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in the heart of Australia lies a desolate expanse known for its unsettling reputation this remote region steeped in Eerie Tales has long blurred the lines between reality and the unknown are these mysterious encounters mere Superstition or do they hint at something far more enigmatic hidden in the vastness of the Outback [Music] [Music] we have previously dedicated two full episodes to Tales of high strangeness from highways and byways around the world in which motorists relate their encounters with mysterious entities extra terrestrial beings and various creatures of local folklore Australia with its rich and vibrant culture stands

out as a place of peculiar wonders when European settlers arrived in the late 1700s they were both fascinated and terrified by the Region's bizarre native animals as they began communicating with the Aboriginal peoples they learned about even more unsettling creatures lurking within its interior locals warned of beasts like the bunny hiip a massive seal dog lurking in water holes and the yoi a Bigfoot likee creature up to 12T tall sometimes shy but often violently aggressive they also spoke of the yaram yahu a Red Frog likee man that drinks the blood of passes by with suckers

on its hands and feet initially Colonial settlers dismissed these stories as mere fiction but as towns grew and travel through the Outback increased Europeans began sharing their own strange encounters suggesting that these Legends might hold some truth but then there are other Tales which Venture Beyond crypto zoology into the Realms of the Supernatural and extraterrestrial hearing such stories it's no wonder the Aborigines warned us to steer clear of the Outback in the late 1990s a retired police Constable going only by the name of Terren reported having another worldly encounter whilst patrolling a remote stretch of

Outback highway on his motorcycle he was a traffic officer and he had been Midway through his shift when he pulled off to the side of the road to clean his visor this was something he had to do several times a day due to the amount of dust kicked up by the Desert Winds after switching off the engine the veteran officer was suddenly startled by a deep roaring sound coming from somewhere nearby at first the noise sounded completely foreign to him however after listening for a moment or two he realized that it was the sound of

an engine revving as if engaged in a high-speed race looking down the highway in both directions Terren could clearly see there were no cars or trucks in the area then as his eyes met the Horizon behind a hill to his left he saw a trail of dust rising from the desert Beyond his curiosity getting the better of him he walked up the hilly patch of land towards the dust cloud upon cresting the small rise he was met with a very peculiar sight a black 1953 Chevrolet driving in tight circles at high speeds at first he

thought he might be witnessing some sort of mechanical failure or medical emergency perhaps the car's brakes had failed and its steering had locked maybe the driver was slumped over passed out from a heart attack with his foot still on the accelerator reasoning that either of these scenarios could be true Terren frantically tried to attract the driver's attention as he did so he noticed that the car contained not one but two occupants and that neither seemed interested in heeding his calls believing they had not yet seen him he began to approach the outof control vehicle to

his shock the Chevy then changed course towards him before he had chance to react the car came to a sudden stop about 30 ft in front of him he could only just make out the shapes of the two figures inside when simultaneously both doors opened and bath the car's occupants in sunlight something about this action struck Terren as odd and he felt a cold chill run down his spine despite having no obvious reason to feel threatened this chill turned into a full-on shudder as he got his first look at the driver and passenger both were

male of the same height and build with shoulder length hair and thick black sunglasses but the similarities didn't end there the two were as Terren would later put it exact copies of one another both were wearing the same disheveled shirt that tucked into a mud stained pair of jeans held up at their waistlines by a leather belt however they weren't merely the same brand or style but identical in every way the mud stains corresponded exactly the rips and tears in their shirts matched down to the slightest detail most unsettling of all was that the two

men were moving in unison walking towards Terren from either side step by identical step the pair gradually started to increase the distance between themselves effectively flanking the waiting police officer whom neither of them had even acknowledged to terrence's relief they walked right by him and went now side by side again heading back to the main road finding his voice the officer yelled at the two men to stop as he began to walk after them surprisingly the men began to turn their heads but as their heads turned their bodies remained facing the road Terren could only

watch in horror as their necks rot R ated in perfect Unison 45° 90° then 18 180° finally completing a full 360° rotation to face ahead of them once again without a word they continued to walk over the bluff Terren had traversed minutes earlier consumed by fear and confusion the officer finally summoned the courage to draw his sidearm and follow them only to mount the incline and find absolutely nothing no men no Footprints no dust trail nothing it was impossible considering the area there was no natural cover for Miles feeling his nerves beginning to fray Terren

turned to look back at the Chevy only to find that that too had vanished the shock of what he had just witnessed was so upsetting that he immediately became ill stumbling back across the empty highway to his motorcycle before pitching forward and vomiting sinking to his knees he covered his face with his hands recalling the story years later he said the next thing he members is opening his eyes to find himself kneeling by the roadside in complete darkness what had felt like only a moment had apparently been hours the officer hurriedly set off for the

nearest town at a complete loss as to what he had just experienced it was there that he encountered his colleagues several of whom had been sent out to try and locate him after he had failed to respond to any radio messages Terren would spend the next few months desperately trolling through police reports and intelligence bulletins hoping to find some clarification on what had taken place but he would find nothing with subsequent internet searches Through The Years having provided no additional explanation or closure Beyond cementing the idea in his mind that the persons he had witnessed

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travel at night as the hours progressed the two friends quickly exhausted all topics of conversation they were soon traveling in silence along the most desolate stretches of the a79 only passing other vehicles once or twice an hour they were roughly 2third of the way to their destination when David glanced down at his watch to check how much of their Journey remained at that exact moment his friend stamped on the BR breaks causing the car to Screech to a sudden halt the force of this maneuver propelled David forward into the dashboard upon opening his eyes he

noticed a large crack in the windscreen and assumed that he must have struck his head on it but when he raised a hand to his forehead he felt no sign of injury realizing he was okay he turned his attention to the driver and was stunned to see his friend staring Straight Ahead eyes wide open in fear hands gripping tightly around the steering wheel clearly something had struck the car and cracked the wind screen but despite David's repeated attempts to get answers the terrified driver remained ominously silent deciding to take matters into his own hands he

stepped out of the vehicle and walked around to the front where he saw some minor impact damage to the Bonnet still there was no sign of blood or tracks to indicate what the car had hit then David heard it a low rustling sound which gradually began to increase in volume and intensity peering out Beyond The Cone of light produced by the car's headlights the young student followed the noise until his eyes focused on some movement in a a patch of nearby undergrowth where he was shocked to see a tall imposing Shadow the Towering figure was

easily 7 ft tall with a powerful and muscular profile yet it seemed trapped in the brush frantically trying to make its way back to the road as terrifying a sight as it was David soon found himself focused entirely on the figure's face or rather its lack of one the creature was hairless with skin that appeared to be tinged a deep shade of green there were almost no features no nose or lips instead there was a ragged hole where the mouth should have been from which a low moaning sound could be detected instead of eyes it

had two deep Hollow voids which seemed to Tunnel into its skull but despite having no apparent means of vision David was acutely aware that the creature was staring directly at him as it continued to struggle its way out of the scrub it wasn't until the Beast finally freed itself and took one heavy step towards the car that David's paralysis was broken the blare of the car horn and frantic screams of his friend pulling him from his trance he had barely closed the door behind behind him as his friends sped away from the scene turning to

look behind them David saw the outline of the giant figure Fading Into the distance dimly illuminated by the receding glow of the car's rear lights the two students did not stop again during the rest of their journey and rather than report the matter to the police decided instead to quietly get the car repaired at a local garage during the years that follow followed David would find himself scaring the internet for similar stories and wondering whether some of the accidents that occurred on the remote parts of the a79 were the results of an encounter with this

mysterious faceless creature as a long distance Holier Kyle Weston had spent much of his working life traveling alone across the Outback during those years he had seen plenty of things that seem to defy explanation other Lorry drivers would share similar stories of The Unexplained and bizarre which sered to create a sort of Mystique around the region as well as their profession yet as varied as these Tales were the one constant thread was that the drivers who experienced them were careful never to risk their personal safety to find out exactly what they might be witnessing however

during a 2008 encounter in the Northern Territory Kyle would go on to break this Unwritten rule in a very big way at the time he was transporting a large Consignment of fertilizer up to Darwin it was a long Hall and at some point in the trip he was traveling along the a87 in the middle of the night it had only been a short while since he passed through the town of tenant Creek a sleepy Community located near the very center of the territory when he found his attention drawn to a patch of land not far

from the highway despite being firmly in the middle of nowhere Kyle could see a distinct red glow which was intense enough to be seen from several miles away for some reason he began to slow his vehicle staring more intently at it think thinking it might be a fire or distress signal he made the decision to stop and investigate pulling off to the side of the road he grabbed a torch from the console and set off on foot into the bush land which lay between him and the Mysterious light source after walking for around 5 minutes

he noticed that the trees around him had become gradually denser whilst the light in the distance had only grown stronger suddenly it disappeared it was so rapid that Kyle thought someone had flicked a switch or pulled a plug now alone in the dark with nothing but his torch he began to regret his impulsive decision to investigate turning to head back to his truck the red light suddenly returned this time it was much closer bathing him in a blinding glow that forced him to raise a hand to Shield his eyes peering between his fingers he noticed

a shape moving towards him it was the outline of a human being bathed in light just like him but as the figure Drew closer Kyle quickly realized that the person was not simply standing in front of the light instead it was made of light with no distinguishing features whatsoever stepping back from the approaching entity he lost his balance and fell all the while trying to Shield his eyes from the blinding glow the figure now just a few meters away kept approaching raising a glowing hand as Kyle lay there terrified and defenseless instinctively the trucker Cried

Out In Fear begging for it to leave him alone to his shock the being immediately stopped just a few feet away pointing at him as if making some unknown accusation after several moments of Silence the glowing figure turned and walked back into the bush as Kyle watched in horrified amazement the shape passed directly into a large tree the blinding red glow disappearing with it Kyle did not waste this opportunity he jumped to his feet and immediately fled back to his waiting vehicle stumbling back into the cab he started the engine and resumed his journey northward

unsure of what it was he had encountered whatever the case he was glad to have gotten away unharmed the three stories we have explored in this episode episode is so vastly different extraterrestrial twins a faceless monster and a figure made of light that it's difficult to find any Common Thread connecting them aside from their occurrence along isolated stretches of Road in the Australian Outback these Strange Tales along with ancient Aboriginal Legends raise questions as to how such entities could exist in such a harsh environment some theorize the Outback is a a place where the fabric

of space and time is thin allowing beings from other dimensions to appear others suggest it's the site of government experiments or that lay lines associated with Paranormal Activity crisscross the region is the Outback a Nexus of high strangeness or does its desolation simply fuel wild imaginations with little supporting evidence it's difficult to say for certain but the diversity of bizarre encounters here is unmatched unlike other regions known for specific phenomena like Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest or UFOs in South America the Outback has it all each story more fantastic than the last yet none fitting

neatly into any particular category despite being occupied for tens of thousands of years Australia has only been connected to the the rest of the world for two centuries as the Outback becomes increasingly inhospitable further migration into its interior seems unlikely until this vast region is Thoroughly investigated the stories from this part of the world will remain as ominous and forboding as the land itself [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] B time story