Before the human race harnessed the power of fire, there was only darkness, an inky black foreboding abyss that concealed danger, mystery, and fear.

Into that darkness, brave men would not venture, for as the map says, here, there be monsters.

Good news, there's he.

There's in.

There, no. The The Good evening and welcome to hear there be monsters podcast.

I am your captain, Derek Hayes.

I want to start off the show with a bit of an announcement.

At long last, the t-shirts are in and up in the shop.

I know several of you have expressed interest in them via social media, so now you can

finally go and pick one up.

Head over to the show's web page at www.

Here There Be Monsterspodcast.com

and click on the shop tab at the top.

Then boom, there they are.

Now it goes without saying that each shirt purchased

goes toward improvements on the show.

So do your part and pick one up today.

I have a great show lined up for you this evening, so let's dive right in.

Over the past few weeks, I've been spending a lot of time on the road.

For this reason or that, I've had to drive several hundred miles through the winding roads of California's San Bernardino Mountains.

And, on occasion, when the moist Pacific air meets the dry, warm air of the central deserts, a bank of thick fog rolls in.

We've all driven through our fair share of fog.

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