Hello, and welcome back to your favorite podcast. You know, the one that doesn't really exist. Today's episode is so cool, you're gonna need a coat.
Literally. We've got snowy mountains, and we will be face -to -face with eerie monsters.
Get ready. I'm Carly Q, and this is Who Went WoW Mystery Edition.
Our past is vast and wild.
Many things have brought us to this day As history has been compiled Some important details have slipped away In our spectacular shared existence We consider it our business To recognize a few folks you may not know Made important inventions Asked all the right questions History will never be the same Good morning, Teresa!
As you know, I work at Butthead as a junior temporal analyst during business hours.
Wow, where'd you get that sweater, Chuck?
J -Mart, I think. J -Mart.
But I spend my lunch breaks doing my real work.
I didn't know that was a thing.
Investigating history's mysteries to bring my findings to you through this extremely important and highly top secret podcast. Oh, no. Oh, hi there, Carly Q.
You know what today is, don't you?
It was not until this exact moment when I saw Louis cleaning his cubicle that I remembered today is corporate cleaning day.
Of course I know. I ran down the stairs to the basement before Louis could ask me any more questions.
Of course I know. I always know.
I know exactly what day it is.
I don't dislike cleaning.
In fact, spraying canned air on my keyboard is one of my all -time favorite things to do.
Yes, that is so satisfying.
But corporate cleaning day at Butthead requires me to go into the supply closet.
Nope. The supply closet is a very scary place.
I mean, I've never actually opened the door but just listened to those sounds.
Though I think not.
Absolutely not. No, thank you.
Yes, I know I'm a paranormal investigator.
But I do not like sounds like that.
And I do not like cramped spaces.
And what is more cramped than a closet?
They freak me out. Saved by the thumb drive.
Come into my arms. It was time to get to work.
Cleaning day would have to wait.
Time -sealed event. Scotland, 1891.
Ben McDooey Mountain.
Fog. You know what that means, international podcast listeners who are not listening to this podcast. That's right.
It was time to use Butthead's secret time -traveling elevator to go back in time and investigate what's being hidden from that file.
But I had to wait until lunchtime.
I pulled HDAD from my drawer and entered my clues.
Scotland in 1891, the Ben McDooey Mountain, and fog.
I love fog. It's like fluffy rain.
It's like cotton candy rain, if you will.
Analyzing. Analyzing.
Oh, hey, Nibs. We got another adventure today.
Ben McDooey, or My Macduff in Scottish Gaelic, translates to Macduff's Mountain.
Who's Macduff? Macduff is a character from the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
Lewis! I'm kind of disappointed that you don't know that, CarlyQ.
What are you doing down here?
Don't you have some cleaning to do?
Tongue not, cannot conceive, nor name thee.
What are you doing?
Confusion has made his masterpiece!
a piece! Louis, what are you doing?
It's Shakespeare. It still looks a little dingy down here.
When are you going to start cleaning?
Look, I don't have any cleaning products.
Don't be silly! Your cleaning stuff is in the supply closet.
Don't open that door.
Why not? There's something in there.
Yes, cleaning products.
Perhaps you've heard of them?
No, no, no, no, no, there is something scary in there, in the closet.
And it is also a tight space, and I'm not a fan out of tight spaces, okay?
I know that I usually run in the direction of the unknown, but in this case, I would prefer to sit one out.
You're being dramatic, Carly!
You have to get your cleaning done!
I am clean! Look at me, I'm cleaning!
I'm using my canned air to clean!
Look at me, I am cleaning!
Even if you had ten cans, it wouldn't be enough.
Analyzing complete!
Whoa, volume down! I'm sorry.
Analysis complete. Luckily, H -Dad stopped Lewis from opening that door.
Scotland, 1891. The Ben McDowey Mountain fog.
It is with 95 .342 % accuracy that the time -sealed events are the Big Gray Man sighting.
A Big Gray Man? Ooh, this is gonna be a good one.
I gotta go, Lewis. A Big Gray Man?
Yeah, I may need to come with you on this one.
Much as I hate to miss cleaning day, this seems more important.
in. Plus, gray is my favorite color.
I look fabulous in shadowy tones.
Lewis, no. You are not going to like this.
From what I saw online, the Ben McDooey Mountain is very cold.
It's called a parka.
I have three of them.
I'm coming. No, Lewis.
I am putting my foot down.
I don't need you Shakespeare -ing all over my mystery.
It's called acting.
No, it's not. That was not acting.
I don't know what that was, but it wasn't acting.
Okay, then I'll just stay here and tell the bosses in the HR department that you aren't participating in corporate cleaning day.
He had me there. Okay, when you put it that way, you know, maybe another pair of hands wouldn't be so bad.
But this is my mystery, okay?
I am in charge. A reminder that today is corporate cleaning day.
Okay. Inspections will begin after lunch. We will start at the top floor, visiting every level until we reach the basement.
And remember, in an organized office, it's a bit of an organized time.
He's been snooping around the basement a lot more since he busted me coming off the time travel elevator.
Plus, it was lunchtime, so I grabbed H -Dad and tucked Nibbles into my backpack before making my way to the time travel elevator.
Must you always bring the rat?
Hey, Shash, she can hear you Wait, Louis You sweet, sweet thing Don't listen to anything he says Ooh, it's Odie My favorite elevator operator I'm your only elevator operator Touché We meet again, Odie Oh, it's you Back for more, I see Time traveling, as it turns out, has been fabulous for my skin I think I'm getting younger with each trip Good luck keeping me away now Younger?
Doubtful. So, where are we headed today?
We are going to Scotland to investigate the Big Gray Man in 1891.
Ah, I've heard about that.
Isn't this going to be a scary adventure?
I laugh in the face of scary.
Ha ha ha! That sounded like a fake laugh, Carly Q.
Okay, well, it's true that I actually am kind of freaked out about the tiny supply closet in the basement with the weird noises.
there is something in there, like a tiny monster with maybe long, sharp nails, could also be an interdimensional tesseract that could come and turn me into dust, or perhaps a wormhole that brings in evil tardigrades from a completely different dimension.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, all very plausible.
You don't know, Louis.
Oh, basement companion, didn't you know?
Life shrinks or expands depending on your courage.
You hear those chimes, right, Louis?
Heard what? Sorry, I was looking through my fanny pack for lip balm.
Let's get moving. Time's ticking on your lunch break.
You know the rules, Carly, but I'll repeat them for your...
guest. When you go to the bus...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we can't change or stop anything, so don't try.
We may observe and ask questions, but do not meddle.
Not bad. Understand?
Understood. I just recited them.
When you arrive back in time, a card reader will remain where you came in.
Use your key card and the elevator will reappear.
You can also use it to fast forward to other time periods on the file.
But, you must be back here before the end of your lunch break.
Ready? Ready! Let's do this!
Uh, Louis, can I borrow your lip balm?
Absolutely not! Hey, I will respect your voucher.
Listen, don't you kiss that, right?
It's not too scary!
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Wait, you know to say this adventure would be sk -a -ry -y!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
We made it! It was so cold out there I could barely speak.
The elevator dropped us off in the small town at the base of the Ben McDooey Mountain.
The huge mountain was dark, almost black.
There weren't very many trees, probably because it was too nippy for them to even be able to grow.
This is a whole different kind of cold.
This is Staten Island Ferry in February cold.
Maybe worse. Hi, Nibbles.
Hey, Carly. And look, you brought the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man with you.
You have a problem with my puffy parka, rat?
My name is Nibbles, not rat.
And I have no problem with nibbling holes all through that parka, if that'll help you remember.
First of all, I'm actually wearing two parkas.
Because layers. And secondly, I will not hesitate to time travel you to Death Valley.
It can get up to 135 degrees, you know.
And there are no trash cans to dig through.
Shh, you two! Look, there's a little town here.
The businesses all sell climbing supplies.
This must be a popular hiking spot.
We should be able to find somebody to talk to about the big gray man.
Why would anyone choose to spend their free time in a place like this?
It's so pale. Humans really should consider growing fur.
Ugh. Is that man coming to talk to us?
There's a monster on Ben McDooey.
Yes, I knew it. Hold on!
Let's just calm down, shall we?
What's your name? I am J.
Norman Colley. I am a professor of organic chemistry, and I've been climbing almost my whole life.
And you must be with the mountain patrol, yes?
Sure. We must be. Yes.
Tell us what you saw, J.
Norman. I was just at the cairn on the summit in a thick fog.
Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there, J Norm.
What is a cairn? A cairn is a man -made pile of stone.
Who said that? Not no one.
Please go on. Alright, I thought I heard something other than the noise of my own footsteps.
I took a few steps and I heard a crunch, a few more steps, and another crunch. Oh my.
It went on and on, as if someone was walking after me, but each of their steps was three or four times the length of my own.
Oh, it must have had long legs, or it's an evil elf walking on stilts.
Oh, shush. I listened and heard it again, but I couldn't see anything in the fog.
It was invisible. Or camouflaged.
Same thing. So, I kept walking.
And? And then there was an eerie crunch, crunch, crunch sound behind me.
Oh, I hate random crunching sounds.
So I took off and just ran all the way down the mountain.
What do you think was up there, Jay Norman?
I have no idea, but something is up there.
I will never hike this mountain again.
I think I need to go sit down.
Maybe a drink of water or tea.
Yes, tea would be nice.
He seemed... Odd. Lewis, what if the gray man isn't a man at all?
Maybe it's a human -sized spider.
You know how long their legs are.
A man -sized spider?
That's almost as ridiculous as a talking rat.
Or someone who thinks time travel is improving their skin.
H -Dad, has anyone else seen something on this mountain?
Analyzing? Analy - Affirmative!
In 1904, a hiker named Hugh D.
Welsh claimed to have a similar experience.
accessing audio file.
I hiked the summit with my brother and throughout the day and night we heard slurring footsteps around us as if someone was walking through water -saturated gravel.
Interesting. Both witnesses felt like they were being followed. Anything else, H -Dad?
The continent of Australia is wider than the moon.
The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise.
A chef's hat has approximately 340...
No, I meant anything else about the big grey man sightings, H -Dad.
And additional big gray man sightings occurred here in both 1945 and 1948.
Alright, we need to go back then and talk to those witnesses.
Can't we just send the rat?
It's okay if you're too scared, Marshmallow.
Carly and I can handle it.
You and your puppy coat can wait here.
Never mind. If you're going, I'm going.
We're all going. Come on.
Everybody's going. Excuse me, Carly Q.
You can barely fit in here with these two coats of yours.
Well, that's what fashion is for.
So this is fashion?
Yes, it is. And protective gear.
We stepped out of the elevator and...
Everything looked exactly the same.
Did we even go anywhere?
This is where we just were.
This is Scotland 1945.
So we didn't go somewhere.
We went someone. Same spot, years later.
Wow, they really need to update this place.
Look, there's a man over there.
He looks kind of spooked.
Maybe he saw our big gray man monster.
Or maybe he's just lost. uh hi excuse me we were wondering if you need any help or if you're lost or maybe if you had just seen anything unusual that you really want to talk to us about subtle uh i'm peter dinchum i um i i don't know what i just experienced up on bin mcdui tell us exactly what happened okay i was up there working um my job is to rescue hikers who have gotten lost and before i knew You know what?
The fog started closing in on me, and I heard a lot of strange noises.
Like footsteps, and breathing, and echoes.
Did you see anything?
Yes, there was something behind the fog.
But I ran out of there before whatever was there could come and get me.
Is it possible that what you saw was a creature from the Earth's core?
Carly. Carly. Or did it have more of a Bigfoot kind of eye?
Carly, excuse me? Well, okay, it's really hot at the center of the Earth, right?
You know, with all the lava and everything.
So maybe the thing that you saw just wanted to cool off here in the snowy mountains.
Carly. Uh, right. Uh, you know, I, uh...
I, uh... I gotta go.
Okay, you're freaking people out with your wild theories.
Well, what do you think it is then?
I am the only one coming up with ideas.
I don't know yet. We need to get back in the elevator and travel ahead three more years.
Then we can hear what the witness in 1948 has to say.
That's a very specific and good plan.
Fine. But if it turns out to be long -legged aliens from a gray planet, I expect an apology!
With pleasure. Now, let's get back in this elevator!
Not a pleasure for me.
Unless you were a real marshmallow!
Then I'd really have a party!
Watch the coat! I'm trying.
Hopefully it's a glamour.
1948. Again, it looked like we hadn't traveled anywhere.
Ooh, I'm getting déjà vu.
Wait, what's that? Déjà vu is a French word expressing the feeling that one has limped through the present situation before.
Ooh, okay. Déjà vu is a French word expressing the feeling that one has limped through the present situation before.
You already said that.
That was humor! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Ha! Everybody thinks they're a comedian.
It's actually a pretty good one, H -Dad.
I don't see anyone around this time.
Ah, me either. Looks like we have no choice but to climb the mountain ourselves.
Maybe everybody's on top.
These are not hiking shoes, Carly.
Hey, no one told you to wear loafers.
Who wears slip -ons with a parka anyway?
Aw, come on, it'll be fun.
Oh, there's someone!
Let's see if he's seen anything on the mountain.
Hi. Hello. Were you hiking on the Ben McDooey today?
Yes. Are you here to take my statement?
Yes. Yes, yes I am.
I am here to take statements.
Taking statements is what I do, both professionally and personally.
Now, please, hand me your statement.
I'm sorry? She means, what did you say?
Was it an alien with long legs, or was it a Bigfoot -y kind of a thing, or maybe something from the Earth's core?
I don't know. I didn't really see anything.
Here we go again. But I felt it and heard it.
There was a presence all around me and a high -pitched singing note.
Ooh! But you didn't see anything?
No. Oh. But I have a friend who saw something.
Tell us about it! He told me he woke up feeling an inescapable feeling of dread.
He stepped out of his tent to see a large figure with dark hair standing in front of the moon in the fog.
Again with the fog.
Where did your friend see the large figure?
Just up that way. Okay, thank you.
On all my adventures, I'm never able to experience the mystery myself.
What are you doing, Carly King?
I'm always asking questions afterwards.
So I decided... That's it.
I'm going up that mountain.
I'm going up. I want to see this for myself.
Can't we just send the rat?
It's not fair. There!
She's just sitting in your backpack doing nothing.
I knew you were scared.
No, I'm just... Fine.
Wait up. We'll climb this mountain.
It's the last thing I do.
We arrived and were instantly surrounded by fog.
We saw the cairn that Jay Norman told us about.
It was a lot older and more run down but still, the energy there was kind of creepy.
I had to find out what was out there.
And there it was. And look.
Or more accurately, there they were.
Standing on the other side of the fog were two huge figures.
We couldn't see faces, but they had long legs and long arms, and they were just standing there, staring at us.
They're stupid, Gray Man!
We ran as fast as we could all the way to the card reader and made the time -traveling elevator appear.
I'm here. Oh, I'm scared, but I like it.
I mean, I'm great, but they're really great.
Stop being so afraid.
I'm not afraid. You are.
Whoa! My goodness! What happened?
Hody, we saw it! Saw what?
The big, gray man! I mean, men.
Carly was right. It's a long -legged alien.
There's no other explanation.
It was behind the fog.
And then there were two of them, and they just stood there, looking at us.
Hmm... H -Dad, can you please give Carly and Lewis the definition of broken specter?
Brocken specter is a meteorological phenomenon which occurs when gaps in the cloud allow the viewer to see their own shadow cast upon the cloud.
Huh? I think what you saw were your own shadows reflected in the fog.
Now that I think about it, my alien was strangely charismatic.
I knew there was a logical answer to this.
What? 30 seconds ago you thought it was an alien.
Well, when you know better, you do better.
And sounds on a mountaintop can echo in strange ways, especially in snow.
I'm sure it was a very spooky experience for you both.
It was. And I'm proud of us for facing our fears and looking for ourselves.
Life shrinks or expands according to your courage.
Remember? Okay, I heard that.
It's like a gong, right?
Does that happen all the time, Odie?
I hear no sound. So it's very possible that what scared all of our witnesses on the Ben McDooey Mountains was just reflections and shadows and echoes of themselves.
Not scary at all. But they let that fear stop them from doing something they loved.
Hiking. Good point.
All right, lunch is over.
Back to work, you two.
And basement companion, it's time you face your fears and look in that closet.
When I got back to the basement, I slowly made my way to the storage closet with Louis by my side.
I don't know. If I could face my fears on the mountain, I could definitely face whatever's in there.
Come on, Carly Q. There's nothing you dare to be afraid of.
Just pull it open quick, like ripping off a Band -Aid.
Okay. One, two, three!
When I finally uncovered my eyes, turns out all those scratching and sloshing sounds were just a new rat swimming laps around the mop bucket.
And the whispers were just the wind whistling through the vent.
Nibbles jumped in the bucket for a swim of her own.
I guess Nibbles has a new friend.
And maybe I did, too.
I think I'll name you Scribble.
Another rat? Okay. Ew!
I do not do rodentia.
One rat was more than enough for me.
I'm going back upstairs where it's safe.
Or not. Bye, Lewis!
See you tomorrow! Only if you get rid of that rat!
Investigating the big gray man helped me overcome my fear of what might be in that storage closet.
Turns out it was a new friend all along.
I can't wait to see what I'll learn on my next time travel adventure.
Until then, I'm Carly Q saying buh -bye from your favorite podcast that really doesn't exist. See ya!
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Our main cast features Carly Shiraki as Carly Q.
Brandon Salerno as Louis.
Melissa Vandershiff as Nibbles the Rat.
Kenny Curtis as H -Dad.
And Angela Desai as Odie.
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