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Zij worden slechts door iets extra aangeraakt.
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Zo een vis was Het Beest.
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en voordat ik geboren was was
hij al een legende.
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He'd passed up more $ 100 lures
than any fish in Alabama.
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Some said that fish was
the ghost of a thief...
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...who'd drowned in that river
60 years before.
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Others claimed he was a dinosaur
left over from the ''Cruaceous'' Period.
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l didn't put any stock into
such speculation or superstition.
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All l knew was l'd been trying
to catch that fish...
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...since l was a boy
no bigger than you.
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And on the day you were born....
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Well, that was the day
l finally caught him.
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Now, l'd tried everything on it:
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Worms, lures, peanut butter,
peanut butter and cheese.
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But on that day l had a revelation:
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lf that fish was Henry Walls' ghost,
then the usual bait wasn't gonna work.
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l was gonna have to use something
he truly desired.
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-Your finger?
-Gold.
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Now, l tied my ring onto
the strongest line they made...
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...strong enough to hold up a bridge,
they said, if only for a few minutes.
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And then l cast upriver.
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The Beast jumped up and grabbed it
before it even hit the water.
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And just as fast,
he snapped clean through that line.
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Well, you can see my predicament.
:02:34
My wedding ring,
the symbol of fidelity to my wife...
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-...soon to be mother of my child...
-Make him stop.
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...was now lost in the gut
of an uncatchable fish.
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What did you do?
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l followed that fish upriver
and downriver.
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This fish, The Beast...
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...the whole time we were calling it
a him, when in fact it was a her.
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lt was fat with eggs
it was gonna lay any day.