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Betcha Didn't Know
The Truth, the Myth, and the Hairy Legend
with Dr. Mark Foley
Betcha didn’t know America has more mythical creatures than it has Waffle Houses. Bigfoot stomping through the Pacific Northwest. The Skunk Ape sweating it out in a Florida swamp. A goat-draining Chupacabra in Texas. A winged, howling devil in the Jersey Pine Barrens. In this Betcha Didn’t Know, Dr. Mark Foley takes us on a tour of the monsters lurking in our backwoods and our campfire stories — and gets to the real question underneath them all. Stick around for the one sighting that got police departments involved.
Discussion Questions
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QUESTION 1
What roams your woods? Every place seems to have one — a hometown monster, a haunted stretch of road, a shadow somebody’s cousin swore he saw. What’s the legend where you grew up, and who told it to you first? -
QUESTION 2
Would you stick around to find out? Glowing eyes at the edge of the treeline. A footprint that’s too big. Be honest — do you investigate, do you run, or do you fumble for your phone and get the world’s blurriest photo? -
QUESTION 3
Why do we keep telling these stories? Dr. Foley suggests it’s because they make the world feel a little wilder and a little less predictable. What do you think we’d lose if every mystery finally got explained?
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Dr. Mark Foley
EffectiveSolutions.today
Dr. Mark Foley is the CEO of Effective Solutions, a consulting company that highly customizes engagement for corporate CEOs and Presidents to meet the needs of organizational development and effectiveness. Normally conducted through one-on-one coaching/teaching relationships over a defined period of time, Dr. Foley maintains a full schedule alongside
With a Ph.D. in Psychology and Counseling, he completed post-doctoral studies at Harvard University. In addition to maintaining a full schedule of clients and his contributions to the content of multiple docks at Wisdom Harbour, Dr. Foley is the President Emeritus of The University of Mobile.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
By Mark Twain | Narrated by Andy Andrews
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley.
Discussion Questions
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QUESTION 1
Jim Smiley was so certain Dan’l Webster couldn’t lose that he handed his frog to a total stranger and walked off to the swamp without a second thought. When has being sure about something kept you from noticing what was happening right in front of you? -
QUESTION 2
Simon Wheeler tells the entire story in a flat, serious voice — he never once lets on that any of it is funny, which is exactly what makes it funny. Who in your life tells a story that way? What is it about how somebody tells a story that keeps you listening, even when it’s clearly headed nowhere? -
QUESTION 3
The stranger doesn’t win because he has a better frog. He wins because he read Smiley correctly — he knew the man would take the bet and leave him alone with the frog. What’s the difference between knowing the game and knowing the people playing it?
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Andy Andrews
AndyAndrews.com
Hailed by a New York Times reporter as “someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America,” Andy Andrews is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including The Traveler’s Gift and The Noticer. He is also an in-demand speaker, coach, and consultant for the world’s largest organizations.
Both The Noticer and The Traveler’s Gift were featured selections of ABC’s Good Morning America and continue to appear on bestseller lists around the world. His books have been translated into over 40 languages.
Andy has spoken at the request of four different United States presidents, worked extensively with the Department of Defense, regularly addresses the world’s largest corporations. Zig Ziglar once said, “Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.”
In addition to his writing and speaking, Andy has established a personally delivered, cost effective, year-long curriculum for organizations, teams, and corporations. Using Creating Measurable Results™ as a platform, he teaches how “to compete in a way your competition doesn’t know a game is going on.” Creating Measurable Results™ has been documented to have helped some clients to double their results within a single year’s time.
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