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The Confessionals

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Christianity, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Josh’s encounters in the Ozarks begin with a towering black silhouette gliding out of the tree-line when he was fourteen, a creature radiating such hatred he knew instantly it wasn’t just an animal. But the experience that shattered everything came years later, when a massive shaggy white beast, identical to other sightings across the Ozarks, leapt over the hood of his car in a single, impossible step and vanished down a ravine without leaving a track. That moment unlocked every buried memory: the earlier black creature, the second sighting in a shell pit, his father’s UFO pacing their vehicle, and even the demonic presences Josh faced later as a police officer dealing with spiritually influenced criminals. As he compares the white monster to regional legends like the Ozark Howler, and recalls a dogman witness whose torment only ended when he turned to Jesus, a chilling pattern emerges: the Ozarks are alive with entities that aren’t bound by normal physics. And Josh believes he’s crossed paths with the same intelligence, changing shape, aging, and reappearing across decades.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is a preview of today's members episode. If you want to hear the whole thing,
0:04.4	head on over to the confessionalspodcast.com. Hit the join button and become a member today.
0:10.9	Merkel. Media.
0:17.2	This was all circulating around the base that a giant had to kill but no one was supposed to talk about it.
0:23.6	I saw three long, bony 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
0:39.8	And this giant comes out of the cave
0:45.9	And they're all frozen
0:46.8	And he starts running and firing up this giant
0:50.3	With a giant move
0:52.0	He's got a spear in one hand, and he's running really fast,
0:56.5	and spears Dan holds him up like this. Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face,
1:02.6	they basically decapitated.
1:06.3	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 on.
1:14.9	I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray entities
1:22.6	pulling it.
1:24.2	And they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed.
1:26.6	I reached my hand into this bush,
1:28.7	and I touch air. Couldn't breathe and I couldn't move because I know I'm seeing a monster.
1:36.3	All right. Today we got Josh. Do you go by Josh or Joshua? Josh.
1:40.7	Okay, perfect. Josh. We got Josh on the show. Josh Smith from Mysteries Unknown podcast on YouTube.
1:47.6	Go ahead and check it out.
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