The Bouncer (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
7/20/202632 min
One early morning in April 2012, a man hurried through some woods in coastal France. He lived nearby, and had seen a column of smoke coming from this area. So now he was there to make sure it wasn’t a brush fire or something. And when he finally found the source of the smoke, he relaxed. It was just the smoldering remains of a bonfire*.* But as he approached, he smelled something that wasn't just burnt wood. And when the man finally saw what was in the fire, he felt sick.
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First 90 secondsJohn Allen· Host0:00
One early morning in April of 2012, a man was walking through the woods in coastal France. He lived nearby, and he had just seen a, a column of smoke coming out of the trees in this area, and so he was just coming out here to make sure there was not a brush fire or something. And so he walked through the woods, and eventually he reached the source of the smoke. It was in this clearing. And right away, he felt relieved because what he saw was just the remains of a, of a bonfire, and it was just smoldering, and now there was just some smoke coming up off of it. He was about to turn around and go maybe get some water and douse it out completely, but he smelled something. Like, it was a weird smell that clearly was coming from the fire. And so, curious, you know, there's nobody else around, he just began walking to the fire to see what was making this smell. And as he got close enough, he realized there was something in that fire. But before we get into today's story, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the right place because that's all we do. So if that's of interest to you, please offer to make the follow button a nice fresh burrito. But don't tell them instead of using ground beef, you used cat food. Okay, let's get into today's story. [upbeat music] Been sitting on a business idea? My advice, don't overthink