A listener writes “Hey Wes, I just wanted to share an email with you. I’m an EMT from Virginia. I worked with dad as my regular partner for nearly 6 years. We have always been interested in the Paranormal, Bigfoot, and other cryptids. Years ago now, right at the very early stages of your show, he randomly found your Podcast. We spent a lot of time on the road, because our truck was designated for long distance transports, it was nothing to put 1000 miles on the truck over the course of three shifts, and spent countless hours on the road. So we listened to Sasquatch Chronicles any chance we could get. The show has always been very relaxing, and your voice was something steady in a very unsteady time.
The meat of the story being, that in 2005 my dad was diagnosed with male breast cancer. He had chemo, radiation, surgery, and got through it. He did more in his life after cancer than before it. It inspired him to go back to college, get his degree, become a Paramedic, and then get his Bachelor’s as well. In 2018 though our lives would change again. He had a shoulder injury and had an Xray, and his cancer had returned. Over the next few days it was discovered that he had multiple areas, in his Lungs, Liver, and Chest Wall, as well as in his bones in numerous areas of his body. The man was tougher than a two dollar steak though. He continued to work with me for another year and a half after his rediagnosis, even when undergoing chemotherapy with Stage 4 cancer, until he was just physically unable to keep working in the grueling environment that is EMS. Right up until the end though, it was our favorite, to catch a long distance transport that would have us on the road for a few hours, and listen to the show. It was the ultimate stress relief, and despite the stresses from not only the job, but everything else in life at the time.
In Mid may, his health suddenly deteriorated, and he passed away on June 14th. Right up until a week before he passed, we were still listening to your show. It meant a lot to us then, and now means even more to me with memories I have associated with it now. I just wanted to say thank you, even though I haven’t had a “sighting”, and only “oddities” happen to me in the woods, I’m sure that I’m not the only one that listens not only for fascination, but now, for nostalgia as well.”