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Some winged humanoid encounters remain distant and strange. Others collapse the margin of safety and place witnesses seconds from injury or worse. In this episode, we examine winged humanoid encounters where proximity, behavior, and timing created real danger.
From roadways near O’Hare to fairgrounds, hotel corridors, and isolated campsites, these are not just sightings. They are risk events.
Several of these cases connect to ongoing investigations involving recurring entities, psychological aftereffects, and repeat contact.
• Near misses on active highways
• Public crowd proximity and freeze responses
• Vehicle strikes and repeated pursuit behavior
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In every long-term investigation, when
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the question changes,
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for years, winged humanoid reports have
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been discussed primarily as sightings.
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Shapes cross the sky. Dark figures
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glimpsed for a few sec seconds and then
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gone.
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Strange unsettling encounters that
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linger in memory but remain just distant
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enough to feel unreal.
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But when specific reports are examined
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together, a different pattern emerges.
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These are not encounters that happen at
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the edge of the world. They occur inside
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human spaces
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along the roadways,
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in parking lots, near airports, at the
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fairgrounds,
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outside hotel windows, in places where
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people are working, driving, resting, or
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trying to feel safe.
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And in these cases, the danger is not
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hypothetical.
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It's situational.
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Reaction time collapses. Panic sets in.
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Drivers freeze behind the wheel.
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Workers lock in place. Witnesses realize
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too late that whatever they're looking
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at is not simply passing through, but
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occupying the same space they are.
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Some of these encounters lasted only
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seconds. Others unfolded for over a few
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minutes. A few repeated themselves
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across days or even years, but all of
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them share one deeply unsettling
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realization.
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If this had gone slightly differently,
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someone could have been seriously hurt
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or worse.
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Tonight's reports are not chosen because
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they're most spectacular or sensational.
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They were selected because they crossed
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the line, a point where the sighting
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becomes a risk of event.
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What follows are ninewinged humanoid
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encounters that came too close.
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The first report was in Desplaines River
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Corridor near O'Hare International
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at Camp Pine Woods in Glen View,
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Illinois. It was September 7, 2023.
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The drive already felt wrong.
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The witness later described a sense of
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mental fog, a kind that settles in after
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a long workday when stress dulls
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awareness just enough to make familiar
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roads feel distant.
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West Lake Avenue was quiet at that hour,
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bordered by the forest preserve land and
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the Dez plane river corridor.
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Long stretches of darkness separated
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sparse street lights and traffic was
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light.
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She was listening to music, singing
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along, trying to ignore a creeping
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unease she couldn't explain. And as she
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passed the tree line near Camp Pine
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Woods, something standing motionless on
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the right side of the road caught her
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peripheral vision.
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Her first thought was practical, a deer.
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The area is known for them, and a deer
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stepping into traffic at night can turn
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a set of headlights into a disaster in
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seconds.
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But as she focused, that explanation
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collapsed.
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The figure was upright, six to seven
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feet tall, too still, too defined.
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When the headlights hit its eyes, they
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reflected sharply on their backs.
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red, bright, like bicycle reflectors
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catching a beam.
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In that instant, her body reacted before
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her mind could catch up. Her stomach
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dropped. Her grip tightened the steering
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wheel.
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She said, "I locked my eyes with it and
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my stomach dropped. I thought I was
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going to wreck the car."
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What frightened her the most wasn't that
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the figure moved. It didn't. It was the
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realization that if it had taken a
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single step forward, she would not have
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had time to react.
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She accelerated toward the next
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intersection, deliberately seeking other
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cars, street lights, and businesses.
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Anything that broke the isolation of the
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road.
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Only later replaying the drive in her
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mind did she recognize how close she had
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come to an accident caused not by the
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creature's action
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by own but by her own phys psychological
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shock.
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Now this is one of the most dangerous
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patterns in winged humanoid encounters
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on near roadways. The threat is not
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always aggression. It is a sudden
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collapse of reaction time. A driver
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freezes. Breathing changes, focus
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narrows.
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Even a stationary figure becomes
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hazardous simply by being where it
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should not be.
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And if a moment of distraction can turn
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dangerous on a quiet road, the risk
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multiplies when people are working in
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open spaces surrounded by equipment,
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shadows, and fatigue.
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Now, the next report was at the
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Wisconsin State Fair Park.
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in West Alice, Wisconsin on August 5th,
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2021.
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By the time the cleanup crew reached the
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far side of the main stage, exhaustion
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had set in.
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The concert had ended hours earlier.
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Equipment was being dismantled. Lighting
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was uneven with deep shadow pockets
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beyond the reach of the work lights.
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The witness, a college student earning
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extra money, was talking with another
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worker while picking up trash near the
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edge of the stage.
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That's when her partner suddenly
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shouted. She looked up and saw something
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standing roughly 30 ft away toward the
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parking lot area that doubles as a track
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infield during the fair.
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At first, her mind tried to frame it as
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a person, but the proportions were
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wrong. It was tall, thin, solid, cold
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black in appearance with two glowing
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yellow eyes and wings. Batlike wings
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extended from its bat with a span that
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appeared massive.
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For several seconds, the entity seemed
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focused on the stage itself, watching
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people dismantle equipment.
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Then it turned its head and looked
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directly at the two witnesses.
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The air felt like it was drained
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straight out of my lungs, the witness
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said.
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She did not scream. She did not run. Her
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body locked in place. A complete freeze
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response.
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The entity flapped its wings rapidly,
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almost as if testing them, then launched
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upward and vanished into the night.
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It wasn't until someone approached them
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and spoke that they snapped out of it.
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Now, freeze responses are almost the
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most dangerous outcomes in these
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encounters. Near crowds or heavy
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equipment immobilization can lead to
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serious injury without the entity ever
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making contact.
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The danger is situational, not
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necessarily intentional.
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Now, sometimes the danger unfolds in
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public. Sometimes it waits until
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witnesses believe the night is over.
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The next report was in the Ohio River
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corridor in Galipolus, Ohio, August
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2010. Earlier that evening, the sighting
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seemed almost mundane.
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Two women noticed what appeared to be a
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large bird circling above a store roof.
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Parking lot lights reflected off its
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surface, giving it an oily,
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leather-like sheen.
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The wingspan appeared enormous, 8 to 10
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feet across. It circled for almost a
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minute, then disappeared.
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They dismissed it and returned to their
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hotel.
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Later that night, the second witness was
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lying on her bed reading when she heard
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scratching in the hallway.
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Curious, she listened at the door. The
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sound stopped. Then the scratching
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resumed, this time outside her window.
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She pulled back the curtain and found
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something looking in.
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A bald, ugly man with wings. Large
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bulging eyes lit up bright red. The
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thing stared directly at her before
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spreading its wings, running across the
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parking lot and lifting off.
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"That thing is out there, and it knows
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we saw it," she said.
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They left early the next morning. The
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second witness never spoke of the
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incident again.
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Now this escalation from public sighting
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to private intrusion appears repeatedly
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in winged humanoid reports. Whether
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literal or psychological,
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the impact is the same. Sleep
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disruption, fear and impaired judgment
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increase the risk of real world world
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harm.
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And then intrusion moves from windows to
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vehicles.
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The consequences can be immediate.
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This next report happened in North
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Georgia on a rural roadway in December
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2011.
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The road led nowhere but to a small
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cluster of houses. At around 11:30 p.m.,
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the witness's radio cut out and again
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and then began emitting strange
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scratching sounds through the speaker.
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Moments later, something flew directly
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into the windshield.
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The impact mangled the grill and hood.
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She slammed on the brakes, wings flapped
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across the roof.
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Something rolled down back of the car
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and onto the road. Another driver
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stopped and claimed she saw it hit the
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pavement.
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What stood up was described as a
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man-shaped figure with enormous bat-like
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wings and glowing red eyes. It rose
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slowly, levitated upward, screeched, and
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vanished.
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The next morning, the witness inspected
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the damage.
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Then she found a dog lying dead nearby.
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It appeared torn by deep lacerations.
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Regardless of whether the animal's death
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was directly related, and the
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association becomes permanent, for the
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witness, the danger did not end when the
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creature disappeared.
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And as severe as this encounter appears,
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it remains rare. And that rarity makes
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the following case even more
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significant.
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The next report, Chicago, Illinois,
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2005.
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The couple noticed the creature
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following their vehicle at high speed.
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At first disbelief, then panic. The
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driver nearly lost control.
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They stopped briefly only to see it
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flying toward them again.
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It slammed into the windshield. Glass
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shattered. claws reached inside towards
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the witness and the passenger.
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They fled. Later at home, the creature
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appeared again and attacked. The woman
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suffered a deep lacer laceration
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requiring medical treatment.
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Now, in the decades of the Chicago
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winged humanoid research, this remains
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the only report involving physical
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contact at this level. It defines the
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upper boundary of escalation, not the
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norm, but a line that exists.
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Some encounters suggest uh repetition
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rather than escalation, but others show
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both. But before we talk about the
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Now, this next report, Hammond, Indiana,
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Calamid Avenue, and Klein Avenue
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overpass, August 2018.
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Driving near a retention pond, the
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witnesses heard
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sound like leather rustling. Glowing red
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eyes appeared near the water. A massive
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bat-like creature launched into the air.
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A week later, it was seen again perched
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on Klein Avenue overpass, possibly
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feeding before taking flight once more.
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Now, retention ponds and overpasses sit
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alongside active traffic corridors.
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Launch behavior in these locations
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introduces crash risk without any
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aggressive intent.
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The second sighting suggests familiarity
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with the area, not chance.
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But in some cases, repetition gives way
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to pursuit.
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The next report in DOB and King
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counties, Illinois, 2023 to April 9th,
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2024.
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Three encounters within roughly 20
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miles. The first two involved road
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crossings at night. The third escalated
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dramatically
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near a bridge. Something struck the
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bumper. The driver swerved into ongoing
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oncoming traffic and nearly lost
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control. The entity passed over the hood
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then the roof repeatedly.
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I corrected and before I realized that
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it was happening, it came down again
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over my hood. The witness stated damage
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was later observed on the vehicle.
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Now, this case combines multiple lethal
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risk factors. Impact, evasive driving,
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high-speed escalation.
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This was no longer a sighting. It was a
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controlled hazard event.
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Encounters like this force a problematic
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question. If this behavior exists in one
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region region, does it exist elsewhere?
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Well, this next report came out of
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Santiago, Chile in December 1999.
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A witness on the fourth floor terrace
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observed what he first believed was a
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low-flying aircraft.
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As it approached, the wings flapped. At
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close range, he saw a winged creature
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moving in a zigzag pattern appearing to
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carry a human body or a large animal.
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Now, across cultures, winged humanoids
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are interpreted as carriers or takers,
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whether literal or symbolic.
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Proximity is experienced as a threat
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and sometimes the danger is revealed not
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by sight alone but by the environment's
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reaction.
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Next report was at Lake Delivan area in
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southwest Wisconsin autumn 2002.
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Camping alone, the witness noticed crows
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gathering overhead. Their calls
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intensified over several nights. On the
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fourth night, red eyes appeared in the
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trees. A massive winged formed revealed
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itself only because the animals reacted
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first. He said when it took flight, the
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whole forest shook. He left the first
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light.
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Now, animals often detect danger before
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humans do. In this case, that reaction
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likely changed the outcome.
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Now across these encounters, one truth
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becomes unavoidable.
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Danger does not require attack.
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It requires proximity.
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A driver freezes for half a second too
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long. A worker locks in place. A witness
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realizes too late that the scratching is
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not in the hallway but outside the
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window.
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These are not monster stories. They are
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risk events. Ordinary human environments
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intersect with something that does not
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behave like wildlife and does not
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respect the boundaries we assume protect
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us. Roadways, fairgrounds, hotels,
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bridges, campsites. In each case, the
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witnesses walk away with the same
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realization.
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If they had gone slightly differently,
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someone could have been seriously hurt
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or killed.
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Understanding the weing humanoid
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phenomena does not begin with asking
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what these entities are. It begins with
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asking where they appear, how they
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behave when they get close, and why do
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many encounters unfold, exactly where
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danger already exist.
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If you have experienced something like
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this, especially near infrastructure or
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populated areas, your report matters.
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Recognition comes before explanation.
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And explanation only comes after we stop
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treating these encounters as distant
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curiosities and start recognizing them
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for what they sometimes are. Warnings
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that arrive far too close.
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Now before closing this episode, there
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is one more point that needs to be
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addressed because without it, these
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encounters can be misunderstood.
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Danger does not exist in a vacuum. Every
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report you've heard tonight unfolded in
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places where human vulnerability was
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already present. Roadways where reaction
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time matters. Work sites where fatigue
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dulls awareness. transitional spaces
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like parking lots, hotel corridors,
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forest edges, and bridges. Places people
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move through rather than settle into
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these environments where mistakes happen
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even without anomalies. And that matters
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because one of the easiest assumptions
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to make is that danger in these
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encounters must come from intent.
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If that something is dangerous that if
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something is dangerous it may be hostile
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but that assumption may be wrong.
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Now in many of these cases the threat do
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not come from attack pursuit or over
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aggression. It came from coincidence of
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presence. A large unknown entity
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occupying the same physical space for
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human error already carries
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consequences.
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A driver doesn't need to be chased to
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lose control. A worker doesn't need to
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be touched to freeze. A witness doesn't
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need to be followed to make a decision
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they'll regret seconds later. The
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environment does rest. This raises an
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uncomfortable possibility. What if these
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encounters are not dangerous because of
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what the entities are doing, but because
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of where they appear?
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If this is true, then the risk is not
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evenly distributed. It concentrates
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along corridors, along routes, along
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edges where human systems intersect with
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something else. Airports, rivers, rail
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lines, highways, public parks,
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industrial zones, transitional spaces
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between wilderness and development.
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These are not random locations. They are
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places where movement, energy, noise,
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and human attention fluctuate
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constantly, where people are alert one
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moment and exhausted the next. where
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lights cut through darkness unlevenly
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and where perception is already
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compromised.
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In other words, they are prime
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environments.
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This also explains something else that
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has long puzzled investigators.
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Why so many witnesses say the encounter
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didn't feel aggressive but still felt
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threatening?
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Why do people often say it didn't do
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anything and yet describe fear so
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intense that it altered their behavior
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permanently?
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Threat does not require intent. It
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requires misalignment.
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A significant unknown presence
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intersecting with a fragile human moment
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is enough.
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And this brings us to a more sobering
20:42
thought. If these entities were
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intentionally hostile, the outcome of
20:48
some of these encounters would likely
20:50
have been far worse. Instead, what we
20:54
see repeatedly is proximity without
20:56
completion, escalation without
20:58
conclusion, moments where something
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could have happened, but it didn't. That
21:04
pattern deserves attention because it
21:07
suggests restraint, indifference, or a
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form of interaction we do not
21:11
understand.
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None of these possibilities is
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comforting and none of them remove the
21:17
danger. They redefine it.
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The risk then may not lie in what these
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entities want but in how often how often
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human systems place people in places
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with no room for surprise where a single
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unexpected stimulus can cascade into
21:36
harm. From that perspective, these
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encounters begin to look less like
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isolated events and more like stress
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test. Moments where human assumptions
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about safety fail, moments where expose
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how thin the margin
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really is. And that is why these reports
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matter. Not because they prove what
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winged humanoids are, but because they
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reveal where humans are most vulnerable
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when something unexpected enters the
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frame.
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Now, until we understand that
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intersection better, these encounters
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will continue to feel random, but they
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are not. They are reminders
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that safety is contextual,
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that danger does not announce itself,
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and that sometimes the most important
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warning is not that we see what we see
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in the dark, but where we choose to move
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through it.
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Now, if you have experienced anything
22:34
like this or had an unexplained
22:35
encounter, s you can send your report to
22:38
Phantoms and Monsters. And as always,
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thank you for listening.
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