WEBVTT - Chapter 1: Remnants 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.160 Bridgewater is a production of iHeart Radio three D audio 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:08.360 and Grim and Mild from Aaron Bankey. Headphones recommended for 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:20.440 a full exposure. Listen with headphones. Listener discretion advised. Once 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.439 we've finished circling the whole lake, I'll officially have done 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.840 every trail of Freetown. And why do you like doing this? 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:33.160 Come on, look at this place. It's gorgeous mother nature 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.720 and all our splendor. Sure, if you like that sort 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.320 of thing, trust me, it'll grow on you. I just 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.440 see endless trees. Central Park had plenty of those. I 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:47.640 don't need miles and miles of it. Okay, But what 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:54.760 Central Park haunted? No way, Freetown State Forest is hella haunted. 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:59.080 People see all sorts of weird stuff in here. I mean, 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.400 take this, like, apparently in the seventies they found blood 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.959 and strange symbols all over this rock cliff. A lot 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:08.800 of it has been covered over in graffiti now, but 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.800 if you look closely, you can still see some carvings. 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:16.400 And they say when it rains, the rocks get slick 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:21.560 with red, like they're weeping blood. See right right up there, 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.640 I think you can see some carvings. Oh yeah, there, 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:34.759 Look Uh, dude, where'd you go? No, seriously, you're freaking 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:43.399 me out. Okay, this isn't Bunny Daniel, damn it. You 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:49.520 scared me. You shouldn't mess around with this stuff. What 0:01:49.680 --> 0:02:39.000 is it? All right? I think I found something? Okay, 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.760 come on in, settle down and find a seat. I 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:45.160 see we have some more folks in class today. It's 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.600 maybe a few seniors who remembered that they need a 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:52.600 history class to graduate. Perhaps, well, you're in the right place. 0:02:53.440 --> 0:03:00.400 Folklore and Fact an exploration into unusual America a pretty 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.160 interesting way to get a history credit, if I do 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.880 say so myself. Now, don't worry if you're just joining us. 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.240 You didn't miss anything too important in the first class. 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.520 We just had the chance circle and the blood packed. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.400 But if you can promise me your firstborn, I can 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:19.799 promise you that you'll get a passing grade. Soundfair, okay, 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.120 But in all seriousness, the reading list that I handed 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.760 out in the last class is online, and you can 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:27.160 just let me or my t a VIP and vipp 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:31.120 and stand up. Let us know if you have a 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.880 hard time chasing down any of the texts. Actually, don't 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:39.360 let me know. Let Vippen know. Okay, so folklore and fact. 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.400 Why we're all here? I see a couple of familiar 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:46.040 faces from last semester's witchcraft class. High couldn't get enough 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.520 of the occult? Huh, Well, I get it. I have 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.640 dedicated my life to this stuff because human beings, we 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:58.000 are fascinated by the strange and the unusual, the inexplicable. 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.360 We like to get into the dark and the cobb 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.640 corners of our world. Scary stories and urban myths and 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:07.600 folklore and all of these things. They're there because they 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.800 they help us explore the gruesome truths of humanity in 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:18.240 a safe environment, because stories can't hurt us. Now, some 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.640 might argue that ghosts and monsters can hurt us, but 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:26.080 the veracity of folklore isn't important, because, of course none 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:27.680 of it is true. And I realized that might be 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.880 a disappointment to some of you. But no, this class 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.120 is not going to be an exploration into the validity 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:37.240 of any supernatural claims. This is an academic class. Our 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:44.440 pursuit this semester is not paranormal, but anthropological. What can 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.200 legends throughout time tell us about history? About people? Why 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.760 did the sale of which trials happen? In that time, 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.839 and in that place, and with those people. Why is 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:57.680 Area fifty one such an enticing mystery for Americans in 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.240 the twentieth century and the twenty one century. Why do 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.880 people of southeastern Massachusetts believe that this area is a 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:10.359 magnet for supernatural activity? That's right, Our first topic this 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:15.520 semester starts right here in Bristol County. Four decades this 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.400 area has been a hotbed for paranormal sightings, everything from 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:23.280 Bigfoot and UFOs to cult activity and animal sacrifice. In 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:28.160 the nineteen seventies, there was a renowned cryptozoologist, Lauren Coleman, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:32.720 who gave this other worldly corner of southeastern Massachusetts its 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:39.080 other name, the Bridgewater Triangle. I'm sure most of you 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.400 have heard of the Bermuda Triangle. It's a large patch 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.440 of the ocean where boats have gone missing and wormholes 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:50.160 have been reported an alien spotted. The Bridgewater Triangle is similar, 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.440 though it's much smaller in scope. It comprises about two 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.960 square miles. We've got towns, we've got wilderness, couple of farms, 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:01.160 but our triangle has a greater variety of sightings and happenings. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:05.080 So if you can think of a bit of folklore 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.920 or paranormal legend. Chances are someone has reported experiencing it 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:13.000 in the Bridgewater Triangle. Go ahead, draw something out. What 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:17.400 have you got? Uh? Ghosts child's play? Of course, more 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:22.440 than that can count alien abduction. H seventies chock full 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.880 of of UFOs, which is ditto with the Satanic rituals 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:31.680 in the woods. Seventies were a very interesting time. Come on, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.640 we're splashing in the shallow end here. Let's let's get 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.280 to the weird stuff. Come on, what have you got? 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:40.160 Give me your best shot? Basilisks? Basilisks? Now we're talking 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.560 not really no vasilisks, but there have been several settings 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:47.320 of giant snakes, some of which were actually verified as 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:53.040 giant snakes. What all right? What else? Fairies? Good? No, 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.880 no fairies. Strictly speaking, though, there have been plenty of 0:06:55.960 --> 0:07:01.880 encounters with strange, small humanoid creatures luring unsuspecting hikers into 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.480 the woods. It sounds like the workings of the Fay 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:08.360 Realm to me. Now, for the next several weeks, we're 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.280 going to be looking at all of these and more. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.440 Given the diversity of the supernatural activity and this part 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.000 of the country, we're going to be using the Bridgewater 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.800 Triangle as a framework to study specific legends and to 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.200 talk about how they made their way into this area 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.360 and into the fabric of the local culture. Not to 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.320 mention we live here, so it's going to be a 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:38.280 little bit more fun, yes, Professor Bradshaw. Yeah, Mike, Mike. 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:43.880 What about disappearances? Uh, Well, as with most of these places, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:48.160 the paranormal activity in this area is largely just fabricated 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:53.840 and harmless. Bigfoot isn't going around murdering people, but people 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:59.240 have disappeared. Yes, it's a large area. All sorts of 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:06.040 crime have happened, disappearances, kidnappings, accidents, murders. Yeah, it's often 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.840 easier for people to blame that on ghosts or cults 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:16.880 or uh or giant snakes. But that psychological impulse, that 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:21.200 is something that we will be studying in depth. Your 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:26.800 dad went missing, right, excuse me in Freetown, State Forest. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.160 I grew up here and my grandma never let me 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.080 go hiking because of a cop that disappeared. In the seventies, 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.040 Have you said that's when a lot of weird stuff 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:41.240 was happening. Um, yeah, yeah, yeah. Every every semester always 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:45.520 has one local who's up on the on the family legend. Yes, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.760 my father did go missing when I was a child, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:53.120 and it was related to some cult activity. There's nothing supernatural. 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.679 It was just your just your run of the mill 0:08:55.760 --> 0:09:01.160 seventies satanic group. They murdered him. Uh no, I can't 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.640 say that his body was never found. It's a cold case. 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.640 But well, forty years go by and you assume the 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:10.319 guy isn't coming back. Okay, thank you. Now that we've 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.439 gotten past that little bit of history, it's still a 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:19.000 cold case, even with the badge they found. I'm sorry 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.280 the cops they found a badge in the woods a 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:26.600 few days ago, the day before yesterday. I think, I'm okay, 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.040 I'm what what are you talking about? I read about 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:33.079 it on Reddit and where I read it? Yeah, there's 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.920 a whole Bridgewater Triangle subreddit. Okay, what was it saying? 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.600 There's someone who posts a lot whose girlfriend or boyfriend 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.199 or something works for the police, and they said they 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.080 found your dad's old police badge in the woods. They 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.960 might open up the case again. Huh. I had not 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.720 heard anything about that. What do you think happened to him? 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:58.120 I think that reddit is about as reliable as reports 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:03.800 of the UFOs, right, well, Mike, that was an interesting diversion. 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:42.560 Let's let's get back to the task at hand, shall we. Yeah, Hello, hey, 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:47.400 mom oh Jeremy, what a what a pleasant surprise? Hi? Um? 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:51.360 Have you gotten a call from the Freetown police? What? No? No? 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.319 Is everything? Okay? Are you? Are you okay? No? No, 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:58.880 I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just Um, there was a 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.560 kid in my lecture today. Oh oh, of course your 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:07.800 semesters to get how is it going? Um, it's fine whatever, 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.000 That's not why I called. One of my students said 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:17.600 that they found Dad's badge in the woods. Mom Um, Well, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.760 what exactly do you mean when they closed Dad's case, 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:25.040 did they find anything, any evidence of a body or anything. 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.360 You know, your father is dead, right, he died forty 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.240 years ago, Mom, I know. But did the station ever 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.280 give you any of his personal effects. We got the 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.160 things from his locker at the station, an extra uniform, 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.880 a picture, he kept, a view and his badge wasn't 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.719 in there. No. I assumed it was on and when 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:47.000 he went missing, and you haven't heard anything. No one 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.320 tried to get in touch with you. It was a 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:53.360 long time ago. It doesn't change anything. I know, I 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:58.520 know it doesn't. I just would just be nice to have. 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.760 He'll just be a moment. Thank you. Can I get 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:16.600 you anything? Water? Coffee? Wow? Full service around here? Slow day? Right? 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:22.880 Mr Bradshaw? Yes, hello, are you Captain Haddock? Please call 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:27.559 me Martin? Right, Martin, you're Thomas Bradshaw's boy. That's right. 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.240 He was a very good man. You're dad. I've only 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:31.720 been on the Force of Gear when he went missing. 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:36.000 You found something? Yes, yes, we did. Come on through. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:46.960 Please take a scene. Did you really find my father's badge? Yeah? 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.720 Yeah we did. Why was I not informed? Oh? We 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.840 had to put it through evidence and processing verify it 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.120 was his talkular witnesses. So what did happen? Who found it? 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.800 A couple of hikers? It was just under asson at ledge. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.680 That's the one that's by the water, right, yep. What 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.880 else did they find? Nothing? Just the badge must have 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:11.200 washed up in the recent storm. Right. So now that 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:16.199 we've processed it, you're welcome to it. Well, uh, thank you, 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.920 thank you, Martin. No problem. I'm sorry that I don't 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.160 not more to tell you. That's okay. I wasn't actually 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.480 expecting anything. It'll be good to have a little piece 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:28.480 of them. Yeah, that's all right, I will see myself out. 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:37.080 Thank you, have a good day's son yep YouTube. What 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:42.439 the hell excuse me, Mr Bradshawn. No, I was just 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.319 in there, I know, but the Captain has just got 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.160 into a meeting. Is there something I can help you with? 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.680 What the hell is this? I'm sorry, sir, I don't 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:55.040 see this badge is pristine. Okay, it's forty years old 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.120 and they just found it in the woods. Once it 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.239 was processed through evidence, they cleaned it off. For you, 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.800 what they cleaned it off? How they clean it off 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.160 with a time machine? Look at this? That badge looks 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.760 practically brand new. If it's been in the forest for 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.480 four decades, then why is there nowhere and tear. There's 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:15.040 no erosion, there's no decay leather and metal, and there's 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.600 no mold, no rust. That he's odd. Yeah, I need 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.880 to talk to Captain Haddock. I'm sorry, sir, he's in 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.280 meetings for the rest of the day. Then can I 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.760 talk to the hikers who found the badge? We can't 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:31.520 give out that information, I can. I can try to 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.520 talk to Captain Haddock for you. If you leave me 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:37.200 your number, I'll follow up Okay, what's your name? Officer 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.400 Aboutista Sarah? Alright, thank you all for spartiste. I know 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:47.800 I'm sounding alarmist, but this is strange. Yeah, what's strange? 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:53.520 Look at this? Oh finish love it? Yeah? Yeah, but 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.840 it doesn't look very ventured, does it. It's badge went 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.880 missing in with my father. Oh yeah, this is the 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.960 one they found in the woods. Thomas Bradshaw always your dad. 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:06.320 Yeah yeah, except this doesn't look like it was found 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.600 in the woods. It looks four years old, not forty. 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:16.200 No offense. But you sound like Becca who and Becca 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.840 retired police officers. She comes in here every couple of 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.480 months with some new theory about your dad. I guess 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.280 she worked the case back in eighty and final cracked 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.080 in the head. The stories. Some of the older guys 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.640 around here though about it sounds like she was crazy 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:37.400 from the start, Officer McDermott, don't you have work to do? Right? Sorry, 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.040 I'm sorry about him. He doesn't have the brain to 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:44.160 mouth filter the rest of us do sorright? Uh? Well, 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:50.320 can you tell me about Ann Becker? Jeremy, I'm sorry, 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:55.320 I don't understand what you're saying. This badge it looks 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:59.240 like it was just in Dad's pocket. It's like it's 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.280 like I'm holding this evities in my hand. It still 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.600 feels warm. I mean, I can practically smell his aftershave 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.520 on it. Well, you still love dressing up in your 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:11.000 dad's uniform. It's a surprise. All of that is rushing back. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.160 What if these hikers, what if they were lying. What 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.720 if they found something else with the badge, something that 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.080 was maybe covering it or protecting it from the elements 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.600 or something. Why would they do that? I don't know, 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.240 but I'm telling you this badge has not been out 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:32.080 in the wilderness since I don't know. Apparently there's a 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.800 retired police officer who was on the original case and 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.360 hasn't let it go, And I'm gonna just go try 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.480 and talk to her tonight and see what she thinks. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:41.600 I don't know why you want to dredge up such 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:46.480 ancient history because his murder never got solved. I don't know. 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:48.840 Maybe you're okay with that, but I'm not. I thought 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.760 you made peace with it, Jeremy. I did too. I 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.560 thought I did. I just this, Mom. You know, this 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.640 is what I do when I don't understand something. I 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:01.000 learn everything I can about it. That's why I became 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.760 an academic. I know, I know, you know. One of 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.080 the officers down at the station said that this retired 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.399 cop was a bit off her rocker. But I still 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.960 think it's it's worth seeing for myself. What did you 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:20.600 say her name was? Again? Uh? Anne Becker? Mom? Do 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:25.720 do you know her? Don't talk to Anne Becker? Why 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.600 that woman doesn't know what she's talking about to understand. 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.439 She is unstable and a liar. And I won't have 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.200 you asking her any questions. Okay, Mom, what the hell 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.160 are you talking about? You listen to me, Jeremy. Don't 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.720 go digging up your father's grave in this way. Mom, 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:45.240 I'm not digging up my Please. Okay, Honey, I have 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.560 to go. Your dad just put lunch on the table. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.080 My stepdad. I wish you could just move here, Jeremy, 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:56.639 maybe if you were close by. I can't. Mom. You 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.480 know that there's nothing for you in Free Town. Jeremy, 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:05.800 there's there has been, Mom, I can't. I can't just leave. Well, 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.359 we just come for a visit soon, right, Some California 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:15.640 sunshine might do you good. Okay, Okay, but I thank 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.840 you for calling. It was it was nice to hear 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:26.520 your voice, Jeremy. Yeah, you know you too. Oh hey, sorry, 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:28.680 I didn't think you'd still be in your office this late. 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.600 Should I come back? Oh hey they've been No, no, 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.400 you can come on in. I pulled out those records 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:38.800 that you asked for. Sorry, what records? The UFO ones 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:43.399 history of sightings in North America? Remember, yes, right, UFOs 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.120 not exactly my strong suit. Yeah, you know, I'm kind 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.720 of surprised you're actually teaching them the semester, not to 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:52.600 mention dedicating a whole chapter of the book to them. Yeah, 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:55.360 it's a bit different from the usual religious and regional stories. 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.120 Actually took a quick skim of all these and there's 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.159 not a unifying origin point any where. Yeah, well, I 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.280 don't I don't know. I guess UFO sightings have been 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.239 in the collective imagination for long enough that I think 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:10.520 the trend has become culturally significant. I mean, if you 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.680 think about it, the lack of an origin point can 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:16.000 probably tell us just as much about our society as 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:20.399 a whole as uh as you know, localized folklore steeped 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:24.560 in religious beliefs can. Plus UFOs have been sighted in 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:29.440 the Bridgewater Triangle, Will you go on and just say 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.720 whatever it is you're gonna say. No, I was you know, 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.399 I wasn't. I wasn't saying anything of it. Come on, 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:41.280 just spit it out, Okay, the last lecture section today? Yeah, 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:50.720 what was did you? I mean? Was he? Are you okay? Yeah? 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.479 I'm okay. You know how this place is the smallest 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.680 town in the world. Well, everyone knows everyone else's business, 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:01.240 and I just gotta roll with it. Yeah it No, 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:04.000 I get that. But it was the first time someone 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:07.960 knew your business before you. Yeah, I guess that was new. 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:14.040 And and what you left the lecture hall pretty quickly 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:18.359 after class. Yeah, I went to get my father's badge. 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:25.120 That student who, uh my god, what's his name? Mike? Mike? Uh, 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:29.119 Mike was right. Some hikers found my dad's badge in 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:31.639 the woods. It's um, I don't know. I guess it's 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:34.160 actually nice to have a little bit of him after 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:39.240 all these years. I'm I'm really sorry, professor. No, really 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:41.760 don't be. I'd lived my entire life without my father 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:45.439 at this point. Don't even know what to miss. I 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:50.320 don't think that's how it works. Nothing. Well, I'm glad 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.800 you got some closure or or momento. I don't know. 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:58.120 I guess you weren't really expecting any answers. Huh, nope, 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:19.639 I'm not sure I'll ever have any answers. Who are you? 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:24.240 What do you want? Mrs Becker? I won't ask you again? 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:26.760 Who are you? And what do you want? My name 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:32.879 is Jeremy Bradshaw. Oh my god? So you are have 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:37.880 Have we met a very very long time ago? How 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:44.080 old are you now? Fifty? Actually? But thanks? I was 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:46.679 never good with kids. They all look the same to me. 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:51.560 We met when I was a kid. You don't remember, Huh, 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:56.320 I don't. I'm sorry, trust me, I shouldn't be sorry. 0:21:56.560 --> 0:22:01.560 Better off? Why Okay, So, now that I know who 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:03.280 you are, do you want to come in and tell 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:07.480 me what you want? Um? Yeah, that does look like 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:14.120 it's about to rain. Um. You worked on my dad's case. 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:17.680 I was on the force at the time. Yeah. When 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:22.080 did you retire? Nearly fifteen years ago. I did my 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.080 twenty years of service, a couple of years at the desk, 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:26.720 and then got out. It wasn't the friendliest career for 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:29.160 a woman, you know, especially in the eighties and nineties 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:34.560 and especially after. Yeah, I can imagine, but you still 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.199 go back there every couple of months. Who told you 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:41.679 that I was down at the station earlier today picking 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:49.520 up this h Where did you get this? Some hikers 0:22:49.520 --> 0:22:55.600 founded in the woods. Oh and what else did they find? Nothing? 0:22:57.160 --> 0:23:02.119 Mrs Beckers never married. That it matters. I just just 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:05.240 call me Anne and are you still looking into my 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.959 father's case? That case is closed? Yeah, but that's not 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:12.040 what I asked. What do you want from me? I 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:14.560 just want to know why you've come back to the 0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:19.400 station recently. I just talked to Officer Batista Maria. She's 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:23.080 a nice girl, smart, yeah, she she told me that 0:23:23.080 --> 0:23:25.920 you've been trying to get Captain Haddock to reopen the case. 0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:30.320 You remember the Satana panic, don't you. Yeah? Of course, 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:35.040 Evangelical Christians spreading fear about Satanic rituals throughout America. It's 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:39.280 an interesting conspiracy phenomenon, actually, because well, I would think 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.199 the thing that would interest you about it is the 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:46.680 fact that it's what they blamed your dad's disappearance on. Yeah, 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:49.879 but he was investigating a Satanic cult, wasn't he that 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:52.440 was active in the free Time Forest. He wouldn't have 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:55.280 been the first person to get lost in there. And 0:23:55.359 --> 0:23:59.160 it's completely plausible that the cult found him and murdered him. 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:00.639 But either way, blame me and on the cult. It 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:04.800 makes sense. There's nothing about what happened to Thomas that 0:24:04.880 --> 0:24:08.320 makes sense. You think that you understand these words, but 0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:12.000 I I have lived next to them for forty five years. 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:15.360 Strange things were happening back then, and strange things are 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:18.399 happening again now, and all those fools down at the 0:24:18.440 --> 0:24:24.679 station they won't admit it. Okay, I see what this is? 0:24:25.840 --> 0:24:29.159 What what are you talking about? You know? I remember 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:31.680 all sorts of Kok's calling and coming to our home 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:33.919 and trying to convince my mother that her husband was 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:36.719 the victim of some sort of monster in the forest. Right, 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.000 I gotta say I would have thought a police officer 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.240 would be above that sort of wild theorizing. But I 0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:46.320 guess I was wrong. Uh huh. So they told you 0:24:46.359 --> 0:24:51.040 that I was crazy, right, didn't they? The police? They 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:53.200 said it back then too. When I didn't buy into 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:55.639 the panic, when I thought maybe there was more going on, 0:24:56.119 --> 0:25:00.880 I was dismissed. Okay, what more or do you think 0:25:00.920 --> 0:25:04.960 what's going on? I mean, you know that there's never 0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:09.280 been any substantiated evidence of Satanic ritual abuse. Like you said, 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:14.679 it was the Christian fundamentalists. American value has gone completely haywire. 0:25:15.160 --> 0:25:17.879 Paranoia getting the best of us. Paranoia got the best 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:21.960 of the Freetown police too. There was evidence of cult 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:25.840 activity in the woods, yeah, hippie gatherings mostly. All the 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:30.359 actual animal mutilations came later, though. That is just the 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:32.320 tip of the iceberg when it comes to what goes 0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:35.760 on around here. Cool, So what do you think happened? 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:40.120 Packmuch got him? Maybe a thunderbird came and took him away. Well, 0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:41.879 I think there's a lot that we don't know about, 0:25:42.359 --> 0:25:46.119 you know, monsters, wormholes, witchcraft. This is a strange place, 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:51.280 this part of the country. You know, just before Thomas 0:25:51.280 --> 0:25:54.040 went missing, this area got a name for itself. Yeah, 0:25:54.080 --> 0:26:01.720 the Bridgewater Triangle. Yeah, I teach folklore at the university. Now, 0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:04.080 why would you want to go and do that after 0:26:04.119 --> 0:26:06.919 growing up with all those cooks, turning your father's disappearance 0:26:06.960 --> 0:26:13.639 into something so clearly wasn't okay? I should go? Thank you. Wait, 0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:18.240 don't forget this. You might want to go to the lake. 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:20.720 Take a look around. I'm sure the police missed something. 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:22.919 Wait a second, how did you know that this was 0:26:22.920 --> 0:26:26.439 found at the lake, well where else would have turned up. 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:35.600 I'm sorry, I don't I told you strange things are happening. Okay, 0:26:36.560 --> 0:26:39.800 Can I just ask you what this? This doesn't look 0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:42.880 like it's been in the woods for forty years, does it? 0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:48.359 It sure doesn't. No, okay, Uh, I gotta go. Thanks 0:26:48.400 --> 0:26:54.800 Miss Becker, and sorry, I will just here. It's my 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:57.640 home phone number. I still use a landline. No self 0:26:57.680 --> 0:27:01.200 service out here. Have actually have the same tape machine 0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:03.480 since the seventies. They don't make things like they used to. 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:09.359 M hmm, what's up? Oh? Well nothing, I just the 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.040 message light. It wasn't on when I got home, and 0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:15.080 the phone hasn't wrung all evening. So maybe I finally 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:19.440 gave up the ghost after forty years. Maybe you need 0:27:19.440 --> 0:27:24.080 to be careful, Bradshaw. Things aren't what they seem right. Well, 0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:27.320 I will get out of your hair. Call me when 0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:31.119 you want to know more you call? Well, sure, thanks, 0:27:35.200 --> 0:27:37.359 Well it looks like you were right. It seems like 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:48.560 there is a storm on the way. You have one 0:27:48.760 --> 0:28:19.200 unheard message? Yeah, what all right? And have more? 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