The Monster Under My Bed Was Real — Then I Met The Hells Angels In A Vegas Casino — Transcript

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1. 0:00Life has a way of leaving scars that
2. 0:02don't always show on the outside.
3. 0:04Today's story comes from one of our very
4. 0:06dear subscribers, Misery in a Marata.
5. 0:09She reached out to me to share a piece
6. 0:11of her past that she's carried for a
7. 0:13long time. A story about a childhood
8. 0:16that was stolen and the unlikely heroes
9. 0:18who helped her find her strength again.
10. 0:20Back in the 1970s, when Misery was just
11. 0:23a little girl of six, her world turned
12. 0:25very dark. For six long years until she
13. 0:28was 12, she lived through a nightmare.
14. 0:31She was hurt physically, mentally, and
15. 0:33in ways no child should ever have to
16. 0:35understand by a man who was supposed to
17. 0:38be a friend of the family. He wasn't a
18. 0:40stranger in the woods. He was a monster
19. 0:42hiding in plain sight, a friend of her
20. 0:45brother who walked right through their
21. 0:46front door. But Miser's mother was a
22. 0:48woman of quiet grit. She worked as an
23. 0:51engraver at a trophy store and back in
24. 0:53those days she did a lot of work for
25. 0:56some of the biggest biker clubs in the
26. 0:58country. She was a woman who knew how to
27. 1:00keep a secret and those men respected
28. 1:02her for it. Misery remembers being out
29. 1:04with her parents one afternoon when the
30. 1:06air suddenly began to hum. 80
31. 1:09motorcycles roared into view. A wall of
32. 1:11chrome and black leather that made the
33. 1:14ground tremble. Most folks would have
34. 1:16clutched their purses and ran the other
35. 1:18way. But when those riders saw Miser's
36. 1:21mom, the tough exteriors just melted
37. 1:23away. One of the biggest men in the
38. 1:25group hopped off his bike, ran over, and
39. 1:28picked her mom up in a giant bear hug.
40. 1:30Suddenly, 80 of the most feared men in
41. 1:33the country were acting like respectful
42. 1:35school boys, honoring the lady who had
43. 1:37always treated them with dignity. Misery
44. 1:40tells us her first real crush wasn't a
45. 1:42movie star. It was Duza from the film
46. 1:45Mask. You remember him? the big silent
47. 1:48man played by Sam Elliot. She used to
48. 1:50pray every night for a man like Duza to
49. 1:52stand at the foot of her bed and keep
50. 1:54the monster away. She didn't know it
51. 1:57then, but that prayer was being heard.
52. 1:59It would just take a few decades and a
53. 2:01trip to Las Vegas for the answer to
54. 2:03finally arrive. Here is part two,
55. 2:06written with that same steady,
56. 2:07respectful, and easy to follow tone for
57. 2:09your audience. Part 20, The Casino
58. 2:12Silence. Fast forward many years to
59. 2:142016. Misery was heading to Las Vegas
60. 2:17for the first time with her mother. It
61. 2:19was a trip they'd both been looking
62. 2:21forward to. As they were packing, Misery
63. 2:23turned to her mom and said, "I have one
64. 2:26wish for this trip. I really hope I get
65. 2:28to see a real biker club." Her mother
66. 2:30just gave that quiet knowing laugh that
67. 2:32mothers do and said, "Oh, honey, no. You
68. 2:35won't see them in a place like Vegas."
69. 2:38But sometimes life has a way of
70. 2:40answering prayers we stopped saying
71. 2:42years ago. One morning, Misery was
72. 2:44wandering through the massive casino.
73. 2:46She wasn't dressed up for a night out.
74. 2:48She was just in her pajamas holding a
75. 2:51warm cup of coffee, still trying to wake
76. 2:53up. Suddenly, the air in that giant room
77. 2:56changed. The noisy ding-ding of the slot
78. 2:59machines seemed to fade into a heavy,
79. 3:01thick silence. Misery looked up, and
80. 3:03there they were, about a 100 bikers. A
81. 3:06sea of leather and patches filling the
82. 3:08floor. Some had their girlfriends with
83. 3:10them, looking tough and keeping the
84. 3:12world at a distance. Most folks would
85. 3:14have turned around and walked the other
86. 3:16way, but Misery didn't see a threat. She
87. 3:19saw the newbies, the young guys standing
88. 3:21in a huddle, looking a bit nervous
89. 3:24themselves. Without a second thought,
90. 3:26she walked right into the middle of
91. 3:28their circle, her coffee splashing a bit
92. 3:30as she moved. She started talking to
93. 3:32them about life, and eventually she used
94. 3:35the word respect. She hadn't noticed
95. 3:38that the entire casino had gone dead
96. 3:40quiet. The tourists were standing still,
97. 3:42holding their breath, waiting for
98. 3:44something bad to happen. They saw a
99. 3:46woman in her pajamas. Interrupting a
100. 3:49pack of outlaws. But then a voice boomed
101. 3:51out. It wasn't a young man's voice. It
102. 3:54was deep, grally, and it seemed to come
103. 3:56from 5 ft above her. Horny, the man
104. 3:59said, looking down at her. I have more
105. 4:01respect for you right now than any of
106. 4:04these motionless people staring at us.
107. 4:06They think we're going to shoot up the
108. 4:08place, but you just walked right in and
109. 4:10talked to us like people. Mezerie looked
110. 4:12up and realized she was talking to the
111. 4:14president of the club. And then the
112. 4:17world felt very small because it turned
113. 4:19out that her mother, the same woman who
114. 4:22had engraved those trophies 40 years
115. 4:24ago, had actually made this man's
116. 4:26president plaque two decades earlier.
117. 4:29The man the world told her to fear was
118. 4:31the same man her mother had honored with
119. 4:33her hard work, the dozer. she had prayed
120. 4:36for as a little girl was finally
121. 4:38standing right in front of her. Later
122. 4:40that afternoon, the crowd in the casino
123. 4:42had thinned out, but the energy was
124. 4:44still there. Misery found herself
125. 4:46sitting at the bar, just taking a moment
126. 4:49to breathe. Behind her sat a man who
127. 4:51looked like he had walked straight out
128. 4:52of a tough movie. He was the sergeant at
129. 4:55arms, the man responsible for the club's
130. 4:58discipline and protection. He was built
131. 5:00like a mountain covered in tattoos and
132. 5:02scars that told stories of a thousand
133. 5:05hard miles. He knew exactly how scary he
134. 5:08looked. He was used to people crossing
135. 5:10the street when they saw him coming. He
136. 5:12was used to the whispers and the fearful
137. 5:14glances. He sat there like a man who had
138. 5:16accepted that he would always be the
139. 5:18monster in someone else's story. But
140. 5:21Misery didn't see a monster. She didn't
141. 5:24see the patch or the scars. She saw a
142. 5:26man who looked like he could use a
143. 5:28friend. She turned around on her stool,
144. 5:30looked him right in the eye, and asked
145. 5:32him a simple everyday question. Have you
146. 5:35won anything yet today? The silence that
147. 5:38followed was heavy. But then he started
148. 5:40to talk. They sat there at that bar for
149. 5:422 hours. 2 hours of real honest
150. 5:45conversation. The woman who had been
151. 5:47hurt as a child and the man the world
152. 5:49was told to fear. Misery treated him
153. 5:52with a simple basic kindness that he
154. 5:54clearly hadn't felt from a stranger in a
155. 5:56very long time. She didn't judge him.
156. 5:58She didn't pull away. As they talked,
157. 6:01something miraculous happened. The tough
158. 6:03guy exterior began to crack. This
159. 6:05massive hardened man, the surgeent had
160. 6:07arms, began to get teary eyed. He looked
161. 6:10at Misery with a softness that no one
162. 6:12else in that casino would have believed
163. 6:14was possible. Before they parted ways,
164. 6:17he reached out and gave her a hug. It
165. 6:20wasn't just a polite hug. It was the hug
166. 6:22of a protector. It was the dozer she had
167. 6:24prayed for all those years ago. Thank
168. 6:27you, he whispered, his voice thick with
169. 6:29emotion. Thank you for treating me with
170. 6:31kindness. Yes, I do bad things to bad
171. 6:34people, but today you made me feel like
172. 6:36there is still good inside of me. Misery
173. 6:39realized then that the little girl she
174. 6:41used to be wasn't wrong to look for the
175. 6:43good in the scary men. Sometimes the
176. 6:47people society discards are the only
177. 6:49ones who know how to protect you from
178. 6:51the real monsters. Her prayer hadn't
179. 6:53been answered by a knight in shining
180. 6:55armor. It was answered by a man in a
181. 6:57leather vest who just needed to be
182. 6:59reminded that his soul still mattered.
183. 7:02Later that afternoon, the crowd in the
184. 7:05casino had thinned out, but the energy
185. 7:07was still there. Misery found herself
186. 7:09sitting at the bar, just taking a moment
187. 7:12to breathe. Behind her sat a man who
188. 7:14looked like he had walked straight out
189. 7:15of a tough movie. He was the sergeant at
190. 7:18arms, the man responsible for the club's
191. 7:21discipline and protection. He was built
192. 7:23like a mountain covered in tattoos and
193. 7:25scars that told stories of a thousand
194. 7:28hard miles. He knew exactly how scary he
195. 7:31looked. He was used to people crossing
196. 7:33the street when they saw him coming. He
197. 7:35was used to the whispers and the fearful
198. 7:37glances. He sat there like a man who had
199. 7:40accepted that he would always be the
200. 7:42monster in someone else's story, but
201. 7:45misery didn't see a monster. She didn't
202. 7:47see the patch or the scars. She saw a
203. 7:50man who looked like he could use a
204. 7:51friend. She turned around on her stool,
205. 7:54looked him right in the eye, and asked
206. 7:56him a simple everyday question. Have you
207. 7:58won anything yet today? The silence that
208. 8:01followed was heavy. But then he started
209. 8:03to talk. They sat there at that bar for
210. 8:062 hours. 2 hours of real honest
211. 8:08conversation. The woman who had been
212. 8:10hurt as a child and the man the world
213. 8:12was told to fear. Misery treated him
214. 8:15with a simple basic kindness that he
215. 8:17clearly hadn't felt from a stranger in a
216. 8:19very long time. She didn't judge him.
217. 8:22She didn't pull away. As they talked,
218. 8:24something miraculous happened. The tough
219. 8:26guy exterior began to crack. This
220. 8:29massive hardened man, the surgeon at
221. 8:31arms, began to get teary eyed. He looked
222. 8:34at Misery with a softness that no one
223. 8:36else in that casino would have believed
224. 8:38was possible. Before they parted ways,
225. 8:41he reached out and gave her a hug. It
226. 8:43wasn't just a polite hug. It was the hug
227. 8:45of a protector. It was that dozer she
228. 8:48had prayed for all those years ago.
229. 8:50Thank you, he whispered, his voice thick
230. 8:52with emotion. Thank you for treating me
231. 8:54with kindness. Yes, I do bad things to
232. 8:57bad people, but today you made me feel
233. 9:00like there is still good inside of me.
234. 9:02Misery realized then that the little
235. 9:04girl she used to be wasn't wrong to look
236. 9:06for the good in the scary men. Sometimes
237. 9:10the people society discards are the only
238. 9:12ones who know how to protect you from
239. 9:14the real monsters. Her prayer hadn't
240. 9:16been answered by a knight in shining
241. 9:18armor. It was answered by a man in a
242. 9:21leather vest who just needed to be
243. 9:23reminded that his soul still mattered.