December 13, 2025 • 13 mins
What is the thing that follows you, calling you to step off the path? It is best not to heed its call if you value your life.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome to another House of Asher with your host, Steve E. Asher. Hello, folks,
glad to be talking to you again. I was thinking
about a lot of times this time of year. You
(00:29):
hear a lot of people talk about maybe they're going
for hikes. You know, the weather's nicer, ticks or all
but gone. The dastardly mosquito, my sworn enemy, and flies
and a lot of those winged death spots that make
your summertime really suck have been banished, banished into the
(00:53):
code frozen hell beneath us anyway, But I think about people,
and they always have some weird experiences. Now, this can
be in state parks. This can be a local path
that you know of, a hunting track. This has even
(01:15):
been reported in walking paths in urban areas New York, Chicago, Seattle,
you know, just very large places. And this is not
just the US. This happens all over. Now, some of
the creatures I'm going to talk about tend to be
(01:38):
more or less American phenomenon. But if you have anyone
to add to the list and some of their stories,
please do because you know this is for me. This
is an international show and I'd like to touch base
with people from different cultures. It's always cool. But before
we get too deep into that, I want to again
thank you for tuning in to House of Asher, and
(02:00):
please make sure to go to Steve Asher dot Studio
dot com and if you do that, that will take
you to my web page and that touches on everything
from this very show that you can listen to episodes
on spreaker, tune in YouTube. I'll just gobs and stuff
(02:24):
you put it in and we'll bring up all kinds
of different ways to find the show. But do go
check it out, and if you have a few shekels
you can spare go check out Amazon dot com and
type in my name Steveasher, and you can find my
new book, which talks about reincarnation and near death experiences.
I found it was really fun to write learn a
(02:47):
lot of stuff, you know, because I always thought it
was just like, well, someone's seen a white light, or
someone you know a little course of you know, a
course of angels or something or but these really run
the gamut, and everything from near death experiences aren't always
going to heaven. Sometimes it's a lot of different places,
(03:07):
and depending on your religion, it's a lot of different places.
Some people are talking about seeing a messiah, or some
people are walking amongst the stars in the universe, rejoining
the all the you know, the initial pure energy that
(03:28):
produces everything. So anyway, but please do that, and I
want to hear your thoughts on some of the subjects
I talk about. In a subject you'd like me to
talk about, please do, and as always I thank you.
One of the first ones I want to talk about
is the appellation or Appalachian depending on how you pronounce it, mimic. Now,
(03:52):
this is a pretty widespread legit in that area, especially
you know, up in the more mountainous areas. The entity
is said to well imitate your own voice, which is weird.
I mean, maybe that's where some of the you know,
the ideas of echo, and I'm sure you've heard of
(04:13):
the new mythology of echo, and how more or less
the only way you know they would communicate is you know,
calling back. They couldn't say anything else. But these things
will call to you, either in your own voice or
something that to me is even more insidious, the voice
(04:34):
of a loved one, especially someone who you've lost, be
it death, be it just miles of separation, like there's
no way they could be there, but they'll call to you,
often pleading for help, trying to lead you down a path. No, no,
(04:54):
keep coming, follow my voice. Take the path to the left,
you know. No, no, no, it's okay. Just crawl under, Just
crawl under the It's fine, it's fine. I'm trapped. God,
please help me. And before you know it, you are
either stuck in the woods in the dark, not realizing
the sun was setting, and now you are sol You
(05:18):
are stuck to the mercies are the malevolence of whatever
called you into the deep, dismal woods, the rocky, craggy hillsides,
and you're theirs. You are theirs to do what they
(05:39):
want to. Another one I want to mention there is
most people know about. I'll say it, I won't say
it twice, but the skin walkers will just call those
the you know, the skins. And also some people call
them flash gates. Now this came originally from like Navajo culture,
(06:00):
and more or less, these creatures are shape shifting shaman
hoo doo men, which is what if you want to
call them, who can at will take the form of
animals of differing people and are known to mimic voices
to trick victims. Now, some people say that there's something
(06:20):
on them that's not right. Maybe their eyes are too
close together, too far apart. Maybe there their legs or
feet are weird, maybe facing backwards or something like that,
they have multiple irises in their eyes, something that just goes, yeah,
that's not right. But a lot of times, by the
(06:41):
time you're up on them, it's too late, and you,
more or less again are at the mercy and the
discretion of these often considered evil creatures. Another one, want
(07:02):
to talk about the wind to go? Now, this, you know,
also comes from a Native American folklore and it is
straight up a almost a cautionary tale. Really. It ties
in with winter, with the fields going fallow and the
(07:23):
famine that follows, and moreover the more or less cardinal
rule of no nos in most societies, cannibalism. And now
we know some people that have. I mean, there's popular
television shows that touch on that very trope. And how
(07:46):
even upon being rescued or survival and they find their
ways out either forever changed. How can you not be
but people never look at you the same thing, never
really trust you again, because you have partaken of just
(08:07):
something that's just seen as well. I hate to say it,
but distasteful. Now, we have a lot of things that
tie in with this. But this creature, while more or
(08:27):
less known for some other traits Beyond that, there's accounts
that talk about similar predatory voice mimicking behavior to whin
to Go, because at first they would more or less
tend to be human, and of course towards the end
(08:48):
they show you're more monstrous, semi almost demonic form definitely, feral, definitely,
and molistic and hungry, so hungry, never really able to
satiate that hunger. Hence the curse of the wind to Go.
(09:09):
I will say it's funny because I think I did.
I think I did an episode some while back talking.
I think it was a Mother's Day episode and it
was talking about everybody loves babies and you said, oh,
you're just sweet enough to eat or I could just
eat those little toesiers and whatnot. That goes really deep.
That goes really deep and into some deep, deep nocturnal shite.
(09:33):
Let's just say that. But there's another creature. It's a
nocturnal creature and it's from like Lumberjack folklore, and I'm
sure I'm gonna mispronounce it hend behind, and this was
blamed for dier disappearances of loggers. And it would make
(09:56):
strange noises all through the forest at night. Now though
its primary method was concealment, this would often end up
where something would come from out behind trees, out of
the dark, maybe jump across the fire where they're sitting there,
(10:16):
trying to warn their frozen hands from a hard day's
work of chopping, dragging, cutting and stacking wood. Now, I
don't know so much what this thing looks like, but
I would assume it would have to look somewhat human
or they couldn't get very close to you. It's just
(10:37):
one of those things. Now you have more of a
generic evil kind of prankster spirit creature. Now some places
talk about this more or less that they'll roam the woods,
play tricks, are do different things to mess with people
(10:58):
that are isolated. This could harken back to fairies, brownies,
dark elves, other kind of nocturnal trickster beans. Think about
the not dear for God's sakes, you know, they and
(11:19):
themselves they almost look right, but there's something just not right,
something just not dear about them. And you know, some
people can explain it as auditory illusions, maybe coyotes, owls,
different kind of hallucinations. But wants to say some of
that was not calls by the creature, trying to normalize
(11:42):
what we think we see and hear. But I'm curious
what you guys think. I love this kind of stuff,
And you know, until I'm out in the woods at
night for some reason, and maybe my car breaks down
and I'm having to walk up an old gravel road
(12:04):
back to the town two or three miles back, and
I swear something's walking behind me. Oh my god, what
is it? I can't see it. Just Lord, get me
down the hill. Thank god. I never encountered nothing, or
maybe I did. Maybe the prankster took my shape. It
(12:26):
is now taking over the show. Ha ha No. But seriously,
I do hope you guys have enjoyed this episode, and
I want to hear what you got to say. Please
leave a like, subscribe, Maybe share it with some friends,
share it with some enemies. Maybe you want to, you know,
turn them onto something cool. But I don't know what
time of day you listen to this, But get out there,
(12:48):
enjoy a little bit of the daytime, get some of
that sweet sweet vitamin D in your system. But as
the sun sets behind the pines and the shadows grow long, melding,
it was sweet, sweet amber pudding. Please make sure to
check your bedroom, check behind your doors, checked in the hallway,
(13:11):
check down toward that group of pines in tall ceedars.
Couldn't you swore you saw something? But it couldn't be.
But it's okay to be a little afraid, because there
is learning and fear. And I want to thank you
all again, and God bless you and above all my friends.
(13:32):
Until next time, stay scared.
Welcome to another House of Asher with your host, Steve E. Asher. Hello, folks,
glad to be talking to you again. I was thinking
about a lot of times this time of year. You
(00:29):
hear a lot of people talk about maybe they're going
for hikes. You know, the weather's nicer, ticks or all
but gone. The dastardly mosquito, my sworn enemy, and flies
and a lot of those winged death spots that make
your summertime really suck have been banished, banished into the
(00:53):
code frozen hell beneath us anyway, But I think about people,
and they always have some weird experiences. Now, this can
be in state parks. This can be a local path
that you know of, a hunting track. This has even
(01:15):
been reported in walking paths in urban areas New York, Chicago, Seattle,
you know, just very large places. And this is not
just the US. This happens all over. Now, some of
the creatures I'm going to talk about tend to be
(01:38):
more or less American phenomenon. But if you have anyone
to add to the list and some of their stories,
please do because you know this is for me. This
is an international show and I'd like to touch base
with people from different cultures. It's always cool. But before
we get too deep into that, I want to again
thank you for tuning in to House of Asher, and
(02:00):
please make sure to go to Steve Asher dot Studio
dot com and if you do that, that will take
you to my web page and that touches on everything
from this very show that you can listen to episodes
on spreaker, tune in YouTube. I'll just gobs and stuff
(02:24):
you put it in and we'll bring up all kinds
of different ways to find the show. But do go
check it out, and if you have a few shekels
you can spare go check out Amazon dot com and
type in my name Steveasher, and you can find my
new book, which talks about reincarnation and near death experiences.
I found it was really fun to write learn a
(02:47):
lot of stuff, you know, because I always thought it
was just like, well, someone's seen a white light, or
someone you know a little course of you know, a
course of angels or something or but these really run
the gamut, and everything from near death experiences aren't always
going to heaven. Sometimes it's a lot of different places,
(03:07):
and depending on your religion, it's a lot of different places.
Some people are talking about seeing a messiah, or some
people are walking amongst the stars in the universe, rejoining
the all the you know, the initial pure energy that
(03:28):
produces everything. So anyway, but please do that, and I
want to hear your thoughts on some of the subjects
I talk about. In a subject you'd like me to
talk about, please do, and as always I thank you.
One of the first ones I want to talk about
is the appellation or Appalachian depending on how you pronounce it, mimic. Now,
(03:52):
this is a pretty widespread legit in that area, especially
you know, up in the more mountainous areas. The entity
is said to well imitate your own voice, which is weird.
I mean, maybe that's where some of the you know,
the ideas of echo, and I'm sure you've heard of
(04:13):
the new mythology of echo, and how more or less
the only way you know they would communicate is you know,
calling back. They couldn't say anything else. But these things
will call to you, either in your own voice or
something that to me is even more insidious, the voice
(04:34):
of a loved one, especially someone who you've lost, be
it death, be it just miles of separation, like there's
no way they could be there, but they'll call to you,
often pleading for help, trying to lead you down a path. No, no,
(04:54):
keep coming, follow my voice. Take the path to the left,
you know. No, no, no, it's okay. Just crawl under, Just
crawl under the It's fine, it's fine. I'm trapped. God,
please help me. And before you know it, you are
either stuck in the woods in the dark, not realizing
the sun was setting, and now you are sol You
(05:18):
are stuck to the mercies are the malevolence of whatever
called you into the deep, dismal woods, the rocky, craggy hillsides,
and you're theirs. You are theirs to do what they
(05:39):
want to. Another one I want to mention there is
most people know about. I'll say it, I won't say
it twice, but the skin walkers will just call those
the you know, the skins. And also some people call
them flash gates. Now this came originally from like Navajo culture,
(06:00):
and more or less, these creatures are shape shifting shaman
hoo doo men, which is what if you want to
call them, who can at will take the form of
animals of differing people and are known to mimic voices
to trick victims. Now, some people say that there's something
(06:20):
on them that's not right. Maybe their eyes are too
close together, too far apart. Maybe there their legs or
feet are weird, maybe facing backwards or something like that,
they have multiple irises in their eyes, something that just goes, yeah,
that's not right. But a lot of times, by the
(06:41):
time you're up on them, it's too late, and you,
more or less again are at the mercy and the
discretion of these often considered evil creatures. Another one, want
(07:02):
to talk about the wind to go? Now, this, you know,
also comes from a Native American folklore and it is
straight up a almost a cautionary tale. Really. It ties
in with winter, with the fields going fallow and the
(07:23):
famine that follows, and moreover the more or less cardinal
rule of no nos in most societies, cannibalism. And now
we know some people that have. I mean, there's popular
television shows that touch on that very trope. And how
(07:46):
even upon being rescued or survival and they find their
ways out either forever changed. How can you not be
but people never look at you the same thing, never
really trust you again, because you have partaken of just
(08:07):
something that's just seen as well. I hate to say it,
but distasteful. Now, we have a lot of things that
tie in with this. But this creature, while more or
(08:27):
less known for some other traits Beyond that, there's accounts
that talk about similar predatory voice mimicking behavior to whin
to Go, because at first they would more or less
tend to be human, and of course towards the end
(08:48):
they show you're more monstrous, semi almost demonic form definitely, feral, definitely,
and molistic and hungry, so hungry, never really able to
satiate that hunger. Hence the curse of the wind to Go.
(09:09):
I will say it's funny because I think I did.
I think I did an episode some while back talking.
I think it was a Mother's Day episode and it
was talking about everybody loves babies and you said, oh,
you're just sweet enough to eat or I could just
eat those little toesiers and whatnot. That goes really deep.
That goes really deep and into some deep, deep nocturnal shite.
(09:33):
Let's just say that. But there's another creature. It's a
nocturnal creature and it's from like Lumberjack folklore, and I'm
sure I'm gonna mispronounce it hend behind, and this was
blamed for dier disappearances of loggers. And it would make
(09:56):
strange noises all through the forest at night. Now though
its primary method was concealment, this would often end up
where something would come from out behind trees, out of
the dark, maybe jump across the fire where they're sitting there,
(10:16):
trying to warn their frozen hands from a hard day's
work of chopping, dragging, cutting and stacking wood. Now, I
don't know so much what this thing looks like, but
I would assume it would have to look somewhat human
or they couldn't get very close to you. It's just
(10:37):
one of those things. Now you have more of a
generic evil kind of prankster spirit creature. Now some places
talk about this more or less that they'll roam the woods,
play tricks, are do different things to mess with people
(10:58):
that are isolated. This could harken back to fairies, brownies,
dark elves, other kind of nocturnal trickster beans. Think about
the not dear for God's sakes, you know, they and
(11:19):
themselves they almost look right, but there's something just not right,
something just not dear about them. And you know, some
people can explain it as auditory illusions, maybe coyotes, owls,
different kind of hallucinations. But wants to say some of
that was not calls by the creature, trying to normalize
(11:42):
what we think we see and hear. But I'm curious
what you guys think. I love this kind of stuff,
And you know, until I'm out in the woods at
night for some reason, and maybe my car breaks down
and I'm having to walk up an old gravel road
(12:04):
back to the town two or three miles back, and
I swear something's walking behind me. Oh my god, what
is it? I can't see it. Just Lord, get me
down the hill. Thank god. I never encountered nothing, or
maybe I did. Maybe the prankster took my shape. It
(12:26):
is now taking over the show. Ha ha No. But seriously,
I do hope you guys have enjoyed this episode, and
I want to hear what you got to say. Please
leave a like, subscribe, Maybe share it with some friends,
share it with some enemies. Maybe you want to, you know,
turn them onto something cool. But I don't know what
time of day you listen to this, But get out there,
(12:48):
enjoy a little bit of the daytime, get some of
that sweet sweet vitamin D in your system. But as
the sun sets behind the pines and the shadows grow long, melding,
it was sweet, sweet amber pudding. Please make sure to
check your bedroom, check behind your doors, checked in the hallway,
(13:11):
check down toward that group of pines in tall ceedars.
Couldn't you swore you saw something? But it couldn't be.
But it's okay to be a little afraid, because there
is learning and fear. And I want to thank you
all again, and God bless you and above all my friends.
(13:32):
Until next time, stay scared.
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