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The Confessionals

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tony sits down with Brian Jeffrey of Black Mass Paranormal to unravel the chilling accounts behind his footage from East Tennessee’s backcountry, a place where the woods hide more than shadows. What began as a routine investigation turned into a desperate flight through the forest as black, humanoid shapes closed in behind him. From dogman-like figures to the unnerving legends of feral people stalking the Appalachian caves, Brian describes encounters that blur the line between human and something far darker. Together, they explore the predator-like clicking sounds echoing through restricted federal land, the possibility of underground civilizations, and the horrifying question: Are these the same beings behind the missing people of East Tennessee?

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:10.7

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0:17.0

This was all circulating around the base that a giant had to kill but no one was supposed to talk about it.

0:22.6

I saw three long, boning fingers, reach up underneath the door, curl up to grab it, and then disappear.

0:33.6

When he came over to me, dude, he slithered over to me.

0:40.3

And this giant comes out of the cave and they're all frozen.

0:47.3

And he starts running and firing up this giant.

0:50.3

But the giant moves, he's got a spear in one hand and he's running really fast and spears

0:57.0

Dan holds him up like this.

1:00.0

Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face, they basically decapitated.

1:04.0

Got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 days and I blow this head off.

1:14.6

I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray entities pulling it.

1:23.6

And they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed.

1:25.6

I reached my hand into this bush,

1:28.4

and I touch air. Couldn't breathe and it couldn't move because I know I'm seeing a monster.

1:35.4

All right. So welcome to the show, everybody. You're listening to another episode of the

1:39.7

Confessionals. And I have a special in-studio guest here today. And I actually, we're, I'm jumping out my skin right now, to be honest with you, because, uh, the things that we're about to start talking about, Brian is bringing information. I'm just like going crazy here. But we have Brian from Black Masked paranormal here in studio. Brian, how you doing, man?

1:59.0

Doing good, doing good. I'm glad you're here. Uh, you local friend of mine that hunts monsters in the woods. Yeah. And I was just saying before we start recording, you're a rarity because you actually put a lot of time and effort into the work that it takes, right? Yeah. So let people know, before we get going here a little bit about yourself.

2:18.5

It's been a while since you've been on the show.

2:19.8

Yeah.

2:20.9

Black Masked Paranormal, if I remember correctly, started out as a paranormal more like investigative channel, right?

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