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Shailomba Shokihiili Shiliyappo Ayokili Haktaenwa Yaknishito Napasa Naluza Falayaiyolo
Shalaiyiliikni Haktailijapa

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Yakni Aokili, Yakni Aokili, Shailobishokili,

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After being sent to Jerome, Arizona, to silence a conspiracy blogger, two Delta Green
agents found themselves in a bloody firefight with the clandestine agency Majestic.

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Their hunt for the blogger ended in a remote trailer where they discovered him physically
communing with a captive gray alien, revealing a secret war between causing forces they do

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not understand.

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Now, the only thread connecting these conspiracies is a reclusive biologist hiding around
the swamps of Boggy Depot, Oklahoma.

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and the agents are sent there to find him, no matter the cost.

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Welcome to the Dead Letter Bureau.

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Welcome back everybody.

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This is Nick, your handler, and I am joined with some familiar faces and a new face.

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Why don't our familiar faces kick us off with a quick reintroduction.

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Hey, I'm Christina and I am Agent Ryan.

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Jordan and I play Agent Del Sandusky.

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and our new face.

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Go ahead.

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Hey, my name is Ryan Murphy and I'm going to be playing Morgan Barone.

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Agent Barone, it's a Saturday midday.

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What do you find yourself doing?

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she's probably out in her garage, under her 1987 Ford Bronco, just cranking away, with
some loud metal music in the background.

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Cause nothing settles her more than people screaming at her over and over again.

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So that's pumping and she has a wrench in hand is oil up to her, up to her elbows and
under a car, just, just cranking away, fixing those little knickknacks and those ticky

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tack things that, that bother her.

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Beautiful.

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As you're listening to music and cranking away on your engine, there is a uh small echo of
a sound in the distance.

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Unfamiliar, but maybe a new sound.

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It's the sound of that pager.

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You're not sure how many times you've missed it, but this is the first time you've heard
it.

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What are you doing?

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great.

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I imagine she's, she's underneath and hears it goes quiet.

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No more clicks.

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Thinks about it.

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like, shit.

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And then sits up and hits her head on the bottom of the car and like, come on, really?

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Jesus Christ.

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And backs their way out from under the car and rushes over to the pager and picks it up
skeptically, turning over in her hand, um remembering how and where she got it and checks

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the pager.

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Yeah, just a simple phone number.

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Alright, well, I guess it's time.

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She walks over and grabs her phone, dials the number and puts it up to her ear.

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After one ring, a robo voice answers and tells you that on Sunday evening, you need to be
in Oklahoma City for the opera and then it goes dead.

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Hmm, simple as that I suppose.

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Guess I should probably start packing.

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And she clips it to her belt and turns around, wipes the oil off her hand with the rags
that she has around and heads into the house to start to pack.

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All right, Agent Ryan and Dell, you've arrived in Oklahoma.

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You know the drill.

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And you're waiting at the airport for one more.

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you have a car.

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It's the classic Volvo wagon.

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the one that you had for your last operation still runs waiting for you.

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Any conversation or any reflections that you'd like to chat with each other about.

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Well, for me personally, I'm excited to see Del again.

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I've been really immersed at home researching aliens and everything, getting heads down
with that.

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So I'm excited to see Del again, but I'm also pretty nervous that somebody new will be
joining us because that's a lot of social interaction for me.

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Yeah, so like as Agent Ryan, I imagine just kind of like starts hopelessly gushing about
some of the things that he learned in the downtime.

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I'm listening and it's washing over me and it's cool and I appreciate it, but I'm also
thankful that maybe I won't be the late guy anymore, right?

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Like I'm here on time quote unquote now, so that feels pretty cool.

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Agent Barone, you see the parking spot marked with the number 183 and there is a Volvo
parked there that looks quite beat up and you see two strange characters sitting in it.

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Behind the wheel is a wiry man and a larger man in the passenger seat.

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How do you approach?

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I rip my car around the corner, burning, no, just kidding.

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I completely unsteady and decidedly unsure and a little obviously nervous.

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She has a bag slung over each shoulder um and starts walking over to the car and just kind
of like gives like an awkward wave and like a shrug.

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perfect time to tell them what you look like.

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Okay, so she's 5'3", um decidedly muscley and um well built.

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She has no matter what pants she has, she has them tucked into the top of her boots and
those secured so she could be ready for anything.

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I'd say right now she probably has like a semi-loose baggy t-shirt on with the front side
kind of tucked into her pants.

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She has long dark hair.

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That's braided together in a huge ridiculous braid just over her right shoulder that she
could probably looks like she could probably toss back and be ready to tussle at any point

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in time.

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Incredible, thank you.

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So you get in the car, I'm assuming, or anybody helping Agent Brown load.

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I yeah, like I'll wave through the dusty rear view mirror and get out and help, know, I
imagine the back hatch has a little stick to it, so like we'll get it out and there's kind

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of a poof of desert sand that comes off the back.

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And I'll just kind of like, you know, hopelessly sweep off a little space in the back for
you put your stuff as though it's not going to just get coated immediately.

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Uh, right, no, uh, yeah, hey, thanks.

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Uh, Barone.

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Wanna go to shake your hand?

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Agent Sandusky.

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uh And this over here is Agent Ryan.

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You can make his acquains.

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And I'm still in the front seat.

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I was kind of looking at her in the side mirror, uh but didn't even bother to get out.

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I'm feeling a little nervous about meeting somebody new.

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And I just kind of turn around and say, hi.

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Nice to meet you.

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Yeah, no, you as well.

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just to get it out of the way.

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Cause awkward.

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Are you guys, are you huggers?

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Are you hand, hand?

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No.

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All right.

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Hard, hard pass on that.

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Okay.

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And I, I toss my bags down and, um, we go to, to, to sit down in the backseat.

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Yeah, I mean, I'm not opposed and I'll offer like a side hug if you want, right?

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Like, uh...

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she grabs, she ignores the side hug and straight up gives just front on nice, strong,
maybe a little too strong of a hug, especially for a first time and clearly awkward and

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like doesn't know what she's doing.

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Yeah, those bottom ribs were bruised, but like if they weren't, she probably would have
put a bruise on them.

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Yeah, you feel your back pop a little bit with the hug.

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are you gonna take the wheel

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I mean, I will reach for it naturally, but I'll kind of like leave a little space, right?

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Like I'll be walking up that way, but I'll kind of like give a little, you know, courtesy
opening.

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yeah, no yeah, if we could just jump right in.

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I've driven a car once or twice, maybe, and she jumps in with ease.

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OK, well, just remember, this ain't a test.

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Yeah.

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sure with this car, we're not testing out of anything.

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No, this is, this is a hunk.

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That's, that's for sure.

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No offense, no offense.

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Yeah, well, it ain't mine, but it kinda is.

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It grows on you, that's for sure.

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It grows something, definitely, dust in a dusty garage.

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uh We should get going.

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Where are we headed off to?

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Sarah Field Office around here.

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you don't meet at a address.

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There's no office at this time.

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In fact, what they gave you was a street corner downtown in Oklahoma City.

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When you get there, you understand why there was no address.

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You stand before the site of the Moreau Building bombing.

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It's 1998, three years after the blast of the Oklahoma City bombing.

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And the place looks like a wound that refuses to scar over.

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Right at the city's heart is still a long chain link fence that stretches the length of
the block and has become kind of a public tombstone, a place for memory to hang its hat.

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There are photos posted to the chain link fence, hundreds of them clipped there, um
smiling people before the world broke for them, school pictures of kids with goofy

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gap-toothed grins, man in a bad tuxedo at his wedding, beaming a woman holding a fat
squabbling baby.

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ah That's what meets you as you park.

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Oh, wow.

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I can't believe we're here.

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I remember reading a lot about this.

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It's so sad.

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They did a real number on the place.

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Yeah, as you start walking the chain link fence, you realize that the Oklahoma sun is
quite relentless and has turned a lot of the color photos into more of a pastel ghost of

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its old self.

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Below them on the ground is what could be described as a garden of grief, plastic flowers
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in water still.

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And there's rain soaked teddy bears here and there, the buttons in the eyes starting to
fall out.

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And there are pictures with laminate over them saying still missing or haven't found in
large red letters with a simple picture.

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But overall, it's kind of quiet.

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Obviously, it feels heavy.

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There's a lot of probably unheard last words as you walk through here, like the phantom
sound of kids laughing.

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Dang Nick, that's dark dude.

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Okay, yeah.

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of kids laughing.

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You described it really well.

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I've been to this memorial, and you've described it really well, actually.

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I've never been to Oklahoma, never been here, but I can sure picture it now.

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Thank you for the beautiful art picture.

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Well, you three are standing there.

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Maybe there's a photo of a little girl with pigtails that you has caught your eye and then
a familiar voice to Dell and Ryan.

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Handler Butterfield shouts from across the road.

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He's in his usual black suit, looks a little rumpled and out of place, almost like he went
to like an Undertaker's birthday party or something, he walks across the street trying to

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flag you down.

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He doesn't make eye contact and he stands there looking at the fence with his hands on his
hips.

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So we just start walking towards him and kind of give him a little wave and a nod.

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Yeah, he shakes his head as you come up and he just, he has a low voice at this point.

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And he says, yeah, one man, one man with a truck full of fertilizer and I guess a lot of
hate, simple, ugly, ugly motive and a lot of evil.

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It's a mess here.

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Sorry to bring you into this temporary field office, m but here we are.

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Yeah, um probably a little dark.

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I don't think really too many people uh deserve to die, especially for absolutely no
reason, it seems like.

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I agree.

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uh, sorry, Barone.

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uh, hugger?

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No.

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Hand shake?

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Hand shake?

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You don't look like a hug guy, do you?

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Yeah, you look at him in, usually black suits don't show sweat stains like in armpits, but
his does.

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He looks quite warm and his face is drooping a little bit.

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Very sad dad look to him.

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And he holds his hand out for a handshake.

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Doesn't really even respond to the hugger thing.

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I'm assuming you grab for it.

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Yeah.

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Moist.

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Nice to meet you, sir.

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Yeah, he doesn't catch it.

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As you guys know, what we deal with is a little older and quieter and its motives aren't
something you can print in the newspaper like McVeigh.

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But if we fail, the world doesn't get just a little scar.

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It gets rewritten or even erased.

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So there are no memorials for the victims that we're trying to save.

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um Come on, let's get to it.

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And he starts to walk across the road.

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I'm kind of suspecting that he may have lost somebody in this, but I don't want to ask.

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I just follow him and stay silent.

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Yeah, role human intelligence.

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86

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Definitely fail.

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Yeah.

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It's hard to really tell based on his body language.

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uh You know that he's a company man, loves the program and the FBI.

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So could just be that, but yeah, it's hard to tell.

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Do we take the bags, leave the bags here?

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What?

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don't...

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new.

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I'm new.

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Sorry.

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Yeah, Handler Butterfield turns around, it's about to cross the road.

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Almost half lighting a cigarette, stops, just leave him in the car, but you guys will be
taking a flight out of here pretty soon.

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um Don't worry, it's just a small municipal private charter.

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oh

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Right, okay, and I'll shuffle across the street not to be left behind.

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he opens a door and it goes into a hotel lobby that looks like it has been taken over by
the FBI.

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There are no bellhops.

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There is just other agents shuffling around.

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You pass by large conference rooms and serious men and women tapping away at government
issue computers set up in strange locations throughout this hotel hallway.

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They don't really give you a second glance as you walk through.

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And there is a smaller conference room at the end of an ornate hallway with a grandfather
clock next to it.

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And he points into there.

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The doors slightly ajar and you get into

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to what looks to be like some sort of presidential meeting room that this hotel would have
had.

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Fine oak table.

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There's no computer set up like last time for you, Agent Ryan, just a few stacks of paper.

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He pushes the door open for you.

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Yeah, I just walk in and immediately look for some place to sit awkwardly.

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yeah, there's chairs too comfortable for FBI fare, but really nice.

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Yeah, Barone will kind of walk in and uh make a loose lap around the papers to see if she
could scrape any information.

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Too nervous to sit down or commit to anything specific.

224
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She's just kind of uh pacing and standing there a little bit looking around.

225
00:16:17,969 --> 00:16:20,971
Yeah, you notice there are three copies of something printed.

226
00:16:20,883 --> 00:16:25,277
And the email reads, Arthur, your enthusiasm is noted.

227
00:16:25,277 --> 00:16:34,094
The specimen you describe, your visitor, its passivity, its seeming fragility, it's not
weakness, it's design.

228
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Does it show signs of external influence?

229
00:16:37,157 --> 00:16:40,539
The auditory clicks, strange energy readings?

230
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Any fungoid residue?

231
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Engineers rarely let their probes wander too far off without a leash.

232
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At Armitage, we were so focused on hardware they pulled from the desert in 47, they never
asked who built the factory.

233
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A fatal lack of curiosity.

234
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Be careful.

235
00:17:01,579 --> 00:17:05,599
You are holding a scalpel that belongs to a surgeon you cannot see.

236
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Do not mistake it for the surgeon itself.

237
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J.

238
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he starts talking as you're reading and he says, all right, uh let's get to it.

239
00:17:14,554 --> 00:17:17,497
So we've been pulling apart all the data you recovered from Finch.

240
00:17:17,497 --> 00:17:20,479
Thank you, Agent Ryan and Del, appreciate it.

241
00:17:20,479 --> 00:17:25,654
um He wasn't just screaming at the walls or his little gray angel in that trailer.

242
00:17:25,654 --> 00:17:30,869
He had a source as you know, and we identified that source as Dr.

243
00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:32,450
Julian Karras.

244
00:17:34,192 --> 00:17:45,284
He pauses to let that name sink in and signals to the emails that he had printed off or
email that he printed off for you.

245
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:50,611
Now, it wasn't just some random chat room friendship.

246
00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:54,875
Our records show that Finch and Karis were both 10Ds of...

247
00:17:55,758 --> 00:18:03,011
Some fringe science and aeronautics conferences over the past decade knew each other.

248
00:18:03,011 --> 00:18:06,532
Karras seems like he was a biologist by trade.

249
00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:13,856
Officially, he has no current address and his last known employment was a company called
Armitage Aerospace.

250
00:18:13,856 --> 00:18:21,559
He, quote, retired, I would say about seven years ago and was last seen in Arizona and
then vanished.

251
00:18:22,378 --> 00:18:26,480
Armitage Aerospace should maybe ring a bell for you.

252
00:18:27,001 --> 00:18:31,344
It's a known majestic front for research and development.

253
00:18:32,125 --> 00:18:35,437
So Karas wasn't just some desk jockey.

254
00:18:35,437 --> 00:18:40,270
He was on the inside working on whatever things Majestic was studying.

255
00:18:41,051 --> 00:18:49,036
He's been careful, but that uh dial-up modem he emailed Finch from leaves a bit of a
trail.

256
00:18:49,621 --> 00:19:02,245
Very faint, but we were able to find the direct IP address some of the last messages came
from and it's a single phone line at oddly enough a park ranger outpost in the middle of

257
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Boggy Depot State Park So we think that's where he's He paces for a second collecting his
thoughts leans his knuckles on the table and looks down at you three directly

258
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,175
No questions so far.

259
00:19:19,753 --> 00:19:28,394
no, I assume the information, the rest of the information that we have and where, when,
why, and all of that is coming next?

260
00:19:29,027 --> 00:19:29,747
Absolutely.

261
00:19:29,747 --> 00:19:31,548
So here's the mission.

262
00:19:31,548 --> 00:19:33,209
It's a delicate one.

263
00:19:33,209 --> 00:19:46,727
He's probably an ex-majestic biologist who specializes in unnatural things, potentially
hiding in a swamp, feeding information to a man who is torturing a gray alien for its

264
00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:47,718
psychic visions.

265
00:19:47,718 --> 00:19:52,595
but we do still have to answer the question, why is he leaking information now?

266
00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:54,586
This.

267
00:19:54,586 --> 00:20:01,616
Yeah, it seems like somebody leaking information needs something known, but why?

268
00:20:01,616 --> 00:20:02,486
Yes.

269
00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:09,412
And if you read that email, he alludes to a surgeon.

270
00:20:10,153 --> 00:20:12,335
Surgeon we can't see.

271
00:20:12,395 --> 00:20:18,262
And it seems like he's also alluding to the fact that the grays are not the end of this.

272
00:20:18,262 --> 00:20:20,785
But it's hard to tell how, with how cryptic it's written.

273
00:20:20,785 --> 00:20:25,100
That was just my assumption and our analyst's assumption when we recovered it.

274
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,641
But I see this going two ways.

275
00:20:26,641 --> 00:20:34,026
Karis could be a legitimate whistleblower or a conscious stricken scientist trying to
expose what Majestic was doing.

276
00:20:34,347 --> 00:20:38,830
And if he has proof of their weapons program, he's a priceless asset to us.

277
00:20:39,110 --> 00:20:44,253
Or he could be an unstable element, a liability playing his own twisted game.

278
00:20:44,934 --> 00:20:47,187
Maybe even setting a trap, who knows?

279
00:20:47,187 --> 00:20:53,128
So our drop is to drive in, put a bag over his head, knock him out, bring him back in,
interrogate him here.

280
00:20:53,128 --> 00:20:56,455
Yeah, essentially that's one of your jobs, I would say.

281
00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:59,323
um I would...

282
00:20:59,323 --> 00:21:03,630
a TV box this time or something different?

283
00:21:04,569 --> 00:21:14,544
I prefer the most hidden way possible of getting him back here if he is a asset that you
think we could convert.

284
00:21:14,544 --> 00:21:20,657
If he is not, then I expect him to disappear in that swamp unlike last time when Finch
made it back to my office.

285
00:21:20,848 --> 00:21:25,080
I was joking, you guys actually brought them back, the vector here?

286
00:21:25,227 --> 00:21:28,113
And I just give like a side eye look to Dell.

287
00:21:28,266 --> 00:21:29,443
That's your bottom dollar.

288
00:21:29,443 --> 00:21:30,299
you

289
00:21:30,679 --> 00:21:39,018
And again, I don't like to get angry or chew people out, so please do not put me in that
place again.

290
00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:48,029
He looks like he could have a heart attack at any moment with how much he's Agent
Sandusky, you were gonna say something.

291
00:21:48,256 --> 00:21:52,282
Do we have an idea of why we think this Dr.

292
00:21:52,282 --> 00:21:56,052
Karras is out at this particular ranger station?

293
00:21:56,052 --> 00:22:02,130
It just seems like an odd place for anybody to be, let alone somebody we have a best
interest in.

294
00:22:02,130 --> 00:22:06,863
Well, we wouldn't have known if you hadn't have cracked Finch's laptop.

295
00:22:06,863 --> 00:22:18,358
As far as I can tell, he is a biologist and is out there looking for something, has found
something, or he doesn't

296
00:22:18,358 --> 00:22:22,563
seemed like one to fully retire, as you might say.

297
00:22:22,563 --> 00:22:29,192
And the fact that he completely disappeared from Arizona until now, uh rings some strange
bells.

298
00:22:29,192 --> 00:22:29,904
oh

299
00:22:29,904 --> 00:22:34,285
Alright, well that's not a lot to go on, but I think we understand our charge.

300
00:22:34,897 --> 00:22:43,815
he pulls out a picture, hands it over to you and says, this is Caris's last known photo.

301
00:22:43,815 --> 00:22:46,196
Looks like a golf course in Arizona.

302
00:22:46,656 --> 00:22:49,378
So that is the target.

303
00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:55,375
Alright, he seems like a nice enough guy if I didn't know anything about him.

304
00:22:56,437 --> 00:22:59,820
just to clarify, what type of doctor was he exactly?

305
00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:00,981
Do we get that?

306
00:23:01,325 --> 00:23:02,462
biologist?

307
00:23:02,713 --> 00:23:03,162
Bye.

308
00:23:03,162 --> 00:23:03,987
Okay, great.

309
00:23:03,987 --> 00:23:07,545
And she folds the photo up and tucks it in her back pocket.

310
00:23:07,979 --> 00:23:19,326
When you were talking weapons program, is there like a biological weapons program in
particular that you think there was an affiliation with or were they just both part of the

311
00:23:19,326 --> 00:23:23,473
same organization and weapons of any sort?

312
00:23:23,473 --> 00:23:29,828
As far as we can tell, they would be working on all manner of weaponry.

313
00:23:29,828 --> 00:23:41,758
uh When it comes to the weapons that we think that they get from the gray aliens, there is
a significant overlap between biological and traditional weapons.

314
00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:51,363
They usually have a biological component to them from our Intel, but we have no idea what
Keras was working on there.

315
00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:55,781
one of the most top secret companies uh in the world at this point.

316
00:23:55,781 --> 00:24:07,764
Okay, that's good to know kind of where we might Keep our eyes out for more Intel on that
not a traditional Armory

317
00:24:07,764 --> 00:24:11,837
Yes, I wouldn't expect anything about this to be traditional.

318
00:24:11,837 --> 00:24:24,183
even the operational area, Boggy Depot, its name is definitely a winner, but don't let it
fool you into thinking that it's some bustling hub of commerce.

319
00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:33,567
Back in the 1800s, it was actually a pretty big deal, important to the Choctaw Nation and
it had a post office and a general store.

320
00:24:33,827 --> 00:24:44,038
It was a bit of a pioneer convergence point and the railroad decided to build a little bit
to the north and completely killed the town.

321
00:24:44,038 --> 00:24:48,358
Yeah, one question, stepping back just a little since I am new.

322
00:24:48,358 --> 00:24:52,107
uh Biological weapons?

323
00:24:52,107 --> 00:24:52,869
Question mark.

324
00:24:52,869 --> 00:24:59,753
Yeah, so you're newly read in and I understand some of this will be jarring to you.

325
00:24:59,769 --> 00:25:14,541
I don't understand it myself, but typically when we fuse our technology with alien
technology, there needs to be some sort of DNA match between the weapon itself and the

326
00:25:14,541 --> 00:25:15,522
user.

327
00:25:15,682 --> 00:25:20,464
And they have to typically sacrifice.

328
00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:24,129
something of themselves to use the weapon.

329
00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:33,578
We've seen in the past, majestic agents who uh have gone insane from using these weapons
too much.

330
00:25:33,649 --> 00:25:40,869
Alright, uh noted and she shifts a little awkwardly, little pale and out of it.

331
00:25:41,068 --> 00:25:42,653
Go ahead and roll your sanity.

332
00:25:43,261 --> 00:25:43,948
Yeah, all right.

333
00:25:43,948 --> 00:25:45,211
Let's do it first roll.

334
00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:47,751
I got a 34.

335
00:25:48,611 --> 00:25:51,191
Let me find it.

336
00:25:51,571 --> 00:25:56,011
It is, Yeah, right, no, 34.55.

337
00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:09,767
you knew this was going to be a strange mission based on your conversation with the
recruiter who picked you up and you're able to steel yourself against the information.

338
00:26:10,247 --> 00:26:14,629
But you know that you're not in Oz anymore or you're not in Kansas anymore, I should say.

339
00:26:14,629 --> 00:26:15,888
You

340
00:26:16,655 --> 00:26:20,857
Do we have any topographical maps or em anything like that?

341
00:26:20,857 --> 00:26:28,533
Yeah, he gives you a, and this isn't topographical, but you can, we can say it is uh a map
of the area.

342
00:26:29,134 --> 00:26:31,376
And he lays it out on the table.

343
00:26:31,376 --> 00:26:33,098
You can take this with you when you're done.

344
00:26:33,098 --> 00:26:37,842
uh And he points to the little green square.

345
00:26:37,842 --> 00:26:40,184
He said, this is the actual state park.

346
00:26:40,184 --> 00:26:44,079
Just one simple road through it and a ranger station with a loop.

347
00:26:44,079 --> 00:26:49,901
but this entire area is one giant cavernous swamp land.

348
00:26:49,901 --> 00:27:01,406
And I say cavernous because my guess is the trees form a canopy over everything, making it
hard to traverse or monitor from the sky.

349
00:27:01,426 --> 00:27:12,891
There were multiple towns and outposts set up all throughout here, especially along that
river to the north, the Boggy Depot North River.

350
00:27:13,152 --> 00:27:18,926
And we assume that Charis is in there somewhere, but we have no clue.

351
00:27:18,926 --> 00:27:22,354
Okay great, so obviously we're taking the Volvo.

352
00:27:22,637 --> 00:27:25,717
We'll just swap those tires out real quick and jump right on it.

353
00:27:25,717 --> 00:27:32,019
Funny, um you will be on a charter flight to Atoka Regional Airport, which is the closest.

354
00:27:32,019 --> 00:27:39,311
And there we have a four wheel drive pickup for you and a place to put your gear.

355
00:27:39,311 --> 00:27:40,911
It might be a little cozy for you three.

356
00:27:40,911 --> 00:27:47,515
I believe it is a bench seat, but I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride out there and get to know
each other.

357
00:27:47,515 --> 00:27:49,395
and the flight path isn't a coincidence.

358
00:27:49,395 --> 00:27:57,915
I wanted them to fly you over Boggy Depot State Park so you can get a clean high level
view of the terrain on your way to Etoka.

359
00:27:58,876 --> 00:27:59,787
You know the drill.

360
00:27:59,787 --> 00:28:02,739
like the ranger station might be a good first stop for us.

361
00:28:02,739 --> 00:28:04,123
Yeah, no, yeah, definitely.

362
00:28:04,123 --> 00:28:05,063
um Yeah.

363
00:28:05,063 --> 00:28:06,443
Yeah, I could see that panning out.

364
00:28:06,443 --> 00:28:17,606
um Maybe in the more civilized areas they'd have an idea of like, you know, rumors
goings-ons in the park.

365
00:28:18,667 --> 00:28:25,168
I guess what it feels like is we're gonna go walking into something where they can see us
and we can't see them.

366
00:28:25,168 --> 00:28:32,020
On account of anybody that comes in that place is like, you know, foreign, unnatural.

367
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:33,550
Ryan?

368
00:28:35,067 --> 00:28:40,329
You had it on your list to chase down some night vision goggles.

369
00:28:40,329 --> 00:28:47,072
What do y'all think about the idea of getting equipped to operate, you know, silently at
night?

370
00:28:47,072 --> 00:28:49,533
Maybe we could pick up some heat signatures.

371
00:28:50,794 --> 00:28:53,465
On account of there can't be much moving out there.

372
00:28:54,076 --> 00:29:02,492
I start to slowly unzip my fanny pack to reveal that I actually have three pairs of night
goggles.

373
00:29:03,113 --> 00:29:04,174
Right?

374
00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,784
Ryan, you have one pair of night vision.

375
00:29:06,784 --> 00:29:10,491
If you want, can ask Handler Butterfield for a few others.

376
00:29:10,934 --> 00:29:13,799
He would gladly supply you with them.

377
00:29:14,095 --> 00:29:17,847
OK, yeah, I just hold him up and I look at Butterfield like, eh.

378
00:29:18,419 --> 00:29:19,872
And yours are binoculars.

379
00:29:19,872 --> 00:29:23,598
They are not the strap on like special forces ones.

380
00:29:23,598 --> 00:29:29,828
And he gives you a night vision scope that has some distance to it.

381
00:29:29,828 --> 00:29:32,971
And then another set of binoculars.

382
00:29:34,849 --> 00:29:37,188
So we have two binoculars and one scope.

383
00:29:37,188 --> 00:29:37,609
OK.

384
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,441
Thank you.

385
00:29:38,441 --> 00:29:42,925
Hey, I know we got this first little surveillance flight.

386
00:29:43,226 --> 00:29:47,010
And it sounds like then we're going to touch down and talk to some of the locals.

387
00:29:47,391 --> 00:30:01,385
What do you all think about having it in our back pocket that maybe if we see a spot that
we like, we could parachute on in, like charter another flight to just drop on in topside?

388
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,710
I'm very nervous about this idea, Del.

389
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:07,315
Are you sure?

390
00:30:07,315 --> 00:30:11,370
There's a truck waiting for us.

391
00:30:11,370 --> 00:30:13,473
ah I don't know.

392
00:30:13,473 --> 00:30:15,308
I've never jumped out of a plane before.

393
00:30:15,308 --> 00:30:17,751
Well, but like that bog, we're just gonna be sitting ducks.

394
00:30:17,751 --> 00:30:29,022
So we can either sit there on our own asses, watching out for some sign of movement, or we
could be the ones moving, and for all we know, he's doing the same thing, and he just

395
00:30:29,022 --> 00:30:30,413
picks us out.

396
00:30:30,514 --> 00:30:36,620
And uh you remember being pinned down by that sniper in that little gully in the desert,
right?

397
00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:39,142
I mean, it's that all over again.

398
00:30:39,446 --> 00:30:42,313
But how do we know where to jump out at this point?

399
00:30:42,313 --> 00:30:46,158
we go and survey first, but we don't intend to get close close.

400
00:30:46,158 --> 00:30:52,917
Then we can, you know, drop on in once we kind of dialed in a location.

401
00:30:53,098 --> 00:30:54,149
Could, right?

402
00:30:54,149 --> 00:30:55,221
Not like we must.

403
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:56,524
This is an option.

404
00:30:56,524 --> 00:31:02,084
If you would consider tandem jumping with me, then maybe.

405
00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:03,770
no, no yeah, we wouldn't do that.

406
00:31:03,770 --> 00:31:05,861
I mean, have you seen Dumbo Drop?

407
00:31:05,861 --> 00:31:07,112
Fantastic, Fleck.

408
00:31:07,112 --> 00:31:13,326
We could just Dumbo Drop the heck out of a truck and then bam bam, thank you ma'am, we all
win.

409
00:31:13,779 --> 00:31:14,901
Hell yes.

410
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:22,487
And I'm just like looking around like what on earth am I getting myself into this time?

411
00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:27,243
Yeah, Butterfield's been quietly listening, shaking its head.

412
00:31:27,785 --> 00:31:33,049
However you get to the operational area uh is up to you.

413
00:31:33,290 --> 00:31:35,613
I have a flight for you landing in a TOCA.

414
00:31:35,613 --> 00:31:42,119
um And he looks at his watch, well, in about three hours is my guess.

415
00:31:42,471 --> 00:31:44,469
get ourselves over there.

416
00:31:44,469 --> 00:31:49,035
Anybody else have any other questions about Julian or...

417
00:31:49,035 --> 00:31:50,854
Anything else we might need to know?

418
00:31:51,249 --> 00:31:52,242
I don't think so.

419
00:31:52,242 --> 00:31:55,818
mean, I do, but maybe more for the locals and Baguio Depot.

420
00:31:55,818 --> 00:32:01,138
Yeah, what type of clout do we have walking in here?

421
00:32:01,198 --> 00:32:07,578
we flying under the radar socially, avoiding people at all costs, flashing imaginary
badges?

422
00:32:08,118 --> 00:32:10,298
What's the deal there?

423
00:32:11,156 --> 00:32:12,273
Telephone Company.

424
00:32:12,273 --> 00:32:14,357
Okay, nuanced great idea.

425
00:32:14,357 --> 00:32:15,523
Never heard of that before.

426
00:32:15,523 --> 00:32:16,842
Okay.

427
00:32:16,981 --> 00:32:17,681
You

428
00:32:17,681 --> 00:32:27,766
it's coming handy before, like, here it seems like anybody being seen is gonna be
suspicious, so like, seen or unseen, there's no in-between, you know?

429
00:32:27,766 --> 00:32:30,004
Got you, hence operation Dumbo Drop.

430
00:32:30,004 --> 00:32:30,547
Got it.

431
00:32:30,547 --> 00:32:36,261
Dumbo drop, I'm just gonna, I'm gonna say that because you think it's okay to say that,
but I have no idea what that means.

432
00:32:36,261 --> 00:32:37,691
other gear on the wish list?

433
00:32:37,691 --> 00:32:38,162
You.

434
00:32:38,162 --> 00:32:49,322
maybe we should have some sort of gear to wear if we're going to be trudging through some
swamps.

435
00:32:49,351 --> 00:32:52,633
Do you want me to iron your underwear for you too, Agent Ryan?

436
00:32:52,633 --> 00:32:59,976
uh Any gear you need, and he pulls out a wad of $100 bills, throws it on the table, you
can get in a toka.

437
00:33:00,297 --> 00:33:03,518
We don't have swamp gear in Oklahoma City.

438
00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:05,551
Okay, well that's all I was looking for.

439
00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:06,806
Thank you.

440
00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:09,058
will not be ironing your underwear.

441
00:33:09,058 --> 00:33:10,096
I do that myself.

442
00:33:10,096 --> 00:33:11,643
Thank you very much.

443
00:33:11,819 --> 00:33:13,977
big boy on campus, okay, look at that.

444
00:33:13,977 --> 00:33:17,033
I'm assuming now time to go to the airport.

445
00:33:17,857 --> 00:33:18,748
All right.

446
00:33:18,758 --> 00:33:26,185
you go back to the area you met each other in, in the parking garage and go into the
airport.

447
00:33:26,185 --> 00:33:38,017
There is a complete separate terminal for law enforcement and you walk right down to the
runway and there is a small, looks like a small hopper plane, basically a taxi cab for the

448
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:38,318
air.

449
00:33:38,318 --> 00:33:42,200
There is a pilot who looks like he,

450
00:33:42,705 --> 00:33:48,653
He skydives himself, long beard, long hair, tattoos all over his body.

451
00:33:48,914 --> 00:33:53,318
He's like, hey guys, I'm here for you.

452
00:33:53,559 --> 00:33:56,754
And he like waves you over to his blue and white plane.

453
00:33:56,754 --> 00:33:57,597
How big is this plane?

454
00:33:57,597 --> 00:33:59,004
Is it a private plane?

455
00:33:59,004 --> 00:33:59,809
Pretty small?

456
00:33:59,809 --> 00:34:00,881
Big-ish?

457
00:34:01,009 --> 00:34:02,631
It's a little Cessna.

458
00:34:02,793 --> 00:34:07,842
So there, I believe there are four seats and then two pilot seats.

459
00:34:08,415 --> 00:34:09,669
wow, smile.

460
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:15,773
I'm feeling very nervous, but what can I do at this point?

461
00:34:15,794 --> 00:34:20,777
So, but I do start asking him, how long have you been a pilot?

462
00:34:22,366 --> 00:34:26,238
how long ago was 1987?

463
00:34:27,895 --> 00:34:30,054
Okay, so for about 11 years.

464
00:34:30,054 --> 00:34:31,094
Yeah, that's it.

465
00:34:31,094 --> 00:34:31,394
Yeah.

466
00:34:31,394 --> 00:34:32,694
Well, I started school then.

467
00:34:32,694 --> 00:34:36,474
I wasn't really a pilot at that point, but I've been flying for a while.

468
00:34:36,774 --> 00:34:44,234
I was used to fly around on passenger planes a lot and got some experience riding.

469
00:34:44,414 --> 00:34:51,854
Anyway, you can put your crap back here and he pulls down a compartment hatch in the tail
of the plane.

470
00:34:51,854 --> 00:34:58,051
Just make sure it's even in there because, you know, the weight can throw a plane like
this off.

471
00:34:58,051 --> 00:34:59,931
Well, Ryan did that conversation.

472
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:00,927
Both of your confidence.

473
00:35:00,927 --> 00:35:01,672
How are we feeling?

474
00:35:01,672 --> 00:35:04,615
Um, a little sick.

475
00:35:04,615 --> 00:35:05,987
It's okay.

476
00:35:05,987 --> 00:35:07,519
I'm, it's okay.

477
00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:13,265
And then I just like sit in the chair and just like extra tighten the seatbelt.

478
00:35:13,966 --> 00:35:15,527
Sweating a little bit.

479
00:35:16,850 --> 00:35:24,910
Cool, I'll patch you on the shoulder and tuck the bag away in the back and shift it around
being conscious of the weight apparently.

480
00:35:25,661 --> 00:35:31,675
Yeah, I assume we have the heaviest ones depending on the the clunk clunk that I sound out
of yours.

481
00:35:31,675 --> 00:35:37,149
So we'll put ours on opposite sides and hopefully we're not listing up there.

482
00:35:49,174 --> 00:35:40,773
There you get on the plane, have your gear stowed away.

483
00:35:40,773 --> 00:35:47,216
he flips on some switches and the propeller kicks in and you start lurching forward

484
00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:49,199
Here goes nothing.

485
00:35:50,901 --> 00:36:01,158
Yeah, that propeller picks up speed, starts pulling you faster and faster and you're on a
straight runway and off of the ground in no time.

486
00:36:01,158 --> 00:36:05,883
It's shaky and you feel every gust of wind in it You can't hear anything.

487
00:36:05,883 --> 00:36:10,522
other than the shaking of the plane and the wind slamming in the side of it.

488
00:36:10,784 --> 00:36:16,396
And he careens around and seems like gets on course to a toka.

489
00:36:16,858 --> 00:36:17,419
Cool.

490
00:36:17,419 --> 00:36:26,117
As soon as we take off, Barone leans over and taps Dell on the leg and makes the motion
for sign language for map.

491
00:36:26,117 --> 00:36:27,340
Do you have the map?

492
00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:35,872
uh Yeah, I'll rifle through my my little carry-on and I'll pull it out I mean it's not
really much more than a green square, but like if you can't keep that all in you're not

493
00:36:35,872 --> 00:36:36,615
gonna hear you go

494
00:36:36,615 --> 00:36:41,348
Yeah, yeah, you have the map out go ahead and roll and navigate.

495
00:36:41,522 --> 00:36:42,582
sure.

496
00:36:42,602 --> 00:36:44,342
It's exactly what I hoping for.

497
00:36:44,342 --> 00:36:46,102
Let's look at this.

498
00:36:46,322 --> 00:36:49,082
I've burned all my good good already.

499
00:36:49,082 --> 00:36:52,918
We're down to 57 of...

500
00:36:52,918 --> 00:36:53,806
like 70 probably.

501
00:36:53,806 --> 00:36:58,777
missing no navigate oh of 80 57 of 80 all right whoa

502
00:36:58,777 --> 00:37:10,861
as the flight goes on, you're paying attention to the landscape and you start to see where
that river is, is your guess and start clocking everything as you pass over that area.

503
00:37:10,861 --> 00:37:15,295
So you're paying attention, anything specific you're looking for.

504
00:37:15,528 --> 00:37:23,895
We're looking for like a beginning egress point because obviously we've never been here
before and flying over is great for wayfinding.

505
00:37:23,935 --> 00:37:30,500
Obviously with planning convoys and being in charge of that, um know, with my background,
that's kind of what I'm used to.

506
00:37:30,521 --> 00:37:33,263
Like Del said, there's a giant question mark.

507
00:37:33,263 --> 00:37:39,438
How do we be not see without being seen and what is like the safest way in?

508
00:37:39,438 --> 00:37:44,581
Because obviously dropping out of an airplane is not actually going to happen.

509
00:37:44,581 --> 00:37:48,128
you see the park area easily.

510
00:37:48,243 --> 00:37:56,377
There the road is marked on the map, but through the canopy of trees, it's hard to pick
out at first, but you can pick up where the road is.

511
00:37:56,417 --> 00:38:09,103
It looks like before you get into the park, there is a offshoot small access road that
goes parallel to the park itself that looks like it has trails starting off of it.

512
00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:12,054
And you can't pick up anything other than that.

513
00:38:12,054 --> 00:38:14,705
It looks like a foot trail after a while.

514
00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:18,657
And the river itself is clear.

515
00:38:19,128 --> 00:38:30,952
and there aren't as many trees there and you see between in that fork of the river it
seems like you see some structures up there like maybe that's where the the ghost town is

516
00:38:30,952 --> 00:38:33,744
and you're able to mark that down on the map easily.

517
00:38:34,469 --> 00:38:38,987
Cool, great, I'll pull the pin out and do a little scribble, make a little mark.

518
00:38:39,797 --> 00:38:51,804
The world below you is, looks like a tangled mat of dark green, like primal weave of oak
and cypress knotted together, threaded through veins of black water.

519
00:38:51,924 --> 00:38:57,087
The ground doesn't, beyond the trees doesn't look green everywhere.

520
00:38:57,087 --> 00:38:59,809
It looks like it's a swamp down there.

521
00:39:00,270 --> 00:39:08,617
you throw some sun on that you get a greasy sheen reflecting back up to you and it doesn't
look like a pleasant place.

522
00:39:08,769 --> 00:39:12,671
I haven't taken a lot in outside of the plane.

523
00:39:12,671 --> 00:39:16,072
Every time I look, I feel really sick.

524
00:39:16,149 --> 00:39:21,324
And I kind of am looking to see what's been marking on the map.

525
00:39:21,324 --> 00:39:30,557
But other than that, just reach for the barf bag in the seat in front of me and totally go
to town in it.

526
00:39:30,995 --> 00:39:36,673
Okay, yeah, you don't have to roll constitution since you're electing to just let it go.

527
00:39:36,673 --> 00:39:46,576
Yeah, yeah, the beans and milk you had for breakfast all come up and yes, yes.

528
00:39:47,493 --> 00:39:49,439
Maybe that's the strategy, right?

529
00:39:49,439 --> 00:39:51,104
They're real easy coming up.

530
00:39:51,104 --> 00:39:53,269
Can't get much more neutral than that.

531
00:39:53,499 --> 00:39:53,840
Yeah.

532
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,707
uh

533
00:39:57,736 --> 00:39:59,677
that is absolutely putrid.

534
00:39:59,677 --> 00:40:00,454
Yeah.

535
00:40:00,462 --> 00:40:02,523
Well, you pass over this land.

536
00:40:02,523 --> 00:40:15,338
The land looks like a ruin so complete that it's nearly featureless other than the tangled
trees and memories of right angles that could have been there at some point are now just

537
00:40:15,338 --> 00:40:19,210
curves in this sprawl of tangled trees.

538
00:40:19,670 --> 00:40:28,474
The land doesn't look like it has ever cared for anybody who tried to tame it, because
they most likely and definitely did fail at taming it.

539
00:40:28,715 --> 00:40:37,283
and it's brooding under you in a humid air that feels in the plane already ancient and
thick.

540
00:40:37,283 --> 00:40:48,132
there is a small part of each of you that probably wonders why the hell you're doing this
looking down at this tangled mess.

541
00:40:48,204 --> 00:40:48,845
Just leaps like a

542
00:40:48,845 --> 00:40:59,111
get past the tangle of Cyprus and whatever primeval trees are down there waiting for you
and land in a very small airport.

543
00:40:59,111 --> 00:41:07,675
It is quite a bit more dusty over here, still humid though, and you pull into what looks
to be like.

544
00:41:07,752 --> 00:41:10,374
a terminal that is a double wide trailer almost.

545
00:41:10,374 --> 00:41:14,356
No one's there checking anything and you're able to unload your gear.

546
00:41:15,216 --> 00:41:22,949
And the pilot laughs and says, well, thanks for riding and throws you a key.

547
00:41:22,949 --> 00:41:24,880
like, it told me to give you this key.

548
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:31,933
And he points to a Chevy pickup truck that is past a chain link fence in the parking lot.

549
00:41:31,933 --> 00:41:33,924
It's like, I think it goes to that one.

550
00:41:34,372 --> 00:41:36,274
Oh, dibs.

551
00:41:36,274 --> 00:41:40,912
I grab it and shuffle really quick to grab my bags to head over the car ASAP.

552
00:41:40,912 --> 00:41:48,980
And I, as I'm deplaning, I hand him my barf bag and I'm like, sorry.

553
00:41:49,412 --> 00:41:52,364
And I just keep walking towards the truck.

554
00:41:52,545 --> 00:41:54,403
He's like, it's no problem.

555
00:41:54,403 --> 00:41:55,786
I'm used to it.

556
00:41:57,225 --> 00:42:08,927
Yeah, I'll hand him $200 out of the wad that Butterfield coughed over and I'll just ask
him like, hey man, I don't know what you got going on for the next couple days, but just

557
00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:19,829
in case maybe we need a little assistance, if we pay double your normal rate, you think
you could be on call for us if maybe we need another little trip over top of this year

558
00:42:19,829 --> 00:42:20,320
place?

559
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:25,362
Yeah, go ahead and roll a persuade with plus 40%.

560
00:42:25,707 --> 00:42:25,987
Uh...

561
00:42:25,987 --> 00:42:26,627
No.

562
00:42:26,627 --> 00:42:26,887
80.

563
00:42:26,887 --> 00:42:27,638
Can't be helped.

564
00:42:27,638 --> 00:42:30,678
Well, I mean, I could stay...

565
00:42:30,678 --> 00:42:34,330
I could stay an extra day, I suppose.

566
00:42:34,330 --> 00:42:35,872
I could stay the night here.

567
00:42:36,094 --> 00:42:44,414
Yeah, mean, yeah, uh if you got that as an option, I mean, I don't want to intrude or
anything, but it might really help us out.

568
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:46,683
All right, yeah, yeah, sure, sure.

569
00:42:46,683 --> 00:42:55,120
Yeah, I'll figure out a place to shack up and um you can just meet me at the airport or
how you get a hold of me.

570
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:56,186
I'll give you a call.

571
00:42:56,186 --> 00:42:57,951
You got a card?

572
00:42:59,122 --> 00:43:01,513
No man, I don't even have a phone number.

573
00:43:01,884 --> 00:43:05,665
Okay, well, I guess we'll come calling out here then, I suppose.

574
00:43:05,665 --> 00:43:07,539
Just holler into the air.

575
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,224
Okay cool, I got a few good books I need to read.

576
00:43:10,224 --> 00:43:11,488
I'll chill out.

577
00:43:12,502 --> 00:43:13,987
All right, well, many thanks.

578
00:43:13,987 --> 00:43:19,905
He's like, yeah, know a toke is kind of a shithole, so have fun with that.

579
00:43:19,905 --> 00:43:20,741
Yeah, thanks.

580
00:43:20,741 --> 00:43:21,160
oh

581
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:33,031
the distance you hear the hood of a car open and she's like, sweet a V8, awesome, shit
yeah, slam the hood, gets inside here a little beep beep, beep beep beep, beep.

582
00:43:33,031 --> 00:43:34,993
Yeah, yeah, you can inside.

583
00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:37,868
Dell's middle.

584
00:43:37,868 --> 00:43:38,775
Shit.

585
00:43:38,775 --> 00:43:41,222
Now I'm gonna go lie down in the bed.

586
00:43:42,503 --> 00:43:43,135
Nice.

587
00:43:43,135 --> 00:43:47,543
Yeah, it's got one of those open up windows too, so they can open up and talk to you
through it.

588
00:43:47,543 --> 00:43:53,029
Yeah, maybe like a dog bed with a bunch of hair caked in it in the back.

589
00:43:53,029 --> 00:43:55,832
I'll just kind of fold it up and lean against it.

590
00:43:55,903 --> 00:43:58,795
I don't want to get puked on, that's really the thing.

591
00:43:59,265 --> 00:44:06,814
You get your gear in the truck and you are on your way, but what's the first stop?

592
00:44:06,814 --> 00:44:07,495
Barone turns around.

593
00:44:07,495 --> 00:44:12,027
She's like, I mean, uh, I assume we shopping first.

594
00:44:12,027 --> 00:44:16,606
didn't bring any bog clothing by any means.

595
00:44:16,606 --> 00:44:19,030
Yeah, you're driving.

596
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:24,367
There is a Kmart here too as well, like every town of this size.

597
00:44:24,367 --> 00:44:24,637
God.

598
00:44:24,637 --> 00:44:25,689
this was a shihur.

599
00:44:25,689 --> 00:44:26,370
Yeah, yeah.

600
00:44:26,370 --> 00:44:28,351
Yeah, it seems pretty awesome.

601
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,185
I mean, Kmart, what else do need?

602
00:44:31,774 --> 00:44:33,426
Yeah, absolutely top notch.

603
00:44:33,426 --> 00:44:45,665
you get to Kmart and you're just going to the sporting goods section and getting some
boots, probably coveralls, um mosquito spray, mosquito netting.

604
00:44:45,665 --> 00:44:53,701
You pull all that gear out and realize you would look like an absolute fucking dork
wearing it, but it'll keep you safe in the swamp.

605
00:44:53,701 --> 00:45:00,936
Yeah, maybe like a deer blind or something so we could not be observed as being so dorky
by passersby.

606
00:45:01,508 --> 00:45:10,436
Yeah, yeah, you're able to get a truck like a setup that has three stakes that will do a
simple deer blind.

607
00:45:10,659 --> 00:45:15,559
And you say we look like dorks, but I put this stuff on and I'm like, you guys look at me.

608
00:45:15,559 --> 00:45:17,323
I look so cool.

609
00:45:17,323 --> 00:45:22,653
And I'm like turning around, moving around my new gear.

610
00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:23,828
Okay.

611
00:45:23,828 --> 00:45:24,763
it, work it.

612
00:45:24,763 --> 00:45:26,059
How far up can you bring your knees?

613
00:45:26,059 --> 00:45:26,651
Is it mobile?

614
00:45:26,651 --> 00:45:28,277
Can you do this?

615
00:45:29,636 --> 00:45:34,051
And I like give it a little like a squat and I'm like, see, still got it.

616
00:45:34,401 --> 00:45:35,315
Yeah, all right.

617
00:45:35,315 --> 00:45:35,977
Looking good.

618
00:45:35,977 --> 00:45:37,744
Top fashion and functionality.

619
00:45:37,744 --> 00:45:39,147
Who could ask for more?

620
00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:42,987
Like a redneck beekeeper is what I'm imagining.

621
00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:50,000
Just like duct tape holding this to the neck of whatever shirt you have so it's like all
one piece.

622
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,793
And I'm like, look, my fanny pack still fits around my waist.

623
00:45:52,793 --> 00:45:54,415
This is awesome.

624
00:45:54,415 --> 00:45:56,770
The important things, of course, yeah.

625
00:45:57,310 --> 00:45:58,252
It'll come in handy.

626
00:45:58,252 --> 00:46:01,581
You'll be embarrassed how thankful you are for that thing.

627
00:46:01,581 --> 00:46:08,094
You leave Kmart and you see that sign for Atoka, Oklahoma has seen better days.

628
00:46:08,094 --> 00:46:20,641
The green paint is peeling back to show the gray metal underneath like skin flaking off
old bones and some forgotten wit has spray painted a crude smiley face over the population

629
00:46:20,641 --> 00:46:21,182
count.

630
00:46:21,182 --> 00:46:23,072
Can't quite pick up what it says.

631
00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:27,662
And you roll through town in your...

632
00:46:27,662 --> 00:46:31,133
Chevy truck and it kind of sticks out here.

633
00:46:31,133 --> 00:46:33,275
It's newer than most cars that you see.

634
00:46:33,275 --> 00:46:35,228
They probably wouldn't peg you as a fed.

635
00:46:35,228 --> 00:46:42,063
You're not in a Ford Crown Vic or suburban but it's definitely newer than the other stuff

636
00:46:42,063 --> 00:46:45,378
uh, Barone goes to turn the air on and she turns on the AC.

637
00:46:45,378 --> 00:46:50,856
She's like, uh, do you mind for some reason this whole town smells like beans?

638
00:46:51,037 --> 00:46:55,724
She turns the AC on and turns it up to like as far as it could possibly go.

639
00:46:56,020 --> 00:46:57,561
Yeah, it's blasting.

640
00:46:57,561 --> 00:46:59,441
It's hard to even hear yourselves over it.

641
00:46:59,441 --> 00:47:08,155
Yeah, that cuts through the wet blanket of humidity you were feeling between the parking
lot and the car.

642
00:47:08,155 --> 00:47:11,436
So it's nice to get some dry, cool air.

643
00:47:11,656 --> 00:47:15,117
You have to pass through the main street as you're driving around.

644
00:47:15,117 --> 00:47:16,138
Isn't much to look at.

645
00:47:16,138 --> 00:47:21,264
Yeah, I guess the uh question is do we try to talk to the locals?

646
00:47:21,264 --> 00:47:22,646
mean, I guess it's dinner time.

647
00:47:22,646 --> 00:47:25,570
Maybe we um hunker down somewhere.

648
00:47:25,570 --> 00:47:28,204
Do we poke around or do try to keep to ourselves?

649
00:47:28,204 --> 00:47:31,001
I don't know how we ask around, keep it to ourselves.

650
00:47:31,001 --> 00:47:34,928
I think we gotta get, you know, a little more familiar.

651
00:47:35,181 --> 00:47:38,873
Maybe there's a bar or somewhere we can grab dinner.

652
00:47:38,873 --> 00:47:47,558
Yeah, as you're driving through the main street, you see a hardware store with a dusty
window display that hasn't changed since probably the Carter administration.

653
00:47:48,039 --> 00:47:55,703
Next to it is a diner with a buzzing neon sign that says, eat and all E-A-T are lit.

654
00:47:55,703 --> 00:47:58,385
So there are no busted bulbs in it.

655
00:47:58,385 --> 00:48:01,766
Even though the sun is starting to set.

656
00:48:01,766 --> 00:48:12,491
Beyond that, you see a First Baptist Church with a cracked steeple and the sun is shining
through that top crack, casting a strange shadow on the main street.

657
00:48:12,491 --> 00:48:18,586
All the bulbs work on this sign and that is a sign of a top notch establishment.

658
00:48:18,586 --> 00:48:21,339
uh I vote yes and she puts her hand up.

659
00:48:21,339 --> 00:48:21,659
No?

660
00:48:21,659 --> 00:48:22,099
Yep.

661
00:48:22,099 --> 00:48:23,230
Okay, yep, we're in.

662
00:48:23,230 --> 00:48:25,367
Awesome.

663
00:48:25,367 --> 00:48:27,566
Del, do want to get some beans?

664
00:48:27,566 --> 00:48:28,053
Yeah.

665
00:48:28,053 --> 00:48:32,917
All right, you uh park, there's plenty of parking.

666
00:48:32,917 --> 00:48:35,400
The diner has very few people in it.

667
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,509
There is a woman behind a counter.

668
00:48:38,509 --> 00:48:44,013
It looks like a classic diner counter and there are a few booths as you walk from the car
to the diner.

669
00:48:44,013 --> 00:48:46,684
The town feels like it's kind of like holding its breath.

670
00:48:46,684 --> 00:48:53,236
It's waiting for something that already happened a long time ago to happen again, or
waiting for something that's never gonna come.

671
00:48:53,236 --> 00:48:57,967
It just has a strange air or a hesitation about it.

672
00:48:58,928 --> 00:49:04,670
And you get into the diner and there's an old woman and she's sweeping behind the counter.

673
00:49:05,321 --> 00:49:07,057
Well hey there, Nana, are you still seatin'?

674
00:49:07,057 --> 00:49:09,509
Y'all coming in on a Sunday, okay.

675
00:49:09,509 --> 00:49:23,544
um Chercher sets the broom down, comes around, lifts up a hinged counter piece and comes
around, has a hunch to her, grabs a few menus sets them down on a table.

676
00:49:23,745 --> 00:49:27,747
We usually only have locals, you guys uh from out of town.

677
00:49:28,039 --> 00:49:31,578
Yeah, you know everybody by first name around here.

678
00:49:33,656 --> 00:49:39,234
I'm not good with names, sorry, but I do know all their faces, I would think.

679
00:49:39,234 --> 00:49:42,689
Even the folks that don't come in, I see them walking by the window.

680
00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:45,760
Yes, you got us pegged.

681
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,594
Well, we're here to go traipsing around in the national park.

682
00:49:48,594 --> 00:49:49,305
State park?

683
00:49:49,305 --> 00:49:51,707
State park.

684
00:49:52,149 --> 00:49:56,255
Got some sort of nature documentary to film?

685
00:49:56,255 --> 00:49:57,948
I don't know, I'm not the cameraman.

686
00:49:57,948 --> 00:49:59,372
documentary?

687
00:49:59,372 --> 00:50:00,043
What is that?

688
00:50:00,043 --> 00:50:02,213
Is that like a movie like Hollywood?

689
00:50:02,213 --> 00:50:09,499
Yeah, they got some sort of rare birds out here and uh we're meant to come capture them in
this uh unforgettable season.

690
00:50:09,499 --> 00:50:14,253
It's like all those turtles that migrate back to the beach or something, so I'm told.

691
00:50:15,761 --> 00:50:24,827
well I'm quite the bird enthusiast myself and I don't rightly know a bird like that, but
whatever you say.

692
00:50:25,788 --> 00:50:30,431
Bring in like uh big lights too or just cameras.

693
00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:33,388
We know just little ones are trying to stay low profile.

694
00:50:33,388 --> 00:50:45,703
We're just curious if maybe you know any areas out in the bog where people tend to go,
like uh an info station, maybe a ranger station or something like that.

695
00:50:45,703 --> 00:50:48,092
yeah, they got the state park out there.

696
00:50:48,092 --> 00:50:50,088
There's a ranger station out there.

697
00:50:50,609 --> 00:50:52,357
It's staffed this time of year.

698
00:50:53,079 --> 00:50:54,214
yeah, all year round.

699
00:50:54,214 --> 00:50:55,820
oh

700
00:50:55,838 --> 00:51:05,548
You think you'd be able to point on this here map, which is about where that is, maybe the
quickest way in from the edge of the park?

701
00:51:06,130 --> 00:51:15,690
of course, yeah, you just come in right from the south and you'll see a, I guess a few
loops and then in the middle of those loops is the ranger station.

702
00:51:16,251 --> 00:51:21,496
It's a small thing, but people stop there all the time on the way to the park.

703
00:51:22,014 --> 00:51:22,645
Yeah, all right.

704
00:51:22,645 --> 00:51:26,462
mean, just flying on in, looked like a place a man could get lost in pretty easy.

705
00:51:26,462 --> 00:51:31,770
you know, trying to make sure we don't waste our window of opportunity.

706
00:51:32,148 --> 00:51:40,187
Oh, well, I wouldn't be walking into the swamp or anything, but the ranger station, it's
got a road up to it and everything.

707
00:51:40,187 --> 00:51:44,259
I think there's even a little playground out there past it.

708
00:51:44,259 --> 00:51:45,001
Yeah, all right.

709
00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:46,718
um

710
00:51:46,718 --> 00:51:49,212
Menus everybody, ready to order, you know what you want.

711
00:51:49,212 --> 00:51:50,510
Take a minute.

712
00:51:51,437 --> 00:51:56,331
Yeah, she hands you the menus, typical diner fare.

713
00:51:56,331 --> 00:52:01,074
and goes back and grabs some ice waters and starts filling them up.

714
00:52:01,345 --> 00:52:01,795
Right.

715
00:52:01,795 --> 00:52:04,608
Oh, can we um can we look at that map?

716
00:52:04,608 --> 00:52:16,176
It looked like flying over the the marks that we made And what she said kind of line up
for an egress point um into the park and then where did she say the station was and uh She

717
00:52:16,176 --> 00:52:18,127
leans over to look at the map

718
00:52:18,673 --> 00:52:21,961
And I suppose we didn't grab like a tent or anything.

719
00:52:21,961 --> 00:52:28,390
I guess you probably don't really want to evenings or nights out on boggy ground, right?

720
00:52:28,390 --> 00:52:32,867
We do already have a tent and some camping gear too, I guess.

721
00:52:33,549 --> 00:52:38,007
But I have to imagine there's a boardwalk that goes through at least some portions of it.

722
00:52:38,007 --> 00:52:39,863
I don't know what the setup is gonna be.

723
00:52:39,863 --> 00:52:51,420
Yeah, and that's the kind of thing where like if we get intel from the Ranger station,
there's happenings in that place in particular, that maybe we just don't go traipsing all

724
00:52:51,420 --> 00:52:52,191
the way over there.

725
00:52:52,191 --> 00:52:59,106
Maybe we just drop on the wishbone of the river and fan out from there.

726
00:52:59,106 --> 00:53:02,244
I think that no, yeah, no, that's a great plan.

727
00:53:02,244 --> 00:53:06,526
think having anywhere to start and make it less effort, I think is the way to go.

728
00:53:06,526 --> 00:53:13,809
And I'm like, by drop, do you mean out of an airplane?

729
00:53:14,019 --> 00:53:15,717
yeah, absolutely.

730
00:53:16,155 --> 00:53:19,062
Okay, we're gonna do this, aren't we?

731
00:53:19,155 --> 00:53:20,275
We're still on that.

732
00:53:20,275 --> 00:53:21,537
You know, we, you know-

733
00:53:21,537 --> 00:53:23,549
gotta but like I'm not playing

734
00:53:23,549 --> 00:53:26,836
I was like, haha funny, that's a funny joke, haha.

735
00:53:26,836 --> 00:53:29,110
No, you were serious about that.

736
00:53:29,388 --> 00:53:33,104
Yeah, I don't want to get my shoes all dirty if I can help it.

737
00:53:33,216 --> 00:53:35,609
No, but did you see the wheels on that car?

738
00:53:35,609 --> 00:53:37,976
Like they are fantastic.

739
00:53:37,976 --> 00:53:40,413
I'm like, he's serious.

740
00:53:41,326 --> 00:53:44,118
But no, the wheels and it's the VA and the engine.

741
00:53:44,118 --> 00:53:45,119
Did you hear that thing?

742
00:53:45,119 --> 00:53:46,340
We could go anywhere.

743
00:53:46,340 --> 00:53:49,123
We could go over hills, we could go under hills, we could go around them.

744
00:53:49,123 --> 00:53:50,650
We don't have to leave the ground.

745
00:53:50,650 --> 00:53:56,332
look, Barone, I heard it, you heard it, we all heard it, and guess who else fucking has
ears?

746
00:53:56,332 --> 00:53:57,473
Karas!

747
00:53:57,473 --> 00:54:00,954
So, if we can all hear it, he can hear it too.

748
00:54:00,954 --> 00:54:08,958
What do think he's gonna do when he hears some big old gas guzzling, cold choking, blub
blub blub blub blub, going through the underbrush?

749
00:54:08,958 --> 00:54:12,679
He's gonna run, he's gonna run or he's gonna go underground.

750
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:14,770
I know I would.

751
00:54:14,961 --> 00:54:17,402
he's not a snake, Del.

752
00:54:17,402 --> 00:54:19,724
He's a human being.

753
00:54:19,724 --> 00:54:27,568
Well, I guess the old lady did say that not a lot of people go through there, so maybe
that would be a little suspicious.

754
00:54:27,628 --> 00:54:29,972
He lives in a swamp and he worked for Majestic.

755
00:54:29,972 --> 00:54:32,996
If he ain't a snake, I don't know what the fuck he is.

756
00:54:33,582 --> 00:54:41,974
And my head's just like whipping back and forth between the two conversations going on
here, knowing that for damn sure we're probably gonna jump out of an airplane.

757
00:54:42,572 --> 00:54:44,793
But hey, look, it ain't no foregone conclusion.

758
00:54:44,793 --> 00:54:49,375
We'll go and see what the very sensible ranger people have to say.

759
00:54:49,375 --> 00:55:01,449
And if, uh you know, they're not at all uh peculiar about the fact that we're from out of
town and, you know, they're not about to take an ice pick to us in our sleep, then maybe

760
00:55:01,449 --> 00:55:04,191
we take their word for it and find another way.

761
00:55:04,191 --> 00:55:05,693
All right, that's a good start.

762
00:55:05,693 --> 00:55:14,802
And I'll tell you what, if it comes down to it, eh and we have to flip a coin for one or
the other, we'll just have a beer-chugging contest and settle it that way, Del.

763
00:55:14,897 --> 00:55:15,891
You got it.

764
00:55:15,891 --> 00:55:16,452
Simple.

765
00:55:16,452 --> 00:55:17,626
Keep things simple.

766
00:55:17,626 --> 00:55:18,511
I like that.

767
00:55:18,511 --> 00:55:23,423
Any more questions for the waitress while you're here and eating?

768
00:55:24,455 --> 00:55:27,900
I might ask her about this river that's on the map.

769
00:55:27,900 --> 00:55:34,218
Just, you know, is this a place that people go to recreationally?

770
00:55:34,218 --> 00:55:39,717
Is there, you know, what's up with this river area on the map?

771
00:55:39,717 --> 00:55:44,863
Well, it dries up in the summer and it's uh pretty gross with bugs and stuff.

772
00:55:44,863 --> 00:55:55,676
No one uh swims in it, if that's what you're asking, but I don't think it has much use um
for people looking for birds.

773
00:55:56,284 --> 00:56:00,616
So nobody lives up in that area that you know of?

774
00:56:01,413 --> 00:56:04,433
No, I don't think so.

775
00:56:04,913 --> 00:56:11,284
I mean, there's some ghost towns out there, but that's just like junkies and things that
go out to there.

776
00:56:11,284 --> 00:56:13,329
Okay, all right, thank you.

777
00:56:13,329 --> 00:56:22,285
throughout the meal and especially conversations with other people I'll just be trying to
you know watch her eye patterns pay attention and try and figure out what it is that she

778
00:56:22,285 --> 00:56:26,252
thinks of us or like why she's regarding us so peculiarly

779
00:56:26,981 --> 00:56:29,551
Yeah, that would be another human intelligence.

780
00:56:29,551 --> 00:56:30,495
oh

781
00:56:30,502 --> 00:56:31,682
Love that.

782
00:56:31,682 --> 00:56:32,682
No, no, 94.

783
00:56:32,682 --> 00:56:34,662
We're not even trying.

784
00:56:35,167 --> 00:56:37,189
she seems fine.

785
00:56:37,189 --> 00:56:42,467
She does give you glances here and there, but they aren't like paranoid or anything.

786
00:56:42,467 --> 00:56:48,598
Okay, well seems like we have three preliminary points, maybe two are better starting
points than others.

787
00:56:48,598 --> 00:56:51,953
Maybe one better starting point than the other two, so we should go on to the rager
station.

788
00:56:51,953 --> 00:56:54,486
Is there anything else to be done?

789
00:56:54,658 --> 00:57:00,828
Yeah, well, I don't think the ranger station is probably going be open here at 7.43 p.m.

790
00:57:00,828 --> 00:57:01,689
on a Sunday.

791
00:57:01,689 --> 00:57:04,203
ah You mean tomorrow?

792
00:57:04,203 --> 00:57:08,041
Should we grab a motel and go to sleep?

793
00:57:08,041 --> 00:57:09,455
You seem very practical.

794
00:57:09,455 --> 00:57:14,369
Sure, yeah, if you don't want to get a head start on tomorrow today, then that's fine.

795
00:57:14,369 --> 00:57:15,691
I'm sure it can wait.

796
00:57:15,991 --> 00:57:23,484
We could but if we're supposed to talk to some humans, I think they probably close at I
don't know six something sundown something like that

797
00:57:23,484 --> 00:57:25,634
Yep, how very sensible of you.

798
00:57:26,461 --> 00:57:30,878
Yeah, sundown is typical if you wanted to meet somebody there.

799
00:57:31,962 --> 00:57:36,930
So find a hotel and spend the night.

800
00:57:37,242 --> 00:57:38,005
Sure.

801
00:57:38,204 --> 00:57:40,602
Yep, yep, I think that's way to go.

802
00:57:40,924 --> 00:57:46,867
There's definitely a cheap Motel 6 a little bit down outside of town.

803
00:57:47,848 --> 00:57:53,732
Two intersecting highways pass through it and you're able to get a room What time are you
getting up and at it today?

804
00:57:53,803 --> 00:58:00,098
I'm up early and I think I'm just watching the road to get an idea of how many people are
coming and going.

805
00:58:00,098 --> 00:58:02,550
go ahead and roll a alertness.

806
00:58:02,882 --> 00:58:05,382
Sure, I think that's good enough.

807
00:58:05,622 --> 00:58:08,141
63 is the number, let's go.

808
00:58:08,141 --> 00:58:08,852
Great.

809
00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:17,838
Yeah, you are watching and there are a decent amount of cars passing in this interchange.

810
00:58:17,838 --> 00:58:20,510
Nothing going, pulling off and going towards a toka.

811
00:58:20,510 --> 00:58:28,288
It's like everybody's driving past it and you don't see any cars out of the usual for a
long time.

812
00:58:28,288 --> 00:58:32,690
But then you actually see a state park truck.

813
00:58:33,017 --> 00:58:37,100
driving by, probably out to go to work at the ranger station

814
00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:47,797
Okay, yeah, when I see that I'll give a little wrap tap tap, little look lively on the
doors and we'll try and circle the troops here.

815
00:58:47,797 --> 00:59:00,319
Typically I wouldn't be dressed yet, but because they don't have an iron and an ironing
board for my t-shirt, I just put on my clothes begrudgingly and open the door to see

816
00:59:00,319 --> 00:59:01,460
what's going on.

817
00:59:01,706 --> 00:59:03,297
Yeah, we got action.

818
00:59:03,297 --> 00:59:05,620
Looks like they're awake, so we're awake.

819
00:59:05,620 --> 00:59:07,102
Okay, I'm awake.

820
00:59:07,102 --> 00:59:11,736
Barone pops out the front bags on shoulders like ready to go like all right up and out of
gang.

821
00:59:11,736 --> 00:59:15,089
Yeah, let's let's do this um Let's go

822
00:59:15,676 --> 00:59:18,219
You just like pack coffee with you everywhere you go.

823
00:59:18,219 --> 00:59:19,855
Is this how you're like this?

824
00:59:19,953 --> 00:59:27,843
Literally all the time if you see a water bottle coffee if you see coffee also coffee and
then if I'm drinking bubble water It's probably also coffee.

825
00:59:27,843 --> 00:59:28,545
Yeah.

826
00:59:28,545 --> 00:59:29,086
Mm-hmm

827
00:59:29,086 --> 00:59:31,858
Wow, that was like every food group.

828
00:59:32,509 --> 00:59:33,611
is just coffee.

829
00:59:33,611 --> 00:59:37,417
Yeah, it's just another type of bean, so that makes sense.

830
00:59:37,598 --> 00:59:39,226
surrounded by him.

831
00:59:42,099 --> 00:59:43,744
She drinks her beans.

832
00:59:44,735 --> 00:59:58,513
you get in the truck, head out, you're going along a flat area with no trees, and then you
start to see sprinkles of cypresses hanging low in the distance as you get closer to where

833
00:59:58,513 --> 01:00:01,716
the state park is and the area of the swamp.

834
01:00:01,716 --> 01:00:06,758
Anything you're looking out for as you head out here or anything you want me to note.

835
01:00:07,490 --> 01:00:18,338
Just any movement, obviously, any people, obviously, and any signs of anybody that has
moved through this terrain at some point.

836
01:00:18,338 --> 01:00:25,352
I'm in the bed of the truck again and I'm listening for like the sounds of the morning.

837
01:00:25,352 --> 01:00:32,626
It's like what kind of beasts or maybe even rare birds, you never know, uh could be out
there.

838
01:00:32,628 --> 01:00:39,917
you don't see anything out of the ordinary you do pass a gas station that looks like a

839
01:00:39,917 --> 01:00:44,209
like a rehabilitated carcass of a gas station more than anything.

840
01:00:44,450 --> 01:00:49,865
The white paint is peeled off almost look like it has leprosy like with how the paint is
peeling off.

841
01:00:49,865 --> 01:00:55,009
There's, water stained wood beneath some of the paint as well.

842
01:00:55,009 --> 01:00:56,250
Just two gas pumps.

843
01:00:56,250 --> 01:00:58,123
Yeah, we're pretty full, aren't we?

844
01:00:58,968 --> 01:01:02,515
I mean, coffee number one's halfway empty.

845
01:01:02,597 --> 01:01:05,202
I could always restock if anybody needs.

846
01:01:05,202 --> 01:01:07,528
Oh, right.

847
01:01:07,528 --> 01:01:09,762
No, yeah, we're fine there, yeah.

848
01:01:11,675 --> 01:01:16,503
Yeah, you continue on past it um and you start.

849
01:01:17,368 --> 01:01:18,958
losing lines on the road.

850
01:01:18,958 --> 01:01:33,582
Now it's just a, the road's still, you know, two cars can pass each other, but it's no
longer painted and the trees start to encroach in on the road until you are under a canopy

851
01:01:33,582 --> 01:01:34,434
of the trees.

852
01:01:34,434 --> 01:01:38,376
you pass a sign that says Boggy Depot State Park.

853
01:01:38,780 --> 01:01:44,809
and there is a turn that you have to take or you can go straight to a dirt road.

854
01:01:44,809 --> 01:01:54,043
This is the dirt road you would go straight at is the one that has the foot trails that
you saw from the plane and the turn is into the park.

855
01:01:54,043 --> 01:01:55,076
oh

856
01:01:55,076 --> 01:01:58,836
Yep, into the park towards the Ranger Station is stop number one.

857
01:01:58,836 --> 01:02:03,250
Well, you're driving, so we go where you go.

858
01:02:03,344 --> 01:02:07,336
the last paved highway at this point was a few miles behind you.

859
01:02:07,336 --> 01:02:09,447
You're on a graded country road.

860
01:02:09,447 --> 01:02:15,910
It's given way to a reddish dirt and it looks like it's cut.

861
01:02:16,166 --> 01:02:29,506
into trees based out at this point you are in a cave of blackjack oaks and hickories the
air starts to change as you drive and Del you notice this from the back the prairie heat

862
01:02:29,506 --> 01:02:32,387
has given way to a thick damp

863
01:02:32,798 --> 01:02:36,383
breath of the bottomlands is stuck in your throat when you breathe it.

864
01:02:36,383 --> 01:02:39,674
This is old country Choctaw country.

865
01:02:39,674 --> 01:02:53,309
This land looks like it was hard and a lot of trouble for anybody to get through and the
trees again crowd the road even more their branches lacing together overhead and it turns

866
01:02:53,309 --> 01:02:59,432
that bright Oklahoma sun into a dim green twilight from under the canopy.

867
01:02:59,962 --> 01:03:03,697
You keep your eyes moving, scanning the woods on either side, I'm assuming.

868
01:03:03,697 --> 01:03:14,528
you can tell that this is a good country for anybody who wanted to hide, being that you
can't see anything through all of these vined together trees, and also potentially a

869
01:03:14,528 --> 01:03:16,129
perfect place for a trap.

870
01:03:17,350 --> 01:03:18,371
The road.

871
01:03:19,049 --> 01:03:22,643
shows no signs of anything but car traffic.

872
01:03:22,643 --> 01:03:30,750
You don't see any foot traffic on the road or footprints off the side of the road as you
look out and you continue on.

873
01:03:31,123 --> 01:03:34,373
What's our plan once we get to the ranger station?

874
01:03:34,373 --> 01:03:39,245
Like what are we gathering and who are we to them?

875
01:03:39,537 --> 01:03:41,438
You know, that's a good question.

876
01:03:41,438 --> 01:03:50,410
I'm good with metal and vehicles and I can talk to people, okay, but as you can tell, I am
decidedly awkward.

877
01:03:50,410 --> 01:03:54,415
um Yeah, who's gonna be our director?

878
01:03:54,415 --> 01:03:58,220
uh All Cameraman, Camera Woman, that's me.

879
01:03:58,220 --> 01:03:59,152
I could do that part.

880
01:03:59,152 --> 01:04:07,436
Yeah, well I mean, I guess if we're going with the bird cover story, Ryan, you're our
resident birder, ain't that right?

881
01:04:08,337 --> 01:04:16,881
Okay, and if you're the camera woman, then I must be like the mule that lugs everything
around and kind of gets things set up.

882
01:04:17,301 --> 01:04:20,783
Roadie, you were a PA or something.

883
01:04:22,615 --> 01:04:26,859
All right, well, welcome to the trip, Director Ryan.

884
01:04:26,859 --> 01:04:28,411
happily accepted.

885
01:04:28,543 --> 01:04:32,404
Yeah, do you know of uh a peculiar bird that we could ask after?

886
01:04:32,404 --> 01:04:41,353
I mean, look, more than anything for these folks, I think we're just curious about areas
of activity within the park.

887
01:04:41,353 --> 01:04:53,643
Places where maybe they've seen any sort of strange goings-ons or maybe they've noticed
that there's been an abnormal amount of people visiting for some reason.

888
01:04:53,643 --> 01:04:55,133
I don't know what.

889
01:04:56,117 --> 01:05:00,075
Well, have you guys heard of the red-bellied woodpecker?

890
01:05:01,060 --> 01:05:02,696
It sounds like a good one.

891
01:05:03,391 --> 01:05:11,374
Well, they're known to be in this area and we can use the season for the excuse.

892
01:05:11,811 --> 01:05:15,796
And maybe other people are out traveling looking for red-bellied woodpecker.

893
01:05:15,796 --> 01:05:21,158
That might be a good reason for us to ask if there's a lot of people out and about.

894
01:05:22,012 --> 01:05:23,154
I love that.

895
01:05:23,638 --> 01:05:29,753
uh Also as a backup, could, you know, too many people activity means less birds.

896
01:05:29,753 --> 01:05:32,825
So we could say, Hey, you know, where are, where are people?

897
01:05:32,825 --> 01:05:36,738
We could avoid those places, you know, maybe go somewhere else and maybe that'll, that'll
help as well.

898
01:05:36,738 --> 01:05:38,749
So a couple angles there, I guess.

899
01:05:38,815 --> 01:05:40,297
Yeah, I like that.

900
01:05:40,297 --> 01:05:41,780
Wouldn't want to disturb him.

901
01:05:41,780 --> 01:05:42,440
Might kill him.

902
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:44,262
Wouldn't want to disturb him though.

903
01:05:45,579 --> 01:05:59,996
In fact, I'm going to pull out my bird watching book from my fanny pack and just flip the
edge of the page where the red-bellied woodpecker is down so that I can show them a

904
01:05:59,996 --> 01:06:02,807
picture in case anybody starts questioning.

905
01:06:03,135 --> 01:06:04,461
Perfect, it.

906
01:06:04,801 --> 01:06:14,724
the gravel service road at this point is more pothole than gravel and ends in a small
clearing that's dominated by a single squat building.

907
01:06:14,724 --> 01:06:17,625
This is the Boggy Depot Ranger Outpost.

908
01:06:17,705 --> 01:06:22,927
Standard park service design, low slung wooden structure, paints a little faded.

909
01:06:22,927 --> 01:06:29,908
It's brown, dark green shingles on the roof and there's a thin coat of moss on the top of
it.

910
01:06:30,029 --> 01:06:31,689
And the building

911
01:06:32,179 --> 01:06:35,733
seems to be surrendering to the swamp around it.

912
01:06:35,733 --> 01:06:38,395
The paint is peeling off in long strips.

913
01:06:38,395 --> 01:06:41,639
The grassy patch on the roof is strange.

914
01:06:41,639 --> 01:06:44,764
And in fact, the grass in front of it is overgrown with weeds.

915
01:06:44,764 --> 01:06:49,650
And there is a screen door to keep the bugs out, but it sags a little bit to the side.

916
01:06:49,650 --> 01:06:53,593
You see the park service pickup truck near the building.

917
01:06:53,982 --> 01:06:59,309
And there's a lean-to drive port that has two ATVs parked under it.

918
01:06:59,309 --> 01:07:02,653
Looks like maybe they get around the swamp on those ATVs.

919
01:07:02,653 --> 01:07:06,516
there is just the sound of unseen insects.

920
01:07:06,516 --> 01:07:09,959
Maybe cicadas, maybe grasshoppers, maybe crickets, who knows?

921
01:07:09,959 --> 01:07:15,074
It's just this constant droning sound that assails you when you get out of the car.

922
01:07:15,212 --> 01:07:16,552
And...

923
01:07:17,022 --> 01:07:19,318
The weird thing is though, you don't hear any birds.

924
01:07:19,318 --> 01:07:21,020
what's your approach to get in?

925
01:07:21,192 --> 01:07:29,772
I think first thing Barone will do is she'll jump out of the car as soon as Del vacates
the back area.

926
01:07:30,212 --> 01:07:38,792
I assume there's probably with these old trucks, I know me growing up, we'd always have a
TART back there and where if you have anything it doesn't get too dusty so I'll probably

927
01:07:38,792 --> 01:07:48,952
pack the bags into a nice big pile and toss a towbar over it so it's not so clear what is
or is not there but obviously could be camera equipment, could be whatever.

928
01:07:49,326 --> 01:07:52,994
So I think that'll be what she gets working on right away.

929
01:07:53,170 --> 01:07:55,703
Great, yeah, you're able to cover it up, no problem.

930
01:07:55,703 --> 01:07:57,027
You tuck the tarp under,

931
01:07:57,027 --> 01:07:59,946
All right, Director Ryan, after you.

932
01:08:00,248 --> 01:08:00,650
Okay.

933
01:08:00,650 --> 01:08:04,825
Then I just open the door and walk on in.

934
01:08:05,176 --> 01:08:10,159
the rusty screen doors, the spring complains as you open it.

935
01:08:10,159 --> 01:08:15,141
Inside is a single cluttered main room, smells dust.

936
01:08:15,141 --> 01:08:21,684
There's some freshly brewing coffee that you get the scent of as you open the door.

937
01:08:21,684 --> 01:08:27,348
And there's a harsh chemically smell like bug spray that comes wafting out as well.

938
01:08:27,348 --> 01:08:29,562
when you look around, you see that

939
01:08:29,562 --> 01:08:35,177
There's paperwork everywhere no organization to the place at all on the main desk.

940
01:08:35,177 --> 01:08:49,329
There's a crackling radio off to the side and a man holding that radio and he's kind of
listening to it and he peeks over at you oh hi, um you're here early?

941
01:08:50,639 --> 01:08:53,929
Yeah, got a early bird gets the worm.

942
01:08:53,929 --> 01:08:55,140
Am I right?

943
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:57,440
I guess so.

944
01:08:57,440 --> 01:08:59,063
Yeah, sorry, I was running late this morning.

945
01:08:59,063 --> 01:09:01,226
I didn't quite make sunrise.

946
01:09:01,226 --> 01:09:02,538
Hopefully you weren't here before.

947
01:09:02,538 --> 01:09:04,911
Ranger McKell.

948
01:09:04,992 --> 01:09:06,413
He holds out his hand.

949
01:09:06,555 --> 01:09:09,166
Hi, my name is Ryan.

950
01:09:09,327 --> 01:09:10,808
We are in town.

951
01:09:10,808 --> 01:09:18,162
We've brand new to this place, but we are shooting a documentary about the red-bellied
woodpecker.

952
01:09:18,162 --> 01:09:19,044
Are you familiar?

953
01:09:19,044 --> 01:09:24,158
Well, I'm more of a plants guy, so not really.

954
01:09:24,158 --> 01:09:27,039
But this sounds interesting.

955
01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:33,242
I don't quite understand what a, or know what a documentary is, but is that a type of film
or?

956
01:09:33,252 --> 01:09:39,248
It is, yeah, it's a movie and we're here to get some footage uh of this bird.

957
01:09:39,248 --> 01:09:40,790
It is the mating season.

958
01:09:40,790 --> 01:09:45,454
They actually really enjoy wetlands and so that's that's why we're here.

959
01:09:45,792 --> 01:09:47,678
it's like National Geographic.

960
01:09:47,716 --> 01:09:51,433
Yeah, very similar, but we're direct competitor of theirs.

961
01:09:53,081 --> 01:09:53,822
sorry.

962
01:09:53,822 --> 01:09:55,404
I only know of National Geographic.

963
01:09:55,404 --> 01:09:58,046
I had no idea they had competitors.

964
01:09:58,547 --> 01:10:07,196
Well, I mean, the park's pretty small, but I mean, this area is just covered in swamp, so
it seems like you're going to be able to find your bird.

965
01:10:07,277 --> 01:10:12,094
I haven't seen or heard a woodpecker here in a while.

966
01:10:12,094 --> 01:10:14,635
actually heard one when we were coming in.

967
01:10:15,576 --> 01:10:19,497
This is Dell.

968
01:10:19,958 --> 01:10:21,199
carries all of our equipment.

969
01:10:21,199 --> 01:10:22,949
And he was sitting in the back of the truck.

970
01:10:22,949 --> 01:10:25,290
And he alerted me to a sound.

971
01:10:25,290 --> 01:10:29,302
And sure enough, that's the Red Belly Woodpecker, if I've ever heard it.

972
01:10:29,511 --> 01:10:31,761
Yeah, I got a good feeling about today.

973
01:10:32,407 --> 01:10:35,089
know what, I should stick to trees, you're right.

974
01:10:36,511 --> 01:10:44,078
well, if there's anything I can help you with, I'm not much of a bird-sider, but you know,
I know about the park, but that's about it.

975
01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:47,495
Yeah, how busy is this park this time of year?

976
01:10:48,361 --> 01:11:00,546
um Every time a year is, I mean, let's see, the first new people I've seen in probably
three weeks, so not too busy.

977
01:11:00,546 --> 01:11:06,569
So it's a swamp, um totally get it, lots of bugs.

978
01:11:06,660 --> 01:11:11,348
He's looking at the bug spray that he just had covered himself in.

979
01:11:11,348 --> 01:11:15,314
um So yeah, yeah, not a lot of new people.

980
01:11:15,314 --> 01:11:20,842
Definitely not anybody working for a National Geographic competitor.

981
01:11:21,965 --> 01:11:24,436
Yeah, I heard this is quite the spot,

982
01:11:24,436 --> 01:11:32,925
And you wouldn't happen to keep, say, like a record of the people who come and go from
here, like a logbook of some sort, people that register.

983
01:11:32,925 --> 01:11:33,966
Oh yeah, absolutely.

984
01:11:33,966 --> 01:11:41,526
Well, it's more of a voluntary log book, you know, like a sign in, tell us where you're
from type of thing.

985
01:11:41,526 --> 01:11:42,486
Right over there.

986
01:11:42,486 --> 01:11:49,567
He points to a large leather back thing that isn't open yet, but has a pin next to it.

987
01:11:49,567 --> 01:11:55,701
Yeah, I'll go take a look and thumb on through, see if there might be uh a name or a hand
we recognize.

988
01:11:55,701 --> 01:12:00,864
Yeah, you've mentioned that we're the only new people, but do you have like locals that
hang out here a lot?

989
01:12:00,864 --> 01:12:01,874
hang out.

990
01:12:01,874 --> 01:12:04,456
That's a strong word.

991
01:12:04,456 --> 01:12:08,078
But yeah, we see some people come out here from time to time.

992
01:12:08,078 --> 01:12:15,731
We don't really have much to do, let's say, but they like to go on little walks around
here.

993
01:12:15,731 --> 01:12:17,724
There's a small playground over there.

994
01:12:17,724 --> 01:12:21,406
Some people will drive in, bring their kids to you every once in a while.

995
01:12:21,406 --> 01:12:24,027
But the itself is pretty small.

996
01:12:24,681 --> 01:12:28,150
Yeah, we're just trying to look to actually avoid people.

997
01:12:28,150 --> 01:12:32,681
do you keep a track of if anybody's in your park right now?

998
01:12:33,173 --> 01:12:36,331
yeah, you're the first one, you're the first customers of the day.

999
01:12:36,331 --> 01:12:43,024
no one's in the park right now other than me, you, and hopefully that bird you're looking
for.

1000
01:12:43,498 --> 01:12:45,263
Yeah, hopefully, right?

1001
01:12:45,263 --> 01:12:50,594
Yeah, is there no overnight camping, no accommodations if someone were to stay in the park
overnight?

1002
01:12:50,594 --> 01:12:52,537
Well, he can't stay in the park overnight.

1003
01:12:52,537 --> 01:12:55,903
But, I mean, we do get campers or squatters.

1004
01:12:55,903 --> 01:12:59,553
yeah, you mean they're not supposed to, but surely somebody's tried.

1005
01:12:59,971 --> 01:13:01,562
yeah, of course.

1006
01:13:01,562 --> 01:13:06,326
Yeah, we do a quick patrol at night and make sure they're all out of here if they're
trying.

1007
01:13:06,326 --> 01:13:12,940
north of the park, deeper in the swamp, there's a, I mean, it's like a, guess you could
call it a ghost town.

1008
01:13:12,940 --> 01:13:25,016
It's more of just like a pile of old lumber and some old buildings that get some, well,
drug users, I guess you would call them there.

1009
01:13:25,016 --> 01:13:26,297
um

1010
01:13:26,619 --> 01:13:29,342
And, but we, you know, that's further outside of the park.

1011
01:13:29,342 --> 01:13:32,936
I don't have to really deal with that, but every once in a while they'll wander and.

1012
01:13:33,635 --> 01:13:41,695
But if he wanted to get lost, something fierce, could probably not find too many unwanted
visitors that way.

1013
01:13:42,449 --> 01:13:43,693
yeah, north of here?

1014
01:13:43,693 --> 01:13:44,604
I mean...

1015
01:13:44,604 --> 01:13:50,217
Yeah, I mean up in that ghost town you were mentioning like there might be some permanent
denizens.

1016
01:13:51,105 --> 01:13:57,372
yeah, you know, years ago there was, you know, they had like a commune there.

1017
01:13:57,372 --> 01:14:09,842
There's been people in and out of there for, I don't know, since, well, since my
grandfather, I could remember, but now it's just junkies, so.

1018
01:14:09,983 --> 01:14:12,405
excuse me, drug users, sorry, yeah.

1019
01:14:12,405 --> 01:14:13,165
m

1020
01:14:13,214 --> 01:14:14,655
Yeah, okay.

1021
01:14:14,655 --> 01:14:16,506
A commune, that's curious.

1022
01:14:16,506 --> 01:14:20,028
Do you know anybody else who might know something about that?

1023
01:14:20,028 --> 01:14:26,721
I mean, I'm just curious about, you know, history of how national parks came to be, state
parks as well.

1024
01:14:27,102 --> 01:14:34,366
If you know, you know, anything about who might have propped that settlement up before
state claimed the land.

1025
01:14:35,153 --> 01:14:37,694
I don't know what that has to do with birds.

1026
01:14:37,735 --> 01:14:54,984
mean, it's all, you know, I guess common knowledge in the area, but I mean, there used to
be a settlement up there and um they had a church and a town and um they, I think slowly

1027
01:14:54,984 --> 01:14:57,705
just stayed to themselves and...

1028
01:14:58,453 --> 01:15:09,720
I there were rumors and stuff that over time they became a bit deformed because they
didn't really recruit from outside, if you catch my meaning.

1029
01:15:10,681 --> 01:15:16,976
But I mean, a few years ago, the, the, all just disappeared, so.

1030
01:15:16,976 --> 01:15:17,681
What disappeared?

1031
01:15:17,681 --> 01:15:18,214
Sorry.

1032
01:15:18,214 --> 01:15:28,075
Well, I mean, it started off as a little town that slowly evolved into, you know, some
folks that kept to themselves and a commune and then...

1033
01:15:28,075 --> 01:15:30,779
At some point they just took off.

1034
01:15:32,382 --> 01:15:37,950
Yeah, they just up and left and now it's just squatters and drug users.

1035
01:15:39,267 --> 01:15:40,088
Hmm.

1036
01:15:40,550 --> 01:15:42,974
Well that does have me mighty curious.

1037
01:15:43,981 --> 01:15:47,179
Well, they didn't take the birds with them when they left, so.

1038
01:15:47,179 --> 01:15:48,496
um

1039
01:15:48,496 --> 01:15:50,199
I'm not concerned about the birds.

1040
01:15:50,199 --> 01:15:57,662
I'm just wondering, you know, this place is like a peculiar little time capsule in a way.

1041
01:15:57,662 --> 01:15:59,414
I've never seen nothing like it.

1042
01:15:59,809 --> 01:16:00,743
Yeah, yeah.

1043
01:16:00,743 --> 01:16:01,304
Well, alright.

1044
01:16:01,304 --> 01:16:08,711
You guys got any questions here for Ranger McHale or you think we're ready to take our
chances on the boardwalk?

1045
01:16:09,226 --> 01:16:10,631
Yeah, no, I have a question.

1046
01:16:10,631 --> 01:16:13,002
um Can I top off this coffee over here?

1047
01:16:13,002 --> 01:16:13,869
yeah, of course.

1048
01:16:13,869 --> 01:16:14,290
Yeah.

1049
01:16:14,290 --> 01:16:15,766
um

1050
01:16:15,766 --> 01:16:16,536
thanks, alright.

1051
01:16:16,536 --> 01:16:19,008
She starts pouring glug glug glug glug glug.

1052
01:16:19,259 --> 01:16:22,191
I see you got a Honda TRX 250 out there.

1053
01:16:22,191 --> 01:16:26,135
I mean, I'm kind of a Kawasaki Bayou girl myself.

1054
01:16:26,135 --> 01:16:31,560
But is that what you guys use to navigate um all the ground out there?

1055
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:33,241
Those little ATVs?

1056
01:16:33,702 --> 01:16:37,506
You have that big old truck, you can't run that as well?

1057
01:16:37,506 --> 01:16:42,668
Oh well, a truck will get you in most places, but it gets pretty thick as you get out
there.

1058
01:16:42,668 --> 01:16:47,739
So the ATVs can get in between the trees better.

1059
01:16:47,739 --> 01:16:53,821
um And it's more like we're required to have it in case there's a search and rescue thing
in the area.

1060
01:16:53,821 --> 01:16:57,902
So we have to be able to do that, which has never happened.

1061
01:16:57,902 --> 01:17:03,204
So, um but yeah, we don't use them a lot.

1062
01:17:03,298 --> 01:17:17,180
say and yeah most of the time I'm here or in the truck so I wouldn't necessarily recommend
wandering out there in any way but it's pretty thick out there.

1063
01:17:18,222 --> 01:17:19,613
Yeah, no, definitely.

1064
01:17:19,613 --> 01:17:30,004
em You don't happen to rent those out to anybody visiting the park to putz around a little
bit so they don't have to be on foot?

1065
01:17:30,216 --> 01:17:35,493
no, no, those are, yeah, it was probably insurance paperwork for stuff like that.

1066
01:17:35,493 --> 01:17:37,285
That's over my pay grade.

1067
01:17:37,285 --> 01:17:45,135
Yeah, the state would, I'd probably lose my job, I guess, is what I'm trying to say if I
did that, so.

1068
01:17:45,736 --> 01:17:47,008
uh Yeah, no worries.

1069
01:17:47,008 --> 01:17:50,254
Like I said Honda not not my jam in the first place.

1070
01:17:50,254 --> 01:17:50,965
So no.

1071
01:17:50,965 --> 01:17:51,295
Yeah.

1072
01:17:51,295 --> 01:17:53,010
good It was it was nice to meet you

1073
01:17:53,010 --> 01:18:04,274
ah I pull out my bird book and show him a picture of the bird we're after and just ask him
if he's ever seen it around or are you familiar?

1074
01:18:04,421 --> 01:18:06,245
I'm not familiar now

1075
01:18:06,746 --> 01:18:08,606
All right.

1076
01:18:08,847 --> 01:18:14,748
Well, maybe we'll just take our chances and head out and see if we can locate them
ourselves.

1077
01:18:14,748 --> 01:18:16,611
I appreciate your help.

1078
01:18:18,313 --> 01:18:20,914
What time does the ranger station close?

1079
01:18:21,175 --> 01:18:21,926
Oh, dusk.

1080
01:18:21,926 --> 01:18:25,890
So it's been about, I guess, 730 ish lately.

1081
01:18:25,890 --> 01:18:30,154
So, well, yeah, good luck.

1082
01:18:30,395 --> 01:18:37,303
While the conversation was happening, people who while you're not talking, is there
anything you were doing, anything you're looking for

1083
01:18:37,303 --> 01:18:48,545
I was uh scanning the room when Barone was talking to him to see if there was an obvious
place where they keep the ATV keys.

1084
01:18:49,177 --> 01:18:56,463
yeah, there is a small key box right beside the door that looks like it has the ATV keys.

1085
01:18:56,463 --> 01:18:58,145
You also notice the computer.

1086
01:18:58,145 --> 01:19:04,402
that you're guessing is where Keras emailed from, or at least use the phone line that goes
to that computer.

1087
01:19:04,402 --> 01:19:11,932
And in the log book, your quick glance of it, Sundusky, you don't pick up Keras's name
directly.

1088
01:19:11,932 --> 01:19:14,353
Probably more careful than that is your guess.

1089
01:19:15,693 --> 01:19:19,384
So I asked him, is this computer available for public use?

1090
01:19:19,384 --> 01:19:22,871
Well, you guys wanna use my four wheelers and my computer?

1091
01:19:22,871 --> 01:19:27,338
I am very, very flattered, but no, not typically.

1092
01:19:28,237 --> 01:19:31,271
Okay, all right, no worries.

1093
01:19:31,271 --> 01:19:41,192
I just wanted to do a search and email to my producer, just letting him know what our
status is.

1094
01:19:42,702 --> 01:19:45,318
Well, I mean, that sounds important.

1095
01:19:45,318 --> 01:19:51,831
um Go ahead and roll a Persuade with 20 % for sugar and them up.

1096
01:19:52,029 --> 01:19:53,655
at 37.

1097
01:19:55,933 --> 01:20:09,261
Well, just don't tell anybody and he kind of throws you a wink I got to start it up em and
he pushes the giant Cream colored button on the top you hear the fans whirl on Takes a

1098
01:20:09,261 --> 01:20:09,953
minute

1099
01:20:09,953 --> 01:20:22,243
and half to start up and then after the Windows 95 loading screen, he connects it to the
internet, you hear the classic dial tone and pulls up AOL for you to use.

1100
01:20:22,538 --> 01:20:24,369
Thank you, appreciate that.

1101
01:20:25,211 --> 01:20:31,227
So I'm like, is it OK if I sit down over here while I take a look?

1102
01:20:31,227 --> 01:20:33,291
yeah, yeah, suit yourself.

1103
01:20:34,475 --> 01:20:37,821
While Ryan's doing that, what are you guys doing?

1104
01:20:38,975 --> 01:20:50,849
Yeah, I'll ask Ryan if he's gonna be a minute and if he is, I will suggest to Ranger
McKell that maybe we go into the other room where there's a little bit better light and we

1105
01:20:50,849 --> 01:21:01,364
can just get you like a B-roll, a little bit of like background interview stuff, just
doing kind of like campus of the area for filler.

1106
01:21:01,364 --> 01:21:03,137
Yeah, you don't have a camera.

1107
01:21:03,137 --> 01:21:05,050
What are you gonna, how are you gonna, yeah.

1108
01:21:05,074 --> 01:21:06,335
I was just thinking that.

1109
01:21:06,335 --> 01:21:12,480
Barone was gonna be like, yeah, let me get the camera out of the car.

1110
01:21:12,525 --> 01:21:14,670
Yeah.

1111
01:21:14,670 --> 01:21:17,332
That's maybe a good point.

1112
01:21:17,332 --> 01:21:19,195
You have a photo camera.

1113
01:21:20,532 --> 01:21:22,835
Um, okay.

1114
01:21:22,835 --> 01:21:26,920
I mean, maybe, how about a, how about like a voiceover recorder?

1115
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:28,622
How about, how about that?

1116
01:21:28,622 --> 01:21:36,923
We bust out a little little tape recorder and it'll just be kind of like the intro
narration as we pitch it.

1117
01:21:36,923 --> 01:21:40,223
Yeah, go ahead, give me Persuade again.

1118
01:21:40,743 --> 01:21:44,143
Add 10 % to it.

1119
01:21:44,903 --> 01:21:46,603
Okay, yeah.

1120
01:21:46,763 --> 01:21:54,763
Yeah, well, I don't know if I have time to do that right now, but if you come back, I
would love to contribute.

1121
01:21:54,763 --> 01:21:56,883
I still gotta open up everything.

1122
01:21:57,743 --> 01:22:01,623
I mean, you're welcome to join me while I get everything set up.

1123
01:22:01,827 --> 01:22:12,822
Yeah, I'll take notes while he does the rounds and just try and body block uh for Agent
Ryan if there's anything he's trying to get up to.

1124
01:22:13,622 --> 01:22:15,434
Ryan, roll me a luck roll.

1125
01:22:15,434 --> 01:22:17,334
Nope.

1126
01:22:18,014 --> 01:22:19,054
80.

1127
01:22:19,614 --> 01:22:20,026
Oh.

1128
01:22:20,026 --> 01:22:21,848
I should have, sorry.

1129
01:22:22,771 --> 01:22:24,715
Barone, roll me a luck roll.

1130
01:22:24,715 --> 01:22:25,134
Yeah.

1131
01:22:25,134 --> 01:22:26,766
Yep, yep, sounds good.

1132
01:22:26,766 --> 01:22:28,155
So I'm looking for less than 50.

1133
01:22:28,155 --> 01:22:29,584
We got 22.

1134
01:22:29,584 --> 01:22:32,452
I am hot fire today, guys.

1135
01:22:33,049 --> 01:22:37,600
Well here I still I still haven't you were talking about the ATVs.

1136
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:41,019
I know you're Kawasaki, but um let me show you the Honda real quick

1137
01:22:41,019 --> 01:22:43,997
yeah, yeah, I'd be honored for sure.

1138
01:22:43,997 --> 01:22:47,045
I don't know nearly anything about computers.

1139
01:22:47,045 --> 01:22:50,553
It's just magic in a box anyways, but yeah, show me.

1140
01:22:50,793 --> 01:22:53,155
Del, are you going with him or are going to stay in with Ryan?

1141
01:22:53,155 --> 01:22:54,295
Agent Ryan.

1142
01:22:55,896 --> 01:22:56,756
Okay.

1143
01:22:56,917 --> 01:23:01,159
Agent Ryan, what are you doing on the computer?

1144
01:23:01,641 --> 01:23:02,932
like the matrix.

1145
01:23:02,932 --> 01:23:14,208
mean, I am, I pulled out a little like device copying device that I have, and I just plug
it in and I start downloading all the information.

1146
01:23:14,208 --> 01:23:25,085
In the meantime, I'm looking through files to see if there were any like logins from, you
know, cross around the time that I know that that email was sent.

1147
01:23:25,085 --> 01:23:29,257
And if so, you know, any login data.

1148
01:23:30,078 --> 01:23:41,986
go ahead and roll your computer science and you're gonna look for log files in the Outlook
app and see if there were different login attempts.

1149
01:23:43,968 --> 01:23:55,074
Great, yeah, you go through and you're able to find the string of numbers that was his
email address and a login attempt um or a login.

1150
01:23:55,256 --> 01:23:58,928
There's no other data than that he logged into this computer.

1151
01:23:58,928 --> 01:24:04,070
It looks like it was logged into at 10 p.m.

1152
01:24:04,070 --> 01:24:05,531
at night though.

1153
01:24:05,612 --> 01:24:06,012
to do it.

1154
01:24:06,012 --> 01:24:07,353
oh

1155
01:24:07,353 --> 01:24:08,953
ago was that?

1156
01:24:09,817 --> 01:24:12,232
That was two and a half months ago.

1157
01:24:12,232 --> 01:24:12,831
And is the...

1158
01:24:12,831 --> 01:24:16,501
match the date on the email that we saw?

1159
01:24:16,501 --> 01:24:18,348
Yeah, absolutely.

1160
01:24:18,684 --> 01:24:27,718
Yeah, and the email address and everything, that was the same as what we had uncovered on
Finch's computer, his hard drive.

1161
01:24:28,861 --> 01:24:29,842
Okay.

1162
01:24:29,903 --> 01:24:30,576
Alright.

1163
01:24:30,576 --> 01:24:41,992
Can I search any other files that might match, like, that email address or that number
specifically to see if there was any other activity that we don't know about from him?

1164
01:24:41,992 --> 01:24:52,045
Yeah, you were able to isolate the, with the email address in the logs and you see that
this is about a monthly occurrence.

1165
01:24:52,045 --> 01:25:01,294
Like, and around the same time between 10 PM and midnight, he has come in here and used
the computer to do something on email.

1166
01:25:08,421 --> 01:25:12,784
Well that does it for another episode of the Dead Letter Bureau.

1167
01:25:12,785 --> 01:25:14,586
Again, I thank you for listening.

1168
01:25:14,586 --> 01:25:21,172
I hope you join us next week when these agents start wandering into that old swamp.

1169
01:25:21,172 --> 01:25:26,991
I'd also like to this time to recommend another Delta Green actual play podcast.

1170
01:25:26,991 --> 01:25:30,135
This one's called 9mm Retirement Radio.

1171
01:25:30,135 --> 01:25:31,798
Search it up and give them a listen.

1172
01:25:31,798 --> 01:25:33,199
They're a great crew.

1173
01:25:33,340 --> 01:25:34,841
Thanks again everybody.