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Speaker 1: I'm trapped here. I've been trapped. The things are fitting out.

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Speaker 1: It's it's opening again. And I'm trapped here. I've been trapped.

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Speaker 1: The things are fitting out. It's it's opening again. What

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Speaker 1: are you trying to tell me? Thomas Nana, Hey, morning baby?

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Speaker 1: What was that? Mm hmm just a message? Why did

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Speaker 1: it sound like that? Mm hmmm? Bad connection? I guess

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Speaker 1: may used that you've been using the same machine for

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Speaker 1: like a hundred years. You really need to get a

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Speaker 1: real phone, Nana. Okay, I have a real phone. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean like an iPhone or something. Ethan, I have

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Speaker 1: a cell phone. It just doesn't work out here, whatever, whatever. Okay,

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Speaker 1: do you sleep Okay? Yeah, kind of. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: The cell is kind of always freaks me out, it does.

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Speaker 1: It's just so quiet, it's peaceful. Yes, Well, plus you

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Speaker 1: was fun though, right, Yeah, yeah, can can we go

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Speaker 1: home now? Of course, m Um. I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: say thank you for agreeing to do this, and I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry about yesterday. No, I'm sorry. I should never

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Speaker 1: have snapped at you like that. It's just I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I guess it's been a very long, very strange week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you can say that again. I've had to think about

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Speaker 1: so many things that I haven't thought about in years.

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Speaker 1: It's jarring, I know, And I never want to treat

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Speaker 1: this all so callously, you know, finding your dad's badge,

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Speaker 1: it just it must have been traumatic, and I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: for making it into fodder for work so stupid. No, honestly,

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Speaker 1: you didn't. It's I'm right there with you. Really. It's

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Speaker 1: opened up some interesting avenues areas of research that we

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Speaker 1: haven't been looking at before. And you're not wrong. A

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Speaker 1: appealing to people if there's some kind of central story,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry for getting carried away. Honestly, I was just

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Speaker 1: the same when I was your age. Fascinated and excited

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Speaker 1: about the uncannyness of America and you're not. Now, no

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Speaker 1: I am. It's just, you know, you get old, some

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Speaker 1: of the luster gets lost. I have to say, it's

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Speaker 1: been nice to have someone to talk to about all

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Speaker 1: this though. Honestly, thank you, of course. I'm I'm always

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Speaker 1: here you. I appreciate that. I don't really have well,

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Speaker 1: but you have people to talk to, like, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: lot to say about all of this. Yeah, not really not. Actually,

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Speaker 1: we've just never never been that close. I can't believe

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Speaker 1: I just think that if we have an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: find out about those symbols, then you know, we know

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Speaker 1: what they are. They're not sense from a cult, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but but if you figure out what it means, then

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Speaker 1: we can find out where they're gathering. Yeah. It's really

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Speaker 1: not the best name for a group, is it. No?

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Speaker 1: Not really, Although I wouldn't expect much from a group

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Speaker 1: who believes in any religion. Well, probably wouldn't be the

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Speaker 1: first time. So how do you know this girl? This girl, well,

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Speaker 1: And she speaks Wapanah Pretty sure, Yeah, you're pretty sure. Well,

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Speaker 1: m What did you say? Her last name was why God,

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Speaker 1: come in, Come in out of the rain, Jeremy Bradshaw,

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Speaker 1: as I live and breathe. How have you been, Joe

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Speaker 1: good good? What the hell are you doing here? Well? Um,

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Speaker 1: Olivia said it might be okay if I came by. Oh, oh,

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize she was dating anyone. No, No, I'm not,

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Speaker 1: Olivia as student. So what are you doing here? How

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Speaker 1: do you two? Well, it's a it's a bit random,

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Speaker 1: I know, but um a vipen here's my t A

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Speaker 1: We wanted to ask Olivia about some wampanock symbols we found.

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Speaker 1: Oh oh yeah, liv knows a little bit of the language.

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Speaker 1: I were what do you guys call it? We were

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Speaker 1: has a winner. I don't know. If Joseph has a

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say there wasn't a winner. She'll be down

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Speaker 1: in a few That girl works harder than anyone in

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Speaker 1: the family. She's still a student, isn't she h? But

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Speaker 1: she also works freelance doing cybersecurity for some local businesses.

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Speaker 1: Of course she does very impressive. But how about you.

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Speaker 1: You're writing a book. Yeah, I'm about halfway through the manuscript.

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Speaker 1: It's all about the legend and folklore of the Bridgewater Triangle.

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Speaker 1: Oh well, I would have thought you had a WAPAG

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Speaker 1: I do you know you should talk to Layard. She's

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Speaker 1: my contact. Of course. I should have never doubted your

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Speaker 1: academic fastidiousness. So what can Olivia do for you that

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Speaker 1: Layard can't. Do you recognize this rock? Should I recognize

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Speaker 1: recognize any of the symbols on it? The second photo

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Speaker 1: word for water, and this might be sunrise or sunset,

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Speaker 1: so it is in wa a knock. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's not any grammar structure I recognize, and it doesn't

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Speaker 1: speak the language. No, one does, not really, not until

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Speaker 1: Laird started bringing it back, which again leads to the question,

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Speaker 1: why are you here instead of talking to her? Well,

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Speaker 1: this isn't really something that I wanted to bother her.

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Speaker 1: When why Well, um, I guess it's not strictly speaking,

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Speaker 1: a scholarly pursuit. What's going on, Jeremy. I know this

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Speaker 1: What have you heard of the gathering? No? I haven't. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that's that's the name of the cult. These symbols have

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Speaker 1: and we're just we're trying to figure out what they say.

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Speaker 1: And you didn't want to show on actual linguist a

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Speaker 1: I don't blame you the people that tell stories about

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Speaker 1: Why didn't it die with the last Natives speaker a

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Speaker 1: early settlers already. I'm assuming the gathering isn't a Native

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Speaker 1: American group. No, no, not not that I know of. Well,

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Speaker 1: then this looks like more of the same non native

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Speaker 1: what it says. But why, Joe, are you lecturing somebody

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Speaker 1: on Algonquin history again? Oh? M Jeremy, Hi, Shelly, I

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Speaker 1: didn't know you were coming over. I would have Oh god, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: remember Professor Bradshaw, don't you. I'm not sure we ever met. Actually,

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Speaker 1: I went to high school with your dad. Cool so

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Speaker 1: Also email yesterday right right from yesterday? You still work

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Speaker 1: Ere you ready for the big camping trip next weekend? Definitely?

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Speaker 1: Nana didn't tell you any scary stories, did she No,

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Speaker 1: this is that's okay, Shelly. We already know each other. Bradshaw.

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Speaker 1: He an you do how well? AND's been helping me

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Speaker 1: so nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you.

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Speaker 1: You must be Vivin that's right. So that means you're

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Speaker 1: Olivia's grandmother. I can't believe you have grandkids. Well, no

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Speaker 1: need to sound so surprised, Bradshaw. No, it's just I

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Speaker 1: should we do this thing? Or what? What thing? We

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Speaker 1: were hoping Olivia could help us translate some symbols? Would

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Speaker 1: just teasing, Shelly. I've put all that paranormal business behind me.

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Speaker 1: of computers. And yeah, I'm a computer science major, remember right, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: You know slender Man, Polybius, oh, the elevator game, Momo.

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Speaker 1: Oh man? And are you're right? Ship? Are you hurt? What? What? What?

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Speaker 1: There's somebody here know what? Come on, come on, we

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Speaker 1: and ship. Bridgewater was created by Aaron Manky and written

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Speaker 1: and directed by Lauren Shipping, with executive producers Aaron Manky,

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Speaker 1: and music by Chad Lawson. Starring Misha Collins as Jeremy Bradshaw,

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Speaker 1: Melissa Ponzio as Anne Becker, Karen Sony as Vipen Corona,

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Speaker 1: Lori Allen as Nancy Collins, Cheryl Umania as Officer Bautista,

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