WEBVTT 00:00:09.860 --> 00:00:12.179 You're listening to Pursuit of the Paranormal 00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:16.359 Podcast with your hosts Ash Ellis and Greg Tomlinson. 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:25.539 Hi Ted, thanks for joining us. Welcome to the 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:27.719 podcast. Thank you, thank you for having me. 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:34.539 I hope you're well. So, do you want to give us 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:39.240 an overview of the project that you're working 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.420 on now? Yep, can do, yeah. The approach just 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:44.939 about, and we've had conversations about recently, 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:50.289 and what got you to this point? Yeah, so I've 00:00:50.289 --> 00:00:52.530 just graduated from university in Sheffield. 00:00:52.670 --> 00:00:54.929 I was doing a journalism degree and I was looking 00:00:54.929 --> 00:00:56.850 at doing some stuff independently so I was looking 00:00:56.850 --> 00:00:59.369 about for interesting things I could report on 00:00:59.369 --> 00:01:01.310 and that led me a bit to the paranormal scene. 00:01:01.789 --> 00:01:03.549 I must admit I am a bit skeptical with stuff 00:01:03.549 --> 00:01:06.709 like this but my thing is always, you know, I'm 00:01:06.709 --> 00:01:08.189 not going to not believe something just because 00:01:08.189 --> 00:01:10.349 I've never. seeing it so I'm coming into this 00:01:10.349 --> 00:01:13.430 with a completely open mind I'd seen your podcast 00:01:13.430 --> 00:01:16.209 it was about Bigfoot in the UK and that immediately 00:01:16.209 --> 00:01:18.689 intrigued me because I'm always like well that's 00:01:18.689 --> 00:01:20.569 normally in America and the fact that now we're 00:01:20.569 --> 00:01:22.689 saying it could be in the UK I was like I listen 00:01:22.689 --> 00:01:24.890 to it and I thought well I'd reach out and I'd 00:01:24.890 --> 00:01:27.189 love to do again a mini documentary is what I'm 00:01:27.189 --> 00:01:30.189 working on talking about you know where these 00:01:30.189 --> 00:01:32.409 titans are hopefully get some eyewitness accounts 00:01:32.409 --> 00:01:35.709 and Yeah, just do a bit of an investigation and 00:01:35.709 --> 00:01:38.609 having a look into this world that I don't really 00:01:38.609 --> 00:01:42.590 know much about So it's the reason why you sort 00:01:42.590 --> 00:01:44.569 of went for paranormal out of anything like you 00:01:44.569 --> 00:01:47.349 could do a documentary about Is there any particular 00:01:47.349 --> 00:01:49.629 reason why you sort of went to more paranormal? 00:01:50.049 --> 00:01:52.230 It's something that's to me. It's always interested 00:01:52.230 --> 00:01:54.810 me like, you know I've watched so many videos 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:56.849 about people going on these investigations or 00:01:56.849 --> 00:01:59.989 hunts, you know, whatever you want to call them 00:01:59.989 --> 00:02:05.000 and Yeah, I just thought Why not, you know? Again, 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.599 I love the idea of, you know, you don't know 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:10.219 what's out there in a world where everything 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:13.419 is so documented these days. The thought that 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:15.560 there is something there that we don't know or 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.000 a bit of mystery and, you know, that's exciting 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.219 and I'd love to again get a look into that world 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:24.439 through ideally yourselves and who know more 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.680 about it than me and just have a look at it. 00:02:28.030 --> 00:02:31.250 I mean, that's a big assumption, but yeah, so 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:37.969 we have been out to Canada Chase, where we've 00:02:37.969 --> 00:02:42.050 been trying to spot any kind of Bigfoot type 00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:45.469 creature. And we've had weird experiences at 00:02:45.469 --> 00:02:47.629 Canada Chase. It's weirdly, that's where me and 00:02:47.629 --> 00:02:50.229 Ash first met for the first time. of all places. 00:02:51.069 --> 00:02:53.330 Was that a weird experience? Is that one of the 00:02:53.330 --> 00:02:55.789 weird experiences? Me and Ash. Me and Greg, yeah. 00:02:56.550 --> 00:03:00.270 Yeah, it was a bit weird. But we did have some 00:03:00.270 --> 00:03:07.710 very strange sort of things happen. So if, because 00:03:07.710 --> 00:03:12.449 we're talking about going out with you and taking 00:03:12.449 --> 00:03:16.550 you to Canuck and taking you to some of the hotspots, 00:03:17.050 --> 00:03:25.389 what What do you aim to get from going out on 00:03:25.389 --> 00:03:28.629 location? What are your expectations about what 00:03:28.629 --> 00:03:33.550 it might be like? And have you got any reservations 00:03:33.550 --> 00:03:38.930 about what we might encounter? I think the thing 00:03:38.930 --> 00:03:42.650 is, obviously, it's a completely unfamiliar environment 00:03:42.650 --> 00:03:44.629 to me and that's going to be a bit strange in 00:03:44.629 --> 00:03:48.189 itself. I don't know, I'm not gonna base the 00:03:48.189 --> 00:03:50.490 documentary's success on whether we encounter 00:03:50.490 --> 00:03:54.909 Bigfoot literally. Again, I really, I find it 00:03:54.909 --> 00:03:57.289 so endearing when people are passionate about 00:03:57.289 --> 00:04:01.669 something. And I just love to learn about it 00:04:01.669 --> 00:04:04.710 and showcase that to an audience. And yeah, I 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:08.229 think, again, this stuff generally is so interesting 00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:10.669 to me. And it's something I wanna learn a lot 00:04:10.669 --> 00:04:18.060 more about. going to middle of a giant ancient 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:21.160 forest at one o 'clock in the morning, in the 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.839 middle of the night. It is a bit frightening. 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.839 The thought of it is frightening and it sounds 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:30.160 frightening a bit as well, but again, you two 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.300 I assume have done that yourselves, gone out 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:37.819 late at night. What is it like, I suppose? Weird. 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:42.670 Yeah. Take some GENUES to. Yeah, we we've been 00:04:42.670 --> 00:04:44.769 out and we go out regularly like we were out 00:04:44.769 --> 00:04:49.149 of the weekend. We were walking around Blenheim 00:04:49.149 --> 00:04:53.589 Palace grounds at 1 a .m At the weekend then 00:04:53.589 --> 00:04:55.689 about an hour before that we were walking around 00:04:55.689 --> 00:05:00.089 2000 you are Roman Villa In the pitch black just 00:05:00.089 --> 00:05:04.649 with some torches and some mobile phones Then 00:05:04.649 --> 00:05:07.810 we could be in a forest Delamere forest for example 00:05:09.449 --> 00:05:11.649 it like I said it gets a bit getting used to 00:05:11.649 --> 00:05:16.350 but once you once you sort of it's like people 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:20.470 for example getting people say about being street 00:05:20.470 --> 00:05:22.910 wise and stuff like that you can go out into 00:05:22.910 --> 00:05:26.250 wherever and be sort of street wise I think over 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:29.990 the years we've we've come to know what what 00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:33.509 sounds we should be worried about or whether 00:05:33.509 --> 00:05:35.949 if we see lights at one o 'clock in the morning 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:38.550 in the middle of the forest the chances are that 00:05:39.899 --> 00:05:41.779 It's either somebody else doing a similar thing 00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:45.980 to us, or it's something completely abnormal. 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:52.939 So that does get you sort of like a little shiver 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:56.600 down your spine. But like for example, we were 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:58.819 at Delamere Forest early on in the year. There 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:03.000 was a load of us and Ash done like a big foot 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.720 whooping sound. Can you replicate that? No, not 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:14.240 on here. It was caught on a live stream. But 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.100 then shortly afterwards, we heard a similar kind 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:22.939 of replicated sound coming from down sort of 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:26.800 the forest from us, which stopped us all in our 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.560 tracks and wasn't something you would expect 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:36.269 here at 1am on a winter's night morning. So it 00:06:36.269 --> 00:06:42.050 is odd. Yeah, it can be a bit unnerving. But 00:06:42.050 --> 00:06:44.649 as long as you know where you are and roughly 00:06:44.649 --> 00:06:49.089 where you need to get to to be safe. Yeah, it's 00:06:49.089 --> 00:06:51.470 kind of I don't want to go on my own to be honest. 00:06:52.449 --> 00:06:57.110 What's the worst that can happen? I mean, I mean, 00:06:57.129 --> 00:06:59.649 you could be taken by aliens or Bigfoot, maybe, 00:06:59.889 --> 00:07:04.319 I suppose, but ideally not. Well, As long as 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.399 you're recording at the time. You would get views, 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:10.699 you would get views. Exactly, it's all about 00:07:10.699 --> 00:07:16.339 content. I don't know if you've got anything 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:19.399 to add to that. It's just a bit of a strange 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:22.879 environment. When we first started doing it, 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:25.120 like five years ago, I think when we first met, 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:33.439 or four years ago, it's very weird. because like 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.199 the sounds are different at night like the dark 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.540 comes in the like the animals can go silent and 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:41.139 then you start hearing these different types 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:44.180 of noises and you get used to kind of what noises 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:45.819 should be there what noises shouldn't be there 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:48.899 and like say you you sort of hear a noise like 00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:51.939 I can see in the light or something kind of sometimes 00:07:51.939 --> 00:07:54.740 you're hoping it's not a person like it's two 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:58.680 o 'clock in the morning deep in the forest someone 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.519 else they're not doing the same thing as us they're 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:02.920 putting you up to something not very not very 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.939 good or not very legal maybe so it's like they'll 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:06.399 really want to come across someone they'd rather 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.259 come across a ghost at that point or a big foot 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:11.420 than another human i forget i probably trust 00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:13.839 them more than uh doing that but i think like 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.800 we're always going you know i've been on my own 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.839 um between the morning and like canik and stuff 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.680 like that um i don't get as scared as used to 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:25.579 the more i've done it the more i've not got creeped 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:27.759 out doing it and still something very vulnerable 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.420 about being on your own yeah we tend to go in 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:33.220 a group of three or four or five of us so we 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:36.580 have got kind of numbers you have to and people 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:39.059 always know where we are so like long as someone 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:42.580 who's not there knows where you are sort of thing 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:46.399 then yeah you're sort of safe but it's just good 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.799 to be out in well one good nature just being 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:51.940 out in the forest and stuff is just good on its 00:08:51.940 --> 00:08:54.980 own that time of night there's no like I said 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:56.820 there is no other people about so you kind of 00:08:56.820 --> 00:09:00.090 just you and It's not like, you know, it looks 00:09:00.090 --> 00:09:02.549 like bikers and dog walkers and families. It's 00:09:02.549 --> 00:09:05.570 just like, it's much more peaceful because it 00:09:05.570 --> 00:09:08.210 is quiet and stuff. And then obviously going 00:09:08.210 --> 00:09:10.850 out and doing in these places where there's all 00:09:10.850 --> 00:09:13.610 these stories and especially Canuck in Delamere 00:09:13.610 --> 00:09:16.029 and Rendlesham where we've been, the amount of 00:09:16.029 --> 00:09:19.330 stories of weird things and unusual stuff happening 00:09:19.330 --> 00:09:21.990 and like go back thousands of years in some cases. 00:09:22.509 --> 00:09:25.610 of these reports of creatures and stuff. It's 00:09:25.610 --> 00:09:28.009 like just being in that place thinking this is 00:09:28.009 --> 00:09:30.750 where this was seen or where that was seen. Just 00:09:30.750 --> 00:09:33.529 kind of feel like being a part of it, just being 00:09:33.529 --> 00:09:35.990 out there. And it's like a good feeling just 00:09:35.990 --> 00:09:39.970 getting out and doing it. Doing a lot of desk 00:09:39.970 --> 00:09:41.750 research and stuff, which is good, but there's 00:09:41.750 --> 00:09:44.850 nothing like being there. It's still being a 00:09:44.850 --> 00:09:47.529 part of the forest. So it's definitely something 00:09:47.529 --> 00:09:49.710 we enjoy doing. And we do like Greg said, we 00:09:49.710 --> 00:09:52.450 do quite a lot. Just sounding like really interesting 00:09:52.450 --> 00:09:54.669 exciting as well. So yeah, I'm looking forward 00:09:54.669 --> 00:09:57.990 It is exciting and when you hear a noise or see 00:09:57.990 --> 00:10:00.929 something can you go? Oh my god, what's that? 00:10:01.490 --> 00:10:04.629 Yeah, and like I said that there's usually nobody 00:10:04.629 --> 00:10:09.809 around at that time So the chances are It's an 00:10:09.809 --> 00:10:13.529 animal or something, but it it does It does stop 00:10:13.529 --> 00:10:16.570 you in your tracks whereas we could go to haunted 00:10:16.570 --> 00:10:19.750 locations now and we don't really get that scared 00:10:19.750 --> 00:10:24.250 that much because you become like you become 00:10:24.250 --> 00:10:29.289 immune to it as such and I think there's something 00:10:29.289 --> 00:10:34.250 about being out in the wild that it could be 00:10:34.250 --> 00:10:37.590 anything and if you think if it could be Bigfoot 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:41.909 or a kind of wild man creature it could be a 00:10:41.909 --> 00:10:45.350 wild cat or a large cat because there's loads 00:10:45.350 --> 00:10:50.950 of them which in itself is quite a scary prospect. 00:10:52.009 --> 00:10:55.809 Or another human, which like Ash mentioned, something 00:10:55.809 --> 00:10:57.889 you don't really want to come across as a human, 00:10:58.409 --> 00:11:04.730 because why are they there? But the calmness, 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:09.909 I think sometimes it can be quite exhilarating 00:11:09.909 --> 00:11:13.090 just being so calm. So it'll be good to get out 00:11:13.090 --> 00:11:17.950 with you and see how you experience it. Considering 00:11:17.950 --> 00:11:20.529 we like five six years into doing the podcast 00:11:20.529 --> 00:11:25.309 for five years into going out Most weekends doing 00:11:25.309 --> 00:11:28.809 stuff. So it'd be good to sort of see how a newbie 00:11:28.809 --> 00:11:34.730 as it were Reacts to to the environment. Yeah, 00:11:34.730 --> 00:11:37.289 so I don't know how I'm gonna react myself to 00:11:37.289 --> 00:11:38.950 be honest until I'm there So I think that's an 00:11:38.950 --> 00:11:41.409 exciting thing for me to find out as well. Yeah, 00:11:41.429 --> 00:11:44.340 absolutely so What are the projects have you 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:47.039 got going on? So we'll keep touching base with 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.399 you about this particular Bigfoot one. What are 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.139 the ones that you've got in the pipeline as well? 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.159 I've recently been in contact with a YouTuber 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.679 called Max versus food. He's I think the number 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.240 one ranked competitive eater in the UK and he's 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.820 going to train me up in competitive eating and 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:04.600 see if I can tackle a challenge after a bit of 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:08.399 time. So I'm not I say I'm not looking forward 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:10.639 to it. I don't mind a bit of food, but I don't 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.399 think I can. Some of the stuff they eat that 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.039 is repulsive, it looks. They shove it in as well, 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:18.799 don't they? Yeah. I'm currently also looking 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:23.740 at monitoring how the evolution of surveillance 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:27.320 is looking as well, obviously moving into digital. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:29.899 Facial recognition now with like AI and that 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:32.299 and the safety risks that that imposes I've been 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:34.159 in touch with a couple of academics about that 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:36.980 I've reached out to the big brother watch group 00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:38.799 and we're trying to make a documentary me and 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:42.830 the team I'm working with about like when is 00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:45.730 it too much? And is that a benefit or is it not? 00:12:45.929 --> 00:12:47.669 And some of it's just stuff that's interesting 00:12:47.669 --> 00:12:49.789 like that. And like I say, I think with this 00:12:49.789 --> 00:12:51.909 big thing in the supernatural element, I think 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:53.809 they all tie into a similar thing where it's 00:12:53.809 --> 00:12:55.509 something I don't really know anything about. 00:12:55.830 --> 00:12:57.450 I'm talking to people that know stuff about it 00:12:57.450 --> 00:12:59.549 and hopefully me and the people that watch it 00:12:59.549 --> 00:13:01.690 are going to learn something. And that's what 00:13:01.690 --> 00:13:05.590 I want to be about. Sounds amazing. I'm really 00:13:05.590 --> 00:13:07.110 looking forward to this from the moment that 00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:09.970 you contacted us and we spoke, I was like, this 00:13:09.970 --> 00:13:13.769 could be something quite cool. I'm very excited 00:13:13.769 --> 00:13:17.230 for it. OK, well thank you for your time tonight 00:13:17.230 --> 00:13:19.750 Ted. Thank you for having me. Continue to DutchBase 00:13:19.750 --> 00:13:23.509 and we'll keep everybody who listens just up 00:13:23.509 --> 00:13:26.409 to date with how things are going, when we're 00:13:26.409 --> 00:13:30.029 planning to go out, how that went, all that kind 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:32.350 of stuff. We've gone on the journey with you 00:13:32.350 --> 00:13:34.870 if that's OK. Yeah, 100%. Thank you very much. 00:13:35.490 --> 00:13:38.570 Oh, nice one. Thanks very much. Thank you. Cheers. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.299 Thanks for listening to Pursuit of the Paranormal, 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:44.279 titled music created by Steve Yarwood and Ambienfinity. 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:47.539 If you like the show, please follow us on Facebook, 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.360 YouTube, TikTok, X, and Instagram. And if you 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.480 really like the show, please rate and review 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.159 the show wherever you are listening. 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