The Dark Watchers: Silent Guardians of the Pines The Santa Lucia mountain range runs from Monterey and down the coast of California. For hundreds of years, stories have been told about entities that keep watch over the mountains. Sometimes seen out of the corner of the eye, always from a distance. Stare too long and they vanish. If you're ever hiking the wilderness of Big Sur and feel like you're being watched? It's because you are. Thanks to Eduardo Valdés-Hevia for some of the art in this episode. Check out his work here: https://valdevia.art/portfolio/the-dark-watchers/ 〰 🙏 SUPPORT THE WHY FILES 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/thewhyfiles (Fun, Free Perks!) 👽 BUY WHY FILES MERCH 👽 https://shop.thewhyfiles.com (Code: LIZZIDPEEPLE for 10% off first order) 💬 CHAT WITH US ON DISCORD 💬 https://thewhyfiles.com/discord 〰 🌐 OFFICIAL WEB SITE: https://thewhyfiles.com 🕵️ Submit a topic, suggestion or just say hi: 🕵️ https://thewhyfiles.com/tips 🎨 Have a product suggestion or want to design artwork for TWF? 🎨 https://thewhyfiles.com/merch 📸 BE A WHY FILES MODEL (and get free stuff!) 📸 Send a photo of you/family/friends watching TWF, 📸 wearing TWF gear, using TWF merchandise: 📸 https://thewhyfiles.com/wild 〰 🎧 THE PODCAST VERSION 🎧 https://thewhyfiles.com/podcast 〰 ⁍ TWF on SOCIAL (in order of importance) ⁍ https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWhyFiles/ ⁍ https://twitter.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ⁍ https://www.instagram.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ⁍ https://www.tiktok.com/@thewhyfiles ⁍ https://www.facebook.com/OMGTheWhyFiles 〰 🐠 BETTER CHANNELS TO WATCH: 🐠 https://www.youtube.com/c/HecklefishMoriarty 🤓 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyFilesBackstage ---- SOURCES & LINKS Great Dark Watchers art work: https://www.instagram.com/dave_dick_ Read "Stranger at the Pentagon" for free: https://bit.ly/3whZp2u Buy "Stranger at the Pentagon": https://amzn.to/3dFEFvk Admiral Byrd's family tree: https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/richardevelynbyrdr/richard-e-byrd -- DEDICATED to Cupcake RESEARCH BY: Daniel Van Auken THANK YOU MODS: Daniel_Van_Auken Diamond Dust jengen13 OriginalJim pratty505 VictoriaY THANK YOU PATRONS: 73chn05h4m4n A M Aaron Corkum Aaron Kinney ahad memon AJ Gentile Alan Mei Alex Duquette All Canadian Reptile Girl AlyKat Andrew Provo Andy UK Arin Rohrer Audra Neurauter balcobulls Becky McDermid Beefaroni_the_Beefaholic Ben McInvale Bill Brower Bill DeWall Bonnie Costa Brains Ironically Brian Ness C.D. Strahle CanyonMike Capt_VanillaPeen Cassybiest Catherine Nunkai Cathleen Corrie Charles Sierra Charlotte Christy Anderson chromatose Cliff Miles Courtney Hernandez Cp Crazy Dave Cris Dalton Roberts Dan The Man Dani C Daniel Gall Darren Occhiuzzo DaveMoo2 David Ford David Pimblett David Rosenstein, Ph.D David Weaver Delbert Royce dEN1m Dena Sewell DGH Diamond Dust Diana A Dizzle McShizzle Dominick Tricardo Don and Liam O'Mara DonnieDarko27 Douglas Morrow dsciobanu Duke Nicebury Ed E ed pluck Elak Swindell Eric Kimmel Felene Pollard Fern Walsh fredrik skagerlund Fredrik Wenngren Gabriel M Gary Watson gdomeier George Dekker Grace Cupcake Hajii HattieAnne Ika hui Ingi Jensson Inner Circle Producer J Baker Jacob Schopp JAM! James Meeks jamestheheretic Jamie Sexton Janna Peavey Jarrod W. Harrah Jason Allred Javier Dutan Jay Kirwan Jeff Brown Jeff Lamperth Jenny Peters Jessica Daniel Jim Hoffman John D Bidwell John Gasper John Hardy John Janes John Reynolds John Sheridan Johnny O Jon Daniels Jose Luis Palacios Josh Jovan Stojanovski Julie McLean Kaelin Andersen Kalmar Karen Bailey karl schnitzler Kasey Kat Parris Kelly Caudle KENNETH READ Kenny Schmidt Kerry Pitt Kevin Fowler Kevin.A Kim & Bill Keys-McNelly Kim Dabney Kimberly Marshall Kyle P Laini Mitchell Lane Thompson Laura Gilmore leaf Howell Liz C Loran Swensen LP Rogers Luke Wells Manumelita Ngamai Marc Signorelli Marie Duran Mark R Mark william lane Matt Debiec Matt Smith Matt Vargas Matthew Mielke Mauricio Carrillo Tripp Michael Aimino Michael Carragher Michael Considine Michael Scheff Micheal Peters Mike Christian Mike Rud MikeD Miketpi Mr Provocateur MysterySoldier Nathan Pyle Nicholas A Preator Noxheart Pat Carone Patch Patrick Innmon Paul Anderson Paul Rohrbaugh Paul Wernke Peter Segers Ranted Beliefs RETRO is the new black Reverend Joshua Jackson Rick Comer Rob Phillips Robbie Garcia Robert Frke Robin Lotz Rosemarie Gibson Ross Carter Royanne Levy Rvator Ryan Verdugo Samantha Ratcliff Sandy O Sarah Wedel Scott Way Sentei Seth Forrestier Shaun Murphy SSG Infinite Sonic Stella.R Štěpán Mácha Steve Bradshaw Steven Spencer sue valvick TampaDawg Tim & Gina Dungeon Timothy Petty Tom Kingston Trixie Cat Ty Thompson Universe C-137 Victoria Vinay N Von Cricketbottom Warren Clark Wendy Kennedy Will York William Hendley WKC 852 Y T Yung Nui$ance Zydeco's Cajun Actual Y'all are the best!