A young boy got the Christmas gift of a lifetime when he was invited to be adopted into his aunt and uncle’s large‚ loving family. In 2018‚ 11-year-old Carter Wyles had been living with his extended family due to an unstable home life with his biological mother. Aside from his aunt and uncle‚ the home also included six cousins. The family hoped to officially adopt Carter once it became clear that he would not be returning to his mother‚ and they wanted to ask him in the most meaningful way possible. So in an Amazon box‚ they placed a framed family photo that included everyone but him—and a note. Instagram Carter opened the box and first saw the picture. Feeling a bit confused‚ he spotted the letter‚ which he read aloud as his family captured him on video. “This is our most recent picture of our family‚” he began. “All of us would love for you to be in the next picture and to be part of our family. Carter‚ would you like to be a Kiphart and be our son and brother?” The video caught the moment Carter realized what was happening. When he did‚ he broke into tears as his aunt went over and wrapped her arms around him. He‚ of course‚ accepted the heartfelt invitation. Instagram Family Explains Their Path to Adoption The Kipharts posted the video on social media‚ and it immediately went viral. Following the fame‚ Cater and his aunt‚ Leah‚ spoke to ABC News. Leah shared that an outside family had started the process of adopting Carter. So they quickly stepped in and asked the court to allow him to stay with them. “That was a really‚ really hard thing for us to accept and know that this might have been the last time that we were ever going to see Carter‚” she said. “[We] felt that it was really important for us to keep him in the family.” Twitter Carter and the Kipharts admitted that they didn’t expect the video to go viral‚ but they’re happy it did. “It made me feel good that other people can enjoy…like my happiness and my family’s happiness‚” shared Carter. “A lot of people talk about how lucky he is‚” added Leah. “We are just as fortunate to have him join our family. He is a good‚ good kid.” Watch Carter’s tear-jerking reaction below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by David King (@gdaydk) Don’t forget to share this beautiful Christmas story with others! You can find the source of this story’s featured images here and here. The post Boy Opens Gift And Is Instantly Confused… Until He Reads The Card And Breaks Down. appeared first on InspireMore.

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A western North Carolina teen lived with his grandparents and would fish at night. One night‚ his stringer full of catfish was missing. He eventually learned that the culprit was a Bigfoot."In the mid-1980s I would spend a lot of time with my grandparents who had a cabin overlooking Lake James in the mountains of North Carolina. I would help out around the cabin‚ mowing grass‚ chopping wood‚ and helping in the garden. It's about a 300-yard walk through the woods to the lake. Grandma liked catfish so I'd spend evenings and sometimes all night catching catfish. There were no houses within a couple miles of my grandparent's cabin.Several times I had the feeling I was not alone‚ like I was being watched. The first odd thing was I had walked up the bank‚ maybe 30 yards‚ to throw a bass plug across a point where I'd heard a fish chasing bait. When I came back my stringer with three nice catfish was gone. At first‚ I thought maybe I didn't get it firmly in the ground. But while shining my flashlight around I found footprints. I was a good size 16-year-old and wore a size 13 shoes. Those barefoot tracks were just a little bit bigger.On my way back up the trail to the cabin I found my stringer hanging in a tree over the trail. I didn't say anything to my grandparents‚ I just said that the fish weren't biting.Two nights later I was back in my spot. I had a couple nice ones on the stringer when the feeling of not being alone hit me like a ton of bricks. For some reason‚ I wasn't scared. I shined my flashlight around. I didn't see anything but I heard something walking in the woods. I had a small fire going and it was lighting up the clearing. As I was getting back to fishing a small rock hit the water right where the stringer was. In my head‚ it seemed like I heard the words‚ 'Food. Hungry.' I shook it off a couple minutes later and another pebble hit the water. I heard the same words repeated again.So‚ being a teenager‚ I got a bit of a crazy idea. I took the fish out of the water and walked about 10 feet up into the woods and laid it down. I went back to my chair and sat down. I heard something moving in the woods. Sure enough‚ the next morning‚ my stringer was hanging in the tree again.I fished several more times‚ but nothing odd occurred. But two weeks later my 'fishing buddy' was back after a couple. Pebbles hit the water at the stringer. I hung it‚ with fish‚ on a limb at the edge of the woods. About 10 minutes later I heard a big limb break. The one with the fish was gone. I started taking two stringers just in case I finally got to see him. The week before school started back only‚ for maybe 5 seconds‚ I caught a glimpse of a 7 foot tall‚ mass of shaggy reddish-brown hair.This continued on for a couple summers. I finally broke down and told my grandpa. He just smiled and said he figured that's what I was doing with the fish. I was stunned! The next time I went fishing my grandpa gave me a bag of vegetables out of his garden. He told me to leave them with the fish. Grandpa said he saw him a couple times over the years.When my grandparents passed away my aunt sold the land to a logging company. I'm 56 now and never got to go back."Transcribed Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhUe2GLouwCops' True Stories Of The Paranormal: Ghost‚ UFOs‚ And Other ShiversStrange Secrets: Real Government Files on the UnknownLife After Death: An Analysis of the EvidenceParanormal: My Life in Pursuit of the AfterlifeBeyond Boggy Creek: In Search of the Southern SasquatchSlenderman: From Fiction to FactThe Starchild Skull -- Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid?Register a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAccess Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Team Riker: Division A-----TODAY'S TOP LINKSCould a nuclear missile be used to save the Earth from a killer asteroid?10 times animals did weird things in 2023CRYPTID CANINES: PENNSYLVANIA &; MARYLAND CASEFILES - LIVE Chat - Q &; A - Lon Strickler (Host)LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHARENew Bob Lazar documentary will digitally recreate secretive S4 facilityMany prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental?PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCONSIDER ADVERTISING ON PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIOLET'S DISCUSS YOUR OPTIONSClick the link for our Media KitCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on Spotify**********Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2023 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A group of Oklahoma kids are walking on a trail near home when they encounter a deathly pale 'headless man' wearing a bandolier. The entity raised its hand‚ pointing at the witness!I received the following account:"Hi Lon. The year was 1978‚ late October. I was 12 years old. Three kids and I (two of them younger than me - one was a year older) were walking down a trail‚ alongside a bean field‚ near our neighborhood near Oklahoma City. We were looking for used shotgun shells‚ as we would collect them as kids‚ so we were looking at the ground most of the time as we were walking along. We were getting close to the line of woods that surrounded the bean field. I heard one of the other kids let out a scream and take off running right past me as fast as he could. I had my back turned to whatever he was running from. As I turned around to see what he was so scared of‚ the other two kids raced by me yelling for me to run! They were crying and had a look of fear on their faces!Standing about 25 to 30 feet away from me‚ was a 'headless man' (or person). This "person" or figure was about 6'3" or so and was wearing a belt of bullets (bandolier). The type of bullet belt that crosses over your shoulder - like the ones from the old movie 'The Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly.' The figure had some type of uniform on - it looked like an old Civil War uniform; a blue jacket and a white collar around his neck - and again‚ he had NO HEAD! The figure wore black boots up to his knees. I didn't see a gun or a weapon of any kind. I froze for about 5 seconds as I was looking at this figure‚ right before I turned to run from this thing. The figure raised its hand and pointed a finger at me. As I looked very closely at this figure's hand‚ I noticed it was snow-white in color! The color was so white - like he dipped his hand in a bucket of flour.I took off running into the woods and met another one of the kids‚ who was hiding from this figure. We sat there and watched as this figure walked down along the trail next to the bean field. It walked into the woods‚ across from where we were hiding‚ never to be seen again.I ran home and told my Dad what I had seen. We went back and found footprints in the dirt where we had seen the figure walk. This area was the woods where I grew up and loved being out there - I still go back to this day to walk around. We would ride dirt bikes and play games in these woods and older kids would have parties‚ campfires‚ and other stuff. I never saw anything like that again‚ but I didn't go back again that fall. This is a true story and I don't know what we saw. Maybe someone was playing a trick on us - but if so‚ they went into a great amount of detail to do it." MWCops' True Stories Of The Paranormal: Ghost‚ UFOs‚ And Other ShiversStrange Secrets: Real Government Files on the UnknownLife After Death: An Analysis of the EvidenceParanormal: My Life in Pursuit of the AfterlifeBeyond Boggy Creek: In Search of the Southern SasquatchSlenderman: From Fiction to FactThe Starchild Skull -- Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid?Register a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAccess Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Team Riker: Division A-----TODAY'S TOP LINKSCould a nuclear missile be used to save the Earth from a killer asteroid?10 times animals did weird things in 2023CRYPTID CANINES: PENNSYLVANIA &; MARYLAND CASEFILES - LIVE Chat - Q &; A - Lon Strickler (Host)LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHARENew Bob Lazar documentary will digitally recreate secretive S4 facilityMany prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental?PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCONSIDER ADVERTISING ON PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIOLET'S DISCUSS YOUR OPTIONSClick the link for our Media KitCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on Spotify**********Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2023 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

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