Hello, I'm India Rackerson. Welcome to this bonus episode in the documentary from the BBC World Service. I host the BBC's Lives Less Ordinary podcast, which seeks out extraordinary life experiences from all around the world. And we're going to bring you an episode of Lives Less Ordinary here, whenever we can. But to catch more of our shows, just search for Lives Less Ordinary wherever you find your BBC podcasts.

When I was little, getting lost in imaginary worlds of play was one of my favourite things to do.

There were the long summer holidays fighting with cousins over the main part in some spy film rip-off we'd written,

pinching dress pearls and bowler hats for costumes from my grandparents' room,

rehearsing all day in the garage, ready for the big performance.

Evenings after school, where my sister and I would spend hours watching and recreating lightsaber fights from the latest Star Wars film, wanting to feel that we were part of the action, time stretching out in front of us.

And sure, it's just make-believe, but it's consuming.

It matters so much to you. It takes you to places you can't

get to in your own small world. Well, my guests today took all of that to the extreme, because back

in 1982, in Mississippi, in America's deep south, two boys, aged 10 and 11, embarked on a crazy mission.

And it all started after a trip to the Simla.

I think where it grabbed me was when Indy emerges from the shadows in the opening scene and he grabs his bullwhip

and snaps the gun out of the hand of the man who was about to assassinate him. And that wonderful

sound of...

In 1982, Chris Strompolos is 10, and he's glued to the screen, watching for the first time, Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

And the flourish of the John Williams score, I was like, oh, and he emerges from the shadows under his fedora with sweat and

dirt on his face and and gives us that classic Harrison look. I was like, count, count me in here.

You know, I'm, I'm locked in. For me, the moment that was indelible was the boulder scene.

The sense of spectacle, of excitement, exhilaration, I didn't know movies could do that.

And this is Eric Zaylor. He's 11 when he first sees it.

And it was just a world that I wished I could be

part of in some way. Little did I know the following summer, I'd be getting a fateful call from

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