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One of my former teammates from back when I was in A.V. Seal has easily one of the most

insane personal stories you will ever hear. And he gave me permission to tell his story. So

today, that's what I'm going to share with you. gave me permission to tell his story, so today that's what I'm

going to share with you. But before we get into his story, if you're a fan of the Strange,

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Okay, let's get into today's story.

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Music In June of 2011, I had just failed a very stressful and anxiety-inducing underwater test as part of Navy SEAL training,

and after I failed this test, my instructor told me to get out of the pool and go over to the corner with the other failures.

And so I made my way to the edge of the pool. I climbed out and I sulked my way to the corner where I saw my other

classmates who had met a similar fate on this test. They were all sitting in the corner with their backs to the pool in neat rows.

And so I was totally gassed from this test. And so when I sat down,

I start dramatically breathing really loud and heaving my chest up and down to show off just

how hard my test had been. In about two seconds into this ridiculous performance of mine, one of my other

classmates who had been sitting in the corner when I showed up. A big 18-year-old kid from Wisconsin

named Ephra Matos, he immediately turned around and made eye contact with me and through gritted teeth,

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