 36:08
  you
• 36:09
  want
• 36:09
  to
• 36:09
  be.
• 36:09
  If
• 36:09
  you
• 36:10
  want
• 36:10
  to
• 36:10
  remain
• 36:10
  anonymous.
• 36:12
  That's
• 36:12
  cool.
• 36:12
  Like,
• 36:13
  we're
• 36:13
  not
• 36:13
  videotape.
• 36:14
  It's
• 36:14
  all.
• 36:14
  It's
• 36:14
  all
• 36:14
  audio.
• 36:14
  We
• 36:15
  just
• 36:15
  won't
• 36:15
  mention
• 36:15
  your
• 36:15
  name.
• 36:16
  Our
• 36:16
  next
• 36:16
  one
• 36:16
  is
• 36:16
  going
• 36:17
  to
• 36:17
  be
• 36:17
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• 36:17
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• 36:17
  witch
• 36:17
  encounter,
• 36:18
  and
• 36:19
  we've
• 36:19
  got
• 36:19
  a
• 36:19
  lot
• 36:19
  of
• 36:19
  really
• 36:20
  cool,
• 36:20
  cool
• 36:20
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• 36:21
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• 36:21
  up
• 36:21
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• 36:21
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• 36:21
  All.
• 36:22
  Yeah.
• 36:22
  So
• 36:23
  thank
• 36:23
  you
• 36:23
  for
• 36:23
  listening.
• 36:23
  Thank
• 36:24
  you
• 36:24
  for
• 36:24
  joining
• 36:24
  us
• 36:24
  on
• 36:24
  our
• 36:25
  journey.
• 36:25
  Do
• 36:25
  you
• 36:25
  have
• 36:25
  anything
• 36:26
  else
• 36:26
  to
• 36:26
  say?
• 36:26
  Don't
• 36:27
  be
• 36:27
  Alexis
• 36:28
  Squ.
• 36:29
  Don't
• 36:29
  be
• 36:29
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• 36:29
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• 36:29
  Squ.
• 36:30
  Truer
• 36:31
  words
• 36:31
  have
• 36:31
  never
• 36:31
  been
• 36:31
  spoken.
• 36:33
  We
• 36:33
  appreciate
• 36:34
  y',
• 36:34
  all
• 36:34
  and
• 36:35
  we
• 36:35
  are
• 36:35
  signing
• 36:36
  off.