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Leaving Earth to Join the Aliens: North Cowichan Municipal Forest Reserve

17 Aug 2026 · 58 min · Episode 394

In November 1980, Granger Taylor vanished after leaving a note claiming he was departing on a 42-month journey aboard an alien spacecraft and was never seen again. What followed sparked decades of theories and left many unanswered questions, the most important of which was - is Granger still out there somewhere on a mission with extraterrestrial forces?

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