The Death of 1977 (Book 3)

Epilogue
"Okay, and welcome back to another episode of Kurt's World. I, of course, am your host, Kurt Anderson. Thanks for tuning in to
this, my sixteenth video.
Now, on last week's video I did a documentary on the infamous Island of Dolls. Then the missing and abandoned cargo ship that
was found wrecked in the Atlantic back in 1979.
Not to toot my own horn, but I got a lot of likes for my episode of the creepy clown in Illinois a year ago. Yeah, a lot of people
seemed to get a real jolt out of that one. I appreciate all the love and support for my channel, everyone.
But, today I thought I'd take a break from the norm and touch on a subject that, to be perfectly honest, really shocked the heck
outta me. Out of all of the research that I do on a daily basis, this story I stumbled upon recently really took me by surprise. And
believe me when I say, I never saw this one coming. This particular story actually took place right here in my own hometown of
Cypress, Ohio, way back in the 1970's. 1977 to be exact.
Like I said, I'm gonna take a little detour to fill you, my viewers, in on something really bizarre. And when you hear it, you won't
believe it. Trust me, I'm still having a hard time trying to believe it myself, and I was born and raised here in Cypress.
Where do I begin? Well, way back in 1977, a rash of brutal animal slayings occurred here; several in Cuyahoga County, as well
as numerous ones here in town. What makes this really amazing is that no one till this very day talks about this. I had to actually
go down to the library and do some extensive research just to get all the info I needed.
Mind you, both my parents and grandparents were born and raised here in Cypress and they don't even talk about it. I feel like
this is a Freddy Krueger scenario; the more people don't discuss it, the less likely he'll show up.
But anyways, way back in 1977, apparently there was this kidnapper guy who ended up getting what he deserved and more
when some giant animal broke into his home and tore him limb from limb. Then the thing went and killed some family just down
the road from where the kidnapper once lived. Then, a few months later, in the summer of that same year, more of these animals
appeared and started killing people all over again. They even managed to kill some folks at my old high school.
Don't get me wrong, we kids heard of little fairy tales here and there about someone getting murdered inside that old school, but
I never imagined it was for real!
Then the things attacked a women's shelter and a roller rink before the cops finally found their hideout.

There's a whole lot of craziness that took place with this, including some black guy getting killed, racial tensions and the mayor's
sons selling drugs. But one of the things that's really messed up is that these things even killed kids. They didn't spare anyone or
anything. It's really a tragic story, and you can check out the entire video and investigation when you click on the box on the top
right hand corner of your screen.
But I just think that it's stunning to know that after all my life living in this town, I just recently happened upon all of this. I've read
reports of these things being really big. I mean giant grizzly bear big. How can something that size get away with so much
mayhem?
Apparently there were a lot of conspiracy theorists back then who believed it was this and it was that. But let's face it, it was the
nineteen-seventies. Those people also believed that smoking while pregnant was okay. But just to know that this was under my
nose the entire time is just amazing.
I asked my grandmother about this and she said she remembered every last bit of it. She said that she even remembered the
towers where the animals were holed up at, and how they were all torn down right after the things escaped.
But what's really frightening is that as strangely as it all began, was just as bizarre as it all ended. No one had ever heard from
the things ever again after that crazy year. Some people said in old interviews that they believed Cypress was under a curse or
something. Or that someone had let some zoo animals escape.
But just to think, all of the videos that I've done, added to all the other videos that are out there already of Bigfoot and other giant
and strange beasts roaming the earth, it happened right here! Every time I think about it I get goose bumps! Heck, I even grew
up about two blocks away from the very house where the black guy was shot and killed!
But that's pretty much it in a nutshell, everyone. The Cypress Murders of 1977, as I like to call it. Take a look at the documentary;
it's about forty-five minutes long. It goes over all the investigations and slayings from each town and murder site. Tell me what
you think.
Oh well, that's gonna do it for me today. Check back next week when I take a look at the haunted cave in Jamaica that not even
National Geographic will go near.
That'll do it for this episode of Kurt's World. Be sure to like, share and subscribe."
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