The Dark Watchers are entities of California, seen observing travelers along the Santa Lucia Mountains, by witnesses from Native Americans, to Spanish settlers, to early American writers. #watchers #darkwatchers #santalucia 🎃 SEND BILL A COFFEE https://koji.to/k/8yRs 🎃 TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@nightterrorswithbill 🎃 TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/nightterrorswithbill 🎃 DISCORD https://discord.gg/mBuEvHymWk 🎃 TWITTER https://twitter.com/NightTerrorsNew Following are excerpts from an article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at en dot wikipedia dot org, entitled "Dark Watchers". The Dark Watchers (also known by early Spanish settlers as Los Vigilantes Oscuros) is a name given to a group of entities in California folklore purportedly seen observing travelers along the Santa Lucia Mountains. Description The Dark Watchers are described as tall, sometimes giant-sized featureless dark silhouettes often adorned with brimmed hats or walking sticks.[1] They are most often reported to be seen in the hours around twilight and dawn. They are said to motionlessly watch travelers from the horizon along the Santa Lucia Mountain Range. According to legend, no one has seen one up close and if someone were to approach them, they disappear.[2] History [icon] This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2017) While sometimes attributed to the Chumash people who historically inhabited the central and southern coastal regions of California, nothing analogous to the legend appears to exist in their mythology.[2][3] When Spanish settlers first moved into the area they were said to have witnessed the Dark Watchers whom they dubbed Los Vigilantes Oscuros.[4][1] The Dark Watchers are most famously given a brief mention in John Steinbeck's "Flight", included in the 1938 collection of his short stories The Long Valley: "Pepé looked suspiciously back every minute or so, and his eyes sought the tops of the ridges ahead. Once, on a white barren spur, he saw a black figure for a moment; but he looked quickly away, for it was one of the dark watchers. No one knew who the watchers were, nor where they lived, but it was better to ignore them and never to show interest in them. They did not bother one who stayed on the trail and minded his own business." Along with this, "watchers" are also referenced by poet Robinson Jeffers in the titular poem of his 1937 collection Such Counsels You Gave to Me & Other Poems:[5][6] ...he thought it might be one of the watchers, who are often seen in this length of coast-range, forms that look human to human eyes, but certainly are not human. They come from behind ridges to watch. But when he approached it he recognized the shabby clothes and pale hair and even the averted forehead and concave line from the eye to the jaw, so that he was not surprised when the figure turning toward him in the quiet twilight showed his own face. Then it melted and merged into the shadows beyond it... John Steinbeck's son Thomas Steinbeck would grow up to report having seen The Dark Watchers during his childhood and later along with artist Benjamin Brode collaborate on a book titled In Search of the Dark Watchers, where they go into the history of the legend and interview locals who claim to have seen them, such as famed Big Sur resident Billy Post.[7][8] According to newspaper archives in the mid-1960s, a Monterery Peninsula local and former high school principal went on a hiking trip in the Santa Lucias when he suddenly spotted a dark figure standing on a rock and surveying the area. When the principal called out to the other hikers, the creature vanished.[9][10] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NightTerrors is funded by viewer support. Thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE HELP, EVEN IF YOU CAN AFFORD ONLY A LITTLE AMOUNT Contribute now by clicking here: PATREON https://www.patreon.com/NightTerrorsWithBillMadon Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClL9byGfuMhbJJmmi14XKwA/join PERMISSIONS Musical brass falls, stingers and sforzandos, scored and performed by the miraculous Mike G. Mullen. VISIT Mike’s YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UCscgV6VXh5Nrphg00afBfMw VISIT Mike's production company Positrosmic Music positrosmic.com LISTEN TO Mike on SoundCloud soundcloud.com/synchro505 LISTEN TO Mike's Demo Reel youtu.be/rD_0G5CMy9o My thanks to MGM! Couldn't do this without him! The theme music is "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400007 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This music has been re-mixed and may not reflect the original intention of the artist. Find full licenses at https://creativecommons.org