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can we really believe what we see
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we're about to find out beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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hosted by jonathan frakes
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[Music]
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we live in a world where the real and
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the unreal live side by side
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where substance is disguised as illusion
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and the only explanations
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are unexplainable can you separate truth
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from fantasy
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to do so you must break through the web
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of your experience
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and open your mind to things beyond
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belief
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this is an expression we've seen
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countless times you probably think it
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says i love
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paris in the springtime that's only what
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our eyes tell us
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let's read it one more time word for
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word notice the extra the
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once again we have been fooled by our
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own perception
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tonight we present some intriguing
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stories that will challenge our
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perception of fact and fiction
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we'll find out which ones are real at
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the end of the show so let's travel now
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to the world
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of beyond belief a world as magical as
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paris in the
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the springtime
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almost every boy at one time or another
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wants to become a fireman
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and why not firefighters are constant
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reminders of heroic behavior
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risking life and limb on a daily basis
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to protect us and our property
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and they get to ride on a red truck too
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stevie hansen hung out with the men of
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his neighborhood firehouse they taught
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him to polish the truck
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check the equipment and slide down the
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pole
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and then there was the day he was the
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one who taught them
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the man at station 32 didn't mind little
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stevie hanging around
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in fact he became sort of a mascot if he
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were a dalmatian they would have adopted
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him
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but stevie and fireman parks had a
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special relationship
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he and his wife were unable to have
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children so stevie became a surrogate
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[Laughter]
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son
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all right
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i know i'm new here but we never blasted
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the siren inside the station at my old
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post
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sorry captain
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hey you know uh stevie hansen here well
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guess what today's his birthday he's 10
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years old today
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oh yeah happy birthday son
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he's been hanging out here since he was
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about six years old yeah he wants to be
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a fireman
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like his buddy mr parks well this is a
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fire station not a playstation
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understood yes sir sir
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got me fired
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must be pretty cool to run one of these
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things
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oh i think you can take me for a ride
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sometime hey you heard what the captain
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said
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you need to wait till you're old enough
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to become a fireman well how old were
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you when you joined
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uh 19. well then that's when i'm going
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to join
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attaboy okay we'll see you around kiddo
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hey thanks for the great birthday party
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see you later buddy
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i want to be just like you mr parks
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hey shouldn't you be polishing something
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oh
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[Music]
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[Music]
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i'm coming in
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hey what's going on stevie the house is
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on fire 33 hemingway lane
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people are chopped inside roger hurry oh
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that's tv
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stephen wait stevie
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what's going on what's all the commotion
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we got a fire on hemingway lane
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what we didn't get an alarm no sir uh
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stevie was here and he said he saw smoke
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stevie no not that little kid again
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captain uh i know this kid he wouldn't
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lie
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if he says there's a fire there's a fire
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trust me
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all right go check it out ah take the
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small truck
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and it's just better not be a prank
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stevie what are you doing here i came
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out listen there's one in the bedroom
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two upstairs and two in the kitchen i
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tried to get him out but the fire was
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just too hot
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stevie might have been only 10 but he
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acted like a real professional
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it wasn't about fun and games anymore he
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knew what was at stake
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dispatch squad 21 station 32 we have a
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stolen structure fire at 33 hemingway
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lane we spawn immediately
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okay stevie listen up buddy i need you
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to give me a hand
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when i give the word you pull down on
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this lever right here okay
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count on me okay
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oh buddy now
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come on that's good
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it did good buddy it did good
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now these people here would have made it
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out without you we make a good team
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right
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you got that right partner you're a real
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fireman now stevie
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regular hero hey parks you better get
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over
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there
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[Music]
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anybody make it out okay
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all but one
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roger's steaming
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he died of smoke inhalation
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oh my god stevie
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no no no stevie
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oh god no
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was this an out of body experience when
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stevie came to alert the station house
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about the fire
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was he already dead did roger only
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imagine that he was talking to stevie
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seconds before he discovered his dead
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body
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or maybe stevie was destined to be an
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angel whose job it was to save the lives
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of people who would have otherwise
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perished
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a true story of faithful proportions
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or simply a false alarm the answer
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at the end of our show next two parents
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a new babysitter and a night of terror
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on beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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in the age of communication we can
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always be reached
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our kitchens are posted work numbers
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pager numbers car phone numbers
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emergency numbers neighbors numbers
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but all this seeming security can't
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change the one apprehension we all share
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anything can happen when we're gone and
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if you're nervous
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parents like joseph and sarah drummer
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leaving your child in the care of a new
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babysitter
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your fears multiply the fact is no
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matter how well you set up your lines of
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communication
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our true security is not in the hands of
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the people we hire
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it's in the hands of fate
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boy you sure have a lot of stuff you
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sure you're not moving in
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no i have a major term paper dude that's
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why you caught me home on a saturday
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night well we really appreciate you
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babysitting on such short notice
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here we go come on in
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honey we're home oh
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this is the first evening we're actually
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gonna go out
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oh he's such a darling baby he has a
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little ear infection so he may be a
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little cranky but he has everything you
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need here
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and when he goes down his nursery's
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right down the hall okay
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i'm gonna go get a coat huh if you need
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anything our number's on the fridge okay
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okay anything else wanna go to sarah uh
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kee keep the doors locked and don't
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answer them no matter what
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yes and if the phone rings don't answer
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it listen to the machine and if it's us
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pick it up
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don't worry when matthew's awake he'll
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have my full attention
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and when he's asleep i'll be too busy
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working on my computer to even raise
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your fridge
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thanks for understanding sure thank you
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call us if you need anything
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absolutely say bye say bye
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i'm being a nervous minnie aren't i
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mm-hmm i'm being one of those mothers i
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said i'd never be
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look i play call her dad he seems like a
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really nice guy and she seems like she's
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really responsible
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so can we just try to enjoy ourselves
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okay okay
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i can't get my coat from the back okay
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oh sarah forgot her computer oh
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we can't just leave it in the car no and
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she needs it to finish her term paper
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here you better call her
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machine's huh hi sarah it's mrs drummer
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pick up sarah sarah
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sarah are you there sarah
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sarah um
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we'll be right back thanks
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[Music]
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something's wrong oh my god what could
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have happened i don't know
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you stay here and call the police
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my god
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everybody's all right
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oh thank god you're safe it's okay it's
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all right okay
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you're all right is she okay oh my god
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he came out i don't know
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i was doing my term paper and then he
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was on me
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did he hurt you no i'm i'm fine
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i was really just worried about the baby
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he was only interested in your stuff
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we're just lucky that you left your
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computer in our car
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what are you talking about you left your
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computer in the baby seat and so janet
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called to make sure you didn't need it
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now when no one picked up the phone
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that's why we decided to drive back
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but i have my computer no one no really
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he put it in his bag
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[Music]
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come on let's go
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what happened here how could both mr and
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mrs drummer have seen the computer in
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their back seat
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when it was in their home all along
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could it have been an optical illusion
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caused by some
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odd convergence of light and shadow
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or was it some other worldly message
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sent as a warning beacon to lead them
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back to their home
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perhaps the answer was created by one of
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our own writers working at home
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on her own computer find out
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at the end of our show next a mystery
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date
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on beyond belief
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for the modern romeo the computer
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microchip has replaced the little black
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book
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enough names numbers and statistics can
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be stored here to accommodate
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the most active social life but all the
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information about the opposite sex is
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meaningless unless it's accompanied by
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an understanding of the heart
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that's a lesson that the playboy in our
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next story is about to learn
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[Music]
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yes last weekend was special to me too
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baby
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look i'm sorry i didn't show up last
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night but something came up
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and my dear old aunt was sick but i
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swear i'm gonna make it up to you sylvia
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okay
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[Music]
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denise denise i meant denise i swear to
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god sugar i meant denise
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curtis wasn't the kind of man to let one
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slip up derail him
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he had hundreds of numbers of hundreds
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of women
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but in a few moments he will go to the
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door and meet
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florence wheeler and of all the women
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curtis has ever known
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she will be the one he will never forget
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natalie
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my sweet natalie rose
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well hello hello i know you just moved
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in and i'd like to welcome you to the
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neighborhood
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i live across the street the girl next
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door
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florence wheeler pleased to meet you
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curtis
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what are you psychic or something how do
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you know my name the truth
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i saw it on your moving cartons well
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would you like to come inside see what
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i've done with the house
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i'd like that maybe some other time i
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better be going
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hey um i know it's uh
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kind of sudden but would you like to
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have dinner tonight
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i'm a good cook okay i'll whip up one of
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my specials in your honor
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a man who cooks i think i like that good
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i'll see you at seven
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the girl next door that's what i got
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from prime real estate
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[Music]
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that night at dinner everything seemed
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perfect
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normally curtis had a technique a little
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dining a little wine
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and then another conquest added to his
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impressive list
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but this night would end differently and
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the difference
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was florence wheeler she taught you well
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i just love what you did with the house
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thank you baby
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you know they tell me i have a magic
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you're not leaving already are you yes
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it's time to go but it's so early i
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guess i'm just an old-fashioned girl
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i wanted to ask you a question how is it
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a
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fine fine fine fine fine
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foxy classy lady like yourself doesn't
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have a boyfriend
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what makes you think i don't how about
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i walk you home it's very gentlemanly of
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you but i just live across the way
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remember
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thank you for the wonderful evening my
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pleasure
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i enjoy your company
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good night
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what followed were days and nights
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filled with a feeling curtis never knew
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before
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this time it wasn't a fling it was love
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the chemistry between curtis and
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florence was just like all the romantic
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novels and movies
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he had always laughed at but suddenly he
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didn't want anybody or anything
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other than florence and for the first
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time he could remember
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curtis was not the most important thing
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in his own life
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and yet as perfect as it all was with
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florence
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there always seemed to be something else
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something going on
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inside florence
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my life has completely changed in the
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past couple of weeks
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i've never felt more at ease more myself
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with a woman
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and a beautiful woman at that you
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complete me baby
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i guess what i'm trying to say is you're
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the best thing that's ever happened to
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me
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quite the romantic so tell me how is it
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that a man like you isn't married
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i was waiting for you florence
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and now that i found you i'm never gonna
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let you go
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i just want to be cautious
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i had a fiance who cheated on me
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it's taken me a long time to get over
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him
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but i think i'm finally ready to meet
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the right man
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the right man huh yes
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someone who's loyal someone who makes me
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feel like i'm the only
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woman in the world does that fit your
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description curtis
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to a t i'm a one-woman man
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[Music]
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the next night was a fateful one for
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curtis because he couldn't see how close
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florence was to his bedroom door and
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that she was listening to every word he
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was saying
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no no not here how about your place
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we can recreate that weekend cabin thing
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huh
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okay fine then tomorrow all right
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i can't wait to see your final foxy face
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all right i love you
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wait wait you know what you think i
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don't wait i can explain
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no explanations it's over curtis
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curtis tried to find her to apologize he
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went to the house he had seen her go to
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so many times
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hurt and confused he knew he had
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violated the trust florence held sacred
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and now he couldn't even find her to beg
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her forgiveness
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excuse me yeah i'm looking for florence
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wheeler
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well there's no one here by the name
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she told me she lived across the street
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no not here
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minister james has lived here all alone
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for the last 25 years
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but that can't be
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at that moment curtis saw florence
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heading into the church
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just as he saw her why she seemed to
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vanish
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a million thoughts were racing through
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his head he had never been in this
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church before even though it was right
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across the street
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and then it suddenly struck him florence
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wheeler said
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she lived across the street
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[Music]
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what in god's name
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so our casanova loses the love of his
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life because he couldn't stay true
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one can only hope he will treat others
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with more honesty and respect than the
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future
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but did this story really happen was
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florence really a ghost
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or a flesh and blood person who chose to
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leave on her own terms
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but then how do you explain the
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gravestone with her name on it
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could it have been her mother's grave or
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her sister's or maybe there is no
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explanation
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is this story of the man with the roving
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eye true
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are we just playing around the answer at
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the end of our show
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coming up an unexpected discovery leads
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a young man to a mysterious mansion on
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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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[Music]
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if you've ever lost a wallet you're
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immediately jolted by how much else
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you've lost
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aside from cash and precious photos you
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can find yourself without
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authorization to drive travel shop or
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even be admitted to a hospital
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so what is your obligation if you find a
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wallet how far would you go to make sure
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that it's returned to its rightful owner
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jason is a young man with very little in
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the way of material things
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he's been raised by foster parents and
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is working hard to get into college
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he's about to come across a lost wallet
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and what he chooses to do with that
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discovery will certainly change its day
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in fact it may change the very course of
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his life
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nice nice finger to grab buddy orphaned
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from the time of birth
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jason was far from wealthy his foster
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parents couldn't afford college so he
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was hoping for an athletic scholarship
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he spent every day perfecting his past
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catching skills
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but this day would be different let's
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try one long now
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forget it you're fanatic about this
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stuff you're talking about it's called
00:24:04
practice man
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yeah well i'm tired and i'm hungry okay
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yeah well i'm broke and i need a
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scholarship so get that silver spoon
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how do you go oh dude all right all
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right and give me a pass come on
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bro
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[Applause]
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bro
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what are you okay
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yeah i'm sorry not too good
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man look at this
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credit cards credit cards driver's
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license
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henry nieman hancock park that's not too
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far from here
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are you nuts the money's gone he's gonna
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think he's stolen come in with me or
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what
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no no i'm not
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there's any more wallets around here
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jason had been down this street before
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but this time he had a strange feeling
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inside almost a sense of foreboding
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the people who lived on this block were
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very unlike him they were comfortable
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they had families
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and they knew what tomorrow would bring
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something was drawing jason
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to the address he found in the wallet
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drawing him there
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against his own will
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[Music]
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jason didn't know what to expect and it
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turned out what was waiting for him was
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the unexpected
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[Music]
00:25:53
yes i'm looking for mr neiman
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mr neiman yeah i i found his wallet
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i'd appreciate your stepping inside
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please
00:26:08
sure
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[Music]
00:26:14
wait here a moment i'll get mr arnold
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mr arnold i need to see mr neiman
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who's arnold
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[Music]
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there was a smell of must and mildew in
00:26:30
the air
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the appointments in this home were
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expensive but they had the look of
00:26:34
objects that had gone
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unappreciated for years
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what's this about her wallet who are you
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i'm preston arnold mr neiman's attorney
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oh i i found mr neiman's wallet i just
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wanted to return it to him
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jason was starting to feel that he had
00:27:00
made a huge mistake
00:27:02
all he wanted to do was return a wallet
00:27:05
suddenly he felt as if he had opened a
00:27:07
door that should have remained closed
00:27:09
but his biggest shock was yet to come
00:27:12
this
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looks new did you notice
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yeah i guess i mean i didn't you know at
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first but i guess it does
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cards are expired
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each one of them i didn't investigate
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the stuff i just
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found the wallet and i wanted to return
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it no good deed goes unpunished
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what does that mean a joke i went right
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over my head
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i'd like to try to figure this out with
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your help
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i don't know what else i can tell you
00:27:44
this place where you found the wallet
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a park neighborhood park what were you
00:27:49
doing there
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i cut through there on my way home from
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school that's where i practice what
00:27:54
difference does it make who are your
00:27:55
people my people
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what do you think i'm an alien your
00:27:59
mother your father what difference does
00:28:01
this make who put you up to this
00:28:02
put me up to this look if you think i
00:28:05
want something forget it
00:28:06
i found a wallet i wanted to return it
00:28:08
it was the right thing to do
00:28:11
i'm out of here sit down young man
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[Music]
00:28:19
[Applause]
00:28:30
[Music]
00:28:33
wait we're not finished yet mr neiman is
00:28:35
dead he died two years ago
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what do you think you're asking me sir
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you were with the neimans when henry's
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brother was still alive
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that boy is his spitting image
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same kind of tude sir though my personal
00:29:03
favorite
00:29:04
that boy could we find him again oh yes
00:29:06
sir
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the colors of his jacket are those of
00:29:09
the local high school
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shouldn't be a problem then
00:29:14
imagine after searching all these years
00:29:16
for a living relative
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something else isn't it sir that he
00:29:22
might be the only heir to henry's 40
00:29:24
million dollar estate
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indeed it is something else
00:29:30
the strong family resemblance was
00:29:31
unmistakable
00:29:33
jason was the missing heir
00:29:38
a needy young man without a family will
00:29:40
now inherit a fortune from a relative
00:29:42
he never knew existed what collusion of
00:29:44
circumstances allowed jason to find that
00:29:47
wallet
00:29:47
at that time in that location and if mr
00:29:51
neiman was housebound for two years
00:29:52
before his death
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how did the wallet get outside in the
00:29:55
first place
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did some undetected thief break into the
00:30:00
neiman house years ago steal the wallet
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and ditch it in the grass
00:30:03
or did fate place that wallet there for
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jason to
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when you dig for the truth in this story
00:30:11
will you find the contents empty the
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answer
00:30:14
at the end of our show next the sting of
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a snake
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on beyond belief fact for fiction
00:30:24
[Music]
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meet one of nature's most feared reviled
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and dangerous creatures
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our hatred for this reptile goes all the
00:30:33
way back to the garden of civilization
00:30:36
yet to the serpent's credit they rarely
00:30:38
choose to venture into our world
00:30:40
we more often are the invaders of theirs
00:30:43
and once we become the intruder should
00:30:45
we really be surprised
00:30:47
if we should encounter a snake in the
00:30:49
grass
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a family by a lake setting up for a few
00:30:54
carefree days in the great outdoors
00:30:57
but they were about to encounter
00:30:58
something others had experienced here
00:31:01
the mysterious legend of the lake you
00:31:03
know i don't think that goes there
00:31:07
maybe we should flip it over the other
00:31:09
one
00:31:11
well there are different shapes at
00:31:12
either end and neither one of them is
00:31:14
going to fit in that slot
00:31:17
what do you think well i was thinking
00:31:19
maybe we could like
00:31:20
put it all on the side you were thinking
00:31:22
that huh
00:31:23
you were thinking
00:31:26
oh man come on you guys
00:31:33
okay we're nowhere
00:31:36
maybe we should read the manual there's
00:31:39
no challenge then
00:31:41
honey see if you can find the booklet in
00:31:43
that bag will ya sure
00:31:50
manual doesn't look anything like this
00:31:54
there you go well if i stop now there
00:31:56
may be no going back
00:32:00
this doesn't even look like it belongs
00:32:01
to this tank
00:32:02
[Music]
00:32:03
all right let's start over
00:32:07
i'm gonna hook the worms how does one
00:32:10
catch a worm do you need a
00:32:12
trap or bait they are the bee oh okay
00:32:16
yuck listen don't go too far i'm gonna
00:32:21
make lunch soon
00:32:22
you who cooked the fish dad and i catch
00:32:26
yeah
00:32:28
he's optimistic nature
00:32:47
cool
00:32:52
yes oh man at that
00:32:59
whoa oh
00:33:05
tense up
00:33:09
yeah good hon
00:33:13
i'm starving that's the outdoors
00:33:17
working with our hands creates a lusty
00:33:20
[Music]
00:33:22
appetite
00:33:25
stop it gets in the way of my chewing
00:33:29
it's way after lunch time isn't it
00:33:31
where's randy how long does it take to
00:33:33
catch a worm
00:33:34
well i guess it depends on the warm
00:33:36
technique and if you read the word
00:33:38
manual
00:33:40
no seriously i'm getting a little
00:33:41
worried
00:33:46
randy
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[Music]
00:33:50
randy
00:33:52
[Music]
00:33:57
i'm sure he'll be fine
00:34:01
i'll go get him i'll come with you
00:34:25
[Music]
00:34:46
brothers
00:34:53
[Music]
00:35:00
randy
00:35:10
oh it's gonna be okay
00:35:14
stay calm let me see
00:35:21
he nailed you pretty good i can't feel
00:35:23
my hand
00:35:24
don't move don't move that's the poison
00:35:26
paralyzing the muscles
00:35:28
don't move yet you don't want to help
00:35:30
the poison spread
00:35:32
am i gonna die no no i'll help you
00:35:35
he's not answering he's gonna be fine
00:35:38
he's gonna be fine
00:35:39
you're gonna be all right i'm a doctor
00:35:42
now
00:35:42
let's take a deep breath shall we okay
00:35:45
like this
00:35:48
good we're never gonna find him like
00:35:50
this we've gotta get some help
00:35:54
the cell phone's back at camp come on
00:35:56
take your bandana off
00:36:03
help me i can't move my arms
00:36:06
you can do it tie it around your wrist
00:36:08
above the bite
00:36:13
that's good tie it very tight
00:36:17
how do you feel kind of dizzy and we
00:36:20
can't quit yet
00:36:21
okay there's a first aid kit in the
00:36:23
pouch right behind me
00:36:29
there's a pump a yellow pump that's what
00:36:32
we need
00:36:34
yes that's it sit down
00:36:39
okay now put the suction cup right over
00:36:41
the bite
00:36:42
and can you pull the plunger out
00:36:45
good now i'm going to ask you to push it
00:36:48
down and it's going to pull your skin
00:36:50
up but it won't hurt i promise hold up
00:36:53
that's right pull it with your teeth
00:36:57
good very good
00:37:00
very good keep going
00:37:12
[Music]
00:37:17
hey where'd he go
00:37:27
[Music]
00:37:32
[Applause]
00:37:34
um
00:37:44
come on boy
00:37:58
[Applause]
00:38:04
mom
00:38:16
mom
00:38:20
hey guys he's over here
00:38:25
i just gave him anti-venom he's not
00:38:28
showing any signs of
00:38:29
violent aggressive reaction
00:38:32
you're gonna be all right randy i gotta
00:38:34
say i'm impressed
00:38:35
a city boy with first-rate first aid
00:38:38
skills
00:38:40
but it wasn't me it was the doctor
00:38:43
he had the plunger thing what doctor was
00:38:46
he in a wheelchair
00:38:47
yeah yeah what doctor there was this
00:38:50
local guy
00:38:51
john bird really smart guy
00:38:54
won a scholarship at an ivy league
00:38:56
medical school his dream was to come
00:38:58
back here and
00:38:58
be a small town doctor what happened to
00:39:01
him
00:39:02
on his way back from medical school
00:39:04
there was a terrible accident
00:39:06
he was paralyzed from his neck down
00:39:10
this doctor was in a wheelchair he got
00:39:12
his license but never had a chance to
00:39:14
practice medicine
00:39:15
he spent the rest of his life as a
00:39:16
quadriplegic what are you saying
00:39:21
dr byrd died 10 years ago
00:39:28
[Music]
00:39:34
is there a logical explanation for this
00:39:36
story did randy become delusional from
00:39:38
the snake bite and simply
00:39:40
imagine the man in the wheelchair if so
00:39:43
how did he suddenly develop the skills
00:39:45
to save himself from being poisoned
00:39:47
and how could his description have
00:39:49
matched the story of the doctor in the
00:39:50
legend so perfectly
00:39:52
could it be that the doctor had faked
00:39:54
his own death years ago
00:39:56
and was now living as a hermit by the
00:39:58
lake only appearing at those times when
00:40:00
he senses
00:40:01
people need help does this story of a
00:40:05
snake bitten young
00:40:06
man saved by a spirit in the woods have
00:40:09
a hint of truth
00:40:10
or are we just putting the bite on you
00:40:12
coming up we'll find out which of our
00:40:15
stories tonight were fact
00:40:17
and which were fiction when beyond
00:40:20
belief
00:40:20
returns and now it's time to see how
00:40:24
well you did judging whether our stories
00:40:26
tonight were fact or fiction
00:40:28
the story of the little boy who died
00:40:30
fulfilling his wish to be a fireman
00:40:32
was it based on reality
00:40:41
it did good buddy yeah did good
00:40:45
now these people here would have made it
00:40:46
out without you we make a good team
00:40:48
right
00:40:50
you got that right partner you're a real
00:40:52
fireman now stevie
00:40:55
regular hero hey parts you better get
00:40:58
over here
00:41:00
right there
00:41:07
if you guessed that our story of the
00:41:08
fire station was totally made up
00:41:10
you're mistaken this one really happened
00:41:15
[Music]
00:41:18
let's look at the story of the couple
00:41:20
who returned home in the nick of time
00:41:22
because of a computer they thought they
00:41:24
saw in the car
00:41:25
true or false
00:41:27
[Music]
00:41:33
we're just lucky that you left your
00:41:34
computer in our car
00:41:36
what are you talking about you left your
00:41:37
computer in the baby seat and so janet
00:41:39
called to make sure you didn't need it
00:41:41
now when no one picked up the phone
00:41:42
that's why we decided to drive back
00:41:44
but i have my computer no really
00:41:47
he put it in his bag
00:41:50
[Music]
00:41:59
this story must have been inspired by
00:42:00
actual events right
00:42:03
wrong it's a total fabrication
00:42:08
[Music]
00:42:10
and what about our story of the girl
00:42:12
next door
00:42:14
the tale of a woman who seemed to visit
00:42:16
from the grave
00:42:17
let's take another look excuse me
00:42:21
yeah i'm looking for florence wheeler
00:42:24
well there's no one here by that name
00:42:27
she told me she lived across the street
00:42:29
no not here
00:42:30
minister james has lived here all alone
00:42:32
for the last 25 years
00:42:33
but that can't be
00:42:43
florence wait
00:42:49
was this story of star-crossed lovers
00:42:50
based on a true story
00:42:53
not this time it never happened
00:42:58
[Music]
00:43:00
let's look at the story of the young man
00:43:02
a lost wallet
00:43:03
and an unclaimed inheritance
00:43:05
[Music]
00:43:09
man look at this
00:43:12
i think i'm an alien your mother your
00:43:14
father what difference does this make
00:43:16
who put you up to this
00:43:18
put me up to this look if you think i
00:43:20
want something forget it
00:43:22
i found a wallet i wanted to return it
00:43:24
it was the right thing to do
00:43:26
i'm out of here sit down young man
00:43:29
[Music]
00:43:33
was this story of unexpected good
00:43:35
fortune true
00:43:36
or a fake this time is the real thing
00:43:42
[Music]
00:43:45
and what about the mysterious doctor who
00:43:47
saved the boy from the snake bite
00:43:58
randy randy
00:44:14
oh it's gonna be okay
00:44:18
stay calm was this story of a spirit who
00:44:22
watches over the people of the woods
00:44:23
based on an actual event yes it was
00:44:29
[Music]
00:44:32
so how did you do tonight were you able
00:44:35
to distinguish the real from the unreal
00:44:37
let's ignore the cliche that says the
00:44:40
truth is stranger than fiction
00:44:42
and simply say that certain things in
00:44:43
life can only be classified
00:44:45
as beyond belief i'm jonathan franks
00:44:49
join us for more stories next time on
00:44:52
beyond belief
00:44:53
fact or fiction
00:45:04
[Music]
00:45:16
so
00:45:18
[Music]
00:45:40
you
