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The Three-Click Handset: A Battery That Should Have Died Years Ago
The Three-Click Handset: A Battery That Should Have Died Years Ago
Fear of the unexplained starts in the small details: a dry, warm olive-green handset wedged in an oak tree, its cord cut to three inches, clicking three times every few seconds - yet the surrounding ground is wet with dew. The handset had apparently spent twenty-six years in a tree and its battery still emitted a persistent signal; how did a device tied to a closed mine's emergency repeater keep ticking for decades?
In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events that began when Connie Platt found the handset on the…
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