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September 2, 2025 39 mins
In tonight’s dead letter… Listener, Isla recalls a childhood park trip in Australia where she and a friend went exploring after her mom’s car broke down in the bush. They wandered too far from the car and observed a void-like, spear-bearing figure on the bank. The bush fell silent and the wind carried songs in an ancient language as they fled back to the car without looking back. Years later Isla still feels watched whenever she strays off the path.

The Movie ‘Get out’ (referring to ‘The Sunken Place’ from the letter)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/

Artlandish Aboriginal Art Website
https://www.artlandish.com/

Goddard & Wierzbicka (2015) Article on ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283206413

Wikipedia – "The Dreaming"
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Dreaming&oldid=1297566697

Petrichor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

SAS Survival Handbook
https://a.co/d/6oSBMlQ

‘Songlines’ by Bruce Chatwin
https://a.co/d/6kqf1Oc

‘Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions’ by Edwin A. Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland


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