Unknown Ellijay, Part One | Guests Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, and Ellis Treece

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There’s something strange stirring in the mountains of North Georgia—and it’s not just folklore. Unknown Ellijay, a chilling new docuseries from award-winning Sozo Bear Films, delves into the shadowy corners of Ellijay, Georgia, where cryptids, spirits, and legends refuse to stay hidden. Hosted, directed, and created by Brad Kennedy and Luke Pilgrim, alongside editor Ellis Treece, this series explores real-life local encounters with the unexplained, from tracking Bigfoot in dense Appalachian woods to haunted homesteads and terrifying tales of the elusive Dogman. These aren’t just campfire stories—this is the paranormal, hiding in plain sight. What’s really lurking in Ellijay? Find out why this small town might be the South’s best-kept supernatural secret.

Today on the Grave Talks, Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, and Ellis Treece discuss their docuseries “Unknown Ellijay.”

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0:00.0	Today on the Grave Talks, Unknown Elyj, a conversation with Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, and Ellis Trees.
0:18.4	There's something strange stirring in the mountains of North Georgia, and it's not just folklore.
0:25.0	Unknown Ella J is a chilling new docu-series from award-winning Sozo Bear films,
0:30.1	and it digs deep into the shadowy corners of Ella J. Georgia, where crypted, spirits, and legends
0:36.8	refuse to stay buried. Hosted, spirits, and legends refused to stay buried.
0:39.3	Hosted, directed, and created by Brad Kennedy and Luke Pilgrim alongside editor Ellis
0:44.3	Trees, this series explores real local encounters with The Unexplained, from tracking
0:51.5	bigfoot and dense Appalachian woods to haunted homesteads to terrifying tales of the elusive dogman.
0:59.3	These aren't just campfire stories.
1:01.9	This is the paranormal hiding in plain sight.
1:06.1	What's really lurking in LJ?
1:08.5	Find out why this small town might be the South's best kept
1:13.0	supernatural secret. Today on the Grave Talks, Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, and Ellis
1:19.4	Treese discussed their docu series, Unknown Ellijay. Okay, so today I'm talking with Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, Ellis Trees.
1:31.5	You're all with Soso Bear Films.
1:35.0	You all are based in Georgia, correct?
1:38.2	Yeah, based in Delanooga, Georgia.
1:40.2	Delanooga, Georgia, which is crazy.
1:41.9	We were just talking about the Ashley McBride song about Delanooga, Georgia, really kind of put you guys on the map.
1:48.0	Yep, that's right.
1:49.1	And it's a fantastic song, by the way.
1:51.7	Tell me a little about so-so bear films, because you guys are doing a docu-series and it's paranormal, but that's not normally what you do. This is kind of
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