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S20 Ep52: Best Of: Men In Black (Sn. 20 Ep. 52)

Monsters Among Us

Thu Apr 23 2026

Summary

Monsters Among Us: Best Of—Men In Black (Season 20, Episode 52)

Host: Derek Hayes
Date: April 23, 2026

Overview

In this "Best Of" episode, Derek Hayes curates a chilling anthology of true encounters with the legendary "Men in Black" (MIB), drawn from listeners across past seasons. These first-hand stories, mostly told in the witnesses’ own words, span the U.S.—and the globe—and evoke the spooky, enigmatic presence that has haunted UFO and paranormal lore for decades. Hayes weaves these entries together with commentary, historical context, and classic cases, inviting listeners to decide for themselves: Who—or what—are these mysterious figures in black?

Key Discussion Points & Stories

1. Out-of-Nowhere Encounters: Unsettling Roadside Sightings

Courtney—South Dakota

Story: While driving a rural South Dakota highway in broad daylight, Courtney’s grandparents were blocked by a car that paused mid-road. Three Men in Black exited simultaneously, identically dressed in black suits, hats, and sunglasses, moving in eerie unison. Fearing for their safety, the couple sped around the trio and didn’t look back ([02:42]-[06:55]).
Notable Quote:
“They all got out at the same time, shut the doors at the same time, and they all had black hats and like black suits, black shoes.”—Courtney ([04:26])
Memorable Detail: The event predated popular MIB pop-culture, making it more mysterious.

Bonnie—Sacramento, 1986

Story: Riding to the zoo, Bonnie and a child witness a pale, deformed man in a neighboring car with elongated features and haunting, hollow eyes. Both are so unnerved neither mentions it, breaking children’s usual candor ([10:00]-[14:31]).
Notable Quote:
“His head was kind of elongated, like tall and what I would maybe describe as a small elongated watermelon... and his coloring was really, really weird. It was very marble, kind of bluish, pinkish, and very, very pale.” —Bonnie ([11:18])
Memorable Detail: The shared, silent reaction was as uncanny as the sighting itself.

Sarita—Melbourne, Florida

Story: Passing a slow-moving car, Sarita glimpses two unnaturally tall, pale figures with elongated features and strange arm movements, resembling otherwordly beings more than humans. The encounter left a lasting anxiety ([14:58]-[17:10]).

2. Vanishing Identities & Memory Gaps

Eric—Kingston, New Hampshire

Story: Late at night, Eric and friends interacted with a man in a nondescript, silent car asking odd questions. Later, none could recall his features; the car lacked license plates or identifying marks. A friend notes, “dude, we just had a conversation with a million [sic]” ([17:22]-[19:08]).
Notable Quote:
“The guy, he was a complete enigma. I don’t remember seeing any license plates on this car. … After the fact, none of us can recall what the guy looked like.”—Eric ([17:57])

3. Caravans and Synchronized Vehicles

Chris—Death Valley, California (Teenage Vacation)

Story: Traveling through Death Valley, Chris’s family is tailed and then overtaken by three pitch-black, emblem-less SUVs with blacked-out windows, moving in precise unison. None showed license plates or identifying marks. The spectacle was so strange, the family slowed to avoid them ([19:32]-[23:37]).
Notable Quote:
“All three of them, in unison, move over past us. … Once that third one’s behind us, all three of them, in perfect unison, scoot over right back in front of us.”—Chris ([22:43])
Host Analysis: Derek Hayes discusses plausible mundane explanations (film shoot, political motorcade) but notes their limitations in national parks. He ties this to historic local UFO crash stories and the David Grusch whistleblower testimony ([23:45]-[29:42]).

4. The Death Valley Connection & Historical Anecdotes

ML Berman—Mojave Mysteries:
Retells the 1949 story of miners witnessing a saucer crash and meeting small, reptilian aliens at Badwater in Death Valley, linking the MIB presence to historic UFO phenomena ([26:36]-[27:41]).
David Grusch Testimony:
Audio excerpts discuss government possession of non-human craft and “biologics,” deepening the idea of official secrecy ([28:58]-[29:42]).
Host Reflection:
“You can string it up yourself as you see fit.” —Episode Narrator ([29:42])

5. Modern and Global MIB Sightings

Jim—Death Valley, California (Mid-80s)

Story: Two luxury sedans, each with two pale, identically dressed men in black suits and hats, were spotted on a remote desert road. Their odd appearance and proximity to Air Force bases fed ongoing curiosity ([32:27]-[34:49]).

Dark Apollo—Coachella Valley, CA

Story: A tall, pale, elderly-looking man in a flawless black suit and sunglasses, carrying a briefcase, enters a quiet shop. He grins, makes cryptic small talk (“I can’t believe they have you hiding back here.”), then vanishes when pursued outside. The entire encounter lasts less than a minute but feels steeped in psychic tension ([35:11]-[40:23]).
Notable Quote:
“He slowly turns his head, grinning, and he looks at me. … I can’t believe they have you hiding back here. After saying that, he immediately walks out.”—Dark Apollo ([36:41])

Christina—Indiana (via California)

Story: Christina recounts her great-grandpa’s story: Two men in black suits and a black-clad woman with no feet, floating and beckoning him outside, prompting him to move houses the next day ([50:53]-[52:01]).

Brenton—Australia

Story: As a child, Brenton witnesses five men in black surrounding his mortally injured dog, writing in notepads. They vanish instantly the moment he looks away, leading him to wonder if they might be angels or the MIB ([52:17]-[55:50]).
Notable Quote:
“Every single one of them had a notepad and they’re writing stuff down… I’ve always called them Men in Black. But… what if they were angelic creatures… to collect my dog’s soul?” —Brenton ([53:18])

6. Government Intrusion and Suppression

Rachelle—Arizona Navajo Reservation

Story: After photographing strange low-flying lights and posting the evidence online, a local man receives an in-person visit from the FBI, who instruct him to remove all evidence of the sighting. The event leaves the community shaken ([57:31]-[60:53]).
Notable Quote:
“The FBI went to his house… and asked him to take down everything that he had posted online about this sighting.”—Rachelle ([59:50])

Anonymous—East Coast, USA

Story: The child of a high-ranking military family recalls men in black suits with flashlights surrounding their house at night. The children escape undetected and later find their house ransacked. Their father later warns: if anything happens to him, burn the basement documents immediately ([61:12]-[63:40]).
Notable Quote:
“When he looked outside, he saw men dressed in black with flashlights walking up, surrounding the house… The house was turned inside out.”—Anonymous ([61:33])
Family Instruction:
“If anything happens to him, go to the basement and throw all the documents… into the furnace.” —Anonymous ([62:54])

Notable Analysis, Theories & Reflections

Physical Descriptions: Consistent oddities—pasty or marble skin, no facial hair, unusual height, black suits, sunglasses, impeccable or outdated appearance.
Behavioral Patterns: Synchronized movements, strange car convoys, cryptic forays into homes or businesses, emotionless and sometimes robotic speech.
Supernatural vs. Mundane:
Hayes explores whether the MIB are government agents, extraterrestrials, robots, reanimated corpses, or something else entirely.
- “Many of these MIBs are described as pale, frail and dressed in dark suits… one would wonder if these aren’t the bodies of the dead reanimated…” ([47:17])
Documented Threats: John Rhodes describes being menaced by agents who warn he could disappear in the desert; witness accounts describe strange appearance, wire protruding from skin, and robotic affect (“Tiny” from 1967 NJ; [42:35]-[43:44]).

Memorable Quotes

Courtney’s Grandma:
“Just speed up and go around them as safely and quickly as possible... don’t even look at them, Paul.” ([04:42])
Chris (Death Valley):
“There’s not even emblems. It’s just absolutely generic. There’s nothing on it. No words, no nothing. Just black.” ([21:55])
John Rhodes:
“You can fall down out there and get hurt. You could fall down in some hole out there and nobody would ever find you again. And I knew this was a threat.” ([41:05])
Rachelle:
“It was amazing. The photograph is amazing. But then the FBI shows up—and that is really… oh my gosh, that’s just scary and unbelievable.” ([60:16])

Timestamps for Key Stories

Courtney (South Dakota): [02:42]-[06:55]
Bonnie (Sacramento): [10:00]-[14:31]
Sarita (Florida): [14:58]-[17:10]
Eric (New Hampshire): [17:22]-[19:08]
Chris (Death Valley): [19:32]-[23:37]
Death Valley Historical context: [26:36]-[29:42]
Jim (California): [32:27]-[34:49]
Dark Apollo (Coachella Valley): [35:11]-[40:23]
Christina (Indiana): [50:53]-[52:01]
Brenton (Australia): [52:17]-[55:50]
Rachelle (Arizona): [57:31]-[60:53]
Anonymous (East Coast): [61:12]-[63:40]

Episode Takeaways

The Men in Black seem to manifest after UFO or paranormal activity, carrying a presence that unnerves and threatens, whether by direct speech, enigmatic actions, or simply existing beyond easy explanation.
Stories cross decades, continents, and generations, showing both consistency and terrifying ambiguity in details.
Whether government agents, literal specters, extraterrestrial enforcers, or something stranger, the MIB live in the liminal space between myth and reality, haunting the imaginations of those who have seen, heard, or merely believed.

Final Host Words:
"Keep your eyes open and have yourselves a good night… and, as always—keep it spooky." ([64:47])

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Derek Hayes (1:52)

Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us. I am your guide, Derek Hayes. Hello, folks, and welcome back to another installment.

Episode Narrator (2:04)

Now, as you might know, we're taking

Derek Hayes (2:05)

a couple of weeks off between seasons right now, but I hate to leave you guys in the lurch. So my team and I have slapped together a best of episode, Best of Men in Black. Now, tonight's episode is chock full of strange men in odd clothing doing even stranger things. So sit back and relax and enjoy the best of Men in Black episod.

Episode Narrator (2:33)

And to kick things off here tonight,

Derek Hayes (2:34)

we begin in the state of South Dakota. Please welcome Courtney to the program.

Courtney (2:42)

Hi, Derek. My name's Courtney and I'm new to the podcast. I love it. I actually discovered you guys from Paranormal caught on camera. I was like, monster is among us. And I see you talk. And so I checked it out and I was like, oh, this is pretty neat. So anyways, I'm sharing one of the episodes with my mom the other night about the mirrored men, just because we like to talk about, you know, paranormal, normal and supernatural things. And she reminded me of a story my grandmother had told when I was younger. She had told my mom when they were younger and she would tell us kids and grandkids and stuff when we were younger. And I had forgotten all about it until my mom mentioned it after we got done listening to one of your podcasts about the mirrored. So I'm not sure, like, date time that Kind of stuff. But it was summer and it was in South Dakota. And I don't think it was on i90. I think it was on like a kind of a backwards two lane highway. Driving from winter. South Dakota was in the middle of the state, headed towards like the Black Hills area, which is in the southwestern corner of the state. And it was just my grandma, my grandpa, and they're driving. My grandpa's actually driving behind the wheel, my grandma's the passenger. And as they're driving, this car all of a sudden appears behind them, goes around them, and then probably stops maybe 100, 200 yards in front of them in the middle of the road. And my grandma was like, what the heck? And my grandpa kind of got upset about it. And as they got closer, my grandpa, of course, was slowing down because he didn't know what was going on. And all three doors open at the same time. So the driver's side, passenger side front, and then passenger side back, all open at the exact same time. And three men in black all step out at the exact same time. My grandma never mentioned anything about their movements being slow, but she said they were like identical. They all got out at the same time, shut the doors at the same time, and they all had black hats and like black suits, black shoes. And my grandma had told my grandpa just to speed up. She said, don't slow down, don't stop. Just speed up and go around them as safely and quickly as possible. And she said, just don't even look at them, Paul. Just don't even look. We don't even see them, you know, except to go around them and just keep going. She was kind of freaked out, she said, in the moment. And they weren't quite sure really what was going on. Later, telling us the story, she thought maybe they were going to rob them or something, you know, because they were on this backwards road that wasn't really busy. And it was daytime, though. It wasn't like night or anything. It was the middle of the day. So they go around them and they keep going. And my grandma's like telling my grandpa, Paul, don't look back, you know, keep driving, keep driving, keep driving. And my grandma said she happened to look in the outside mirror and she noticed too, that they all had black sunglasses on. And that was it, they just saw them. But, you know, I'm not sure if there was ever any missing time or, or anything. My grandparents both now passed away, so I can't ask those questions. I was gonna ask my mom if maybe she remembers any other details about the story. Cause like I said, I had forgotten and it has been years since I've heard that story. I'm 40 now and my grandma would tell that story when I was probably, you know, 8 to 12, I would say, because I remember hearing it more than once when we would, you know, sit outside and look up at the stars and watch for UFOs and all that stuff. But she would always tell us a few scary stories and that was always one that I remember her telling a few times. So I will ask my mom if she ever remembers if my grandma said that they were missing time or if the men that got out of the car were moving slow. But my grandma recounted the story. She never mentioned either one of those, but she always called them the Men in Black. And this was before I had even heard the term, I think, or even before Men in Black term was coined. So anyways, love the show, keep it up and sorry I was so late to find you, but I'm glad that I I found you. Hope all is well.

Chris (19:32)

Good morning, Derek. This is Chris from Gaudy, Texas, following with another story. I just heard Carly's story on season 8, episode 13 about the car playing the national anthem. But what got me was this completely blacked out. Black windows, even the windshield. And that remind me of something. When I was a teenager, my mom and brother and two cousins, we were on vacation, going to Disneyland in California. We were just kind of doing all that area, Hoover Dam, Vegas. But at this moment, we were on our way that way. But we decided we wanted to go through Death Valley. Well, there's a town on the edge and it's a bright sunny day. But when we went through the town, just before you actually get to the valley, they've got a temperature gauge and it said it's 114 degrees. Of course, a hot day and that's just there. Gets hotter in the desert. Well, we're driving through for a while. There's no other cars, so we want to try to get a photo. So we're in a conversion van, so it's got like a hillside doors and whatnot. So me and my brother, my cousins, we jump out and my aunt jumps out from the passenger side and we all take a picture. My mom goes a little bit further to turn around because we're afraid of parking and blowing our tires because it's hot. So we jump out, take our pictures, jump back in, keep going, and a little bit later on, we're just there. Talking, visiting. And then I just kind of have a funny feeling. So I look, look behind. I just see a black vehicle. I'm like, okay, well, there's somebody finally coming. And they're slowly catching up. I'm looking like there's no license plate on the front. And then keep looking. You can't see through the windshield. Completely blacked out. So it's just really weird and. Because at the time, I didn't know. I mean, I've seen the movie Men in Black, but I didn't really know that was a thing. But I'm just keeping an eye on it. And then next thing I know, we're taking a turn. I'll be. There's a couple more behind them. And we just kind of keep chugging along and. But they're gaining on us. And next thing we know. To me, it feels almost like between men and black and mirrored men, because the three of them, they are three solid black suv. Blackout windshields, windows, everything completely blacked out. No license plate. There's not even. You know how vehicles, they say Ford, Chevy, all that. There's not even emblems. It's just absolutely generic. There's nothing on it. No words, no nothing. Just black. Well, they pull up behind us, maybe about 50 yards behind us, and all three of them, in unison, move over past us. And they're all perfectly spaced in between each one. And they pass us, going as steady speed. And then once that third one's behind us, all three of them, in perfect unison, scoot over right back in front of us. Well, we slowed down because, well, that's just plumb creepy. No license plates, no nothing. So we just kind of slow down a little bit and let them get their distance ahead of us. And that's the first time I've ever seen anything like that, and I've never seen anything like that since. I'm really enjoying your podcast because it's bringing back a lot of things that I remember, but I just don't think of all that often. So thank you so much for what you do, and take care, and if something ever jars again, I'll remember.

Episode Narrator (23:46)

days of camping between the last episode and this one. Now, that was the first visit for each of us, and that place has been on our bucket list for as long as either of us could remember. And of course, the valley was impressive and beautiful, but I will admit, it wasn't my favorite park. We'd visited at least until the sun went down. The nighttime sky there seems to come alive. But none of that matters now. What does matter is that we did not see a caravan of blacked out cars moving in perfect unison. In fact, most of the cars we saw were driven by tourists that were gawking just as hard as I was. So I started thinking of mundane explanations as to why vehicles of this description would be traveling through that area. And I could only really come up with two that made any kind of sense. The first being that perhaps someone was shooting a film, a TV show, music video, commercial, etc. And perhaps they were filming from a distance, perhaps up on a ridge or in a helicopter hovering nearby. And that's why Chris was unable to see the other end of that activity. But you know, this is a national park we're talking about. I can almost guarantee you that the road would need to be closed and there would be permitting signs, that kind of thing. So I'm going to go ahead and rule that explanation out. But my second thought was that perhaps a political figure was headed out there to open a visitor center or something. A governor, a senator, congressperson. That would explain the caravan and would also explain why there were only three vehicles noticeably smaller than, say, the President's motorcade. If I knew the dates of this visit, I could probably cross reference with known speaking engagements in the park. But without that information, this to me seems to be the most likely scenario. But let's for a moment assume that it was these infamous men in black that Chris and his family encountered. Pretend that's who was in those cars that day. What would they be doing there? What would make them travel to this godforsaken place, far from, well, everything really. Well, I just might have your answer. Thanks to local researcher and YouTube host ML Berman and his excellent channel, Mojave Mysteries.

Dark Apollo (35:11)

Hello, Derek, this is Dark Apollo. You may call me Dark Apollo. That's not my real name. So I have a MIB story for you guys. This happened at my workplace. I live in the Coachella Valley. Yes, the Coachella Valley where they do the Coachella Festival. But I work in Rancho Mirage, which is between Coachella Valley and Palm Springs. So this was on August 27, between 12pm and 2pm and it was a very slow day, so I was really bored and sitting on the back of the counter with my arms folded in front of me, resting on the counter. And the whole day had been really slow for a couple of hours. So I was really bored. I was not having it. I didn't want to be at work. And I'm like, okay, I can't wait till I have to leave. So there was about five to six people in the store looking around and I was just in the back. You know, I didn't say hi to him or anything. I just sat there, which is really bad. But all of a sudden this tall, thin man walks in and he is really old. He looks like he's 80 years old. He's really pale. And of course he's wearing black, everything. He was wearing a black fedora hat, black sunglasses, and they were oval shaped, kind of like the ones that Will Smith's character wears at the end of the Men in Black movie. He had a black suit, he had black slacks, and I'm gonna assume he had black shoes. And I did notice that he had a black briefcase with him. So I was like, okay, this guy is a business or whatever. I mean, I wasn't sure. I was a little bit confused, but I was just staring at him the whole time. So this man, he just steps in for a moment and he looks in at the entrance of the door, he scans the room and he walks in towards his left and takes a look at some of my merchandise. And I'm looking at him this whole time and just, you know, wondering why he's here. And then he walks to his right, across from the path. And since he's really tall, he bends down to look at some of my merchandise. And I guess he senses me looking at him or something because this man, as he's bent down looking at some of my merchandise on the shelf, he starts to grin, he starts to smile. And then he turns his head slowly towards my direction and I guess he spots me. And I'm kind of hidden behind the register because there's. Thanks to Covid, there's like a cover, you know, so people have a hard time seeing me because there's reflection from the light or whatever. So this man, he slowly turns his head, grinning, and he looks at me. And mind you, I don't see any hair. He's probably white, you know, probably has white hair. But he doesn't have any eyebrows. I don't see any eyebrows. Just his black oval shaped sunglasses. And he looks at me and he says to me, I can't believe they have you hiding back here. After saying that, he immediately walks out. And mind you, he walked out really fast. He made a right when he exited the place. So I saw him leaving. And so I'm wondering, who is this man? So I chase after, after him into, at the entrance of my store and I can't find him anywhere. There's not many shops around this area right now. There's a store next door to me. I don't think he went in there. He did. I mean, I didn't check. There is a smoke store, smoke lounge a couple of stores down. So he may have been in there. But I can't leave my store unattended. So I didn't really check. But yeah, and there wasn't that many people out. So I'm like, where did this man go? I can't find him. And so I go back in the store. And mind you, during this whole encounter with this man, I was not having it that day. I didn't want to be at work. So I'm gonna describe what I was thinking during this whole process. That this mib was in my store for less than a minute. So when he entered, I noticed that he was wearing all black and he was pale and tall and thin. And I'm all Like, okay, is this a men in Black or what? Or is someone dressing up as a men in Black or something just for fun, just to mess with people? Or is this elderly gentleman just being nostalgic and just dressing up as a person from, you know, the 50s or 40s or something, when they wore hats and they wear suits all the time? And I was also thinking, I'm like, okay, if he is a real man in black, what are we doing here? And since I wasn't really excited to be at work, I wasn't really, like, enthusiastic about anything. So I'm more thinking trying to communicate. I mean, if he was a real man in black, I was thinking, let me communicate with him mentally if he is real. So I told him, you know, what are you doing here? What do you want? Who are you? I haven't seen any stuff, so I don't know why you're here. I guess he's looking for somebody. I don't know. So I've heard a lot of podcasts and a lot of stories about MIBs and, you know, that he could read people's minds or something, or they could communicate mentally or something. So I was just trying to communicate with him, like telling him, yeah, please don't bother me, or, not right now, not today. I'm not in the mood if he is trying to scare me or something, you know, because that's what they usually do. I mean, I wasn't really scared or anything. Like I said, I wasn't really happy to be at work. So I'm just like, get out of here. And he did. He left after a minute. Hope you like my story. That's a man in black that walked into my store one summer in the middle of the day. I hope you guys all have a good day. Bye now.

Episode Narrator (43:45)

head was large and round, but his face was angular and pointed. He had black hair that appeared to have been shaven off, just growing back. His eyes bugged out like thyroid eyes and one eye seemed to be made of glass, not moving in unison with its companion. The man's voice was Also extremely odd. He spoke in a tinny voice like a computer, in a monotone with clipped phrases. He also wheezed. Removing his coat, they noticed a badge, which he quickly covered with his hand. It looked like a gold or brass badge, connie said. When the man sat down, his black trousers rode high on his calves, and he had dark socks on and dark shoes with extremely thick rubber soles. But perhaps the most odd thing was that a green wire came out of one sock and disappeared into his trousers. One area of the wire went into the man's leg and was covered with a brown spot. The family had been ready to eat and asked Tiny to join them. He said that although he was on a Diet, in about 10 minutes he would take a glass of water. In exactly 10 minutes, Tiny proceeded to ask Edward Christensen a series of questions to determine if he would inherit money. The questions included details about scars he had on his body, cars he had owned, and a list of the schools he had attended. As Tiny talked, his face grew redder and redder. After a short while, he asked for a glass of water. He produced a yellow capsule and swallowed it, and then his face returned to its normal pallor. After about 40 minutes, Tiny left. Arlene Christiansen watched him as he stood outside and gestured, and a black 1963 Cadillac pulled up to the curb, driving in the dark with its headlights out. Tiny climbed in the car and it drove away without headlights. That's just further evidence that you do not want to have me run in with these dark creepsters. Nothing good ever seems to come of an encounter. If either of these two stories I shared are to be believed, that's plenty of reason to be fearful. But I will leave you with something a little eerie, however. But for the full experience, you should visit the Show Notes in the description of this episode or the Show Notes tab at the website. There you will find a video made on a doorbell camera, supposedly showing two of these men in black as they knock on a door here in Southern California. The video is unsettling, but what puts it over the top is that some sort of floating orb seems to manifest between the two strange men as they wait there on the stoop. Now, it's hard to say if that orb is a camera malfunction or it's truly depicting something out of this world, but the clip is certainly worth a look. It's weird stuff, and just like the experience Dark Apollo details, it's damn near unexplainable. And lastly, I'll add that given the description of many of these enigmatic Men in Black I can't help but entertain a little theory I've been cultivating over the years. You see, many of these mibs are described as pale, frail and dressed in dark suits. They're also described as moving in a rigid fashion and all that is almost enough to make One would wonder if these aren't the bodies of the dead reanimated to carry out the bidding of someone or something. Just think about it. They already look dead. They are wearing what dead man most likely would have been buried in a dark suit, and the body seems to be alien to whatever has taken residence inside. Start popping pills and pushing wires into your skin. That just pushes that theory further and it's hard to know you're missing a body once you've buried it. And sure it all sounds crazy, but frankly, what part of the Men in Black mythos doesn't? A big thanks Dark Apollo for sharing that story. Keep your eyes open and if you have a security camera, quickly go grab that footage.

Brenton (52:17)

G', day, Derek. My name is Brenton. I'm from Australia when this happened. Geez, back in the mid-90s. Now, for years and years, I thought it was the Men in Black. I was about six years old and I had this dog named Sting. Great dog. Him and me had this really good connection. I'd always sleep on the end of my bed and all the rest of it. Always be together. We'd always be playing together. He'd always look after me. Anyway, There was this one particular morning I woke up, would have been about 6, 6:30 in the morning and the dog wasn't at the end of my bed. Right away I had this gut feeling that something wasn't right. I went searching for him around the house and didn't see him in his normal spots in his bed or on the couch in the parents room. We had this driveway that went down to the main road. So I ran down there and I see the sting dog laying just outside the gate on the side of the road there. When I seen him, I didn't see anything around, nothing. I just saw the dog. I get to the gate, I jump on top of the gate to see what's going on and then I see a car driving off. It's just hitting my dog and it's driving off. I look back and I don't know what I was really looking at at the time. I was more worried about my dog. But when I'm looking at my dog, I see five men in black suits and hats and they're standing there in like a half arc around my dog. Every single one of them had a notepad and they're writing stuff down, like notepad and a pen. I was like, what the hell? Why aren't you helping my dog? One of them looked up at me like you can see us kind of thing. He didn't say anything. He just put his head back down and started doing his thing. They looked like just normal people. I didn't feel any bad negative energy or anything like that. Just like normal people. Just writing her notepad. I looked around to make sure there was no other cars. There's no other cars in the area. You're on a main road and there was cars driving past, but there was no other cars parked on the side or anything where somebody got out or anything like that. So I had no idea where they came from. As I said, when I was running down the driveway, there was no one there. As I jumped on the fence, these five guys in black suits were there. Now this has all happened within a short period. I jumped back off the fence. I've ran probably maybe 5 meters and I've turned back to have a look because I was going to go and go get my mum. As I've turned back to have a look, those five men in black suits were gone. I've always called them men in black. But if it's not the real men in black, the way that they've been described or anything like that, I've always wondered and thought what if they were angelic creatures or angels writing down notes to collect my dog's soul when he passed away. It's baffled me for years. Can't think of anything that would describe what I actually saw that day. But yeah. Loving the podcast. Have a good one.