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Rosti Quill presents.

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Welcome to the

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first installment of the found audio creator

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series. While how it ends is on its mid

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season break, we'll be featuring episodes on

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our feed from some of our fellow indie podcasters.

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If you like what you hear, please make sure to check

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out the show notes for more information on this

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podcast, it's creator, and to find

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out where you can listen to more episodes. In

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July of twenty nineteen, Jeremy made

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the fortuitous decision to make the

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only bid on an abandoned storage

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unit. Initially disappointed

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by no apparent treasure, he soon discovers

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a trove of the most extensive documentation

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of unexplainable events in the San Diego

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area he's ever seen. Join

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Jeremy on the storage papers, a podcast

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documenting his journey of discovery through

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horrific, paranormal and

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downright unusual events in each episode,

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and sink into the frightening reality that works

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just beneath the skin of our everyday lives.

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You're listening to the storage papers.

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Episode one, baby

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cries. There's

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something inside us that compels us to respond

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when we hear baby crying. A

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wide range of feelings may affect us whenever

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we hear it, from sympathy to anxiety,

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and even frustration and helplessness. Especially

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if you're a parent who can't seem to figure out how

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to get the crying to stop. Crying

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is the universal cue for infants to

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communicate that they have a need. A

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need which they themselves are unable to

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fulfill. The only thing

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we know initially is that some

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kind of action must be taken. As

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I read the following account, try

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to imagine how you would respond given the

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same circumstances. Witness

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statement from Jim Thorpe, Saturday,

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February seventh two thousand

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nine. Earlier

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this evening, I went for my routine

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jog. I've been training for a marathon

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and Saturdays were always long mileage

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days. I'd planned on getting

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eleven miles in and I'd like to rent on the

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stretch of bicycle trail by the lake for

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my long runs. There's

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plenty of tree cover for shade in

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around evening time. There doesn't really seem

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to be too many other people around. It's

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peaceful. It

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also just paved the trail so I could make

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decent time as opposed to running on gravel

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and dirt. And adding a little bit of my

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favorite music really helps the old stress

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management. Anyways, I

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was about five miles in on the trail.

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I know this because I could see the mile marker

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just ahead. I was planning on

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passing it and running another four minutes

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before turning around. I've been

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trying to keep an eight minute mile pace during

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my training. But just before

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I reach that five mile marker, I

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thought I heard something like a moan or a

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cream coming from the woods, oops, the lake.

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So I decided to stop and pull my earbuds

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out. It was oddly

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quiet. I don't

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always run with my headphones in, but

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and listening to some music for some

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extra motivation. Normally,

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you could hear birds chirping, crickets or

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maybe even frogs nearby, but

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not this time. The

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only thing I heard was a slight breeze

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through the trees. I

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waited for about ten or fifteen seconds looking

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in the direction I thought I heard the noise

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from and didn't hear or

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see anything really until I was about

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to put my earbuds back in. That's

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when I heard it. Too

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distinct cries from a baby. I

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remember when my kids were babies, my

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wife and I could distinguish what they needed by

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the types of cries they made. The

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cry you hear when a baby's hungry is different

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than when the baby needs a diaper change, if

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you know what I mean. This

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sounded like the cry our kids made when they

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were hungry. If

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I had to estimate how far away I thought

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cry was. I'd say no more than a hundred feet

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from the trail I was on. So, of

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course, I head in the direction of the

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crying. Once

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I got to the point where I thought the baby could

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have been or maybe slightly past that,

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I noticed a thick fog rolling

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in that came up to my knees. Cloud

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cover also kind of made it dark under

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the trees. Listening

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intently, it was still really

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quiet. I could hear my

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own footsteps when I walked and wrestled the

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leaves or maybe broke some twigs.

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But I still didn't hear any animal or

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insect sounds. Looked

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every direction and I couldn't seem to find

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any evidence of a baby. I

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shouted hello and waited, and

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about another ten seconds went by.

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I heard the baby cry again. Two

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cries and then it stopped.

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I don't know if you've ever been around many crying

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babies, but when mine used to

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cry, they would only stop crying

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when they got what they wanted or need it. They

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don't care if it's daytime or nighttime,

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whether you're sleeping or awake. I

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just thought the two cries seemed odd.

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To cries in absolute silence.

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To add to that, the cries seemed like they

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were about the same volume as the first time.

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I thought for sure they'd be louder since I

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was closer in the direction I heard heard them

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from. In fact, I'm not sure

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I'd even gotten any closer to them.

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It was almost like someone was carrying

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a baby while traveling away from

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me. I

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continued deeper into the trees and tried

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to make vocal contact again. I

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called out hoping perhaps an adult was

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with the baby. I yelled out

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things like, are you hurt? And do

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you need help? Eventually,

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I got far enough into the trees that I lost

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sight of the bike trail I'd been jogging on.

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The fog had completely rolled in by

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now, and it was so thick I couldn't even see

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my feet. I was fairly

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sure I was walking in mud too.

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Started walking slower because I didn't want to turn

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my ankle in something I couldn't see.

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So I stopped again and yelled, can

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anybody hear me? Then

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there went to cry again, just two

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of them. Only this time they were a

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little closer and in a

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slightly different direction. That's when

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I noticed one thicket of trees that were

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tight bunch together about thirty feet away

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from me. I hadn't noticed it

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until I heard the cries and looked in that direction.

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I thought to myself, if

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a baby is lying on the ground in the fog,

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I'm never gonna see it. So I headed

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toward the thicket slowly just making sure

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to drag my feet. As

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I approached the thicket, I noticed what appeared

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to be the entrance of a small cave.

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It's see the rounded ceiling of the cave

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entrance just above the fog. It

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was only about four feet wide, and

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it would probably fit a full grown person who

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was willing to get on all fours to go in I

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moved toward the cave thinking that

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it was gonna be the most likely place someone

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would find shelter if they needed it. I

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was still cautious about my footing as

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I slowly approached the thicket of trees outside

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the cave entrance. I

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tried talking more to see if I could prompt another

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cry or maybe a response from another person.

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Once I started going under the thick canopy,

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I noticed a very foul odor.

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It was like a dense

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smell of urine, wet dog,

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and skunk combined. And

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it overwhelmed my senses to the point where I

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thought I was gonna be sick. I

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had to stop right there for a moment to

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pinch my nose because of the stench.

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And I decided to call out again a

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little quieter this time. Almost

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immediately the baby cried again. And

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it couldn't have been more than ten or fifteen

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feet away. I

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understand pinched

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my nose and began shuffling toward the

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cave entrance. As

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I moved forward, I was trying to peer

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into the cave, but there was just

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darkness. Felt a

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cold breeze coming from the cave,

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and even though I heard some scuffling

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beyond the mouth, I couldn't

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see anything. Figured I was

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probably close to the baby so I continued

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on until my foot bumped something

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soft. I looked down toward

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my feet and still couldn't see them through the

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fog, plus it was actually getting

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darker the closer I got to the mouth of the

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cave. So I reached down and tried

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to feel whatever it was my foot had

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bumped into. It felt

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like skin but it

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was cold and clammy. I

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was able to grip my hand around

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it and decided to lift whatever it was

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above the fog so I could take a look.

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Quickly recognized it as an adult

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females arm. I

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had gripped it around the forearm and saw the

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hand rise out of the fog first. The

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arm was ice cold, wet,

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and dirty with a few scrapes on it around the

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elbow. It had a

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women's GPS watch on it

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similar to the one I wear but

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smaller in with a pink band. The

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latch didn't appear to be on. I

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also noticed there was pink fingernail

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polish and a small tattoo of a ladybug

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on the inner wrist. And that's

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when I began to really panic. I'm

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not used to being around dead bodies

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and I began to get light headed.

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And I started thinking about some poor

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mother had died out here with her

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baby nearby. And I wondered how

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many days they'd been out here alone.

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The baby had to be starving.

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I was about to call out

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again when some motion drew

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my attention from deep within the cave.

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Sounded like an animal charging me,

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and there was a low grunting noise

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that accompanied each stride. As

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I look toward the cave to focus my

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eyes, I saw two

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dim yellow eyes reflecting back

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at me, bouncing up and

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down with each grunt I heard. I

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froze for a moment until the creature near the

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entrance of game or some of the

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daylight outlined its shape. It

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looked almost human.

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When I witnessed was what

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looked like an adult female, hunched

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over on all fours, and I say

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female because it looked like there were

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pendulous breasts on his chest. The

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head was bald and the

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skin was pale white. Nearly

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as pale as the arm, I had just dropped back down

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into the fog. It moved

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with such speed. I don't think I could

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have moved that quickly on all fours. The

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appendages were out of proportion to

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the rest of the body and the

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knees. The

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knees look like they were bent the opposite

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direction. But

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aside from all that, it looked human.

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It was probably

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only ten feet away from me when I

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finally built nerve to turn around and sprint back

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towards the trail. I

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looked over my shoulder once just to see it

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emerge from the mouth of the small cave.

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It was now in the faint light

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and I could make out some additional details.

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It looked old. I

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could make out two stained

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teeth about the size of my cell phone.

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And the ears appeared to be pointy.

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I have no idea what this

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thing was, but I ran with all

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the speed I could muster up until I found

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the bike trail and turned ahead back

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towards the trailhead where my car was

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parked. It

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was easier to run faster knowing what was

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behind me. It

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chased me for a while. About a

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hundred yards later, the fog cleared up

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and I couldn't hear anything behind me, so

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I decided once more to turn my head

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around. There by

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the edge of the trail it seemed to have

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stopped. It never stood up

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fully, but it did raise itself up to

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what looked like a squatting position.

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Now that I knew I could outrun thing,

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I stopped for a moment. Though

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its head was facing me, its eyes

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appeared to be closed. It was under

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the impression that it was just

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being guided by the sound I was

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making. And I watched as

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the sound of a baby cry came from

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the creature's mouth. As

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if trying to pick up my trail

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started making its way towards me with a

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slow, awkward gate. I

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tried to slow my breathing to go quiet.

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that's when it slowed down again and turned

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its head. Pointed

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ears were sticking straight up until

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I took a step away from and broke a

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twig. That's

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when those ears tucked right back and

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it started lunging toward me again. I

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just in as fast as I could back to the trailhead this

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time without looking back at all.

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I can honestly say that if I

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weren't in the shape I'm in now,

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That thing would have been able to catch me.

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I didn't even think about pulling out my phone until

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I was safely in my car with the doors

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locked. That's what I called you.

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Our first conversation occurred

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as I was leaving the parking lot by

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the trailhead. I'm

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certain there's no baby out there, but I

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did find that woman's body. Looking

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back on the whole experience now, I'm

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event I was being lured out there.

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That thing has learned how to mimic the

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sound of baby cries.

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And I just wonder if the body I found had

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been lured there just as I was.

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I'll tell you one thing for

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certain. I will never be jogging

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that trail again. In

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addition to this statement, there was an attached

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handwritten note, paper clip to the

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initial report. The note

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says, I took a small

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crew of four deputies around eleven

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PM, calling in a couple of people who had that

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night off. We

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considered this high priority due to the

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potential of an abandoned baby being involved.

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Mister Thorpe's description of the location

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was accurate. We were able to see

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muddy footprints assuming they were mister

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Thorps entering the paved portion

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of the trail close to the five mile

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marker. We followed his shoe

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prints until we found an additional set of

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prints. What looked

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like human handprints with claw

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like impressions at the fingertips were

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facing the trail. In addition,

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footprints from bare feet accompanied

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each set of the handprints. The

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footprints were unlike anything I'd ever

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seen. There were five

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toes, splayed out wider at the

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tow end, but the

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foot was longer and narrower

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than the average human foot.

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All four deputies observed these prints,

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but no one could think of what kind of animal

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or person they could potentially

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belong to. We

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found the thicket of trees and the cave entrance

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by following these prints. It was

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dark and there was no fog when we

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arrived. We did not find

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any evidence of a body and

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no prints found inside the cave. However,

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we did find a woman's watch with a pink

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wristband about twelve feet inside the

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mouth of the cave. There

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was no battery power, but we send it down

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to the guys in tech who will attempt to charge

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it, and they'll let us know what they find.

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On a personal note, I've only been with

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this department for about two years. One

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of the more seasoned deputies that

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had been out with us on the search party cautioned

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us about the amount of detail to include

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in our official reports, so we

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made the appropriate amendments. These

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details we believed would make people question the

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validity of the story and

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might hinder any search efforts brought

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forward as is. I

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believe mister Thorpe was telling the truth and the

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evidence we found substantiates his

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claims, so I am documenting

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this unofficial in case I ever need

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to refer back to this. Mister

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Thorpe has no arrest record

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and not so much as a parking ticket that

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we know about. He pays his

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appears to be a good husband and father and

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has a prominent job at a local

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business. I can't provide

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a motive for deception and

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he genuinely seemed frightened. Please

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consider reaching out to me if you have any pertinent

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information regarding this case, either by

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social media or email. You

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can direct message me on Twitter and Instagram

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at storage papers. You

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may also email me at the storage

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papers at gmail dot

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com. Or you can even leave a voice

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mail at anchor dot f m

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slash the storage papers.

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Make sure to reference episode one, baby

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cries in your subject line.

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I will be filing any additional

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information received in an organized manner

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and will provide updates on the show

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to these cases as often as

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possible. If you believe

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you've witnessed something truly unexplainable

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yourself and would like to share your story,

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I'd be glad to add it to these archives.

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You just never know whether or not

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your testimony can help or if

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it can corroborate another statement

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within these files. Thank

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you so much for listening to this

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first episode of the storage papers.

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I'll be back in two weeks

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with additional documentation to

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review.