WEBVTT - Chapter 4: Forgotten Words

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trapped here. I've been trapped. The things are fitting out.

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

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<v Speaker 1>The things are fitting out. It's it's opening again. What

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<v Speaker 1>are you trying to tell me? Thomas Nana, Hey, morning baby?

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<v Speaker 1>What was that? Mm hmm just a message? Why did

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<v Speaker 1>it sound like that? Mm hmmm? Bad connection? I guess

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<v Speaker 1>may used that you've been using the same machine for

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<v Speaker 1>like a hundred years. You really need to get a

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<v Speaker 1>real phone, Nana. Okay, I have a real phone. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like an iPhone or something. Ethan, I have

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>The cell is kind of always freaks me out, it does.

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

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<v Speaker 1>love the quiet. That's what camping is. Aren't you spending

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<v Speaker 1>all of next weekend sleeping in the woods. First quiet

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<v Speaker 1>is way different than house quiet. Got it? High game

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<v Speaker 1>was fun though, right, Yeah, yeah, can can we go

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<v Speaker 1>home now? Of course, m Um. I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>say thank you for agreeing to do this, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry about yesterday. No, I'm sorry. I should never

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>you can say that again. I've had to think about

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<v Speaker 1>so many things that I haven't thought about in years.

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<v Speaker 1>It's jarring, I know, And I never want to treat

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<v Speaker 1>this all so callously, you know, finding your dad's badge,

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<v Speaker 1>it just it must have been traumatic, and I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 1>for making it into fodder for work so stupid. No, honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't. It's I'm right there with you. Really. It's

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<v Speaker 1>opened up some interesting avenues areas of research that we

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

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<v Speaker 1>nonfiction book is probably going to be a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>appealing to people if there's some kind of central story,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't know. At the very least, the

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<v Speaker 1>police files are going to be very useful primary sources. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry for getting carried away. Honestly, I was just

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<v Speaker 1>the same when I was your age. Fascinated and excited

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

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<v Speaker 1>I am. It's just, you know, you get old, some

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

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<v Speaker 1>been nice to have someone to talk to about all

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<v Speaker 1>this though. Honestly, thank you, of course. I'm I'm always

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<v Speaker 1>here you. I appreciate that. I don't really have well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know me, you know, I'm a consummate bachelor. So

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<v Speaker 1>but you have people to talk to, like, um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's uh, there's your mom. I'm sure she has a

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<v Speaker 1>lot to say about all of this. Yeah, not really not. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>we've just never never been that close. I can't believe

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<v Speaker 1>that I let you talk me into this on a Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>I just think that if we have an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>find out about those symbols, then you know, we know

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

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<v Speaker 1>but but if you figure out what it means, then

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

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<v Speaker 1>not the best name for a group, is it. No?

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<v Speaker 1>Not really, Although I wouldn't expect much from a group

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<v Speaker 1>of people that believes there are spirits on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of some veil. I think you just offended anyone

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>she goes to the college. We were in the same

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<v Speaker 1>statistics class a few years ago. Um, I think she's

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<v Speaker 1>a senior now. Yeah, I'm pretty sure she's a senior now.

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

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<v Speaker 1>you know, her dad is Wapanag and I think she

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<v Speaker 1>learned some when she was younger. She's really really smart,

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<v Speaker 1>and she seemed totally up to help us out. And

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<v Speaker 1>I figured we could explain the whole thing in person,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just really look at each other and just

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<v Speaker 1>explain it. I see, got it. Oh, here we are,

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<v Speaker 1>m What did you say? Her last name was why God,

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<v Speaker 1>come in, Come in out of the rain, Jeremy Bradshaw,

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<v Speaker 1>as I live and breathe. How have you been, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>good good? What the hell are you doing here? Well? Um,

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not we're not. No, we just we went to

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<v Speaker 1>college together. The college you teach at yes, yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>I never I don't. I don't think I ever had

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<v Speaker 1>Olivia as student. So what are you doing here? How

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<v Speaker 1>do you two? Well, it's a it's a bit random,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, but um a vipen here's my t A

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm working on a book about the Bridgewater Triangle.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, you're a folklore professor. Come on, let's sit down.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted to ask Olivia about some wampanock symbols we found.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh oh yeah, liv knows a little bit of the language.

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<v Speaker 1>She's upstairs working. Let me go grab her. Please sit down?

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<v Speaker 1>S it? Um, So you guys were friends in high school? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, Um, I wouldn't say we were friends. A

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<v Speaker 1>friend friend might be putting a little strong. Joe and

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<v Speaker 1>I were what do you guys call it? We were

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<v Speaker 1>a friend of mis I think, I promise you no

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<v Speaker 1>one calls it that. I love that you're training me

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<v Speaker 1>to be cool. It been, um, well, whatever you want

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<v Speaker 1>to call it. I guess we were kind of school rivals,

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<v Speaker 1>and keikot valedictorian over me, and then I scored better

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<v Speaker 1>on the S A T S. And then we both

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<v Speaker 1>went to Harvard. Gotcha one of those rivalries. That never

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<v Speaker 1>has a winner. I don't know. If Joseph has a

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<v Speaker 1>lovely wife and two kids and this big house, I U,

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

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<v Speaker 1>in a few That girl works harder than anyone in

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

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<v Speaker 1>she also works freelance doing cybersecurity for some local businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course she does very impressive. But how about you.

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

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about the legend and folklore of the Bridgewater Triangle.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, I would have thought you had a WAPAG

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<v Speaker 1>contact already. If you're writing a book on the region. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I do you know you should talk to Layard. She's

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<v Speaker 1>my contact. Of course. I should have never doubted your

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<v Speaker 1>academic fastidiousness. So what can Olivia do for you that

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<v Speaker 1>Layard can't. Do you recognize this rock? Should I recognize

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<v Speaker 1>a rock? It's in Freetown Forest. I don't spend much

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<v Speaker 1>time there, not since we were kids. Anyway, do you

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<v Speaker 1>recognize any of the symbols on it? The second photo

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<v Speaker 1>right here is zoomed in. AH, looks like maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>word for water, and this might be sunrise or sunset,

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<v Speaker 1>so it is in wa a knock. I don't know.

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

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<v Speaker 1>seem to be wholly accurate. But then again, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>speak the language. No, one does, not really, not until

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<v Speaker 1>Laird started bringing it back, which again leads to the question,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you here instead of talking to her? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't really something that I wanted to bother her.

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<v Speaker 1>When why Well, um, I guess it's not strictly speaking,

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

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<v Speaker 1>is going to sound a little crazy, but we think

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<v Speaker 1>that there might be a cult in the woods and

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<v Speaker 1>that they're using these symbols to communicate with each other.

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

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's the name of the cult. These symbols have

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<v Speaker 1>appeared near asson at Ledge in the last few days,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're just we're trying to figure out what they say.

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<v Speaker 1>And you didn't want to show on actual linguist a

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<v Speaker 1>bastardized version of her language that a bunch of cultists

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<v Speaker 1>are using to talk to each other. Yeah, something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't blame you the people that tell stories about

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<v Speaker 1>the woods, that believe something mystical is there. Half the

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<v Speaker 1>time it's a bunch of white people taking our legends

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<v Speaker 1>and turning them into ghost stories. M hmm. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know why we even have any of our language left?

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<v Speaker 1>Why didn't it die with the last Natives speaker a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty years ago? There's a Christian Bible written

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<v Speaker 1>in Wampanog. Colonizers wrote it so they could convert us

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<v Speaker 1>to their religion, civilize us. Yikes, that sounds like the

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

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<v Speaker 1>American group. No, no, not not that I know of. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>then this looks like more of the same non native

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<v Speaker 1>folks using our culture to promote their own. Well I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not advocating for it and not trying to do

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<v Speaker 1>any co opting here or just trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>what it says. But why, Joe, are you lecturing somebody

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<v Speaker 1>on Algonquin history again? Oh? M Jeremy, Hi, Shelly, I

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

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know I was coming over either. I just

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<v Speaker 1>dropped in unexpectedly. I'm so glad to see you though. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>me too, Helles have been ah geez, five years at

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<v Speaker 1>least the last high school reunion probably right. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right. So how are you? I'm good, I'm good. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>this is my t a Vippin. Hi. It's nice to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you. I went to college with your daughter or ma'am. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>how nice? Yeah, I I didn't realize that Professor Bradshaw

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<v Speaker 1>went to high school with her parents only in a

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<v Speaker 1>small town. Huh, I'm sorry, I'm I'm sure Olivia has

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned your she just oh I doubt it. I really

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<v Speaker 1>doubt it. Oh, hey, hippen right, yes we have you

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

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<v Speaker 1>I went to high school with your dad. Cool so

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<v Speaker 1>hippin Yeah, I'm hipp whipping coroner from yes Statistics. I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Also email yesterday right right from yesterday? You still work

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<v Speaker 1>at the college, right? Yeah? Wow? Yeah, I am actually

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<v Speaker 1>Professor bradshaw'st t Heny. You guys have some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>project do you want my help on? Yeah? If you

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<v Speaker 1>have time to spare, would appreciate it. Sure I can. Hello. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're all in here. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>that you were having guests. We can No, it's all right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's just my mother. Hi, sweetie, how is hiking?

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<v Speaker 1>It was good? This is our youngest. Nice to meet you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ere you ready for the big camping trip next weekend? Definitely?

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<v Speaker 1>Nana didn't tell you any scary stories, did she No,

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<v Speaker 1>Nana did not. Oh, this is my mother and mom

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

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<v Speaker 1>He an you do how well? AND's been helping me

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<v Speaker 1>with some local research for my book, crime statistics, paranormal

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<v Speaker 1>reports and that sort of stuff. Right, and Hi, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be Vivin that's right. So that means you're

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>thought you said you weren't good with kids. She's not well. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>should we do this thing? Or what? What thing? We

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<v Speaker 1>were hoping Olivia could help us translate some symbols? Would

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<v Speaker 1>these happen to be the symbols you found on a

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<v Speaker 1>rock near San at Ledge. He don't tell me that

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you're doing here. I'm dropping off my grandson. Actually, kid,

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<v Speaker 1>I was hoping you could help me with a little something.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it weird? Isn't it always? No? Mhmm oh, I'm

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

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<v Speaker 1>So you like computers, sorry, just you've got a lot

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

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more of a book guy myself. That's not why

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<v Speaker 1>you're carrying around actual photos. Yeah, I like to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to mark them up, and you know you can

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<v Speaker 1>do that on your phone, right. So what do you

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<v Speaker 1>need Olivia's help with? Why the hell do you care? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to actually find out real information and not

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<v Speaker 1>dig up supernatural skeletons. Neither, am I. But explain to

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<v Speaker 1>me why exactly Petrick lifts carved this week? Would be

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<v Speaker 1>good information for your history book because it shows the

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<v Speaker 1>hold that these old legends have on this area's consciousness.

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<v Speaker 1>The same could be said for Thomas's badge, a forty

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<v Speaker 1>year old disappearance was able to catch the attention of

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<v Speaker 1>the Internet. A very tiny portion of the Internet. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I'm here the reddit post. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>know who made it, what else they might know? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think they'd actually be useful, more useful than me?

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't Wampanock, is not really. It's like whoever wrote

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<v Speaker 1>it has seen some Wapanock before, but it's just doing

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<v Speaker 1>it by memory. I'm not sure it really translates to anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Your dad said that it um maybe said something about

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<v Speaker 1>water or sunrise, could be those symbols there could be

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<v Speaker 1>for curtain and beginning, but it's not the actual Wampanock language.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like it's taken from a couple of different cultures,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. I'm not an expert, and whoever

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<v Speaker 1>carved these clearly isn't either onto what I know. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>your dad was always good at computers too. He took

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<v Speaker 1>it up before it was cool, Yeah, and he loves

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<v Speaker 1>lording it over me being the o G hacker. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to go into cybersecurity like him, though. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that's what you were doing now, yeah, just to

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<v Speaker 1>pick up some extra cash. It's not long term. May

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<v Speaker 1>I ask Olivia, what do you want to do? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. Something more interesting. That's why I like helping

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<v Speaker 1>Ann out with her weird little projects. So you're into

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<v Speaker 1>this Bridgewater Triangle stuff like an No, not really, at

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<v Speaker 1>least not the weird old myths in this town. People

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<v Speaker 1>used to create narratives about people like me. But Internet

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<v Speaker 1>myth that stuff I can get into. What's internet myth? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>You know slender Man, Polybius, oh, the elevator game, Momo.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea what you're saying. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>keep up with the times, Bradshaw. Are you telling me

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<v Speaker 1>that you know what? Momo is a half bird, half

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<v Speaker 1>woman who tells you to kill yourself. Are you serious?

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<v Speaker 1>Is she serious? The Internet is a very dark place. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The author of the Reddit post about your dad's badge

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<v Speaker 1>is one Katie Frank's. Of course, anyone know who that is?

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<v Speaker 1>No no idea? Is she local? Yep? Wait, you know her,

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<v Speaker 1>professor Bradshaw does, and you do too, Miss Becker. What

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<v Speaker 1>it's that hiker you scared with the missing friend? That

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<v Speaker 1>that's Katie Frank's. Uh yeah, it all makes sense now.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike said that there was a frequent poster who had

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<v Speaker 1>a partner on the force. What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>Officer Batista. What. Yeah, she came to me the other

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<v Speaker 1>night to tell me about her girlfriend, Katie, and as

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<v Speaker 1>symbols on the rock, she says, it's some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>communication for the cult, and it's a way they tell

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<v Speaker 1>each other where they're going to meet up. The cop

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<v Speaker 1>isn't a cult. Oh, we don't know it's a cult.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it is a cult, but I don't think the

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<v Speaker 1>cop is in it. It's her girlfriend. It's all very complicated.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Frank's the hiker. Then why are you talking to

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<v Speaker 1>me if you know someone who knows the code? No, no,

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<v Speaker 1>Katie doesn't know the code. She's not Inner Circle. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>that's creepy. Why didn't you call me? And this really

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<v Speaker 1>isn't any of your business. I've been poring over the

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<v Speaker 1>same files for the past forty years and this just

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<v Speaker 1>gets dropped into your lap and you don't even bother

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<v Speaker 1>to tell me. I don't see why this is important

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<v Speaker 1>to you. If the gathering is back, that's extremely important.

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<v Speaker 1>You said they were harmless. That doesn't mean they're clueless.

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<v Speaker 1>They could have information. Um, guys, this doesn't look very

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<v Speaker 1>harmless to me. What is it is that Katie's private

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<v Speaker 1>email is that ethical? Is human sacrifice ethical? What this

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<v Speaker 1>isn't Katie's email? It's a protected account. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>It just means it's anonymous and really hard to trace.

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<v Speaker 1>I p F anyone can buy one. They're not inherently suspicious.

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<v Speaker 1>I think having an untraceable anonymous email is pretty suspicious.

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<v Speaker 1>I have one why But the point is I went

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<v Speaker 1>into Katie's email, scant her contact for addresses from certain

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<v Speaker 1>email providers once that sell protected accounts, and found a

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<v Speaker 1>center who I think might be in the inner circle.

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<v Speaker 1>This is their inbox. Wait wait, so so you did

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<v Speaker 1>all of that just now? Yep? Wow? So does that

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<v Speaker 1>mean that you know who's in the inner circle? Now? No?

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<v Speaker 1>But I think I know how you can find out how.

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<v Speaker 1>This email is talking about a meeting of the gathering,

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<v Speaker 1>one that is preparing for the ultimate sacrifice. And you

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<v Speaker 1>think that means human sacrifice. Kind of sounds like it,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you think? But you know how? People aren't Reddit though, right,

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<v Speaker 1>They talk a lot of crap. This isn't Reddit. This

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<v Speaker 1>is several anonymous people communicating about meeting. There are specifics,

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<v Speaker 1>what specifics The meeting is happening in Hackamox Swamp tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>It really is a small world, isn't it. That is

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<v Speaker 1>the night time you've said that in the past hour.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just strange. That's all strange that I have a family. Well, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't spend as much time with them as i'd

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<v Speaker 1>like my daughter and I won't. It's complicated. You and

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<v Speaker 1>Olivia seem close though. M Yeah, we've come to an agreement.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a real good kid, as smart as a whip,

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<v Speaker 1>but motivated. I think it's because she's bored. I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to give her projects and hacking into our reddit posters,

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<v Speaker 1>private email as a productive project. Does this far? Didn't

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<v Speaker 1>it this far? And what we're grasping at straws, we're

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<v Speaker 1>chasing down what's probably a group of benign weirdos. If

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<v Speaker 1>you think they're so benign, then while the nervous chatter nor,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not doing that. I don't do that right. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Your dad was the same way. When he wasn't sure

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<v Speaker 1>what to expect, he just talk and talk and talk

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<v Speaker 1>and talk, like controlling what he said meant that he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be able to control everything else too. I don't try

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<v Speaker 1>to control everything. No, you just dedicate your entire profession

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<v Speaker 1>to explaining the unexplainable because you hate being right. Just

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<v Speaker 1>because I like being right doesn't mean I have control issues.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't help that I'm right. Surely a professor of

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<v Speaker 1>folklore understands that the truth is a matter of perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>What what does that? Even? My dear? It sounds like chanting?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, you think that's a gathering? I don't know something?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man? And are you're right? Ship? Are you hurt? What? What? What?

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<v Speaker 1>What was that? No? Idea? The wind out of me?

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<v Speaker 1>Was that a deal? As it's one of their six

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<v Speaker 1>ft tall deer? It was a person? What's that? They stopped? Quiet?

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<v Speaker 1>There's somebody here know what? Come on, come on, we

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<v Speaker 1>need to do now, we need to follow them? What? Yeah, honey,

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<v Speaker 1>this way? How can you? I can't see a tempting

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<v Speaker 1>and ship. Bridgewater was created by Aaron Manky and written

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<v Speaker 1>and directed by Lauren Shipping, with executive producers Aaron Manky,

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<v Speaker 1>Misha Collins, Matt Frederick and Alex Williams, supervising producer Trevor Young,

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<v Speaker 1>editing and sound designed by Trevor Young and Matt Stillo,

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<v Speaker 1>and music by Chad Lawson. Starring Misha Collins as Jeremy Bradshaw,

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<v Speaker 1>Melissa Ponzio as Anne Becker, Karen Sony as Vipen Corona,

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<v Speaker 1>Lori Allen as Nancy Collins, Cheryl Umania as Officer Bautista,

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<v Speaker 1>Victoria Grace as Katie Frank's Will Wheaton as Captain Haddock,

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary Burton Morgan as Shelley Hoskins, Jonathan Joss as Joseph Hoskins,

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<v Speaker 1>Sabra May as Olivia Hoskins, Samuel Marty as Ethan Hoskins,

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<v Speaker 1>Kristin Bauer as Celeste, and Nathan Fillion as Thomas Bradshaw,

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<v Speaker 1>with additional voice acting by brigand Snow, Andrew Nowak, Julia Maurizawa,

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis Johnson and Brielle Bresnan, Kristen dim Curio, James Oliva,

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