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Stories with Sapphire

Shadows in the Desert: with Derek Hayes (Monsters Among Us) and David Flora (Blurry Photos)

Stories with Sapphire

Around The CampPhire

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

51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday, a new paranormal documentary was released on several streamers and platforms including Apple TV and Amazon Prime. It’s called Shadows in the Desert, and it was directed by, written by, and stars Derek Hayes (Monsters Among Us) and David Flora (Blurry Photos). I even make a couple appearances in the film as well! So on today’s bonus episode, I sat down with Derek and David and we discussed the challenges they faced creating a film in 115+ degree weather, the importance of conducting honest investigations, whether bigfoot is physical or spiritual in nature, and why YOU should check out the beauty and mystery of the Anza-Borrego triangle.

https://www.borregotriangle.com/

Derek Hayes IG - @monstersamonguspodcast and @derekhayesmau
Derek Hayes Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/monstersamonguspodcast
David Flora IG - @blurryphotospodcast
David Flora Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BlurryPhotosPodcast/


Derek Hayes Bio:
Derek Hayes is the creator and host of award-winning podcast, Monsters Among Us, an anthology of real paranormal stories told by the witnesses themselves. Hayes has also appeared as an on-camera expert on the Travel Channel series Paranormal Caught On Camera, seasons 1-4. He currently calls the mountains above Los Angeles home, but originates from the backwoods of Southeast Ohio. Hayes has also appeared on the Travel Channel series In Search Of Monsters, and has spoken on panels at AlienCon, LA ComicCon, and CryptidCon.

David Flora Bio:
David Flora is a Kentucky-born, Colorado-based actor, writer and podcaster. An 11-year podcast veteran, he hosts the award-winning paranormal podcast Blurry Photos. He also co-hosts a trivia podcast, Quiz Quiz Bang Bang and another paranormal podcast, Hysteria 51, and a short story pod, 5-Minute Frights. You can hear more of his narration on Audible or Amazon, where he has numerous audiobooks as well.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Hello believers, non-believers, and everyone in between. You're listening to stories with

0:25.5

Sapphire. I am Sapphire Sandalo. Now get cozy and open your mind because it's

0:32.0

story time. Hey everyone, So yesterday a new paranormal documentary was released on several

0:58.3

streamers and platforms including Apple TV and Amazon Prime.

1:03.0

It's called Shadows in the Desert.

1:05.4

And it was directed by, written by, and stars

1:08.0

Derek Hayes, the host of Monsters Among Us

1:10.4

podcast, and David Flora, host of the Blurry Photos podcast. I even make a couple

1:16.1

appearances in the film as well. I met Derek years ago when we were both on paranormal

1:21.1

caught on camera on Travel Channel.

1:23.1

He's also shared a couple stories for this podcast in season one.

1:27.4

And it's been really inspiring to see him independently crowd fund a beautiful film

1:32.3

that's now being distributed all over the world.

1:35.0

So on today's episode I sat down with Derek and David and we discussed the challenges

1:41.0

they faced creating a film in 115 plus degree weather, the importance

1:46.4

of conducting honest investigations, whether Bigfoot is physical or spiritual in nature, and why you should check out the beauty and

1:55.4

mystery of the Ansebarago triangle. Just a disclaimer, it's been a while since I've

2:00.6

done an interview like this and I forgot to record my audio separately from

2:04.3

Zoom, which is why my audio isn't great.

2:07.4

Anyway, here's my chat with Derek and David. it.

2:16.0

UFO, Scriptids, Ghost. What is going on? And I heard three footsteps come towards me.

2:24.7

There really are these things out there.

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