Along the Santa Lucia Mountain Range there have been reports of phantoms or humanoids with an almost witch like appearance. Dark looming “watchers”, have allegedly been seen since the arrival of the Spanish in the 1700s, and perhaps going back millennia earlier with the native Chumash people. Reported by travelers and locals alike, the accounts remain consistent. Adorned in dark cloaks and wide-brim hats, these black giants of the fog stand motionless, and with featureless faces, surveying the crags and cliffs with a haunting, uninterrupted gaze. Should you approach one of these ever-vigilant sentinels, they will simply vanish into the mist that shrouds the secrets of this ancient land. What are they, and what is there clandestine purpose?! Join the Expansion for more than 80 audio Episodes just like this, plus a new bonus episode every other week!🔥: https://expansion.beliefhole.com/4-8-exp-dark-watchers-of-the-california-coast/ Visit our website: https://beliefhole.com/ for more episodes and to learn more about Belief Hole! 👍 RECOMMENDED PODCAST Richard Syrett's Strange Planet 👉 https://www.strangeplanet.ca/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 | Dark Watchers - Description / Setting 09:49 | Los Vigilantes Oscurus 10:31 | Small Pointed Ears Wrapped in Shadow | STORY 11:26 | It Watched from Above Me | STORY 17:37 | They look like Horses on hind legs | STORY 24:31 | Beyond the Barbwire | STORY 30:40 | Richard Syrett's Strange Planet | 🔥RECOMMENED PODCAST 32:04 | Early Records and writings of the Dark Watchers 33:06 | John Steinbeck’s Dark Watchers and his mother's encounter 37:15 | The Chumash Connection 42:04 | The Brocken Specter Argument 49:43 | La Diablesse of the Caribbean