Hi, I'm Shana Shealy. I've been a producer on Snap Judgment for nearly a decade. And years ago, I started following a small group of homeless people in Oakland, California, documenting their epic battle for their own place on their own terms.

I got totally sucked into this group's drama and I couldn't stop.

And now, we're finally bringing that story to you.

A tiny plot, a five-part series about scarcity, survival, and the one thing people in this group

wanted most. Control over their own lives. A tiny plot. A story told by the people who lived it.

A tiny plot is out now. Listen on Snap Judgment.

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Snap Judgment classic.

Today, a story about a mysterious someone or something living in the woods.

The kind of story that's been passed on from generation to generation.

The only thing is, this one, this might be true.

Snap producer Joe Rosenberg takes it from here.

So this story takes place on the shores of a lake,

about an hour's drive inland from the main coast, called the North Pond.

The North Pond isn't big, maybe a mile long, half a mile wide.

And like a lot of lakes in the area, there aren't many folks who live there year-round.

A lot of people have what they call camps, and these are like very small cabins, and it goes on for generations and generations.

This is Mike Finkel. He's a journalist, and he's going to be a big part of this story.

You'll see why in just a little bit.

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