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Send us a textKaren discusses her recent trip to Bakersfield, California, and her preference for taking the "road less traveled" rather than the main highway. She describes the beauty and serenity of driving along Highway 178, but also the anxiety she experienced about potentially breaking down in a remote area. She emphasizes the importance of having a sense of adventure and humor when taking the road less traveled.Overcoming anxiety and staying present When Karen starts to feel anxious about potential car trouble on the remote road, she describes her techniques for managing her PTSD-related anxiety, including deep breathing, body relaxation, and self-reassurance. She highlights the importance of staying present and mindful, rather than letting anxiety ruin the enjoyment of the journey.Discovering unexpected sights and experiences As Karen continues her drive, she comes across unexpected natural wonders like Lake Isabella and the "Canyon of Delights" with the dramatic Kern River. She expresses a desire to return and explore these areas more thoroughly, especially with her camera. Karen emphasizes how taking the road less traveled can lead to discovering beautiful and unexpected experiences.The benefits of an optimistic mindset Karen contrasts the benefits of an optimistic, "Pollyanna" mindset versus a pessimistic one when taking the road less traveled. She argues that an optimistic outlook, grounded in the principles of Science of Mind, allows one to fully embrace the uncertainty and possibilities of the journey, rather than getting stuck in anxiety and fear.Recap and encouragement to try the road less traveled In closing, Karen reflects on her successful journey down Highway 178 and the sense of empowerment and accomplishment she felt. She encourages listeners to consider taking the road less traveled, either literally or metaphorically, as a way to open themselves up to new experiences and personal growth.Support the PodcastDoSupport the Show.

Some of today's top storiesWe begin with efforts to address our homeless crisis. A temporary housing development in Oildale designed to help fight homelessness is bringing more meaning to the word "Hope."  The "Hope on Hart" Tiny Homes Village is open and filling up fast, providing immediate housing to dozens of people previously on the streets.  The tiny homes have a bed, air conditioning, and a place to put all your belongings, but most importantly, it is the start of a life off of the streets. Each unit houses one resident unless it is a couple, and residents are able to bring their pets.  Like homeless shelters, the tiny home village is filling up fast... and the group behind it, Hope the Mission, is now working on plans for expansion.  17 news has yet to get an answer as to when that could happen.Turning now to the Borel Fire...still holding at 91-percent containment more than three weeks after it broke out in mountains east of Bakersfield. Firefighters report they're continuing their work on stabilizing the burn area.     And they're urging resident to re-enter the area with caution to avoid unseen hazards the fire may have caused.     This while crews work to remove large amounts of equipment used during the fire. Meantime the Red Cross has two service centers open to help wildfire survivors recover.     One is at 6401 Lake Isabella Blvd in Lake Isabella through Monday. The other is in Bakersfield at 5305 Gilmore Ave. Friday through Sunday.Restoration efforts have started for the many victims of the Borel fire.    Some who lost their homes in Havilah say they didn't have insurance because the rates were sky high even before the Borel Fire.Making news around the state.    There are no more prisoners in California, however, there are tens of thousands of incarcerated persons.     As part of Governor Newsom's criminal justice reform, the language has changed to be more sensitive to people behind bars in California.    17's Connor Dore reports.    17's Rob Hagan has more.

Some of today's top storiesTurning now to the latest on the investigation into former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner.Yesterday, we caught our first glimpse of Scrivner - since April.  Scrivner resigned from the Board Friday, and yesterday supervisors held a special meeting to discuss the future of his vacated seat.   17's Jenny Huh has the story.Prosecutors have filed charges against two men in connection to the mass killing in Mojave last year. The shooting happened late in the night in April 2023.     Four people were shot and killed.     According to court documents, Ricardo Reyes-Partida was seen arguing with two of the victims earlier in the day.     He pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges last week and is being held without bail.(banner}      There is a warrant this morning for Jonathan Hernandez, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact and attempted murder.      Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the DA's Office at 661-868-2340.In your 17 follow-up file this morning...    The city of Wasco is set to fill the mayoral vacancy today... after Wasco Mayor Alex Garcia resigned from his post last week, amid allegations swirling around social media. The city will hold a meeting this evening, where they will appoint a councilmember to fulfill the remainder of the former mayor's term.    Calls for Garcia to resign came after a video posted by a shadowy group, accused Garcia of attempting to meet an underage boy in Bakersfield.     In the video, Garcia is also slapped by those behind the camera, who appear to have set up a sting operation targeting such questionable behavior.     17 News reached out to Garcia unsuccessfully multiple times for comment, but in a statement on his resignation, Garcia writes in part quote "I want to assure you that the accusations made against me are mischaracterized and inaccurate and certainly do not reflect who I am or what I stand for."Now to the latest on the Borel Fire, still burning in the mountains east of Bakersfield.    Fire crews say they stopped the fire's advance to the south and are now focused on containing the flames in the mountains east of Lake Isabella. Nearly 60-thousand acres burned so far.    Containment this morning is up to 71-percent.    The Borel Fire was sparked by a fatal truck crash in the Kern River Canyon on July 24. State Route 178 is open through the Kern River Canyon.     But motorists may encounter longer than usual wait times with one way traffic control in specific sections as fire equipment moves through the canyon.    Caliente Bodfish Road has been closed at Kern Canyon Road.    For a complete list of road closures related to the Borel Fire, log on to kern emergencies-dot-com.

Some of today's top storiesFire crews say they've stopped the Borel Fire to the south but they're still fighting it in the mountains East of the town of Lake Isabella. The fire has burned almost 60-thousand acres and is now 57-percent contained as of news time.    The Borel Fire burned over 53,000 acres in less than four days.    It started over a week ago when a pick up truck went over the edge of the canyon and caught fire-killing the driver.    California Highway Patrol is now investigating whether alcohol was a factor in that crash.    Fire officials updated residents impacted by the Borel fire in a community meeting in Lake Isabella yesterday afternoon.    Some people applauded fire crews, others criticized them for not saving their homes.    17's Rob Hagan was there.KGET has teamed up with Kern River Valley Bridge Connection and the Boys and Girls clubs to collect gift cards for wildfire survivors.  We're looking for gift cards from any of the businesses you see here that can be used in the Lake Isabella area.  You can drop off those and any other monetary donations at our studios on 22nd and L in downtown Bakersfield through tomorrow.  Distribution is Wednesday from 10a-1p at the future home of the KRV Bridge Connection located at 6069 Lake Isabella Blvd.Now to the latest on the investigation into former county supervisor Zack Scrivner.    Today -- Scrivner and his wife, Christina, are due back in family court. The estranged wife of the former supervisor is requesting an expedited hearing on child support for their four children.    According to court documents... Christina Scrivner writes she is quote "in desperate need" of money.    She also claims Scrivner won't voluntarily pay for child support.     This comes after an incident at their Tehachapi home more than three months ago...where the former supervisor allegedly sexually assaulted a preteen.     Scrivner resigned from his position on Friday.    The board of supervisors is set to hold a special meeting today at 2 p.m. to discuss the next steps in filling the district 2 vacancy.

Some of today's top storiesSupervisor Zack Scrivner has resigned from the Kern County Board of Supervisors, effective today, amid allegations of sexual assault.     Since 2011, he has represented the county's 2nd District, which includes eastern and central communities surrounding Tehachapi.     17's Jenny Huh has been following the investigation...    She joins us in studio now with more on the future of Scrivner's seat. the County released a statement late last night saying Board Chair David Couch received a letter of resignation from Scrivner.     Scrivner says he is resigning quote "for significant health and medical reasons."Wasco Mayor Alex Garcia has officially resigned his post, amid allegations swirling around social media. Calls for Garcia to resign came after a video posted by a shadowy group, accused Garcia of attempting to meet an underage boy in Bakersfield.     In the video, Garcia is also slapped by those behind the camera, who appear to have set up a sting operation targeting such questionable behavior.     17 News reached out to Garcia unsuccessfully multiple times for comment, but in a statement on his resignation, Garcia writes in part quote "I want to assure you that the accusations made against me are mischaracterized and inaccurate and certainly do not reflect who I am or what I stand for." Details on how to fill the vacancy will be finalized at Tuesday's City Council meeting. the Borel Fire, which has been terrorizing our mountain communities for more than a week now.    Firefighters reporting the inferno has now burned nearly 60-thousand acres and is 47-percent contained as of news time.{BANNER}    The Sheriff's office now asking evacuees of Havilah to report how many people lived in their homes at the time of the fire and if everyone has been accounted for to the Communications Center at 861-3110. Meantime, some folks are returning to their homes.    Evacuation warnings have been lifted in a few of the zones closest to Lake Isabella.    And a couple of evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings...meaning those homeowners can return home...but they must be ready to go if another order comes down.    Yesterday evening, the Red Cross closed its evacuation center in Ridgecrest, however the shelter at the Tehachapi Education Center remains open.Countless individuals have reached out looking for ways to help the people who've lost everything in the Borel Fire. So we've teamed up with Kern River Valley Bridge Connection and the Boys and Girls club to collect gift cards for wildfire survivors.     We're looking for gift cards from Vons, Dollar General, Walmart, Grocery Outlet, Taco Bell and other places that these survivors can use in the Lake Isabella area. You can drop of those gift cards and any other monetary donations at our studios on 22nd and L in downtown Bakersfield through Tuesday.     Distribution is Wednesday at the Boys and Girls Club in Lake Isabella.

Some of today's top storiesWe begin this morning with the latest on the Borel Fire, still burning in the mountains east of Bakersfield.     People in those communities still watching and waiting to return to their homes...or at least to go back and see what's left.  The U.S. Forest Service now reporting this wildfire has scorched more than 58-thousand acres. But firefighters continue to make progress... The wildfire is about 39-percent contained as of news time.The Borel Fire started over a week ago when a pick-up truck crashed over the edge of the canyon on highway 178...catching fire and killing the driver. The inferno exploded in a matter of hours...eating up dry fuel and racing up unforgiving terrain...showing firefighters fire weather they'd never seen in that area before. It more than tripled in size Friday night...destroying the historic town of Havilah in the process. The blaze continued to spread over the weekend...threatening the communities of Bodfish and Lake Isabella. But conditions eased and firefighters reported containment for the first time Monday. State and local leaders declared Borel an emergency...and CHP reopened highway 178 Tuesday. Still thousands of people remain under evacuation orders and warnings...and, while the scope of the evacuations hasn't grown in days... there's no clear timeline of when those orders will be lifted.The people of Bodfish are slowly returning to their homes in the Kern River Valley, with the grim prospect of picking up the pieces from the fire that tore through their community.    17's Rob Hagan has more on the relief efforts there.Price gouging during an emergency like the Borel Fire is illegal.    That's the warning from California's top prosecutor. Attorney General Rob Bonta issuing a reminder to businesses and landlords they cannot raise the prices of essential supplies, hotels, rental housing and more during this time of a natural disaster.    He urges those who believe they've been the victim of price gouging to report it to their local authorities.    Any business found in violation will be subject to criminal prosecution that can result in a year in jail and a possible fine up to $10-thousand dollars.In your 17 News court watch...    The trial of two men charged with the murder of a Kern County corrections counselor is nearing its end after weeks of testimony. Closing arguments began in a Bakersfield courtroom yesterday.    Prosecutors say Robert Roberts and Sebastian Parra fatally shot prison counselor Benny Alcala Jr. while trying to rob him at the Stockdale Target parking lot the night of Aug. 24, 2022. But an attorney for Roberts says *Parra* was the shooter...painting him as a psychopath who killed Alcala for no reason.    Meantime, Para's lawyer says Roberts acted alone and his client was nearby, but didn't participate.    Closing arguments will resume later this morning.The discussion on a motion to postpone a preliminary hearing of a former Bakersfield police officer charged with vehicular manslaughter is set for today.    The motion hearing was originally scheduled for July 23rd.    But attorney David A. Torres made a special appearance for the attorney representing former officer Ricardo Robles...and asked that the hearing be moved to August First -- which is today.    The 24-year-old officer is accused of driving a patrol vehicle early January 19th, 2023 at more than 100 mph –- without overhead flashing lights activated — as he tried to catch up to a chase.     He ran a stop sign and hit a Honda Accord at the intersection of South Vineland and Muller roads -- killing the driver, Mario Lares, and seriously injuring the passenger, Ana Hernandez.

Some of today's top storiesRight now -- all eyes are on Walker Basin....and the renowned Rankin Ranch.    The fire is inching closer...and getting ready to move in.    But fire crews are standing by ready to fight...But the Borel Fire already used the community of Havilah to show its ferocity.    The flames moved in to the area like an unwanted guest -- burning almost everything, including nearly every home. This fire broke out Wednesday afternoon after a car crash sparked some brush.    These are the first few images of the fire shortly after igniting.    Since then, it has quickly become one of the largest and most destructive fires in Kern County history.    The firefight has been brutal as crews battle gusty winds, thick dry brush and steep terrain.    Officials say this area hasn't been scorched in decades, allowing this hungry fire to quickly devour everything in its path. the fire is more than 50-thousand acres.    That's about 80 square miles.    It is zero percent contained.    More than 2-thousand people have been told to leave immediately.    Another 3-thousand people have been told to get ready to evacuate. We have 17 News team coverage for you this morning as this fire remains an active threat.    17's Justin White will join us in just a moment to talk about threat Rankin Ranch faces this morning.    Plus -- Rob Hagan checks in with evacuees who are leaving everything behind...while others risk it all and stay.    And Aleeya Fitzgerald joins us to talk more about how residents in Lake Isabella are preparing for the worst...while helping their neighbors impacted by the devastation.While the Borel Fire destroyed the historic town of Havilah, this morning it potentially threatens to decimate Rankin Ranch.    17's Justin White has more on the fight. Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as the Borel Fire bares down on the region.    This includes the community of Bodfish.    17's Rob Hagan has more on the residents who refuse to leave.In the middle of devastation, residents throughout the Kern River Valley were willing to give a helping hand.    17's Aleeya Fitzgerald was here this weekend and saw that for herself.

Some of today's top storiesAn evacuation order remains in place in the Kern River Canyon and Highway 178 through the canyon remains closed. The fire started around 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon on the 178 near Democrat Road, southwest of Lake Isabella.  Kern County Fire says a car went over the side of the canyon and caught fire - and that fire quickly spread.  The driver of the car died.  Officials say more than 31-hundred acres of brush has burned and there is no containment on the fire at this hour.  This is video of the smoke cloud earlier this evening.An evacuation order is in effect north of Forest Route 28-S-07, south of Highway 178, east of Breckenridge Road, and west of Forest Route 28-S-19.  The CHP says Highway 178 will remain closed overnight, with no estimate on when it will reopen. This morning -- France was under attack just hours ahead of the Olympic Opening Ceremony.Paris prosecutors say the French high-speed rail network came to a grinding halt due to arson attacks, despite a massive security operation underway to guard against any threats.The attacks will make it difficult for hundreds of thousands of people traveling to and from Paris.The state-owned railway operator says arsonists damaged signal boxes along the lines, disrupting travel.Authorities say another planned attack was foiled by policeAnd despite that attack, there is excitement in the air in Paris!    We are just hours away this morning from the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics!    The celebration.. Billed as the greatest open-air show on earth.. Will unfold along the seine river..     The first time the opening ceremony has ever been held on water..    Jay gray is in paris ... And has a closer look at what team usa will be wearing for the historic event - as well as what we will see.happening this weekend.. the Summer Movie Series continues with the Historic Fox Theater..    With "Finding Nemo" showing on Sunday!    Doors open at noon.. the movie begins at 1 p.m.    Costumes are HIGHLY recommended, so dress as your favorite animated character and join in the fun!    Tickets are $5 dollars.. and Popcorn, Soda AND Hot Dogs are only $1 at the concession stand.New parks could be coming to your area, and your favorite parks might have a new look,A Master Plan from Bakersfield's Recreation and Parks department proposes a $300 million dollars for repairing and building city parks.17's Connor Dore with an in depth look at this proposal,

Some of today's top storiesNow to an update on a developing story we brought you at 5 o'clock yesterday evening.    Highway 178 remains closed in the Kern River Canyon due to a rapidly growing wildfire. The so-called "Borel Fire" started around 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the 178 near Democrat Road, southwest of Lake Isabella.    Kern County Fire says a car went over the side of the canyon and caught fire - that fire quickly spread.    At last report, it has burned more than 16-hundred acres of brush and there is no containment.    Sadly the driver of the car that caught fire, died at the scene.    An evacuation warning is in effect for areas south of 178 and east of Breckenridge Road.    There's no estimate on when Highway 178 through the canyon will reopen.And a woman is dead this morning after a crash in northwest Bakersfield. It happened just before 7:30 yesterday morning, on Mohawk Street near Refinery Avenue.    A vehicle was found upside down on the west side of Mohawk, with the woman suffering from major injuries in the driver's seat.    She died later died.    The initial investigation showed the vehicle was traveling on the Mohawk offramp from the Westside Parkway, then across Mohawk at a high rate of speed, and off the embankment, before rolling over several times.    The identity of the driver will be released at a later date.From our 17 follow up file.An East Bakersfield community left without water for days last month during a blistering heat wave, managed to get the water back on but not without fears of a shutoff happening again.   Last night, those customers voiced their concerns at a community town hall. 17's Mikhala Armstrong reports. A local winemaker poured her heart and soul into a national competition, with the finale featured last night on national TV.    And she brought home the win! A watch party was held last night at Luigi's in Bakersfield for Jess Druey.    The founder of 'Whiny Baby' wine, Jess Druey, was among three finalists on Season 2 of Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars.    And, she emerged as the winner! Congratulations to Jess Druey who brings home $250-thousand for her win.

Some of today's top storiesA family is grieving this morning after a swimmer drowned near Tehachapi. It happened Sunday evening at Four Island Lake just before 5.    Bear Valley Police say they responded to an initial report of a swimmer in distress.    CPR was performed, but the swimmer was pronounced dead.    This is an ongoing investigation...    Police urge everyone to follow safety guidelines while being in the lake.A community in East Bakersfield that endured the severe heat without water... now has water again.    But many residents fear this water is not safe and that there is a possibility of another shutoff.  Initially, after the shutdown of Victory Mutual Water Company's wells, East Niles Community Services District temporarily provided water through an emergency contract.     Residents say they weren't notified that Victory Mutual is now providing the water again.    Last week, county health officials notified residents to boil water for drinking and cooking to avoid stomach illnesses.     That notice was lifted, but many say they are still taking precautions. We reached out to Victory Mutual, and they confirmed that the water system has been taken back over, and East Niles is no longer temporarily providing water.    When we asked for more information a Victory Mutual spokesperson said "no comment."A second suspect in deadly shootings that happened in Bakersfield in 2021 pleaded not guilty yesterday to more than a dozen felony counts.    And should he be convicted... he's eligible for the death penalty. 22-year-old Patreell Seals and his co-defendant Noah Malachi Hernandez are suspected of multiple shootings...    Including the fatal shooting of Jose De La Torre at a Taco Bell on Weedpatch Highway.    That shooting occurred in November 2021.    The two are also linked to the fatal shooting of James Ernest Ellis in December of that same year.    Hernandez and Seals are due back in court Monday.And a man is dead after crashing his motorcycle in Lake Isabella yesterday morning.    It happened just after 7:30 in the area of Highway 178 and Mobile Drive.    C-H-P says the man was on a motorcycle traveling west when he made an unsafe turn.    The man was ejected and was pronounced dead on scene.    His identity has not been publicly released.    Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in this crash.

Some of today's top storiesFirefighters were busy once again last night, with a vegetation Fire along Truxtun Avenue. This fire started just before 6 p.m. near Empire Drive.    If you were driving in the area at the time, you no doubt saw a lot of smoke from the flames.    Crews were able to get it knocked down quickly.    No word on how it started or how much brush burned.Some residents in Wofford Heights who were evacuated during last week's 155 wildfire, say they're concerned for their safety should another fire start. That's because one of their only escape routes, Sierra Way, has been closed for more than a year. Sierra Way was damaged by flooding more than a year ago.First District County Supervisor Phillip Peters addressed the community's concerns with a construction update posted on Youtube.Peters said repairs are slated to begin mid-July to repair Sierra Way and complete the route around Lake Isabella.Repairs are expected to be completed September 23. We told you yesterday morning that the oil leak that left numerous Bakersfield businesses without drinkable water for most of last week... had been fixed.But things aren't quite back to normal for many of the businesses that were affected. Premier Surgery Center on Commerical Way was one of 42 commercial customers put under the do-not-use... do-not-drink advisory for the city's tap water one week ago today.     Though that advisory was lifted Sunday... following continued water flushing and two rounds of comprehensive water quality testing... the backup it caused here, is still being felt Cal Water... the company overseeing the cleanup... says Griffin Resources LLC is responsible for the water contamination.    City Attorney Ginny Gennaro says for businesses seeking reimbursments...the  first step is to file a claim against the city.    Gennaro says the city is expecting 100% recovery from Griffin for any payments made.Trial for two men accused in the deadly shooting of a California Department of Corrections counselor, is moving forward.  Robert Pernell Roberts and Sebastian Parra are charged with attempted robbery and the murder of Benny Alcala Jr.    Alcala was killed while charging his electric vehicle in the parking lot of the Sotckdale Target store the night of August 24, 2022.    Initially only Roberts was charged.     Parra, the prosecution's key witness at Roberts' preliminary hearing, said he'd met Roberts that night and had nothing to do with the killing.    Trial was supposed to begin ealier this year.    However, a judge halted proceedings when a Bakersfield Californian journalist refused to turn over her notes from an interview with Parra.    The judge assigned the courtroom for the trial yesterday.    Both men face life sentences if they're convicted 

Some of today's top storiesA brush fire near Lake Isabella has prompted evacuations this morning. Here's a look at the fire from a nearby camera...    This fire is being called the "Shadow Fire" and is located on Shadow Mountain Drive near Denise Drive.    Officials say it is spreading at a moderate speed.    An evacuation warning is in effect for the Squirrel Mountain Valley area.    We will continue to follow this breaking news and bring you any updates as they become availablefire crews were busy putting out a blaze in northwest Bakersfield. This fire happened at this home on Klemer street around 11 pm.     The home is near the Talladega neighborhood off Renfro road and Rosedale Highway.    As you can see, the fire destroyed the roof and garage.     The cause is unknown at this time.     We will update this story as we know more. a 2-alarm structure fire in Shafter on Saturday.    You can see in this video a structure left destroyed by the blaze...    This happened on Poplar Avenue around 2 p.m.    No word yet on any injuries or cause of the fire.a 3-alarm fire raging in Wasco early that same morning.    It left an abandoned home and multiple vehicles on 6th street destroyed.     You can see crews battling the flames.    The fire was successfuly contained after 5 hours.    There were no reports of any injuries.    The cause of this fire is also under investigation.an update on a brush fire raging Friday night northeast of the California Living Museum.    This is video of the Ranch Fire, as it's called.    It started around 7:30 that evening off Rancheria road.    Smoke from this fire was visible from parts of Bakersfield and Arvin.    The Kern County Fire Department says over over 600 acres were burned, until it was successfully contained Saturday.    No injuries were reported.    The cause of the fire is under investigation.The Coroner's Office confirmed yesterday the body of a 33-year-old woman and her fetus were found in a central Bakersfield canal nine months ago. And the coroner is classifying it as a double homicide.  The body was found back in September in a canal near the Quailwood neighborhood.               KCSO confirmed Julia  Santellan (SAN-TEH-YAWN), and her 36 to 40 week developed fetus died at the canal.               The cause of death was determined to be homicide, although the coroner is still trying to find out how they died..               A coroner's news release didn't say if the unborn boy was still in his mother's womb when they were recovered from the canal.               We will update this story as we know more.A man is in the hospital this morning after being stabbed yesterday afternoon.  It happened around 2 pm at Patriots Park near West High School.     Multiple police units responded to the scene.    There are no details as of newstime if anyone else was hurt.    We also do not have any information on a suspect.    We will update this story as we know more. A local family is mourning the death of a 2-year-old boy, who drowned in a pool in west Bakersfield.  Around 12:40pm yesterday the boy was found unresponsive in a pool near near Waterford street.    He was taken the hospital where he died.     The cause of death was drowning and the manner of death was accidental.

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Fishing Report may 22, 2023 Topics - Upper Kern River, Lower Kern River, Southfork Kern River, Lake Isabella, Owens River and Crowley Lake Hello everyone, Welcome to the fly fishing report for the week of May twenty second, two thousand twenty three. We wanted to tell you guys that this fishing report will soon be on its own podcast channel, "The Kern River Fly Shop Podcast''. You can still listen on Spotify, waypoint Tv and on Apple and Google Podcasts. It will be a podcast dedicated only to fishing in the Kern River Valley, Bakersfield, the California Surf, Owens River, and Crowley Lake. We will report on everything that we guide and fish on a regular basis. This Podcast will remain the Guy Jeans Podcast and will stay the same and Guy will keep interviewing folks he finds interesting and informative in whatever they do and hopefully you will too. For now this will be the last fishing report on this channel and it will be about 2 weeks or so before the Kern River Fly Shop Podcast channel is up and running and goes live. Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping it grow and become successful. When you get a chance, please make sure to follow the guy jeans podcast on Instagram, facebook, youtube and twitter. Following the podcast helps it grow and it's much appreciated.  If you have any questions, please email guyjeanspodcast@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fishing Report may 22, 2023 Topics - Upper Kern River, Lower Kern River, Southfork Kern River, Lake Isabella, Owens River and Crowley Lake Hello everyone, Welcome to the fly fishing report for the week of May twenty second, two thousand twenty three. We wanted to tell you guys that this fishing report will soon be on its own podcast channel, "The Kern River Fly Shop Podcast''. You can still listen on Spotify, waypoint Tv and on Apple and Google Podcasts. It will be a podcast dedicated only to fishing in the Kern River Valley, Bakersfield, the California Surf, Owens River, and Crowley Lake. We will report on everything that we guide and fish on a regular basis. This Podcast will remain the Guy Jeans Podcast and will stay the same and Guy will keep interviewing folks he finds interesting and informative in whatever they do and hopefully you will too. For now this will be the last fishing report on this channel and it will be about 2 weeks or so before the Kern River Fly Shop Podcast channel is up and running and goes live. Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping it grow and become successful. When you get a chance, please make sure to follow the guy jeans podcast on Instagram, facebook, youtube and twitter. Following the podcast helps it grow and it's much appreciated.  If you have any questions, please email guyjeanspodcast@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tehachapi musician Django Stauffer stops by and preforms a couple of original songs as he is getting ready to preform at the Tehachapi Farmer's Market. Django talks about the story behind his musical journey and the inspirations he finds along the way. Follow him on Instagram @Django-Stauffer. Send your thoughts, questions and suggestions to Media@TehachapiCityHall.com. 

Here it is! The first part of the Season 5 finale!!After several days at Lake Isabella, Ava is ready to leave. To be so close is wearing on her. Ryan helps her and Brie grab a few more things before they leave for the final stretch. Meanwhile, Jay and company literally weather a storm. And back in Colorado, Mia and her convoy continue north. But when they get word about a herd of thrashers tracking them, they realize that they need to start walking faster.Music:"Carry Me Slowly" by Jameson Nathan Jones @ Artlist.io"A Town Called Dismal" by Josh McCausland @ Artlist.io"Oval Window" by Yehezkel Raz @ Artlist.io"Bushwhacking" by Rafael Rico @ Artlist.io"Sleep Soon" by The David Roy Collective @ Artlist.io"Money in the Desert" by Dan Howell @ Artlist.io"Pull" by Oak and Cherry @ Artlist.io"Angel Share" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Speaker joins Ray to cover a wide spread of topics including Taiwan, Lake Isabella, Low Energy Cost Act, Disaster State Of Emergency, Parents Bill Of Rights and more! A formidable but rare alliance is uniting to repeal decadeslong war authorizations: House progressives and the House Freedom Caucus. Former President Bill Clinton admitted in an interview Tuesday that he bears responsibility for Ukraine giving up nuclear warheads as a result of a decades-old agreement between Kyiv, the U.S., and Russia. Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top StoriesKern County under Flood watchEvacuation warning north of Lake Isabella

Top stories: Bakersfield police have arrested a man believed to be the shooting suspect in the Feb. 5 attempted murder of a BPD officer on Baker Street.Two suspects were arrested in connection to a homicide that took place Saturday on Baker Street.The sheriff's office has launched a homicide investigation after two bodies were found at a residence in Lake Isabella on Sunday.

Ava, Brielle, and Connor have finally made it to Lake Isabella. But is it everything Connor was hoping for? While Brielle seems to like it, Ava knows they can't stay long. In Denver, Mia finds that her and Chris will help guard people on their move north. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here it is, our 300th episode! Which just happens to fall on Halloween! We have a spooooooky episode for sure this time, a full five out of five ghosts on our spookiness scale. Beware!! Don't forget to order your copy of Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie, available wherever you buy books! Check out the great podcast Bring Birds Back. They were kind enough to run a promo for us in the middle of their Halloween episode so I've returned the favor. Further reading: 'Loveland Frogman' Spotted Again? The Loveland Frogman Is Back!!! Beware. Officer who shot 'Loveland Frogman' in 1972 says story is a hoax Close Encounter at Kelly (PDF) A picture from the 2016 sighting: "Jim" the frogman cosplayer (from the second article linked to above): The 27 March 1972 Cincinnati Post article, titled "Loveland monster" by Si Cornell (p.7): A really big iguana: The 1955 sighting, drawn in 1956 by the witness's interviewer: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Shaw. It's finally Halloween, and it's also our 300th episode! Wow! I don't think I've ever made 300 of anything before. To celebrate, this episode is going to be our most Halloween-y yet, a solid five out of five ghosts on our spookiness scale. Beware, muahahaha! As usual in our Halloween episodes, we have a little bit of housekeeping before we start. The Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie book is still available everywhere you order books. I have six or seven copies of the paperback if you want to buy a signed copy directly from me. Just drop me an email if you're interested. This past year has been extremely busy for me. Apart from the podcast, I also sold my house and moved to an apartment, went to a lot of conventions to sell books, and worked on my fiction writing. I self-published a novella this summer called Royal Red, which is about dragons, but it's not appropriate for younger readers so I won't link to it. Everything I've done this year has been positive ultimately, but it was incredibly stressful at the time. Now that things are settling down, I've had time to think about what I want to do in the future. I love making Strange Animals Podcast, but it's also taking up more and more of my time. I have a lot of hobbies and interests outside of podcasting, which I haven't had time to do very much in the last few years. I need to pull back and regain time for myself. But don't worry, we'll still have an episode every week! The episodes will just be shorter on average. Hopefully you won't even notice the change. Feel free to continue sending in your suggestions and feedback. I know I'm really backed up on suggestions and hope to get to a bunch of them in the next few months. If you worry that I never got your suggestion, you can send it again! Also, if you want a sticker, send me your mailing address and I'll mail you one. That's true all the time, not just right now. Thanks to everyone for supporting the podcast over the last 300 episodes! Let's aim for another 300. Also, stick around to the very end of the episode to hear a promo from a great podcast called Bring Birds Back. I think you'll really like the show. Now, it's time to learn about the LOVELAND FROG. Which does not sound spooky, but believe me, it is. The story doesn't start in 2016, but that's where we're going to start. In early August 2016, a young man named Sam Jacobs was playing Pokemon Go with his girlfriend in Loveland, Ohio. They were near Lake Isabella when Sam noticed a big frog in the water. It was getting dark at this point and all Sam could see was the frog's eyes reflecting light and its head and back above the water. It was so big that he took pictures and even video, but then the frog stood up out of the water and walked around on its hind legs, the size of a human. But that wasn't the first time someone had seen a giant frog-man in the area. In 1972 it was seen twice, both times by policemen. On March 3, 1972,

Top stories: - Two men accused of killing Major Sutton are scheduled to learn how much time they will spend behind bars. - A couple from Lake Isabella accused of killing their baby will also face a judge.

Top stories: - Reports on social media claim at least six students have overdosed on fentanyl at North High. - A family in southwest Bakersfield is mourning the death of their two dogs after a house fire.- A black bear was hit and killed by a car on Highway 178 near the Lake Isabella area. This is the second bear to be hit on Highway 178 in the past two months.

The Pizza Punks manage to sneak into Biotechnica, with the help of Sofia, and board their Gyrocopter to Lake Isabella. Tab opens cages and bad things happen.

Top Stories: - The bodies of Larry Petree and his wife Betty were discovered on a desert dirt road east of California City Sunday afternoon.- Police asking for help searching for an at-risk missing teen. - More details about the couple charged in the death of a baby in Lake Isabella.

Top Stories: - BPD is investigating an officer involved shooting near Ridgeview High School. - KCSO warns people of thieves dressed as deputies. - A man and woman have been charged in the death of a 1-year-old in Lake Isabella.

Guy Jeans talks about the current fly-fishing conditions in the Southern Sierra. Locations include: the Lower Kern River, Upper Kern River, 4 Mile Wild Trout Section, 20 Mile Section, South Fork of the Kern, Lake Isabella, Golden Trout Wilderness and the California Surf. He also talks about techniques used to catch all the different species in these fisheries. Questions are answered by Guy from listeners on rods, techniques, casting and bass. He also talks in detail about roll casting. For more questions for Guy and the Southern Sierra fly fishing opportunities casting and techniques, email him @ kernriverflyshoppodcast@gmail.com or go to www.kernriverflyshop.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guy Jeans talks about the current fly-fishing conditions in the Southern Sierra. Locations include: the Lower Kern River, Upper Kern River, 4 Mile Wild Trout Section, 20 Mile Section, South Fork of the Kern, Lake Isabella, Golden Trout Wilderness and the California Surf. He also talks about techniques used to catch all the different species in these fisheries. Questions are answered by Guy from listeners on rods, techniques, casting and bass. He also talks in detail about roll casting. For more questions for Guy and the Southern Sierra fly fishing opportunities casting and techniques, email him @ kernriverflyshoppodcast@gmail.com or go to www.kernriverflyshop.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guy Jeans talks about the current fly-fishing conditions in the Southern Sierra. Locations include: the Lower Kern River, Upper Kern River, 4 Mile Wild Trout Section, 20 Mile Section, South Fork of the Kern, Lake Isabella, Golden Trout Wilderness and the California Surf. He also talks about techniques used to catch all the different species in these fisheries. Questions are answered by Guy from listeners on rods, techniques, casting and bass. He also talks in detail about roll casting. For more questions for Guy and the Southern Sierra fly fishing opportunities casting and techniques, email him @ kernriverflyshoppodcast@gmail.com or go to www.kernriverflyshop.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/guy-jeans/support

Guy Jeans talks about the current fly-fishing conditions in the Southern Sierra. Locations include: the Lower Kern River, Upper Kern River, 4 Mile Wild Trout Section, 20 Mile Section, South Fork of the Kern, Lake Isabella, Golden Trout Wilderness and the California Surf. He also talks about techniques used to catch all the different species in these fisheries. Questions are answered by Guy from listeners on rods, techniques, casting and bass. He also talks in detail about roll casting. For more questions for Guy and the Southern Sierra fly fishing opportunities casting and techniques, email him @ kernriverflyshoppodcast@gmail.com or go to www.kernriverflyshop.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/guy-jeans/support

-At least one person is dead and nearly half the state of Louisiana is without power after Hurricane Ida made landfall yesterday.-One man dead and another hospitalized after a shooting that took place on South Owens street around 9 o'clock Sunday morning.-The French Fire continues to burn near Lake Isabella this morning.

Become a Patreon Producer: www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find us at Our Official Website Be on the lookout for the upcoming documentary all about The Midnight Train Podcast!!   Well well well, here we are. Home state time. Creepy Ohio is where we are heading today! We're probably going to skip over the big boys like the Ohio State reformatory and places like that because well… You know about them. There will be plenty of good stuff though we promise!   Let's start off in good ol… Dayton? Sure Dayton it is! We're going to visit the Victoria Theatre. Fun fact about this place...The Victoria is one of the oldest continually operated theaters on the continent! It cost $225,000 to build and opened as the Turner opera house in 1866. If you're wondering, that's just under 4 million in 2021 money. According to an article, newspapers at the time called it the best theater west of Philadelphia! Impressive! General admission was $1. The best seats in the house were between $10 and $12. Arson was suspected of having caused an all-consuming fire May 16, 1869, which destroyed the theater at a loss of $500,000, about 10 million today,  of which insurance covered only $128,000, 2.5 million, so that sucks pretty bad. The rebuild took a few years and the theater reopened in 1871. The opera house resumed operations as "The Music Hall". In 1885 it became "The Grand Opera House". On September 18, 1899, it became the "Victoria Opera House", and in 1903, it became the Victoria Theatre, two years after the death of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Smooth sailing from here on out right? Wrong? 1913 brought about the Great Dayton Flood. The Dayton flood of March 1913 was caused by a series of severe winter rain storms that hit the Midwest in late March. Within three days, 8–11 inches (200–280 mm For all you civilized people out there) of rain fell throughout the Great Miami River watershed on already saturated soil, resulting in more than 90 percent runoff. The river and its tributaries overflowed. The existing levees failed, and downtown Dayton was flooded up to 20 feet (6.1 m) deep. This flood is still the flood of record for the Great Miami River watershed. The volume of water that passed through the river channel during this storm equaled the monthly flow over Niagara Falls. Daaaaaaaang! The ground floor of the theater was severely damaged. The theater's interior was rebuilt and remodeled. Ok now that disaster is out of the way…. Wait… What's that? There's more? Jeez… On January 16, 1918, fire struck again and gutted portions of the building. Due to WW1 the rebuild was delayed due to a materials shortage.  After the Armistice, The Victoria saw extensive interior remodeling and in 1919 re-opened as "The Victory Theatre" – a name commemorating the American war effort and its result. For many years after this, the theater had an amazing run and saw many of the top performers of the days come through. Al Jolson, The Marx Brothers, Helen Hayes, Fannie Brice, George M. Cohan, Lynn Fontayne, Gertrude Lawrence, Alfred Lunt, and some schhlub named Harry Houdini were just some of the big names to grace the theater! In the thirties the theatre  was fitted to also play talking pictures! Here's another fun tidbit of trivia, chainsaw was one of the pioneers of talking pictures! He started in the first talkie ever, it was called, "I Can't Believe This, What is this voodoo?" It was not good. In fact, don't look it up on YouTube, it's really really bad. Over the years the change in times and the way the city of Dayton was headed, threatened to close the theater. In 1975 it was slated for demolition, in favor of a proposed parking lot. A public outcry for the theater's preservation that year helped to earn the building its listing in the National Register of Historic Places and, thus, it escaped demolition. However, portions of the building were in poor or fading condition. All the while, it continued to be visited extensively by traveling theater companies.The theatre had a network of access tunnels stretching out beneath the city's streets for several blocks. It was said that, during Vaudeville times, the tunnels allowed circus animals to be unloaded from railroad cars blocks away from the theatre, and held underground until showtime. As late as 1979, much of the tunnel network was accessible to employees, although some sections were blocked off by city steam pipes.  In 1978, the theatre was greatly benefited by the donation of a cache of equipment and stage draperies from National Cash Register's (NCR) auditorium, which had been slated for demolition. NCR also donated its historic five-rank Estay pipe organ to the Victory, which was renovated and installed by aficionados. In 1986, Virginia Kettering donated $7 million to fund a downtown arts center, conditioning her donation on the requirement that the center include the Victory Theater and be located within the same one-block area.The 1989 rebuilding of the theater was extensive. It involved razing the interior commercial space within the forward, Main Street-facing section of the building as well as the stage house, while carefully preserving and restoring the 1866–71 facade and the 1919 auditorium. At the same time, the interior auditorium portion of the structure was completely renovated. All of the commercial space at street level was reclaimed for a grand, new lobby. The result was an extensively-new Victoria Theatre (as it was now so renamed) designed expressly for the performing arts. The auditorium retained its original appearance with completely restored plaster work, drapery, marble work, gilding, and fresco detailing. Additionally, the house received state-of-the-art upgrading to its wiring, lighting, and sound systems and now accommodated infrared sound transmitters for headphone use.   The current theater accommodates 1,154, with 635 seats in the orchestra, and 519 in the balcony. The proscenium measures 37'7" wide by 29'0" high by 39'3" deep. A full-sized orchestra pit lies just below the stage lip. Ten dressing rooms, accommodating up to 18 people, are off-stage left, in the basement and at stage level.   You know we love to get the history of these places and this one is pretty cool. So what about creepy stuff? Well let's check it out! First off according to a dayton.com article, there's the story of a touring actress in the early 1900s who went to her dressing room to change for the next scene, and never came out of the room. No trace of her was ever found, though fewer and fewer actors would use that dressing room, with reports that some would look into the mirror and see her face staring back again. The same article talks about how in the 1950s, a man committed suicide in the theater by wedging a knife into the seat in front of him and throwing himself upon it. When the curtains around the left exit door are pulled, some people claim to see his face.  Staff members through the years have said they heard strange noises like the rustling of satin or taffeta, or suddenly smelled the scent of roses in the air. Others are said to have seen the ghost of the Victoria's founder when they're alone in the building.   Diane Schoeffler-Warren, Victoria spokeswoman, told us that many of the historic theater's long-time volunteers and staff like to blame these strange occurrences on “Miss Vicki,” who was not a real person.       PARANORMAL FINDINGS Staff, patrons and performers have had a boatload of experiences with the spirits who visit or reside here.   Project Paranormal Investigations caught some hard evidence that greatly increases the known number of spirits who adore this theatre.   Apparently, the spirits here are a talkative group. They caught a boatload of EVP's of many spirits. One spirit once worked there as an usher, some crew members, actors and actresses, a director and a well dressed man with a dirty hat who watches people who come into the auditorium.   One EVP possibly suggests that the spirit of Vicki's killer is grounded here. “They will never catch me!”   This well-dressed man could be the spirit of the Victoria's founder keeping a close eye on the living and still enjoying his theer.   Spirits freely gave up their names: Isaac, Jacob, Alice, Jennifer Price, Bill and Miss Josephine Swartz who was a well-known ballet instructor.   One male spirit pleaded for help.   One gruff spirit didn't believe he was dead, and asked the investigator. “Do you want to fight?” This fiesta spirit said that the year was 2000.   One male spirit keeps the spirit of Vicky company. Hopefully he is a friend and her protector.   There was a negative, evil one there as well, reported by the other spirits. This spirit said that he was sent to keep another spirit stuck here. That's…. Nuts...ooh boy.    So that's fun stuff, haunted theaters are always good. Where should we head now?   How about a lunatic asylum that's now part of a college… We know that seems crazy but just run with us. The Ridges, a building formerly known as the Athens Lunatic Asylum, has been a constant source of ghost stories and sightings for years. The Ridges, was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993. After a period of disuse the property was redeveloped by the state of Ohio. Today, The Ridges are a part of Ohio University and house the Kennedy Museum of Art as well as an auditorium and many offices, classrooms, and storage facilities. The original design included an administration building with two wings, one that would house the males and the other for females. The building itself was 853 feet long, 60 feet wide, and built with red bricks fired from clay dug on-site. Built onto the back were a laundry room and boiler house. Seven cottages were also constructed to house even more patients. There was room to house 572 patients in the main building, almost double of what Kirkbride had recommended, leading to overcrowding and conflicts between the patients.The administrative section, located between the two resident wings, included an entrance hall, offices, a reception room on the first floor, the superintendent's residence on the second floor, and quarters for other officers and physicians on the 3rd and 4th floors. A large high ceiling amusement hall filled the 2nd and 3rd floors, and a chapel was included on the 4th floor. Behind and beneath the building's public and private spaces were the heating and mechanical systems, kitchens, cellars, storerooms, and workspaces.  The site, which was first comprised of 141 acres, would eventually grow to 1,019 acres, including cultivated, wooded, and pasture land. The grounds were designed by Herman Haerlin of Cincinnati and would incorporate landscaped hills and trees, decorative lakes, a spring, and a creek with a waterfall. Not only would the patients enjoy the beautiful landscape, but citizens also enjoyed the extensive grounds. Though the facility would never be fully self-sustaining, over the years, the grounds would include livestock, farm fields and gardens, an orchard, greenhouses, a dairy, a receiving hospital, a Tubercular Ward, a physical plant to generate steam heat, and even a carriage shop in the earlier years.  The hospital, first called the Athens Lunatic Asylum, officially began operations on January 9, 1874. Within two years, it was renamed the Athens Hospital for the Insane. Over the years, its name would be changed many times to the Athens State Hospital, the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, and the Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center. During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients, including Civil War veterans, children, the elderly, the homeless, rebellious teenagers being taught a lesson by their parents, and violent criminals suffering from various mental and physical disabilities. With diagnoses ranging from the slightest distress to severely mentally ill, these patients were provided various forms of care, many of which have been discredited today. The asylum was best known for its practice of lobotomy, but it was also known to have practiced hydrotherapy, electroshock, restraint, and psychotropic drugs, many of which have been found to be harmful today. More interesting are the causes listed for admission, including epilepsy, menopause, alcohol addiction, and tuberculosis. General “ill health” also accounted for many admissions, which included in the first three years of operation 39 men and 44 women. For the female patients hospitalized during these first three years of the asylum's operation, the three leading causes of insanity are recorded as “puerperal condition” (relating to childbirth), “change of life,” and “menstrual derangements.” According to an 1876 report, the leading cause of insanity among male patients was masturbation. The second most common cause of insanity was listed as intemperance (alcohol). Depending upon their condition, a patient's treatment could range from full care to amazing freedom. Over the years, numerous buildings were added, including a farm office, a new amusement hall, additional wards and residences, a laundry building, power plant, garages, stables, mechanics shops, a firehouse, therapy rooms, and dozens of others. By the 1950s, the hospital was using 78 buildings and was treating 1,800 patients. In the 1960s, the total square footage of the facility was recorded at 660,888 square feet. At this time, its population peaked at nearly 2,000 patients, over three times its capacity. However, the number of patients would begin to decline for the next several decades as de-institutionalization accelerated. As the number of people at the Asylum declined, the buildings and wards were abandoned one by one. Comprised of three graveyards, burials began soon after the institution's opening as there were deceased patients who were unclaimed by their families. Until 1943 the burials were headed only by stones with numbers, with the names of the dead known only in recorded ledgers. Only one register exists today, which contains the names of 1,700 of the over 2,000 burials. In 1972 the last patients were buried in the asylum cemetery. Today the cemeteries continue to be maintained by the Ohio Department of Mental Health.   In 1977, Athens Asylum made news when it housed multiple personality rapist Billy Milligan. In the highly publicized court case, Milligan was found to have committed several felonies, including armed robbery, kidnapping, and three rapes on the Ohio State University campus. In preparing his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with multiple personality disorder, from which the doctors said he had suffered from early childhood. He was the first person diagnosed with multiple personality disorder to raise such a defense and the first acquitted of a major crime for this reason. Milligan was then sent to a series of state-run mental hospitals, including Athens. While at these hospitals, Milligan reported having ten different personalities. Later 14 more personalities were said to have been discovered. After a decade, Milligan was discharged. He died of cancer at a nursing home in Columbus, Ohio, on December 12, 2014, at 59. The next year, the hospital made the news again when a patient named Margaret Schilling disappeared on December 1, 1978. It wasn't until January 12, 1979, 42 days later that her body was discovered by a maintenance worker in a locked long-abandoned ward once used for patients with infectious illnesses. Though tests showed that she died of heart failure, she was found completely naked with her clothing neatly folded next to her body. More interesting is the permanent stain that her body left behind. Clearly, an imprint of her hair and body can still be seen on the floor, even though numerous attempts have been made to remove it. By 1981 the hospital housed fewer than 300 patients, numerous buildings stood abandoned, and over 300 acres were transferred to Ohio University. In 1988, the facilities and grounds (excluding the cemeteries) were deeded from the Department of Mental Health to Ohio University.   The Athens Center officially closed in 1993, and the remaining patients transferred to another facility. The property stood vacant for several years before restoration began. The name of the property was changed to the “Ridges” and in 2001 renovation work was completed on the main building, known as Lin Hall. Today it houses music, geology, biotechnology offices, storage facilities, and the Kennedy Museum of Art. Over the years, other hospital buildings were modeled and used by the University, although many others still sit abandoned. wow… Crazy stuff. The info and the history cave from a great article at legends of America.com.    When the University took over the property, some students began to spend time at the Ridges. This is when many reports of paranormal activity began to surface. This includes hearing disembodied screams in the middle of the night, electric anomalies, rattling door handles and vanishing spectral images. Some of these events occurred in the area where Margaret Schilling's remains were found and, were thus, attributed to her. Her spirit is said to have appeared staring down from the window of the room where her lifeless body was discovered. Her apparition has been seen attempting to escape. Others have seen her wander in various parts of the building at night.   Other former patients are also said to remain in residence as well. Visitors have reported seeing strange figures standing in the empty wings of the former hospital. Many have heard the disembodied voices of those in agony and warning those that wish to listen to them. You may also hear the squeaks of gurneys that are no longer there. Some folks see strange lights and hear screams echoing through the walls. More frightening, many have come across the spirits of patients in the basement, who remain shackled there in their afterlife. Sadly, these may be the many spirits who died or suffered at the hands of staff in the asylum.   The cemetery is also said to be haunted by shadowy people and strange lights. In one area, the linear shapes of the graves form a circle, rumored to be a witches' meeting point.    Let's switch it up for a minute and talk about Moody's favorite things … The cryptids! So what kind of cryptids can one expect to find in Ohio? Well we are gonna let ya know!    Let's start with the Loveland Frogmen. Stories started popping out in the 50's, tales that differed slightly from one another, about a massive frog causing all manner of mischief.  Most of the stories start the same but there seem to be three major variations. In one story, the motorist is heading out of the Branch Hill neighborhood when he shines his car's headlights on the huge figures. The trio stood on their hind legs and just stood in the middle of the road. The man honks his horn. The figures perk up. They twist their necks around. A gasp!!!! All three look at the driver with leathery skin and frog faces.   Version number 3: same bridge, the motorist pulls over, he gets out of his car and spots the creatures. All three are conversing animatedly. The driver calls out to them. One of the Loveland Frogman gets up, points his finger at his friends in the universal gesture of “put a pin in it,” turns to the bothersome intruder, “can't you see we're holding a conversation? How rude,” holds out a wand over its heads, and flicks the Harry Potter approved apparatus… a blazing fire of sparks cannons out of the wand. The motorist flees the scene.    The other version goes like this: the motorist spots the creatures under the Loveland bridge, one of many going over the Little Miami river – he honks his horn. The creatures shot out from under the bridge, one lands on his hood and croaks… the driver passes out. On 3 March 1972 at 1:00 am, the Loveland police department goose marched into the madness. Officer Ray Shockey was gliding his car on Riverside Drive near the Totes boot factory and the Little Miami River when a suspicious animal ran across the road in front of his vehicle. He hit his brakes. Hit the steering wheel and looked on. The animal, now fully illuminated in his patrol car's headlights, blinked at Shockey… who was having a meltdown true to his last name; Shockey was in shock. Framed in his car's lamp stood the legendary Loveland Frogman. Shockey reported the sighting and stated, “it's crouched like a frog.” The creature then climbed over the guardrail and jumped into the river.   Two weeks after that wild incident, a second Loveland police officer, Mark Matthews, did Shockey a solid and reported seeing an unidentified animal, similar in height and facets, near the same road. And you know what… He shot the damn thing! That's right, killed it! Unfortunately Matthews didn't actually shoot a frogman…nope. According to Matthews, it was “a large iguana about 3 or 3.5 feet long”, and he didn't immediately pinpoint the creature's ID because it was missing its tail… not a freaking Loveland Frogman.    “It either got loose or was released when it grew too large"   In August 2016, local Cincinnati TV stations reported that "a night of fun turned into a chilling tale of horror" when two teenagers playing Pokémon Go between Loveland Madeira Road and Lake Isabella claimed to see a giant frog near the lake on August 3 that "stood up and walked on its hind legs".[7][8] It was later revealed to be a local student from Archbishop Moeller High School in a homemade frog costume.   Real or not? We may never know! You don't believe in the Frogmen you say well how about the grass man!    Often referred to as the Eastern Bigfoot, the Grassman is reportedly a 7-foot tall, 300-pound hominid.   According to famed cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman, the Ohio Grassmen have a more human-like appearance and are more human-looking and are shorter than the classic “Bigfoot”.  The Grassman is often seen around farms and especially eating tall grasses such as wheat, which is what its main diet is, and where its name comes from. In addition to a different diet, the Grassman also seems much more sociable than Bigfoot. Many Grassman sightings include more than one Grassman, and it is reported that mothers have been seen with babies. The first sightings of the Grassman date all the way to 1869, however, one of the most prominent sightings was in 1978. The grandchildren of Minerva residents Evelyn and Howe Clayton, along with their friends, ran inside screaming about a hairy monster they saw in the gravel pit outside. When the couple went out to investigate, they saw the Grassman, just as the children had described, and it quickly ran off. The family saw the creature a few more times, and claimed that it would leave the smell of rotten eggs wherever it passed through, though it never seemed to steal anything.    Yet another Bigfoot-type creature lurks in Ohio, this time near Minerva. The Minerva Monster was first spotted by the Cayton family in the late 1970s when they followed the sound of their barking dogs to a pit on their property where they disposed of trash. Inside the pit, they found a massive, 7-foot tall, 300-pound creature, covered in fur, staring at them as they approached. The creature returned to the family's property so often that it was witnessed by several other friends and family members and even investigated by the sheriff. During the creature's final appearance at the property, two creatures were spotted after the home was pelted with several rocks while the family was inside. We suspect this may have been chainsaw.    Although sightings continued in nearby counties, none were as detailed as the Cayton families, whose stories remained unchanged for decades.    How about the Charles Mills Lake Monster! This mysterious cryptid has only been documented one time. In March of 1959, teenagers Denny Patterson, Wayne Armstrong, and Michael Lane were running amok near the shores of Charles Mills Lake when they saw something that terrified them.   Out of the water came a 7-foot tall, armless, humanoid. The boys noted that the creature had glowing green eyes and massive webbed feet. After the boys reported what they had seen, authorities searched the area, finding footprints that they thought resembled tracks that scuba and snorkel diving fins would leave behind.   Crosswick Monster Around 20 miles north of the Loveland Frogman's territory lies Crosswick. Although the monster hasn't been spotted in nearly 200 years, the legend of the Crosswick Monster is still told in the area. According to reports, two young boys were playing on the banks of a small creek when they were startled by a massive, snake-like creature. The monster sprouted arms and snatched one of the boys, dragging him nearly 100 yards to a massive sycamore tree that was assumed to be its den.   The Crosswick monster dropped the child just outside a hole in the tree's bank. The 26-foot diameter tree was eventually chopped through by dozens of men from the town and when the serpent-creature reappeared, the men noted that it was between 12-14 feet tall. The monster escaped the men, crashing through a fence before darting into a cavern.   The full description read, “It is described as being 30 to 40 feet long, 12 to 14 feet tall when erect, 16 inches in diameter, and legs 4 feet long. It is covered with scales like a lizard's, of black and white color with large yellow spots. Its head is about 16 inches wide, with a long forked tongue, and the mouth inside deep red.”   Although the Crosswick Monster was never seen again, it is remembered as one of the most believable cryptid experiences in Ohio, as more than 60 men claimed to have witnessed it.   Dogman   Described as a werewolf-like creature, the Dogman has reportedly been seen all throughout Ohio. Eyewitnesses describe the Dogman creatures as between 4-6 feet tall, often very muscular, and with pink or gray skin. It is sometimes seen on all fours or walking bipedally.   One of the most recent accounts was in 2016 in Allen County. The Dogman is typically associated with Michigan, but in the past decade, several sightings have taken place throughout Ohio, an understandable migration.   Ok so let's get back to creepy places!    How about a haunted hotel? The Buxton inn  fits the bill! Buxton Inn was originally called the Tavern and it was built in 1812 by Orrin Granger. Today, the Buxton Inn is the oldest continuously running inn in Granville, Ohio. Aside from being an inn, Buxton also served as Granville's first post office and a stagecoach stop. The Buxton became very popular and was patronized by no less than President William Harrison himself. After Orrin Granger died, ownership of the inn changed. Although it went through several owners, it never closed down because of its popularity. In 1829, more additions were constructed for the building. In the 1850s, the inn was purchased by James W. Dilley and it was renamed to “The Dilley House”. Major Buxton and his wife acquired the property in 1865. They attracted many guests and the inn continued to thrive under their ownership. After the death of the Buxtons, retired opera singer Ethel Bounell took over the inn. The current owners of the inn are Orville and Audrey Orr. The Buxton Inn's long history lives on with the ghosts frequently seen there, the majority of which are the ghosts of its former owners. The first ghost ever reported at the hotel was Orrin Granger in the 1920's who built the hotel in 1812.   During the 70's, workers of the inn saw a man dressed in blue and since then they have refused to enter the inn after dark. Major Buxton (the man who the inn was named after) is also said to haunt the inn. He has been spotted in several locations around the inn.   Ethel “Bonnie” Bounell, the former innkeeper, is said to have died in room number nine. Guests who have stayed in the room have reported seeing a lady dressed in blue, Bonnie's favourite color.  Shadowy figures have been seen in rooms number seven and nine and even in the basement. Guests have also felt the presence of a ghostly cat jumping on their beds. Other reports include heavy doors slamming shut and opening of their own accord, with no apparent breeze or other valid explanation. People have also reported hearing footsteps behind them in empty hallways, and their names being called out.   Definitely spooky… anyone want to take a trip to hell? No? How about just helltown? Well that is where we're headed!    The village known as “Helltown” is purportedly teeming with crybaby bridges, spooked school buses, mass human sacrifice scenes, and a mutant python for good measure. The extreme folklore surrounding the region formerly known as Boston, Ohio is ironic since the only verifiable legend about the town is that it is deserted for a very frighteningly tragic reason. Founded in 1806, Boston Village's original claim to fame was its standing as the oldest village in Summit County. Boston's relatively uneventful life took a turn for the worse in 1974, when it became the unlucky victim of nationwide anxiety over the country's disappearing forestland. Using the laws of eminent domain, President Gerald Ford signed a bill that gave the federal government's National Park Service jurisdiction to expropriate land for the establishment of National Parks. The NPS decided that Boston Township would be the new home for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and began buying the properties of its longtime residents. The sentiment among citizens who had no choice but to leave their homes was expressed in a message scribbled on the wall of one of the houses: “Now we know how the Indians felt.” The empty homes were boarded up and adorned with U.S. “No Trespassing” signs. The government quickly fell behind on its plan to create the park and the village sat neglected. The remaining buildings, remnants of a “vanished” town, have created a fertile soil for the innumerable urban legends that have popped up over the years.   The hellish aura of the area only continued to grow when the NPS acquired Krejci Dump in 1985. Rangers visiting the site became ill and covered in rashes. It was soon discovered the dump was highly polluted with toxic chemicals improperly disposed of. The dump became a Superfund site and as of 2015 the NPS is wrapping up restoration of the area.    Helltown is home to six or seven separate legends, which has led this area in Boston Township in Ohio to be grouped as one large haunted site. The overgrowth creates a dark, almost cursed place, where ghosts, cults, Satanists, and even a wild-eyed serial killer were said to lurk. Helltown is the nickname given to the northern part of Summit County. The areas most associated with the legends are Boston Township and Boston Village, as well as portions of Sagamore Hills. First settled all the way back in 1806, Boston stands as the oldest village in Summit County. The construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal brought loads of people to the region in the mid-1820s. The area then began to flourish when a railroad station was constructed in the town. The station was named ‘Boston Mills,' and the name stuck.   Loads of legends come out of the Boston Cemetery, which sits deep in the middle of the area known as Helltown, including tales of a ghost who sits on a bench and stares out into space, forlorn, waiting for his family to come back for him. The only souls not forced to leave the area were the dead, now stuck in this abandoned ghost town, looking for their families which have left so long ago.   There are two roads through Helltown, both labeled as ‘dead ends' even though you can watch them continue on into the distance. Legend says that local Satanic cults put up these signs to keep people out of their secret hideouts. Stanford Road, one of the main roads in Helltown, is sometimes referred to as The End of the World, or Highway to Hell. It is a twisting, dangerous road with a very sharp incline, so steep that when a car crests the top of the hill, it looks as if it is driving off a cliff. Some stories indicate that the road itself is evil, and is known to take possession of your vehicle, causing fatal accidents. It is said that if you park your car at the end of Stanford Road, you may meet your gruesome fate at the hands of the strange people who still patrol the area, protecting it.   One rumor persists through the ages that the town's residents were actually evacuated due to a large chemical spill, and the National Park was just a cover-up. The chemical spills were said to have caused mutations in local children, and even created the Peninsula Python, a gigantic snake that slithers the area.    An account given by a local paranormal researcher who explored the area truly sums up the overall vibe of Helltown – “I have experienced much in my explorations of there, some of which I don't care to remember and some of which I can never hope to explain.       Helltown is not truly abandoned. It does have residents, but they are a strange and frightening breed. I have gone exploring the woods and cemetery of the area in the late night and wee morning hours, and have returned to my car to find strange people looking into its car windows. This has happened twice––once at 2:00 AM and once at 4:30 AM. Both times, the people fled as soon as they saw me approaching the car before I had a chance to speak to them. Both times, they were dressed in all black.       A part of me is glad that I didn't get to converse with them because I have heard too many tales about the ways of Hell Town residents. Supposedly, they are all Satanists and worship at the town's two evil churches. I have been to both of these churches, however not inside them. One, the Mother of Sorrows, has upside-down crosses hanging from it.       I have also been to the Boston Cemetery, where a ghost has been seen sitting on a bench. This cemetery is as dark a place as I have ever been. The graves date back to the early 1800s. I didn't see the ghost when I visited, but I did hear strange growls and howls from the depths of the graveyard.  This was more than enough to convince me to leave, as the prospect of getting attacked by some strange boneyard dwelling beast was not appealing, to say the least.”   Welllllll we might not be heading there any time soon! Ok we got one more place for ya. The Bellaire house. The history of Bellaire House stretches back to 1904, when it was constructed by Jacob Heatherington, who also owned a coal mine that ran directly beneath the property on Belmont Street.   When the original owner died, he left the land and the five-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath house to his daughter Eliza and son Edwin.    But not long after coming into her inheritance, Eliza Heatherington collapsed dead on the dining room floor in the house.   Legend has it that her grieving brother became obsessed with the idea of communicating with his dearly departed sister from beyond and invited mediums from across the country to his home for that purpose. Paranormal researchers believe that it was Edwin Heatherington who, through his experiments with the occult, unwittingly opened nearly a dozen different portals to the 'other side' throughout the house, allowing malevolent spirits to cross over.   Research suggests that the plot of land on which the house sits also conceals Native American burial caves, and it has been intimated, though not confirmed, that prior to the Civil War the site was part of the Underground Railroad used by fugitive slaves.   The Bellaire House sits on what is known as a Leyline. This means there is a consistent wellspring of paranormal activity that goes all through the house. A virtual spring of ghosts coming back from the dead.   Kristin Lee, the current owner of the house was affected by two floods which left her family homeless. After they moved into the home they saw “odd” things. Kristin Lee blamed everything except for the paranormal until the point when it was impossible to deny. She describes the history and her time there on the home's website.         "The house gained a mysterious reputation even during the years when it was sitting abandoned. The neighbors in the area claimed to see people roaming around in the house or peeking out of the windows. This was when the house was locked and no one was living there. There were some who thought that the kids were up to something nifty, but when I moved in there, it didn't take long for its history to resurface because that's when paranormal activities in the Bellaire House began to manifest in more violent ways. Jacob Heatherington built the Bellaire House in the vicinity of sacred Shawnee Native American burial caves. That makes the house 172 years old. Those caves were right behind the Bellaire House and the Ohio River is right in the front. Physics proves that water is a portal because it is always moving and the magnetic pull of the water creates a powerhouse of energy where spirits can cut through earthbound gravity, gain energy to port back and forth from their dimension to ours. The craziest part is that the portal sits right under the Bellaire House.   This area is still known as the Native American Internment Area. The thing is that the Native Americans who lived in this area used to bury their leaders, chieftain, shamans, healers, and witchdoctors in these caves. They used to hold their ceremonies in this area and practiced magic. In 1754 the French & Indian War rampaged through Bellaire. The native massacres by the hands of French soldiers were large. Blood still stains the grounds of the entire town of Bellaire. The residual energy of the slaughter still seeps inside the soil today.   She goes on to say:           Although Joe Estes & Associates cleaned the inhuman spirits, the house is always active to this day despite all the cleansing and Catholic rituals.   The ley line over which the Bellaire House is built is one of the alignments of ancient monuments and prehistoric sites in straight lines. It is believed by some that it indicates paths of positive energy inherent in the Earth. The Bellaire House is on the tip of one of the most ancient ley lines in the world! This could possibly be the reason why the Native Americans chose the land that the Bellaire House sits on because it is supercharged with such a profound energy source that it caused a direct connection to the great spirit, the old world gods, and intergalactic beings!   Research revealed that when Jacob Heatherington, who was a millionaire and used to run the city, died he left the coal mine company to his son Alex Heatherington, who was assisted by his daughter Lyde.   Unfortunately, the business started to fail due to Alex hearing and seeing things that were not there. He also began to have epileptic seizures and declared that "demons were trying to kill him." Back then people believed that he was haunted and cursed because of the coal mine explosions.   According to paranormal investigators, there are as many as 11 portals throughout the house. The most interesting thing is that no matter how hard paranormal investigators try, these portals refuse to stay closed.  Edwin and Lyde were also known to have servants. Mostly, all of them were named Mary. There was one particular Mary that had a child inside of the Bellaire House and it was rumored that the child had the bloodline that was needed to allow an entity inside of the Bellaire House to grow stronger to do Lyde's bidding. There are village rumors that a servant's child was lured to the attic and plunged to his death out of the window.   In March 1940, there was another explosion in the mines. This time in Coal Mine #2, which was commonly referred to as Willow Grove Mine at the time. It was about twenty minutes from Bellaire. The explosion trapped 180 men in the mine and took the lives of at least fifty men. Also, it left more than a hundred men burned and severely wounded. Although many members of the community tried to rescue the trapped men, only a few men could be saved. It's said that the rescue attempt continued for several days to no avail. This explosion at Coal Mine #2 further contributed to the haunting of the Bellaire House..   So what exactly happened to Kristen Lee and her family in that house. One day, Lee said she was home when she heard the sound of footsteps coming from the attic. She assumed it was her boyfriend, Jeff, whom she thought was working upstairs.   When sometime later she heard Jeff come through the front door downstairs, Kristen was shocked, but figured that the noise she heard from the attic was just the old house settling. A few weeks later, Kristen was napping on the couch when she was awakened by a presence next to her. She opened her eyes to discover a man's greyish figure in a cap.   She screamed in terror and demanded to know who he was. The man said nothing in response, got up from the couch, made his way to the foyer and vanished into thin air.   Lee noted that her boyfriend and son were asleep at the time, but the family dog appeared panic-stricken. She also pointed out that it was so cold in the room she could see her breath.   Lee says that was her first startling encounter with the supernatural inside the house, which she would later dub ‘a portal to hell.'   In the following months, Lee and her family would allegedly experience strange voices and footsteps, objects moving on their own and ghostly figures popping up out of nowhere. It came to a point where Lee sent her youngest son to stay with her parents and her oldest with his father because she feared for their safety inside the house.   Things finally came to a head one evening when Lee says the family dog was hurled against a bedroom wall by an invisible force, which at the same time pinned her down, rendering her motionless.   After that incident, Lee and her family promptly decided to move and rent out the house, but her tenants did not linger there either.   One family that briefly called Bellaire House their home allegedly lost six of eight family members while residing at 1699 Belmont Street.   Kristen Lee then tried to offload the house by selling it to the town of Bellaire for a dollar, but there were no takers, as the locals were well aware of its bad reputation.    Out of options she decided to turn the house into a spot where people could come and ghost hunt. And that is where it sits today. Maybe that'll be our next trip!    That's since creepy Ohio for you! Again we left out some of the more well known stuff and didn't have room to include every cool thing so we may be back for round two of creepy Ohio say since point as well! There are tons of cool creepy places in Ohio. Check them out!    https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=ohio

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For over 35 years, the United States has partnered with Mexico to share resources during peak fire activity. And right now, 100 Mexican firefighters are in Tulare County helping to battle the SQF Complex Fire. The crew from Guadalajara arrived Friday at the Kern County High School in Lake Isabella, where they were greeted by California fire officials. It’s not the first visit for Ramon Silva, deputy chief of the National Forestry Commission of Mexico. He helped fight the Camp Fire in 2018 so he’s seen the devastation wildfires have wreaked on the state and it concerns him. “But on the other side, it’s a good opportunity for us to respond to the support we’ve gotten from the U.S. Forest Service,” Silva said. Firefighter Marthlla Cortina agrees. She came to California in 2018 to participate in an exchange program through the U.S. National Forest Service and the National Forestry Commission of Mexico. She said she received training that will help her fight this fire. And she said she’s

Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Meet the Cryptids Haunting Ohio's Imagination Link: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ohio-cryptids A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends. ONE EVENING IN AUGUST 2016, Sam Jacobs and his girlfriend were playing Pokemon Go near the inky shore of Lake Isabella, in Loveland, Ohio. The lake is regularly stocked with catfish, bluegill, trout, and perch (to the delight of local fishers). But the couple saw something that struck them as more than a little odd—and it wasn't a creature roaming their phone screens. “We saw a huge frog near the water,” Jacobs told Cincinnati's WCPO television station. “Not in the game,” he added. “This was an actual giant frog.” Jacobs paused his play and snapped some grainy photos. They're tricky to decipher, but appear to show a dark figure standing in the gently rippling water, light bouncing off its enormous, saucer-shaped eyes. Jacobs was convinced he was seeing a frog rearing up on its hind legs. “I realize this sounds crazy,” he told WCPO. “But I swear on my grandmother's grave this is the truth: The frog stood about four feet tall.” Jacobs wasn't the first person to claim to see a monstrous amphibian roving Loveland. In 1972, a local police officer named Ray Shockey said he crossed paths with an enormous frog near the Little Miami River. Shockey kept it pretty quiet, Dayton's Journal Herald newspaper reported that year; he didn't want to spook anyone. Soon after, however, his partner, Mark Matthews, was scouting the same spot when he encountered a creature that fit Shockey's puzzling description. It hopped toward him, he told the Journal Herald—and while it wasn't aggressive, exactly, it was unusually, almost unbelievably, large. Keen to get a closer look and preserve the evidence, he landed four shots with his .357 magnum. He told the Journal Herald that he suspected the thing was a hefty iguana that had lost its tail—but that it was hard to say for sure, the paper noted, because “the animal gave one last hop, fell into the river and was washed away.” Exposed: The conspiracy theorists who claim coronavirus is linked to 5G, including the cousin of a cabinet minister and a former CIA spy Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211171/Exposed-conspiracy-theorists-claim-coronavirus-linked-5G.html Members of a bizarre organisation that falsely links the new 5G mobile phone network to the coronavirus can be exposed today by The Mail on Sunday. The cousin of a Tory Minister and the ex-wife of an EastEnders actor are key members of the International Tribunal for Natural Justice (ITNJ), which also promotes claims 5G causes cancer and is a weapon. Other members include a conspiracy theorist who claims Nasa has kidnapped children and sent them to Mars as slaves. More than 40 phone masts have been damaged or burnt in attacks linked to the claims. Investigations by the MoS have now revealed that Chris Cleverly, the cousin of Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly, and Dounne Alexander, the former wife of soap star Rudolph Walker, are both members of the ITNJ. Other members of the ITNJ include former CIA spy Robert David Steele, pictured, has also said child slaves were being sent to Mars, forcing Nasa to issue a denial The ITNJ is a self-appointed ‘court' that holds unsanctioned hearings on topics ranging from child trafficking and corruption to the ‘effects' of 5G. An hour-long documentary produced last year by ITNJ founder Sacha Stone is called 5G Apocalypse: The Extinction Event. It has more than a million views on YouTube. Barrister Mr Cleverly appears in his role as a judge for the ITNJ and even suggests Ministers should be prosecuted for failing to protect people from 5G. Ms Alexander, a natural foods entrepreneur, is a ‘judicial commissioner' for the ITNJ. She is also an anti-vaccination campaigner who said last week in a newsletter that the NHS should be using ‘natural treatments' such as garlic and drinkable silver instead of searching for a Covid-19 vaccine. New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony | Space Link: https://www.space.com/37366-mars-slave-colony-alex-jones.html Even in this age of free-flying conspiracy theories, this one's a doozy. On Thursday (June 29 2017), a guest on Alex Jones' radio show named Robert David Steele claimed that Mars is inhabited — by people sent to the Red Planet against their will. "We actually believe that there is a colony on Mars that is populated by children who were kidnapped and sent into space on a 20-year ride, so that once they get to Mars, they have no alternative but to be slaves on the Mars colony," Steele told Jones, the founder of the controversial InfoWars website. The Daily Beast did some due diligence on Steele's assertion, contacting NASA for a comment. "There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. There was a rumor going around last week that there weren't. There are," Guy Webster, a spokesman at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who specializes in the agency's Mars-exploration activities, told The Daily Beast. "But there are no humans." Show Stuff Join the fan chat on Discord! 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Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Meet the Cryptids Haunting Ohio's Imagination Link: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ohio-cryptids A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends. ONE EVENING IN AUGUST 2016, Sam Jacobs and his girlfriend were playing Pokemon Go near the inky shore of Lake Isabella, in Loveland, Ohio. The lake is regularly stocked with catfish, bluegill, trout, and perch (to the delight of local fishers). But the couple saw something that struck them as more than a little odd—and it wasn't a creature roaming their phone screens. “We saw a huge frog near the water,” Jacobs told Cincinnati's WCPO television station. “Not in the game,” he added. “This was an actual giant frog.” Jacobs paused his play and snapped some grainy photos. They're tricky to decipher, but appear to show a dark figure standing in the gently rippling water, light bouncing off its enormous, saucer-shaped eyes. Jacobs was convinced he was seeing a frog rearing up on its hind legs. “I realize this sounds crazy,” he told WCPO. “But I swear on my grandmother's grave this is the truth: The frog stood about four feet tall.” Jacobs wasn't the first person to claim to see a monstrous amphibian roving Loveland. In 1972, a local police officer named Ray Shockey said he crossed paths with an enormous frog near the Little Miami River. Shockey kept it pretty quiet, Dayton's Journal Herald newspaper reported that year; he didn't want to spook anyone. Soon after, however, his partner, Mark Matthews, was scouting the same spot when he encountered a creature that fit Shockey's puzzling description. It hopped toward him, he told the Journal Herald—and while it wasn't aggressive, exactly, it was unusually, almost unbelievably, large. Keen to get a closer look and preserve the evidence, he landed four shots with his .357 magnum. He told the Journal Herald that he suspected the thing was a hefty iguana that had lost its tail—but that it was hard to say for sure, the paper noted, because “the animal gave one last hop, fell into the river and was washed away.” Exposed: The conspiracy theorists who claim coronavirus is linked to 5G, including the cousin of a cabinet minister and a former CIA spy Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211171/Exposed-conspiracy-theorists-claim-coronavirus-linked-5G.html Members of a bizarre organisation that falsely links the new 5G mobile phone network to the coronavirus can be exposed today by The Mail on Sunday. The cousin of a Tory Minister and the ex-wife of an EastEnders actor are key members of the International Tribunal for Natural Justice (ITNJ), which also promotes claims 5G causes cancer and is a weapon. Other members include a conspiracy theorist who claims Nasa has kidnapped children and sent them to Mars as slaves. More than 40 phone masts have been damaged or burnt in attacks linked to the claims. Investigations by the MoS have now revealed that Chris Cleverly, the cousin of Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly, and Dounne Alexander, the former wife of soap star Rudolph Walker, are both members of the ITNJ. Other members of the ITNJ include former CIA spy Robert David Steele, pictured, has also said child slaves were being sent to Mars, forcing Nasa to issue a denial The ITNJ is a self-appointed ‘court' that holds unsanctioned hearings on topics ranging from child trafficking and corruption to the ‘effects' of 5G. An hour-long documentary produced last year by ITNJ founder Sacha Stone is called 5G Apocalypse: The Extinction Event. It has more than a million views on YouTube. Barrister Mr Cleverly appears in his role as a judge for the ITNJ and even suggests Ministers should be prosecuted for failing to protect people from 5G. Ms Alexander, a natural foods entrepreneur, is a ‘judicial commissioner' for the ITNJ. She is also an anti-vaccination campaigner who said last week in a newsletter that the NHS should be using ‘natural treatments' such as garlic and drinkable silver instead of searching for a Covid-19 vaccine. New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony | Space Link: https://www.space.com/37366-mars-slave-colony-alex-jones.html Even in this age of free-flying conspiracy theories, this one's a doozy. On Thursday (June 29 2017), a guest on Alex Jones' radio show named Robert David Steele claimed that Mars is inhabited — by people sent to the Red Planet against their will. "We actually believe that there is a colony on Mars that is populated by children who were kidnapped and sent into space on a 20-year ride, so that once they get to Mars, they have no alternative but to be slaves on the Mars colony," Steele told Jones, the founder of the controversial InfoWars website. The Daily Beast did some due diligence on Steele's assertion, contacting NASA for a comment. "There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. There was a rumor going around last week that there weren't. There are," Guy Webster, a spokesman at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who specializes in the agency's Mars-exploration activities, told The Daily Beast. "But there are no humans." Show Stuff Join the fan chat on Discord! 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PRINCE HANDLEY PODCAST REVELATION WITH DIRECTIONA MIRACLE PODCAST PRODUCTION ~ ~ ~ PRINCE HANDLEY PORTAL 1,000's of FREE ResourcesWWW.REALMIRACLES.ORG ~ ~ ~ INTERNATIONAL Geopolitics | Intelligence | Prophecy WWW.UOFE.ORG REAL MIRACLES FOR CONSTRUCTION GOD HELPS YOU WHEN YOU START You can listen to the above message NOW.Click on the pod circle at top left. (Click “BACK” to return.) OR ... LISTEN NOW >>> LISTEN HERE Access the last 10 years of messages in the Archives. 24/7 release of ALL Prince Handley teachings and podcasts >>> STREAM ______________________________________________ DESCRIPTION This podcast teaching is a true account of how God used Billboards for Jesus to reach multitudes for the LORD, and how the Holy Spirit provided MIRACLES for the construction. From a man who owned liquor stores, to a beauty salon owner who had a vision of a Billboard for Jesus, to a truck driver with the right angle on the back of his tanker―all of these MIRACLES the Holy Spirit provided. This podcast teaching will encourage YOU that when God gives you an IDEA … step out … implement. And when you hit obstacles along the way―which you surely will … the more anointed the idea is―God will provide the MIRACLES you need! ______________________________________________ REAL MIRACLES FOR CONSTRUCTION GOD HELPS YOU WHEN YOU START   I want to talk to you today about “Miracles for Construction.” Several years ago the Lord gave me an idea to design FREE plans and instructions for people who wanted to build Billboards for Jesus. Actually, the brochure that we printed anouncing this service was titled Billboards for Jesus. We had several different designs from which people could choose. I reported on this in another podcast previously. People could decide whether they wanted to build a Mini Billboard (feet by five feet) or a Maxi Billboard (eight feet by 24 feet) and some other sizes in between. We would provide them with designs which were certified by a Registered Public Engineer and supply them with easy how-to-do-it instructions with material lists. One retired US Air Force Colonel in the Northeast part of the United States put up five billboards himself. Miracles attended these billboards because―of course―the word of God was on them. We let the people choose their own message, but we gave him some suggestions as to what to put on the billboards. During this time when we were doing the Billboards for Jesus, I was teaching at a graduate School of Theology. I would allow people to come into our class and audit the classes; or just visit from time to time. The father of one of my students in the graduate seminary owned several liquor stores. The student's father was not a Christian, but he loved to come and listen to the teaching with the Word of God … and also SEE the MIRACLES that happened in class. We had many REAL MIRACLES happen in our classes as a result of the Holy Spirit working with the Word of God that I taught. The individual that owned the liquor stores happened to own some land in Lake Isabella, California. He gave us permission to use this land to put up a billboard for Messiah Jesus. We gathered some volunteers together, and following the plans that we had designed, built a large Maxi Billboard. We had six different sections and the billboard was 24 feet long. It had a good Gospel message. We finished all the framing and the painting offsite in sections. But we didn't assemble the six sections until we drove the trucks up to the area where we would be installing it. It was quite a distance away. When we arrived at the location, we realized we did NOT have access to that land. We would need to go through a neighbor's adjoining property. So I felt impressed to go to the property owner to the left. It was a beauty shop―a beauty salon. The lady who owned the beauty salon also lived on that property and she told us an amazing thing. She said, “I had a vision of a billboard for Jesus going up on that property.” And she said, “Yes, certainly you can use my land and you can hook up to my electrical power.” That was another thing. We needed electrical power … and had NOT planned on that. So we spent a great part of one day―into the second day―and drilled between four and six giant holes in the earth to support the beams for the billboard. We connected the six sections together. Then we put large concrete blocks in the bottom of the holes. Now the blocks were square and the holes were round. After we finished assembling the six sections of the billboard with the support beams on it, we realized that if we dropped the billboard into the holes―if it did not hit these square blocks―the sign would have been crooked and we would have no way to pull it back up. Our next big problem was that we didn't have any way to lift that billboard up ... to place it in the holes. It was so heavy. It was so strong and so heavy we couldn't lift it―we couldn't get it up to a near vertical position―where it would slide into the holes for the support beams. We were praying and thinking about what we were going to do. Here's an amazing truth: Plan as you can―coordinate the logistics as you can―but when you get to where you can't go any further, God will give you wisdom and provide your MIRACLE if you ask Him. Some people waste so much time trying to refine right from the start that they never get anything accomplished. If you know God has told you to do something, move out with what God has given you to do … and when you need it, it will be there. Exercise faith ... move in faith. While we were praying about how to get this billboard vertical so we could place it in the holes we had drilled, I saw an Arco tanker truck driving across the property around to the right side of the property. The fuel tanker truck had a slanted surface on the back side. It was slanted, approximately 60 degrees. In my mind, I thought, what if we could get the billboard high enough to place the top of the billboard onto the bottom of the tanker so the truck could back up and slide the billboard up, then we could drop the sign into the holes. (Using the truck's backside as an inclined plane.) Well, it was going to take a miracle for the driver of the truck to agree to do such a thing, especially with the legal implications, and so forth. But he said, “Yes, I'll be glad to do that.” We explained to him it was for the Lord Jesus, the Messiah of Israel, and it was going to advertise the Word of God. The driver wanted to be blessed. He brought the tanker truck into position and backed it up. We had enough manpower and equipment there to get the top of the billboard lifted up to where it would slide on the back of the tanker truck. And as he backed the truck up, the sign began to lift up vertically … and all of a sudden the sign with the support beams fell exactly into the holes where they should be. From a man who owned liquor stores, to a beauty salon owner who had a vision of a Billboard for Jesus, to a truck driver with the right angle on the back of his tanker―all of these MIRACLES the Holy Spirit provided to enable the construction of a billboard carrying a message of Good News. That sign reached multiplied thousands of people for many years. I hope this message has helped you and encouraged you to advertise the Word of God. Love people, and let the Healing Power of Messiah Jesus flow through you to touch lives … where you're at … and around the world. Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. 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Conversations with Sam Ames, producer of SoCal's RockCobbler and El Gravelero and Tim Farrar, producer of Canada's Paris to Ancaster. Rockcobbler Website Paris to Ancaster Website Thesis Website  Tech Corner sponsored by Thesis: Today we’re going to talk about one of the most fundamental yet overlooked aspects of getting the perfect bike: fit.  Put simply, a bike that’s fit to your unique body and biomechanics will reduce risk of injury, improve comfort, power, and efficiency, and ultimately make you a faster, happier rider. Here are the components to focus on:   First, frame. Everyone starts with frame size, but unfortunately many get it wrong and few go any further.  Second, crank. Getting the length right will enable a smoother pedal stroke throughout a wider range of cadences. I’m 5’11” and perform best on 170mm cranks. My cofounder Alice is 5’2” and needs 155s to get a similarly dialed fit. Few companies offer cranks this short, so if you’re a smaller rider or have flexibility issues, pay special attention here.   Third, handlebar. You want the width at the tops to be roughly equal to that of your shoulders, and for gravel I recommend some degree of flare for increased control in the drops.   Forth, stem length. This determines where your handlebar can be positioned in space, which in turn affects effective reach, hip angle, mass distribution, handling, and aerodynamics.    Of course, the right parts are just a starting point. To truly become one with your machine, you need to calibrate it to your body. This is why I always recommend working with a professional fitter. Whether you’re dealing with pain or discomfort, or looking for a performance edge, a professional fit as the single best bang-for-buck investment you can make in your cycling.   And with that, back to Craig and this week’s guest. Automated Transcript (forgive the typos): Sam Ames -- Rockcobbler + El Gravelero Sam, welcome to the show. Well, thanks for having me. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to Sam. I always like to start off by learning a little bit more about you and what your background is as a cyclist and then how you came to event promotion. Yeah, happy to share. , I got into road cycling during the summer of 1985, early 85. Uh, actually I picked it back 1984. , I had seen a, uh, bike race on TV, which at the time was Paris Roubaix. Uh, and in those days we were getting to the John Tesh tour to files coverages and those sorts of things. So I just kinda got inspired sitting there watching very rubric and people sort of, you know, riding through the mud and, and you know, gnarly conditions. And so I'd worked all summer pulling a great boxes onto a truck. It's called there being a swamper here in the central valley as I was making a whopping $5 an hour. And I felt rich. So I immediately went to the bike shop and, uh, bought my first motor, a road bike for $235, and, uh, started riding in sneakers and just, uh, loved the sport. So stayed after it and stayed on it. , did a little bit of racing in Europe when I was younger, uh, raised at the cat one level for a while, , and then really gravitated towards, , rotting into dirt more. So cyclocross became a big love for me and I had some good success, , on the cross, serve it as, as an elite for a little while, uh, way back in the day and then pick the sport back up after a hiatus, , with jobs and kids and their parents and life and a little bit of masters and using in and around southern California and other parts of California and really loved cross. So that sort of was the precursor to what everybody knows as gravel now. And, uh, that was something that I kind of felt like I've been doing forever and ever. , so yeah, there's the sports just been, uh, a huge, huge part of my life. And from there we, , we really got into, uh, I had a business partner for a few years, uh, well for many years. We started in 2010 and we started sandbar and promotions. , and I dabbled in a few races here in Kern county, in Bakersfield for awhile, but then we started the promotion company and really wanted to, to share some of the venues that we had. We've pretty good with the course and pretty good area to do some cyclocross races and mountain bike races. So we did that for quite a while. And, , I think some of the emphasis was shifting that the stars are lining up differently and we really, , what having some of the successes Bakersville kind of in a funny location geographically, we're part of southern California, but we're really not and it's just sort of stuck in the middle. So it was difficult for us to get decent attendance. And, uh, so we kind of started slowly putting a few events on the show and, uh, and then we, uh, when we got into the cobbler and all the stuff we're doing now, so there's a, there's the brief history. And when did the cobbler, the first Rockcobbler event come to be? So the rock cobbler was created out of say, or, you know, what was your inspiration or what were you seeing? And it was, it was two falls and it was actually quite specific. We had gone, I had been riding, you know, rode bikes in the dirt and all screwed and glued to a few already bikes, you know, that I eventually broke several of those. And those were kind of the hot cycle cross bike back in that early 90, late eighties. , I was, you know, doing a ton of what I would call gravel or adventure riding. And so I never really thought much of it. I was really maybe one of only a handful of people that was doing that besides traditional mountain biking. And, uh, so we , went one year down to event that we had heard about, which was the Belgian waffle ride and a, of course mark, everybody has Michael Marks now. And I did not know Michael. I knew of him and he had actually come to bigger scope for one of our cross races. So we went to, I think it was either the second or third VWR and wasn't a ton of people compared to what they're doing now. It started at spy headquarters. It was maybe 150 people. And when I heard more about it and kind of knew what the course was and there was going to be dirt sections on a road bike, I was like, oh, this is, this is going to be gray. So we have an awesome cha on. Often times we'd defended Michael and shared some, some fun stories with him and kind of hit it off. So the next year we came back and we kept talking about VWR and talking about all local trails and stuff we wanted to do. And so we just started pitching around names and this was in maybe November and a buddy of mine, we were, I know exactly where we're geographically, he's like, what about rock toddler? We, I'll stop and look at each other and that's the name that's going to stick. So this will be our seventh year. , so we started with uh, the , the cobbler in 2012, I guess 2013. So, , yeah, it's just something that we, we kind of wanted to put our own spin on and , that's how I, that's kind of literally how it was born. So I went back and toasted beers and they were like, nobody's going to come to this. We'll have, you know, 15 people and sharing them. After we got a phone call from Neil Shirley and he said, hey, I heard about your ride. I think I'd really like to come, you know, doing some stuff that road bike action and that, that was really a failure on the hat for us from day one. He, he was a big fan and he hadn't even been here. And I could just tell by talking to him that I thought we really would enjoy the route and what we did. And uh, and he did. And the, you know, the successes, it's sort of grown very organically and, and very naturally since then. And what was your intent with the original route? How far is it, what's the elevation gain and how has it evolved over the last seven years? So the terrain that we have, if you, if you really kind of define, , gravel, I think, , dirty Kansas, some of the Midwest events and things that have been going on, you know, longer than astro or at least an equal amount of time. There's really kind of true traditional, , gravel starts on gravel, finishes on gravel, whether it's got a lot of elevation and it's flat, I think it doesn't necessarily matter. So the cobbler very similar to, to BWR and it's concept is not really a gravel ride or I mean you, we, we kind of say it's sort of a mixed bag of multi surface. , so we, we looked at it and we said, well, we don't really have the, the, you know, the, the true ingredients or the gravel race. So we're going to take the best of what we call our, our backyard special, the or out. We'd have some private property that we were very fortunate to get early on orchards and vineyards and in various components. So we looked at the distances and we sort of settled on anywhere from 80 to a hundred. , and then the elevation would, we'd just kind of evolve, you know, we tried to find, you know, stupid trail that people didn't necessarily want to do that were too steep. And of course that led into our every year legendary, you know, Hika bikes that people can't believe, I'm gonna make them hike, uh, offend. Uh, so we're kinda known for that. So that was sort of the distance and then maybe five to 7,000 feet of climbing in total. So we try to really do a little bit of everything, single track, double track, gravel, road, asphalt, , you know, any, anything that we can find. And then we changed the route every year. There, there were a few staple features, , a couple of canyons and goalies that we always try to use, , certain sections just because of how the route has to go. , generally stay the same. And then from there we just try to find new stuff and then add that into the mix. And, and obviously we're well known for keeping the, the Shenanigan meter high as well. So yeah, that's kind of our m o we, we, we, the little team of guys that I worked with on and we say, you know, we're not changing every year and doing stuff that other people aren't doing. We got to really look at it. So we just, we try to be different and they're very, , they're very Bakersfield where, yeah, that's awesome. I think, you know, it's interesting, there's, there's something to be said for going back to the same course every year as an athlete. But for me it's super exciting. The prospect of going to an event that I know is well put together who spices up the course. So we have different things to think about every year. Yeah, that's, you know, that was really a big element for me. And sometimes I think a lot, you know, male, female, doesn't matter. Friends and cyclists and people that are very, , very passionate, very energetic, very excited that to want to share, you know, we, we'd love, we're get so happy to bring people to Bakersfield or even for local people to kind of have that like, oh gosh, I wonder what they're going to do next. And I wonder if we're going to ride through his house again. Hey, I wonder if we're going to ride through a church. I wonder if we're going to do that trail. I mean, that for us really is the reward gets turned into a tiny little business and, and we're grateful for the support. But that's really the fun element for us is how can we keep tweaking it? And you know, after, after a couple of beers, everybody starts getting excited and they're like, hey, let's, let's hang bags taken off of sticks. And I'm like, no, no, somebody's already done that. Let's, uh, let's put a water slide and nobody's done a water slide. We just, we just have so much fun trying to prove with respect to events that really don't change. And the first one that comes to mind, which is actually my favorite gravel event, is the, uh, texture crusher. So a Burke swindlehurst came to getting concerns with Neil and he's come to a couple of cobblers and, and I really hit it off with him as well. And, you know, he's got a route that's very traditional every year and he sells it out and in like lightning speed. And I've been three times and every time I go, I just love it, you know, so maybe it's enough time as tab. It's got enough features for me that I really love how it all sort of comes together. So, you know, I think people dig the changes and that's sort of our emo. But the big part is, you know, we, we are all cyclists and we caught out. We have a mom culture that's, you know, quality events by writers, for writers. That's part of my San Blind, uh, you know, slogan. And, uh, and that's really true. Put on a great event, keeping me and have fun with it. So as with the diversity of terrain that you put people through, what kind of advice are you giving people? As far as the type of equipment and tires they should be riding? So because it does have elements that can be a little bit more dramatic, we've had a lot of people with great success on a mountain bike and by and large most people are bringing a gravel or cross style bike with 38 up to 42 millimeter tires. I mean we've, we've had a few people attempt and actually succeed with doing the a cop, a lot of road bike. , very difficult with some of the rocky sections and things that we have. So you know, I think like other events that are similar to ours that you, that have the multi-surface elements, you get a pretty wide variety. But if we were to align all the machines that, you know on the morning of rock harbor, we recommend to them, you know, minimum of 34 millimeter definitely, you know, file tread are more aggressive and uh, and that's sort of, you know what, we're after, you know, 34 by 36 I'm daring for, for somebody that needs a maybe a little bit lower, you can go lower. It's always safer. So we're still kind of recommending that sort of gravel bike adventure setup. And usually when we're testing the course and we're trying to find the features, you know, you've got that varying degree of ability. But somebody will do on a mountain bike, I might be crazy enough to try out a road bike, but then there's somebody else who's going to be walking down, you know, a trail or whatnot. So we try to have fun without being too nutso. , but then you have another nature and you can't do anything about her. So sometimes things can get a little treacherous. So now, long story short, gravel, gravel bike was a slightly bigger tire and wheel veering we think is a great setup. It going back to shenanigans, I'm not exactly sure how riders are going to understand how to plan for riding through a house on their gravel bike. Yeah. Yeah. So the short story of that evolution was obviously what I previously discussed. We wanted to try to find, you know, you need crazy stuff. , so the riser, the house thing had come to me many years ago before we even did it the first time and I couldn't figure it out. Number one, whose house we were gonna use. Although we did use my house last year and it, it's sort of [inaudible], it's hard to have to turn people around and go down the street. He came in and whatnot. But we, we made it go. So the first year we did it, two years ago, I have a buddy who actually worked with and he lives not too far away just around the corner and you have a, a dirt field entrance to his backyard. Just luckily enough. And then a good street ran out in the front. So we got the talk and I think we're getting ready to remodel. And his wife is just, she's such a game where she's kind of one of the guys and so we were drinking wine and sitting around and he says, I check you out. Let's do it. And we didn't really expect that response. So we worked pretty hard on how are we going to get across this road. It's recently busy. , and sort of hide the house. We didn't want anybody to see it or they got there and it, it really couldn't have gone better. Like they dropped in off this little trail with a bunch of tall grass that they couldn't see and it was like right into the fence and people were just, you know, his whole family and friends are over there. People were just going nuts. And some of the early, some of the video's still floating around. You can, you can see the look on people's places. I mean, they're riding through a gate, they're going around a cooler and going through a sliding glass door and you know, out the front. I mean, it was just, it was just so ridiculous, , that it was just so good. So we accomplished the first year of riding through a house with a cobbler. And last year, you know, we all sort of look at each other and said, well, nobody's going to envision that. We're going to do this twice. Like we didn't breathe a word about it. People would ask, they can, I don't know what we're going to do that again. And I said, no, there's no way we're going to do a house fly if we can't do it. While, while the meantime, we were secretly plotting of whose house are we going to do and how are we going to do it? So we ended up putting it all together and doing the best we could to make the route sort of script work. And it worked out just fine. And, uh, you know, it really did cost me a trip to the beach and a trip to the beauty salon. For my wife. She was like, I am out of here. She wasn't quite the game or that my buddy Randy's wife is and about writing through it, write it in that chesty and fantastic. We had red carpets, , that a local rental place had used. We'd had a lot of rain and they'd had supplied into a wedding. So he called me because he saw my need or the event was coming up and said, hey, I got all this red carpet that were thrown in the trash because it's ruined. And I said, I will take every bit we can. So we cut up the red carpet and I think it's still the, the, the photo on my Facebook page with a caption that says, you know, why stop now? So we rolled out the red carpet and that went over as a big hit and rolled everybody down my front lawn. So you know where we go from there on, you know, a other thing I do, it's tough to call. We, we won't beach balls at 'em. We've, uh, had dark girl, Langley done some fun stuff and we do have a pretty good list of shenanigans so we'll, we'll certainly come up with something. So 2020. Yeah, I have to say I have seen some of those videos and some of the images from riding through the house and it is just, it's, it's so funny to watch some of the expressions and everybody's having such a good time. I'll definitely put a link to some of those that I can find in the show notes for this event because I do think, you know, these shenanigans as you were saying earlier, such that they go viral and it makes people enthusiastic too. You know, I'm in northern California, maybe a four hour, five hour drive down to Baker's field, but it's like it's on my list of things to do because I want to go see what kind of shenanigans you're going to throw out next. Yeah, no, the fun part is bigger. So at that time of year, you know, we always do bigger self help stuff. I founded my entire life and I have lived here my entire life. People asked if I'm from Bakersfield, I'm like, I wasn't born here. I was actually born overseas and I, my parents were both in the military, but my mom was on Bakersfield. And so yeah, I've lived here my entire life. So instead of [inaudible] things get quite green and usually the, the dirt is he wrote there and we just had amazing weather every year. Last year was the first year we had rains. And in some ways I'm really glad we did because it, it wreaked a little bit of havoc was , some course marking. I learned a couple of valuable lessons. We had a few people go the wrong way, but the funny part is not all, but almost all of those writers turned around and went back. So they had already done this gnarly hike, a bike, and it was money. They ended up going back and finishing, you know, the whole course. And, and that's to kind of talk about shenanigans or people smiling and having fun. The rider base of what cobbler brains or a BWR brains. And, and we, we don't call the cobbler race. I mean it's definitely much more of an organized ride and you know, people can make it as competitive as they want, but having fun is just paramount. And for us, we've, you know, want to call it gravel on surface or adventure rides or whatever. That's really the name of the game. We, we get a large audience of people that, some of them I've known for some time in the cycling community that things very competitive and still are. But there's just a, I think there's really a desire for, for people that want to just go and have a great experience, you know, they want to have good party, they want to have a hard ride, they want to feel challenged. But you know, sending a number on and trying to be everybody. A ritual for use is really not that, not the name of the game for us. So we just, we really, really want to treat him like a customer. I think that leans into everything that's great. A great bow, gravel, that kind of intention. Like there's plenty of opportunity to go fast and push yourself and try to be the first one across the line. But it's also about enjoying the day, making new friends, having a true adventure. , two rock cobbler was in February, so we missed it this year. But you've got a second event that is going through a name change. So can you tell us about how Grapes of Wrath has evolved to El Gravel Arrow he'll grab aware of. So yes, we had, uh, one of our good supporters and riding buddies, , and family friends, uh, his family operated in those at a table grade company and kind of just out in Kern county, but just outside of Baker. So for a long time, like 80 or 85 years. And unfortunately they, they ended up kind of closing up shop and some family wanted to do something else, so it sort of went away. But we had an event called Grapes arap and it was another route that was probably more BWR. Like it didn't ha it doesn't have all the cobbler elements pretty straightforward on, on the gravel road. You know, there's no single track, there's not a lot of, you know, technical dirt descending was very, very straightforward, but it was an amazing route. Uh, so unfortunately when there great business, , folded, we lost the venue, we had a kind of a big dirt field in the vineyards and had these really big reservoirs. We'd go swim in the reservoir. So it's just kind of like a camping weekend of some deer riding and some road riding and a ton of eating and drinking and campers and cause it was awesome and it was slowly starting to gain some traction. This last year, , Ryan steers came. We've had several other writers of note that are known that just like, man, here's a little nother little kid in gym that these guys as they're doing, so it's spaced out enough that it works. So we needed to retool the event with a new venue, which we have fortunate enough to go back to some private property that we use for the cobbler, which is real Bravo ranch here towards the mouth of the canyon that goes up to Lake Isabella. So we'll be positioning the venue and the food and our festivities and things that Real Bravo and we've retooled the route. And in that process we came up with grab Alara, which is actually a trademark name that belongs to another cycling buddy. We just happen to love the name. I said, man, if there was anything that ever worked for, you know, the free spirit of adventure riding, it's these guys that called themselves the gravel Leros. And uh, so my buddy Alex, yeah, let's, you know, let's, , you can use it like near the name and we wrote out on a cocktail Napkin and, and here we are. So it's a shorter route. We've taken some of the climbing out, but we really think it's just another great combination of a little bit of everything. And this year we will have the opportunity to do quite a bit of dirt descending. So there's a very long road. It's actually almost a 34 mile climb. If you go from the bottom and it just runs this entire ridge of some of the southern Sierras and it's called furniturea. So we're going to do the course clockwise instead of counterclockwise so it will still get all the farmland and oil fields and some of the funding preachers there. And then we've got a pretty gnarly three mile section of climbing, , averages 16% in 1500 feet in less than, less than like a mile and a half, two miles I think. So it's pretty, pretty nasty. But then you get this really cool sort of mentally challenging, physically challenging focus, challenging descent on a pretty chopping, uh, sections of ranch area. And then now we'll drop people right back into the end of the ranch where the venue is. So I think it's just going to work wonderfully. We've got a ton of traction already. People are excited and I'm so we're, we're very, very much looking forward to bringing that one into the fold and, and evolving it. That's awesome. Well, I'm excited to see more about that later in the year in October. And I wanted to thank you, Sam, for joining us on the show today and thank you, especially for putting on such great events. , it's really important to the gravel community that we have events that are professionally produced and are stable and kick up these amazing experiences so that people want to keep coming back and keep talking about why having an adventure style bike or a gravel bike is so important and such a great opportunity. So thanks for making the time, Sam. I can't wait to hear about the events later in the year. Well, thank you for having me. And, uh, we, you are welcome to out at our house anytime. So don't, don't be a stranger. Come, come down and play with us and we can experience it all firsthand. Cheers. Tim Farrar -- Paris to Ancaster Tim, welcome to the show. Well, it's great to be here. I'm excited to learn about Paris to Ancaster. I've read a little bit about it. I've seen some pictures and for anybody listening, go online and check out pictures from this event because it seems like you have everything from tarmac to double track to fire roads, to county roads to a single track, a heap of mud. It looks like a hell of a lot of fun. And then to learn that 2020 is going to be the 27th edition of this race. I was pretty staggered and excited to have you on board. So Tim let, let's start off with just learning a little bit about your background as a cyclist and what got you to the point 27 years ago to organize this crazy event. Well, my cycling background goes even deeper than they started cursing cast or I started a bike racing as a road racer when I was 13, 14. And got progressively more involved. A actually hit category one status on the road when I was uh, in my twenties. But more recently, I've just been, uh, a masters, masters Roadie and even more recently just a bike rider rode for a ride. So that's where I, uh, but when I came into organizing, I was a recently, uh, recently I graduated college student with a couple of buddies and that's where Paris and gastro started. So it wasn't commonplace obviously for people that are putting on gravel events that the pure term as we think about it today wasn't even invented at that point. What made you decide to put an off road event that wasn't a mountain bike event at that time? Well, at the time we had a, uh, same two buddies, uh, and the, I in college had a business doing, uh, photo timing and results for bicycle road races, you know, like, uh, stage races and stuff. And that grew out of our first event, which was a criteria in which grew to a road race, which could, was stage race. And we had some pretty, uh, big international years in the early or the mid eighties, late eighties. And, uh, we were looking for an event to basically get our season started. In nearly early spring. We had lots of work between May and October, but we didn't have much in the spring. So we, uh, basically put on a Perry Roo Bay tribute event as a closet mountain bike race. And I believe you shared with me that you had 266 participants that year. What were they writing? What were they into interested in doing? Well, the, the kind of interesting thing I think about race is that the, uh, they were the people, men, women, the one we're on cross bikes right away. And that was partially deliberate because I was pretty well tuned into the local, uh, road racing scene. So anybody that, uh, thought they needed a mountain bike, we sort of told them it was really more of a cyclocross race. And, uh, as it turned out, the guys, the men and women that won the first year were, you know, oh, actually one of them is from, uh, uh, northern California, Mark Halati. Uh, your listeners might know him in the, uh, group from the group ride community in north, in North San Francisco area. That's where he lives now. But he had a career as a division three pro, um, around the time that he won the race. And the first woman, the one was Krissy Retton who, uh, went on to represent Canada at the Olympics. I think it was Sydney, I'm not sure which year off offhand. So the, the thing about our sanctioning body at the time was they had all these mountain bike races starting up in the, uh, early and mid nineties. And there were all kinds of crazy things, you know, like, uh, you know, bike stage races that had a hill climb, a, uh, a descent competition across country and trials stage. So they had no idea how to officiate all of this, uh, all this of, but they did have a category for a, a mountain bike citizen race. And according to the rules of mountain biking at the time, it only had to be like 60% on, uh, unpaved surfaces. So that's what we called it. But we told everybody it was a cyclocross race. And, uh, most of the, you know, a good portion of the distance was on, you know, Polish dirt roads. So it was fast, like a road race and that's how it took off. And has that course changed over the years? Well, quite, uh, quite a bit. Uh, but we do have one guy who's written every edition, so he's probably a better authority on it. Uh, but two of the, two of the largest sections of our race are on rail trails and they have been for the entirety of the event. But one of those rail trails in the first years was, you know, they just taken the rails up. It hadn't been regraded or you know, uh, a chip, uh, filing, you know, the, to pack it down. It was, you know, rough rail bed with the railway ties still in place. So it was more of a hike and bike section in some, uh, some areas. But, uh, other than that, there's been a few, um, a few roads that were gravel that have now been paved. And, uh, we've recruited more and more private landowners to let us daily on their property for, uh, a couple of hours on a Sunday morning in April. Nice. So if I'm an athlete, considering it for 20, 20, walk me through the length of the event, the amount of climbing and what type of terrain I should be looking at. Well, the [inaudible] of the race is basically, it's a two hour winning time from their back. It could be, you know, anything from, uh, well a couple of seconds to a couple of hours covering all the, uh, uh, all the age groups. But we started off in waves and the basic principle is the fastest guys go first. So people have qualified well from previous years, get into the elite wave, invited pros and stuff, get into the elite wave, and then the other wave is fill up, um, as after registration opens. So we think it's pretty egalitarian in that mean two hours. So if you're in the neighborhood of two hours, two and a half hours of your regular ride, the ride is within reach. Uh, as for the, uh, the elevation, there's really not a ton of climbing, but the climbing that there is this kind of rolling hills, uh, you start off on one or Riverside rail trail for 10 kilometers, that's, you know, virtually flat. Then there's some punchy little, a little climbs, but nothing, uh, sustain into the seven or eight minute range. You know, they're, uh, they're short. But at the finish line, you finish at the top of the gravel road that's got, well, it, they seemed like 25% pitches. They may, they may not be too, might as well be a lots of people walk, let's put it that way. The final pitch, and it's, so over the years, how have you seen the equipment evolve from, you know, the winners to the participants? What are people riding? You said, you mentioned the sort of started with a, a cyclocross sort of skew and imagine that's where the bikes were at that time, but over the years, what have you seen show up at the start line? Well, we've seen almost everything show up and, uh, but the, the bulk of the top 100, even since year one has been cyclocross oriented. And I don't differentiate in recent years between cyclocross oriented and gravel oriented cause it's, but, and you know, but right from the very first year the men's and women's women's winters were on cyclocross bikes ever steel with canteens. But you know, the pilots were good. Um, but in the meantime, we've also had, uh, mountain bikers with, you know, 26 year olds size wheels, uh, paired right down to one inch slicks on and, uh, they would be well in the mix. And one a few years, uh, we had a guy who went two years in a row, uh, first on a cyclocross bike with candies. And then next year on the, one of the, uh, newer, uh, 20 niners years. Never seen that before. And then, uh, recently it's been guy gravel bikes and cyclocross bikes. But we also had a year where a guy won on road bike. And, um, of course he later that season he was world junior time trial champion. So you had a little bit of an engine and some good luck. Well, it certainly, it looks like you've created a interesting event. Uh, again, like looking at the pictures online and some of the videos people have shot over the years. It just looks like it. It's a great way to start your season in that part of the country and kind of push your limits across a bunch of different types of terrain. It looks like the event has grown quite substantially. Is there a rider cap next year? Yes there is, but it's a, uh, uh, it by distance cap. So we do have a limit in the 70, uh, nominally 70 kilometer race and nominally 40 kilometer race. But the, we also have a 20 kilometer family ride, which we're nowhere near approaching a limit on. So, uh, yeah, there is a, uh, there is a limit, but the, uh, um, registration opens in November. Typically when we get all our stuff together, um, and, uh, it doesn't sell out right away, that's for sure. Okay. And where can people find out more information about the event and if they wanted to register, where should they go? Well, a, our website does lead you to a, uh, uh, address. It's a pair of thank after.com. Um, a lot of the questions that website will know likely most likely be somewhat out of date. That's why if this is been broadcast in real time, uh, but generally where the last weekend in April and a lot of the FAQ is, or no answered there. But uh, we'd certainly like to talk to anybody about the race it's been, you know, yeah. Well, well yeah, hats off for, for completing 26 additions of the race so far and it continues to go on and on and on. So I'm excited. I appreciate it. On behalf of the community, always appreciate talking to event organizers because it's a lot of hard work. I know you've got a, a big volunteer base team that puts a lot of effort in every year and it's not inconsequential. Keeping the website up and doing all the logistics and making sure everybody's safe and having fun. So Tim, on behalf of the community, thanks for putting on the event. For everybody out there. Definitely do a Google search for some videos and images. There's lots that I found out there. It looks like a hell of a lot of fun if you can find yourself in that part of the country. Um, during the spring season, said, Tim, thanks for joining us. Hey, that was cool.

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