Dr Jacqueline Coombe

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815 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Jul

Dr Jacqueline Coombe’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Creepy · Some Body to Love · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

The deer alerted in a ripple of raising heads.

Tense silence descended as dozens of ears swiveled, and I cradled Penny's head to calm and quiet her.

More owls had roosted in the trees across the clearing, and I realized they weren't owls at all.

A flock of mountain geese dropped on the deer.

They did not bother with flight, but leapt, feathered arms outstretched.

The herd reared and turned.

One goose got their beak around a doe's throat and shredded it with serrated teeth.

The deer screamed and fled as the flock swarmed.

The first victim already shuddered and died on the ground as geese dragged others down, clinging to their flanks and shredding sinew and muscle with their terrible maws.

Penny shook at my side, now silent, but that frightened me more than the carnage.

I wondered how Dad had never mentioned this.

Much of the herd fled, but the geese came away with four or five bodies.

When their prey finally went still, the geese took their turn to feed.

In the quiet, I remembered my purpose and prepped my shot, easing the muzzle of my rifle out of the blind's window.

I stared into the dark, willing my eyes to adjust.

The moonless forest was unyielding, and I could barely distinguish the huddled forms of the mountain geese from their food.

I aimed by sound and the aid of my camera and waited, newly afraid of the creatures but even more terrified of losing what felt like my only one chance.

The clouds shifted, the moon barely showed its teeth, but in all that dark, even the barest light was enough.

I fired.

The shot ripped through the night, and the geese scattered, howling their horrible cries as one of their number dropped motionless.

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