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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Face to Face Yet Again

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Our team has shared memorable encounters they’ve had with animals, and some were very unexpected. So this time we asked YOU about those experiences – and some of them are wild! TELL US YOUR STORY We want to hear your stories too! Give us a call at (315) 992-7902, and leave a message telling us your name, and about the places you've visited that far exceeded--or failed to meet your expectations. You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, Dylan here.

0:09.0

So a few weeks ago, we did an episode about animal encounters.

0:13.0

It was called face to face.

0:14.0

It was all about the times when me or my colleagues had stumbled across some unusual animal

0:20.5

and had an interesting encounter with it, something that just felt surprising or wondrous

0:25.4

or out of place.

0:27.1

I introduced you to Mr. Beans, this both incredibly hideous and incredibly cute possum, hanging

0:34.4

out on the beach, and now we get to hear some of your stories.

0:41.0

You called in and you shared some just amazing, amazing tales of animal encounters that you

0:47.7

have had.

0:48.7

Everywhere from the sea to the forest, so stick around and we are going to hear first

0:55.5

about a magical animal encounter out on the ocean.

1:00.1

More effectiveness.

1:04.1

Hi there, this is Jack originally from England.

1:24.3

And I want to tell you about my face to face experience.

1:32.0

So I worked as a well-watching tour guide in Iceland for a number of years, as you can

1:38.0

imagine when you are dealing with such intelligent and individual animals like whales and dolphins,

1:45.1

you'll see some really amazing things that I did, but there's one encounter which really

1:50.9

sticks in my mind.

1:55.1

So we were out on the sea and we were watching some minkeweils, you know, minkeweils are the

2:03.4

smallest of the baling whales, you know, your big typical blue whales, your humpback whales,

2:10.5

all these and the minkeweil, the smallest species, and there was a juvenile, and you know

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