147: Gregg fell into a crevasse

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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There’s a phrase I find interesting. It’s often used to describe a person who seems to have an unusual power in different ways. The phrase I’m thinking of is “force of nature”. When I hear “that man, or that woman, is a force of nature”, it makes me think of someone who comes in like a whirlwind, with a clear objective, and nothing is going to stand in their way. And that description makes sense, because that’s how nature is sometimes. Here in Florida, we’re about to go into that magical time of year called Hurricane Season. A storm comes up out in the Atlantic, and they often make their way here. And they are literally a force of nature. Thankfully, we usually have lots of warning, so we have time to prepare. But if you’re in the path when a hurricane comes through, it’s loud, and scary, and terrifying. It doesn’t care about you. It’s just doing what nature does. But sometimes nature can be just as scary, and just as deadly, in complete silence. That’s what Gregg found out, when he found himself alone and wondering if he would survive. Gregg’s website: https://TheCompulsiveStoryteller.com Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/147 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) What Was That Like is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/whatwas for 10% off your first month. For a limited time, save $10 on your first StoryWorth purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code WHAT and receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a phrase I find interesting.
0:12.7	It's often used to describe a person who seems to have some kind of unusual power in different
0:18.3	ways.
0:19.7	The phrase I'm thinking of is force of nature.
0:24.4	When I hear that man or that woman is a force of nature, it makes me think of someone
0:29.9	who comes in like a whirlwind with a clear objective, and nothing is going to stand
0:34.7	in their way.
0:36.7	And that description makes sense because that's how nature is sometimes.
0:41.2	Here in Florida, we're about to go into that magical time of year called hurricane season.
0:46.7	A storm comes up out in the Atlantic, and they often make their way here.
0:51.2	And they are literally a force of nature.
0:54.4	Thankfully, we usually have lots of warnings, so we have time to prepare.
0:59.0	But if you're in the path when a hurricane comes through, it's loud and scary, it's terrifying.
1:06.4	It doesn't care about you, it's just doing what nature does.
1:12.2	But sometimes nature can be just as scary and just as deadly in complete silence.
1:20.4	That's what Greg found out when he found himself alone and wondering if he would survive.
1:30.3	Real people in unreal situations.
1:35.4	There is a girl hanging by her broken legs from the telephone wire.
1:40.2	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:43.9	I turned around, I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:48.6	We would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:51.1	Levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
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