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Way back in them woods of Spotsville, Kentucky, there's something creeping around that's

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too big, too strange, and way too quiet for anybody's comfort.

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Got eyes like burning coals and a way of disappearing clean without a trace, leaving

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folks shaking in their boots, wondering if they just glimpsed something they should

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not see.

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But don't leave no tracks, no sounds, just a dark feeling in your gut that you ain't

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alone.

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Now, tonight we're digging into that mystery, so lean in close, because once you hear this,

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there ain't no forgetting them eyes watching from the shadows.

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Welcome to Kentucky Melody's Scary Stories from Kentucky, where we spin yarns about

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ghostly haunts, creepy hollers, and spine-chilling legends from deep in the hills.

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So grab a chair, dim them lights, and let's dig into something spooky.

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Now let me tell y'all about something that haunts the woods of Spotsville, Kentucky.

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This ain't just some campfire yarn, no, this here's a tale of something big, hairy, and

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meaner than a cornered wildcat.

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Folks say it's got eyes that burn like hot coals and stands taller than any man you've

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ever seen.

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But here's the spine-chilling part.

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This thing don't leave no trace, no footprints, no broken branches, just a deep feeling of

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dread in the air.

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So what is it?

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A beast?

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A spirit?

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Or something even worse?

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Right we step into the shadows with the legend of the Spotsville Monster.

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You might want to keep them lights on for this one, y'all.

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It happened in Spotsville, Kentucky, right by the Green River, back around 1975.

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This was a time when folks lived simple and didn't feel the need to lock their doors,

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at least till something started prowling them woods.

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That year, the whole town started feeling the darkness lingering just out of sight.

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Red Nunnally and his family had just moved into an old farmhouse tucked right up against

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the woods.

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They thought it'd be a peaceful life close to nature and the river.

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But what they got was something a whole lot stranger.

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One sticky July night, Red was sitting out on his porch with his old hound dog trying

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to cool off.

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The moon was hanging low and bright, casting a silver light over the fields.

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Just as he was drifting off, he heard something heavy stirring in the woods, too big to be

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no raccoon or deer.

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He squinted, peering deep into the shadows, and that's when he saw it.

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Standing there, right on the edge of the tree line, was a figure taller than any man Red

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ever saw, had to be a good seven, maybe eight feet tall.

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Its body was covered in thick matted fur like a wild creature, but them eyes, they glowed

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red like hot embers burning in the night.

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Red froze, heart pounding like a runaway train.

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He reached for his flashlight, hoping to get a better look, but as soon as he turned it

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on, that thing melted back into the shadows without a sound, disappearing like it had

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never been there at all.

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There weren't no tracks, no crushed leaves, nothing.

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Just the crickets picking up their song again, like the woods had swallowed it whole.

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Now Red tried to brush it off, telling himself it was just a bear or maybe a trick of the

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light, but things only got stranger.

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First, their old shepherd dog, Buster, started acting mighty peculiar.

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Normally, that dog had chased off anything that moved, but from then on, he refused

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to step foot outside after dark.

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He'd sit by the door, shaken and whimpering, staring at the tree line like he knew something

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was watching him from the shadows.

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Red's wife rose, she caught sight of it one night while doing the dishes.

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She said it stood in the shadows, eyes burning red, just staring right through her like it

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was studying her every move.

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And then, just like that, it faded back into the darkness.

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Not a branch snapped, not a single sign it had been there.

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Word got round quick like it does in small towns.

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Neighbors started whispering about seeing strange things, too.

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When Mr. Hawkins swore he saw the creature near his chicken coop one night, just staring

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before it vanished like mist at sunrise.

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Said he shot at it, but when he looked, there weren't no blood, no signs it had been there

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at all.

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Then Mrs. Pritchard, down by the river, claimed she saw it wading in the water early one foggy

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morning, pulling out fish with its bare hands.

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But before she could get a good look, it faded into the mist, leaving no trace it had ever

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been there.

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Red, tired of feeling haunted, called up some local hunters.

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They set up camp on his property, full of that rough, tough talk only fellas with guns have.

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The first night was calm, but on the second, just as the fire was burning low, a deep low

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growl rolled out from the woods, something so deep it made the ground vibrate under

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their feet.

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One of the men pointed his rifle into the dark, hands shaken.

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Before he could pull the trigger, the creature lunged out, just shy of the firelight.

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Its outline loomed, broad shoulders, long arms almost dragging on the ground, and them eyes

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red and burning like the fires of hell itself.

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They fired, but the thing screamed, a sound so loud it rang in their ears and then it

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disappeared.

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When dawn broke, there weren't no blood, no tracks, just silence, like the woods had swallowed

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up every trace.

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The nunlies grew desperate.

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Red found deep scratches on the side of the house, like something was trying to claw its

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way in, but the next day those marks looked faded, like they'd been there for years.

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Each night they'd hear heavy footsteps circling the house, slow and deliberate, as if it

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was letting them know it could come closer if it wanted to.

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By fall, Red had enough.

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He took his shotgun and followed where he thought it had been.

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Gone by the riverbank he called out into the shadows, demanding that it show itself.

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But all he got back was silence, an emptiness that hung thick in the air.

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It was like something was watching, yet invisible, its presence colder than the river itself.

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By winter the sighting stopped, and the nunlies packed up leaving that farmhouse to the shadows.

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Hunters still tell stories about the Spotsville monster, but times turned it into one of

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them tales that get told around the fire.

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Skeptics say it was just a bear, others say it was people imagining things, but those

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who lived through that summer, they'll never forget them eyes, watching from the shadows.

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Every so often, hunters still tell tales of strange sounds and eerie red glows deep in

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the trees, yet no tracks, no broken branches, no sign of life or death.

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Some say it's out there, moving silent through the woods, watching, waiting.

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So if you find yourself by the green river one misty night, keep an eye on them shadows.

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Don't you go following strange sounds, cause that old Spotsville monster might be watching

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it, waiting for its next chance to slip out of the dark.

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Now I gotta ask, what do y'all think about all this?

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Y'all reckon it's just some old tale folks spun up to scare youngins?

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Or is there something real out there lurking in the dark, slipping in and out of sight?

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Could be something stranger than we care to know, or maybe it's just the woods playing

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tricks on us?

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Drop your thoughts in the comments down below.

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I wanna know if y'all believe, or if you think it's all just smoke and shadows.

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Go on, I'm all ears.

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Now if y'all are hankering to dig even deeper into this mystery, we gotta treat for ya.

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If you wanna hear more from the folks who lived it, check out them links in the description

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to 4Books by Barton Nunley, told straight from the eyes of one of the Nunley kids.

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These links will take you over to Amazon, and they're affiliate links, so we'll make

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a little something off each purchase, which all goes right back into supporting this here

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channel and bringing you more Kentucky tales.

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So grab a copy, settle in, and prepare to be downright spooked.

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Well folks, that's the tale for tonight.

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If it left you peeking over your shoulder, then you're right at home here on Kentucky

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We're glad to have y'all with us on this wild ride through Kentucky's creepiest legends.

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But remember, the darkness is always lurking, and the creatures of the night are always

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hungry, so sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite, or something worse.