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Sep 2022
1h 14m

"Capturing the Unknown" w/ Doug Haijcek

Wood Elf Media
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BCC Classics #5 | Episode #195 | Producer, writer, & director DOUG HAIJCEK (MonsterQuest) discusses developing new technology to film unseen wildlife, his Bigfoot encounter at Snelgrove Lake, witnessing a winged creature on a dark road, and so much more! LINKS Weird Contrails Above Alaska: https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/strange-cloud-formations-over-alaska-sp ... Show More
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