1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Welcome 2 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you, as always 3 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in. That's our one and only 4 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: super producer. Give it up for him. His name is 5 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: Max Williams. They called me, they called me Ben. Uh No. 6 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 1: I think everybody at some point in their life has 7 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: needed to make a heartfelt apology. It can be difficult, 8 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: but it's it's an important thing to do and usually 9 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: you'll be the better for it. Well, let me take 10 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: this as an opportunity to make a heartfelt apology to you. Ben. 11 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: It was I that ate your leftover verse in the 12 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: uh the office fridge. Now, to be fair, they've been 13 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: in there for months. I probably got definitely ill as 14 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: a result of eating them. So that was my own 15 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: come uppance. And you probably forgotten about them in the 16 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: first place. And yet somehow I feel the need to 17 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: make a big to do about apologizing. Your name was 18 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 1: on it, Ben, and I disregarded that, And uh, is 19 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: that a true story? No, it's not a true story, 20 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: but it's okay story. You're not a leftover lever, Ben. 21 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: You know your know thyself. I feel like you know 22 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: you can apologize to me. Yeah, for drinking all your 23 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: your nice whiskey. No, no, for you know just call 24 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: me your nemesis on every podcast despite not doing anything 25 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: to you. Well, I mean that's all that's debatable to you. 26 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: How does one do something to someone you know? And 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: I see how it is. Yeah, No, I do apologize. 28 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: I drink. I drink a lot of your fancy whiskey 29 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: one time, and then I do apologize for that while 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: I was watching curling. Well, now that we're all uh, 31 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 1: now that we're all good, I will of one example. Uh, 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: this is old school how stuff works lore. I hope 33 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: I don't get in too much trouble for this. But 34 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: I did have a fridge thief fridge thief interaction many 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: years ago at our old office and Buckhead. I had 36 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: saved half of the Philly cheese steak sandwich on a Friday, 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: and I came in to the office on the weekend 38 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: because I was always I still always I'm going in 39 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: on the weekend, and uh, I found that my Philly 40 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: cheese steak was missing, and I was on a mission 41 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: to figure out who did it. So I started investigating. 42 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: I hit the streets or the hallways and the cubicles, 43 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: and I eventually learned that my cheese steak had been 44 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: taken none other by none other than my dear friend, 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: a good friend of the show, Josh Clark in his advance. 46 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: In his defense, he did come clean when I asked him, 47 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: and he said, why do you care? And I said, 48 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: because it's it's like beyond a party, foul man, you 49 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: you ate my cheese steak. And he did feel kind 50 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 1: of bad, but I do think it was. It was hilarious. 51 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: So every time I look at Josh, I still think 52 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: that guy owes me half a cheese steak. Yeah, it was. 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: It was it good. I mean, cheese steaks don't really 54 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: keep super well, to be fair, That's why I was 55 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: in the day after he moved quick. It was. It 56 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: was clearly half an eaten cheese steak wrapped in foil. 57 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: It's like, clearly not something left over from a party. 58 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: That's just up for grabs. But anyway, forgiveness, apologies. That's 59 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: what this story is about. And this I thought I 60 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: had had a wholesome ending. So this is this is 61 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: an interesting, fascinating tale from history. It does have some 62 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: ridiculous moments, but we can't wait to dive in. Let's 63 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: start with a tragedy. If you live in the US, 64 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: you are well aware of the events of Pearl Harbor 65 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: on December seven, nineteen forty one. And if you don't 66 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 1: live in the US. Want a primery, you should watch 67 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: the Michael Bay documentary Pearl Harbor um starring uh what's 68 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: his name? Yeah, that's right. It's apparently quite bad, but yeah, 69 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: it's it was a big deal. It's it was a 70 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: big deal. It was one of the only times we've 71 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: actually been directly attacked, you know, on American soil. Nine 72 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: eleven is often compared to Pearl Harbor. Yeah, yeah, but 73 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: I love you point this out. It was one of 74 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: the only times, but it was not the only time 75 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: the US was under air attack by Japanese forces. If 76 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: you go to September nine, there was a Japanese float 77 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: plane piloted by an officer named Nobu Fujita, which took 78 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: off from a submarine that was off Cape Blanco on 79 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: the southwestern Oregon coast. And this attack occurs in the 80 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: context of a couple of other attacks earlier that year. 81 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: In February twenty three, nineteen forty two, there was an 82 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: attack on the Elwood oil field outside of Santa Barbara, 83 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: and this attack sparked a panicked in the US populace. 84 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: They were not used to dealing with war on the 85 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: home front because you know, the US is geographically quite 86 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: fortunate in terms of uh its security. There are two 87 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: massive oceans on either side, too friendly countries to the 88 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: south and the north. It's hard to get here if 89 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: you are an army that is attempting to attack. So 90 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: people are still very concerned, Like I, I think you're 91 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: nine eleven. Comparison is pretty aptinal because you remember, in 92 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: the aftermath the attack on September eleven, two thousand and one, 93 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: people all over the country were worried that their town, 94 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: no matter how big or small, might be the next target. 95 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: And that's kind of how people were feeling during World 96 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: War Two. They thought Japanese forces would be able to 97 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: get past the ocean, would be able to touch them 98 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: on home soil. This was not a crazy fear, you know, 99 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: it didn't come out of the blue. There were several attacks, 100 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: as we have mentioned, and at this time the Imperial 101 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: Japanese Navy was super formidable. It was actually the most 102 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: powerful navy on the planet. During the Pearl Harbor attacks. 103 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: It had the biggest, most heavily armed battleships ever built, 104 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: the Yamato and the Musashi, and their naval aviation was 105 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: super awesome. Japanese forces made the largest submarines of World 106 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: War Two. They could carry their own aircraft, which might 107 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: sound pretty crazy today. And this I to five submarine 108 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: we're talking about how his surprise that submarines today do 109 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: not possess. They had planes that can fly from the 110 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: sub and then fly back to the sub. They were 111 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: retrievable usable they did this by folding up. The technology 112 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: is amazing. But that's where that's where our story takes place. 113 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: The we can talk about the stats sum if you want. Uh, 114 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: it was pretty big. Seventeen torpedoes had a naval gun 115 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: hundred forty millimeters individuals aboard, and it had one Yokosuka 116 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: E one four y sea plane. The Allied forces called 117 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 1: this the Glen and this was responsible for the only 118 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: attack on a mainland American military site during World War Two. 119 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: So the other one that wasn't Pearl Harbor. Yeah, And 120 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: on June twenty one two along the Oregon coastline. This 121 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: was the only mainland attack of an American military site 122 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: during World War Two. Uh, and it was along the 123 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: Oregon coastline, and um, there wasn't a American fishing vessel. 124 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: Uh that the Japanese submarine I very sneakily used to 125 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: evade capture, to evade detection, they kind of what would 126 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: you say, Ben, kind of tailed them a little bit, 127 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: I guess, or you know, it's sort of the equivalent 128 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: of like drafting someone in Mario Kart, or if you 129 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: hang out behind them, it's sort of like guards you 130 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: from others and even pick up a little extra steam. 131 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: That wouldn't have been the case here, but certainly would 132 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: have been a way to keep under the radar as 133 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: it were, because I mean they would have seen the 134 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: fishing vessel and maybe not paid attention to what was 135 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: close around. But its surfaced around Fort Stevens, which was 136 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: a kind of long in the tooth army base that 137 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: actually dated back to the Civil War, so it was 138 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: in really poor uh state, needed some TLC. But just 139 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: before midnight the ive used, Um it's above deck weapon 140 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: like a gatling gun kind of thing, or I don't know, Ben, 141 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: when you say it's a hundred and forty millimeters, So 142 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: is that like shells. There's that like we would you 143 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: call that like an ordinance, like a like a larger 144 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: scale mortar situation, or it's somewhere in between just regular 145 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: machine gun shells and larger ordinance, right, yeah, I would 146 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: call it. I would say, think of it like a 147 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: tank gun. So not a massive mortar around, but somewhere 148 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: in between, like an anti aircraft gun or something like that, 149 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: or a tank gun like you said. And they shot 150 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: seventeen of those forty millimeter bad boys at that fort, 151 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: and the commander of Fort Stevens actually ordered his men 152 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: not to return fire because he didn't want to give 153 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: away their positions, and he thought that the flashes from 154 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: the gun muzzles of the installations there on the fort 155 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: would have revealed that. And this, you know, apparently worked. 156 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: At first, I was kind of like, well, well, why 157 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: why did this matter? Because but again, because of the size, 158 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: the medium size of the rounds that are being fired 159 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: by the Japanese, they needed to be able to focus 160 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: um into areas where they were actually going to kill personnel, 161 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: because this wouldn't have been enough to like take down 162 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: the whole fort, for example. So by kind of hiding 163 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: their positions, they essentially rendered the attack a little bit 164 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: null and void. So instead a nearby baseball field actually 165 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: took a lot of the damage. Yeah yeah, which been 166 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: the bombardment wasn't very successful. The Fort Stevens plan worked. 167 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: But this just goes to show you how how good 168 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: the I was at getting close enough to do some damage. 169 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: And forgive me, fellow ridiculous historians. Every time I'm saying night, 170 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: I know it's the submarine, but it keeps making me 171 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: think of interstates. So the submarine, which is not an interstate, 172 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: makes history again when it does the first ever bombing 173 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: of the mainland continental United States by an enemy aircraft. 174 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: This is collectively known as the Lookout air raids. Now, 175 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: this is where we share a guy. Warrant officer Nabu Fujita. 176 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: His commander, Meijitagami, tells the crew to deploy that aircraft 177 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: were talking about, the Glenn. Armed with two pretty big 178 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: and century bombs sixty eight pounds each. Fujita is flying 179 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: under the cover of darkness, crosses onto dry land. The 180 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: idea is that if they dropped these incendiary bombs in 181 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: the right place, they can maybe start a forest fire 182 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: and have people in a panic. I wanna shout out 183 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: a couple of sources here. Of course history dot com 184 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: several articles from there, and of course Civilian Military Intelligence Group. 185 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: This comes from a blog post, but it's worth checking 186 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: out because it has pictures where you can see the 187 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: actual submarine we're describing, as well as the plane that 188 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: Fujita was flying. Americans didn't realize they were under attack 189 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: for a while. Uh. Some people have heard the ship, 190 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: heard the plane while they were on the ground. It 191 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: wasn't until six in the morning the next morning that 192 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: a U. S. Forest Service guy named Howard Gardner was 193 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: at the Mount Emily fire lookout and spotted the plane. 194 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: He said the engine sounded like a Model T backfiring 195 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: and he called it in and no one. No one 196 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: thought it was a threat. They were like, look, this 197 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: is just some guy in a plane. He's over the 198 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: wilderness in the middle of nowhere. Cool your jets, gardener, 199 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: pump your brakes. Watched the forest and another really good 200 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: resource to check out, by the way, is a site 201 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: called now I Know dot com. Uh, and there is 202 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: an article from about the lookout area which was actually 203 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: about to get into so later that day the forest 204 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: fires were discovered, and this UH Forest Service ranger guy, 205 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: I guess he went to check it out, and they 206 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: initially thought that lightning had caused them. They later found 207 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: a crater and they can only have been caused by 208 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: bomb fragments or bombing from airings. And eventually they found 209 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: the nose cone of the bomb and of course had 210 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: tell tale markings on it that indicated that they were 211 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: of Japanese origin. UH. Three weeks later, on September twenty nine, 212 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: early in the morning, Fujita led a second round of attacks. 213 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: He dropped two more bombs into the forest near Port Orford, 214 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: which around fifty miles up the coast from Brookings, Oregon. 215 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: And again the planes were sighted. Yeah, yeah, they found them, 216 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: and the U. S. Forest Service employees also described things 217 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: that sound like bombs, flashes, smoke. They searched the area, 218 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: they don't find anything, and they say, okay, you know 219 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: what probably happened. There's probably a small wildfire that burned 220 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: out because the forest is so damp. So again they 221 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: go back to that other explanation, lightning strikes. They say 222 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: they don't find any fragments, bombs. They don't release any 223 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: information about this until the next year. Uh, and let's 224 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: look at Fujita. This is where I think the story 225 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: gets really really interesting. So Fugita himself, Yeah, he very wholesome. Yes, 226 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: he he survives until the end of World War Two 227 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: and all the you know, horrors that happened in Japan 228 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: at that time. He eventually opens a hardware store near 229 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: Tokyo and like the kind of Tokyo suburbs. Unfortunately, the 230 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: hardware store goes bankrupt later and he takes a job 231 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: where he works at a wire company for a pretty 232 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: long time, and he doesn't really talk about his time 233 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: in the military. It doesn't come up. And if you've 234 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: ever had a veteran in your family from any war, 235 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: you know that often people have survived war, it's not 236 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: their first topic of conversation, and understandably so. So it 237 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: came to pass that Fujita's entire family had no idea 238 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: that he attacked to the US mainland until in ninety 239 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: sixty two he gets invited to Brookings, the place he 240 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: tried to bomb, and Uh, the Japanese government takes a 241 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: minute and they say, okay, we gotta figure out if 242 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna try you as a war criminal. And they 243 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: say all right, we get the vibe that they're not 244 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: going to try as a war criminal, and so he says, okay, 245 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go, and he takes along with him his 246 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: family's samurai sword. It's been in his family for four 247 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: hundred years. His plan is, look, I'm gonna present this 248 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: to the town as an apology from my attack, and 249 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: if they don't accept my apology, I'm going to commit sepuku, 250 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: a ritual suicide. That is intense, man. I mean, it's 251 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: it's not uncommon. I mean, you know, in the if 252 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: a Japanese, a very proud Japanese person is shamed in 253 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: some way or brings Sina's being a shame on their family, 254 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: this thing is absolutely on the table. His daughter, your 255 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: Eko A Sukar told The New York Times in an 256 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: interview quote, he thought perhaps people would still be angry 257 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: and would throw eggs at him if that happened. As 258 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: a Japanese, he wanted to take responsibility for what he 259 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: had done. That's a pretty heavy way of taking responsibility. 260 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: So I just just understand, I mean, he's apologizing, or 261 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: he's he's regretful because he made a mistake, or because 262 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: he did not agree with the mission of the war anymore. 263 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: I I think the idea is that he's a he's 264 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: officially no. Apologies are a big, big thing in that culture, 265 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: so I think he is. His motivation, if we could guess, 266 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: is to apologize for possibly putting civilians in danger, possibly 267 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: destroying you know, wilderness, and it's his way of making 268 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: peace or atoning. We should talk about sepuko if no one, 269 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: if if you're not aware of it, ridiculous historians. It's 270 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: sometimes called Harry Carey in the in the West, and 271 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: it is super grizzly. It starts by you stab yourself 272 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: in the stomach, in your belly with a short sword, 273 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: and then you cut across, turning the blade upwards, slicing 274 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: open your stomach. It's almost like disemboweling yourself. And then 275 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken, it requires a buddy who then 276 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: chops your head off, or at least in some I've seen. Yeah, yeah, 277 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: kaisha kunen they're called uh yeah. You can read more 278 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: what is sepuku and history dot Com by Evan Andrews. 279 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: But yes, he was serious about this, and and think 280 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: of his think of his poor kid. There's a lot 281 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: to find out, right, one day, your dad says, I 282 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: have to look. I was in the war, as you know, 283 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: but I I bombed the United States. They've invited me 284 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,959 Speaker 1: to come back. I'm taking this. I'm taking our family's sword, 285 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: and I'm going to commit grizzly suicide if they don't 286 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: accept my apology. That's a lot for a Tuesday, you 287 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean, no joke, Yeah, I mean it's 288 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: almost a flex in a way. I mean, I get it. 289 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: I appreciate the sentiment, but man, not necessary. You know. 290 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: Water under the bridge been thankfully. Thankfully that's what it was, 291 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: and town welcomed him and appreciate it. The gesture so 292 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: much the local churches and businesses actually raised money to 293 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: help him come visit in nineteen sixty two, essentially gave 294 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: him the key to the city. He was made Grand 295 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: Marshal of the Azalea Festival, which sounds delightful, and he even, 296 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: single out of his own pocket, paid for students from 297 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: Brookings to go to Japan as well, so almost started 298 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: like a little exchange you know, foreign exchange student kind 299 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: of situation. He also donated money to the town's library 300 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: for kids books on Japan and their culture. Hopefully got 301 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: one on Sepaku for kids, because that that that's important 302 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: to know about. I think I remember that from the 303 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: Scholastic Bookarah really colorful stories. It was in the style 304 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Yeah. Uh, and the Tugrod 305 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: Adventure version is kind of grim though, so be Warren folks. 306 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: Uh godda loa Scholassic book fairs and book it well anyway, 307 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: so this is so this is so beautiful, it's so wholesome. 308 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: He did, by the way, present the sword even if 309 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: they didn't want to accept it. It was kind of 310 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: like he felt obligated to do so, and it is 311 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: to this day in the city hall. It's displayed in 312 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: the library of the city Hall. He was made an 313 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: honorary citizen of the town shortly before he passed away 314 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: in and per him and his family's request, some of 315 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: his ashes were buried at the bombing site when he 316 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: he donated the sword in nineteen sixty two, and he 317 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: had just a beautiful quote about it. Do you do 318 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: you want to do the honors? Know? I sure do, 319 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: he said. It's in the finest Samurai tradition to pledge 320 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: peace and friendship by presenting a sword to a former enemy. Wonderful. 321 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: And you know, this period of time is so full 322 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: of obscure stories and ridiculous history. You know, we uh, 323 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: if you're interested, we have a another story about a 324 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: failed assault on mainland US by Japanese forces. It's an 325 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 1: episode we did a while back. The concept was novel, 326 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: though it was ultimately unsuccessful. It was the fire balloons. 327 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: You remember that one. Yeah, I believe they're called FuGO 328 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: balloon bombs, which is a lighter than air balloon. You 329 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: know that it has a payload of essentially an anti 330 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: personnel bomb that are only about twenty six pounds. Uh. 331 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: They're incendiary bombs. They're essentially their fire bombs. Uh. And 332 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: it's I believe it detects altitude and once they dropped 333 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: to a certain altitude, the payload is released. It's really interesting. 334 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: In the episode we talk about sort of the mechanism 335 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: behind it and how that works and uses like a 336 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 1: like a very simple altimeter. Uh. And these types of 337 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: weapons can be very useful, especially you know in back 338 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: in the day when you know a lot of homes 339 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: and things were built out of very flammable material, and 340 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: if you had like a convoy of these things. The 341 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: clusters of them, they could really do some serious damage. Yeah, 342 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: and they're the interesting fact, they're the first ever intercontinental weapon. 343 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: They're the ancestor of uh I c B s, that's right. 344 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: And they weren't particularly effective, as you can imagine. I mean, 345 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: it is very little fi, low fi technology. And they 346 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: released them UM in a handful of these around Alaska 347 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: and Alberta, Canada, Arizona, British Columbia, California. Why why are 348 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: they messing with Canada during all this? What do they 349 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:54,959 Speaker 1: have to do with anything? I guess their allies uh Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mexico, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, 350 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: North Dakota, Oregon. There's Oregon getting them getting hit again, 351 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Yukon Territory. UM. 352 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: They launched around nine thousand of these things throughout the project, 353 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: and they were hoping that around nine hundred of them 354 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: would release would actually reach America, but I think only 355 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: three hundred did because they literally it was like a 356 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: kind of spray balloon. Yeah, it's gonna go with the 357 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: jet stream, gonna get guided and then like you know, 358 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: you throw a bunch of them at the wall and hopefully, 359 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, a handful of them stick, but they did 360 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: not meet their predicted expectations. I mean, who are we 361 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: to judge? That's basically what we do with uh, with 362 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: our show, hoping a few of these will stick in 363 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: your mind and you'll have some weird facts to throw 364 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: out with your friends at parties and gatherings. I was 365 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: thinking a lot about balloons recently because we had a 366 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: balloon launch as a memorial for thinking of my family, 367 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: and I know that they can be kind of controversial 368 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: because you don't know where the balloons will end up 369 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: or what they what they might end up doing. But 370 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 1: we also have here in Atlanta, we have a really 371 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: cool lantern parade every year and sometimes and people also 372 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: will release those lanterns that fly up based on the 373 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: you know, the heat admitted by the candle. Is that 374 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: how it works? Is that correct? I think that's right, Yeah, exactly, 375 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: It creates heat and the hot air rises, so it 376 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: pushes them up and they all go up in in 377 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: a flurry. And that's really kind of a beautiful site. 378 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,959 Speaker 1: I believe that's coming up not too far. We're kind 379 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: of entering festival and parade season here in Atlanta. I 380 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: went to the Inmand Park Festival over the weekend and 381 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: saw a great parade, and it was my first one 382 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: of the season left for everyone likes a good parade, 383 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: uh and a good festival. So hopefully you're taking some 384 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: in around your neck of the woods and men, isn't 385 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: there a balloon festival or some sort of a hot 386 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: air balloon that we've talked with. We've threatened to go 387 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: check it out together, but I can't remember where it's not. 388 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: It's in Norcross, I think, right, yeah, I think it all. 389 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: It may have already happened this year. It is held 390 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: every no, it's coming up. It's this May. I just 391 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: checked it. Okay, So it's the end of May, Friday 392 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: May seven to Sunday, May twenty nine. That's the regular 393 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: balloon festival. Then there's a hot air balloon festival the 394 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: same weekend in Gwynette. I don't know if the Atlanta 395 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: Balloon Festival lets you fly in the balloons, but would 396 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: love to get up in one. I think we talked 397 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: about it, you Max, you were you were the most 398 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: reticent on that one. Right. I'm doing absolutely I think 399 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: I think, I think Nolan I were both like the bottom. 400 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: Go with God, my friend. I will watch you, pray, 401 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: pray for your well being and safe returnament con candy. 402 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: I'll be munching on it while I watched you go 403 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: up there. I am not getting up there at all. 404 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: I get in the air and I freak out. You're 405 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: not even you don't even like fights, right, you're not 406 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: a huge air travel fan. I'm fine with it gets going. 407 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm claustrophobic and afraid of heights, so like 408 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 1: planes just kind of like make me like pretty uncomfortable. 409 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: But like like if I'm at somebody's apartment it's like 410 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: five stories up, we're going on the balcony. I'm like, no, no, 411 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: not not doing this, tuff. I'm okay with with heights 412 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: as long as it's been closed and I feel like 413 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: it's sturdy, but like a basket. Are you kidding me? Oh? Yeah, 414 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: what is life if not to be lived? Well, you 415 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: know what, at least you guys told me before the 416 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: three of us were walking up to the balloon, when 417 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: the two at which point the two of you would 418 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: have been, would have dipped back and said, hey, take 419 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: some pictures, all right, see you man? Um, So I'll 420 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: take some too from the ground, buddy. To be honest, 421 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: at least, we've not told you this twice. We have 422 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: this on record. Yeah, yeah, you've got the receipts. Take 423 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: get it. But barring our ballooning adventures, we know this 424 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: one was maybe a little shorter than usual. But we 425 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: thought it was so wholesome and it was such a 426 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: beautiful human moment, a beautiful ending to a story that 427 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: could have been horrific and tragic. We hope you enjoyed 428 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: this as much as we did. We can't wait to 429 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: hear your accounts of other strange stories largely left out 430 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: of textbooks. So let us know, let us know your 431 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: cool stories. You can find us on the internet, not 432 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: just as a show, but as individuals. That's right, you 433 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: can find us as individuals. 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Yes, you can find 444 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: me at at l Underscore Max Williams, where you know, 445 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: I'll just be tweeting about stuff I like and stuff sports. 446 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: Sure why not? Or no scores just scores, just spores 447 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: and there are a lot out there to discover. Anyway, 448 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 1: story for another day. Thanks to you, Max, thanks to 449 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: Eve's Jeff Coat, thanks to Casey Pegram, Christopher Ossiotis you're 450 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: in spirit returning soon? Um, I don't know. You think 451 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: Jonathan strictly Decay the Quister would go up into balloon 452 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: with me. I'm gonna say no, Yeah, I'm with you. 453 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: It's the soft note from me dot. 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