WEBVTT - E04 Halloween Special: Choose Your Own Adventure (EPISODE 04)

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. That's South Bay Paints dot com. After a

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<v Speaker 1>short hike following the sound of the water, you arrive

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<v Speaker 1>at a wide stream flowing straight through the forest. Desperate

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<v Speaker 1>for a drink, you race to its edge and cut

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<v Speaker 1>handfuls of the crisp, cool water into your mouth, then

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<v Speaker 1>slump back on a nearby rock. It's only then that

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<v Speaker 1>you're able to appreciate the full beauty of the scene

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<v Speaker 1>laid out before you. The crystal clear water cascading down

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<v Speaker 1>of a glistening moss covered rocks, and the way the

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<v Speaker 1>dappled sunlight breaks through the trees and sparkles on the

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<v Speaker 1>surface of the stream. You take another scoopful of the water,

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<v Speaker 1>then rise to your feet and proceed to follow it downstream.

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<v Speaker 1>After hours of walking, the stream gradually widens into a river,

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<v Speaker 1>but having followed it for the best part of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>there is no end in sight, as the river appears

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<v Speaker 1>to meander on forever through the trees ahead of you. Disheartened,

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<v Speaker 1>you stand at the river's edge and are just gazing

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<v Speaker 1>out across its surface when you catch sight of something

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<v Speaker 1>slowly billowing through the water toward you. As it draws nearer,

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<v Speaker 1>you recognize it as a blue silk scarf. You watch

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<v Speaker 1>it as it edges closer and closer until it seems

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<v Speaker 1>to snag on something in the water just meters away.

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<v Speaker 1>Leaning out over the bank, being careful not to fall,

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<v Speaker 1>you reach out for it with one last stretch. You

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<v Speaker 1>finally manage to get your finger tips to it just

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<v Speaker 1>enough to pull it closer. But as you start to pull,

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<v Speaker 1>only then do you realize that something is weighing it down.

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<v Speaker 1>You can just make out the bulky shadow of it

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<v Speaker 1>a meter or so below the surface. With a little

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<v Speaker 1>more effort, finally the weighty shape is dislodged, and now

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<v Speaker 1>it is rising toward the surface, turning as it comes

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<v Speaker 1>before revealing itself in one last horrifying twist. You scream

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<v Speaker 1>as the bloated body of a dead child breaks the surface,

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<v Speaker 1>its face grotesquely mutilated, with its bottomed jaw ripped from

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<v Speaker 1>the skull and only empty reddened sockets where the eyes

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<v Speaker 1>should be. Letting go of the scarf, you stumble back

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<v Speaker 1>onto the bank and wretch violently. But before you have

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<v Speaker 1>time to process it all, you hear a hideous sound

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<v Speaker 1>screeching out from far off in the distance that is

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<v Speaker 1>steadily getting louder. You know instantly that something terrifying is

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<v Speaker 1>heading this way. As the dead body slips slowly back

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<v Speaker 1>under the water, you turn and bolt into the trees.

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<v Speaker 1>Faster and faster. You run, tripping on roots and smashing

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<v Speaker 1>through branches, jumping and beating your way through as that terrifying,

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<v Speaker 1>sickening noise gets closer and closer, when suddenly, a burly

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<v Speaker 1>man steps into your path, bringing you to an immediate halt.

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