Our tales for today are...

My Grandpa's Encounter - The greatest myth makers and spinners of stories tend to be grandparents. Often made to babysit or play nanny, grandpa’s and grandma’s have for eons filled little minds with the mythology of their own youth and lives. From the harrowing to the hilarious, these stories help to form our understanding of the great big world around us. They fill in the gaps and give us some sense of time and space, the notion that the world was here long before us. And of course as we grow up we find out that much of the myth-making was just that, stories, yarns, family legends. But sometimes there’s more fact than fiction in the old-timers' tall tales.

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Stalked by a Psycho - A long, beautiful day in the great outdoors spent hiking and laughing. A crackling fire with burgers and dogs on the griddle and cold beer in the ice bucket. A friendly, yet competitive game of trivial pursuit and to the winner goes the first s'more. The fire, once yellow and bright, is dimming down and blue and black. A nightcap and then off to the comfort and warmth of the tent and sleeping bag. Sweatpants and a hoodie, thick socks and zipped into the sleeping bag, you wiggle up to your partner for warmth and maybe a little more. The dark shape beside seems receptive and returns with a wiggle over its own. It rolls over and slides closer, near enough for the face to become discernible in the dark. Near enough for you to recognize you don’t recognize anything at all.

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Music and SFX - A Hand In The Dark by Underbelly and Ty Mayer courtesy of YouTube Free Studio Library