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Hey, true weirdos, at the end of this episode,

stick around if you want for a little bonus content and conversation.

It was a rite of passage for teenagers in that part of Pennsylvania. Drive over the state

line into Ohio where an 18-year-old could still legally buy beer, then start cruising route

351 between Koppel and New Galilee. The later the hour, the better your chances of spotting

him. If you did see him, you'd slow down,

pulling over to the shoulder of the road.

He might even talk to you in exchange for a few of those beers and maybe a smoke.

Some people called him a monster.

Some said he wasn't even real,

just something made up to scare kids into staying out of the woods late at night.

But they were wrong.

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