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Jan 28
5m 10s

The Object in the Woods

Host: Pat Draven
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Our First Video Episode!

On November 10th 2010, a woman named Becky Hoffman and her dad, Thomas Hamilton went for a hike in the Allegany State Park in Salamanca New York.

24 hours after they started their hike, Becky emerged from the park alone, and told authorities about a strange object her and her father had stumbled across in the woods... and where searchers could find her dad...


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