WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.339 You are now listening to Cryptid Cocktail Party 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.880 Hey everybody! Welcome back to another episode 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:45.899 of Cryptid Cocktail Party, a show where we have 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:48.020 a few drinks, share a few laughs, take a dive 00:00:48.020 --> 00:00:49.880 into the unknown. I'm your host Dave, joined 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:52.740 as always by my wonderful co -host Sarge. How's 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:57.420 it going Sarge? I'm fucking doing great! Even 00:00:57.420 --> 00:00:59.600 though it's Memorial Day weekend and we're supposed 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:02.119 to be sad, but I'm doing good otherwise. I feel 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:05.040 like people don't understand what Memorial Day 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:09.260 is about. So I work with a couple veterans and... 00:01:09.590 --> 00:01:12.909 uh before the the weekend uh there's a lot of 00:01:12.909 --> 00:01:14.730 people saying like oh thank you for your service 00:01:14.730 --> 00:01:16.569 and then they'd be like what the fuck are you 00:01:16.569 --> 00:01:19.870 talking about like that's not what that's veterans 00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:22.909 day that's not what this day is uh because it's 00:01:22.909 --> 00:01:25.769 about people who have passed and or prisoners 00:01:25.769 --> 00:01:30.189 of war so right one of my son's teachers back 00:01:30.189 --> 00:01:32.450 in the day taught him the difference between 00:01:32.450 --> 00:01:36.950 memorial day and veterans day and uh so For like 00:01:36.950 --> 00:01:39.129 the rest of the summer, my son just kept saying 00:01:39.129 --> 00:01:42.290 to me, I'm glad you didn't die in the war. And 00:01:42.290 --> 00:01:44.930 just like out of nowhere. And I'd be like, thanks, 00:01:45.049 --> 00:01:49.590 bud. Me too. Now, was he old enough to know that 00:01:49.590 --> 00:01:52.030 you went to war when you went to war? Was he 00:01:52.030 --> 00:01:53.969 even born at that point? Yeah, like he kind of 00:01:53.969 --> 00:01:57.609 had an idea of what a veteran was. And this teacher 00:01:57.609 --> 00:02:00.049 was like trying to do the right thing by explaining 00:02:00.049 --> 00:02:02.349 that, you know, what Memorial Day is and like 00:02:02.349 --> 00:02:07.340 why you don't say happy Memorial Day. Yeah. So 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:10.599 my, you know, he was like six at the time and 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.759 he just like very serious face would like put 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.300 his hand on my arm and be like, dad, I'm really 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:24.460 glad you didn't die. Over and over again. I'm 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:26.500 like, all right. That's the one time when I'd 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:28.800 be like, all right, school, calm down. Like, 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:34.360 yeah. Yeah. Well, like I also didn't do a great 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:36.199 job of explaining it. Cause I'm trying to use 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.740 like age appropriate language. Like the last 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:40.539 thing on earth I want is for my kid to know I 00:02:40.539 --> 00:02:42.680 could have died in a war, you know? But was he 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.939 born when you were at war? No, he was born the 00:02:45.939 --> 00:02:48.379 year I came home. So I can't, well, he was born, 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:51.319 like I came home at the end of 2010 and he was 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:57.539 born. uh in 2011 so he did never knew me so what 00:02:57.539 --> 00:03:00.800 the he's worried about nothing right he never 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.599 knew about combat sarge you know he he just knew 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:05.979 that i like to shout at traffic at times and 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:09.020 that's because of combat okay so i guess that's 00:03:09.020 --> 00:03:11.099 a good segue into what we're going to be talking 00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:14.639 about today uh so i hope so it's memorial day 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:17.360 uh or at least the day this comes out it will 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.560 be memorial day so i figured we should do something 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.199 military related Seems only... I like that idea. 00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:27.539 It seems right, I feel. Now, I don't know shit 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:30.259 about war or war zones, and I for sure don't 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:32.620 fucking know about any of the tech he used during 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:35.939 wars, so I'm sure that hopefully you can fill 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:40.360 in any gaps. A lot of Xbox. Is it the drone strikes 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.039 or just in general? It's a lot of Xbox in... 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.300 Yeah. Yeah, for the most part. Drone strikes, 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:48.319 Call of Duty. Well, all I'm saying is that you 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:52.180 might be able to fill in any gaps. In my knowledge, 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.580 as we navigate. I can probably help with that. 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:59.800 But what I do know about is demons, goblins, 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.979 ghouls. And I know that the absolute worst place 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:06.819 to potentially see a demon, goblin, or a ghoul 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:10.180 would probably, it probably would have been like 00:04:10.180 --> 00:04:13.080 Vietnam, I'm assuming. Probably the worst place 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.719 to see any of those things. Or anytime you attend 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.660 a military ball and all of the privates have 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:21.740 been drinking since noon. They all turn into 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:26.860 goblins. Not great. Sounds bad. So, so I guess 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:30.139 Sarge. A lot of property damage. Yeah. So the 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:33.560 first question of my episode of not my episode, 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.860 but our episode to you would be, what do you 00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:39.000 know about night vision? Cause the only thing 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.399 I know about night vision is ghost hunters and 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.199 it's a green and it makes your eyes look spooky. 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:50.319 Yeah. Yeah. I, I am. I had to wear nods a couple 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.000 of times in real life. We had a one night mission. 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:58.360 We were driving on the highway. And so I had 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.519 my night vision goggles on periodically just 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.220 so I could like see out into a field. It is really 00:05:04.220 --> 00:05:07.899 fucking cool and weird. We played with them all 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:10.120 the time. Honestly, I had a lot of fun with my 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:11.939 night vision goggles. I feel like you, I feel 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:13.399 like you would, right. You would, you would, 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.180 you would play with them. Right. Like, I feel 00:05:15.180 --> 00:05:18.259 like, yeah, of course. Yeah. I mean, the thing 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:21.279 is like you soldiers, especially in a war zone, 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:23.540 like you have your laptops, you can watch movies 00:05:23.540 --> 00:05:26.000 and stuff and you can play video games and stuff, 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:29.199 but like you eventually get to a point. Will 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.819 you revert back to your, like, childhood years 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:34.660 and you just start playing weird games? Yeah. 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.759 Like, smacking each other in the balls for no 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.939 reason. Well, obviously. You get bored, I would 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:43.500 assume. Yeah. And we had, so we had night vision 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:46.519 goggles, and I don't remember why we didn't always 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.740 do this, but the base I was on, the lights were 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:51.399 out all the time because at night they were worried 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.319 if we had the base lights on, they would mortar 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.660 us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because it was a small 00:05:55.660 --> 00:05:58.720 base, so we didn't have, like, the... Counter 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.199 defense when they would shoot the motors it shoots 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.980 like these blast of shrapnel up And then the 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:05.779 motors would hit that and blow up anyway like 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:08.240 what Air Force one has kind of thing yeah So 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:11.180 instead of putting on my nods to go pee at like 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:13.579 2 in the morning I would just wake up go stand 00:06:13.579 --> 00:06:15.980 outside until my eyes adjusted to the darkness 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:18.720 and then walk to the toilet and one night I did 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:22.220 that and I felt like something was near me like 00:06:22.220 --> 00:06:24.680 a person was nearby, but I couldn't see anything 00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:29.879 Yeah, it was pretty scary for a minute. And then 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.240 my eyes adjusted and I looked over to see the 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:37.519 ass of a donkey. Who had snuck through the gate 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:39.899 on the base, which didn't make me feel great 00:06:39.899 --> 00:06:42.839 because how did I was going to ask? I was going 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.240 to ask how did the dog? It was a base donkey 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.120 or did it show up unannounced? He just snuck 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.720 through the gate. Like, I think probably what 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.300 happened is like the guards didn't see a threat. 00:06:54.420 --> 00:06:56.500 It was just a donkey. They were like, fuck it. 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.040 We'll worry about it later. Like, that's pretty 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.800 fun. You can't just shoot it, you know? And so 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:04.600 I am standing waiting to pee and I look over. 00:07:05.230 --> 00:07:08.550 And I see, like, the tail swish. I'm like, oh, 00:07:08.569 --> 00:07:10.389 fuck, I'm standing right behind a donkey. I, 00:07:10.470 --> 00:07:12.709 like, ran out of the way real quick because I 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:16.329 didn't want him to kick me. But then I just couldn't 00:07:16.329 --> 00:07:18.410 stop laughing that there was just a donkey hanging 00:07:18.410 --> 00:07:21.209 out next to my hut. That's pretty funny. And 00:07:21.209 --> 00:07:24.050 so I woke up my teammate. I was like, Murphy, 00:07:24.189 --> 00:07:26.509 Murphy, you got to see this. And so we're standing 00:07:26.509 --> 00:07:28.009 in the doorway where there's, like, a little 00:07:28.009 --> 00:07:30.449 bit of light kind of eking out. And he's like, 00:07:30.509 --> 00:07:32.879 is that a fucking donkey? Like, how the fuck 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.180 did that get through the gate? And I'm like, 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.759 I don't know, but I'm sleeping with my rifle 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:37.420 tonight because I don't know who's coming behind 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:40.100 it. Yeah, so no one checked this donkey to make 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:42.360 sure its ass wasn't, like, jam -packed with C4. 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.540 They were just like, eh, well, you know, that 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:47.720 one thing happened, so why, like... You know, 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.660 it's funny you say that, again, derailing the 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:53.079 show, but we were driving across a bridge one 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.939 day, and the Iraqis had been known to put IEDs 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:58.990 inside of dead animals. And so one day we're 00:07:58.990 --> 00:08:01.790 driving down, we're driving across this bridge 00:08:01.790 --> 00:08:05.730 and there's a dead, I think it was a goat, a 00:08:05.730 --> 00:08:09.029 dead goat on the bridge. And for some reason 00:08:09.029 --> 00:08:12.569 we had to stop and I looked down and realized 00:08:12.569 --> 00:08:15.449 that there's wires sticking out of the goat's 00:08:15.449 --> 00:08:19.170 mouth. Well, to be fair, goats are known to eat. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:24.519 It's pretty rare when they eat debt cord, though, 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:26.040 you know? Yeah, but they eat almost everything. 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.980 So maybe, hear me out, maybe there was an IED 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:32.100 exposed on the ground and the goat was like, 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:37.860 what is this? And then died immediately. Exactly. 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:41.360 It's got to be toxic. I can't imagine that explosives 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:44.000 are. Yeah, it's not good for you. So we determined 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.860 that they probably were trying to set up an IED. 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.759 And then they saw us coming and they like ran 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.740 away. But yeah, there was a goat with wires like 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:55.720 red wires hanging out of its mouth. So we called 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.960 the the Iraqi army's explosive ordnance people, 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:01.580 because by that point in the war, they were kind 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:03.639 of handling all that shit. And we just took off. 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:05.299 We were like, I'm not sticking around for this 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:08.039 thing. Now, not to be gross, but did you snap 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:10.460 a photo of that? Can I have that photo? Because 00:09:10.460 --> 00:09:12.919 that sounds funny. No, no, I didn't think to 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.679 take a picture of it. I probably should have. 00:09:15.789 --> 00:09:17.409 We were just trying to get out of there at that 00:09:17.409 --> 00:09:21.529 point. Cause I'm like, uh, guys, it's got wires. 00:09:22.490 --> 00:09:25.529 Like we should go. And then we just drove off. 00:09:25.529 --> 00:09:27.649 I feel like if you're in any, any high stakes 00:09:27.649 --> 00:09:31.769 danger area and you go, there's wires out of 00:09:31.769 --> 00:09:33.789 something that probably shouldn't have wires 00:09:33.789 --> 00:09:36.570 coming out of it. You should probably just slowly 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:39.129 back. Yeah. Yeah. You get to a point where you 00:09:39.129 --> 00:09:41.409 kind of recognize that things might not be great. 00:09:41.490 --> 00:09:44.340 Like we had a, we had a mission where we, Got 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:46.779 a lot of really shady Intel right before we, 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:49.980 we left. And I think we got to the gate and we 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:51.519 were like, no, fuck it. We're not going out. 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.419 This is bad news. This has got bad news written 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:55.139 all over it. You kind of get the spidey senses 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:57.860 and you don't want to go anywhere anyway. Anyways. 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.080 So yeah, I've used night vision goggles. That's 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.980 what we were talking about. This whole episode 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:06.080 is about that. All right. So have you ever heard 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.940 of a red night vision goggle? Like not, not infrared, 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:16.200 but red. No. Oh, Sarge. This is the song that 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:18.500 every veteran loves, just to be clear. Like, 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:19.899 this is our music. We're going to be a non -baby 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:21.980 today. We're going to fucking be a non -baby! 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:24.379 Oh, God, I'm just already picturing the helicopters 00:10:24.379 --> 00:10:32.789 flying overhead. is that a good how do you shoot 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:36.509 women and children easy you just don't lead them 00:10:36.509 --> 00:10:40.870 as much all right so for years pretty much ever 00:10:40.870 --> 00:10:42.769 since i have been on the internet there's been 00:10:42.769 --> 00:10:44.690 rumors or i guess like the best way to describe 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:48.450 it is like urgent urban legends uh that in 1965 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:51.970 during the vietnam war the u .s government designed 00:10:51.970 --> 00:10:55.070 and built red night vision goggles for use during 00:10:55.070 --> 00:10:59.500 the war So why red? Well, the theory was that, 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.879 or at least according to Mark Anthony, an Oxford 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.799 -educated attorney slash self -proclaimed world 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:08.019 -renowned psychic medium slash and guest on Coast 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:11.419 to Coast AM, he said that the red night vision 00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:14.019 goggles allowed the soldier's eyes to maintain 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:17.039 daylight sensitivity, and it would be easier 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.820 for them to switch from day to night vision because 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:22.860 red light doesn't force the eyes to have, like, 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.419 it doesn't. it doesn't force them to have to 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:27.559 like adapt to low light conditions. Can confirm. 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.259 I use my red light all the time. And I, and again, 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.720 I assume it's the same reason that they use these 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.960 red lights, like in, in military, like helicopters. 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:39.500 I, you see like a, you watch a movie. I think 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:41.240 like even like in a, what's my favorite movie 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.059 of all time. Predator. Maybe I was thinking like 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:46.779 the rock. Yeah. Yeah. Like, no, but like, I think 00:11:46.779 --> 00:11:48.139 in predator, there was a scene where they were 00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:49.539 in the helicopters at night and they did the 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:52.649 same thing. I can't, I think nowadays they all 00:11:52.649 --> 00:11:54.389 wear night vision, but I think back then they 00:11:54.389 --> 00:11:56.990 did. They did use red light. So the red light's 00:11:56.990 --> 00:11:58.830 not like a movie thing. That's like a whole. 00:11:59.090 --> 00:12:01.330 No, I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure. I mean, 00:12:01.350 --> 00:12:04.470 I didn't fly in helicopters at night, but I'm 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:06.710 pretty, I'm almost 100 % sure they use red lights 00:12:06.710 --> 00:12:10.289 because I know that they use them in airborne. 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:13.919 When the airborne troops who do night jumps, 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:16.840 I'm almost certain they use the red lights. Just 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.220 got to finish watching Black Sails. The other 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:22.460 thing I can think of is that it's like pirates 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:25.639 when they do the eye patch thing where you put 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:27.580 a patch over one eye and then you switch it when 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:29.899 you go below deck so that way you can see. I 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:32.340 heard that too. Yeah, it protects. Because your 00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:36.120 night vision is a finite resource, it takes some 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.100 time for your eyes to adjust, and so it's much 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:41.289 easier to just cover the eye. And a special forces 00:12:41.289 --> 00:12:44.129 guy that I met who was big, who, like, was in 00:12:44.129 --> 00:12:47.889 SF in the 70s and 80s, he told us stories about 00:12:47.889 --> 00:12:51.690 going behind the lines in another country that 00:12:51.690 --> 00:12:54.070 we're not allowed to talk about. Russia! And 00:12:54.070 --> 00:13:00.269 he said that he used to keep one eye closed when 00:13:00.269 --> 00:13:02.870 he would see, like, white light or, you know, 00:13:02.889 --> 00:13:06.340 any other colored light. he would keep one eye 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:09.639 closed to protect his ability to see, uh, when 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.840 ambient light, when the lights were gone. Okay. 00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:14.679 That makes sense. Yeah. So, so anyways, it's, 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.720 it seems legit. Like I'm not an optometrist and 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.679 I totally legit. Yeah. I don't want to be bothered 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.919 to learn how different lights affect the eye. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.600 So I didn't look at any of it up. I use it when 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.500 I go night hiking and I can see great after I 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:28.820 turn off the red light, I can still pick up the 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:30.679 ambient light. So I can promise you it works. 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:33.639 All right. So, so these new goggles, supposedly, 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.240 were issued to soldiers in Vietnam in 1965. It 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:43.340 was mostly to newborn... Newborn? The newborn 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:45.899 brigade. It was mostly to airborne troops, special 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:50.279 forces, and recon units. And the thing about 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.070 these goggles is that just... Just after a week 00:13:53.070 --> 00:13:55.269 of this new technology being in the field, shit 00:13:55.269 --> 00:13:58.269 started to get really weird. I can only imagine. 00:13:58.629 --> 00:14:01.629 Yeah. In the July 8th, 2023 episode of Coast 00:14:01.629 --> 00:14:03.710 to Coast AM, Mark Anthony went on and talked 00:14:03.710 --> 00:14:06.590 about how after the first week, the men who were 00:14:06.590 --> 00:14:09.490 issued these goggles started acting pretty strange. 00:14:09.809 --> 00:14:13.409 They started talking about things that no one 00:14:13.409 --> 00:14:15.730 else but them could see. And for some reason, 00:14:15.809 --> 00:14:18.909 they were fixated at staring at the jungle canopy 00:14:18.909 --> 00:14:22.179 and the treetops. Then they started having behavioral 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:24.200 and discipline issues and eventually started 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.820 fighting amongst themselves. Well, Charlie's 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:29.120 in the trees, so you have to be careful about 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.899 that. So it's not like a great first week or 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:34.860 two that this whole new thing was being rolled 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:37.840 out. I feel like this exact thing happened right 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.059 after the release of the Nintendo Virtual Boy. 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:43.529 Do you remember that thing? yes yes he was like 00:14:43.529 --> 00:14:46.090 all red lights wasn't it yeah so real quick for 00:14:46.090 --> 00:14:47.950 those too young to remember this the Nintendo 00:14:47.950 --> 00:14:50.549 Virtual Boy was basically a pair of goggles that 00:14:50.549 --> 00:14:54.049 sat on a tripod and it had a like a controller 00:14:54.049 --> 00:14:56.509 connected to it and it was supposed to be like 00:14:56.509 --> 00:15:00.909 the 1995 version of virtual reality kind of like 00:15:00.909 --> 00:15:04.190 it was fully 3D rendered like characters and 00:15:04.190 --> 00:15:06.850 shit yeah but it was like Tron yeah but the display 00:15:06.850 --> 00:15:10.250 was like a monochromatic red it was red and black 00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:14.429 so it was like a bright red light beaming onto 00:15:14.429 --> 00:15:18.309 your corneas and i i don't know if this is true 00:15:18.309 --> 00:15:20.149 but i genuinely remember like i think like i 00:15:20.149 --> 00:15:23.330 fucked up some people like i know yeah some reviewers 00:15:23.330 --> 00:15:26.090 said that it said like it like caused them to 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:29.289 have like nausea vertigo i think it fucked up 00:15:29.289 --> 00:15:33.950 people's eyes I went to a Sears back in the day. 00:15:33.990 --> 00:15:36.490 I was a little kid and I remember playing on 00:15:36.490 --> 00:15:40.070 one that was on display and I stuck my face in 00:15:40.070 --> 00:15:42.409 there and I literally was so enthralled with 00:15:42.409 --> 00:15:44.970 what I was seeing that I actually drooled. I 00:15:44.970 --> 00:15:47.970 felt the drool come out of my mouth and drip. 00:15:48.370 --> 00:15:53.629 I remember the Walmart near me had it on display 00:15:53.629 --> 00:15:57.509 and I played it and I'm pretty sure I died. Like 00:15:57.509 --> 00:15:59.649 none of this is real. I think this is just like 00:15:59.649 --> 00:16:03.850 my, it's a fever dream. You're actually in a 00:16:03.850 --> 00:16:08.850 coma. It wasn't great. Like, and it sucked to 00:16:08.850 --> 00:16:11.909 look at dude. It was so bad. Yeah. It was, it 00:16:11.909 --> 00:16:14.549 honestly, like looking back on it now, I just 00:16:14.549 --> 00:16:16.710 remember it being a series of red lines. Like 00:16:16.710 --> 00:16:19.769 it was not, it was not a 3d rendering by any 00:16:19.769 --> 00:16:21.690 stretch of the imagination. It was just angled 00:16:21.690 --> 00:16:24.690 lines. Yeah. But anyways, we're getting off track. 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:30.440 So soldiers, recap, soldiers got red night vision, 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:33.480 started slowly losing their minds, started fighting 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.500 with each other. And this is all in the first 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:38.720 week. Then the helicopter incident happened. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:43.940 Oh, snap. Allegedly, well, during a routine helicopter 00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:46.679 patrol over a somewhat quiet part of Vietnam, 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:49.539 a gunner who was wearing the red night vision 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:53.059 goggles just fucking started open firing at something. 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:56.720 oh no then he just started screaming that he 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.240 was shooting at demons and he just kept screaming 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:02.919 about demons over and over again while just lighting 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:07.279 up the jungle not great not great nope now the 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:09.339 strangest the strangest part about all of this 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:13.660 is that apparently officers and pilots specifically 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:16.539 had been ordered not to wear the red night vision 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:20.980 goggles but an officer aboard the craft tackled 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:24.920 the man ordered that the gunner remove his goggles 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.980 and he put them on himself. And then according 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:31.279 to Mark Anthony, who seems... I'm going to say 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:33.359 this. It seems like his only source is like, 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:37.160 trust me, bro, kind of thing. Yeah. The officer, 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:41.759 quote unquote, saw several grotesque winged humanoid 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.019 creatures flying up from the treetops below towards 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:49.119 the helicopter, end quote. Oh. And... This wasn't 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.759 an isolated incident. According to Mark Anthony 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:59.980 Esquire, again, he is a lawyer. Over a period 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:03.500 of several weeks, reports flooded in from soldiers 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.920 who had seen these flying creatures while wearing 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.380 the goggles. Even officers who had disobeyed 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:12.380 their orders and decided to put them on described 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:17.670 seeing gargoyles and or demons. Not great. How 00:18:17.670 --> 00:18:20.109 are we feeling so far? I don't like this at all, 00:18:20.190 --> 00:18:22.670 but I am not shocked in any way because night 00:18:22.670 --> 00:18:24.630 vision goggles already kind of make you look 00:18:24.630 --> 00:18:26.750 like a demon. And then you're going to put on 00:18:26.750 --> 00:18:29.930 red night vision goggles. Fuck that. Yeah, not 00:18:29.930 --> 00:18:32.670 great. I don't want it. It was also reported 00:18:32.670 --> 00:18:34.569 by people who wore them that the creatures would 00:18:34.569 --> 00:18:38.309 immediately come at you as soon as they noticed 00:18:38.309 --> 00:18:41.109 them. Like, you know that they know that you 00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:42.769 could see them. Well, here's the thing. So I 00:18:42.769 --> 00:18:45.309 don't know if that means that, like, as soon 00:18:45.309 --> 00:18:47.670 as the person wearing the goggles noticed the 00:18:47.670 --> 00:18:50.950 demon or if the demons noticed the person or 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:53.549 if the demons noticed that the person wearing 00:18:53.549 --> 00:18:55.829 the goggles are now aware of the demons. Like, 00:18:55.869 --> 00:18:58.009 I don't know what that means. Like, I don't know 00:18:58.009 --> 00:19:00.500 if it, like you said, like. do they only attack 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:04.519 if the demons notice that you notice that you 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.279 can see them? Or if it's like, as soon as you 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.259 just even make eye contacts in general, like 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:13.359 what is, how would you interpret what that means? 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:15.700 That's my interpretation is that you put on the 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:19.079 night vision goggles and they're red and now 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.099 you can see fucking hellfire demons. Yeah. And 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:24.279 the demons are like, oh shit, we've been spotted. 00:19:24.829 --> 00:19:26.950 Let's go get them. That's what I was thinking. 00:19:27.150 --> 00:19:30.210 Yeah. As well. But there was no clarification. 00:19:30.329 --> 00:19:31.970 So I didn't know if it meant like. Of course 00:19:31.970 --> 00:19:34.190 not. It's coast to coast AM. You're lucky that 00:19:34.190 --> 00:19:39.250 they were speaking English. But like, yes. So 00:19:39.250 --> 00:19:42.269 again, I don't know. I don't. That would be my 00:19:42.269 --> 00:19:44.630 first assumption is that once the demons notice 00:19:44.630 --> 00:19:47.329 that you are able to notice them, that's when 00:19:47.329 --> 00:19:52.750 they would attack. But people are saying they. 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:56.119 if that's the case and they said that like this 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.539 happened, how are they, how, how was there no 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:02.200 other witnesses to you being torn apart by a 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.319 invisible demon? Well, maybe they're not, maybe 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.019 it's not like they're, they're going to come 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.779 and tear you apart. Maybe they're going to like, 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:12.000 maybe they, they're going after you internally. 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.579 Like they're going to take your soul instead. 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:18.180 Maybe, but also not going to lie. If I saw a 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:21.039 demon that I could only see with red night vision 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.539 goggles, And they knew that I could only see 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:27.579 them with red night vision. When I started running, 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:29.279 I'd take them off. I feel like they would stop. 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:32.980 Okay. So I hear what you're saying, but I, but 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:35.980 no, let me throw in a little combat knowledge 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:38.859 here. This is the reason why I wanted to do this 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:41.400 episode. Cause you will set me straight, but 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.240 also would you not just immediately take them 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:45.839 off? I would. Yes. But at the same time, that's 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.220 me talking to you right near, right here now 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:53.069 in Massachusetts. When I went on mission, I was 00:20:53.069 --> 00:20:57.190 amped up. Well, I mean, you have a machine gun. 00:20:57.450 --> 00:21:01.490 But you're also so amped up on caffeine and nicotine. 00:21:01.650 --> 00:21:04.470 Dude, my blood could have powered Vegas for a 00:21:04.470 --> 00:21:09.230 week. I was constantly in a state of fucking 00:21:09.230 --> 00:21:13.890 manic violence. Dude, we are two violently different 00:21:13.890 --> 00:21:18.829 people. Yeah. I was inches away from murder constantly. 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.779 because like you go out of mission you need to 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:23.900 be alert especially like i was a gunner so i 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:26.940 was in the turret of the truck and if you're 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:29.559 a door gunner it's same thing you have to be 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.779 constantly alert for for threats and so you take 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:37.259 a lot of caffeine and you've got you know ripping 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:39.559 cigarettes like you fucking read about and so 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:42.200 you're just ready to destroy anything in your 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:44.839 path And the only thing that stopped me from 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.440 like opening fire on everything is knowing that 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:50.319 like I had to account for my ammunition. So I 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.380 couldn't just fucking randomly shoot anytime 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.700 something looked threatening. I had to have a 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:57.880 good reason to justify, you know, shooting at 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:59.799 something. So you're saying the helicopter gunner 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.460 who was wearing the red night vision, the red 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:05.779 night vision, I saw the demons. He was well within 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.000 his right to just start unloading into trees. 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:11.019 I'm telling you right now, I 100 % would have 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:15.000 fucking opened up. an entire magazine. That's 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.980 fair. All 200 rounds, whatever was flying towards 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:23.079 me while being a door gunner in Vietnam. Absolutely 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:27.220 without question. Okay, but we got to this because 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:30.119 we still don't understand what they mean by it 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:32.700 was also reported by people who wore them that 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.480 the creatures would immediately come at you as 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:36.819 soon as they noticed them. Well, that I can't 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:39.200 explain. I mean, other than that, I think that, 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:41.319 you know, because the creatures noticed you looking 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:43.599 at them and watching them, they were like, oh 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.339 shit, better go get that guy. He knows we're 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:48.380 here. So what you're saying is that, which is 00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:50.779 a theory that we might get into, is that they're 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:54.900 interdimensional. They don't, we shouldn't be 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:57.059 able to notice them and they won't attack us 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.900 if we don't notice them. Well, yeah, because 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:01.579 the way night vision works is that it's picking 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:04.869 up a different kind of light. It's picking up 00:23:04.869 --> 00:23:06.930 light that isn't visible with the human eye ambient. 00:23:07.170 --> 00:23:10.529 Yeah. So if these demons are there, maybe these 00:23:10.529 --> 00:23:12.750 demons are there all the time and we can't see 00:23:12.750 --> 00:23:15.730 them, but then you put on these night vision 00:23:15.730 --> 00:23:18.329 goggles and it gives you the ability to see light 00:23:18.329 --> 00:23:20.329 on a wavelength that we normally couldn't see 00:23:20.329 --> 00:23:23.609 as human beings. But what if, hear me out. Okay. 00:23:23.670 --> 00:23:33.980 It doesn't, it's not. Well, either way, the use 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:36.619 and testing of these goggles was abruptly canceled 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:42.119 after 60 days. It seems too long. Yeah, it seems 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:44.619 like after the first fist fight between two guys 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:46.599 wearing these goggles, maybe you don't do that 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.299 anymore. But again, I'm not a military man, so 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:50.359 maybe that's just like the standard length of 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:53.400 time. Like maybe like two months is like. I mean, 00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:56.619 back then, yeah. Nowadays, no, that is not normal. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:58.500 I mean, nowadays, if you've got two guys that 00:23:58.500 --> 00:24:00.220 go kind of crazy and start fighting each other. 00:24:00.730 --> 00:24:02.410 You're probably going to cancel that experiment 00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:05.910 real quick. Maybe. At one point in Iraq, we had 00:24:05.910 --> 00:24:09.789 to wear high visibility vests when we were walking 00:24:09.789 --> 00:24:14.150 in front of our truck to go from my base to the 00:24:14.150 --> 00:24:16.369 motor pool. Oh, so you mean you're just way more 00:24:16.369 --> 00:24:18.589 visible to the enemy than you should be? Yeah, 00:24:18.589 --> 00:24:20.930 because they didn't want us to accidentally get 00:24:20.930 --> 00:24:23.349 run over. And I'm like, I don't know. I feel 00:24:23.349 --> 00:24:26.750 like my driver would notice me. I feel like I 00:24:26.750 --> 00:24:30.240 would trust the driver more than a sniper. Yeah, 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:34.680 yeah, yeah. But even after the program ended, 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:38.380 there were some short -term effects. Soldiers 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:40.420 who had worn the goggles were mentally unstable 00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:42.599 for months after the experiment, according to 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:45.359 Mark Anthony, world -renowned psychic medium. 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.740 And what they suffered from exactly, I don't 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:52.920 know. Full disclosure. I did not listen to this 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.859 episode of Coast to Coast AM. You're probably 00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.920 better off for it. Well, because if you claim 00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:02.500 to be a lawyer and a world renowned psychic medium, 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:04.640 I don't want to hear a word out of your fucking 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:06.980 mouth. I do not care what the fuck you have to 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:10.839 say about anything. He practices ghost law. So 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:15.900 how true is this story? Well, let's be real. 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:20.269 It's not. uh it's not no and uh thanks to the 00:25:20.269 --> 00:25:24.349 website uh the website dawnshift .com we can 00:25:24.349 --> 00:25:26.609 kind of work out why i didn't really go into 00:25:26.609 --> 00:25:29.569 a lot of detail but i think sarge you have some 00:25:29.569 --> 00:25:32.069 more experience with night vision than anyone 00:25:32.069 --> 00:25:35.000 that i would even know For one actual Vietnam 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:38.440 vets have completely demolished the rumor. According 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:41.000 to the website, I just mentioned several pilots 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.740 from this time have confirmed that there were 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:45.519 absolutely no red night vision goggles at the 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:48.480 time and definitely not enough night vision goggles 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.339 for an entire unit. Yeah. In fact, there weren't 00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:56.039 really night vision goggles at all until like 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.960 the night. I don't think there were, it's like 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.619 the late 1960s. And in, it was like 1969 that 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:06.220 the arm, the army had like prototype night vision 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:11.500 goggles and it was like very limited. And anyone 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:14.519 who got them was, it was on a very limited basis 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:19.440 and it was crazy top secret and super huge. They 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:22.339 had to be huge. Oh, these things were heavy. 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:27.039 Yeah. Bulky. And they were never adopted officially 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:30.500 into the Vietnam war. In 2009, the fucking night 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.680 vision goggles that I wore were really small. 00:26:33.309 --> 00:26:35.710 And they just flipped down off your helmet. And 00:26:35.710 --> 00:26:39.329 the fucking mount for them was like half a pound. 00:26:39.509 --> 00:26:41.849 Yeah. And then the goggles themselves are hanging 00:26:41.849 --> 00:26:44.009 off your helmet. So you had to tighten the straps 00:26:44.009 --> 00:26:46.890 really tight in order to keep the goggles from 00:26:46.890 --> 00:26:49.269 dragging your helmet down. Yeah. So in 1965, 00:26:49.650 --> 00:26:55.750 the idea of giving full units of men. No way. 00:26:56.029 --> 00:27:00.109 It just makes no sense. You can't. No. And the 00:27:00.109 --> 00:27:03.230 thing is, while, yes, red is easier on the eyes, 00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:06.529 as we learned with the Virtual Boy, it's not 00:27:06.529 --> 00:27:10.710 great for a display. Green is always the way 00:27:10.710 --> 00:27:13.470 to go from both a spectral efficiency and also 00:27:13.470 --> 00:27:17.930 a human visual sensitivity standpoint. Red light 00:27:17.930 --> 00:27:21.029 isn't great in low light conditions. As we said, 00:27:21.130 --> 00:27:25.589 if you're in fog, the taillights of a car, it's 00:27:25.589 --> 00:27:28.619 not great. Uh, red light isn't great in low light 00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:31.460 conditions and would basically cause like a loss 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.160 of contrast and detail. What I read is as basically 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.339 like, if you were looking through red night vision 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:41.140 goggles, you almost colorblind. Like, yeah, we 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:44.559 were specifically told not to wear, um, protective 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:47.779 eyewear that had red lenses because a lot of 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:50.019 people who wear shooting glasses, their lenses 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:52.559 are either yellow or red. And we were specifically 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.299 told not to because you wouldn't be able to tell 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:58.799 if sometimes if there were wires when you were 00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:01.380 looking for IEDs and stuff because the wires 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:03.920 would blend in. Yeah, but green on the other 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:06.920 hand is much better and it gives like a smoother, 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:09.180 clearer image of what you're looking at. Like 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:14.319 the glow lasts longer, so you have a much smoother, 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.539 clearer image. I honestly didn't know that about 00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:20.319 the green light. Because when you were first 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:22.180 talking about it, it kind of made sense to me. 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:25.339 But yeah, that makes total sense because red 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:29.440 light is not great for distinguishing contrast. 00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:33.019 And again, to your point, it doesn't go far. 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:35.519 Red, yellow, and orange, if you're looking at 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:38.259 it through a red light, you kind of get lost 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:42.160 in it. But the green light picks up all those 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.460 different contrasts. So that way you can easily 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:47.779 determine shape. all that stuff. It's way more 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.880 like quote unquote high def. I don't think in 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:52.000 the sixties it was very high def, but you, you 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.519 understand what I'm talking about. Yeah. That's 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:55.900 why all of those highly efficient websites use 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:59.660 green and black, green lettering on a black background. 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.900 Exactly. Like I'm not going to go into any more 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.640 detail about, there you have it. Like that, this 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:06.759 is like a fun urban legend that people fucking 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:11.119 love to believe. it's been on the internet longer 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.380 than I have even been alive. I feel like, you 00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:16.420 know what I mean? Like, yeah, it's one of those 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.680 things where I just randomly get a bunch of tech 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.839 talks for some reason about this fucking story. 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.559 And I remembered this story and I was like, Oh, 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:25.220 I want to learn more about it. And then I realized 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:29.079 that like, I don't know how we just did a half 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:31.720 hour to 45 minute episode on it because all the 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:35.779 information that I got is from four minute, like 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:38.259 two minute tech talks. It's cause we're drunk. 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:40.559 That's because we're both drunk. Yeah, it's Memorial 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:43.000 Day weekend. And honestly, what better way to 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:45.420 remember all of my friends who are no longer 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:49.000 with us than drinking a beer. Yeah. Especially 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:51.599 if it's an Arrogant's Lager. Yeah. Because it's 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:53.440 local, and I was in the Mass National Guard, 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.539 so fuck all you people. Drinking a goddamn Yingling 00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:03.930 or Budweiser. Whoa, hold on. All right. Let's 00:30:03.930 --> 00:30:06.170 all just contact it out. You were from New England 00:30:06.170 --> 00:30:08.690 first, okay? Never forget your roots. And arrogance 00:30:08.690 --> 00:30:10.190 is better than ying -ling. I don't care what 00:30:10.190 --> 00:30:12.950 anybody says. I just did one of those peas from, 00:30:12.990 --> 00:30:15.809 like, remember the Austin Powers movie where 00:30:15.809 --> 00:30:17.789 he eats asparagus and peas in the fountain? It 00:30:17.789 --> 00:30:21.730 just lasts forever. Yeah, dude, that was... It 00:30:21.730 --> 00:30:30.730 was the... What were we talking about? Yeah, 00:30:31.490 --> 00:30:34.009 it's Memorial Day. Can't believe we could do 00:30:34.009 --> 00:30:38.170 30 minutes on like two minutes of TikTok videos, 00:30:38.390 --> 00:30:40.630 which is crazy. This is the first time I've ever 00:30:40.630 --> 00:30:42.829 heard this story before. I think you brought 00:30:42.829 --> 00:30:44.650 it home. All right. So how do I end this episode? 00:30:44.930 --> 00:30:48.609 Hey, regardless of the work that you did, regardless 00:30:48.609 --> 00:30:51.569 of your war, we appreciate the vets. We appreciate 00:30:51.569 --> 00:30:55.470 those who made the ultimate sacrifice. And fuck 00:30:55.470 --> 00:30:58.309 Donald Trump. Fuck Donald Trump. And Sarge, I 00:30:58.309 --> 00:31:00.269 appreciate you. I'm glad you didn't die in the 00:31:00.269 --> 00:31:05.920 war. Me too, buddy. Me too. I mean, like this 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.500 show wouldn't still be going. I probably would 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:10.900 have gave up a long time ago. So this is the 00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:14.220 most fun I have every week. So I appreciate you 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:16.819 too. Thanks for listening and listen Memorial 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:20.559 day. Don't, don't spend the whole day being sad. 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:23.519 Those guys didn't die for you to do that. They 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.099 want you to have a good time. They want you to 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:27.299 celebrate just to have a drink for them. I don't 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:29.779 think most people know what. Memorial Day is 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:32.180 they celebrate the same way Veterans Day is celebrated. 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:36.859 Most people, again, at my work, thanks all the 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:42.380 veterans for their service before the weekend. 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:45.140 At least they didn't say Happy Memorial Day because 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:50.299 nothing sets off my rage more than when people 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:53.400 say Happy Memorial Day. And when I was working 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:56.880 in retail, nothing would make me angrier. Then 00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:58.660 when people say, what's your sale for Memorial 00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:02.039 Day? And I just wanted to be like, how about 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:04.299 you just enjoy the fact that you're free, you 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:06.380 fucking idiot. Sarge, here's the thing, though. 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:09.619 I can get a Toyota right now for like 50%. I 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:12.920 know. Nothing says thank you for making the ultimate 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:16.440 sacrifice like 50 % off a mattress. Yeah, you 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:19.240 know, Raymoor and Flanagan have some pretty good 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.779 deals this weekend. I'm so glad I don't work 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.980 in that industry anymore because every Memorial 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:26.940 Day was a rage struggle for me. Oh, for sure. 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:29.839 But I'm just going to say, like, I can go to 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:32.160 Wayfair right now and get a dresser for like 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:36.720 $4. Which makes no sense. I might get a child 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.240 with it because remember that whole thing? Don't 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.880 start that fucking conspiracy theory. That fucking 00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:46.440 conspiracy theory made me so angry. All right, 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:48.259 we should wrap this up. We're both a little too 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:51.640 drunk for this. All right, Sarge, do you want 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.180 to plug your coloring book or no? Yeah, buy the 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:56.779 fucking coloring book. SargesSuperNormal .com. 00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:00.799 SargesSuperNormal .com. $9 .99. Celebrate Memorial 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.140 Day by coloring Donald Trump. A better color 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:06.980 of orange if you can do it. You can find us on 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:10.880 Instagram. Just Google Cryptid Cocktail Party. 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:13.640 We pop up everywhere. I did that recently. We're 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:19.079 everywhere. We're amazing. And you can Google 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:21.079 Sarge the Destroyer. You can find me that way. 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:24.079 You can find all of our links on our Instagram 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:26.440 page. Sarge was out of the way. Do you want to 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:29.599 say goodbye and love you? Guys, I love you. Have 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.880 a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend and have 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:35.799 a beer for those who can't be with us. And I 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.059 love you.