1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 I 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,360 Don't know what we saw that night 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,480 But whatever it was in front of me was real 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,480 We are literally hostages in this house I 5 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:31,600 Don't have my gun, but what are we gonna do? I'm thinking I can't protect my family 6 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,080 Take this I 7 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,040 Was petrified 8 00:00:54,360 --> 00:01:00,520 Werewolf a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to morph into a wolf-like creature 9 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:06,560 The reports of its appearance are remarkably consistent body of a bear, but the head was a wolf head 10 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,760 With a large muzzle I was carried out of my mind was not something I've ever seen before 11 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:31,680 When we moved to Palmyra, it was a very difficult time in our life Eric had gotten 12 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,320 Injured at the job that he'd worked at you need your pillow, honey 13 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:38,800 I worked for a local paper mill for over 20 years 14 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,800 I was working on a piece of machinery and I ended up blowing some discs in my back and 15 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:51,980 From that I was unable to do work anymore. Chelsea could Eric is pillow stop and Shelley. Okay? 16 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,480 Palmyra was definitely not my first choice of a town to be it 17 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,480 But I had taken a new job so I could be closer to home to take care of him and 18 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,240 It was it was a life change for us 19 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,240 I 20 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:24,080 Found the farm in a local paper and it talked about the fields and all the property 21 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,120 The farm was beautiful. It was older, but there was plenty of room 22 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,240 It definitely felt secluded it was surrounded by woods entirely 23 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:42,960 The woods were very very dense so what do you think? 24 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:53,360 Chelsea was living with us my daughter. She was 17 at the time school was just finishing and we had about two weeks left and 25 00:02:54,120 --> 00:03:00,960 We still had all the exams going on so you know having to move all of my things was just was difficult 26 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:08,080 Hey mister Eric comes from a long line of hunters and 27 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:14,440 The guns have always been a bone of contention between us. Where do you think you're going with those? 28 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:25,880 My family is always hunted and I've hunted pretty much everything that they allow us to hunt the state of Maine 29 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,960 And I love it 30 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,360 Eric has a fairly extensive collection of guns. I 31 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,440 Don't like them in the house. I was just afraid with having children in the house 32 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,920 And I didn't want them there. Shelly decided that the guns could be out in the barn 33 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:54,120 My son Shawn came over and we decided to build a strong box 34 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,720 It was just made out of wood. It was more like a like kind of like a bootbox with a lock on it 35 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,720 You know kind of crude 36 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:07,680 It ended up being a lot heavier than we then we imagined, you know having to lift it up and dad was disabled 37 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,680 So I was worried about him dad. I 38 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,640 Got this 39 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,120 So Shawn put the box up into the loft area 40 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,800 We didn't want anybody stumbling on to it and being able to get in and take my guns 41 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,720 I 42 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:50,040 My wife shell and I would sit on the porch each night and have coffee 43 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:55,120 It became a ritual every every evening would try to do that if it wasn't too cold out 44 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,240 It was really important to keep our sanity and keep things together at that point 45 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,880 What is that 46 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,800 One of the nights that we were sitting out there we noticed something I have no idea 47 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:36,320 We saw some strange lights down in the trees 48 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:44,840 And it wasn't a flash of a light it was like a pulsating light 49 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:49,760 It would get really strong and it would come on and then it would go off 50 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,720 And then it would go back on again 51 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:59,760 Is that we had never seen this type of light before it seemed to change 52 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,680 My son Shawn came over to the house look and he could see the lights 53 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,000 That first I think it was just a flashlight size way off in the distant in the corner of the field 54 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:17,880 But it seemed like the more we noticed that the more it started changing and moving around 55 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:21,280 Poacher maybe 56 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,920 Well 57 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,120 Only one way to find out 58 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:46,720 This wasn't an airplane the helicopter this wasn't from a vehicle behind there because it was all dense woods I 59 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,880 Absolutely a hundred percent felt it was unnatural 60 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,680 As we approached the woods you couldn't see the light anymore 61 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,800 Which was very odd, but we definitely needed to get out and find out what it was 62 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,800 The 63 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:25,040 Woods out back have a lot of shadows and the limbs hang way down so it's pretty creepy 64 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:43,600 Once in a while we'd stop on a branch and we both just freeze and you could hear that just echo 65 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,540 And then nothing moved or nothing ran 66 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:00,240 Are you serious dad decided that we should split up so that if there was a poacher there 67 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,480 I could sneak up on him so we could surprise him trust me 68 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Now I was on my own 69 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,680 And I remember I remember that feeling 70 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,120 I could feel things I could smell I could think and 71 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,320 the feeling that came over me was 72 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,400 Something beyond any fear that I've had hunting before 73 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,040 He was weird 74 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:03,480 Something was out there 75 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:25,320 Something was to the left of me 76 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:35,120 But then it disappeared and there was nothing nothing anywhere 77 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,640 Everything was still and you could have heard a pin drop 78 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:57,760 We heard absolutely nothing once we had you know decided there wasn't a threat we turned the lights back on and looked for tracks 79 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,600 We couldn't find any signs of anybody being in there there were no tracks there were no 80 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,820 Any indication anybody had been in there? 81 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,320 I thought maybe I was mad 82 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:24,520 Hey, hey 83 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:34,480 Chelsea's boyfriend Nathan would often come spend weekends with us. I was dating Chelsea at the time 84 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,080 We'd been together for about six months. I 85 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,280 Signed up for the army. We're going I was just trying to spend as much time with her as possible 86 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,240 Come on guys 87 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,480 We decided to go for a walk just to see if the woods had anything to offer 88 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,400 We had just come out of winter and main winners are usually very bleak and gray 89 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,040 So we were enjoying the sunlight. It was just gorgeous outside 90 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:13,120 The woods were great we could take the dogs out and we just kind of let them loose. Hey, go boy 91 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,560 Of course they went straight for the trees 92 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:27,080 Jasper dogs were we're running out ahead of us. It seemed like they caught the scent of something 93 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:42,680 The dogs stopped and that's when we came up on something strange 94 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,160 We got a little bit closer and that's that's where we found a hole 95 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,080 We kept the dogs away we didn't want the dogs to fall in 96 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,400 Hey, Jasper, can we break? Nathan don't please 97 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:15,760 It was just odd how round this hole was it seemed as though it had been dug with care 98 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:22,240 It looked like it had been done by hand either by a human or an animal Nate, let's go. I 99 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Felt like it was time to go 100 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,520 Now I just had a bad feeling 101 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,720 Oh 102 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,040 Please ladies, let's go 103 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,840 Nate 104 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:51,880 Nate please let's go. Yeah, okay. Come on guys. Let's go 105 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:09,200 It was Memorial holiday weekend stuffy in here any 106 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,940 Chelsea had gone upstairs and gone to bed. She'd had a very long day. Okay, leave tight 107 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,360 Nate mom 108 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:30,800 It was fairly cold outside not very foggy, but it was misty 109 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,680 This particular night it was really quiet 110 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,360 You couldn't hear a lot of the animals that you'd normally hear 111 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,080 No deer tonight 112 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:50,600 Really? No sheep no horses no cows. There wasn't anything like that 113 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:57,920 And so I actually got up I grabbed my flashlight and I started looking in the field 114 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,920 It was very quiet out there 115 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,360 Unusually quiet 116 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,760 Bob called earlier. I told him you'd give him a call tomorrow 117 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,240 After Shelley had put the light down I got this feeling 118 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:41,480 I didn't know what it was you could call it a hunter's instinct. I knew that there was danger 119 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,560 I 120 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,560 Felt it and I felt it strong 121 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:04,320 He grabbed me by my shirt he just kept saying we need to go in the house now and I said why 122 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,280 Don't just grab me like that 123 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:16,000 What's the matter I could tell that he had some fear and he had no reason he had nothing to show me why I 124 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,880 Just knew that I had to get Shelley in the house get her to safety. What's gotten to you? 125 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,360 In all the sudden I could hear wrestling 126 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,440 There 127 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,480 There was three sets of eyes looking back at us 128 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Florescent almost 129 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:57,400 There was another one I said Shelley look over there shine the light 130 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,580 And there was another one that made five 131 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,640 It appeared that they were mad and wanted to come at us 132 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Go 133 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:41,320 What are those things what the hell are they I don't know the first thing she does is put the light against the screen 134 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:49,520 So I had to take a hold of her again and get her to move back away, but I wanted to look at that 135 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,040 Shelley don't I 136 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,480 Wanted this to make sense. I wanted to know what I was looking at 137 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:02,520 It was surreal. It was like you were having a dream a nightmare. I need my guns. Oh, don't start Eric 138 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,440 That's why people keep guns in the house. I 139 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,280 Had never seen anything that looked like this 140 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:14,580 It was clearly not a bear, but it was huge and dangerous looking 141 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,800 What are we gonna do I'm thinking 142 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,240 He felt very helpless because he didn't have a weapon I 143 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:31,620 Didn't know that we were safe in the house. I know if I had those guns we'd be safer. I knew that 144 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,400 I didn't go check on Chelsea 145 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,200 I 146 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,760 Gonna get my guns forget about it don't go outside 147 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:50,120 Please Eric we didn't know what they were we didn't know what they were capable of 148 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,360 Why would either one of us go back outside? 149 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,400 So I I said okay and she went up 150 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,400 I 151 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,920 My daughter was upstairs sleeping 152 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,760 I need to make sure she was safe and that we could see what was going on outside 153 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:32,400 I shook her and shook her and shook her and course she was irritable and what what what my mom was like get up 154 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,840 You have to see this come on you have to see what these things are she almost looked troubled 155 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,240 She was anxious. She's very anxious to show me something out of the window 156 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,880 You see them cool I 157 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,700 Mean of course I was interested I was I was still 158 00:19:01,260 --> 00:19:05,780 Sleeping, you know, I mean I still have to sleep so I didn't really make too much of it 159 00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:08,780 Don't you think you want to stay up? 160 00:19:09,340 --> 00:19:11,760 And I'm like let me know what happens in the morning 161 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,620 And she laid back down in her bed 162 00:19:17,340 --> 00:19:23,140 I'm not sure it really registered properly what what she was looking at 163 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:33,660 They were all still there all five of them 164 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:37,580 They were in a crouched position 165 00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:51,100 That one of them stood right up on their hind feet and looked right up at me they were massive I 166 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,500 Was shocked it was beyond 167 00:19:56,540 --> 00:20:00,100 It was almost too much for your brain to process 168 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:03,320 It was it was astonishing I 169 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:12,500 Was downstairs on my own I had a bunch of things going on in my head 170 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:21,780 Here we are in a dangerous situation and I can't do what I'm supposed to do and that's protect my family I 171 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:31,540 Looked out the window and I could see that they were off a little bit in the distance and I thought could we leave 172 00:20:34,340 --> 00:20:42,260 If I could get in the vehicle perhaps I could get it backed up to the house and I could get Shelly and Chelsea out of Homsway 173 00:20:42,860 --> 00:20:52,860 So I had to make a decision I 174 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:08,860 Went around and tried to shut all the windows did I worry if they were in the house? 175 00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:11,260 Absolutely 176 00:21:16,260 --> 00:21:23,820 Jasper Briggs it started to dawn on me that I hadn't heard the dogs bark. I hadn't seen the dogs 177 00:21:25,220 --> 00:21:27,220 Something was going on 178 00:21:39,220 --> 00:21:45,780 I got outside onto the porch and from what I could see some of them they were down over the hill 179 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:52,620 And now I had 25 30 feet to be able to get in the car to back it up to the house 180 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:05,300 I 181 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:08,140 Wasn't able to go very fast because of my injury 182 00:22:10,020 --> 00:22:13,540 And I was scared really scared 183 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:21,700 That 20 feet was gonna be the longest 20 feet that I ever walked 184 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:37,700 Rakes I 185 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:46,500 Started going from room to room calling both dogs names very strange for them not to come 186 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,300 I 187 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:15,060 Felt the vibration I heard the scurrying I 188 00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:19,860 Didn't know what the source was 189 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,300 I 190 00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:11,300 These hunting dogs they were hiding they knew something was not right and they were scared 191 00:24:13,140 --> 00:24:15,420 So that was a big concern for me too I 192 00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:24,980 Kept my eye right on them all the time 193 00:24:27,620 --> 00:24:30,380 Even though I I was hurting pretty bad 194 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,300 I 195 00:24:42,020 --> 00:24:47,980 Finally get on the other side of of the vehicles and I was fumbling trying to get into the door 196 00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:59,580 Everything lit up 197 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:12,260 I felt very exposed 198 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:42,620 I felt very exposed it scared the out of me and I and I felt very vulnerable 199 00:25:42,620 --> 00:26:04,700 All of a sudden there's one 200 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:06,700 Rated 201 00:26:09,980 --> 00:26:17,100 And I looked at him he looked at me I thought for sure he was gonna come out 202 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,100 Then he bolted 203 00:26:32,060 --> 00:26:36,940 I knew using the vehicle wasn't gonna be an option 204 00:26:47,660 --> 00:26:52,300 Eric I had absolutely no idea that Eric had gone outside 205 00:26:53,260 --> 00:27:02,140 Did not feel safe had absolutely no idea where he was in the house 206 00:27:06,540 --> 00:27:08,540 Eric 207 00:27:08,540 --> 00:27:10,540 You 208 00:27:19,020 --> 00:27:25,100 Went outside I remember telling them how stupid it was what were you thinking? 209 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:28,860 I thought I could get to the truck and I said that isn't even the point 210 00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:35,180 The point is you shouldn't have opened up the door in the first place and we're in here and if something happens to you 211 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:37,740 What would I do then and Chelsea we're screwed 212 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,500 I'm sorry 213 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:46,460 We talked about what we were gonna do next 214 00:27:47,180 --> 00:27:53,580 We you know we have to do something these things are dangerous. Let's call 911 and let someone else drive in 215 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:01,740 Police it would have even sounded unreal to me 216 00:28:02,620 --> 00:28:04,620 Hello, yes 217 00:28:04,940 --> 00:28:10,940 There are some things trying to get into our house. I had a feeling that the police officer wouldn't take us serious 218 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:14,220 No, they're not bears. He asked me if it was a moose. No 219 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:20,060 He asked me if it was a dog. No, there's something else. I don't know what they are 220 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:25,820 They're really really big. They're like seven to eight feet tall. No, you're not listening to me 221 00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:31,260 Well, what would you like us to do and he said make sure your windows are closed 222 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:36,460 In lock your doors. These creatures can come through my wall if they want to get in 223 00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:42,140 No, you're not listening to me the police officer 224 00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:47,180 He was thinking that we were mistaken and that they were uh a harmless animal 225 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:51,660 Please you've got to send someone out. Look he he couldn't have been more wrong 226 00:28:54,780 --> 00:28:56,780 Hello 227 00:28:57,100 --> 00:28:59,100 Hello 228 00:29:01,820 --> 00:29:10,220 The minute the phone call was disconnected I knew I knew that nobody was gonna come help us 229 00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:13,180 We were on our own now any plans that we made 230 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,540 To protect ourselves was gonna be our ideas 231 00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:26,780 I could feel it and Eric knew it too. We are literally hostages in this house. We cannot leave this property 232 00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:31,180 I knew at this point that Eric was scared 233 00:29:32,540 --> 00:29:36,060 And if he was scared there was a good reason to be worried 234 00:29:41,260 --> 00:29:45,740 Shelly had gone back upstairs and I was downstairs by myself 235 00:29:51,980 --> 00:29:55,100 The the whole situation just really frustrated me 236 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:58,460 It just seemed to be a nightmare that didn't end 237 00:30:00,780 --> 00:30:05,580 Here we are in a situation where we don't even have anything to protect ourselves 238 00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:10,460 And and I and I was extremely frustrated and I was upset 239 00:30:14,060 --> 00:30:16,060 But then I uh 240 00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:21,980 Then I realized these things stay away from the light 241 00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:27,500 I don't know if they can't be in it. I don't know if it hurts their eyes. I don't know what the reason is 242 00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:32,380 But all of a sudden we've got something that we can use if we need to 243 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,300 Maybe we can keep these things away from us 244 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:44,220 So I made a decision that even though I I was hurting pretty bad I was gonna at least attempt to get out to that bond 245 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:47,740 And see if I could get one of the guns 246 00:30:53,740 --> 00:30:55,740 I 247 00:30:57,740 --> 00:30:59,740 I 248 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:03,740 I 249 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:08,620 I 250 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:18,780 Felt it'd be best to keep this from Shelly because I think that it would have been more stressful to her to know 251 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:21,420 And I didn't want that 252 00:31:28,140 --> 00:31:32,940 I knew that as soon as I got out there I would have to trip that garage light 253 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:46,700 I was walking very slowly. I was in a lot of pain at that time and and I just wanted the light to come on 254 00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:02,460 All the eyes were looking at me 255 00:32:03,020 --> 00:32:05,020 I 256 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,500 Had of them were going off to my left 257 00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:13,260 Out of them were going off to my right 258 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,100 And they looked like they were gonna pounce 259 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:35,420 I 260 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:48,780 Realized that this is a hunting mode. This is a way they would take down an animal and and I realized I was that animal 261 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:54,220 I knew at that point I better get out of there and I better get out of there now 262 00:32:55,260 --> 00:33:01,260 But there was a danger that when I moved out of the sense of that light would go out and I'd lose my protection 263 00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:07,020 So the amount of time I had to get to the porch was very very short 264 00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:25,180 All of a sudden I heard them coming 265 00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:27,580 I 266 00:33:30,460 --> 00:33:33,580 I'm thinking to myself and I'm not daring to speak I'm thinking 267 00:33:35,260 --> 00:33:37,740 Oh my gosh, they're right outside our house 268 00:33:41,660 --> 00:33:45,980 It wasn't that I thought that these creatures could turn doorknobs so much as just 269 00:33:46,380 --> 00:33:50,220 Bash through a door just push right through it kick it. However, they wanted to get in 270 00:33:50,860 --> 00:33:52,540 Eric 271 00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:54,540 They would get into the house 272 00:33:55,180 --> 00:33:57,180 See you 273 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:17,980 His face had a mixture of fear 274 00:34:20,140 --> 00:34:22,140 And um the anxiety 275 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:27,980 The hair was up on the back of his neck and he was trying to keep it together 276 00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:37,580 But what do you do what does anyone do I I don't think anyone can honestly answer that until they're in that situation 277 00:34:44,780 --> 00:34:46,780 Our options had run out 278 00:34:48,140 --> 00:34:50,140 We weren't going to be able to 279 00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:52,860 Get in the truck 280 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:55,820 We weren't going to be able to get the guns up in the barn 281 00:34:56,860 --> 00:34:58,860 The police weren't coming 282 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:01,100 There wasn't anything else that we could do 283 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,300 What are we going to do 284 00:35:07,660 --> 00:35:13,180 I I don't know of anything that's any stronger bond than that of a dad protecting his family 285 00:35:13,980 --> 00:35:14,940 Uh 286 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:18,300 Protecting my wife protecting my daughter chelts 287 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:21,420 Was my number one concern during the whole night 288 00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:24,140 And whatever I had to do 289 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:27,100 I would do it 290 00:35:37,820 --> 00:35:44,540 I briskly went to chelsea's bedroom and I said look you need to get up and you have to get up now 291 00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:51,260 Chelsea get that light 292 00:35:54,140 --> 00:35:56,380 We felt like we needed to lock ourselves in 293 00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:58,140 Here take this 294 00:35:58,140 --> 00:36:04,940 And we definitely felt like we were hostages in our own home and that these creatures had us captive 295 00:36:09,820 --> 00:36:14,940 Our only friend at that point becomes daylight hopefully and that's not even a hundred percent 296 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:27,260 But we didn't have a choice. I mean we just laid on top of our bed and uh waited for the daybreak to come 297 00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:30,460 It's okay. We're gonna be fine 298 00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:46,940 Then we just sat there for the longest time 299 00:36:48,460 --> 00:36:50,460 And 300 00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:58,060 Was very quiet and and that itself was was sort of disturbing 301 00:37:09,420 --> 00:37:11,420 And then 302 00:37:13,740 --> 00:37:16,240 We could clearly hear something outside 303 00:37:19,180 --> 00:37:25,260 We realized they were just outside of the wall 304 00:37:30,140 --> 00:37:32,140 Oh my god 305 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:39,580 And the only thing between us and them was a window 306 00:37:43,980 --> 00:37:45,980 I was petrified 307 00:37:48,940 --> 00:38:00,140 And I could hear 308 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:06,540 Like a real guttural low sound a growl 309 00:38:09,260 --> 00:38:14,780 When I squeezed her hand there was a tremble she was very scared 310 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:18,140 It's okay everything's gonna be fine 311 00:38:19,340 --> 00:38:24,380 I just tried to reassure her that we were gonna be okay and that Chelsea would be okay and we'd get through 312 00:38:27,020 --> 00:38:34,940 But if if if I was being honest, there was definitely the thought of that the end could come tonight 313 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,780 So 314 00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:16,780 Oh 315 00:39:44,780 --> 00:39:46,780 Oh 316 00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:48,780 Oh 317 00:40:12,380 --> 00:40:14,380 It was such a relief when light came 318 00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:17,340 It was it was like 319 00:40:20,140 --> 00:40:23,820 Letting go of a breath that you've been holding literally the entire night 320 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:30,300 They were gone 321 00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:32,300 I 322 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,980 Sean knows that I wouldn't lie to him. He knows I wouldn't fabricate a story 323 00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:53,500 And he heard the way I was explaining it to him. He realized that I was upset 324 00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:56,460 All right 325 00:40:56,460 --> 00:41:00,060 Hey, and he offered you know to come over 326 00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:05,100 So we walked around and started looking for tracks looking for 327 00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:09,740 Anything we could find that we could tell what these things were 328 00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:12,780 And we found a number of tracks 329 00:41:14,220 --> 00:41:20,460 Obviously they weren't a full-legged creature. They they didn't have to be on full legs. These are huge claws 330 00:41:21,660 --> 00:41:25,740 Look at the size of that. They could stand right up and walk on two feet 331 00:41:25,740 --> 00:41:31,100 There was a lot of telltale evidence 332 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:39,500 Clearly they were hunting in a 333 00:41:40,220 --> 00:41:42,220 Methodical way they were stalking 334 00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:44,300 and 335 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:45,980 Then you're dealing with 336 00:41:45,980 --> 00:41:49,100 What just happened last night? What was that? 337 00:41:50,540 --> 00:41:53,820 I I just hadn't seen anything like it. I I I have no idea 338 00:41:56,380 --> 00:42:01,580 Several people reported seeing mysterious lights that some say pre-sea creature sightings 339 00:42:02,140 --> 00:42:07,820 A map of those locality overlaps almost exactly with hot spots of man-wolf sightings 340 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:12,460 Can the folklore be true? Do werewolves really exist? 341 00:42:17,980 --> 00:42:21,420 I have no idea I I can't answer that for you 342 00:42:21,980 --> 00:42:23,980 I 343 00:42:24,620 --> 00:42:29,260 Don't know what we saw and if I was to say I would be guessing 344 00:42:30,620 --> 00:42:32,620 But it was huge 345 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:35,100 It was powerful 346 00:42:35,260 --> 00:42:37,260 And there's no doubt in my mind 347 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:40,220 If they had wanted to it could have killed us 348 00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:45,740 I wonder if we disturbed something we touched something we weren't supposed to 349 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:48,700 Maybe we discovered something perhaps 350 00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:51,180 Maybe they were warning us 351 00:42:53,980 --> 00:42:55,980 Stay away