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[Car engine noise]
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Ok, here we are.
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Eight miles down rural route 2 in Anole, West
Virginia.
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That's, uh, four hours and, now, 12 minutes from
Washington, D.C.
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This is a bit further out than I remembered. I've
only been here once before and it was in the
daylight,
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I keep expecting the house to appear, but... it
hasn't yet.
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But I keep seeing utility poles, so... that's a good
sign.
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Shouldn't be much further.
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Now at the risk of sounding self-congratulatory
I've heard people talk about leaving Washington,
D.C., escaping the city,
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getting away from the crowds, and the terrible
traffic and the nasty people and the car horns
and the frantic pace;
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but in the 20 years I've lived in D.C. I can't
actually think of anyone who has escaped. But
that's just what I'm doing now.
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Alright. I think I'm going to pause the camera
until I have a better idea of where I am.
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Ok. Eight point nine miles, out on rural route 2,
and the dream house has emerged.
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Uh. If we can see it... there it is!
17 wooded acres.
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There will be no more crowds, no more noise,
no more drunken screams from my neighbors'
windows...
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actually, there won't be much of anything.
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The place is rock solid, it was built by an
experienced home builder, who, I was told, was
also from D.C.
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But the place was on the market for almost 18
months. I think that's because with the nearest
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grocery store, gas station, pretty much
everything, 35 minutes away in Webster
Springs, it's just too remote for most people.
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But for a technical writer that just needs a low-
bandwidth, satellite Internet connection to work,
it's not too remote at all.
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All right.
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So, Claire, David, Kim, Lauren, Marcy, Tom,
everyone else in our little OCD group... I did it.
I have escaped Washington, D.C.
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Uh, I think it's what all of us should do.
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It's going to be good for me. No one's gonna
bother me, and, uh, I'm not gonna bother anyone
else. Certainly not out here.
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I mean, it's almost 1am. You wanna see?
Wanna see?
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Woo! Wooo! I did it! I did it!
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You know, like... I might have just scared a few
woodland creatures but that's about the extent of
my worries.
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Anyway, I am so tired... I think I am just going
to...
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take a quick shower and go to bed. The movers
are going to be here sometime in the morning.
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So... I'm going to miss all of you... I'm going to
miss all of you, but I will be back every once in a
while,
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and in the meantime you'll have these video
updates.
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So... I hope you're happy for me and, uh, until
the next chapter in my little adventure, I bid you
all goodnight.
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Hi, everyone. I want to apologize, I know I've
been a bit derelict in my video journal
responsibilities.
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It's now Sunday, I've been here four days, the
movers have come and gone, but in my defense
I've been working about 18 hours a day trying to
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make everything as perfect as possible for this
big video unveiling.
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So let's get started on the tour. Actually, before
we get started, I just want to impress upon
everyone how unbelievably quiet it is out here.
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I'm so used to constant city noises that in the
absence of sound, my ears ring out here. So I'm
going to stop talking for a second and just...
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check out how quiet it is.
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I mean, there's just nothing to hear. It takes
some getting used to. Last night, I woke up to
the sound of the wind blowing. It was almost...
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I mean, don't get me wrong, I love it, but, uh, I
just have to get used to the idea that there's no
one else around.
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You know, after living in the city for so long. It
takes some getting used to.
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Anyway, ok. Let's get on with the tour. This is the
basement, as you can see, it's probably got
more space than my entire condo did, just the
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basement;
the satellite Internet technician was here
yesterday so now I have satellite Internet, along
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with probably a thousand channels that I'm
never going to watch.
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Um, the house is slanted on a hill, so, this side,
is actually a little bit underground while this side
opens right out onto ground level.
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There's the detached garage, you can see the
roof of it, I have a nice fireplace down here,
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Uhh, ok, there's a bathroom down on that end,
closet to the left, and down at the far left, there's
a storage area where I still have a bunch of
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boxes that I have yet to unpack so I'm not going
to bore you with that. To the right is the furnace
area.
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But as you can see, everything is pretty much in
place.
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I've been busy. And it's very nice down here.
Ok. The tour will continue upstairs.
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Moving on to the second level, as you can see
this room is very spacious as well, nice high
ceilings, hardwood floors, there's a really big
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deck out there, there's the detached garage, you
can see again.
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Anyway, I have a fireplace on this level as well,
dining room table, etc., etc., here's the kitchen, I
finally have a gas stove,
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which I've always wanted,
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and down this hallway we have two guest
bedrooms and a separate bathroom, for all of
you who have promised to come out and visit
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me, Claire, but...
for anyone who wants to visit me, you'll be very
comfortable, and I certainly have the space.
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So...
Let us continue upstairs, to the third level.
Ok. We have the loft railing and here's my little
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home office setup, everything I need to work I've
got right here. I can work just as easily here as I
did in D.C.
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The Internet connection is a little slower than I'm
used to but I can live with that.
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And continuing this way, here's the master
bathroom, and master bedroom.
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Very nice. And this window kind of faces straight
north, pretty much.
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But, nothing but peace and quiet and solitude for
miles and miles and miles. I know what I forgot
to show you.
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Here's a screened-in porch that I have, where
you can enjoy all the amenities of the outdoors
without any of the bugs.
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Isn't that nice? The best neighbors...
are no neighbors.
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Ok. The tour will continue outside.
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Ok everyone. This is my side yard, as you can
see this is where the basement doors open out
to.
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And yesterday I mowed the lawn for the first time
in 26 years.
Fortunately even with 17 acres, the lawn portion
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is fairly small so it didn't take me that long.
But in the garage I found this little beauty,
I guess wherever the owners went they're not
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gonna need it anymore.
But... I wanted to prove to everyone who's
worried that I'm not going to be able to survive
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through the winters out here, that I'll be just fine.
So... for everyone in the group, this is for you.
See? I'm gonna be just fine.
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Hi everyone, I just got back from the post office
in Webster Springs, and I got your very nice and
thoughtful card, thanks so much.
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I saw that you actually mailed it last week but I'm
probably only going to be making the trek into
Webster Springs to check my mail every once a
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week or so, unless I'm expecting something
because it's a bit of a haul.
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But this means a lot to me and [laughs] Claire
and David, you couldn't come up with anything
more than "Best wishes"
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Seriously? No. I really do appreciate this nice
gesture and I'm going to keep it right on my desk
while I work.
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Speaking of which I should probably get back to
it. I'm in the middle of a white paper for the Dept.
of Transportation which I thought was kind of
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ironic since I'm now living on an unpaved and
unmaintained dirt road.
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But everything's fine, my work is going smoothly
and I'm doing ok on my recent bump-up on the
Venlafaxine to 375 milligrams.
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And I found out that I have to drive back to D.C.
on the 6th of September to meet with a client
that afternoon.
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Which, conveniently enough is a Thursday night.
So I will see everyone at that night's support
meetup.
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Can't wait, and thanks again, much appreciated,
until next time.
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Ok, this is a planned update that turned into an
unexpected update.
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I'm about 1.5 miles from the house, I've been
hiking pretty much straight NE and I added the
house as a GPS waypoint,
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otherwise I know I'd never be able to find my way
back.
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But the plan was to hike for a couple of hours
and have lunch, and record an update that I
could then send to everyone when I got back
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home. But the reason I'm recording now is that I
came across something that I wanted to share
with everyone,
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that I have absolutely no explanation for.
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Here, on this tree.
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I am almost certain that is the skull of a cat.
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With the letter B or maybe the number 8 carved
right above it.
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I don't want to gross everyone out, but, ohh...
man.
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[Pants].
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I have no explanation for it, I was thinking even if
this was someone's pet, what kind of tribute
would this be?
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And aside from that, I've looked on Google maps
and supposedly there is nothing within miles of
my house.
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So who else is out here?
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It makes me think if I keep walking I'm going to
stumble upon some hillbilly encampment or still
or something like that.
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Uhh... I was thinking of knocking this down but I
think I'm just going to leave it as it is and keep
going.
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But if you find my phone a year from now and
there's no sign of me, then it's safe to say I did
come across a group of people
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and maybe my own skull is on a tree
somewhere around here.
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Ok, I did end up hiking another 40 minutes or so
and didn't see anything else unusual.
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I did see a fox, about 20 yards away but it
started running as soon as it saw me and didn't
stop until it was out of sight.
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But it was beautiful, and if it wasn't so skittish I
would have given it some of my sandwich.
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Um. Anyway I've been thinking about what I saw,
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and I think it had probably been there a very long
time so I'm not going to get too worked up about
it, it's an amazing coincidence I came across it,
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but other than that it really doesn't affect me,
people do weird things, and my house is still a
long way from that place,
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so... it doesn't amount to much.
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Um. But things are good, I'm still glad that I
made this move out here, and as you know I will
be back on the 6th and 7th, less than two...
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[Crashing in distance]
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I have no idea what that was, but I can't see
anything, so, I think it's...
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anyway, as I was saying I'll be back in less than
two weeks. I really look forward to seeing
everyone.
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So, um, there will be more video updates
between now and then, so, until then.
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Hi, I'm about to go to bed, but I just wanted to
reassure everyone that I made it home safe
from that hike.
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I didn't see or hear anything else strange on the
way back, I didn't even see that skull again on
the way back.
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Um, but I'm here in the bedroom, home safe,
and, I just wanted to show you the contrast
between here and D.C.
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It's Saturday night and my window is open.
Ready?
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[crickets chirping]
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I know you really can't see anything, but...
quite a contrast between here and D.C. Alright.
Goodnight.
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It's 4:22AM on Monday, and if I look tired it's
because I am.
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I tried sleeping with the bedroom window open
for the first time tonight and that turned out to be
a big mistake.
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Because about an hour ago, I was awakened
from a dead sleep by some kind of freakish,
horrible animal scream outside my window.
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I was so out of it, I didn't know what it was. I
thought it was a person screaming. And it just
froze me stiff as a board.
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I'd love to pretend otherwise but it just really
scared me.
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And I knew I was never going to get back to
sleep so since then I've been on the Internet
listening to every nighttime animal sound I could
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download, that includes about 20 species of owl,
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bobcats, fisher cats, regular cats, badgers,
foxes, skunks, rabbits, but, uh,
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none of it sounded like what I think I remember
hearing outside the window but I was half awake
and I probably muddled the sound in my mind.
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I have no idea what it was.
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I just know I never want to hear it again.
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I think this is the first time I've recorded two
updates in a single day.
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This is a handy little device I use for recording
interviews for technical papers.
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But it's very sensitive, and it will record in high-
quality stereo all night on its internal memory.
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So I figured what I could do is set it on the
windowsill here, to record overnight,
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and close the window so I wouldn't be woken up
by anything tonight; there we go.
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In the morning I'll just import the audio file into
my computer and look for any peaks that might
be the animal scream that I heard the night
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before. And this isn't just for me I want everyone
to hear what woke me up last night.
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Alright, recorder's on, time is exactly 11:00, and,
uh, good night.
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Good morning, I have just imported the audio file
from last night's windowsill recording into my
computer,
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and I wanted to review it with you to see if we
captured any creepy animal noises during the
wee hours of the night.
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I didn't hear anything myself but then again, the
window was closed.
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So maybe the recorder picked up something I
didn't hear.
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But, we'll go to monitor view, here's the
recording.
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Most of it looks pretty flat, which is what you'd
expect, I'm guessing it's just crickets and
cicadas.
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[insect noise]
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This peak in the beginning must be when I just
set it up and started the recording. [
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Plays file:close the window... so I wouldn't be
woken up by anything tonight--]
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Alright. Obviously.
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Oh, here's a peak, right away. 48 minutes in.
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It's just a jet. A jet flying between
places far more exciting than Anole, West
Virginia.
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Keep going. Another little rise.
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It's just another jet.
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Alright, I'll keep going. Here's something. An hour
and 55 minutes in.
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[insect noise]
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[Owls hoot]
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Oh, cool. Owls, talking to each other.
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That isn't what I heard the night before, but it's
still pretty creepy.
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[Owls hoot]
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Hmmm.
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[Owls hoot]
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There is creepy stuff out there in the woods at
night.
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Keep looking.
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There are a couple of little peaks.
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Two hours and 54 minutes into the recording.
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Ah, it's nothing.
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More crickets and cicadas.
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Nahh.
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Four hours in.
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Here's a peak.
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Four hours and 30-some odd minutes, four
hours and 31 minutes in.
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[striking noises]
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Whoa.
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[indecipherable]
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That doesn't even sound like an animal. That
sounds like a person.
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Four hours and 31 minutes, that would have
been 3:30 in the morning, roughly.
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I'm going to zoom in,
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[striking noises]
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[indecipherable]
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That sounds like a person!
[
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indecipherable]
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It's like they're saying "why"
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[plays it again]
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Is that an animal or a person?
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It's like someone just hit... hit something against
a tree...
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[plays it again]
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Ok, wait a second. Wait a second.
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Alright I just went outside and looked all around
outside my bedroom window and I didn't see any
signs of anybody having been out there,
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not that I really expected to.
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But... to me that doesn't even sound like an
animal. That...
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[plays it again]
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That sounds like a person to me.
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Alright. I listened to the rest of the recording and
there was nothing else unusual on it,
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the only other sounds through the whole
recording were at the end when the birds started
waking up as you can hear.
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And then the sound of me opening the window
and grabbing the recorder.
[crows caw]
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Anyway. But I'm not gonna let my imagination
run away with me, based on what I heard.
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Um. I'll make another windowsill recording
tonight and see if I pick up anything strange, I'm
just going to assume that I won't.
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But, the good news is, in two days I'll be driving
back to D.C., and I will see all of you that night,
at the support meeting,
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and I really look forward to seeing everyone
again. And... ok. Until next time.
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Good morning. It is the countdown to my return
visit to D.C., in less than 24 hours I will be on the
road and headed your way.
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But I made another windowsill recording last
night and I figured I'd take a look and make it part
of the last update,
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which I'll send later this morning, and you won't
hear from me again until I see everyone at the
meeting tomorrow night.
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So, let's take a look, see what we have.
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It looks pretty flat, like it did last night, this little
peak here is where I started the recording and [
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window closes]
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shut the window.
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I started at exactly 11 again, last night so
everything's offset by an hour. So here's an hour
and 10 minutes into it which would be 12:10...
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[insect noise]
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just crickets. I don't see anything really.
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Here's 2 hours and 6 minutes into it, which
would be 1:06. [insect noise]
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Nothing. I'll just look to see if I can find anything.
Nothing. Three hours in.
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Here's some peaks. Peaks at, uh, 3:36, which
would be 2:36 AM.
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I'll zoom in a little bit. See what these are.
[impact noises]
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Ah, it's the exact same sound as last night,
sounds like someone hitting a tree with a...
baseball bat.
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[impact noise]
And that one sounds a lot closer.
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[impact noises]
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What is doing that? That is not an animal.
[impact noises]
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That is someone hitting a tree with something.
I don't see anything else. Four hours in...
Five hours in...
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This is toward the end of the recording and...
this is probably just birds.
[birds call]
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Yeah. This is right before I ended the recording.
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Nothing. Nothing until I open the window.
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You know I never thought I'd say this but I think
it's going to do me some good to get back to
D.C. for a day.
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So, uh. I'll see everyone tomorrow night, I really
look forward to that,
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and if anyone wants to get some sushi
beforehand give me a call on my cell.
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I'll see you all tomorrow.
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Hi Claire. I just wanted to let you know that for
the most part I avoided the early Friday
afternoon rush hour,
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just made it home a few minutes ago. This is out
on my deck, isn't this beautiful?
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I also wanted to let you know that I was thinking
of you,
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I've been in a good mood ever since Thursday
night and don't worry, this update is for you
alone, no one in our group needs to know
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that we went out for probably a few too many
drinks on Thursday after the meeting, and that
you agreed to come out and visit me tomorrow!
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But it's going to be great to have company out
here, especially when that company is you, and I
really can't wait to show you my new house.
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My haunted new house. No. Everything is just
as I left it, no chairs are stacked up in the kitchen
and nothing else inexplicable to find
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when I got home. So.
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Anyway, if you have trouble with the directions, if
you have any questions just give me a call on
my land line,
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cause the cell phone signal is sometimes spotty
around this area,
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so have a safe and great drive tomorrow and I
can't wait to see you.
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Ok. Till then. Bye.
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Alright! She's here, Claire is here, finally!
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First ever visitor to my remote West Virginia
mansion has arrived!
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Welcome!
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You are really in the middle of nowhere.
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I know. I told you, it's a long drive.
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Uh, do you have a suitcase or anything for me to
bring in?
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Actually I just really need to use your bathroom.
Do you have to be filming this?
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Ok, I just want to get a welcome hug recorded...
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Mark, can you turn it off please?
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Ok. I don't want to annoy you, I'll tell you what.
I'm going to give you a grand tour of the house,
and I will turn the camera off first.
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Alright, it's been a great day of hiking and
cooking and wine, and here is the lovely but tired
Claire insisting on her own room, even in my
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haunted house. [Laughs]
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But I promise I'm not going to send this to
anyone else in the group, this is only for my
own... posterity?
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Does that make sense? I'm a word guy.
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Oh yes, and Claire actually wants to hear some
of the scary noises that have been plaguing me,
so she has opened the window to the outdoors,
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so bring it on, cause Claire's not afraid,
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I was, but she isn't.
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Anyway, I know that she is ready to go to sleep
because she has adjusted her pillow perfectly
centered and perpendicular to the headboard...
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Anyway, um, let me know if you need anything,
and, uh, sleep well, my dear. Goodnight.
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Ok, it's 3:04 AM and Claire has just woken me
up after being waken...
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Shhh, shhh... listen.
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[sounds in distance]
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What is that?
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I'm going to get a flashlight...
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Wait! Listen.
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[sounds in distance]
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It's someone chopping down a tree.
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Claire, no one lives within six miles of here.
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That's what it is! Listen!
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[striking sounds in distance]
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You can't tell me that's not what that is.
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Who would be chopping down trees at 3 in the
morning?
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Someone with an axe, that's who!
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[striking sounds]
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Oh, my God!
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I-- I've got a gun!
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Do you?
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No!
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[striking sounds; tree falls]
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Oh, my God.
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[Claire whines] I'm getting out of here. I can't
stay here.
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Claire, you can't leave now, it's the middle of the
night!
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I can't stay here. Mark, turn that thing off!
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Claire, you think that driving down a winding dirt
road in the middle of the night...
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Well, it took two valium, but Claire finally got to
sleep.
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Apparently realizing the foolishness of driving
away from here in the middle of the night.
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I agree it was very strange and very creepy but
we shouldn't let it ruin everything.
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And I sincerely hope we can laugh about this
over breakfast tomorrow and still enjoy our
weekend together. Alright.
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Well, I mean this as a way to show you that you
over-reacted last night but you were right, it was
someone chopping down a tree.
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About 200 feet from the house.
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Yeah, very creepy. But it wasn't like we were
being threatened directly or anything and it didn't
warrant you
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leaving me at the first hint of sunlight.
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Not like you let me touch you anyway.
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I figured there'd be some beer cans around here
but all I see are wood chips.
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What's this... what the hell is this?
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Hi Claire. I just wanted to let you know that after
you left this morning I ended up walking around
the area and it turns out you were right, it was
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someone chopping down a tree, and it was only
about 200 feet from the bedroom window.
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And hanging from the felled tree I found this,
some ugly, cheap little locket that says "[Heart]
to you"
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And I opened it up, and it turns out there's a little
clock inside, and the clock is stopped right at
3:04.
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Which I know is right around the time we heard
those noises.
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I ended up calling the Tomere County sheriff
about half an hour ago and he told me not to
worry, that it was probably no big deal, it
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was likely just some drunk from a neighboring
town,
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I told him about the locket, and he told me
maybe the guy had just gotten dumped by his
girlfriend and had thrown the locket away after
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letting off some steam. Whatever.
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He told me to call him if anything else weird
happened. But.
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It seemed like a logical explanation, I'm sorry you
felt like you had to leave when you did, and I
guess I'll just assume that things have reverted
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back to the way they were before I visited D.C.,
and I'll leave it up to you as to how you want to
continue things.
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In the meantime I'll just go back to sending
updates to the entire group,
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I hope you're doing well and, um, that you had a
good and safe drive back home, and, I hope, uh,
we get a chance to talk soon. Alright.
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Well happy Monday morning, I hope everyone is
doing well. I heard some strange noises outside
my window over the weekend,
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and so I put the audio recorder out on my
windowsill again last night.
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I figure if drunk townies think that my property is
a place to party, or that harassing the guy from
the city is entertainment,
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then I need to start keeping a record of these
incidents as they happen.
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So anyway I just uploaded the file into my
computer, let's see if I got anything.
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Well I started this recording at exactly midnight,
so the times into the recording are the actual
times of night.
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So this would be 1 AM. One hour in.
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[insect noises]
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Just crickets.
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I'll only stop if I see anything.
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Here's an hour and 25 minutes in, an hour and
45 minutes... here's something.
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At an hour and 52.
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It's a jet. [Owl hoots]
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A jet and an owl.
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Just one owl this time, I think. [Owl hoots]
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A lone owl in the middle of the woods. I know
how he feels. [Owl hoots]
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Pretty neat. Ok, that's two hours in, two forty-
five, three hours in...
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Here's a little bump at 3:11,
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[music plays]
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Music?
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Music? 3:11 in the morning.
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[Flute playing]
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It's a flute.
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Someone playing a flute outside my window.
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[Playing stops]
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And that's it.
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Nothing else.
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[Flute playing]
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It just ends right there.
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I don't see any other peaks.
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[Flute playing]
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Ok, wait a second.
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We'll look for anything else.
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That's five hours in...
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That was 3:11. A flute outside the window.
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00:34:43,766 --> 00:34:48,032
Here's stuff at six, but it's probably just the...
[Birds chirping]
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Some birds, as usual.
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Alright, alright. Wait a second, here.
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Ok, I just walked around the area outside my
bedroom window, and a little bit up the hill,
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I didn't see any evidence that anyone was out
there last night.
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I mean, if these are partying drunks they're the
most conscientious variety I've ever seen.
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00:35:11,066 --> 00:35:19,066
They didn't sound like drunks anyway... what
kind of drunk plays a flute? Plays it well?
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I don't know... I'll send everyone an update later
today if I can.
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00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:30,699
Hey everyone, guess what I did today?
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I took the morning off, and I drove an hour and
15 minutes each way to Sutton, West Virginia,
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and I bought myself a "do not screw with me,
drunken scumbags" apparatus.
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Uh, i.e., um!
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Now, I know that some of you are going to be
made nervous by this, especially you, probably,
Marcy, but I feel like I'm on an even keel, I've got
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375 milligrams of Venlafaxine in me, and as
you've all heard on those tapes, what I've been
hearing are not auditory hallucinations.
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So I feel like this is an essential piece of
equipment at this point.
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00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,766
Um. But hey, let's give it a try.
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00:36:10,766 --> 00:36:17,732
Oh yeah, and contrary to what I told the guy at
the store, I've never fired a gun, but... I did just
read the directions, so...
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I'm going to give this a try.
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00:36:19,866 --> 00:36:25,766
Uh, ok. Here we go.
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00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:37,299
Oh. Safety, safety, safety. [clicks safety off]
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Yeah!
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That's what I'm talking about!
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I mean, hit the bull's-eye! Not right in the center,
but pretty close!
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00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:46,566
First shot! Yeah!
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00:36:46,566 --> 00:36:53,232
Stay away from my house, ya freaks!
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00:36:53,233 --> 00:37:05,799
Well, I've already imported and listened to the
windowsill recording from last night, and I want
to show everyone what I found.
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Here's the file, and there's pretty much nothing
on the recording except for pretty much the
same time as two nights ago, 3:11 AM,
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this is 3:11 AM and 55 seconds.
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[insect sounds]
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[flute plays]
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And there's really nothing else the entire night.
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And as soon as I heard this, I went back and
listened to the recording from two nights ago
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and it occurred to me that it sounded like the
same piece of music.
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So I'll show you what I did.
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I'm switching to a multi-track view here. This top
file, right here is the windowsill recording from
two nights ago
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and the bottom one is the recording from last
night.
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Now according to the time stamp of this
recording, the one from two nights ago,
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I hit the record button at exactly 12 AM and eight
seconds.
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And for the file below, from last night, I hit the
record button at exactly 12 AM and 24 seconds.
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So that's a difference of 16 seconds and I'll
show you what I did.
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When you move last night's recording back
exactly 16 seconds to correct that offset,
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this is what you get.
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Now you're going to be hearing double the
amount of crickets because you're hearing both
of these files,
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the one from two nights ago, and the one from
last night, being played at the exact same time.
But this is what you hear:
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This is 3:11 AM and 21 seconds:
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[insect sounds]
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[flute plays]
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So what you have is a single piece of music that
is broken up seamlessly over two separate
nights.
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I don't know how they could have timed it like
that, that's down to fractions of a second.
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But I've decided what I'm going to do tonight, I'm
not going to make another windowsill recording,
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I'm going to be listening live at the same time,
which was right around 3:11 AM, and I will film it,
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and make it part of the next update for everyone.
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And don't worry about me, remember, I'm armed
now. So if anything, worry about whoever is out
there. Alright.
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Ok, it's 3:09 AM. As you can probably guess I
haven't slept.
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According to the offset of those audio files
the flute sound I've heard two nights in a row
394
00:40:24,033 --> 00:40:30,266
happened at 3:10 and 52 seconds.
395
00:40:30,266 --> 00:40:35,166
I'm recording this in infra-red so I can't even see
right now.
396
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:42,199
But more importantly, if anyone's out there they
can't see in either.
397
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:49,833
I've also got this if I need it.
398
00:40:49,833 --> 00:41:10,799
Ok, it's only about 20 seconds away,
so I'm going to be quiet again and see if I can
hear that flute again at 3:10 and 52.
399
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:22,166
[Phone rings]
400
00:41:22,166 --> 00:41:25,266
[Sound of phone being picked up]
401
00:41:25,266 --> 00:41:28,666
Hello?
402
00:41:28,666 --> 00:41:31,032
Hello?
403
00:41:31,033 --> 00:41:43,066
[Sound of phone being hung up]
404
00:41:43,066 --> 00:41:48,799
The phone rang at 3:10 and 52.
405
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,400
There was no one on the line.
406
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:57,033
Wait a second. Wait a second.
407
00:41:57,033 --> 00:42:00,866
Ok I just tried dialing *69 on that phone,
408
00:42:00,866 --> 00:42:06,066
and it gave me the number of an FAA office that
called from D.C. earlier today.
409
00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:07,732
So that last call didn't even regist...
410
00:42:07,733 --> 00:42:13,666
[sounds of impact from outside]
411
00:42:13,666 --> 00:42:26,566
Who's out there?
412
00:42:26,566 --> 00:42:31,366
Oh, I've got some great updates for you today.
413
00:42:31,366 --> 00:42:38,432
For starters, I'm on no sleep.
You heard what I heard last night. I wasn't going
to sleep.
414
00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:45,099
I left the house at 6:30 this morning and went all
the way to Sutton again, to go to that same
hunting and sporting goods supply store.
415
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,966
Thought they'd open at 8, they didn't open 'til 10.
416
00:42:47,966 --> 00:42:56,266
But the reason I went was to get this, this is a
motion-activated, infra-red game camera,
417
00:42:56,266 --> 00:43:06,599
"game" meaning... dear and bear... and... coyote and squirrels and... whatever else it is they shoot around here.
418
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:11,600
But I had a very memorable conversation with
the owner of the store.
419
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:16,166
When I told him I had just moved to Anole he
knew exactly which house it was.
420
00:43:16,166 --> 00:43:20,899
And that's because his sister-in-law, and their
five kids, also live in Anole,
421
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:24,266
and she had told him
about the old man and his schizophrenic
422
00:43:24,266 --> 00:43:30,799
daughter who live nine miles out on Rural Route
2 in Anole.
423
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:35,066
At least that is until the old man's sister,
concerned because she hadn't heard from him
in about a week,
424
00:43:35,066 --> 00:43:39,632
came to the house to find him hanging from a
tree.
425
00:43:39,633 --> 00:43:42,266
And the daughter? Still missing.
426
00:43:42,266 --> 00:43:47,499
Presumed to have wandered into the woods and
died.
427
00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:52,600
I called my realtor on the way back from Sutton
and not surprisingly she pled total ignorance,
428
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:58,600
told me she had just been working with a seller's
agent, who told her that the house was being
sold due to a death in the family.
429
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:04,666
So in a sense, she wasn't denying it.
430
00:44:04,666 --> 00:44:14,266
I think I've got this figured out for the most part,
it's motion-activated and it will take a picture if
anything wanders into its field of view.
431
00:44:14,266 --> 00:44:27,066
And it's got an infra-red lamp, so supposedly it'll
take pictures just as clear in total darkness as it
will during the day. So...
432
00:44:27,066 --> 00:44:34,032
Turn it on, set it to take pictures in series of
three, high sensitivity,
433
00:44:34,033 --> 00:44:41,766
I'm pointing it in the general direction of where
I've heard most of those noises outside my
bedroom window, and hopefully I'll get an image
434
00:44:41,766 --> 00:44:48,032
of whoever has been causing all these
problems.
435
00:44:48,033 --> 00:44:51,633
But I wonder what tree the old man hung himself
on.
436
00:44:51,633 --> 00:44:57,099
Anyone want to come out and visit me?
437
00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:01,066
Something else occurred to me that I wanted to
share, I'm in the garage.
438
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:06,866
A couple of days after I moved in I was cleaning
out the basement fireplace and I found this in
there.
439
00:45:06,866 --> 00:45:14,866
I didn't think much of it at the time, I just threw it
away. But since I haven't been to the dump, I
was able to find it in the trash in the garage.
440
00:45:14,866 --> 00:45:26,199
Um. I don't know if you can see this date, but
this picture is from November 1973.
441
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:31,833
I wonder if this was the guy's daughter?
442
00:45:31,833 --> 00:45:41,666
I don't know who else it would be. Or why
someone tried to burn it.
443
00:45:41,666 --> 00:45:44,966
I just came out to get the camera and it's gone.
444
00:45:44,966 --> 00:45:52,966
Someone took it right off the tree sometime
during the night. It looks here like they just
hacked the strap, with some kind of blade, and
445
00:45:52,966 --> 00:46:02,766
then just pulled everything right off it.
I can't believe it. We're going back inside.
446
00:46:02,766 --> 00:46:11,966
Well, the sheriff said to call if anything else
happened, and since things have escalated from
strange noises to theft, I'd say that qualifies.
447
00:46:11,966 --> 00:46:19,766
I have this recording earpiece that I'm going to
put in, so you all can hear, I'll make it part of the
update.
448
00:46:19,766 --> 00:46:29,132
[dialing phone]
449
00:46:29,133 --> 00:46:32,366
[phone ringing]
450
00:46:32,366 --> 00:46:33,999
Tomere County Sheriff.
451
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,300
Hi, Mr. Bishop?
452
00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:37,366
This is him.
453
00:46:37,366 --> 00:46:43,399
Hi, Mr. Bishop. My name is Mark Klein, you may
remember I spoke with you about a week ago,
454
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:49,766
I bought that house way out on Rural Route 2 in
Anole, and I called before and I said I'd been
hearing those strange noises
455
00:46:49,766 --> 00:46:52,799
outside my window at night?
456
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,900
Yeah, the guy from D.C.
457
00:46:54,900 --> 00:47:03,100
Exactly. [voices on other end] Anyway, I bought
a game camera, one of those infra-red, motion-
activated cameras,
458
00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:07,900
and I put it just outside my house last night and I
just went to check on it, and it's gone.
459
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:10,833
Someone stole it.
460
00:47:10,833 --> 00:47:13,133
Someone stole your game camera?
461
00:47:13,133 --> 00:47:15,933
Yeah, just last night.
462
00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:17,399
Did you put a cable lock on it?
463
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,866
Jess, I told you I won't eat those onion bagels!
464
00:47:20,866 --> 00:47:29,032
No I don't have a cable lock. I have 17 acres--
[laughter on other end] 17 acres out in the
middle of nowhere, why would I lock it?
465
00:47:29,033 --> 00:47:33,066
Well, I know people who have a thousand acres
and they put a cable lock on their game
cameras.
466
00:47:33,066 --> 00:47:37,866
Hunters pass by those things all day long. If they
ain't locked up, sooner or later someone's gonna
steal it.
467
00:47:37,866 --> 00:47:40,232
I don't like cream cheese with chives, either.
468
00:47:40,233 --> 00:47:47,399
Mr. Bishop... [chatter on other end continues] Mr.
Bishop, this has nothing to do with hunters. It
was 20 feet from my house, I put it right outside
469
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:53,466
my bedroom window. And someone stole it from
right outside my window.
470
00:47:53,466 --> 00:47:57,532
Why would you put a game camera outside your
bedroom window?
471
00:47:57,533 --> 00:48:06,366
Well, you remember, you remember we called...
I called you last week, um, and I said I'd been
hearing strange noises outside my window, like
472
00:48:06,366 --> 00:48:12,266
people. Like people were outside my house, and
you said to call if something else happened.
473
00:48:12,266 --> 00:48:16,166
Go back and get regular bagels, regular cream
cheese... I like it regular.
474
00:48:16,166 --> 00:48:18,099
Hello! Hello.
475
00:48:18,100 --> 00:48:20,900
Yeah, look. What was your name again?
476
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:23,000
Mark Klein?
477
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,300
Mr. Klein. If there's no damage to your property,
and you haven't seen anyone trespassing,
478
00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:31,733
I would just recommend that you lock up your
game camera.
479
00:48:31,733 --> 00:48:37,599
Hell, my brother had a real nice one locked up at
his deer camp and someone still cut the cable
and took it.
480
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:42,166
So that's it? Lock up my camera with a cable?
481
00:48:42,166 --> 00:48:49,466
If I was you I'd call the pawn shop in Webster
Springs in a day or two, see if someone brought
it in. If it shows up, let me know and I'll call Joy
482
00:48:49,466 --> 00:48:53,532
and see if she knows who it was.
483
00:48:53,533 --> 00:48:59,233
Well. Ok, then. Thanks. [hangs up]
484
00:48:59,233 --> 00:49:04,266
Do you see what I'm dealing with out here?
485
00:49:04,266 --> 00:49:09,132
Ok, I've had a chance to take a few deep
breaths and calm down a bit.
486
00:49:09,133 --> 00:49:20,899
I realized that I'd also made a windowsill
recording last night, so I just uploaded the file.
And I'll show you what I found.
487
00:49:20,900 --> 00:49:25,433
I'll just get right to it. This starts at 2:48 AM.
488
00:49:25,433 --> 00:49:30,399
And here are the only noises during the night, I'll
show you what they are.
489
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,066
[sounds of impact]
490
00:49:32,066 --> 00:49:37,532
It's like the sound of someone striking a tree, it's
what I've heard before, and then right after that:
491
00:49:37,533 --> 00:49:38,566
[sound of impact]
492
00:49:38,566 --> 00:49:40,632
Sounds much closer.
493
00:49:40,633 --> 00:49:44,533
Now even closer.
494
00:49:44,533 --> 00:49:48,666
Just keeps getting louder.
495
00:49:48,666 --> 00:49:53,899
And right here is where I believe they cut the
strap on the camera and took it.
496
00:49:53,900 --> 00:49:57,500
[recorded sounds]
497
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:04,400
That is what it sounds like to me. The first thing
sounds like something chopping into the tree,
and then them grabbing the camera.
498
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,066
[plays it again]
499
00:50:06,066 --> 00:50:09,299
And then, only a second or two after that,
500
00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:10,500
[fainter sounds of impact]
501
00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:13,666
The sounds become much more distant.
502
00:50:13,666 --> 00:50:21,966
But... they must have just been tapping the tree
lightly, it's not like they could have moved very
far away that quickly.
503
00:50:21,966 --> 00:50:31,832
The thing is, I don't hear any footsteps at all. Just
the sounds.
504
00:50:31,833 --> 00:50:39,399
And those are the only sounds from last night's
recording that are out of the ordinary.
505
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,800
But, if they think they've got the best of me
they're wrong,
506
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,166
and if the sheriff won't do anything to help me I'll
just help myself.
507
00:50:46,166 --> 00:50:50,099
Cause I'm going to take the morning off, and I'm
going to drive all the way back to Sutton again
508
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:53,166
and get the exact same game camera that I did
before.
509
00:50:53,166 --> 00:51:04,932
And this time I'm going to mount it high up on a tree, so it can take pictures all night of some drunk loser trying in vain to reach it.
510
00:51:04,933 --> 00:51:09,533
Ok.
511
00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:16,299
It's about 1:30 and I did go to Sutton again this morning, I got the exact same game camera as before.
512
00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:22,300
And this time I got the extension ladder out of the garage, and I mounted the camera about 20 feet high on that tree.
513
00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:27,500
Same tree as before. But I think it should be safe up at that height overnight.
514
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:32,100
It's all set up and ready to go. It's probably taking pictures of me even now.
515
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:40,200
Hello, testing! Ready to capture images of drunken hillbilly trash any hour of the day or night.
516
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:45,500
Keep your fingers crossed, I want to get some images overnight that will allow me to put an end to all of this.
517
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:49,633
I'm going to make an audio windowsill recording again as well.
518
00:51:49,633 --> 00:51:53,966
So wish me luck.
519
00:51:53,966 --> 00:51:59,999
Well, I am happy to report that the replacement game camera made it through the night without being stolen.
520
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:05,266
Here is the memory card that I just pulled from it. So let's take a look and see if we have anything.
521
00:52:05,266 --> 00:52:18,332
The card fits into this adapter and then goes into the USB port. See what we have.
522
00:52:18,333 --> 00:52:22,366
Oh, wow. 27 pictures, it got. Overnight.
523
00:52:22,366 --> 00:52:28,399
But actually they might all be me setting up the camera and taking it down.
524
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,166
Let's take a look.
525
00:52:30,166 --> 00:52:36,032
Yeah, here's the first one, um, when I was attaching the camera to the tree yesterday.
526
00:52:36,033 --> 00:52:38,133
After I had just turned it on.
527
00:52:38,133 --> 00:52:46,466
Next one... ok, yeah, the camera takes pictures in series of three, about a second or a half-second apart, so yeah, there's the last one.
528
00:52:46,466 --> 00:52:50,732
These might just all be me setting the camera up.
529
00:52:50,733 --> 00:52:54,166
There I am taking the ladder away.
530
00:52:54,166 --> 00:53:02,999
Oh yeah, here's, at quarter after one yesterday, as I was making the update for everyone.
531
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:10,466
Yeah. More of the update, that's three, and there I'm walking away.
532
00:53:10,466 --> 00:53:17,999
Whoa. What the hell is this, 3:11 AM and 14 seconds?
533
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:26,900
Probably just a glitch in the camera's infra-red but it almost looks like someone standing there.
534
00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:29,300
Huh.
535
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:41,433
Uh. 3:11:15, just a second later, its... it looks like a shadow, but whatever it was was enough to trip the camera's motion detector,
536
00:53:41,433 --> 00:53:48,366
set off a series of three images.
537
00:53:48,366 --> 00:53:57,299
This one is just less than a second later and whatever it is is almost out of the frame.
538
00:53:57,300 --> 00:54:04,600
3:11 14, 15, and 15.
539
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,500
3:13, I don't even know what this is.
540
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:15,600
That's the cat skull out in the woods. There's that "B"
541
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,700
That's not possible, the last series is at 3:11.
542
00:54:19,700 --> 00:54:25,666
Then 2 minutes later, there's the cat skull.
543
00:54:25,666 --> 00:54:30,999
Oh, my God.
544
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:37,933
3:13 AM.
545
00:54:37,933 --> 00:54:46,799
And here I am just a few minutes ago, getting the camera.
546
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:56,066
That's the last one.
547
00:54:56,066 --> 00:55:02,766
Ok, I've been thinking this over, and there are three possible explanations for those pictures that we just saw.
548
00:55:02,766 --> 00:55:07,332
Number one is that the timestamp for the camera is faulty,
549
00:55:07,333 --> 00:55:13,066
which would explain why those sequences only showed up as having been taken only a couple of minutes apart
550
00:55:13,066 --> 00:55:15,566
when there's no way that could have happened.
551
00:55:15,566 --> 00:55:23,299
The only thing is, the time stamps when I set the camera up and when I took it down... as well as when I made those updates... were all accurate.
552
00:55:23,300 --> 00:55:25,766
So... that doesn't really make sense.
553
00:55:25,766 --> 00:55:33,766
The second one is that whoever is responsible has their own memory card... I mean, someone stole my earlier camera, so they do have
554
00:55:33,766 --> 00:55:39,899
another memory card. They could have uploaded altered photos to that memory card
555
00:55:39,900 --> 00:55:46,000
and then switched them, but they would need a computer for that, and...
556
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,766
I mean, who would go through all that trouble just to mess with me?
557
00:55:48,766 --> 00:55:55,132
Hike way out in the woods and take pictures of that skull?
558
00:55:55,133 --> 00:56:02,699
I mean, the third possible explanation is that there's something legitimately supernatural but I can't believe that.
559
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:08,000
I mean, none of the explanations make sense.
560
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:12,366
How'd they even reach the tree? It was 20 feet up...
561
00:56:12,366 --> 00:56:16,766
You know, I just remembered something.
562
00:56:16,766 --> 00:56:20,899
I had remembered I put the recorder out on the windowsill again last night.
563
00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:27,366
So I just uploaded the file to my computer and have been looking through it.
564
00:56:27,366 --> 00:56:31,432
But it doesn't really make things any easier to understand.
565
00:56:31,433 --> 00:56:33,733
I'll show you.
566
00:56:33,733 --> 00:56:39,499
Here's roughly that same time during the night, 3:11.
567
00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:41,066
As you might expect...
568
00:56:41,066 --> 00:56:42,032
[sounds of impact]
569
00:56:42,033 --> 00:56:46,399
Same noise I've heard before.
570
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:54,400
Then there's nothing else, all the way until 4:30...
571
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,066
and this sounds creepy, but I remember from when I heard
572
00:56:58,066 --> 00:57:03,199
what I thought were those animal noises before and I listened to all those sounds on the Internet,
573
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,366
I believe this is just a fox.
574
00:57:05,366 --> 00:57:06,699
[animal screech]
575
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:10,633
It sounds horrible, but this is just the noise a fox makes.
576
00:57:10,633 --> 00:57:12,299
[animal screech]
577
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:30,133
Ugh. And then nothing else until the birds start up,
578
00:57:30,133 --> 00:57:34,499
[birds squawking]
579
00:57:34,500 --> 00:57:41,833
And then right around the same time corresponding to the game camera time stamp,
580
00:57:41,833 --> 00:57:51,799
here's the sound of me bringing the ladder up to the tree
581
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:58,200
and putting it up against the tree and taking the camera down.
582
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:11,233
But the thing is, in the entire rest of this recording there's no other sound like that, of someone bringing a ladder to the tree.
583
00:58:11,233 --> 00:58:18,766
Which of course doesn't make any sense.
584
00:58:18,766 --> 00:58:21,799
I have no idea what to do.
585
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,033
I'm not going to call that sheriff again.
586
00:58:25,033 --> 00:58:32,266
What am I going to tell him that my replacement game camera is returning scary pictures?
587
00:58:32,266 --> 00:58:41,899
I would blame my higher dose of Venlafaxine but you saw what's on the camera, it's not just me.
588
00:58:41,900 --> 00:58:45,333
I need to think about this.
589
00:58:45,333 --> 00:58:50,933
Hi. I wanted to let everyone know that I'm not just going to lie down and let all these things happen to me.
590
00:58:50,933 --> 00:58:54,266
I've decided to address things on two fronts.
591
00:58:54,266 --> 00:59:02,532
Number one, assuming that all of the problems I've been having are of a physical and tangible nature, which I believe that they are,
592
00:59:02,533 --> 00:59:05,499
earlier today I ordered a full home security system.
593
00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:11,700
And the technician is coming all the way out from Morgantown tomorrow to install it. So that will take care of that.
594
00:59:11,700 --> 00:59:18,300
On the second front, on the very, very unlikely chance that what I'm dealing with is not physical
595
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:23,800
and
tangible, I spent a couple of hours today doing something I never thought I would do.
596
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:28,266
And that is, browsing the Internet forums on the paranormal.
597
00:59:28,266 --> 00:59:35,399
But I ended up creating an account on one of them, and I provided a rambling description of everything that's happened to me,
598
00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:41,233
and I uploaded some of the game camera photos and some excerpts from the windowsill recordings.
599
00:59:41,233 --> 00:59:46,766
And I checked the account just before I started this update and I've already gotten four responses.
600
00:59:46,766 --> 00:59:49,432
And all of them are calling me a liar.
601
00:59:49,433 --> 00:59:52,266
So I doubt that's going to be of much good to me.
602
00:59:52,266 --> 00:59:56,532
But by this time tomorrow I'll have a home security system,
603
00:59:56,533 --> 01:00:02,133
and I'm not going to put the game camera out tonight, I'm not going to make any windowsill recordings,
604
01:00:02,133 --> 01:00:08,399
I'm just going to relax and have some wine, I know you're not supposed to drink on the Venlafaxine but I'm just going to have enough
605
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:13,333
wine to help me relax and make sure I can get to sleep tonight.
606
01:00:13,333 --> 01:00:19,066
So... goodnight, everyone.
607
01:00:19,066 --> 01:00:22,866
Well, it's almost 8 o'clock on Saturday morning.
608
01:00:22,866 --> 01:00:28,966
I think I overdid it a bit last night, I ended up drinking that entire bottle of wine.
609
01:00:28,966 --> 01:00:36,366
But it did help me sleep through the night uninterrupted, so... I'll take it.
610
01:00:36,366 --> 01:00:43,999
Anyway, a few minutes ago I logged onto that forum to see what kind of responses I got overnight,
611
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:50,800
I now have a total of 45 responses and I've tallied them all up for you.
612
01:00:50,800 --> 01:01:06,400
Of those 45, 37 are now calling me a liar, saying that all my photos and audio recordings were faked, two people said they felt sorry for me,
613
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:09,600
in so many words, but they couldn't help.
614
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:20,166
Five people said they had special items that would drive away the evil spirit and offered to sell them to me,
615
01:01:20,166 --> 01:01:27,699
and one woman from Minnesota said she needed more information and wanted me to email her directly.
616
01:01:27,700 --> 01:01:32,333
And will probably try to sell me something if I do.
617
01:01:32,333 --> 01:01:39,833
But the important thing is, my new home security system will be installed today,
618
01:01:39,833 --> 01:01:44,733
the installer is supposed to be here sometime between 8 and noon.
619
01:01:44,733 --> 01:01:56,033
So I'll make this update short. I'll just send everyone another update when my security system is in place.
620
01:01:56,033 --> 01:02:03,566
About half an hour ago I went into my bedroom and saw that my game camera was on top of the dresser.
621
01:02:03,566 --> 01:02:08,566
My first thought was, why did I leave it out? I always put it away.
622
01:02:08,566 --> 01:02:17,899
Then I noticed that this strap was cut.
and I realized this is the original game camera, the one that had been stolen.
623
01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:24,966
I went down to the basement and I found the replacement game camera right where I thought it would be.
624
01:02:24,966 --> 01:02:33,466
And it gets a lot worse, as you'll see by the images I found on the camera's memory card.
625
01:02:33,466 --> 01:02:41,532
Here's the first image. According to the time stamp, 3:08 in the morning, and 10 seconds.
626
01:02:41,533 --> 01:02:47,933
As you can see it's taken down the hallway, facing the two bedrooms on the middle level.
627
01:02:47,933 --> 01:02:50,733
The timestamps don't make any sense here, as you'll see.
628
01:02:50,733 --> 01:02:57,399
Here's the second picture, also at 3:08 and 10, and that's at the opposite end of the hallway.
629
01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:06,466
And here's the 3rd image. So according to the timestamp, someone took the first image, ended up at the other end of the hallway, and then
630
01:03:06,466 --> 01:03:10,332
came back, all in one and a half seconds.
631
01:03:10,333 --> 01:03:12,233
And it gets even weirder.
632
01:03:12,233 --> 01:03:24,066
The next image is at the bottom of the stairs, 3:08:22, next one after that... I think that's the landing, the midway of the stairway... then the
633
01:03:24,066 --> 01:03:27,732
third one is right outside my bedroom door.
634
01:03:27,733 --> 01:03:35,333
And again, all that was supposed to take place in 1.5 seconds.
635
01:03:35,333 --> 01:03:41,166
This next picture, I don't know what to make of it.
636
01:03:41,166 --> 01:03:47,132
This cat is obviously dead, it's got flies on it.
637
01:03:47,133 --> 01:03:55,733
The picture was obviously taken during the day, and the note says "Bunny by Vandal. Most beautiful tart. Killed her."
638
01:03:55,733 --> 01:04:00,133
It looks like there might have been writing on the other side of the paper, but I can't make it out.
639
01:04:00,133 --> 01:04:05,033
And the temperature and timestamp are all blank.
640
01:04:05,033 --> 01:04:10,266
The next picture is out in the woods where I saw that cat skull.
641
01:04:10,266 --> 01:04:21,032
Now it's back to 3:09:15 seconds,
and the next picture at 3:09 and 16 seconds is of blurred movement.
642
01:04:21,033 --> 01:04:25,999
And lastly, it's back in the woods.
643
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:33,566
So none of it makes sense.
644
01:04:33,566 --> 01:04:43,332
Hi. I just wanted to let everyone know that I was fine, and that I did end up writing that woman from the forum,
645
01:04:43,333 --> 01:04:47,933
that one from Minnesota who had requested more information.
646
01:04:47,933 --> 01:04:54,666
Interestingly enough she had asked if I could give her more information on the former owners of this house.
647
01:04:54,666 --> 01:05:05,166
And I realized that in my original posting, even though I had posted a lot of images and recordings, I never did get into the old man who
648
01:05:05,166 --> 01:05:11,132
hung himself, or that his schizophrenic daughter was missing, or any of that.
649
01:05:11,133 --> 01:05:21,366
So I filled her in on that, and I also sent her the latest images from the game camera that I just shared with all of you.
650
01:05:21,366 --> 01:05:28,032
Who knows if I'll hear back from her or what she'll try to sell me. But...
651
01:05:28,033 --> 01:05:38,566
Anyway, the good news is, this house is a lot more secure now, I guess it's a day late but the security system is in place, I'll show you.
652
01:05:38,566 --> 01:05:44,766
Just give you a quick tour.
653
01:05:44,766 --> 01:05:53,099
As you can see, every door and window on this level now has this entry sensor, and every time I
654
01:05:53,100 --> 01:06:07,433
open a door, this front door, I get that nice notification chime.
655
01:06:07,433 --> 01:06:11,699
And that's with the alarm off.
656
01:06:11,700 --> 01:06:24,733
If I had actually keyed in the alarm to arm it, it would beep loudly for 30 seconds and then I would get a 120dB siren that I think would be
657
01:06:24,733 --> 01:06:29,299
enough to drive anyone away.
658
01:06:29,300 --> 01:06:38,900
I had the option to hook it up to call the police as well, but I figure it would take them so long to respond, what difference would it make?
659
01:06:38,900 --> 01:06:43,900
So right now it's just the siren that's in place.
660
01:06:43,900 --> 01:06:46,400
But...
661
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:51,300
Anyway, I'm feeling better. I think I'm going a little bit stir-crazy out here, it would probably do me
662
01:06:51,300 --> 01:06:56,566
good to visit D.C. again and see all of you and make it to another, uh, meeting.
663
01:06:56,566 --> 01:07:02,999
So I'm fine, and I will keep everyone posted on what happens.
664
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:07,266
So, goodnight.
665
01:07:07,266 --> 01:07:13,199
Ok, it's about 3:20 in the morning and something woke me up, I don't know what.
666
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:20,800
It might have been thunder. It's raining and it's really cold out.
667
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:28,300
But I opened the window and as soon as I opened it I could hear that flute coming from up the hill.
668
01:07:28,300 --> 01:07:34,400
I don't hear it now, though.
669
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:38,466
Wait, there it is. There it is, wait, wait, wait, wait... listen, listen.
670
01:07:38,466 --> 01:07:40,432
[faint flute in distance]
671
01:07:40,433 --> 01:07:48,966
Do you hear that?
672
01:07:48,966 --> 01:07:57,732
It's coming from... it's coming from up the hill, way up to the right.
673
01:07:57,733 --> 01:08:02,299
Oh, man.
674
01:08:02,300 --> 01:08:11,566
I've got my gun,
but I'm not going out there. No way.
675
01:08:11,566 --> 01:08:17,032
I don't know who would be out there in this.
676
01:08:17,033 --> 01:08:25,733
Leave me alone!
677
01:08:25,733 --> 01:08:29,199
I think it stopped, I don't hear it.
678
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,933
I don't hear it any more.
679
01:08:32,933 --> 01:08:38,533
Ohh... there it is.
680
01:08:38,533 --> 01:08:41,833
You hear it?
681
01:08:41,833 --> 01:08:55,933
Now it's coming from up there, way up there, that's a long ways from where I heard it before.
682
01:08:55,933 --> 01:09:01,266
I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.
683
01:09:01,266 --> 01:09:02,832
Oh, man.
684
01:09:02,833 --> 01:09:04,599
Ok.
685
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:13,466
Ok.
686
01:09:13,466 --> 01:09:21,499
Ok, it's about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning,
after last night's update I checked a few times
687
01:09:21,500 --> 01:09:28,433
for a message from my one advocate from the paranormal forum, that woman from Minnesota.
688
01:09:28,433 --> 01:09:29,933
But there was nothing.
689
01:09:29,933 --> 01:09:31,266
So.
690
01:09:31,266 --> 01:09:37,532
I ended up drinking a little bit of vodka to try to relax, but it didn't work.
691
01:09:37,533 --> 01:09:46,599
I guess I drifted off to sleep right around the time I saw the sun starting to come up and I just woke up a few minutes ago.
692
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:50,733
But I just checked my email again and I did get a message from her.
693
01:09:50,733 --> 01:09:53,266
And it's pretty out there.
694
01:09:53,266 --> 01:09:56,499
So I'm going to read it to you.
695
01:09:56,500 --> 01:10:02,433
Oh yeah and her login name is AstralMom1957,
696
01:10:02,433 --> 01:10:11,066
which to me either means she was born in 1957 or there are 1956 other AstralMoms out there.
697
01:10:11,066 --> 01:10:15,899
Anyway. Ok, I'm going to read it.
698
01:10:15,900 --> 01:10:20,533
Excuse me. Ok.
699
01:10:20,533 --> 01:10:24,299
Hello from the chilly north. It is a beautiful morning,
700
01:10:24,300 --> 01:10:30,933
the pre-symphony's hush at first light has been followed by a soft cymbal note of sunrise.
701
01:10:30,933 --> 01:10:37,399
Thank you for your long and detailed message. I have heard your part of West Virginia is beautiful,
702
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:41,400
as I have a dear friend who camps in Seneca Rocks every year.
703
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:44,700
But let's get to your problems.
704
01:10:44,700 --> 01:10:51,533
Though you seem to not want to believe it, there is an entity from the other side responsible for the events you have described.
705
01:10:51,533 --> 01:10:58,199
However, I do not agree with your suggestion that perhaps the house's former owner... who is known to have committed suicide... is
706
01:10:58,200 --> 01:11:05,166
responsible. Instead I believe that the man's daughter, who suffered from mental illness in life, is.
707
01:11:05,166 --> 01:11:15,199
I do not believe she is alive. But the pendant was left for you, the flute is being played for you, and female spirits are far more likely to remain in the
708
01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:18,700
vicinity of their homes.
709
01:11:18,700 --> 01:11:22,966
The important thing to remember is that you are likely not in any physical danger.
710
01:11:22,966 --> 01:11:31,032
As a new male presence in the house you are probably just the focus of curiosity or even adoration, especially if the woman was lonely
711
01:11:31,033 --> 01:11:37,466
and insecure about her looks. Most spirits are gentle and carry the same insecurities they had in life.
712
01:11:37,466 --> 01:11:42,199
She may only be waiting for your acceptance.
713
01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:48,200
The place in the woods the appeared on your camera may be where she died, though you said it was pretty far away.
714
01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:50,633
It obviously had some significance for her.
715
01:11:50,633 --> 01:11:56,933
Or her pet might be buried there. I do not understand the note next to the photo of the cat,
716
01:11:56,933 --> 01:12:05,033
although "Bunny by Vandal" might mean that the cat's name was "Bunny" and one of it's parents was "Vandal".
717
01:12:05,033 --> 01:12:11,099
I would try not to put out any more cameras or otherwise bother her.
718
01:12:11,100 --> 01:12:14,100
She doesn't want me to bother her.
719
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:22,500
If you are accepting of her attentions, as well as of her presence, the incidents will likely fade away on their own.
720
01:12:22,500 --> 01:12:28,566
I hope that this message gives you hope and peace of mind, and that the light finds you and keeps you well no matter where you live.
721
01:12:28,566 --> 01:12:34,966
I will meditate on your safety and overall well-being. AstralMom1957.
722
01:12:34,966 --> 01:12:40,999
Isn't that nice? I mean, let's take a giant leap of faith and assume that she's right about any of this.
723
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:54,966
She doesn't want me to bother the poor, forlorn spirit that's been making my life miserable ever since I moved here.
724
01:12:54,966 --> 01:12:58,932
Hi, Claire. Don't worry, this message is just for you.
725
01:12:58,933 --> 01:13:05,366
You were probably expecting to hear from me after Marcy posted the photos of the group's hike out to Great Falls yesterday.
726
01:13:05,366 --> 01:13:10,399
And for starters, God forbid the group should organize a trip to come out and visit me, you want to hike,
727
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:16,933
I've got nothing but endless woods in every direction. It's not like you all wouldn't have a place to stay.
728
01:13:16,933 --> 01:13:22,733
That, and I've got to look at not one but two pictures of you and David holding hands?
729
01:13:22,733 --> 01:13:27,966
After everything you had said to me, "Oh, he's just a friend, I could never have any interest in him."
730
01:13:27,966 --> 01:13:33,666
And I was stupid enough to believe all... you know, no wonder you wanted to get out of here as soon as the sun started coming up that day,
731
01:13:33,666 --> 01:13:42,399
you were probably feeling guilty since God knows what was already happening between you two at that point.
732
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:47,733
But you know, good for you, and I hope you're real happy together. Both of you.
733
01:13:47,733 --> 01:13:54,799
I wouldn't even care, if you hadn't come out here and led me on, made me think maybe there was a chance something could happen between us.
734
01:13:54,800 --> 01:14:03,900
You know what I'm going through out here, and this is how I have to find out about you and David? Through Marcy's group photos?
735
01:14:03,900 --> 01:14:14,366
But you know what? I'm just going to keep sending updates to the group, like nothing ever happened, and I promise you will never, ever get
736
01:14:14,366 --> 01:14:17,199
another private message from me.
737
01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:29,100
So, well done, Claire. Good job. You wanted to get rid of me? You did.
738
01:14:29,100 --> 01:14:37,866
It's almost 2:30 in the morning and...
big surprise, someone's playing a flute.
739
01:14:37,866 --> 01:14:41,432
Right outside my window.
740
01:14:41,433 --> 01:14:51,599
But the joke is on her,
cause I haven't even gone to sleep yet, it's not like she's waking me up or anything.
741
01:14:51,600 --> 01:15:02,400
So keep playing, ugly.
742
01:15:02,400 --> 01:15:16,300
Be quiet!
743
01:15:16,300 --> 01:15:19,300
[flute resumes]
744
01:15:19,300 --> 01:15:21,466
That is it.
745
01:15:21,466 --> 01:15:45,599
That is it, that is it, that is it.
746
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:55,300
[door chimes, slams]
747
01:15:55,300 --> 01:16:44,333
[gunshot]
748
01:16:44,333 --> 01:16:46,766
Hello from the chilly north.
749
01:16:46,766 --> 01:16:51,032
[Dusty meows]
750
01:16:51,033 --> 01:16:52,499
Dusty...
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