The Cryptid Collection Vol 1 | True Scary Stories from Around the World

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greetings friends<font color="#CCCCCC"> a man now called Baker</font> has<font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> driving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trucks most of his life</font> transporting heavy equipment for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a major</font> company<font color="#CCCCCC"> in New Orleans</font> at least four days a week<font color="#CCCCCC"> new shipments</font> come<font color="#E5E5E5"> in to the Port of New Orleans</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">needing to be delivered as soon as</font> possible to various destinations<font color="#E5E5E5"> which</font> keeps him<font color="#CCCCCC"> busy going back and forth on</font> the long<font color="#CCCCCC"> highway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road late one Thursday</font> night<font color="#CCCCCC"> a shipment came in that had to be</font> delivered<font color="#CCCCCC"> the same day Baker said he got</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Port of New Orleans</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at 8:30 p.m.</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and had to wait until midnight for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">equipment to be loaded onto his truck</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> heading out the route was</font> familiar<font color="#CCCCCC"> to him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he could drive it in his</font> sleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> if he wanted to it was simple and</font> he'd made the<font color="#E5E5E5"> trip countless times</font> without complications<font color="#CCCCCC"> or accidents</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">however as he drove on into the morning</font> Baker saw something that<font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> forever</font> change him<font color="#E5E5E5"> he said he was on Louisiana</font> Highway<font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a few miles outside of</font> golden Meadows when he saw it it was <font color="#E5E5E5">around 1:30 a.m. and the early rays of</font> sunrise were just beginning<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> illuminate the shoulder of the<font color="#CCCCCC"> road a</font> tall dark figure with green light reflecting in<font color="#E5E5E5"> its eyes stood there</font> seeming to stare at him his first reaction was to<font color="#E5E5E5"> dismiss it as his eyes</font> playing tricks he'd had problems with<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the past</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but as he approached</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he turned his high</font> beams<font color="#E5E5E5"> on and a reality</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the situation</font> became undeniable near the wild <font color="#E5E5E5">overgrowth off the highway a doglike</font> animal stood on its hind legs<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> creature stood erect<font color="#E5E5E5"> focusing not on the</font> truck<font color="#E5E5E5"> but Baker himself as he approached</font> at high speed as he got close<font color="#E5E5E5"> Baker could see another</font> monstrous dog man emerging from the bush also pausing to notice him<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the midst</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the unbelievable situation Baker was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shaken even more when one of the dog men</font> raised its arm to shield his face<font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font> his<font color="#E5E5E5"> high beams shined into its eyes</font> nearly in a panic Baker slammed his foot<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the gas pedal</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and sped past the two bizarre creatures</font> he saw<font color="#E5E5E5"> their dark silhouettes crossing</font> the road cautiously<font color="#E5E5E5"> as they shrunk</font> steadily in his sideview mirror Baker mentioned that he always thought <font color="#CCCCCC">of himself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open-minded when it came</font> to the paranormal<font color="#E5E5E5"> but after being</font> confronted with<font color="#E5E5E5"> such a chilling</font> encounter<font color="#CCCCCC"> even driving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 80 miles per hour</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he's already been just about as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> close as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never once again</font> while<font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over the interview from mr.</font> Baker<font color="#E5E5E5"> my memory was jar and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> recalled a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">story of my own that I'd like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to share</font> with you it was during one of my<font color="#CCCCCC"> last</font> rotations in Afghanistan<font color="#E5E5E5"> a miserably</font> bitter cold winter<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with a team</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> some reconnaissance out in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">no-man's land when a figure caught my</font> eye<font color="#E5E5E5"> contrasting against the pure white</font> landscape<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the snow Laden</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> desert it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was a man on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a motorcycle riding</font> intrepidly along an icy road<font color="#CCCCCC"> I watched</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> from afar</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as he merrily made his way</font> across<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> frozen land until I saw two</font> other<font color="#E5E5E5"> figures approaching the figures</font> bounded through<font color="#E5E5E5"> the deep snow off the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shoulder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road one in front of the</font> other<font color="#E5E5E5"> closing distance and racing toward</font> him before they were able<font color="#E5E5E5"> to clear the</font> drift and get<font color="#CCCCCC"> onto the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road he turned</font> his head and spotted them<font color="#E5E5E5"> he immediately</font> leaned in on his<font color="#CCCCCC"> motorcycle to speed up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but his machine could only carry him so</font> quickly<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the icy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> conditions the</font> creatures<font color="#E5E5E5"> were abnormally large far too</font> enormous to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be mistaken for even the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">most fearsome of local dogs they ran on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">four legs and had gigantic heads with</font> what appeared to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> wide floppy ears</font> dangling<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the sides when I tried</font> focusing in on them<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could make out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">coarse Brown and gray fur that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seemed to</font> cover<font color="#E5E5E5"> a massively muscular body then</font> looked more human<font color="#CCCCCC"> than canine in nature</font> the sight<font color="#E5E5E5"> was surreal to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the point of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">confusion I actually started to chuckle</font> a bit at how unbelievable the normal mission<font color="#E5E5E5"> had suddenly become they caught</font> up with<font color="#CCCCCC"> him and began charging</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at his</font> bike repeatedly slamming their bodies <font color="#E5E5E5">into it as if trying to knock</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him off</font> they took turns snapping and biting at his<font color="#E5E5E5"> legs as he kicked frantically to</font> stave them off occasionally<font color="#E5E5E5"> being forced</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> use his other foot to keep his bike</font> from tipping over the dog men continued their reign of terror on the poor man for what appeared to<font color="#CCCCCC"> be at least two</font> miles before they trailed off<font color="#E5E5E5"> back into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">No and came to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rest in the earth</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">treeline as the first one left in toward</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the trees it stood up and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out at</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> other one being a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> military</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man I</font> instantly recognized the behavior as having the distinct<font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling of a signal</font> or communication of some<font color="#E5E5E5"> sort the two</font> rejoined each other and disappeared into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> bush greetings friends even though</font> my channel is relatively small<font color="#CCCCCC"> I get</font> several<font color="#E5E5E5"> emails every day from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you my</font> loyal followers<font color="#CCCCCC"> old and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> new I do my best</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> answer each and every</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font> thoughtfully<font color="#CCCCCC"> in time many of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the emails</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I receive have to do with things that</font> are in a manner of<font color="#E5E5E5"> speaking</font> common knowledge<font color="#E5E5E5"> dog men the shadow</font> people<font color="#E5E5E5"> hauntings witches and many others</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> say</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that these things happen to</font> everyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> but at least they're</font> recognizable phenomena<font color="#E5E5E5"> every so often</font> though<font color="#E5E5E5"> I come across a story</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font> encounter<font color="#E5E5E5"> with an entity or cryptid that</font> I cannot quite define something that cannot easily be<font color="#E5E5E5"> classified according to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the common knowledge of hidden things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> this world<font color="#E5E5E5"> here to help me explore these</font> unusual cases<font color="#E5E5E5"> found among</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the already</font> truly<font color="#CCCCCC"> bizarre</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is my good friend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mr.</font> Davis while you listen<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the stories</font> try to imagine what<font color="#E5E5E5"> on earth these poor</font> souls may have come into<font color="#E5E5E5"> contact</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> and let us know your thoughts<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> comment section<font color="#CCCCCC"> below</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here we go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a hand</font> in the dark dear mr.<font color="#E5E5E5"> X my name is DJ I'm not the</font> best storyteller but I'll do<font color="#E5E5E5"> my best to</font> explain<font color="#E5E5E5"> what happened to me first off my</font> family is very<font color="#CCCCCC"> poor and we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> can't usually</font> pay our<font color="#CCCCCC"> electric bills</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> instead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we use a</font> generator<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was around 2:00</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or 3:00</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> the morning one day<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was lying on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the couch playing on my iPad now I know</font> what you're thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I got the iPad</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before we fell on hard times anyway my</font> cat was<font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shoulder and we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were kind of just hanging out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was in a</font> good<font color="#CCCCCC"> mood enjoying the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moment until the</font> generator suddenly sputtered out the room went<font color="#CCCCCC"> pitch-black and this weird</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> of Durant came over me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had the</font> great<font color="#CCCCCC"> idea to use</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my iPad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a light to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">look</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around the room just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> comfort</font> myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> what a loud bang tore through the</font> air<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I turned around the light</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> facing</font> forward I saw a large human hand shoot toward me seemingly<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming out of</font> nowhere<font color="#CCCCCC"> I barely caught a glimpse of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> hands<font color="#CCCCCC"> darks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> form as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it quickly latched</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">onto my cat pulling it away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from me and</font> back to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> no where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from which it came</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was simply in shock</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wondering what in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> world</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just witnessed my body</font> was frozen solid still lying on the couch even<font color="#CCCCCC"> though I wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to move and</font> fight my mind was powerless<font color="#CCCCCC"> I think I</font> must have<font color="#CCCCCC"> lived there for at least half</font> an<font color="#E5E5E5"> hour before summoning the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> will to</font> call out for<font color="#CCCCCC"> my father to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bring a gun</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and a flashlight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he ran in seconds later</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for the gun</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we both searched the</font> house<font color="#CCCCCC"> thoroughly we never found the cat</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">does anyone know what this is</font> a quick note my friends I contacted DJ<font color="#CCCCCC"> via email</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> details on this story a better</font> description<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the hand where they lived</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the fate of the cat and other things</font> unfortunately<font color="#CCCCCC"> though he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never responded</font> the burned man<font color="#E5E5E5"> hey there mr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> axe my name</font> is<font color="#E5E5E5"> hey</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soos</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let me start by saying that</font> just like everything you hear<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Internet</font> when I say shouldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> taken with a</font> grain<font color="#E5E5E5"> of salt I'm a very skeptical</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">person myself when it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> comes to things</font> like one of about to tell you so I understand if<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> don't believe it</font> I wouldn't either if I hadn't seen<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with my own eyes this happened last year</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my sister and I were out one lame night</font> looking for<font color="#CCCCCC"> my dog</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bowls out of the</font> house escaping<font color="#CCCCCC"> from an open door our</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">search took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a large alleyway</font> back behind my home<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mother's car was</font> parked in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the driveway which was off to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the side of the house as I walked past</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the car turning the corner to go toward</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front of the house this extremely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tall human form just emerged and</font> casually walked out from<font color="#CCCCCC"> behind the car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I didn't have much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time to react</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I</font> almost didn't take mental notice of it but after thinking<font color="#CCCCCC"> about it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a moment</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I realized that it was definitely not</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">normal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I know that sounds odd but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> this real<font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> situation</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't even happening in real life you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">need to understand one thing I was</font> turning my<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes and head as I saw this</font> thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and by the time I was able to do a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">double-take and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look again it was gone</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> how little time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as</font> my eyes continued their natural<font color="#CCCCCC"> path</font> scanning<font color="#E5E5E5"> across the yard I could see</font> some details<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was shaped like a large</font> man of average<font color="#E5E5E5"> weight and build it was</font> completely naked<font color="#CCCCCC"> a mass of sickly orange</font> and red<font color="#E5E5E5"> stained flesh it seemed to have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no face and its skin</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was melted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dripping</font> with small<font color="#E5E5E5"> shanks of meat slapping</font> against its body as it walked there was this disgusting what<font color="#CCCCCC"> shimmer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> reflecting the<font color="#CCCCCC"> streetlights</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around it</font> like I<font color="#E5E5E5"> said by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time I took a second</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">look</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing vanished completely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stopped in my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tracks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and stood there</font> dumbfounded for a minute afterward there was no smell<font color="#E5E5E5"> no sound or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> else</font> other<font color="#E5E5E5"> than the brief image of this</font> monstrosity a quick<font color="#CCCCCC"> sidenote</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw another thing</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the same horrifying look only</font> shaped like a kangaroo<font color="#E5E5E5"> instead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of a man</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hopping through my neighbor's backyard a</font> few days later just<font color="#CCCCCC"> like the man it made</font> no sound at all<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't bother trying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> explain any of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this to my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sister</font> it's hard enough maintaining her respect without talking about<font color="#E5E5E5"> insanity like this</font> the terror of<font color="#E5E5E5"> Beckley</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Manor</font> dear mr.<font color="#E5E5E5"> X it's me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Aaron from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> YouTube as I said before I'm</font> a good<font color="#E5E5E5"> example of a hard-nosed skeptic</font> when<font color="#E5E5E5"> it comes to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> subject matter of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">your</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> channel I once considered anyone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">claiming to have come into contact</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so-called strange creature to be</font> either severely unbalanced or<font color="#E5E5E5"> miss</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">identifying a known animal like a black</font> bear walking on its hind<font color="#E5E5E5"> legs being</font> mistaken for a<font color="#E5E5E5"> sasquatch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that so for most of my life I</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> believe in anything I couldn't</font> rationalize with my own eyes<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">whatsoever but something happened in my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">life after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all this time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something I</font> could not explain<font color="#E5E5E5"> what conventional</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wisdom or reason one evening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> alone</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my apartment in Victoria British</font> Columbia<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had been suffering from mild</font> bouts of insomnia<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing too profound</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just waking up in the middle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> being unable to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get back to sleep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time I will come to go to the</font> bathroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> and had been in bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> staring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the wall for over 20 minutes I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lying</font> on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> side facing away from the door to</font> my room<font color="#E5E5E5"> my point being I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> absolutely</font> very much awake<font color="#E5E5E5"> I began to hear a soft</font> creaking<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the hardwood floors in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> hallway<font color="#E5E5E5"> outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> footsteps and</font> that point I tensed up<font color="#CCCCCC"> I won't get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what I used to do for a living before</font> becoming a biologist but is involved in the use of<font color="#E5E5E5"> guns</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and hand-to-hand combat</font> to protect clients<font color="#CCCCCC"> I say that to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">demonstrate to you that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I am accustomed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to fighting</font> and that there have<font color="#CCCCCC"> been moments where</font> my life depended<font color="#E5E5E5"> on my ability to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">perform under</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pressure</font> I tried to react with my normally sharp reflexes once I was positive that<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> someone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the hall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the old wood</font> creaking<font color="#E5E5E5"> under the weight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of a person</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when I tried to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> turn my head I found</font> that I<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> completely immobilized unable</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to move</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at all still facing the wall and</font> lying on my side I heard the footfalls<font color="#E5E5E5"> clearly as they</font> approached and stopped at my door <font color="#E5E5E5">directly behind me now this is the</font> strangest part<font color="#E5E5E5"> I felt a heavy hand come</font> down on my hip and<font color="#E5E5E5"> another on my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shoulder followed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> by what felt like a</font> forehead rest on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> ribcage as I lay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there helpless</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the thought crossed my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mind that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'll never forget</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> oh my god</font> this is<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually happening no one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else</font> was in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> apartment that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I would</font> have known<font color="#E5E5E5"> and yet there I was being</font> grabbed<font color="#E5E5E5"> by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this unknown entity the</font> terror that surged<font color="#E5E5E5"> through my mind and</font> body was excruciating I'm pure ten out of ten the four had moved back<font color="#E5E5E5"> and forth against my ribs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">making me feel molested and used the</font> fear was debilitating the thing began<font color="#CCCCCC"> to rock my body backward</font> and forward<font color="#E5E5E5"> using</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three points of</font> contact<font color="#E5E5E5"> both hands and its head with</font> each motion<font color="#E5E5E5"> more violent in the last my</font> mind was reeling<font color="#CCCCCC"> with rage and horror I</font> tried desperately to scream to move or at least see what<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a costing me in</font> the dark<font color="#E5E5E5"> all I could feel was the three</font> cold points<font color="#E5E5E5"> pressed uncomfortably into</font> my skin they were so cold<font color="#CCCCCC"> then I could feel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">heat sapping from my body</font> even through<font color="#CCCCCC"> the blankets eventually the</font> rocking became so violent<font color="#CCCCCC"> that it rolled</font> me over<font color="#CCCCCC"> completely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was facing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the direction</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing was but</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> absolutely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing there the</font> sensation of the hands and head on me were gone instantly<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I was able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">move the first thing I instinctively did</font> was to scream at the top<font color="#CCCCCC"> of my lungs for</font> a good minute at<font color="#CCCCCC"> least one of my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">neighbors</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even called me the next day to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">make</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> okay they knew I lived</font> alone<font color="#CCCCCC"> and wanted to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font> hurt myself somehow<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know I didn't see</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the thing shook me with the</font> same force<font color="#CCCCCC"> that you would use to wake</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">someone who had passed out it was the</font> scariest thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I've ever experienced</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> me that's saying a lot I've</font> since moved<font color="#E5E5E5"> a few blocks away from that</font> place but I can see<font color="#E5E5E5"> it from my balcony</font> right now as I write<font color="#E5E5E5"> this it's called</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Beckley Manor on Dallas Road Victoria if</font> you're<font color="#E5E5E5"> curious</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I believe it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> built in</font> the 60s<font color="#CCCCCC"> ocean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> view right on the water</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nice place but I'll never set foot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font> again [Music] hello there mr.<font color="#CCCCCC"> X</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my name is Venus I'm a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">33 year old female and I have a story</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for you which I never shared with anyone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I mean I guess my husband knows about it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but he doesn't know everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's a</font> long story<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I'll just tell you</font> everything and let you<font color="#E5E5E5"> start it out what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you do with this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> information is entirely</font> up to you please keep<font color="#E5E5E5"> in mind that</font> English is not<font color="#CCCCCC"> my native language and</font> I'll do my<font color="#E5E5E5"> best</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since I was seven</font> years old<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe even earlier I've been</font> followed by an entity<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's like some</font> kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of leech attached to my soul for as</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as I can remember I don't see him</font> both in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dreams and while I was awake</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he used to appear in the small apartment</font> I lived in with my family<font color="#E5E5E5"> scaring my</font> little brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> and me half to death if</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> could only see a glimpse of him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you'd understand why in the earlier days</font> he took the form<font color="#CCCCCC"> of a morbidly obese</font> dwarf with a long nose<font color="#CCCCCC"> pale skin and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dark eyes he had long greasy black hair</font> as well<font color="#E5E5E5"> he would never talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just seemed to stare and watch</font> everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> I did with intense</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> curiosity</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at night he would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> enter my dreams</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> follow me wherever I<font color="#E5E5E5"> went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wasn't free</font> from his constant observation<font color="#CCCCCC"> even in my</font> own sleeping mind when I turned 13 the nature of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the leech changed for what</font> seemed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the better one evening as I</font> was outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> playing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hide and seek</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">some friends I saw a glimpse</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of someone</font> hiding<font color="#E5E5E5"> a dark figure dipping just out of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my sight and into a dark fenced</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font> alleyway<font color="#CCCCCC"> between two properties</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I</font> drew closer<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the spot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt a chair</font> I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> a chill</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down my spine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> telling</font> me it was a<font color="#E5E5E5"> bad idea but I really wanted</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to catch whoever was hiding there I</font> stepped onto the<font color="#E5E5E5"> curb leading into the</font> alley<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I heard a voice whispering for</font> me to come in <font color="#CCCCCC">The Voice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was too deep to belong to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of my friends so I got screwed and</font> turned away<font color="#CCCCCC"> but just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a grown</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">man sprang out and grabbed me pulled me</font> into the dark area he did things to<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I cannot mention he pinned me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and abused me he kept going on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and on</font> until something forcibly pushed him<font color="#E5E5E5"> off</font> of me allowing<font color="#CCCCCC"> me the chance to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> escape</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was the day my<font color="#E5E5E5"> childhood ended and</font> firmly believe it was the leech that saved me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I made sure to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> avoid my friends</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I staggered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home that night I was</font> crushed<font color="#CCCCCC"> so humiliated</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and afraid that I</font> could not<font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bring myself to tell my</font> parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> about what happened I went to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sleep with the image of my attacker that</font> rapist<font color="#E5E5E5"> burned into my retinas as soon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as</font> I was asleep<font color="#CCCCCC"> I dreamt I was standing</font> atop a high<font color="#E5E5E5"> building and the leech was</font> there with me closer than<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever for the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">first time he spoke</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me I had an arm</font> full of toys<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he began to place all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">around the concrete</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> floor when he was</font> done<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> opened up his hand to me to</font> reveal a pink plastic<font color="#E5E5E5"> ring one like</font> you'd<font color="#E5E5E5"> get from a 25</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cent vending capsule</font> machine at a toy store if you<font color="#CCCCCC"> chosen us everything would be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">better if you come with me</font> everything will be better his voice was terrifying in my mind<font color="#CCCCCC"> I refused him and</font> I was immediately<font color="#E5E5E5"> kicked out of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dream</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I shot up in my bed and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> found</font> myself sweating and panting I've never afraid<font color="#CCCCCC"> of him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> until that night after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that day he appeared far less often</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">occasionally turning up to scare my</font> mother brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> by popping up in the corner of</font> their eye<font color="#CCCCCC"> he would appear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my dreams</font> rarely<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only to watch me from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> far</font> away from time to time he would<font color="#E5E5E5"> approach</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me to raise his hand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> offering gifts but</font> never said anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went on for two</font> years<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fifteen he would show</font> of my dreams<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I noticed he was</font> suddenly<font color="#E5E5E5"> much taller and slimmer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anytime</font> I had an<font color="#E5E5E5"> issue of family or school</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something that made me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> upset</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">uncomfortable he would return to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font> some kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of offer to help for some</font> reason<font color="#E5E5E5"> I got the bright</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idea to start</font> using<font color="#E5E5E5"> a Ouija</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> board to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> try and</font> communicate<font color="#E5E5E5"> with him while I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and everything it was working</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> started hearing his voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> throughout the</font> day<font color="#E5E5E5"> whispering my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> name at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> random times</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">especially</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when I would start to fall</font> asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> one night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I dreamt of being in a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">jungle where he appeared and embraced me</font> kissing<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the cheek</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and neck</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sensation was incredible beyond anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I had ever felt in real life and I</font> surrendered myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> to him I allowed him</font> to make love to<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the feeling he gave</font> me overshadowed his<font color="#CCCCCC"> grotesque appearance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with endless waves of pleasure washing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">over my body when I woke up the euphoria</font> was instantly replaced with deep dread <font color="#CCCCCC">realising what I had done the next</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">morning I told my mother I had been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">having nightmares and I was afraid she</font> told me it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably because of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> Ouija<font color="#E5E5E5"> board and that I shouldn't be</font> playing with<font color="#E5E5E5"> things like that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">let's she offer to cleanse my room using</font> a holy object of Santeria something I don't know much about but that my mother <font color="#E5E5E5">and sisters</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are heavily involved with</font> thankfully the train stopped for a while <font color="#CCCCCC">I think</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when you put your faith in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something it can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually help you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Santeria cross helped me for a long time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">eventually though</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he began to return and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">make love to me any</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time I ran</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trouble even just random teenage drama</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was enough to summon him each time he</font> appeared he<font color="#CCCCCC"> was taller</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and slimmer his</font> long pointed nose shortened<font color="#E5E5E5"> it became</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more attractive as the encounters</font> continued on was stayed the same<font color="#E5E5E5"> was the</font> incredible<font color="#E5E5E5"> pleasure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was able to give</font> me when I started college<font color="#E5E5E5"> the leeches</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">influence made my life more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> difficult to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">than ever before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I started</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting into</font> dating men<font color="#E5E5E5"> but when it came to sex</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> simply couldn't do it I found myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> disgusted by the very</font> idea of intercourse with any man I was with<font color="#E5E5E5"> needless to say any relationships</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had would go to hell pretty quickly<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eventually decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to focus</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">studies instead</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from time to time he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would come back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me and asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come with him but by that time I had</font> enough experience<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me deal</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with such an entity was a bad idea</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> my 20s<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had a definite low point in my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">life</font> pressure from<font color="#E5E5E5"> work and school lack of</font> sleep and chronic depression<font color="#CCCCCC"> all took</font> their<font color="#E5E5E5"> toll on me I moved in with my</font> younger brother and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he started telling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> filling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a presence in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">apartment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was away that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">always creeped him out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I started coming</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with different illnesses</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so much</font> that I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> basically always sick I</font> started to gain<font color="#CCCCCC"> weight and my grades</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down so drastically that I had to</font> drop<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of college when the leech began</font> returning<font color="#CCCCCC"> to me in the night I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just let</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him do as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he pleased I was ready to</font> simply<font color="#E5E5E5"> accept his offer no matter what</font> it was <font color="#CCCCCC">I've grown</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to believe that he was the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only one who truly cared for me and</font> wanted to help<font color="#E5E5E5"> weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> past and I waited</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him to make</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his offer for the last</font> time<font color="#E5E5E5"> through some twist of fate</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I met a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">man named Logan</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before the leech was</font> able to<font color="#CCCCCC"> present his offer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to me I began</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">spending time with Logan</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and long story</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">short he was able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> help me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">depression my self-loathing attitude</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> even my disgust for sex<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was such a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">positive influence</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on me that the leech</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all that disappeared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from both my waking</font> world<font color="#E5E5E5"> and only seldom invaded the world</font> of my dreams<font color="#CCCCCC"> even when the leech did</font> appear<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my dreams</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he would no longer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">make sexual advances but just asked me</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> come with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> truly believe that</font> someday<font color="#E5E5E5"> soon the leech would just be a</font> distant<font color="#CCCCCC"> memory</font> I married Logan<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we lived a simple</font> life together in a small modestly furnished apartment starting out we<font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font> had a puppy<font color="#CCCCCC"> everyday was full</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> happiness<font color="#CCCCCC"> and hope for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the future</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of our</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little family after a couple of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font> Logan's father<font color="#E5E5E5"> invited us to move into</font> the house next door to<font color="#CCCCCC"> his he was an old</font> man<font color="#CCCCCC"> and very lonely scared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of living by</font> himself<font color="#CCCCCC"> once we moved there it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't</font> long before<font color="#E5E5E5"> things started to go badly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us our dog was diagnosed with bone</font> cancer which spread so rapidly<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she</font> had to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> put down less</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> than a month</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after it was first detected Logan's</font> father got<font color="#E5E5E5"> deathly ill and was bedridden</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for over a year during that time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> my parents were in a severe car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">accident which</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> also caused my father to</font> have a heart attack<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything just</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> so fast</font> my world was breaking<font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then on</font> cue<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leech returned to me and my</font> dreams he took me<font color="#E5E5E5"> again and again and I never</font> resisted the rape but I still hesitated to accept his offer<font color="#E5E5E5"> the following year</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got pregnant</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> lemons child</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the news was the first</font> kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of joy that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> either</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of us had</font> managed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over a year of turmoil</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unfortunately though I gave birth to a</font> healthy<font color="#E5E5E5"> baby</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> boy I suffered from</font> postpartum depression<font color="#CCCCCC"> which led to a</font> long bout of insomnia<font color="#CCCCCC"> over the following</font> months<font color="#CCCCCC"> I I tried to take my own life</font> twice<font color="#CCCCCC"> and had to get medical treatment</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leads us to where I am now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> progress</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">has been so slow that I wondered if I am</font> even getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> better at all and in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">midst of all this guess who's back</font> not long ago the leech appeared to me in my dreams<font color="#E5E5E5"> the final time he didn't say</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me at all he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> simply walked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up to me and slipped the gold ring</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> onto</font> my finger<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few days</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> later I found the</font> ring beneath the sheets on my bed<font color="#CCCCCC"> two</font> cheap little<font color="#E5E5E5"> throw a ring with a large</font> fake diamond<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the center surrounded by</font> tiny ones this<font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the first time his</font> actions have truly touched my life while I was awake<font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't seen him since</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> night but I still think it's only a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">matter of time before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> consumed me My</font> dear mr. X<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted to tell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you this</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that if anyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> else suffers</font> from things like<font color="#E5E5E5"> this they'll know</font> they're not<font color="#E5E5E5"> alone perhaps even someone</font> likes you who knows more<font color="#E5E5E5"> than I do I</font> could reach out<font color="#CCCCCC"> and help me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please keep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doing what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you're doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> love Venus</font> [Music] greetings friends a year ago<font color="#E5E5E5"> I met a very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> interesting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man</font> who<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually became a good friend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> due to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sensitive</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nature of this</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll call him Chris to protect his</font> identity<font color="#CCCCCC"> we both have a military</font> background so naturally we spoke about<font color="#E5E5E5"> some of our</font> exploits in those past lives he had an unexpectedly haunting story to tell<font color="#CCCCCC"> and when I later got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this channel</font> up<font color="#CCCCCC"> and running I asked him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could</font> share<font color="#E5E5E5"> it with you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so here we go this</font> took place<font color="#CCCCCC"> on an undisclosed military</font> base located<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the damp jungles of a</font> remote island<font color="#CCCCCC"> chris says he remembers</font> the wilderness being unnerving ly quiet for at least a week leading up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">incident</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the personnel stationed there</font> chalked the silence up to a change in seasons or something there had been reports<font color="#E5E5E5"> of bizarre sightings</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fast-moving</font> animals no one could explain<font color="#CCCCCC"> anyone who</font> mentioned them was typically shut down with ridicule<font color="#E5E5E5"> from fellow soldiers the</font> sightings were notably inconsistent with one another<font color="#E5E5E5"> some saw large eyes others</font> saw small ones some heard a big thing <font color="#E5E5E5">trudging boisterously through the</font> undergrowth<font color="#E5E5E5"> others heard the sounds of</font> something sneaking around in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> brush</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">however no one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had seen anything worth</font> defending<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the inevitable argument</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let</font> alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> losing their reputation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over Chris</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">herd every report due</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the fact that</font> he was the desk sergeant at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anyone who saw or heard something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> off</font> which could potentially<font color="#CCCCCC"> impact</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> security<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the base would typically</font> come to him to<font color="#CCCCCC"> have it notated in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> log he never took<font color="#E5E5E5"> the more fantastical</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">reports seriously</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> enough to actually</font> write them down<font color="#E5E5E5"> unbeknownst to the</font> concerned soldiers who came to him some of<font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just came to talk about what</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the record anyway which</font> would typically end<font color="#E5E5E5"> up with them just</font> trading those stories<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the night in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">question</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Chris</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and his team were on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> far side of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> island an area which is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">completely uninhabited where no human</font> presence<font color="#E5E5E5"> could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be found for several</font> miles in every direction<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that reason</font> the military chose that location<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> storing their weapons and explosives <font color="#E5E5E5">Chris and a partner whom I'll call</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Barry</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">were conducting the nightly checks on</font> the magazine storage areas which lay several<font color="#E5E5E5"> miles deep into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the uninhabited</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">zone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the jungle was still weirdly quiet</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but it was good for them being</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> their<font color="#E5E5E5"> mission was to detect foreign</font> intelligence or other operatives <font color="#E5E5E5">tampering with US equipment or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> occasional refugee group that washed ashore<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were on a road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that rested</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the valley of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two mountains</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bordered</font> by gigantic<font color="#CCCCCC"> Hills rocky and thick with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tall grass</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as they drove along slowly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with the windows of their Humvee rolled</font> down they heard a heavy thud coming from the woods<font color="#CCCCCC"> a totally unexpected</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> unnatural</font> sound emanating clearly from the tangled growth the first<font color="#E5E5E5"> sound drew their</font> attention<font color="#CCCCCC"> what was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quickly followed up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">by other noises Barry shut off the</font> engine and<font color="#CCCCCC"> Henlein so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that they could</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sneak up on whoever was out there they</font> knew anyone attempting<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> navigate the</font> dense vegetation<font color="#E5E5E5"> would have to do so</font> carefully<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking time to avoid injury</font> but surprisingly they could hear<font color="#E5E5E5"> fast</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">paced walking rustling through the tall</font> grass<font color="#CCCCCC"> after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a few moments the sound</font> began to move parallel<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the road</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> restarted the vehicle and<font color="#E5E5E5"> began to</font> pursue the noise<font color="#E5E5E5"> the walking continued</font> for a while<font color="#CCCCCC"> as they followed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only their running lights on before it</font> suddenly stopped<font color="#E5E5E5"> they at first thought</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that they lost track</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of whatever it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> so they turned the<font color="#CCCCCC"> headlights</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">assuming it was just an animal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> continued<font color="#E5E5E5"> a ways down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the road as Barry</font> proceeded to turn<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the high beams</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> both</font> men noticed something in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the distance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">approximately 30 yards ahead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a humanoid</font> creature jumping into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road and then</font> back into the<font color="#CCCCCC"> brush on the other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> side</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Chris said that it was gray over two</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">meters tall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with a small oval head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it's movements were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too Swift for its</font> size<font color="#E5E5E5"> the best way he could describe it</font> sleeping motion was like that of<font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font> impossibly nimble frog<font color="#E5E5E5"> seeing the</font> creature<font color="#E5E5E5"> instantly gave Chris the</font> feeling of being punched in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the stomach</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">his heart</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sank so rapidly in his</font> adrenaline<font color="#E5E5E5"> kicked in so fast</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> began<font color="#E5E5E5"> to feel nauseous</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the verge of</font> vomiting<font color="#E5E5E5"> he laments the fact that</font> neither he nor his partner had the will to<font color="#E5E5E5"> chase after the creature but says</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling of being at such a</font> disadvantage against a<font color="#E5E5E5"> creature like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that was absolutely petrifying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the idea</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that they were stalking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it raised the</font> question were they hunting<font color="#E5E5E5"> or being</font> hunted<font color="#CCCCCC"> themselves whatever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was the</font> monster definitely had the tactical advantages of both position<font color="#CCCCCC"> and mobility</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Chris and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Barry turned their truck</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> and sped off into the night the</font> jungle remained silent for<font color="#CCCCCC"> at least</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another week</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before returning to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> normal droning sounds of the local wildlife<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's interesting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that it's a</font> known fact<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> many inhabitants</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> jungle crickets for example are known to be<font color="#CCCCCC"> very quiet in the presence</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of a</font> stranger<font color="#E5E5E5"> whatever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing was it was</font> no friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the jungle</font> [Music] [Music] <font color="#CCCCCC">greatings friends this came from a</font> conversation<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had which</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quickly turned</font> into<font color="#E5E5E5"> a bit of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a live interview with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> friend of<font color="#E5E5E5"> mine he used</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> live</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my</font> neighborhood<font color="#E5E5E5"> until very recently his</font> name was Gabriel one evening<font color="#E5E5E5"> Gabriel and</font> I were talking when the topic<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">discussion</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me entered into the territory</font> of the strange<font color="#CCCCCC"> the thing that's quite</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">common when I talked to people as I'm</font> sure you would probably guess as the <font color="#CCCCCC">keywords began to pop up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ghosts vampires</font> dog men glitches etc<font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed a</font> peculiar spark of<font color="#CCCCCC"> familiarity of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passion</font> in his eyes that<font color="#E5E5E5"> told me without a doubt</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he himself had seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something or another</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in his time Gabriel was a native of</font> Costa Rica<font color="#CCCCCC"> he grew up most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of his life</font> there before immigrating<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the United</font> States<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I asked him if he had ever</font> seen<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything odd his eyes widened yes I</font> did he said half excited half<font color="#E5E5E5"> under his</font> breath<font color="#E5E5E5"> have you ever heard of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> candy hoes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I had not as he spoke I ran an image</font> search of the Spanish word<font color="#E5E5E5"> Gabriel's</font> eyes shifted<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost looking past me as</font> he recounted<font color="#CCCCCC"> the story of a dark night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in San Jose Costa Rica when he was only</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">10 years old he lived with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mother</font> father<font color="#E5E5E5"> and older brother Miguel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in a</font> small suburb<font color="#CCCCCC"> called Las Animas meaning</font> city of lost souls<font color="#E5E5E5"> the family home was a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">brand-new construction</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on a street with</font> only<font color="#E5E5E5"> two houses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that were separated by</font> several<font color="#E5E5E5"> empty lots Gabriel's father was</font> a metal worker<font color="#E5E5E5"> so he made sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his home</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> fortified with steel doors door</font> frames and window bars to withstand<font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> high crime rate of the small town<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> small<font color="#CCCCCC"> back yard was walled in to make it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">less</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attractive to robbers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and they had</font> a Doberman guard dog named <font color="#CCCCCC">bow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to keep watch when the family was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out the dog had to be trained</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to only</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">accept food from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Gabriel's father</font> because thieves in the area were known to<font color="#E5E5E5"> try to feed poison to guard dogs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> neighborhood there was typically an</font> unspoken curfew for children after<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">if they were away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from home and not with</font> their parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> or didn't have a ride</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they were basically to stay the night</font> wherever<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were just to be safe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> one night Gabriel and<font color="#E5E5E5"> his brother Miguel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were over at their friend Carlos's house</font> who happened to live<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the only other</font> house on<font color="#E5E5E5"> their</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> street</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they ended up</font> staying until just after<font color="#E5E5E5"> nightfall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they really wanted to go home anyway</font> the two brothers debated with Carlos<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> his mother about walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> home although</font> both houses<font color="#CCCCCC"> were extremely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well lit with</font> floodlights<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was about 75 yards of</font> unlit dirt road and<font color="#CCCCCC"> knee-high grass</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">between them now they had made the trek</font> into darkness<font color="#E5E5E5"> before but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> always with</font> their mother waiting outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> keeping an</font> eye on<font color="#E5E5E5"> them this time she was nowhere to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">be seen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> making the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> boys feel a bit more</font> apprehensive<font color="#CCCCCC"> as their debate continued</font> their mother<font color="#E5E5E5"> finally stepped down and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">began to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> waive</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it then to come home when</font> they saw her the<font color="#CCCCCC"> boys started on their</font> way at a jog turning<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to say</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">goodnight</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to Carlos and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his mother as</font> they<font color="#E5E5E5"> went back inside but that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is where</font> things got<font color="#E5E5E5"> weird when the boys turned</font> back to look<font color="#CCCCCC"> at their mother she was</font> gone what they saw instead standing <font color="#E5E5E5">across</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the street in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the middle of a</font> field<font color="#E5E5E5"> a ways of the road toward them was</font> a dog<font color="#E5E5E5"> the boy slowed down to a walk as</font> their old tennis shoes scraped<font color="#CCCCCC"> across</font> the unpaved<font color="#E5E5E5"> overgrown road they stared</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the dark</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> figure in the distance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to decipher</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it they could tell it</font> was a dog no surprise<font color="#E5E5E5"> they had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> won</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> it looked far too large and imposing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> be<font color="#E5E5E5"> their Doberman they noticed the</font> glimmer<font color="#CCCCCC"> of a thick</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chain wrapped around</font> the dog's<font color="#E5E5E5"> neck the eerie sound of the</font> metal rattling permeated the night air for a<font color="#E5E5E5"> moment they told</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> themselves</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> Rambo maybe he broke free of his</font> chain and got out<font color="#E5E5E5"> the brothers argued</font> over whether<font color="#E5E5E5"> or not it was their own</font> as they walk steadily<font color="#E5E5E5"> toward the house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the closer they got to where the</font> mysterious dog was the more they noticed that<font color="#CCCCCC"> it seemed to be growing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in size</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when they finally realized that what</font> they were<font color="#E5E5E5"> looking at was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not their</font> beloved Rambo<font color="#E5E5E5"> the two young boys halted</font> in their tracks<font color="#E5E5E5"> Gabriel looked up in</font> Miguel<font color="#CCCCCC"> as we sat in my studio Gabriel's</font> eyes began to well with tears<font color="#CCCCCC"> he sent</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that despite all the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trouble they'd</font> gotten into<font color="#CCCCCC"> that moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was the first</font> time you'd ever seen his big brother scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> they didn't know it at the time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but what they were seeing the thing that</font> was watching<font color="#E5E5E5"> them was a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cod</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whole what</font> you and I might call<font color="#E5E5E5"> a hellhound</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> black<font color="#E5E5E5"> dog shifted its ominous gaze</font> between<font color="#CCCCCC"> the boys and their house looking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back and forth</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over and over as if</font> acknowledging that<font color="#E5E5E5"> at any moment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> were going to have to make a run<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> it stood as an imposing<font color="#E5E5E5"> wall between</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them and safe haven the boys knew that</font> they were too<font color="#E5E5E5"> far to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> make it back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> Carlos's house without<font color="#CCCCCC"> being caught</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> that continuing down the road felt like certain death their best chance<font color="#CCCCCC"> was to</font> walk back the way<font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> came they slowly</font> turned and started<font color="#E5E5E5"> back when they heard</font> their front door open<font color="#E5E5E5"> their mother</font> emerged from the<font color="#CCCCCC"> doorway with her hands</font> shielding her eyes from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the floodlights</font> throwing their fears<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the wind the</font> brothers made the only decision they could<font color="#E5E5E5"> they broke into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a sprint running</font> harder than they ever had<font color="#CCCCCC"> before to save</font> their mother the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hounds head shot toward her as it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">catapulted its massive body into the air</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">leaping at least</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thirty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feet in one</font> terrifying motion before violently slamming into the ground<font color="#E5E5E5"> and beginning</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">its own mad dash toward the house the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Beast cut a wide path through the tall</font> weeds of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> field the loud metallic</font> sounding of the chains intensified as it closed in<font color="#E5E5E5"> somehow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the boys were able to</font> get to their mother<font color="#CCCCCC"> before the Hound</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">grab hold of her and pull her inside</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they slammed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door behind them their</font> mother stood against the wall<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a state</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of disbelief</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> praying as the front door</font> trembled with blow after blow from the enraged<font color="#E5E5E5"> monster</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only a few moments of</font> excruciating terror<font color="#E5E5E5"> the noise suddenly</font> stopped<font color="#CCCCCC"> replaced</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by a loud car horn</font> blaring from outside the garage <font color="#CCCCCC">Gabriel's father yelled at them to</font> activate the<font color="#CCCCCC"> metal clad garage door</font> Miguel hit the switch to open<font color="#CCCCCC"> it and was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">promptly scolded by his father for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">letting the dog outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Gabriel and</font> Miguel<font color="#E5E5E5"> opened the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and looked</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> finding no signs about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kedai</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font> as they<font color="#E5E5E5"> continued</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> investigate they</font> found poor Rambo<font color="#E5E5E5"> cowering in fear hiding</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in a small</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crawlspace underneath the</font> stoop of<font color="#E5E5E5"> their porch as I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ramped my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">around this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> intriguing story jotting</font> down notes on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> computer as quickly as</font> I could <font color="#E5E5E5">Gabriel's face lit up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my clear</font> fascination with the experience<font color="#E5E5E5"> he told</font> me you know what<font color="#E5E5E5"> using my real name</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> have another story<font color="#CCCCCC"> for you have you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ever</font> heard of La Llorona<font color="#CCCCCC"> I told him I did a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> years after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Hound incident</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Gabriel and Miguel were walking home</font> late<font color="#E5E5E5"> one night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> games of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">basketball there was a rough cord</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> about a<font color="#CCCCCC"> quarter-mile away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from their</font> house where kids used to<font color="#E5E5E5"> gather yet</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> the boys had made the mistake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> staying out after dark<font color="#CCCCCC"> so they were</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walking home with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a bit more motivation</font> than usual like<font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> areas in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> their town</font> there were no streetlights<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">illumination they had in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> area came</font> from a nearby hospital<font color="#CCCCCC"> their journey</font> took them past a<font color="#E5E5E5"> small bridge over a</font> creek<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of their way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> usually just<font color="#E5E5E5"> walked right past it but on</font> this night they heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> something odd</font> coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that direction</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the sorrowful</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wails of a woman emanated from the dark</font> area near<font color="#E5E5E5"> the side of the bridge</font> Miguel insisted that they go and see what was<font color="#E5E5E5"> going on but Gabriel had a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stomach-turning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling that something</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> wrong and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he refused to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> follow his</font> brother Miguel began to meander toward the bridge<font color="#E5E5E5"> while teasing his little</font> brother about being scared so eventually Gabriel half-heartedly relented and veered slightly in the direction<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the bridge as well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> pitiful scream still rang out causing Miguel's playful demeanor to<font color="#CCCCCC"> shed</font> thinking that there may actually be someone there who needed<font color="#E5E5E5"> help he picked</font> up<font color="#CCCCCC"> speed and ran up to the guardrail</font> looking around for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a girl who was</font> perhaps in danger<font color="#E5E5E5"> as Miguel leaned over</font> to investigate all Gabriel saw was his <font color="#E5E5E5">brother's body tense up with shocked</font> almost falling backward before darting <font color="#CCCCCC">away and down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the dark street not</font> needing<font color="#E5E5E5"> any more convincing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Gabriel followed suit and the brothers</font> made the last<font color="#CCCCCC"> ten blocks home in record</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time</font> later Gabriel asked his brother what he saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> he said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was a woman</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font> water<font color="#E5E5E5"> just below the bridge she reached</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to him with long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> arms saying Bain</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">aqui they not ki come here</font> Gabriel told<font color="#E5E5E5"> me that the entity they</font> encountered was<font color="#E5E5E5"> called La Llorona</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> famous legendary<font color="#E5E5E5"> figure in Hispanic</font> culture with many<font color="#E5E5E5"> variations the most</font> common being that she's the apparition of a woman<font color="#CCCCCC"> who</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lost her children in a</font> river<font color="#E5E5E5"> and now haunts waterways bringing</font> misfortune<font color="#E5E5E5"> or even death</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anybody who</font> sees or hears her some accounts even <font color="#CCCCCC">claim that she drowned her own children</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in a river and then herself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> either way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> sad<font color="#E5E5E5"> story indeed I'm mr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ex and may your</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nights be full of dreams</font> [Music] dear mr.<font color="#E5E5E5"> X it's me again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your old friend</font> Randy back with another story<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to tell you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about some of the bizarre</font> experiences my family and I have<font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> dealing<font color="#CCCCCC"> with over the past couple of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I really hope</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that you or someone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you know can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> help explain this so not</font> long after my wife and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had our son</font> I started<font color="#E5E5E5"> suffering</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from episodes of</font> what I thought was sleep paralysis<font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were sleeping in our bed while</font> my son<font color="#CCCCCC"> lay peacefully asleep in his crib</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not 10</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feet away from us I'm a pretty</font> light sleeper as it is<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even more so</font> since becoming<font color="#E5E5E5"> a father</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I was easily</font> awakened when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard a strange</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> noise in</font> the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> my eyes darted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around in the</font> dark for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a moment before my vision</font> cleared up what I saw there hunched over <font color="#E5E5E5">my son's crib was something I still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">struggle to explain this creature was</font> like<font color="#CCCCCC"> a gigantic centipede</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> its body was</font> at least<font color="#CCCCCC"> 9 feet tall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> coiled and</font> contorted with<font color="#E5E5E5"> part of it reaching all</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> way</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up to touch my ceiling its legs</font> were twisted<font color="#E5E5E5"> and warped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as each one</font> gripped<font color="#CCCCCC"> onto the wooden</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bars of the crib</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">its head was turned toward me showing a</font> pale<font color="#CCCCCC"> white mask like structure covering</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">its face with black</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> aisles and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a gaping</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mouth full of darkness</font> smaller centipedes<font color="#E5E5E5"> and worms crawled all</font> over<font color="#E5E5E5"> the creatures body and head</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">creating a sickening chattering noise</font> that haunts<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to say below the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mask</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> creatures jaw<font color="#CCCCCC"> slammed open</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> revealing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> two</font> rows<font color="#CCCCCC"> of jagged teeth that oozed with a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sickly reddish liquid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> its hideous form</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">undulated with an unnatural speed the</font> muffled sound of bones popping underneath the flesh rang out into the air<font color="#E5E5E5"> I only stared at the creature for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">two or three seconds but the image is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">burned into my memory the sight struck</font> me with pure terror<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the emotion was</font> soon met with feelings<font color="#E5E5E5"> of paternal rage</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the creature was encroaching upon my</font> infant son <font color="#E5E5E5">I somehow overcame the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fear and left</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> my bed lunging toward the monster</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but before my very eyes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it vanished</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">instantly leaving nothing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but an eerie</font> laugh like noise in its<font color="#CCCCCC"> awake at that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point I was sweating profusely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> looked<font color="#CCCCCC"> down to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> check on my son who was</font> sleeping<font color="#E5E5E5"> as soundly as ever thankfully I</font> went to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> bathroom to wash my face and</font> checked the clock on<font color="#CCCCCC"> my way back to bed</font> it was around midnight<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was able to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sleep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but not long afterward I</font> was awakened yet again by a similar <font color="#E5E5E5">sound of chuckling echoing off the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> walls</font> in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> room as I shrugged over to open my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eyes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again I felt a light touch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on my</font> shoulder<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I finally</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got them open</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> saw the same mask<font color="#E5E5E5"> directly in front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> my face this time<font color="#CCCCCC"> answered with a</font> disturbing<font color="#E5E5E5"> sinister smile</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> shocked that I let out a loud yell <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it vanished again I have no idea</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what that thing was but I can't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shake</font> the feeling<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was somehow behind</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the events that happened next a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">months after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my wife</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> began feeling<font color="#CCCCCC"> a strange foreign presence</font> in our home<font color="#E5E5E5"> the worst part is that the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">presence sometimes takes the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> form of one</font> of our<font color="#E5E5E5"> children</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the first time this</font> occurred<font color="#CCCCCC"> I flipped out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was around the</font> time<font color="#E5E5E5"> when my son had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just started</font> walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had a day off from work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> had been<font color="#E5E5E5"> spending</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and just having</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fun</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with the kids when we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all decided to lay</font> down<font color="#E5E5E5"> for a nap about an hour into the</font> nap I was awakened after<font color="#E5E5E5"> hearing the</font> unmistakable<font color="#CCCCCC"> sound of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my son giggling I</font> lifted my<font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and saw the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little guy</font> standing in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hallway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he ran off just</font> as he noticed me looking at<font color="#E5E5E5"> him my eyes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lit up as I began</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to raise myself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go</font> chase him down but I felt a weight<font color="#CCCCCC"> on my</font> arm<font color="#E5E5E5"> stopping me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down in</font> disbelief<font color="#E5E5E5"> at my son still fast asleep in</font> my arms<font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt like someone had</font> literally<font color="#E5E5E5"> grabbed my heart and squeezed</font> it with all their<font color="#E5E5E5"> might I let him down</font> gently<font color="#E5E5E5"> and proceeded to check</font> every room in the house<font color="#CCCCCC"> I found</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out of place</font> I know this is all hard<font color="#CCCCCC"> to believe but</font> it happened again one day<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I was at</font> work<font color="#CCCCCC"> I used to work swing shifts</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and was</font> on my<font color="#CCCCCC"> break</font> talking with my wife<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the phone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as she</font> put the kids down<font color="#CCCCCC"> to sleep she briefly</font> put me on speaker to say good night<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">them and I heard her closed the door to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">their room as she started to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walk down</font> the hall<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the living</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she paused I</font> could hear the faint sound of<font color="#E5E5E5"> troubled</font> gasps but she just stood<font color="#E5E5E5"> there frozen</font> and saying nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> until I finally</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked</font> her what<font color="#CCCCCC"> was wrong</font> suddenly<font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> footsteps hitting the</font> ground<font color="#E5E5E5"> as she sprinted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back up the hall</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I began to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel panic washing over my</font> face and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I asked her over and over</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what's going on she seemed to get a hold</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> herself and managed to whisper that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she just saw a child</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> playing in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">living room it was totally impossible</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for either of the kids to have gotten</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">past her in the hallway and I could</font> sense the fear in her voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> my own voice</font> cracked as I struggled to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a way</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> comfort<font color="#E5E5E5"> her to find words that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would put</font> her at ease<font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt utterly helpless</font> being so far<font color="#CCCCCC"> away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and so late at night</font> the best I could do was<font color="#E5E5E5"> to tell her to</font> go<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the children protect them and pray</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">over them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she made her way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> room<font color="#E5E5E5"> and found them still asleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and she</font> stayed there<font color="#CCCCCC"> until I got home so many</font> similar things<font color="#CCCCCC"> have happened since that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night that we've grown accustomed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my wife and I even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> joked that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it feels</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> we have three children instead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> two anyway thanks again<font color="#CCCCCC"> for sharing my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">story mr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> axe I'll let you know if</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> else of note occurs as you know</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm well aware that this world is full</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> things we can't explain but I tell</font> you what<font color="#E5E5E5"> of everything I've seen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hope</font> I never see that<font color="#E5E5E5"> creature again dear mr.</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">axe</font> my name is Raphael<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was wondering if</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">perhaps you knew what to make of bizarre</font> experience I've had<font color="#E5E5E5"> to start with a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit of background</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> every year my</font> family<font color="#E5E5E5"> spends a month or so at our</font> summer home and Cape<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cod Massachusetts</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the house is pretty old and used to be a</font> hunting<font color="#E5E5E5"> lodge it lies fairly deep into a</font> wooded<font color="#CCCCCC"> area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with only a couple of other</font> homes brought out in a very sparse neighborhood<font color="#E5E5E5"> none</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the houses are</font> occupied<font color="#CCCCCC"> year-round so it's almost</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">always perfectly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quiet or at least it</font> used to be several<font color="#CCCCCC"> years ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I started</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">noticing a strange sound coming from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">woods surrounding the home it was a</font> maniacal uncontrolled laughter<font color="#CCCCCC"> that echo</font> through the<font color="#E5E5E5"> night air it was highly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">exaggerated like something out of a</font> movie<font color="#CCCCCC"> the sound seemed to get slightly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">louder slightly closer every time I</font> heard it<font color="#E5E5E5"> now make no mistake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we can</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">definitely hear when the neighbors are</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> town playing loud music or having</font> parties<font color="#CCCCCC"> etc whatever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this is though it</font> doesn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> seem like something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any of the</font> residents<font color="#E5E5E5"> would spend their vacation</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doing at least</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> unless they were</font> completely<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of their</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the thought</font> of someone just laughing at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> top of</font> their lungs for hours<font color="#E5E5E5"> alone in the woods</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is chilling enough as is for a long time</font> I had no<font color="#E5E5E5"> idea when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> laughter came from it</font> would start<font color="#CCCCCC"> abruptly at all hours of the</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> and in just as suddenly sometimes</font> it would<font color="#E5E5E5"> be fast others slow sometimes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">low-pitched others it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be high I</font> would usually find<font color="#E5E5E5"> dead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> animals</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rabbits</font> squirrels things like that<font color="#E5E5E5"> around in the</font> woods<font color="#E5E5E5"> the morning after I heard laughing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the carcasses would be fresh partially</font> eaten and tossed around haphazardly<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eventually took up the practice of</font> staring out into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the blood to see what</font> in the world was<font color="#E5E5E5"> doing all that awful</font> cackling in retrospect I<font color="#E5E5E5"> wish I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> minded my own business<font color="#CCCCCC"> one evening as</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Twilight began to set in another fit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> laughter cracks through<font color="#E5E5E5"> the serene quiet</font> of the night<font color="#E5E5E5"> annoyed I sent my window</font> scanning the woods for any signs of movement<font color="#E5E5E5"> my eyes caught on to something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me a second to make out as</font> soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I noticed it the laughter got</font> much louder<font color="#E5E5E5"> next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a tree</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw a</font> partially hidden<font color="#E5E5E5"> squat hunched over</font> figure<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know you're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty good with</font> deciphering these kind of things<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I've</font> included<font color="#E5E5E5"> my best attempt at a sketch for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you to get an idea of how it looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was about four<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a half feet tall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> it had an unusually shaped head<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like a plague doctor mask</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with large</font> beak like the true the head<font color="#E5E5E5"> itself seemed to shut out from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">its</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chest because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was so severely</font> hunched over its eyes were<font color="#E5E5E5"> large tinted</font> with a sickly pale yellow<font color="#CCCCCC"> had human arms</font> but they were extremely<font color="#E5E5E5"> thin like those</font> of someone long dead<font color="#E5E5E5"> of starvation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> had absurdly long<font color="#CCCCCC"> twig</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like fingers with</font> rounded tips<font color="#E5E5E5"> the most bizarre</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> part</font> however<font color="#E5E5E5"> I noticed when I tried</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to find</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two legs from the lower abdomen and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like it faded from existence</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the best way I could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> describe it is the</font> look of freshly smudged<font color="#E5E5E5"> ink on paper the</font> way it<font color="#E5E5E5"> goes from solid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a material and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a smooth stroke that's what it looked</font> like<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't see anything resembling</font> legs on an even stranger the creature didn't seem to float it definitely appeared to be standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> there as if it</font> did<font color="#CCCCCC"> indeed have legs as I stared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> bewildered<font color="#E5E5E5"> the last thing seemed to jump</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming from different spots</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around the outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the house after a</font> few<font color="#CCCCCC"> moments it turned away as the rest</font> of its<font color="#CCCCCC"> body</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> faded into nothingness as</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> the terrible noise I saw the</font> creature once more<font color="#E5E5E5"> under very similar</font> circumstances<font color="#CCCCCC"> while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was near the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lake</font> instead<font color="#E5E5E5"> of trees this was the last time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I visited the house I assume it's still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there because I've heard the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screeching laughter every year since I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> 14</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried to record it before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> each<font color="#E5E5E5"> time all I can get is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> white noise</font> however my mom has heard it because<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> woken her up<font color="#E5E5E5"> at night several times my</font> brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his go from a walking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">afternoon and they heard it as well</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">no I don't think it's just in my head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if</font> you or anyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> else has</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a clue as to what</font> this<font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please let me know sincerely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Raphael</font> [Music] dear mr. X my name is Tom I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> share a<font color="#CCCCCC"> story with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you I've kept to</font> myself for many years in all this<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> been both a haunting memory</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and in</font> some ways<font color="#E5E5E5"> oddly a pleasant one I live in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Alabama</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but my family's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> roots run deeply</font> in Ireland<font color="#E5E5E5"> my grandparents have been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">telling these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stories</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about the Fae</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> Celtic legend<font color="#E5E5E5"> since I was five years old</font> leprechauns<font color="#E5E5E5"> changelings</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fairies</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the</font> subject of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this story the banshee</font> for a long time<font color="#CCCCCC"> I took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my grandparents</font> at their word<font color="#E5E5E5"> assuming the legends to be</font> true up until<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> teenage years when I</font> began<font color="#E5E5E5"> to grow up or so I thought as I'm</font> sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> you've guessed by now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there came a</font> time where I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> forced to see that I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> wrong the night before my high</font> school graduation<font color="#CCCCCC"> my grandfather</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passed</font> away<font color="#CCCCCC"> due to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a sudden heart attack and I</font> had to open my<font color="#CCCCCC"> eyes to the legends once</font> again that very night<font color="#CCCCCC"> I became a true</font> believer<font color="#E5E5E5"> needless</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say I didn't make</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my graduation ceremony opting</font> instead to stay<font color="#CCCCCC"> with my grandmother</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> keep her company<font color="#CCCCCC"> she was understandably</font> broken up at<font color="#E5E5E5"> about 2:00</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the morning</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">five</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hours after my grandfather passed I</font> decided to sneak out to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the front porch</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of my grandmother's rural home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a</font> quick<font color="#E5E5E5"> cigarette while everyone else was</font> sound asleep the night was cold<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dimly lit by a full moon after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my first</font> drag<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the cigarette the gravity of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the situation hit me and I lost it tears</font> streamed down<font color="#E5E5E5"> my face as I contemplated</font> life without<font color="#E5E5E5"> the man I grew up loving</font> all the memories of my grandfather<font color="#E5E5E5"> came</font> flooding<font color="#CCCCCC"> back like a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tidal wave crashing</font> at the shores of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mind</font> it took<font color="#E5E5E5"> me a while to cool down but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eventually I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> able to collect myself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just as the feeling of flushed out</font> emotional energy started to wash over me <font color="#CCCCCC">I heard the most bone-chilling scream</font> I've ever heard in my<font color="#CCCCCC"> life</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my head</font> darted frantically<font color="#E5E5E5"> straining to find</font> something to<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick out in the low light</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my eyes caught on a splash of paleness</font> not far away<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> long flowing white dress as I scanned upward<font color="#E5E5E5"> analyzing the unexpected figure I</font> could see strands of long black hair dancing in the wind<font color="#CCCCCC"> obscuring the</font> mysterious face of a woman<font color="#CCCCCC"> as I</font> desperately<font color="#E5E5E5"> searched for an explanation</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">one word came to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forefront of my</font> mind<font color="#CCCCCC"> Banshee</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I stared on I noticed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">another figure standing next to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woman after focusing my eyes on it I</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> see clearly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that it was my</font> grandfather<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was right there just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">meters away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me five hours</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was taken by</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the ambulance to have his</font> final<font color="#E5E5E5"> wishes carried out he gains de</font> longingly toward the house while<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> woman stared away into the distance I watched them<font color="#E5E5E5"> petrified for what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seemed</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> an eternity before the Banshee</font> suddenly turned her head<font color="#E5E5E5"> to lock eyes</font> with me<font color="#E5E5E5"> my heart seemed to stop as the</font> details of her<font color="#E5E5E5"> legend came back to me</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Banshee was said to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be something</font> like an angel of death <font color="#E5E5E5">appearing to signify the passing of</font> someone some say she appears<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take</font> lives<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few seconds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> later she unleashed</font> another unearthly scream as my grandfather waved his hand to<font color="#E5E5E5"> bid me</font> farewell<font color="#CCCCCC"> one last</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> two vanished before my eyes leaving</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me alone in the darkness after that</font> night<font color="#CCCCCC"> the way I saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things was forever</font> altered<font color="#CCCCCC"> I realized that the world we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think we know is far too strange to make</font> many hard claims this event began what I strongly feel will be a trend in my life I have this inkling<font color="#CCCCCC"> that my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> future holds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">many more bizarre encounters I've had a</font> few more already<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyway thank you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">listening and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for telling my story mr.</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rex and by the way I'm beginning the</font> first steps toward becoming a<font color="#E5E5E5"> paramedic</font> next month<font color="#CCCCCC"> please wish me luck</font> [Music] dear mr. Rex<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Selena</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have a story</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for you</font> when I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> five or six years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lived in a small</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two-story</font> home near the<font color="#CCCCCC"> outskirts of Omaha</font> Nebraska<font color="#CCCCCC"> imagine if you were standing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out in front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> facing the house he would</font> see a lonely<font color="#CCCCCC"> streetlight off to the left</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and my room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was on the right side kind</font> of sitting in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> houses</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shadow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">explained what I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> saw I have to give you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a quick side note</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the kids in my school</font> used to<font color="#E5E5E5"> say</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that my eyes turned red when</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I got angry</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so they gave me a very</font> hurtful nickname one day when I got home <font color="#E5E5E5">from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> school I saw it written</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font> markers on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> big jagged</font> letters scrawled out the word demon <font color="#E5E5E5">across the glass</font> I couldn't believe<font color="#CCCCCC"> someone went to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> much trouble just<font color="#CCCCCC"> to do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that to me</font> they used a ladder we kept around back <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house it hadn't been moved in</font> ages and<font color="#E5E5E5"> was covered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with weeds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and dirt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left muddy marks along</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">below my window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got so mad that I hit</font> the window with a rock<font color="#CCCCCC"> and shattered it</font> my father had to<font color="#E5E5E5"> cover it with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a garbage</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bag</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and some duct tape anyway it was a</font> summer<font color="#CCCCCC"> night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> close to midnight when I</font> got up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to go to the bathroom</font> despite it being so late<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> awake and</font> full of energy<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I decided to sneak and</font> play<font color="#E5E5E5"> video</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> games in my room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about an</font> hour<font color="#E5E5E5"> later around 1:00</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nowhere I heard a faint scream coming</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from outside I could tell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a woman</font> scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> but still curious</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran</font> downstairs to<font color="#CCCCCC"> look out the window in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">living room but I was shocked when I</font> realized that the<font color="#E5E5E5"> whole room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was bathed</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> red light as I surveyed the surreal</font> environment<font color="#CCCCCC"> it felt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like an alien world</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">despite the fact that it was full of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">furniture and items I saw and enjoyed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">every day I looked up to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see that the</font> windows<font color="#CCCCCC"> were all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> covered essentially</font> plastered<font color="#E5E5E5"> with some kind of paper like</font> material<font color="#CCCCCC"> that seemed to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soaked in</font> blood<font color="#E5E5E5"> red liquid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran back up to my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">room and carefully climbed up onto the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sill peering through the unbroken part</font> of the window so as<font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> noticed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what I saw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just at the edge of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> circle<font color="#E5E5E5"> of light on the street was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> shape of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a man crouching over a woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">who lay motionless on the ground</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the man</font> wore an orange<font color="#CCCCCC"> short-sleeved shirt and</font> what looked like jeans<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the girl was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dressed in a sort of business casual</font> attire<font color="#CCCCCC"> a collared white shirt with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> black skirt<font color="#CCCCCC"> and stockings</font> I saw a streak<font color="#E5E5E5"> of blue and her otherwise</font> brown hair<font color="#CCCCCC"> the man looked up and his</font> face was<font color="#CCCCCC"> so pale that it stood in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">contrast against the darkness around him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a dark red smeared and stained his mouth</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> face that's when I realized I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking at a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> vampire as the shock and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fear began to build in my young mind he</font> turned<font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> head directly toward me with</font> a startled look<font color="#CCCCCC"> he glared at me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sweeping the girl up from the ground</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> dashing<font color="#CCCCCC"> away with such incredible speed</font> it didn't seem natural<font color="#E5E5E5"> at all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font> back downstairs<font color="#E5E5E5"> after he left and saw</font> that the windows<font color="#CCCCCC"> were back to normal the</font> next day<font color="#E5E5E5"> I went over to the spot where</font> the attack had occurred and saw spots of blood on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the pavement along</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with a</font> silver<font color="#E5E5E5"> necklace</font> I took the necklace<font color="#E5E5E5"> and cleaned it up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> have it to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this day the crazy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thing is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> following the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> incident I began</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> have nightmares of my hands being</font> drenched in blood<font color="#CCCCCC"> though soon evolved</font> into dreams where everything in my house was splattered<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it my bed the floor</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the ceiling in the walls</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was like I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> living in some kind of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slaughterhouse</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> days later I woke</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a large bite mark on my arm it</font> was deep<font color="#E5E5E5"> enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that it drew blood so I</font> showered and covered it up<font color="#CCCCCC"> doing my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> best</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> keep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it hidden because I knew no one</font> would<font color="#E5E5E5"> believe me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I already had a</font> reputation for<font color="#E5E5E5"> being a demon at my</font> school on top<font color="#E5E5E5"> of that I knew my mother</font> would<font color="#CCCCCC"> have thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was cutting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> myself</font> and I<font color="#E5E5E5"> just didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> want that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trouble I</font> guess I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty stupid back then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> don't know what I saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> young</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I truly believed that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was a vampire</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please share</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my story mr.</font> axe<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe someone else has seen</font> something<font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this I recently got</font> contacted<font color="#CCCCCC"> by a young</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man called Brad I</font> don't quite<font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> found me but</font> somehow he seemed to pick up on something<font color="#CCCCCC"> that very few people are aware</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of it is an element</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of my mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hidden in</font> the deepest<font color="#E5E5E5"> recesses which connects me</font> to wolves in a way that I cannot explain <font color="#E5E5E5">I consider myself an oddity among human</font> beings<font color="#CCCCCC"> for this reason and it's</font> extremely rare<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I find</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone like</font> me this<font color="#CCCCCC"> is my rendering</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of his story mr.</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">X it's really started just a few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ago when I was at the age of 10</font> I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> one-eighth Native American with</font> ancestors of the Caddo tribe<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know I'm</font> young<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it may sound a little early to</font> experience things<font color="#CCCCCC"> like what I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">share but please mr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> X</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hear me out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wholeheartedly<font color="#E5E5E5"> believe in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ancient</font> tales about the link between<font color="#E5E5E5"> man and</font> beast<font color="#E5E5E5"> the spiritual connection</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that we</font> all<font color="#E5E5E5"> share on this earth that being said</font> I've<font color="#E5E5E5"> always had a particular</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fascination</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> wolves</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 10 years old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> interest was piqued<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I began yearning</font> for a deeper connection<font color="#E5E5E5"> I started</font> searching through guides and spells<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> rituals that<font color="#E5E5E5"> were supposedly designed to</font> transform warriors<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the beasts of</font> legend shapeshifters<font color="#E5E5E5"> skinwalkers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">werewolves after a great deal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">research</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I found an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old tradition</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> spoke to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me it was exactly what I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it required a warrior to</font> stand in the light of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a full</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> moon at</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> outside and alone the ritual</font> detailed a spell that consisted of<font color="#E5E5E5"> two</font> paragraphs in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the Caddo language most of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">which I didn't understand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pronounce relatively well the only words</font> in the spell that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could actually</font> translate were wolf howl<font color="#E5E5E5"> moon and</font> protect the spell was to be shouted<font color="#CCCCCC"> out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">three times without pause or hesitation</font> followed<font color="#E5E5E5"> by a powerful howl</font> I waited weeks before I finally got<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> opportunity<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I performed the ritual</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to the best of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my ability</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt normal</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> about a week afterward but on that</font> seventh day nearly<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hour</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything began to change</font> at first it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> subtle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I found myself</font> getting constant cravings for eating meat<font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my eyes slowly taking on</font> a slightly golden<font color="#E5E5E5"> hue when I got very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">angry</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> which seems to happen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> more and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">more as time goes on my night vision</font> suddenly became amazing and my senses of hearing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and smell rose</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to levels I could never have dreamed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">possible</font> my life took<font color="#E5E5E5"> on a fantastical nature on</font> par with<font color="#E5E5E5"> what you see in movies that was</font> four years ago<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the effects are still</font> going<font color="#E5E5E5"> strong since the ritual</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have</font> used<font color="#E5E5E5"> my newfound senses to bow hunt with</font> tremendously great effect <font color="#E5E5E5">I can easily hear and track any decent</font> sized animal within<font color="#CCCCCC"> a hundred</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yards in</font> my position<font color="#E5E5E5"> my best friend who is</font> basically<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brother is the only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">who has witnessed my abilities and</font> traits<font color="#E5E5E5"> one time he saw me lose my temper</font> while defending<font color="#CCCCCC"> a schoolmate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from a</font> bully<font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a long time it became</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">problem due</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my increasingly short</font> temper<font color="#E5E5E5"> brought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by the change I've</font> since learned to turn my abilities on and off through intense concentration I realize how<font color="#E5E5E5"> silly this story must</font> sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I completely understand if</font> you'd rather play<font color="#CCCCCC"> at office the</font> hyperactive<font color="#CCCCCC"> imagination of a child it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not really my place to persuade you I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just want you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to know that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this world is</font> much larger<font color="#E5E5E5"> than us</font> greatings friends<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted to say a few</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">words before I let you go I know you've</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">been around for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just over an hour but</font> maybe you can spare a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> more minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">first of all I'd like to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thank</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> once</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">again my good friends</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Nicks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">aka</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Penny dreadful</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moment and mr. Davis</font> you heard both<font color="#CCCCCC"> of them throughout</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> hour-long compilation of many<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> cryptid related videos links to their amazing channels will<font color="#CCCCCC"> be found in the</font> description box<font color="#E5E5E5"> below</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so anyway a few</font> things<font color="#E5E5E5"> updates in the light so if you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">follow me on Twitter you've probably</font> noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> several</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> polls being run and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm</font> kind of trying<font color="#CCCCCC"> to gauge you guys</font> opinions on certain<font color="#CCCCCC"> things particularly</font> ideas that I've been<font color="#E5E5E5"> having</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and bouncing</font> around in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> head where I want to go</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> this channel and new territory I'd</font> like to cover eventually as you may know my meditation style video<font color="#E5E5E5"> script has been written</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">basically waiting to find the</font> opportunity<font color="#E5E5E5"> to test it on someone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> see how it<font color="#E5E5E5"> goes and see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">as far</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as the mental experience is</font> concerned<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I want you guys to</font> understand<font color="#E5E5E5"> particularly with the Twitter</font> polls and<font color="#CCCCCC"> into questions that I asked</font> you at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the ends of some of my videos as</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">far as getting your input and your</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">opinions on things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I want you guys to</font> realize<font color="#E5E5E5"> that you're on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this journey with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we're building this channel and this</font> content<font color="#E5E5E5"> together in many ways so with</font> that being said people often send me stories that are outside the<font color="#CCCCCC"> scope of</font> the typical paranormal<font color="#CCCCCC"> fair</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that usually</font> has to do with real problems<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> situations<font color="#CCCCCC"> in life that are difficult</font> that these people<font color="#E5E5E5"> need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> help with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and by</font> these<font color="#E5E5E5"> people of course I mean our fellow</font> dreamers<font color="#E5E5E5"> other people then subscribe and</font> listen to this channel people<font color="#CCCCCC"> then for</font> whatever<font color="#CCCCCC"> reason I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to entrust</font> me with<font color="#E5E5E5"> their story something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> humbles<font color="#CCCCCC"> me really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when you think about</font> it the idea<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people from around the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">world would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reaching out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to me for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">help</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people I've never met</font> it's really<font color="#E5E5E5"> an amazing feeling and I</font> always<font color="#E5E5E5"> try</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my best</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to do everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I can usually in an email response to</font> that person but what I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> planning on</font> doing<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> future</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is opening up a</font> special<font color="#CCCCCC"> forum if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you will for people</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> problems</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that others might be</font> suffering<font color="#E5E5E5"> from things that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they feel I</font> might be able<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> give some good advice</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on and if I indeed do have advice to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">give on that I would do it in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> form</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of a video response</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that way not too</font> similarly to the original<font color="#E5E5E5"> intent of this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">channel which</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is helping people to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">realize that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they're not alone</font> and doing everything that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I and we can</font> to help that<font color="#CCCCCC"> person and along the way</font> perhaps we can help some other people <font color="#CCCCCC">that might be going through similar</font> struggles so other than<font color="#E5E5E5"> that let's see I got the</font> meditation style videos which believe<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> once we get to it<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be a lot</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of fun I think especially for those who</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dedicated and willing to go through</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the whole experience</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there'll be</font> plenty of instructions on how you<font color="#CCCCCC"> need</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to set yourself up for the maximum</font> dreamer experience with these videos <font color="#CCCCCC">that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have planned and as I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first one is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> definitely going to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> more of<font color="#CCCCCC"> a mystical lighthearted will say</font> happy version but of course you know we're going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to have to wander</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">territory of the strange and scary</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> time so I've got that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've been thinking</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dabbling in maybe some narrated</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Minecraft videos which might be a little</font> bit of fun<font color="#CCCCCC"> I might</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just do a test run</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see how you guys like it</font> how you respond<font color="#E5E5E5"> to it and if we all are</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">having</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fun</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they don't just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keep that</font> going<font color="#CCCCCC"> - long story short is doing the</font> true horror stories has been interesting <font color="#E5E5E5">but every so often I really start to</font> feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> burned</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out with doing those</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I'm</font> starting<font color="#CCCCCC"> to get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into writing a little</font> bit more<font color="#E5E5E5"> fiction and creepypasta style</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">scripts then I'm going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be coming up</font> with pretty soon you guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> going to hear</font> a lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> more about that in the coming</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so anyway I just wanted to holler</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes let me know</font> what you guys thought about<font color="#E5E5E5"> this long</font> compilation video I have enough to do a one or two more right now<font color="#CCCCCC"> I only have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about 90 videos on this channel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> believe so<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's not terribly too much</font> to choose<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about a third of that is</font> a chapters from the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dreamer the short</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">story that I wrote in the earlier days</font> of my channel so if you haven't<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that yet please do check</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it out I'm very</font> proud of<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so to wrap this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up let me</font> know what you<font color="#E5E5E5"> think about my new ideas</font> if you<font color="#E5E5E5"> are able to follow the rambling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pattern</font> which I<font color="#E5E5E5"> just used to tell you about it</font> maybe you'd<font color="#E5E5E5"> have to be a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ride-or-die</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> order<font color="#E5E5E5"> to keep track</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my rambling</font> sentences accurately and before I go make sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> you subscribe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Penny</font> dreadful<font color="#E5E5E5"> moment and mr. Davis there are</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> good friends of mine I've been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> done a lot of<font color="#E5E5E5"> work with them and while</font> you're at<font color="#CCCCCC"> it check out my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> other</font> affiliates located at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> bottom of my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">description</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> box oh and one more thing</font> sometime in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the next few weeks I do plan</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on doing a UK time frame</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> livestream</font> which will be of<font color="#CCCCCC"> course myself NYX aka</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">penny dreadful moment and a special</font> guest<font color="#E5E5E5"> by the name of Stephanie Swan</font> quills<font color="#E5E5E5"> another one of my very favorite</font> narrators so please be sure to uh tune <font color="#E5E5E5">into that if you have a chance follow me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on Twitter to make sure you're up to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">date and also turning on notifications</font> would be appropriate in<font color="#E5E5E5"> this case I</font> wouldn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> want you guys missing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until next time friends</font> take<font color="#E5E5E5"> care I'm mr. X and may your nights</font> be full of<font color="#E5E5E5"> dreams owned by the way PPS</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">if you made it this far you may</font> officially<font color="#E5E5E5"> consider yourself</font> a ride-or-die follower
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Channel: Mr. X Dreams
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Keywords: Dreams, dream, mr.xdreams, mrxdreams, mr xdreams, nightmare, scary, creepy, original story, haunting, creepypasta, creepypastas, creepy stories, mr x, mr x dreams, cryptid, cryptids, cryptid stories, true scary stories, ghost stories, monsters, real monsters, true scary, horrifying, scary stories from around the world, mcp, corpsehusband, letsread, lets read, creepsmcpasta, mrcreepypasta, long story, long horror stories, long stories, long narration, audiobook, audiobooks
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Length: 76min 2sec (4562 seconds)
Published: Sat May 13 2017
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