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The Confessionals
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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What if the world before the flood was not just history, but a warning? In this episode, Tony sits down with Will Blesch to discuss his book, In the Shadow of Goliath, and the biblical framework behind topics like the Nephilim, Genesis 6, UFOs, hybridization, the Watchers, and the mark of the beast. Will shares how his early fascination with the unexplained, his time exploring the occult and New Age beliefs, and his eventual commitment to Jesus shaped the ideas that led to the book. Together, they examine whether ancient biblical accounts may offer a clearer lens for understanding modern paranormal phenomena and whether the agenda described in Genesis 6 could still be unfolding today.
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| 0:16.9 | 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, 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. |
| 0:43.8 | And this giant comes out of the cave and they're all frozen. |
| 0:47.6 | And he starts running and firing up this giant. |
| 0:50.7 | With a giant move, he's got a spear in one hand, and he's running really fast. |
| 0:56.0 | And spears, 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, when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 |
| 1:12.5 | gigs and I blow his head off. |
| 1:14.7 | I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray |
| 1:21.4 | entities pulling it, and they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed. |
| 1:26.3 | I reached my hand into this bush, and I touch air. |
| 1:30.0 | Couldn't breathe, and I couldn't move, because I know I'm seeing a monster. |
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