1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to Greatest Escapes, the show bringing you 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: the wildest true escape stories of all time. Not today, 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: we're following a heartwarming tale, the story of an escapee 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: who the whole community rallied around. He even got the 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: police on his side. Very impressive. I'm Martro Castro, and 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm joined by a fantastic actress and comedian who also 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: hosts a podcast, True Crime and Cocktails, Lauren Ash. 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: Let's go, Lauren Ash bra blah blah. 9 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 3: What a joy in my life, I think. 10 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. 11 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, I'm so happy to be here. I 12 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 4: was so excited when I saw this come through my email. 13 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 4: I was like, hell, yes, I cannot wait. This is 14 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 4: the best. 15 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 2: You know. 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: It's one of those things where where you know the 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: wonderful folks at Film Nation. I love Film Nation. Film 18 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: Nation is great. I love them. 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 5: Help me. 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: Maybe you're plotting an escape. 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: Well's nothing. I love them. They treat me so to 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: her will not be escaping. 23 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,279 Speaker 3: Legally contractually bound? I gotcha, Lauren. 24 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you, do you have the greatest 25 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: escape story? 26 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 3: You know what's so funny? 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 4: I was with my best friend of ten ten twenty 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 4: years last night, Leslie Siler we met, Yes, we met 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 4: twenty years ago this month and I said to her. 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 4: I was like, I'm doing this podcast and it's about escapes. 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 4: And I was like, and I can't think it. 32 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: She goes Boston and I went, that's it. Immediately she was. 33 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: Like me, Mark Wahlberg is involved, Like, oh, Boddy, we're 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: gonna go. 35 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 3: We're gonna go, we're gonna get some sandwiches, We're gonna 36 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: eat a lobstery. 37 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: Okay, so tell me. So what happened in Boston? 38 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 3: She and I again, we met twenty years ago. 39 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 4: We were best friends, comedy partners, and we were going 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 4: for this comedy festival in Boston and we were staying 41 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 4: kind of far from the venue and so you had 42 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 4: to take a like an uber or a cab. 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 3: But this was kind of at the time when Uber. 44 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 4: Was just starting. So for those of us we were like, 45 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 4: how does it work? 46 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 3: Do we have the app? 47 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 4: We were still hailing cabs at this point right in 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 4: the world, okay, and. 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: It was hella expensive and like hard to get I 50 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: remember totally totally. 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: And so we we had come out of the hotel 52 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 4: and we had so much stuff because we were doing 53 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 4: a sketch comedy show, so I don't have to. 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: Tell you Wigs Wiggs. 55 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 4: We've got a lot of gear and we're waiting and 56 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 4: we've somehow, for some reason, we like walked to half 57 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 4: a block from the hotel and we were like, there's 58 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 4: no cabs. 59 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: What are we going to do? And then this car 60 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: pulls up. 61 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: It's a black car, it's a nice car, and this 62 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 4: guy goes, where are you going? 63 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: And we both were like, and he's like, I'll take you. 64 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 4: And it was in this moment that I looked at 65 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 4: her and she seemed okay with it, and she later 66 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 4: told me that she looked at me and I seemed 67 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: okay with it, when in reality, neither. 68 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 3: Of us was okay with it. 69 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 4: Wow, And so we were like, okay, I guess we're 70 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 4: getting into this unmarked limo car thing we put our 71 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 4: stuff in, but automatically now listen, this is pre me 72 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: having a true crime podcast. But I was already I'm 73 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 4: very familiar with the date lines. 74 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 3: I know where this. 75 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: Con is like one oh one, yeah, right. 76 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 4: So on my phone, I've pulled up where we are 77 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 4: supposed to be going, because again it's not our town 78 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 4: and I'm watching, and then I have the true horror 79 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: set in as I watched this man going the wrong 80 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 4: way and he gets on a freeway and he's driving away. 81 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 3: From where we need to go. 82 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 4: And in this moment, this is when I my anxiety 83 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: brain takes over. And I told her later that I 84 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 4: was like, this is the picture that my brain painted. 85 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 4: I was like, he was gonna drive us to an 86 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: abandoned airport hangar and that's where we get murdered. 87 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: A very yes, very niche. There's so many of them, 88 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: you know, people don't know. It's a rampant abandonment of 89 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: air hangers in the East Coast. 90 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: Oh my god. 91 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 4: But in this moment, so this is all this move, 92 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 4: I'm playing the movie of the rest of the end 93 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 4: of my life in my head and I'm watching him 94 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 4: go past exit after exit, and after the third exit, 95 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 4: the further we're getting from the from where we're supposed 96 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 4: to be. 97 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 3: I'm Canadian? Can I curse on this show? 98 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: Do we curse? 99 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 5: Yeah? 100 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: Fuck it? 101 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: So in this moment, I was like something took over 102 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 4: in me, and again fight to the death, I guess 103 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 4: came out even though I never predicted it. And I 104 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 4: was like listen, motherfucker, you're going the wrong fucking way, 105 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 4: and you're gonna get. 106 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 3: Off this freeway. 107 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: You're gonna take this turn. 108 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: You're gonna win. And he was like okay, whoa and 109 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 3: he did. 110 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: And then I was like, listen, from here on out, 111 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 4: I am navigating, not you. And I was like telling 112 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 4: him where to go, and he drove us there. And 113 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 4: I don't know what his ultimate goal was. I think 114 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 4: it was just taking us for a ride to get 115 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 4: more money. I think that ultimately it was not necessarily nefarious. 116 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 4: But ultimately I think what I showed was this isn't 117 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 4: going to be easy for you. 118 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: This is not gonna be fun. 119 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 4: But the best part was we finally arrive at our destination, 120 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 4: which should have been about a fifteen dollars ride, and 121 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 4: he asked for seventy five. 122 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Oh fucking dare he? Also, I love the idea of 123 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: you combating a serial killer with assertiveness, Like that's like 124 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: they're like, oh no, I've been foiled. Somebody spoke with 125 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: the station. 126 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 4: This depends on the kind of ride that guy's looking for. 127 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 4: Don't pardon the pun, but again, it's like, you know, 128 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 4: it was like, this is gonna be too much trouble 129 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 4: for you for you do, but I'll never be. 130 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: You're right, people want easy prey. 131 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 4: Yes, but what we have said ever since then, this 132 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 4: is the follow up to this, is that it was 133 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: like we escaped death potential death once. 134 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 3: We can never court it again. 135 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, you get the one. 136 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 3: Ge get one and that's it. 137 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: You're Canadian, you might get two. 138 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 3: We consider ourselves good global citizens for the most part. 139 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: That's right. I'm another brush with death. Don't don't you 140 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: worry about it? Like, put yourself at a risk, take 141 00:05:54,320 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: that extra shot, jump in that car. Yeah, absolutely, Ben, 142 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: Can you give me that cool like chapter music? Please? 143 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: You know when we changed chapter Ben, Ben, no, man, 144 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: like you remember, it was like more emotional, like what 145 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: did we do last last one? We're gonna cut all 146 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: this out? But yeah, definitely oh this one, yes, like 147 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: turn yes please? Okay, So I'm gonna go, Ben, give 148 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: us some good chapter music. God damn it, man, we 149 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: just talked about it. Today. We start inside a prisoner 150 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: transport rattling down the Massachusetts Highway. They're being shipped out 151 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: of state to nearby Connecticut because everyone inside is scheduled 152 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: for execution. 153 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: Oh no, so Massachusetts we're we're in the same world here. 154 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, And they were all being been by 155 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: a nounmarked vehicle. It was August third, twenty twenty. Along 156 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: with the other prisoners, Buddy pulled up alongside the new 157 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: facility and they jostled each other nervously as they came 158 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: to a stop. After four years penned up in Massachusetts, 159 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: he had been carted to Plymouth, Connecticut to die. Oh 160 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: what do you know about the death penalty in Massachusetts? 161 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: Uh? You know what I should know more? 162 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 4: I have a true crime podcast after two years, but 163 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: I wasn't aware that it was in existence in Massachusetts anymore. 164 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: My capital punishment was overturned for state crimes in nineteen 165 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: eighty four. Only federal crimes were punishable by death, so 166 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: Connecticut kept the death penalty for much much longer. So 167 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, Buddy was scheduled for execution, but he 168 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: had different ideas. Okay, so this was the first time 169 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: Massachusetts and Connecticut facilities had actually worked together, and the 170 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: handoff wasn't really the smoothest okay. In fact, when he 171 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: was being unloaded, Buddy saw his chance. Somehow he was 172 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: able to slip past the restraints, dodged the guards, and 173 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: hall ass right to freedom. Oh there was a super 174 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: thick forest nearby, and Buddy dove into the trees and 175 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: totally disappeared. So it was an impulsive escape, you know, 176 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: he saw his opportunity and he took it. But whoever 177 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: said that it takes elaborate planning for an escape to 178 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: be great, right, This one was pure instinct. Buddy just 179 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: disappeared into the woods around Plymouth, Connecticut. Now he wasn't 180 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: hiding for long. In fact, multiple nine one one calls 181 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: came in when Buddy was spotted crossing the highway nearby. 182 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: The police were so quick on his sail. But Buddy 183 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: wasn't easy to catch. You know. He was a really 184 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: big dude, like terrifyingly big, and he was super fast too, 185 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: so once he got into the trees, he easily lost 186 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: everyone who was on his trail. Oh my god. Now 187 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: the police contemplated lethal force, but said it would only 188 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: be necessary if Buddy started to roam the streets and 189 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: threaten the public in Terryville, so it was like a 190 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: conditional lethal force action. It was more than three weeks later, 191 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: on August twenty seventh, that the police finally put the 192 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: word out that he was on the loose. The Plymouth 193 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: Police posted on their Facebook page that they were were 194 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: working with the two other agencies to recapture the eskpee. 195 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: He had been last seen along Connecticut's Route seventy two, So. 196 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 3: They waited three weeks to alert the public. 197 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it's because of Yeah, it's hard to 198 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: admit when you pulled the dumbass act. 199 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 6: You know. 200 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 3: I guess when he did get away, he slipped away 201 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 3: so easily. 202 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess maybe that's a tough thing to be. Like, Hey, 203 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 4: guys are bad. 204 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: Also, I love the idea that they're like, we have 205 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: to announce it somehow, we have to Okay, just put 206 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: it on the fucking Facebook page. Okay, nobody reads that one. 207 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: They actually printed it on their MySpace page. Yeah, exactly, 208 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: it was there. 209 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 3: We put it out. 210 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: We put it up there. Man, Yeah, you know, we've 211 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: announced it. You guys just didn't check high five dot 212 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: com at that time. Oh my god. So, for the 213 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: most part, Buddy was a really talented fugitive. He stayed 214 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: under the cover of the woods, ate his food super raw, 215 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: and stayed quiet. Even so, the town of Terryville was 216 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 1: told to be cautious. The police said that Buddy was 217 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: aggressive and a confrontation with him would cause serious injuries. 218 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: The town was cautioned to keep their distance and call 219 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: nine to one one on site. 220 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: Now. 221 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: On Monday, September one, twenty twenty, the state drone unit 222 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: was basically a couple of gamers down in Connecticut being like, 223 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: y'all do it, I got nothing else to do, as 224 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: well as local and state officers combed the woods along 225 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: Judd Road and Rout seventy two on the north side 226 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: of Terrible Connecticut. Buddy had been at large for almost 227 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: a month by this point. Now the local police captain 228 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: on the case. His name is Edward Benecki. Am I 229 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: saying that, right, overlord? That is correct? Okay, So Edward 230 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: Benecki had previously seen I'm sorry to all my Italian 231 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: American friends had previously worked enforcement on narcotics, on gangs 232 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: and firearms trafficking, right, but this was something completely new. 233 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: Buddy was massive and quick, so capturing him was difficult. 234 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: Some would say he's a survivalist, you know, like if 235 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: he were on a survival TV show game, he'd definitely 236 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: be the star. How well would you do, Lauren? You 237 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: want to survivor show alone? What's no there's one called 238 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: yes naked and a frame. There's one just called alone, 239 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,599 Speaker 1: I think, and it's like so fucking. 240 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: Scary, the ones where they drop you in the middle 241 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 4: of the woods and you're completely nude, and it's like 242 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 4: figure it out. That is what would happen to me 243 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 4: in like a purgatory situation after death if I did 244 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 4: bad things in life, like I. 245 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 3: Don't want to camp. I don't want a glamp, no. 246 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: Shower, man shower, Because here's my question, how is camping 247 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 4: anything other than bragging? 248 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 3: It is bragging that I can survive. 249 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: That I don't. 250 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 3: I have no I can be humble and say I wouldn't. 251 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know you also realize, like as actors, like 252 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: how meaningless our skills are in an apocalypse, Like I mean, well, 253 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: everybody's like, you know this community used to say this, 254 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: and I love her for you, but she's like she's 255 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: like she would be walking around with an almond being 256 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: like can anybody turn this into milk? Can anybody in me? 257 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 1: I would be like, yeah, I don't really hunt or 258 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: like digs. 259 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 4: For stuff, but we just have to hope that people 260 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 4: still want entertainment. 261 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 3: I think that that's it, Like you gotta hope that. 262 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: Like, I mean, the musicians did go down with the Titanic, 263 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: so that's maybe not a great comparison. 264 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, nobody was to make sure the musicians get in first. 265 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 6: You know, the. 266 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: Music must live on, the music must live on. 267 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 3: Going get the laughs. 268 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,239 Speaker 1: I would learn to tap dance or something super marketable. 269 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: I'd be like, you guys need some tap dancing. So 270 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: ed this ed Biniki thought that he could corner Buddy 271 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: because Buddy was also young. You know, in fact, Buddy 272 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: was only four years old. Here's where we have, Lauren, 273 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: what do you think Buddy actually is a Number one, 274 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: we have a sadistic doll possessed by an evil spirit 275 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: of a serial killer. Number two is he a top 276 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: secret early prototype kinetic robotic system that developed artificial intelligence? 277 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: Or Number three a beefalo escaping slaughter? Wait a second, 278 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: what's a beefalo? Don't worry about it. Is it a bfalo? 279 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: Is it a top secret prototype or a sadistic doll? 280 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 3: Okay, well, you said he was big, You said he 281 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 3: was young. 282 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: Uh huh. 283 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: You said he was able to eat raw food, and 284 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 4: he could evade things and we couldn't shoot him. I 285 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 4: don't know what a beefalo is, but part of me 286 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: wonders if it is a cow buffalo hybrid that for 287 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: some reason. 288 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: Ding ding ding ding ding, you got it. I didn't 289 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: mean to say, you don't worry about it, but they 290 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: told me I couldn't tell you what it was, so no, 291 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: I I am, yeah, I am under contract. They're so 292 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: nice to me. I love them so much. 293 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 3: I'm going to send you a burner phone. 294 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: Okay, I actually, yes, please give me. Yeah. I didn't 295 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: know what a beefalo was either, but I think the 296 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 1: name is fucking hilarious. So yeah, it's a beefo. Is 297 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: a is a bison mixed with with a cow? I believe? 298 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: Or right? Am I? 299 00:13:58,960 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 4: Right? 300 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 5: Guys, yes, sir, A beefalo is a bison cow hybrid. 301 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: Oh my god. 302 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,479 Speaker 3: Okay, this is amazing. I love this turn. This is fantastic, 303 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 3: so listen. 304 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: It turns out Buddy's only crime was being born a beefalo. 305 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: Oh so bison, you know, they are lean and mean, 306 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: and cows are docile but carry less meat, so when 307 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: they crossbread In the eighteen seventies, it was supposed to 308 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: make the perfect healthy meat animal, as lean as a bison, 309 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: but as gentle as a cow. They have been tested 310 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: as having higher vitamin levels and more protein than beef, 311 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: and they were supposed to be easily led from the 312 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: feed lot to the killing floor. Now you can visit 313 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: American beefalo Association dot com for the full picture, which 314 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: is actually a thing which I love. But the point 315 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: is that Buddy the beefalow was literally bred for slaughter, 316 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: but he was not planning to be merchandise. Nay, not Buddy, 317 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: my friend. In fact, his initial escape was just the beginning. 318 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: Give me a mood sound, will you? 319 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 3: Ma oh? 320 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: She was about yes and yeah, of course, Lauren, you're welcome. 321 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 5: You're welcome to make any sound effects you would like. 322 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Yes, sorry, Lauren, but I wouldn't ask you so so 323 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: so succinctly, I would be appreciate, do you mind? So, Lauren? 324 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: Now that we know that the escapee is actually a 325 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: b falow, what we got here is a really lighthearted story, 326 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: right like this happened early in the pandemic, and to me, 327 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, it really showcases the like the power 328 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: of community and how we all needed a little optimism 329 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: and a little comedy in that time, you know, so 330 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: let's have some fun with it. Yeah, now, Bud, his 331 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: escape was pretty unusual. The slaughterhouse he ran away from 332 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: was a full service facility. 333 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 6: You know. 334 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: They did the slaughtering and the butchering, packaging, shipping out 335 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: of cuts of Primo b Falow everywhere ever. You got 336 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: to be follow, You got to be follow. That's all 337 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: they did. They were the real pros and they weren't 338 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: used to their animals escaping, so obviously neither were the 339 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: local cops. After the police put out an APV on Buddy, 340 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: Captain ed bickhetdie what is it, mckheeddie, sorry, Captain ed Mineki. 341 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: Captain ed Minecki gave a statement to the press. He 342 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: said that at one point there was an officer who 343 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: had cornered Buddy, but in that's words, I quote, yeah, 344 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: he approached the animal, but the animal put his head 345 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: down and started to pall the ground aggressively or scratched 346 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: the ground real aggressive like. So at the time the 347 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: sergeant tactically relocated, which is another term for he to 348 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: retreat it from the area. What excuse, what excuse would 349 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: you make to save face when you're basically telling people 350 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: that an angry moo moo freaked you out, you. 351 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 3: Know, a angry moo. Yeah, I like that term a lot. 352 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 4: I mean, I think I think it's fair to say 353 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 4: I felt like I was going to be charged. 354 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 3: But I guess my question then. 355 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 4: Would just be and I know this isn't answering your 356 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 4: question directly, but if he's kind of menacing to you, 357 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 4: then I feel like you do have permission to use 358 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 4: deadly force because the whole point was right, So, yeah, 359 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 4: it kind of feels like in that moment, you got 360 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 4: to come up with something else, which I guess then 361 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 4: I would just be like, I am a vegan, I'm 362 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 4: a vegitarian, and I couldn't ethically. 363 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 1: So I have found Buddhism in that moment where he 364 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: was stomping on the ground, right. But so I can 365 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: imagine them being like, yeah, you know, it's just I 366 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: made a tactical retreat. They always love to talk in 367 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: military terms. I'm like, so you so you ran away 368 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: to a store. Yeah, the tactical retreat. 369 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 3: I made a tactical retreat. 370 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 4: I did ad a tumble into a dish. 371 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, the face of maneuver kind of John Wick style. 372 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: Oh so you jumped into a bush? Yeah, yeah, yeah, my. 373 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: Ankle pretty bad. Actually, I was laid up for a 374 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 3: couple of weeks with that. 375 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what a Connecticut accent sounds like, but 376 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: I think this is just what I'm going to keep 377 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: it as. So keep in mind, though, Buddy was almost 378 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: a thousand pounds in weight, so we can forgive him 379 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: for the tumble, for the very brave tumble. Of course, 380 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: as word spread, reporters starting asking Terrible residents what they 381 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: thought of the escape, if some of them were afraid, 382 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: or if they felt a little different about it. So 383 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: one of them said, they want to make steaks and 384 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: burgers from this animal. We don't want that. One putmouth 385 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: resident who put food out in their backyard for buddies, said. 386 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 3: Well, good for him. 387 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: He knew it was coming and now he's out venturing. 388 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: So this guy was from the very deep south of Connecticut. 389 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: Of course, that's right, so is the word. As a 390 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: word about Buddy spread. He got his Connecticut neighbors on 391 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: his side, which is actually really cute. Local has created 392 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: this Buddy t shirts and on September twelfth, a Buddy 393 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: the Beefalo Twitter started spouting off right. The first tweet 394 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: was on the run and having von hashtag live large 395 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: hashtag beefalow balling. What which Okay, which team are you 396 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: are you on? Lauren? Is it beefalo bawling or just 397 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: beffalo bolognas? Like what do you no? 398 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 4: It's it's beefelow balling. Look, I was a vegetarian for 399 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,239 Speaker 4: nine years. I came back holding me to the dark side. Yeah, 400 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,479 Speaker 4: which is fine. But but the point is is that 401 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 4: I do feel a couple of things. One, I'm like, yeah, 402 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 4: he he's an animal. 403 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 3: He's running. I can't fold him for that, wouldn't you? 404 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: I would? I mean again, I ran away from an 405 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 3: unmarked car. 406 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 4: But the point I think that it's bigger for me 407 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 4: is just it's interesting to make a disconnect that it's like, well, 408 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 4: there's also hundreds of others, Like he's just the one 409 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 4: that got away. Like if you are opposed to him 410 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 4: being killed, you kind of a pardon everybody? What do 411 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 4: you want a beefalo population to go out of control? 412 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: And people are like I didn't even know if fucking 413 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: Beefalo existed until like like I don't know, like you're 414 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: forcing me to make a stance on something I just 415 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: found out exists. So, okay, I don't know this Befalo 416 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: is the Beefalo. But also, you know, like if he 417 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: wants it bad enough, I'm like, you're kind of root 418 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: for You're root for the underdog, don't you, or. 419 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 3: The under buff for the under buff. 420 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: Wow, I'm gonna the comedy community is going to write 421 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: me a very strongly worded he about that one. I 422 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: loved it. It was clear that Buddy had the sympathy 423 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: of the public right The Plymouth police saw their chance 424 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: to get people on their side. So rather than trying 425 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: to capture Buddy to return him to the owners, they 426 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: came up with a very different plan. They were captured 427 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: Buddy so that they could set him free. We're here 428 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: with Tom Blen, we're doing a tactical retreat and we're 429 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: setting free hallelujah. 430 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 4: I have a lot of questions free. He's grew, he 431 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 4: was born into captivity, like he's I guess he's proving. 432 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: I guess you're proving that you're on Beefalo bolognes side. 433 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: Never never, I guess like maybe setting him free would 434 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: be like relocating him to a farm would be my guest. 435 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 4: Okay, I supposed it's just like letting him freak in 436 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 4: real Now we've got a wild beeflow population, like uh. 437 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: Oh something you can get all sorts of weird ship 438 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: like a beef along, like he just starts mixing with everybody, 439 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: a beef of shepherd, a beef of corky. It's gonna 440 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: be really fucking weird. 441 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 3: Oh no, the legs. 442 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: So when the cops told the slaughterhouse they didn't want 443 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: to bring Buddy back, that caused a little bit of 444 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: an issue, right because they were told that a thousand 445 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: pounds bfalow would bring in about six thousand dollars worth 446 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: of meat, so that was a really steep price. But 447 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: the police decided that they were up for the challenge, 448 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 1: so they launched a gofundmeat to buy Buddy from the slaughterhouse. Wow, 449 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: anything else to do in this town. 450 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 3: You guys are like, you're raising pandemic. It was a 451 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 3: early pandemic. They needed a project. 452 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: I know, I'm sure homelessness is not a problem that 453 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: you could help gofund me. No, no, no, let's set 454 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: this bee folow free. Yep. Meanwhile, they stayed on Buddy's trail. Right, 455 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: Captain Ed put his police dog Sarah into service to 456 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: track Buddy down. Now is that a sniffing ben? 457 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: Wow? 458 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: It is so inside my ear. Wow, I feel weird. 459 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 1: That was a may sniffing. 460 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 3: That was an actual dog. 461 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: Gods, I feel weird. So during the day, Captain Ed 462 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: would pursue his normal police duties and in the evenings 463 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: he was off his shift, so he would take Sarh 464 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: and the two of them would collect the latest leads. 465 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: Then they would head out to track buddy. Lauren, is 466 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: this a heartwarming primetime sitcom or what? Like? You know? 467 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: Off duty captain and is trusty hound turned private eyes 468 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: and animal rescue? 469 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 3: I guess it's just for me. It's a lot of questions. 470 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: First of all, are we eating buff like beef below? 471 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: Like that? I thought I was like worth of it? 472 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 3: Like how who is I have never heard of this 473 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 3: in my life. 474 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 4: It feels to me like this is a way that 475 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 4: they somehow save money braiding cows and we don't know 476 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 4: and this is part of like the big beef conspiracy. 477 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 3: That's what the first thing is for me. 478 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 4: The second thing is is that in a world, in 479 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 4: a country where so many people's and I look, we 480 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 4: do have to get political, but. 481 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 3: Like, I just can't believe that this people lived this law. 482 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: Like the masses well, with so much food that goes 483 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: to waste, I'm sure, I'm sure like one befalo won't 484 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,199 Speaker 1: make the difference. But yes, I hear you completely on 485 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 1: your concerns. So let's turn to my overlords to see 486 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: how much befalo is is in our food. 487 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 5: Befalo is in every pound of beef that you could 488 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 5: buy the supermarket. Intact, beefalo is used to make to furky. 489 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 5: Every pound of tofood that you buy is half beefl. 490 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: Wait, every pound of turkey that I buy is half 491 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: fucking beefalo. 492 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 5: Have you ever tried to buy zucchini at the grocery store? 493 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 5: You were actually trying to buy a log of befalo? 494 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: Was that a joke? Were you making funny? 495 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 6: Oh? 496 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: Wow? I was like, oh my god? Did you did 497 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: you think he was serious? Lauren? 498 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 3: Why am I so shuck being lied to by the government? 499 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: Water shock? What's in our food? We love been eating 500 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: beefalo and we did not know it existed. 501 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 4: This is like soiling greens, but for real, I I 502 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 4: that is the nineteen seventies reference I bring to this 503 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 4: show you're elderly. 504 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 3: I'm an elderly human. 505 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: So okay, so we got the captain. Is it a 506 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: cute sitcom? Is it an obsession of a man? We 507 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: don't know. But this went on for weeks and then 508 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: months right then finally, so the guy would do his 509 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: police stuff during the day and then at night chase 510 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: Buddy down. So finally, in the fall, the owner of 511 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: a local apple orchard, Nate, called the police station because 512 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: he had spotted Buddy under his trees. Now that gave 513 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: Captain Ed an idea. Working together with Nate, Ed decided 514 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: to stop chasing Buddy and instead, now that he knew 515 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: where he was, they would bring Buddy to them. What 516 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: would be your best beffalo trap design? What are you 517 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: going to like lure befalo with? 518 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 3: I mean, ultimately, something that looks like a female bffalo. 519 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 3: So I'm going to take like always do. Isn't it 520 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: a leather couch. 521 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 4: I'm gonna put some lipstick on it, some fake eyelashes, 522 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 4: you know what I mean? 523 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: I bet you there's a you there's like a thrift 524 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: store in Portland that has just such a design. You know, 525 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: I guarantee that they're like, we'll turn your your couches 526 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: into cows and then we'll bring them back to life 527 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: in a ceremony. 528 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 4: And then we just planted a speaker there and pump 529 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 4: some female befalo mating sounds or whatever. 530 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 1: And easy which is it's coincidentally, dj cow, it's next remix. 531 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: It's a mating female bffalo sounds the dj cal. I 532 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: wonder if the female bffalo is also called the bfalo? 533 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: Oh, great question? 534 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: Or is it a befal gave it timmy carl. It's 535 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: called befala. 536 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 5: It is called beef alita b falita, right, okaysh felita, 537 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 5: I'm waiting for you. 538 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: Wow, so many nineties hits in my head at one time. 539 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: Again elderly. 540 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 4: So. 541 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: Their alluring plants started with a big ass animal trailer, right, 542 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: one big enough to hold buddy if the biffalo would 543 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: actually go inside. But that was surrounded by cattle fencing 544 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: circled up around the trailer to create a coral, right, 545 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 1: a corral. I believe you guys call it. I call 546 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: it a coral. Fucking sue me. So leading towards the trailer, 547 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: an open gate on the farest side offered Buddy away 548 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: in right, So Captain ed got urine from a female 549 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: cow u Biefelida to use his lure to draw Buddy 550 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: into the cage alongside some hay and some grain. So 551 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: you were totally right kind of. 552 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: Well then I was a little more creative about it 553 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 3: again the End of the World. I'd like to think 554 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 3: that that's what the artists. 555 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: Writs, right, gave this woman a couch, She's gonna lure 556 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:45,479 Speaker 1: some dinner. So I wish we had the recording that conversation, right, 557 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: Like if you have to approach the owner of a 558 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: cattle herd, like, how would you go about asking for 559 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: like cowpis, like female cowpis? 560 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 4: Well, I guess they have to hope that one of 561 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 4: the female cows used the bathroom in the night and 562 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 4: didn't flush the. 563 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: Toilet, you know what I mean? Oh, yeah, there you go. 564 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: But yeah, I just imagine that conver saying like, hey, 565 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: hey are you doing? Hey, God bless you? So how's 566 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: your mother? 567 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 6: Good? 568 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: Good? Good? So listen, I'm gonna need a little bit 569 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: of animal smells, you know, for some sniffing. You got 570 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: any uh, you got any colpis? Lying around. You know 571 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: what kind of cop is I don't know if a 572 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: female female cow, female beefelino cow. 573 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 4: I also, I want to hear the conversation with his 574 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 4: wife or partner about this, like how is your day? Like, oh, 575 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 4: I got it go down there. I had to source 576 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 4: some female cow piss. I'm laying a trap. It's like 577 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 4: you have been chasing this thing for a. 578 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: Month and a half. Eda Nate sat together in a 579 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: truck nearby, holding onto a rope that held together the 580 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: gate right, so if Buddy arrived to check on their trap, 581 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: they would just pull the rope and close the gate 582 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: and Buddy would be locked inside. Now thirty minutes later, 583 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: there was a commotion just at the end of the clearing, 584 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: a rustling from between the trees, and Eda Nate sat 585 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: in stone cold silence, trying not to move. I just 586 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: got to say, also, you know how they say like 587 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: men invented golf just so they could have an excuse 588 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: to go on walks together. I feel like this is 589 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: like their version of bonding and be like, yeah, we're 590 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: just gonna catch a cow, and it's like yeah, but 591 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: like if we want to talk about feelings while we're 592 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: doing it like, why the fuck not? 593 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 3: You know, I guess it just never felt seen. 594 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so yeah, let's go catch a beflow and 595 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: let's talk about some shit. So so, from this commotion 596 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: and the clearing outstepped our pal Buddy. He approached the corral, 597 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: he spotted the open gate, and he walked inside. He 598 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: made his way to that pile of piss and grain, 599 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: and that's when Ed and the farmer sprang their trap. 600 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: They jumped out of the truck and heaved the gate 601 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: shut by pulling the rope. But these men had underestimated Buddy. 602 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: As the gate clang shut, he bolted not out the gate, nay, 603 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: but directly through the cattle fencing, and the moment was 604 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: caught on video. The large steel panels are thrown into 605 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: the air and scattered around the trailer like they were 606 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: barely more than cardboard. 607 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 3: I'm so invested in this story. This is such a 608 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 3: great one. I can't even tell you. This is chaos. 609 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: It's got love, it's got romance. 610 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 3: It's got got everything you need. 611 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 4: I also want you to know I was taking notes 612 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 4: at points because I was like, there's some points of 613 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 4: this that I got to come back to. 614 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: So Buddy, the Bffalo stayed on the loose, but Ed 615 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: Captain ED had more tricks up his sleeve now. In interviews, 616 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: Captain Ed said that Buddy had become his white whale. 617 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: He was determined to capture the Bffalo at almost any cost. Fortunately, 618 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: the police gofund me had scooped up over nine thousand dollars, 619 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: so all the expenses were covered in under a day. Now, 620 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: all that was left to do was catched a beast. Lauren, 621 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: would you have contributed to the hashtag beef a little 622 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: bawling go fundme? 623 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 3: You know, Honestly, the more it think about it, maybe 624 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 625 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 4: It was a time we're gonna remember this time though, 626 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 4: this was September twenty twenty. We all needed a hero, 627 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 4: We all wanted something, you know, and maybe the community felt, 628 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 4: you know, brought together by all of this. I think 629 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 4: it's just because it's you know again, it's like there's 630 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 4: just so many of them. But I guess only one 631 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 4: got away, so maybe he is special and I should 632 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 4: be more supportive of yeah. 633 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: Specific Also I love the irony of, like, you know, 634 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: the local townspeople watching this on the news and like 635 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: rooting for Buddy while like eating a fucking twelve on steak, 636 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: you know, like, oh man, I really hope he makes 637 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: it out. I never had any b flow in my life, 638 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: but you know, and little did they know that that's 639 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: befelow that they're eating. 640 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 3: It is we've always this has been going on since 641 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 3: eighteen seventy. I wrote that down. I was like, this 642 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 3: is the greatest kept secret in the world. 643 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: That's right, and we reveal it. Whoh, I love that 644 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: this is gonna like what if this is the last 645 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: strand of sanity that the world was like leaning on. 646 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: Like once this is revealed, everything just fucking snaps out 647 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: of place and everything the apoos yep. So Captain Ed 648 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: decided that he had a working strategy. He met with 649 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: Nate and they agreed that Ed could rebuild the trap 650 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: and use it again. So they build it again, stronger 651 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: this time, and filled it again with grain and water 652 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: to lure Buddy in. Then they kept watch and despite 653 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: their first encounter, Buddy did come back, probably because Buddy 654 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: did not believe in their fucking skills. They're like, yeah, dude, okay, yeah, 655 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: give me some grain. I'll be okay. And not just 656 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: once Eda Nate kept the corral stocked, and Buddy started 657 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: coming back regularly for the food and water. This just 658 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: feels like they just had a pet. 659 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 3: To be honest, this is like, this just feels like 660 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 3: it's just like feeding a stray cat. It's always going 661 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 3: to keep coming back, you know what I mean. 662 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, So Captain Nett started spending his evenings after work 663 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: waiting for Buddy to appear. The police chief said that 664 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: Captain net did not hunt Buddy during working hours. End quote. Hey, 665 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: if my captain chooses the cheese a beefalow on his 666 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: own time, he can do that. It's a frequentry. He's 667 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: also even sigh uh, little known fact. So his weird 668 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: hobby didn't jeopardize his work, but his boss doesn't really 669 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: sound thrilled about it. Right, So, when when Ed and 670 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: Nate were staking out the trap more and more, this 671 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: is sounding like they just wanted to bond, you know. Yeah, 672 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: fuck it. So, when he was taking out the trap, 673 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: rather than staying in Nate's truck, Ed would lie down 674 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: inside the animal trailer itself. He set up cameras pointed 675 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: at the makeshift ben where he hoped that he would 676 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: trap Buddy. He even borrowed night vision goggles from a 677 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: fellow police officer and used a thermal camera from the 678 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: police department inventory so he could spot Buddy when he 679 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: was nearby and track his approach. According to one article, 680 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: he supplied all of his own batteries for the police 681 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: equipment he was using to keep watch for the runaway. Okay, Buddy, 682 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 1: So does he have a bunker? 683 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 3: Is he hoarding batteries? 684 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: Is this all part of this? 685 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 3: So you have children? I want to know so much 686 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 3: about Captain Ed's life. 687 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: So Ed was obsessed with the hunt, right, and as 688 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: the months got colder, he found himself lying in the 689 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: frigid steal trailer. He would get home from work, eat 690 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: dinner with his wife, and then get up, bundle up 691 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: in his jacket, and head for the orchard where he 692 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: would lie in wait for Buddy. Now his wife came 693 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: out with him a few times in the eight months 694 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: that he was hunting Buddy down, but it was his obsession, 695 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: not hers, and in an interview she said that she 696 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: mostly hoped they could just be sacking, you know. So 697 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: Ed caught the buffalo many times on video. The recordings 698 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: of his surveillance camera show Buddy repeatedly stepping into the pen, 699 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: grabbing his food, and then high tailing it out of 700 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: there again. Honestly, does this sound like they even want 701 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: to catch the b flow? You know, they just want 702 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: to play at cool surveillance gadgets away from their families 703 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: on there. 704 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 7: If I may, I'd like to quote hit major motion 705 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 7: picture Batman The Dark Knight. Yes, please do which is 706 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 7: you know, I'm like a dog chasing a car. If 707 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 7: it caught it, I wouldn't know what to do with it. 708 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 7: I'm paraphrasing. The point is I win that particular line, 709 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 7: Thank you very much. I'm very prolific in I have 710 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 7: a great memory for quotes. The point is, I you know, 711 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 7: it's some of them just want to watch the world burn. 712 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 7: That one doesn't connect at all. But I just wanted 713 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 7: to prove I know a quote. The point is, I 714 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 7: just am very curious to see how this story ends. 715 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 7: And if he does catch it, it's like then what 716 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 7: Like It's like, what's the next thing? 717 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 1: I got you? So, in an interview ed chalked it 718 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: up to COVID right. He said it was twenty twenty 719 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: and there was nothing better to do than lying the 720 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: cold trailer and wait for a cow, which, to be honest, 721 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,839 Speaker 1: fair enough Buddy. So this carried on throughout winter. Okay, 722 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: Buddy cut a path in the snow into the corral 723 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: where he knew that there was always food waiting. Okay, 724 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: But Eda and Nate could never keep him inside the 725 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: corral or coax him into the trailer. The bfalow just 726 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: refused to get caught until one day in spring of 727 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, Buddy didn't show up for his daily feeding. 728 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: He was gone, gone gone. But by then the whole 729 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 1: toown knew that Ed was the man on the hunt 730 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: for Buddy. So soon the telephone was ringing down at 731 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: the police station. It was a different local farmer calling 732 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: in to As it turned out, after two hundred and 733 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: fifty days of freedom, plus a bayla hay and ten 734 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: pounds of grain every single day through the winter months, 735 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: Ed discovered that he no longer had to bring Buddy in. 736 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: After a whole winter playing catch me if you can 737 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,760 Speaker 1: with Captain Ed, Buddy was found where he really wanted 738 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: to be, and it wasn't in the makeshift corral with 739 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: a chili cattle trailer and the weird dude lying in it. 740 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 1: In fact, Buddy had caught the scent of another local 741 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: cattle farm and it brought him wandering over. This time 742 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: he spotted a cluster of female cows. He jumped the 743 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: fence into the pen, trapping himself with the ladies inside. Ladies, 744 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: I know I've been out in the wild for far 745 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: too long, but I hear this is the lady cow. 746 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: Pis okay? Sorry. The local farmer marched them inside, locked 747 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: them up, called Captain Net to let him know that 748 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: the fugitive had finally given up the game. Maybe all 749 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: those nasty reports about him being aggressive were a bit 750 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: off the mark. It seems like Buddy, what he really was, 751 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: was lonely. It was Buddy himself who decided that his 752 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: rampage to the woods of the Connecticut Wilderness was over. 753 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: So Buddy he found his people. So once Buddy was caught, 754 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: the money from the GoFundMe paid for the vet to 755 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: check him out, and then they shipped him down south. 756 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,919 Speaker 1: One of the officers said that they raised enough money 757 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: in a single day to pay the vet plus the transportation, 758 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 1: and we're paying Nate for all the food that he 759 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,319 Speaker 1: brought during winter. Buddy was taken in by Critter Creek 760 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: Farm Animal Sanctuary in Gainesville, Florida. They required a short 761 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: quarantine adjustment period where Buddy got used to the climate 762 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: so they could also make sure that he wouldn't bring 763 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: any diseases to the other animals. Now are you hearing me? 764 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: They tried to luck Buddy up in a solitary pen, 765 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:58,360 Speaker 1: but it failed. Buddy escaped twice. They should have pretty 766 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: much known better by this point. Don't you think like 767 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: Buddy does not like being locked up? 768 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 5: Man? 769 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 3: No, He's made it quite clear he's been evading. He's 770 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 3: been invading all capture for a really long time. Like 771 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 3: you gotta gotta keep him in a barn or I 772 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:11,800 Speaker 3: don't even. 773 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: Know what, but you just gotta keep the cow piss flowing, 774 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: that's all you gotta do. So eventually he once he 775 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: was let out into the main pasture to mingle with 776 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: the other cows and even a bison named Cinnamon, Buddy 777 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: calmed down. Finally, Buddy was lonely no more. 778 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 6: Or no mo. 779 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: In April twenty twenty one, Captain Ed drove down to 780 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,919 Speaker 1: visit Buddy at the sanctuary in Florida. Apparently he tried 781 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 1: to feed the beefalo bananas, but Buddy kept his distance. 782 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 1: It's a little sad almost watching captain Ed try to 783 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: entice Buddy over our best beef of of boy just 784 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: will not be moved no matter what captain Ed offers him. 785 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 1: I guess in some ways, the real chase goes on, 786 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,879 Speaker 1: and that's our story. Lauren, what do you think? 787 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:05,960 Speaker 3: This is amazing? 788 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 4: I think that this was incredible. I loved the misdirect. 789 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 4: I loved all the details. I loved the fact that 790 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 4: early on in the story, I was going what crime 791 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 4: did this convict commit? Like? 792 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 3: How dangerous of a convict is? I was taking notes, 793 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 3: I was doing what I do during my normal show. 794 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 4: No. 795 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'm just glad that we have a really 796 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,360 Speaker 1: fun escape story for once with a happy ending and everything, 797 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,879 Speaker 1: because this show it doesn't really get a lot of those. 798 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,800 Speaker 1: And also, you know, in solidarity with Buddy and the 799 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: entire Beefalo community, we're actually going to make a donation 800 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: to the Critter Creek Farm on behalf of Captain Ed. 801 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: So it's a real win win here. 802 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 3: Oh that's so kind. 803 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: Wait to be honest, it's a cool. It's cool as 804 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,959 Speaker 1: any abby man like I learned how to play chess. 805 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: So that's you know, one hundred pre chase scout. Some 806 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: people played chess. Where can listeners find your show, Lauren? 807 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 4: You can find us anywhere. The podcasts are available, True 808 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,879 Speaker 4: Crime and Cocktails. You can find us on all the socials. Also, 809 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 4: if you look for that name. 810 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: To really go out with a bang, I'm gonna ask 811 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: Ben to play some of that sexy seventies music he 812 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: was playing in Yeah. I want to ask you, Lauren, 813 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: to sing with me, yeah and say goodbye. 814 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 3: Oh, let's do it. 815 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, be fellow. Can you feel the moomomum you go into? 816 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 3: Run way. 817 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: Is a coral? 818 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 6: Coral gonna eat a large bell of Hey, Lauren, thank 819 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 6: you so much, Oh my god, this was too fun, truly. 820 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 1: Goodbye everybody. You see you next week. Radies Escapes is 821 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 1: a production of iHeartRadio and Film Nation Entertainment and association 822 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: with Gilded Audio. 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