WEBVTT - E01 Halloween Special: Choose Your Own Adventure (EPISODE 01)

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<v Speaker 1>Unexplains two and nineteen Halloween special with me Richard McClean smith.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we begin, I have to issue a warning that

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<v Speaker 1>the following experience will contain scenes of an extremely graphic, intense,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes bloody nature, which may distress some listeners. Parental

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<v Speaker 1>discretion is advised. And now that's out of the way.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're still here, let's proceed. I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>imagine you're twelve years old, riding a bike along a

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<v Speaker 1>small deserted country lane, sipping along at speed past fields

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<v Speaker 1>of wheat and bright yellow sunflowers. All about as far

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<v Speaker 1>as your eyes can see. You're surrounded by rolling hills

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<v Speaker 1>in many shades of worn and green, dotted with small

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<v Speaker 1>clumps of trees and pretty hedgerows. Up above a majestic

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<v Speaker 1>golden sun, the warmth of which you feel on your skin,

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<v Speaker 1>sits high in a pale, cloudless sky that seems to

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<v Speaker 1>stretch out forever. Cycling faster, now, you feel the cooling

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<v Speaker 1>air on your face as you whizz along the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Up ahead in the distance you see a small forest

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<v Speaker 1>into which the road disappears, the final stretch of the

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<v Speaker 1>journey back to your grandmother's house, where your family and

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<v Speaker 1>lunch are waiting for you. At twelve years old, You've

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<v Speaker 1>found yourself occupying a strange, liminal space, caught between the

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<v Speaker 1>innocence of childhood and the creeping onset of adolescence, having

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<v Speaker 1>already begun to sense an untethering from the child. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>it has unsettled you. You worry it's all happening too soon,

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<v Speaker 1>and that the pull of this unknown, grown up world

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<v Speaker 1>that lurks on the horizon is something to be resisted.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you can't wait to escape the juvenile world

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<v Speaker 1>of children, to shed its skin, excited by the prospect

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<v Speaker 1>of all that is to come. Whatever the case, whether

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<v Speaker 1>you want them to or not, changes are coming. But

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<v Speaker 1>right now, that's okay. Right now, under this sun, as

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<v Speaker 1>you revel in the freedom of two wheels, everything feels good.

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<v Speaker 1>So you plow on ahead, keeping your eyes on the

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<v Speaker 1>forest that seems to grow larger as you draw closer

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<v Speaker 1>and closer to it. Though it's only a short section

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<v Speaker 1>of woodland, you've always felt a little uneasy cycling through it,

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<v Speaker 1>trying your best to banish all thought of those dark

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<v Speaker 1>fairy tales that you enjoy reading so much, trying hard

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<v Speaker 1>not to think about what monsters might be lurking behind

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<v Speaker 1>the trees, it's silly really, After all, on a day

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<v Speaker 1>as bright and balmy as this, there really is nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to worry about. But just then you notice something strange.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't be, you think, as you bring the bike

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<v Speaker 1>to a sudden stop, staring ahead in disbelief. Where only

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<v Speaker 1>a moment ago a road runs straight through the woods,

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<v Speaker 1>there is nothing but trees. It's as if the forest

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<v Speaker 1>had just suddenly grown right over it. It must be

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<v Speaker 1>some mistake, you think, perhaps you took a wrong turn

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<v Speaker 1>at some point, but when you look back, everything behind

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<v Speaker 1>is just as it has always been. Confused, you put

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<v Speaker 1>down your bike and wander to the end of the tarmac,

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<v Speaker 1>which stops dead at the edge of the forest, and

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<v Speaker 1>stare into the thick mass of trees beyond. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no sign of the road further on, and now what

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<v Speaker 1>happens next is up to you. If you choose to

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<v Speaker 1>step into the forest for a better look, go to

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<v Speaker 1>episode two. If you decide instead to turn back and

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<v Speaker 1>find a different way home, go to episode three. Now

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