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Hey, listeners. It's me, mister Bolen,

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the host of the mister Bolen Podcast. Have

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you ever heard about an experience or

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a case that unnerved you so much

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that it stuck with you for years? Well,

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stories. Each week, you'll get

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new episodes full of inexplicable encounters,

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baffling disappearances, and other

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strange dark and mysterious stories, like

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the case of Haley's Vega. who disappeared

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from a hiking trail for fifty one hours

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after getting separated from her grandparents. When

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search and rescuers finally found her

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and asked how she survived, She

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simply said a friend helped her.

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She described her friend, four years

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old, black hair, brown eyes.

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This friend was initially dismissed

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until they realized a girl had gone

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missing in that exact spot

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twenty three years earlier and was never

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found. She was four years

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old, had black hair, and brown

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Matt

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didn't have a planned route instead he had

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a map and a compass and he began just kind

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of wandering in the forest, kind of exploring

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wherever he wanted to go. And over the next

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two days, he covered at least ten maybe

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fifteen miles in kind of random

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zigzag directions. He found a nice

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clearing and he set up another campsite. That

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night, he set up a fire and he was eating some food

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near his fire. And then as he's sitting there,

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he hears rustling coming from behind him.

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And he's pretty sure it's an animal, so he turns

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around and he doesn't see anything. He goes back

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to eat this food. And then a little while later,

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he hears some more wrestling behind him. And

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this time, he can't really just write it off. Clearly,

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there is something behind him that's moving around.

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And so he stood up, turned around, and remained

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motionless and just listened, expecting

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to see maybe a deer come out of the woods.

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But instead, he hears

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a man's voice come out of darkness

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It says, do you know how to get to Bell's

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canyon? And

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Matt's heart starts racing. He knows

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that even though he can't see him, it

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has to be. the same guy he saw

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two days ago. Because they are in the middle

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of nowhere, he

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hasn't seen any other

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hickers or campers or anyone, and

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clearly this guy has the ability

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to sneak up on him. And so he's thinking,

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what does this guy want? I just spent

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the past two days hiking in

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random directions for fifteen

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miles and he must have followed

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me. And so Matt, not knowing Wells to

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do, just says, I don't know where Bell's Canyon

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is. and

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then there's silence. And Matt,

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one part of him is thinking, I hope this guy

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does not come into the light. I hope he just

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goes away. The other part of him is

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thinking, well, you know, maybe this is

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a different person that is lost and they're

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looking for this place called Bell's Canyon and they'll

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come into the light, it'll be a big relief. I'll

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them on their merry way and everything will be fine.

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But as Matt is having this wishful thinking,

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the voice from the shadows does not come

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any closer, but instead asks

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the same question in a bit more this

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time. Do you know how to get to Bell's canyon?

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This time Matt did not respond. Now

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he was scared. This is not some friendly

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hiker looking for directions. There's something wrong.

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And so Matt knowing he's all alone

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out here, he knew he had to do something

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to try to take control of this situation.

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And so he took a deep breath. He reached down

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and grabbed his flashlight. And in one swift

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motion, he lifted his light up and shined it

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in the direction of this guy's voice. And

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what he saw was this guy from

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two days ago looking out from behind

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a tree right in Matt's direction. He was

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hiding from him. And when the light hit him, the

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man barked at Matt to aim it away.

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And Matt kind of instinctively lowered his

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light. But now he was too scared to raise it

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again, and now he knows if the

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same guy. This guy has

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been following me for two days.

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And so for several minutes, Matt

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just stood there absolutely terrified

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And this guy, he just stayed out there,

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Matt didn't hear a move. It was just a complete

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standstill. And then the silence was

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broken yet again by this

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except somehow, he had moved even

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closer to Matt. And when he came through

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asking the same question Do you know how

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to get to Bell's canyon? His voice

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was so close to Matt that Matt got scared

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and raised his light up and the man was standing

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just a few feet away from him. And

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this time, the man's eyes got wide like they

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did the first time they saw Matt, and turned

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around and he ran into the forest again.

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Matt,

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not knowing any better, just began running

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after him, but he only ran for thirty

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seconds before he realized the terrain

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out here is so rough. He's gonna

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fall, get hurt, he's gonna get lost,

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and this guy's already long gone. He somehow

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managed to run immediately so

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far away. And so Matt just goes back to

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his campsite and he's thinking to himself,

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what do I do? I have no cell

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phone service. I'm at least three

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days away from my car and I'm in

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the middle of nowhere. No one even knows

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where I am because I didn't chart a course. I didn't

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tell anyone where I was gonna be. And

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so Matt just grabbed his knife and stood in

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the middle of the campsite and for hours

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and hours he just kept looking around

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expecting this guy to just show up again

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or start speaking to him from somewhere out in

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the darkness, it was absolutely horrifying.

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Finally,

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by about three in the morning, Matt was

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so tired that he had to go

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to sleep. He hadn't heard this guy again, he

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didn't see him again, and he figured, I need

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a little bit of sleep because tomorrow he's

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gonna pack up his campsite and begin this

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epic journey back to his car. So he

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climbed in his tent and he had a very restless

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next couple of hours and the sun

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came up, Matt jumped out of his tent,

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packed up his stuff, and began practically

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running in the direction of his car.

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All day, as he was hiking, Matt kept

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looking over Sean expecting to see

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this guy because clearly he had followed him

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for multiple days over fifteen

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miles and so the likelihood that he's

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still following him was really

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high. And so all day, Matt just

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felt like he was being watched, he was totally

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terrified, and then the sun started to go

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down, and Matt knew he would have to camp

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out again. And so he found a clearing in

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the trees, he set up his campsite,

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and he was so tired from

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running basically all day and being so

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mentally exhausted from this experience

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that he just got in his tent and fell asleep

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very quickly. But several hours later,

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he woke up to the sound of somebody

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walking around his tent. he knew

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it had to be this guy. He's still

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in the middle of nowhere. He's not even close

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to the parking lot yet. And so this guy

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is still following him. And so

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Matt sat up in his tent. He clutched his knife

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and for hours and hours and

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hours all night, this guy just

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walked around his campsites. And then

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around four or five in the morning, he scampered

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off. When the sun finally came

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up, Matt left out of his tent packed

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up his stuff and literally just began

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running in the direction of his car hoping

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that maybe he could get there before needing

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to camp out one more night. And

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unfortunately, as the sun was setting, he

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knew he was not gonna be able to make it to his

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car. He was just too far away. And so

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at some point, when it got too dark to keep moving,

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he had to find Leering and set up his tent

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again. And so once his tent was set up,

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he just climbed inside, grabbed his knife,

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and sat there knowing this guy

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was somewhere out there. And so Matt

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climbed inside of his tent. He zipped it up behind

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him. He grabbed his knife and he sat

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there expecting to hear the sky come walking

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around. but after several hours he

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didn't hear him and Matt started to wonder

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maybe this guy has left me alone finally.

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Maybe he's not following me anymore. And

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so Matt who was totally exhausted that

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laid down to go to sleep. And then as

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he's laying there from somewhere out in the woods

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Do you know how to get to Bell's canyon?

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