Nov. 14, 2024

La Silampa

La Silampa

I just love a rainy day! Don't you? In this episode, Ayden shares the legend of a ghostly figure, from Panamanian folklore that haunts the forests, particularly during the rainy season.

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I just love a rainy day! Don't you? In this episode, Ayden shares the legend of a ghostly figure, from Panamanian folklore that haunts the forests, particularly during the rainy season.

Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, DM on social media, or visit SustoPodcast.com to be shared on the show!

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A cool friends, It's me Adrian or Aiden. Either way,

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I am still your host and you are still listening

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to Susto, the podcast of Ooky Spooky Scary Story centered

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on paranormal folklore from Latin American and Hispanic cultures. Welcome back,

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Thank you for joining me once again on the other side.

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And if this is your first time, welcome, What a time,

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What what a time. So first off, I just want

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to say thank you to everybody for your patients. I

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took last week off. It was just it really was

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just all too much and you all constantly are showing

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me patience, grace, kindness, and I truly truly appreciate it. Yeah,

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just October really kicked my ass. And as always I

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will say I had a great time. I loved it.

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Two things can be true. Though. While I did love

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it as much as I did, I was also very

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tired by the end of it. It was it felt

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truly like a marathon. And that last you know, that

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last mile or so was so rough it wore me out.

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That paired with daylight saving time and the election, it

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just all was like, Okay, this is too much. I

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need to just stop and back away for a second,

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just to take a breath. Actually, let's do that. Let's

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all take a deep breath together, and we're okay, We're

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gonna be okay. But yeah, it was just a lot.

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October was amazing. Thank you. Shout out to everybody who

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invited me for an event, to sit on a panel,

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to table, to speak to host, to interview me, to

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be interviewed by me. I truly, truly, it was an

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amazing time. And you know what, what do we say?

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We keep these good vibes going, huh, let us take

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that momentum into the rest of the year. So I

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say this often, and I know I was saying it

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throughout the month of October. But if you see anything, anybody,

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any events that you think this is a perfect match,

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a match made in hell for Sustal, do not be

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shy to link us up, reach out to that other entity,

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reach out to me, send messages, tag people in comments.

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I'm all for it. I wish that people lived in

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this spooky bubble like I did all year round and

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like you all do, because hello, you're here. But you

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know what, we're still in fall season. The spooky vibes continue,

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and we all know that here at SUSTAL, It does

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not matter if it is fifty degrees outside, if it

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is a thousand degrees like it is in Texas most times,

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it's spooky season all year round. So thank you all

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for that. And also to my new listeners. I am

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hoping that a lot of you here are new today

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because again I was able to be on a lot

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of amazing shows. If you're new here, welcome to your

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first new episode. Kind of terrible timing right as a

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podcaster to take a week off. I just ran this

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sprint marathon. I don't know why I keep comparing it,

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and maybe because I'm a runner, you know, I'm a

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track star. But anyway, I just did all of this basically,

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you know, not only collaboration and creation with other people,

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but also ultimately advertising where I'm telling people to come

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over here and then they get here and I'm like, hmm,

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I'm tired. But again, I thank you for your patients

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and kindness. I will just remind everybody this is an

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independently produced show. However, today's episode is a treat. I

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will say it is another Sousto original. This story was

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produced by the lovely Jeffrey Doyle. Everybody a round of

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applause for my man, my man, my man. So I'm

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very excited to do that story. But before that, as

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always send in your own scary stories, anything that you

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would like me to share on a Letters from the

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Beyond episode. That means stories submitted by you the listener,

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or on social media, because you can also send in photo, video, recording, audio,

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anything you think is creepy, scary that I should share.

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I will also post on social media. And I also

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have another event coming up actually speaking of keeping the

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momentum going. Later this month, on the eighteenth and nineteenth,

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I will be at the University of New Mexico speaking

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at the Critical Mystery Studies Symposium. Just to give you

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a little rundown about this, the Critical Mystery Study Symposium

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brings together scholars from a variety of fields, including LATINX studies,

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Indigenous studies, and African studies, to critically and creatively examine

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the mysteries that surround us. Critical Mystery Studies or CMS,

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is the critical and interdisciplinary study of mysteries such as ghosts, hauntings,

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alien encounters, and monster sidings. This is like a dream

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for me. This is like an event that is truly,

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truly ca to what SUSTAL is about and the kind

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of work that I do around SUSTAL. So I'm very

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excited about this. So if you happen to be in

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New Mexico and you are near the University of New Mexico,

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we will be gathering on the eighteenth and nineteenth. There

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are two full day events, so you can learn more

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by visiting Critical Mystery Studies dot com. There is also

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a link on my link tree to register if you

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would like to attend if you're nearby, and I will

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share more about that as time goes on. I may

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or may not be collecting stories around there. It's going

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to be very exciting and it is going to be

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happening at Hodgen Hall. All of this information again is

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available on their website. Just a big thank you to

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the University of New Mexico and the people who are

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putting on this event for inviting me and bringing me out.

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There is a kind of a footnote on the website

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and I want to shout them out beforehand. This says

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we are supported by the following the Department of Chicano

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Chicano Studies, the Department of English, the Institute for American

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Indian Research, the Center for Regional Studies of Central LASA,

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the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, and the College of Arts

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and Sciences. Thank all of you so much for inviting

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me to be amongst y'all. It's an amazing lineup, y'all.

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I'm looking at the schedule and there are some really,

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really cool people that will be speaking here. I did

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see University of Texas Rio Grande Valley somewhere in the listening,

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so boot on nine five to six. We are everywhere again.

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You can learn more about that visit on their website.

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The link is also on the link treet in my bio.

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So that is it for updates again, send in your stories,

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follow online at Sousto Podcast for any and all updates

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on the shows and any events I may be at.

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Before we jump in, I would like to ask you

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if you have the time, the space, the energy to

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help support SUSAL in the easiest way possible, which is

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by leaving you your five star and positive ratings and reviews,

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by interacting with the show wherever you are listening. Again,

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it is the easiest way to support and it really

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does help me and I truly appreciate it. With that

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being said, let's go ahead and jump into today's story,

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which is the legend of Lasi Lampa. Ben heard so

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much about the beauty of the Yagwanda Forest Reserve, nestled

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in the heart of Panama, and the allure of its

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emerald green canopy was enough to draw him from the

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city into the wild. After hiking through many forests and

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parks throughout the United States, he decided he wanted to

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try something less familiar. A friend of Ben's raved about

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their hike through the reserve when visiting Panama, He decided

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a tropical hike would be the perfect place to escape

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the chilly November nights. When he entered the reserve, Ben

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found a small group of locals eager to welcome him

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into their group to explore the forest trail. They shared

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stories and laughter as they walked, their voices echoing through

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the towering trees. There was a sense of unity and

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safety among the group, their footsteps in sync as they

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took in the landscape's natural beauty. The reserve was home

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to beautiful lakes, rivers, and forests, but did not offer

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some of the familiar comforts that state parks and trails

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offered that Ben was hoping for all he and his

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group had was what they brought with them. They planned

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to hike up the mountain, stopping at some waterfalls along

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the way first, though they needed to get through the forest.

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As they moved deeper into the forest, Ben's curiosity got

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the better of him. The air was thick with mist

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caused by a light drizzling of rain, and he couldn't

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help but feel that there was more to be explored

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hidden beyond the well trodden paths. He paused for a

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moment behind the group to snap photos of the trees

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and lush greenery, but as he did, a woman from

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the group touched his arm. Her name was Rosa, a sturdy,

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middle aged woman with a face weathered by years under

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the Panamanian sun and a demeanor as unyielding as the

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trails she loved to hike. She was well known among

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the locals for her strength and skill, an avid hiker

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who could navigate the densest parts of the rainforest with

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ease and knew every hidden trail by heart. With her

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dark piercing eyes and her thick, callous hands, Rosa was

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a respected guide for others in the forest. She moved

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with quiet confidence, carrying an air of caution that only

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some one deeply attuned to the land would understand. Her

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dark eyes bore into his as she warned him softly,

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her voice trembling, stay with the group, blessy Lampa lurks

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in these forests, especially in the rainy season, when the

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fog rolls in. Ben smiled politely, but shrugged off her words.

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He'd heard enough folk tales, one for every hike he's

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been on. He decided that these were just silly superstitions,

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meant as warnings for inexperienced tigers to scare them into

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staying unmarked trails. But Ben wasn't worried about that. He

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knew how to handle a hike through a forest. After

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a while, against Rosa's warnings, he let his feet lead

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him off the main trail, lured by the promise of

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untouched scenery and quiet solitude. The murmur of his group

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faded behind him, replaced by the steady drip of rain

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on leaves. As he ventured deeper into the forest, the

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sky darkened and the drizzle turned to rain, soaking his

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clothes and weighing down the thick canopy. Ben hadn't anticipated

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how quickly the trail would vanish, obscured by the dense

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eye undergrowth and tangled roots. Before he realized it, he

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was completely off track, surrounded by towering trees and thick

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vegetation that seemed to close in around him. The mist

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was rising, now swirling low to the ground, and the

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vibrant green of the forest took on a ghostly, monochromatic hue.

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He pulled out his phone, but of course there was

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no signal. The fog was becoming more dense, turning the

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world around him into a gray maze. Each step forward

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felt like a step deeper into some otherworldly realm, as

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if the forest were shifting around him. And then in

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the distance, Ben saw something pale moving through the fog.

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It was barely visible, a flicker of white drifting through

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the trees like a wisp of smoke. He squinted, trying

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to make out what it was. Perhaps it was another hiker,

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or just his eyes playing tricks in the fire. But

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as he watched, the pale shape began to grow, taking form,

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and he saw it more clearly, a ghostly white sheet

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unfurling like a banner in the mist, but with no

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person or tree to hold it up. He felt a

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chill crawl up his spine as the figure drifted closer,

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floating above the ground. It was almost beautiful the way

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it moved, silent, fluid and terrifying. Hello, Ben called, though

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his voice felt swallowed by the fog. The sheet stopped,

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hovering silently in front of him, and the air grew cold, frigid.

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The rain had lessened, and Ben felt the distance between

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him and the mist closing, pulling him toward its ghostly figure.

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His heart pounded and he took a shaky step back.

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The old woman's warnings echoed in his mind. La Sie

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Lampa lurks in these forests, but it was too late.

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The sheet seemed to stretch and expand, filling the air

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around him. He tried to run, but his feet felt

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rooted to the ground, his body paralyzed by the sudden

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weight of fear. The figure moved forward, encircling him, and

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he felt a suffocating chill wrap around his body, pressing

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into his chest and tightening around his throat. Ben gasped,

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trying to scream, but the mist forced its way into

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his mouth, cold and endless, stealing his breath. His vision

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blurred and his strength drained from him, leaving him. Weak

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and dazed, he tried to reach out to claw at

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the figure that was suffocating him, but his hands passed

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through the mist, touching only bitter air. When Ben didn't

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return to the group by sunset, they began to search

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for him. It wasn't until dawn that they found his

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remains in the fog drenched undergrowth, bones picked clean, lying

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in an eerily neat pile among the leaves and vines,

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identified only by his scattered belongings. Upon seeing his remains,

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Rossa crossed herself, whispering a prayer, for she knew what

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had claimed him. Lasi Lampa had struck again, returning to

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the mist, waiting for the next soul foolish enough to

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wander alone into her domain. Welcome back, Ghol friends. All right,

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so some quick notes before we jump into the sources again.

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Thank you so much to the lovely Jeoffrey Doyle. My man,

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my man, my man for putting this together. So a

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couple notes here. The first one is Lasi Lampa is

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a white mass that scares those who dare to go

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out late into the woods. It is said that it

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can grow several meters in height and vanish once it

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catches you. Banama has a long history of exploitation by

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America and of natural resources being over harvested. Jeffrey wrote

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here that he picked Laguan the Forest as the setting

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because it had once been over forested and there's some

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more information about the that we're going to get into

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in a bit, and it felt like a good representation

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of that exploitation of natural resources. It has since been reforested,

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mostly thanks to the efforts of women and the local communities,

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and it wouldn't surprise me if there was a spirit

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there waiting to take revenge on those that exploited Banama

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right off the bat. If you've been listening to Susto

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for a while, it's very reminiscent of those kinds of

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creatures that are these forest dwelling wilderness protectors. Right. We

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run into these a lot, Gwen. Those are very popular

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ones that are said to kind of protect wild areas.

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The other ones aren't really coming to my mind right away.

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But you know that we've talked about this archetype before

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of like a dit or creature. This is very interesting though,

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because this doesn't have and I know, you know, you

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could argue about whether or not spirits are physical or

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solid beings. But this isn't really like a personified I

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guess thing. You know, whether it's a spirit or a creature,

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or a cryptid or monster, whatever it is, there's usually

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some sort of like personification. It is a it is

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a being, right, This is more kind of like, yes,

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a being. I don't know how to explain the difference.

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It's like an entity. It's a mist you know. It's

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it's missed at the end of the day, Like it

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is whether there are cryptids or spirits that take form

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of human beings or animals, those are like things. Right,

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this is again missed. It's a sheet, if you will.

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Some people describe it as like a flowing silky like

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an actual like bedsheet, if you will. When I was

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reading it and in seeing some of this research, I

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don't know if you all have seen the movie Nope,

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but the alien in Nope, I think they named it

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Jeane Jacket towards the end of the movie. And sorry,

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some spoilers if you haven't seen it yet, which if

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you haven't, go and watch it. It's a great movie.

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The way that it kind of moves at the end,

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it does have more of like a structure to it.

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But that kind of like flowing, fluid movement. And if

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you could see me right now, I am literally like

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I look like Shakita the way that I'm moving my

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arms in my hands. But it is it just it

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gave me that kind of picture in my head as

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I was imagining it while I was reading through all

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of this stuff. So yeah, it just it sounds honestly

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to me. And of course I'm always on the side

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of the monster spirit whatever it is, but it just

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it sounds really cool to me. It sounds like it

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looks beautiful, right, I don't know, especially in the setting.

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I'm seeing this like clearing and just this beautiful, dark green,

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lush forest setting and it's raining, so it's gloomy and

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it's cold, and then there's just this beautiful sheet just

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dancing in the center. Again I'm being Shakida with my arms,

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but in my head, it looks cool. It sounds cool.

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We'll probably see a little bit of that through these sources.

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I'm about to go into them. But some people say

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that it will even take the form of a woman,

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that the way that the sheet drapes itself, it looks

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like a woman draped in white or wearing like a long, white,

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flowy gown. So if you could imagine kind of like

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a sheet ghost, right, how the she kind of just

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hangs there. I'm assuming this does that, but because of

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the way that it moves or I don't know how

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it can shape itself, I don't know. I'm sorry for

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saying this, but the phrase supernatural BBL just popped into

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my mind. Like, if I was this thing and I

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could shape myself to look like anything, I mean, the

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possibilities are endless. But also maybe it uses that to

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lure in people, Right, it takes the shape of what

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they would desire or whatever would attract them, Right, that

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could be one of its things. Before we go into

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the sources I'm about to do that, I will say,

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as Jeff and I were talking about this, he was

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saying and I was going through as well to check.

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It was very hard to find a lot of sources

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about this. I feel like I've been on a really

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great streak and I've had a lot of really good

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luck finding academic sources about these sorts of things, even

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if it's anecdotal evidence that is documented in a quote

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academic way. But this one was very interesting. There's not

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a ton of stuff out there. So I'm sorry but

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we're going to be left with some unanswered questions. But

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I invite any of you to please please as always

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write in, leave a comment on Spotify, on social media,

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send me an email if you know anything about this,

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because yeah, a lot of these sources. I will just say,

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I wish there was more sources about this, about Lasi Lampa.

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I think it'd be super cool. But okay, we're gonna

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get into the sources that we do have here. Okay,

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so this first one is from a website called Songos

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melting pot dot blogspot dot com. And this is an

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entry it's from two thousand and seven posted by Eddie

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Berto Gonzalesrejos. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

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And this is actually a list of Panamanian myths and legends.

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It looks like there are ten of them, some of them.

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Look famili is on here when there's are on here?

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Of course, La si Lampa is right here, u El.

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That just sounds like I wonder if that's just like

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Elkukui the old man of the forest, right, and then

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las brugas or witches. But we are here for the

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Si Lampa. It's number seven on this list, and of

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course you can find all direct links to these sources

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on the sus to Google docs, on Patreon dot com,

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slash susta podcast. But this short entry on Silampa just

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says on winter or rainy for US nights. So winter

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nights in Panama are there, it's their rainy season. The

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cold fog comes from the mountains. Is when the si

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Lampa appears. It's like a white sheet that flies over

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the field. It could be confused with fog. It catches

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any incautious I'm assuming any incautious people who walk late

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in the night and wraps them up and sucks them

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and leaves just the bones. So this is also kind

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of giving me the thing, right or or what's literally?

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What is that movie? Is The Mist? I mean, but

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with the Mist again spoilers, but this movie is from

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two thousand and seven, so not really spoilers. It's been

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I think plenty of time. But with the Mist it

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turned out to be aliens, right, but still this idea

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of what is and also Lasi Lampa could very well

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be an alien, right. It doesn't have to be paranormal

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in the sense of spirits. It could be paranormal or

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supernatural in the sense of it's something otherworldly. It's alien, right.

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I mean the myst would be a great pairing of

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a movie to watch with this, But you get what

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I'm saying. It's that sort of archetype of paranormal entity,

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if you will, like the Thing, the Mist, the Blob. Right,

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it's this kind of alien inhuman thing that takes people.

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But yeah, that idea of it just leaving the bones.

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There's another there's a really cool here it is. It's

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the second one. This is from malarkeybooks dot Com. Is

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an entry simply just called Lasi Lampa. This was published

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in on Halloween of twenty twenty two, two years ago

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by an Eric Williams. This is a story, and this

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is a great story. I read. The whole thing is amazing. Again,

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it's called Malarkey books dot com. I need to find

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this author and see if they have more writing, because

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I love the way that they read this story. This

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is about Lasi Lampa. One thing that I or like

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a what's it called a sort of an excerpt that

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I wanted to take from the story that I thought

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was really interesting was the description of what it looked like.

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So Eric Williams if you're out there and you hear this,

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please let me know if this was just fool your imagination,

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or where you may have gotten some of the inspiration

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for the appearance of Lasi Lampa, because again, not a

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lot is out there from what we were able to find.

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It's a short fiction and it says, quote, what does

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it look like? I asked, impressed with Nemessia's somber tone,

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like nothing else in the jungle. My grandmother said she

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saw one once long ago, when she was young. She

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had gone into the jungle to meet a lover and

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been caught in the rain. On her way back home,

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the mists had risen, and Lassie Lampa came floating between

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the trees, riding the fog. It was and shapeless like

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the mist, though she said that when it rose up

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it was like a burial shroud blowing in the wind.

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I have heard others say that it sometimes looks like

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a woman all in white, though that is but a

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trick it plays to lure the unwary. It is a

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terrible thing. So again I wonder if the shape that

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it takes, when it takes a human shape, is it

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always a woman, or does it and you know, could

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it be a man for some people? Could it be

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someone not on the binary, or like, could it be

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something else? Like could it you know, it's this fluid

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kind of sheet. What shape could it take to lure

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someone into the wild? Could it be someone's child, a

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lost loved one that they're trying to find. Yeah, it's

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just like it's able to play a trick. So I

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just again, I want to know more about the details

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of what this thing looks like. It was hard to

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find the origins other than it is from Banama. The

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next one is called Live and Invest Overseas. I'm not

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exactly sure what that means. I don't want to promote

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anybody to go gentrify places, but I'm not gonna make

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assumptions because i don't know what the rest of this

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website looks. But it looks like. But this says Halloween

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and Panama Popular Myths and Legends Scary Panamanian Stories is

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on the Dark. This is by Heraline Gunzalez, published in

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October twenty ninth, twenty twenty one. Oh my god. Of

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course they're Halloween legends, right, or legends that are being

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posted on Halloween. But this one again, it's kind of

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like a listicle. It has a bunch of different entries,

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but what we took from this one is that they

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wrote it's again a short, a short entry on Lasi Lampa.

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It's one of like the shorter entries in these lists,

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but it says Lasi Lampa is also known as the

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Mother of the Night. Legend says she comes out at midnight,

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especially on dark winter in parentheses rainy season nights. She

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takes the form of a white shadow that grows quickly

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until looks bigger than a palm tree. She then keeps

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growing until she's suddenly out of sight. If you don't

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run for shelter or stand under a palm tree, you're doomed.

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There's that element of the vampire right where you need

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to be invited in to enter. For some reason, Leasi

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Lampa cannot enter shelter. And I'm just curious about the

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idea of a palm tree, Like why standing under a tree? Well,

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I'm not sure. Here it says just under a tree.

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But also palm trees are native to Banama, So I'm

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gonna go with palm trees just because there's some relevance there.

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But so something really quick, super fast Google search says,

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what is the spiritual use of palm trees? These elegant

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and beautiful trees symbolize resilience, victory, fertility, peace and tranquility.

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They serve as perfect omens or amulets, reminding us of

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our own strength and resilience. Additionally, they provide a gentle

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reminder to seek inner peace and serenity. So I wonder

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if that has anything to do with it. You also

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see palm trees a lot, again bringing it back to

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my own experience, but in the Catholic Church there's palm Sunday,

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you know, with the dried palm leaves, we make the

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sign of the cross, or we make a little crucifix.

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And then there's still one hanging over the front door

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of my mom's house. I know that for sure, So

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I don't know. This may be maybe there is like

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a spiritual connection to palm trees that offer protection against

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Lasi lampa if you are being chased and you are

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able to outrun her. And the last thing that I

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have here is from my guide Banama dot com just

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says Leyeguada Forest Reserve, Banama. This doesn't have a byline

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or when it was published, but here In our notes,

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it says Layeguada is located in Calobre, Braguas and is

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the first forest reserve in the country. It was created

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in nineteen sixty to protect the basin of San Juan

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River in order to supply clean and abundant water to

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the Yeguada Hydroelectric plant. This area is now one of

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the best camping sites in the country because of its

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beautiful lakes, rivers, waterfall and mountainous scenery. In addition, this

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forest reserve is the location of one of the oldest

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experiences of reforestation with Pinus Caribbeer in Central America, which

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began in nineteen sixty seven, again mainly by women, and

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now has over two thousand hectares planted in harvesting states

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that were at hectares. We hadded recently, hectar is a

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measure of land. I forget exactly what the measure is,

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but I know it's a lot. So think of like

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acres hectares. I think is the next step up that

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is a lot of land. But from this website itself,

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it says this forest reserve is a protected area under

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the responsibility of a n a M National Authority for

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the Environment, So there is an admission fee to access

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and a camping permit fee. This also says was kind

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of like nodded to in the story that it doesn't

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have the same sort of amenities, if you will, as

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state parks and trails that someone might be used to

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in the States. That says, there are not many services

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in this area, so you need to come prepared. You

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will only find one rural toilet and you can get

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water from the park ranger's office. So whenever we all

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go to La Jagualala Forests, we're going to pack our

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tissue paper and our wipes and a trash bag to

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carry with us because always leave it how you found it, right.

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And also, just looking through these pictures, this is a

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beautiful park. Oh my god, I want to go hiking

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so bad, and this is the perfect season to do

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it because it's not punishingly hot in Texas. Yeah, those

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are all the sources that we have for Lasi Lampa.

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Welcome back, ghool friends, Thank you so much for tuning

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in to today's episode of Sousto. We are kind of

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back in the swing of things. It is holiday season,

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so I am going to do what I did last

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year for December and for each week of December, I

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will have a feed swap with some of my favorite podcasts.

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I got great response from you all last year. You

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were excited to hear about shows that you maybe hadn't

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heard before. So and the same thing that I said

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earlier about events and collaborating with other people stuff that

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applies to this. So if you have podcast recommendations that

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you think I think SUSA would like this, or I

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think my fellow girlfriends would like this show, please send

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them to me, recommend them to me, and who knows

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they may be in the feed swap for December. That

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also gives me some time to take off, but an actual,

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like planned holiday break versus just I'm tired, I need

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to stop for a second, and also time to plan

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ahead for the new year. So again, it is now

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November December. You will be getting those really fun feed

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swaps again. If you're unfamiliar at feed swap is just

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when I exchange an episode with another show. So instead

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of posting my own episodes in December, I will post

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that other show's episodes, and vice versa, they will post

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me on their feed, just to introduce each other's audience

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to us to other shows I don't know. I just

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think it's fun. I like to let you all in

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on what I'm listening to and what I'm enjoying. So

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with that being said, you can expect that for the

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month of December and then January we'll be jumping back

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into it once again. You can keep up with any

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in all updates for the show and with me on

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free to just leave comments on Spotify. I've actually been

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liking and replying to all of those, so again, feel

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free to. I mean, there are so many ways to

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reach out to me, Please take advantage of them. I

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love hearing from you all. One more time, I will

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out to you all. You are Eliza, Sadie, Rachel, Alejandra Luthor, April, Mario, Eva,

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Thank you all so so much from the bottom of

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have a very cozy day as the days get cooler

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and cooler, I'm looking forward to it. I already have

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my hated blanket plugged in and I will talk to

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you all in the next one. Until then, not bye,