Name: Tar Heel Traveler: The mysteries of NC
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Description: Does the devil really walk the grounds of Chatham County? Does a beast roam the woods of Bladen County?

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Does the devil really walk the grounds of Chatham County? Does a beast roam the woods of Bladen County? 

<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; VERY COOL THINGS BACK HERE. &gt;&gt; IT IS LEGENDARY. &gt;&gt; UNBELIEVABLE. &gt;&gt; THIS IS THE WAY WE DO EPIC I THINK IT IS GOING TO WORK OUT. WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL MYSTERY EDITION OF THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER" . I AM SCOTT MASON . WE BEGIN WITH THE MYSTERY AND MURDER THE MURDER MYSTERY OF AN ICONIC FIGURE AT THE COAST. ROBERT HARRELL SPENT 17 YEARS AT FORT FISHER LIVING IN THIS OLD WORLD WAR II BUNKER. THE BUNKER WAS ACTUALLY A MACHINE GUN BAR. I CAME TO US TO LIVE OFF THE LAND AND ENJOY LIFE. &gt;&gt; HAD LIVED A TROUBLED LIFE AT HOME IN SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS POOR. HIS WIFE LEFT HIM. SO, IN 1955 HAROLD HITCHHIKED TO FORT FISHER. &gt;&gt; HE CAME BECAUSE IT WAS A REMOTE AREA. HE SAID HE CALLED ME A HERMIT SO I TOOK THE TITLE. WE WERE ENTHRALLED BY THIS OLD MAN THAT SEEMED TO KNOW EVERYTHING. &gt;&gt; HE BECAME THE STATE'S SECOND MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION BEHIND ONLY THE BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA. DO YOU THINK HE BECAME SUCH AN ATTRACTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ENVIED HIM? &gt;&gt; I DO TO A POINT. NO RESPONSIBILITY, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER THAN THE WEATHER ONCE IN A WHILE. HE CAME DOWN TO FORT FISHER AS HE TOLD US SEEKING THE ULTIMATE FREEDOM. &gt;&gt; WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? &gt;&gt; THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. THAT MAN WAS MURDERED. HE WAS MURDERED IN 1972 I WAS WORKING FOR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AS A CRIME SCENE TAKE MISSION. GOT A CALL ONE MORNING TO COME DOWN TO FORT FISHER . THE HERMIT HAD BEEN FOUND DEAD . HE HAD CUTS AND ABRASIONS, FRESH FOOTPRINTS BRICK MAGIC INVESTIGATORS FOUND A MYSTERIOUS ADDRESS YOU, TIRE TRACKS AND OTHER EVIDENCE . &gt;&gt; THERE WAS A PLACE OVER NEAR THE BUNKER WHERE YOU COULD SEE SOMEBODY HAD BEEN SCUFFLING ON THE GROUND. &gt;&gt; BUT THE CASE WAS CLOSED. NO ONE ARRESTED. NO PROOF THE HERMIT HAD BEEN MURDERED . &gt;&gt; ALL THESE YEARS LATER DOES THAT HAUNT YOU? &gt;&gt; ABSOLUTELY. NOT AS MUCH AS IT DOES THE PERSON WHO WAS INVOLVED. I THINK IT WILL. HE SAID IF I HAD NOT COME DOWN HERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD 20 YEARS AGO. I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I NEED RIGHT HER . LIFE IS GOOD . I HAVE THINGS THAT MILLIONAIRES HAVE AND IT DID NOT COST ME ANYTHING. &gt;&gt; WATER BREEDS MYSTERY. WHEN WILL THE TREAT SURFACE? THAT QUESTION HAS HAUNTED ELIZABETH CITY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO NARROW CROPSEY? &gt;&gt; SHE WAS A 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH DARK HAIR AND DARK EYES . &gt;&gt; SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND . HIS NAME WAS JIM WILCOX. &gt;&gt; KIND OF A STRANGE INDIVIDUAL. HERE HE WAS DATING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN TOWN . THEY HAD BEEN GOING TOGETHER FOR 3 1/2 YEARS AND SHE WAS ABOUT TO BREAK UP WITH HIM . &gt;&gt; SHE ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE THIS VERY SAME HOUSE . &gt;&gt; HE ASKED NOW TO STEP UP ON THE PORCH WITH HIM BEFORE HE LEFT. NOW WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE WHOLE TOWN WAS CONVINCED THAT JIM HAD KILLED THIS GIRL. THEY DRANK THE RIVER WITH HOOKS . THEY EVEN SHUT OFF A CANE AND BELIEVING THAT IF SHE WAS IN THE RIVER THE REPERCUSSION OF THE CANON WOULD DISLODGE HER BODY AND WOULD FLOAT TO THE TOP. &gt;&gt; HER MOTHER KEPT WATCH FROM THE UPPER WINDOW. THE JIK SHE WAS THE ONE THAT SAW THE FISHERMAN GOING UP AND FINDING HER DAUGHTER. &gt;&gt; THAT MUST'VE BEEN A SHOCK WHEN THE BODY FINALLY DID SURFACE . &gt;&gt; YEAH BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SO LONG AND HARD. WHEN THE BODY WAS FOUND IT WAS 37 DAYS LATER . SO QUESTIONABLE THAT IT WAS STILL THE BEAUTIFUL NOW CROPSEY . AS IF HER BODY HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. &gt;&gt; WHY WAS THE ICE FILL FOR THIS HOME SO MUCH MORE THAN I HAD EVER BEEN THAT MONTH? IT WAS THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND ALL THIS HUGE ICEFIELD THAT THE FAMILY HAD PICKED THE WHOLE TOWN WAS UP IN ARMS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. THAT THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN HE AND NOW . BUT IT WAS JIM WILCOX WHO ULTIMATELY PAID THE PRICE. &gt;&gt; THEY WERE OUT FOR BLOOD. &gt;&gt; WHAT HAPPENED TO WILCOX? HE JIK HE WAS FOUND GUILTY AND VERY CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE . &gt;&gt; HE SERVED HALF OF A 30 YEAR PRISON TERM. DID HE PROCLAIM HIS IS IT IN INNOCENCE? &gt;&gt; WELL, HE DID. AND THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. A LOT OF PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT THAT NOW DISAPPEARED THREE OF THEM ENDED UP COMMITTING SUICIDE. &gt;&gt; WHAT DOES THAT SAY? &gt;&gt; THAT SOMETHING WAS UP . SOMEBODY NEW SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT LIVE WITH. THIS TOWN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR 100 TO 10 YEARS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL EVER BE SOLVED. IT REMAINS A MYSTERY. &gt;&gt; A CHURCH CEMETERY IN CLEVELAND, NORTH CAROLINA NEIL SAULSBERRY . HERE LIES PETER STEWART MAY BREAK OR IS IT MARSHALL MICHELLE NEY OR IS IT ONE AND THE SAME? MARSHALL MAY WAS NAPOLEON'S GENERAL . NAPOLEON THE GREAT FRENCH COMMANDER. AND NEY. &gt;&gt; THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY WON HIS BATTLES, RAN HIS ARMIES. PATIENT NAPOLEON HIMSELF CALLED ME THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE. MAGIC NAPOLEON IS EXILED AND THEY EXECUTED . &gt;&gt; WHEN HE WAS EXECUTED HE WAS EXECUTED BY HIS OWN MEN . &gt;&gt; IF THE YOU BELIEVE THE EXECUTION WAS FAKED AND NAME OF THE GROUP OF OTHER PEOPLE TAKE A SHIP TO CHARLESTON, NORTH CAROLINA. &gt;&gt; A MAN SHOWS UP. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, NEWLY FOUNDED IN 1836 . &gt;&gt; THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REALIZES WE DO NOT HAVE A DIPLOMA OR SALE. GIVE GOT THIS EXOTIC GUY . &gt;&gt; WHY NOT HAVE HIM DO THE SEAL? THE TICKET IS THE SAME FIELD DAVIDSON USES TODAY. &gt;&gt; AND INCLUDES THE KNIFE THROUGH THE SNAKE . &gt;&gt; THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED TO HAVE A NAPOLEONIC STYLE TO IT . &gt;&gt; PETER STEWART NEY . HE PRETENDED TO BE EXACTLY WHO HE WAS. &gt;&gt; WHEN NAPOLEON HAD DIED HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE . HE WAS SO DISTRAUGHT AT THE LOSS OF NAPOLEON. &gt;&gt; HE GOES TO HIS ROOM AND HE STICKS A KNIFE IN HIS NECK AND HE ESSENTIALLY STARTS BABBLING HE CAN NEVER GO BACK TO FRANCE AGAIN. &gt;&gt; NEY DOES EVENTUALLY DIE IN 1846, 877 YEARS . HIS GRAVE 20 MILES NORTH OF DAVIDSON. &gt;&gt; TELL US ARE YOU MARSHALL MAY? &gt;&gt; A DEATHBED CONFESSION . &gt;&gt; HE SITS UP IN HIS BED WITH ONE OF HIS LAST DRINKS SAYING I AM NEY OF FRANCE . &gt;&gt; WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A KIND OF SHRINE. &gt;&gt; NOT ONLY IS HE BURIED HERE BUT PEOPLE STILL CARE . THE JIK PEOPLE COME TO DAVIDSON COLLEGE TO SEE NASCENT PERSONAL ITEMS ON DISPLAY. HIS EYEGLASSES AND POETRY AND A MOLD OF HIS SCAR . &gt;&gt; HAS BEEN EXHUMED AT LEAST ONCE. &gt;&gt; WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE REMAINS ARE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS IN THE GRAVE. &gt;&gt; IT IS FUN TO HAVE THE MYSTERY . &gt;&gt; WHY IS THIS MYSTERY SO FASCINATING? &gt;&gt; BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT NAPOLEON AND NEY IS A LINK TO THAT HISTORY. NEY IS A LINK TO THE ONGOING HISTORY OF OUR PAST. &gt;&gt; THE MYSTERY OF BURIED TREASURE . BLACKBEARD'S TREASURE . THE INFAMOUS PILOT MAY HAVE BURIED HIS GOLD IN THE WHOLE . &gt;&gt; IT IS UP HERE. &gt;&gt; THE GOLD HOLE . &gt;&gt; IT IS RIGHT IN THEIR . &gt;&gt; IN THERE SOMEWHERE . &gt;&gt; IT IS A TREMENDOUS HOLD THEY DUG LOOKING FOR SUPPOSEDLY BLACKBEARD'S TREASURE . THE SHIP WAS FOUND THAT MOORE HAD PICKED &gt;&gt; AT SOME POINT A MAP WAS FOUND TOO SPECULATORS FROM NEW YORK . &gt;&gt; THEY DUG THIS HUGE, HUGE PIT . &gt;&gt; THEY STARTED IN 1937 AND DOUG FOR FOUR YEARS. THEY JUST KEPT DIGGING? &gt;&gt; YES THEY DID. WHY DID THEY GIVE UP? &gt;&gt; RAN OUT OF MONEY . &gt;&gt; DID THEY TRY TO FILL UP THE HOLE? FOR YEARS THE WHOLE REMAINED A HOLE . THE JIK WE USED THE DUMP GARBAGE, EVERYTHING. ANYBODY WITH ANYTHING TO THROW AWAY THEY THREW INTO THE HOLE . &gt;&gt; IS THERE MUCH OF A HOLD THERE NOW? &gt;&gt; I THINK THE WHOLE IS PROBABLY STILL THERE . &gt;&gt; WHERE IS BLACK WORDS TREASURE . WHAT IF THEY DID NOT DIG QUITE FAR ENOUGH? WHAT IF IS A TRAGIC TALE IN A WAY. THAT THESE GRAND DREAMS OF TREASURE ARE NOW JUST OVERGROWN . &gt;&gt; WE ARE JUST IN NEW YORK, WHAT DO WE CARE? &gt;&gt; ORDER "TARHEEL TRAVELER" BOOKS . BOOKS THAT CELEBRATE THE STATE. COPIES AUTOGRAPHED AND PERSONALIZED Step into the new when you drive a Chevy. It's time for a fresh approach. And a new perspective. Meet new friends. Or reconnect with some old ones. And find the Chevy that's right for you. Find new experiences. Find new roads. Step into the new with a new Chevy. Very well-qualified buyers can get 0% financing on most Chevy vehicles. PLUS, current competitive owners get an additional seven hundred and fifty dollars bonus cash. Find New Roads at your local Chevy Dealer. &gt;&gt;&gt; LITTLE PEOPLE NEW TONIGHT PEOPLE BUT THERE'S LONG BEEN A LEGEND OF THE NEW NIGHT PEOPLE HERE AND CHARITY TRICKY COUNTY . LEGENDS ARE OFTEN UNTRUE BUT PERHAPS THIS ONE CROSSES THAT DIVIDE. DO YOU FIND IT ODD THAT THOSE STONES ARE SHAPED LIKE THEY ARE? &gt;&gt; THAT IS A VERY BIG ANONYMOUSLY . &gt;&gt; THE FERRY CROSSES ARE FOUND IN ONLY FIVE PLACES IN THE WORLD . ONE OF THOSE PLACES IS CHEROKEE COUNTY . ACCORDING TO LEGEND THIS IS WHERE GROUP OF LITTLE PEOPLE LIVED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, MOON EYED PEOPLE . &gt;&gt; THEY SAID THEY WERE VERY SMALL PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN, BLUE EYES. THEY WERE BLINDED BY THE SUNLIGHT SO THEY ALL CAME OUT AT NIGHT . THEY LIVED IN CAVES AND CLIFFS AND IN THE WOODS. &gt;&gt; THIS IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE IN THE MID-1800s A FARMER, WHILE CLEARING LAND, UNEARTHED THIS STATUE. &gt;&gt; THE EFFIGY I THINK IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE MOON EYED PEOPLE . THEY ARE TWINS. &gt;&gt; IN THE CONFLUENCE OF TWO RIVERS THERE ONCE WAS A VILLAGE DOWN THERE AND THERE ONCE WAS A --. THE JIK IN 1803 THOMAS JEFFERSON IN HIS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT HE MENTIONED THE MOON EYED PEOPLE. THE JIK THEY WERE ROUND FACED LIKE THE MOON . &gt;&gt; THIS STATUE DISCOVERED LONG AFTER THE LEGENDARY MOON EYED PEOPLE DISAPPEARED &gt;&gt; THEY WERE PACKED . &gt;&gt; PACK LIKE WITH THE STONE? &gt;&gt; PACKED LIKE WITH THE STONE. &gt;&gt; THAT MAKES YOU FEEL IT WAS LONG LONG AGO. THE MOON EYED PEOPLE WERE A REAL GROUP OF PEOPLE. WHO CRIED UPON HEARING ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION . &gt;&gt; EACH TEAR THAT WAS SHED OF FAIRY WAS FORMED. &gt;&gt; THERE'S ALSO THE MYSTERY OF THE EFFIGY . THE STATUE. I GUESS IT MAKES YOU THINK BEYOND YOURSELF. THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A WHOLE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE FOR US . &gt;&gt; I THINK WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE . &gt;&gt; DO YOU THINK THIS STORY WILL EVER BE SOLVED WINDS &gt;&gt; OBLATE NOT . IT IS A GOOD STORY. THE TICKET IS ALMOST DARK. THE LIGHT HAS NEARLY GONE OUT OF THE DAY BUT HERE IN BURT COUNTY THE NIGHT AND OCCASIONALLY BRING LIGHT. THE MYSTERIOUS BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT . &gt;&gt; FOUR OR FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER THAT FLOATS THROUGH THE FOREST . SOME BELOW THE RIDGE LINE AND SOME ABOVE THE RIDGELINE. THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY HAVE SEEN THEM CLAIM THEY DEFINITELY HAVE AN INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THEM IN THE WAY THAT THEY MOVE. THAT IS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE. &gt;&gt; YOU HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT . &gt;&gt; I HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. &gt;&gt; WHAT DID YOU THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW THEM? &gt;&gt; WE REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW. &gt;&gt; THEY DRIFT AROUND IT JUST KIND OF BOB ABOUT IN THE AIR AND MOVE A LITTLE . ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE SHOWING OFF AT TIMES. THEY GET SO BRIGHT AND ARE REAL EASY TO SEE. WHEN YOU SEE THEM YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN . &gt;&gt; I SAW SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE CITY STREETS WITH STREETLIGHTS ON THE CORNER FORGOT THAT THAT IS UNUSUAL . THERE ARE NO CITIES OVER THERE . &gt;&gt; THIS YEAR WE SAW JUST LIKE A HEADLIGHT OVER THERE AND THAT ONE GOT PICKED &gt;&gt; WHAT YOU THINK THAT NIGHTS ARE? &gt;&gt; I HAVE NO IDEA. WE LIVE IN IS VIRTUAL WORLD, COULD BE ANYTHING. &gt;&gt; WHAT YOU THINK? &gt;&gt; I THINK THE LIGHTS ARE ARE SOME BASIC GEOPHYSICAL EXPLANATION. THERE IS RUMOR THERE IS GREAT DEPOSITS OF CRYSTALS HERE THAT INTERACT WITH THE GASES THAT CREATE THIS LIGHT . &gt;&gt; THAT IS MY THEORY . SOME SORT OF GAS . THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ILLUSTRATIONS I HAVE SEEN . I DON'T THINK THERE ARE FLYING SAUCERS FLYING AROUND OUT THERE. &gt;&gt; THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE LIGHTS OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS BACK WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THESE LIGHTS APPEARING HERE AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT IS THE QUESTION. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. &gt;&gt;&gt; A CARGO SHIP FINISH . THE SHIP AND CREW INCLUDING A MAN ON BOARD FROM NORTH CAROLINA . IS THE MYSTERY OF THE USS CYCLONE . &gt;&gt; SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THAT SHOULD DISAPPEARED . &gt;&gt; THE USS CYCLOPS WAS IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE . THE SHIP LEAVES BARBADOS BOUND FOR BALTIMORE WITH A CREW OF MORE THAN 300 . &gt;&gt; THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF ODD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE AREA . &gt;&gt; THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE . AN ENTIRE FLEET OF PLANES . &gt;&gt; FROM THE TIME THERE'VE BEEN EXPLORERS IN THE AREA PEOPLE HAVE RECORDED STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING. &gt;&gt; 19,000 TONS, MORE THAN 500 FEET LONG . SOMETIME AFTER MARCH 4th THE ENTIRE SHIP AND EVERYONE ON BOARD DISAPPEARED . &gt;&gt; THE NAVY HAS NO EXPLANATION TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENTIRE SHIP. THERE WAS SIX NORTH CAROLINIANS ON THAT SHIP . &gt;&gt; SIX FROM NORTH CAROLINA. &gt;&gt; WHAT IF IT WAS JUST RPD? &gt;&gt; THE NAVY HAS NO RECORD OF ANY SUBMARINE OR SUFFICIENT BEING IN THAT AREA . &gt;&gt; WHAT ABOUT A STORM? &gt;&gt; NO STORM RECORDED. THE JIK ANY DEBRIS? &gt;&gt; NO DEBRIS . AND NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND FROM THAT SHIP. THE JIK WHAT ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES? &gt;&gt; THE NAVY JUST TOLD THEM THE SHIP DISAPPEARED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE NAVY JUST DECLARE THEM DEAD. &gt;&gt; GONE WITHOUT A TRACE . &gt;&gt; THE CYCLOPS WHICH TOOK ITS NAME FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY IS NOW A PART OF A LEGENDARY MYSTERY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? &gt;&gt; I THINK ANYTHING THAT MIND CAN IMAGINE IS POSSIBLE. IT DOES MAKE YOU WONDER. &gt;&gt;&gt; WELCOME BACK TO THE SPECIAL MYSTERY EDITION OF THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER" . ONE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST TREES LIES DEEP IN THE WOODS OF CHATHAM COUNTY . THERE IS A CIRCLE THERE WERE NO VEGETATION HAS EVER GROWN. A PLACE CALLED THE DEVILS TRAMPING GROUND. &gt;&gt; IS ABOUT A MILE NORTHWEST . IT IS IN THE WOODS . ABOUT 36 FEET IN A PERFECT CIRCLE. PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IT IS THE DEVILS TRAMPING GROUND BELIEVE HE JUST KEPT GOING IN A CIRCLE, HOW HE SCHEMED IMPLANT AGAINST MANKIND . IT WAS THERE WHEN THE FIRST SETTLERS CAME. THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THAT . JUST WHEN THEY DECIDED THAT IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT I DO NOT KNOW. &gt;&gt; SO IT HAS REMADE ALL THOSE YEARS WITHOUT ANYTHING GROWING THERE? &gt;&gt; THAT IS RIGHT . &gt;&gt; ISN'T THAT PRETTY AMAZING? &gt;&gt; IT IS . &gt;&gt; WHEN WERE YOU YOU THERE AND WHAT DID YOU FIND? &gt;&gt; I DID A SOLAR INVESTIGATION . A CAME BACK THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING THAT SHOULD KEEP VEGETATION FROM GROWING PICS BECAUSE WE HAD A JANITOR. HE WAS REARED ON A FARM OVER THERE BUT HE WENT TO WORK WHEN HE WAS NOT MUCH MORE THAN A BOY IN THE MIND . THEY HAD EQUIPMENT . BUCK SAID THAT THEY PULLED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT . HE SAID THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS MOVED OFF OF THE . HE SWORE TO THAT PICKY IS AN HONEST MAN . I WORKED WITH HIM AND HE WAS A GOOD DECENT MAN . I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S LYING ABOUT A THING. YOU LIKE THAT STORY? &gt;&gt; THAT IS A GREAT STORY. IS THERE ANY REASON FOR GRAS NOT TO GROW IN THAT CIRCLE WINDS &gt;&gt; NOT THAT I CAN SEE . &gt;&gt; DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE DEVIL? &gt;&gt; YEAH I DO. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE NECESSARILY RUNS AROUND IN A BLUE SEAT . I CERTAINLY BELIEVE IN EVIL. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE IN THE SENSE OF EVIL . &gt;&gt; DO YOU THINK THE DEVIL IS TRAMPING THAT GROUND? I DON'T KNOW. &gt;&gt; SOME PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVE IT IS THE DEVILS TRAMPING GROUND . AT THE DEVIL ACTUALLY USES THAT GROUND TO TRAMPLE IN . &gt;&gt; I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AS FAR AS SCIENCE GOES WE CANNOT FIND A REASON FOR THE AREA TO BE VOID OF VEGETATION . I GUESS IT IS A MYSTERY . &gt;&gt; I CANNOT EXPLAIN THAT . THE PHENOMENON. &gt;&gt; FOUR YEARS OF MINISTRY HAS HUNTED A SMALL TOWN IN LADING COUNTY . ALTHOUGH MANY HAVE NOT TAKEN IT ALL THAT SERIOUSLY . WHO OR WHAT IS ATTACKING THE ANIMALS IN BLADEN BOROUGH. WHAT IS THE BEAST OF BLADEN BOROUGH? NO ONE REALLY KNOWS. 1953 . ANIMALS IN TOWN ARE TURNING UP DEAD, SEVERAL DOGS. THE BLOOD DRAINED. &gt;&gt; EVEN UNCLE . &gt;&gt; ALL THIS WAS ALL THE BLOOD AND STUFF WAS DEIGNED OUT. &gt;&gt; EVERYBODY WAS SCARED TO DEATH . &gt;&gt; SUDDENLY NEARLY 700 HUNTERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY SWEPT INTO BLADEN BOROUGH TO SEEK THE BEAST. &gt;&gt; IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE DANGEROUS . PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS . &gt;&gt; REPORTERS WALKING AROUND WITH NOTEPADS . &gt;&gt; WE HAVE THE NEW YORK TIMES, WE HAVE THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE . &gt;&gt; BEAST OF BLADEN BOROUGH. JUST AS QUICK AS THEY CAME THEY WERE GONE . &gt;&gt; THEY CAME INTO TOWN AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY WERE GONE. &gt;&gt; TODAY SOME BELIEVE SOMETHING STILL ROAMS ABOUT OUT THERE . &gt;&gt; SOMETHING IS OUT THERE . &gt;&gt; WHO KNOWS EAST OF BLADEN BOROUGH THEY MAY STILL BE THERE. &gt;&gt; THAT IS RIGHT. THE JIK MYSTERY IN BLOWING ROCK . THE NAME SOUNDS INTRIGUING. IT PULLS YOU IN . AS IN GRAVITATIONAL PULL . &gt;&gt; WHEN DID MYSTERY HILL BEGIN? &gt;&gt; 1948, THE HUDSON'S DISCOVERED A STRANGE PULL . &gt;&gt; MR. AND MRS. HUDSON HAD JUST BOUGHT THE LAND . THE JIK IT ALMOST MADE MS. HUDSON A LITTLE DIZZY AS SHE WALKED UP IN THE ORCHARD IN A CERTAIN SPOT . ANY TIME THE APPLES FELL OUT OF THE TREES THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE CRICKET PATH THEY WOULD NOT LIE ON THE FLAT LEVEL PATH . THEY FOUND A LIFE MAGAZINE, THERE WAS A PLACE IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. MR. HUDSON WAS BOWLED OVER . &gt;&gt; IF HE SAID IT WORKS LIKE THE ONE IN CALIFORNIA WE ARE HAVING AN ATTRACTION. I AM STANDING WITH THE HILLSIDE . &gt;&gt; HE IS DANDY CROOKED . &gt;&gt; THEY SAY THE ENERGY SOURCE HERE IS ACTUALLY COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH . YOU HAVE TO LEAN IN WITH THE ANGLE . &gt;&gt; YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS NO TRICK OF THE EYE, NO HOAX? &gt;&gt; NO IT IS NOT . &gt;&gt; YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES . A BALL THAT ROLLS UPHILL. AMAZING . &gt;&gt; IT IS, ISN'T IT? THE JIK WATER RUNS UPHILL. &gt;&gt; ENCOUNTERS GRAVITY TO A DEGREE . STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN . 70% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE REPEAT CUSTOMERS . &gt;&gt; THEY ARE PULLED AND PUSHED ON SWINGS THAT SWING BACKWARD, NOT FORWARD . PEOPLE LEAN BACKWARD NOT FORWARD . &gt;&gt; NO TELLING WHAT IT IS . &gt;&gt; IT IS A MYSTERY . &gt;&gt; THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT IS JUST DIFFERENT AND YOU CAN FEEL IT. &gt;&gt; A MYSTERY ON MYSTERY HELP WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL MYSTERY EDITION OF THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER" . WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME DOWN THE ROAD. AND SCOTT MASON , THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER". ORDER TAR HEEL TRAVELER BOOKS AT THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER".COM . FOLKS THAT CELEBRATE THE STATE . COPIES AUTOGRAPHED AND PERSONALIZED AT THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER.COM. Have you seen those small bowl---? Oh! Careful with the... (dishes break) Sorry, Mrs. C! Excuse me, could we-- Excuse me, I was wondering could we-- ? Bedroom! 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Boviet Solar plans to spend $294 million by the end of 2027 as part of the deal, state economic development officials said Friday. Commerce officials approved an incentives package worth up to $16.4 million.

<p>To, to all of you and we bring you greetings. I would like to also extend gratitude to other elected officials who are joining us today. If you'll please stand. Thank you. I want to also start by expressing how thrilled we are to have you here today. We are proud of our city here in Greenville. And I think that pride is evident in this room today and why wouldn't we be proud? Greenville is a thriving hub of, of eastern North Carolina. We have a growing population, a diverse based manufacturing manufacturers, top notch educational institutions, state of the art, medical facilities and vibrant art and entertainment scenes. The people in Greenville are as friendly and as talented as they come. We all work well together and that is a tremendous, tremendous key to progress. There are so many reasons to be proud of Greenville and today I'm thrilled that our city is getting even better with all of that being said, I would like to introduce to you a Greenville native and Chief Deputy Secretary of Commerce Jordan Richard. Well, thank you so much. Uh Mayor Pro Daniels. Uh it is a beautiful day and uh uh especially great day to be back home in Greenville, North Carolina. Uh So, on behalf of uh our North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Michelle Baker Sanders, uh Good afternoon. Uh Today really is not only the celebration of an incredible partnership uh with the city of Greenville, Pitt County, uh the Greenville Eastern North Carolina Alliance, the Department of Commerce, our, our partners across the state. Uh But it's also calls to celebrate uh some really exciting news and the first uh such announcement this year in Pitt County across the state in North Carolina, we are uh already ahead of our pace from last year. Uh Having a wonderful year in terms of economic development. Today is a wonderful announcement of that. Since January across the state, we've announced uh 39 projects and this will be our 40th, more than 3600 jobs across North Carolina and over $2.5 billion in economic development investment statewide. And today's news uh is also great as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Greenville, North Carolina. Over those 250 years, we've seen Greenville change and evolve and the evolution of Greenville as a community is parallel to what we've seen across the state from an economy once dependent on agriculture and tobacco. Pitt County and Greenville is transformed into an economy that's supported by medicine uh and advanced manufacturing and clean energy jobs like we're here to talk about today. Uh having grown up here and watch that evolution and watch Downtown and Dickinson Avenue evolve and having gone to school across the street at CMXS Middle School, it's especially gratifying to be back and to be working on wonderful announcements like this. Uh And today, it's also an incredible honor to introduce uh someone who I've had the great pleasure of working for in Raleigh for the past 7.5 years. Uh He's been working to build a stronger North Carolina uh where everyone has as an opportunity to live in safe communities, get a quality education, uh have good access to great jobs and great health care. Uh And where everybody has a chance to live lives of purpose and abundance. And today he'll share with the Greenville community some outstanding news. Uh that'll help get us closer to North Carolina, North Carolina. That's more diverse, more inclusive works uh even more for all the people of this great state. Uh So it's my honor now to introduce to you the 75th governor of North Carolina Roy Cooper. Thank you so much, Greenville, aren't you proud of Jordan Witcher? Let me just say, Chief Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce. And uh you might notice that I have a lot of people in my administration who are from Eastern North Carolina. It's because I grew up here and I know the kind of people that they are. So I am so happy to be here. With you today, seeing so many friends and familiar faces uh and to celebrate what's gonna happen today. Uh Thank you Marquita for being here, Representative reader. Thank you for, for, for being here. Thank you representative for you. Uh Thank you, appreciate all of you guys candy. Thank you for coming. Very grateful for you coming and being part of this. Um II, I wanna thank Mayor Pro TEM Daniels and say thank you very much for your hard work here. But it's great to join with you today with an outstanding announcement for the city of Greenville, Pitt County, eastern North Carolina and I am our entire state. I am so proud to announce that Bovi at Solar, an international renewable energy company has selected North Carolina for its first North American solar panel manufacturing facility that will create 900 jobs and invest $294 million right here in Greenville, North Carolina. Our economists predict that this project will lift North Carolina's economy by more than $2.9 billion over the next 12 years. This economic development. When shows us how teamwork, teamwork and that's a fitting word here in front of Dowdy Ficklin Stadium, teamwork and our amazing workforce. Keep bringing advanced manufacturing jobs to our state here in Pitt County. You have a great legacy of manufacturing, making everything from life saving pharmaceuticals to packaging personal care products and now comes important components for clean renewable energy. North Carolina is becoming an epicenter for clean energy that's putting money in the pockets of North Carolina families and small businesses. And as we've learned in North Carolina the last few years, a clean energy economy is a strong economy, providing American security. North Carolina is a leader in that 19 billion in capital investments and nearly 16,000 good paying manufacturing jobs created here since 2021 with the fourth largest producer of solar energy in the country. And with our bipartisan clean power plan that will get us producing zero emission clean energy by 2050. That means a lot more solar panels need to be made right here in North Carolina. This announcement means that they're going to be made right here. And North Carolina's emergence as a clean energy leader has fueled our growth and helped set us apart as the number one state to do business in the country for two years in a row, we all get to celebrate that recognition and much of the credit goes to our well trained, dedicated and diverse workforce, the people of North Carolina, they make up the best workforce in the country. And Bovi at solar is gonna find out about that. And our university Chancellor Rogers, thank you for hosting this today. Our university and community college systems including East Carolina Pitt community College and our research institutions and workforce partnerships help North Carolina stay first in talent coupled with our central east location, East coast location and includes easy access to transportation infrastructure by land, plain sea. And of course our excellent quality of life. North Carolina continues to be a top choice and we don't take opportunities and announcement like these for granted because we know that companies like Bovi at solar can choose to locate anywhere in the world, but they chose us. And that's why we must continue to increase our investments in education, workforce training in our public schools and in early childhood education, that is absolutely critical. This announcement is the result of strong collaboration by company executives, elected officials across both aisles and economic development professionals. In addition to Secretary Sanders and the Department of Commerce, I'd like to thank our Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina that works so well led by Chris Chung works so well with our Department of Commerce, our North Carolina General Assembly. Those members are here today, our Golden Leaf Foundation, our Greenville Eastern North Carolina Alliance, Pitt County Electric Cities, Greenville Utilities Commission and the city of Greenville. At this time, I would like to, to welcome to the podium, the CEO of Bovi at Solar, Jimmy Shea. And I'd like to present him with a gift on behalf of the people of North Carolina, Jimmy. If you could come forward, Jimmy, this is a piece of pottery made one of our, by one of our famous artists uh Ben Owen. And on it has the great seal of the state of North Carolina and it has a part of it. Our, our motto, Si Quam Beri, which means to be rather than to seem, we want you to know in North Carolina we are who we say we are. And we look forward to this partnership for years and decades to come. Congratulations. Thank you for being here. Uh This is uh cup of the Chinese tea. Oh, outstanding. Thank you very much. Well, on behalf of the people of North Carolina, we accept this gift and hopefully we can sit and drink some tea and talk about the great success of this company. Thank you, Jimmy very much. Thank you. Mm Let uh let me begin to say uh by saying, thank you to the press, our partners and everyone who took the time to join us at today's event. Uh We are around to be receiving this investment grade and uh we are excited uh for how it uh will enable us to get our first us solar panel manufacturer facility up to and running and uh created, created uh economic uh uh our opportunities for the pul air. Yeah, for those who uh who aren't familiar. Let me introduce the about the poet founded in 2013 poet, solar head office in Unite, unite us Germany and our group uh headquarters in Vietnam. We have a proven track record of successful working with many of the industrial leading players. And our PV module are known for their power performance. And quality. This is evident because Bo has uh maintained its uh pos uh position at a Bloomberg new energy financing T one solar module manufacturers. Since 2017, we have been written at the top performance on people's PV module reliability uh score card since 2019 BB. Successfully completed. And in the independent e estimate of bo uh uh water solar manufacturers facility in 2022 the US uh solar industrial had been in K for water solar since we first uh entered the uh in 20 17 as of 2020 f uh three world solar PV sales and the PV models manufacturing capacity is more than three gigawatts and it's a shar a total of more than 6.6 gigawatt since uh in fabric, manually operating in us. Marketing. We are dedicated uh to helping to build uh American solar manufacturers uh with our new facility and uh filing, you know, cutting power in uh petit county, North Carolina and the, the natural. Uh let me tell you more about our plan for the manufacture plant. First one of the project, we use the building to manufacture our solar modules per to will including contracting uh start uh start off the art 500,000 to 60 thou uh 100,000 square foot factory on 34 acres to manufacture of PV cells which are used to build the solar panels. The location is expected to output the two gigawatts of solar and the two gigawatt uh PV cells since the future, uh uh will help bring our top performance PV modules to our variable clients to foster stronger connections with the independent uh power products. EP CS product uh developers, solar in, in installs and the contractors. We will have product uh they need uh in increase the deve deployment of uh uh U utilities, commercial industrial and uh dangerous solar project. We will require a strong workforce to product pro produce these solar panels so we will hearing about uh 900 employees uh over the next five years, job are expect expected to increase engineers, product workers. And so on, on behalf of uh B solar, I would like to thank everyone in involved in making this uh weight of product uh possible. The first is the governor uh Rio Cooper and uh and the secu uh secondary security Sanders and the North Korea development of the commerce tr uh territory uh D feature and the e economy uh economic uh developer partners of the North Korea Carolina, North Carolina General and Een North Korea uh communi Community College System, Go Goen Le found uh Foundation, Yanda down uh and the team at the Greenville East, North Carolina Islands, Kelly Andrew and the Peter County developer office, as well as the Pitter county government, Kathy Howard and the leadership team at the Greenville Utilities Commission City of the Greenville Electricity of the North Carolina and our advances today, our dream are coming true. We are upon the to begin pro product in our pe models in the US, bring our manufacturers exciting excellence to our most important uh solar market, creating jobs and the ma uh making up in impact. Solar energy in the United States is a bombing driving by its many benefits. Solar is an economic engine, a source of clean cheap um produce energy set and make a electricity affordable for customers and improve the air quality for health uh communities. We are surrendered to help uh future wills rep reputation for the green. I I can economic and uh manufacturing. We look forward to working with all of our partners, our path towards a cleaning future in the United. Thank you. I wanted to make sure I recognized Senator Candy Smith and Representative Glory Steam Brown and Representative reader, the legislature helped us a lot with this too. So, thank you very much for. Ok. Mhm. Good afternoon. My name is Anne Lord Huggins and I serve on the Pitt County Board of Commissioners. In conclusion of this momentous announcement, we must emphasize how truly honored we are that Pitt County was chosen over the many communities that were under consideration for this project. We are not only announcing the selection of Pitt County for a new industry that will bring strong economic growth to our community, but we are celebrating the collaboration that have developed and will continue to develop among Pitt County. Our partners and this esteem company. This announcement is the culmination of shared vision. This company's vision for its first us manufacturing facility in a business friendly asset, rich and welcoming community and Pitt County's vision for growth through strong industry partners that create highly skilled high paying jobs for our citizens. This vision will come to life in the, in the gr in the green corporate park and we look forward to our continued partnership to make this project successful. Beyond expectation. On behalf of Pitt County and the Board of commissioners, we extend our appreciation to each and every individual who has contributed their time, expertise and passion to make today possible. Most importantly, we extend heartfelt thanks to Bovier Sola for choosing us to communicate, to commemorate. Excuse me, this day, we would like to present a sculpture crafted by local artist Jordan Pera titled Connecting the Links May this day be a continuation of connections that will ensure your continued success. We are honored to be your partners and your chosen community. Welcome to your new home, Pitt County. OK. And I accept this on behalf of pick him and now and welcome to the podium, Thomas Taft Junior Board of Directors of Greenville, NENC Alliance for a toast. That's good. Not a force of guys. II, I had a prepared speech, but I'm gonna take this in a slightly different direction because II I, everyone has, has talked so much about the relationships and everything else. That got us to this point. But all I can say on behalf of Pitt County and on behalf of the Greenville NC Alliance is we won. We have won, we have beat out other communities, phobia technologies to come here. It's everything that we've all been working for, for years and years and years. I look at so many of you out here that uh were participants in that. And again, all I want to say is we won. Pitt County won North Carolina won. Thank you, Governor Cooper. Cheers, everyone. Cheers. Thank you. I don't mind. That's fine. No, no, no, no. Well, I would just add that this is the single largest jobs announcement in Pitt County's history. Uh, I don't believe we've had a governor here in, uh, about 15 years to announce anything, uh, economic development, a new, a new, uh, I'm sorry. But, uh, but either way we're proud to have you here. We're proud to have you guys here. Cheers again to a victory for Pitt County here here. Thank you. Thank you very much. Ok. Thank you so much. I'm ready to provide. Yeah. Yeah. Ok. They see. All right. Right. Yes. That's first. He said going across the way, come back in time.</p>

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A lockdown has ended at Enloe High School in Raleigh, police said Friday.

Good afternoon. My name is Lieutenant Jason with the Public Information Office of the Raleigh Police Department. Deputy Chief Boyce is going to provide an update on the incident that happened at a high school today. Uh Good morning, uh Deputy Chief Rico Boyce of the Raleigh Police Department. I want to provide an update of the incident that occurred here at in low high school this morning. I'm joined here with Major Harrison of the Field Operations Division as well as major latour of the field operations division. I want to begin by saying that everything and everyone is safe at Inlow High School. There's no students, no staff that has been injured as a result of this. Obviously with uh with the allegation of a firearm on campus, it really has an effect on the students and staff, but I want to alert the public that everything is ok. Uh Wake County schools have been very helpful in investigating this matter with the Raleigh Police Department. So what happened just after 10 a.m. this morning, a student approached the principal and made the principal aware that there is a subject on campus with a firearm. The principal immediately placed a school on code red lockdown and with the assistance of the school resource officer, additional officers were called to the scene. Once officers arrived on scene, they began to do a systematic search of the entire school interior and exterior of the school to determine that there was no one on campus with the firearm. Obviously, when you talk about a firearm on campus, it has a very large impact in our community and that's why we had a very large presence of law enforcement. But I will say Raleigh PD working with the Wake County public schools, we have determined that there is no threat on campus. We took this matter very seriously. We're going to continue to investigate and see how this all originated. But at this time, I just want to let the community know that this threat is unfounded, right? There's no threat, there's no firearm, there's no one injured at in high school. So we're going to continue to make sure that the message get out and Wake County public schools will put out an update of how the rest of the school day is going to go as far as any potential early release. I cannot say that right now, what I can say is a student made the principal aware that there is a potential of someone on campus with a firearm. The principal took that information very seriously and placed the school on a code grade lockdown and we began to investigate from there. So at this time, I can't determine if it was a hoax or not. Are you looking for anyone else? I mean, there have been a report that there was a student who said her boyfriend was with a gun. Are you looking for that person? Since no one was found in the school with a gun? We're investigating right now, like say this originated from a student and the information was shared with the principal. So we're still trying to determine what exactly was shared with the principal to lead to the core lockdown. So right now that is like say under investigation, did you guys do a systematic room by room search? Yes, we did. Like I say with this being a school and the threat of a firearm on campus, the Raleigh Police Department's selective enforcement unit, state capital PD County Sheriff's office, they all responded to help us do a systematic search of the entire campus, not only inside the school but it outside school in the surrounding neighborhoods is the lockdown lifted currently. No, it's still code red lockdown right now. We're just finishing up like say some last minute details with Wake County public schools and they will update us when they're going to lift that code red. One more question. I just want to make sure I'm clarifying this correctly. A call from the principle that a student had reported this. Are you still on the lookout for someone who might have been on campus and then left or are you investigating this in a different way? We're investigating this in a different way that this was a alleged threat of someone with a gun on campus. So right now, there's nobody on campus, but we're trying to get the exact details. Like what else was involved in this communication with the student and the principal. Can you really quickly just talk about the response? I mean, this is a massive response to something like this and the impact that has on officers, parents, students out there actually has a huge toll, a huge effect on our officers responding to any school with the potential of a firearm b on a campus. That's why you saw the response to get today. Uh We work very well with our law enforcement partners and we're very thankful for them helping us to clear the school. Uh And obviously with parents, of course, this is going to have a huge impact on parents as well as student and staff. Anytime you see a large police presence on a, on a school campus, but it's all to make sure that everyone is safe. Uh And then we're quickly, we'll try to get the school back to normal operators uh operating as soon as possible. So yes, we came with a lot of resources if there was a threat or would someone would have gone, we wanted to quickly mitigate that. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you.

No threat at Enloe High School, releasing students early

Sky 5 flies over code red lockdown at Enloe High School 

Enloe High School is under a code red lockdown. Sky 5 is flying over the school.

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Good evening. I'm Gail. Hi, welcome to tonight's drawings for Thursday, April 25th, 2024. Well, let's get started tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning number is a one. Our second number is eight and our third number tonight is a nine and our pick three fireball number is eight. Again, join me for tonight's joining us on Auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone who's their first winning pick four number. It's a six. Our second number is eight. Third number tonight is eight again and our fourth number is a three in our pick four fireball number. There it comes. It is a one. Well, turning now to the Carolina cash five and no one wins our prize tonight. Tomorrow's, our prize is estimated at $721,000. Good luck. Everyone here's our first winning cash five number. It's the number eight. Our second number is five third number. Tonight is seven. Our fourth number here it comes. It's a 41 in the final number, NRC five. This evening is 27. The North Carolina Education Lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Get your winning numbers right here every night in your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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