California, known as the Golden State, is rich in natural resources, precious gold, and its sunny climate. But what you might not know is that California also casts a rather large shadow, one that brings a dark, eerie, and impending doom type of presence along with it.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Start
00:43 - Spanish Missions, Taming the “Savages,” and the Dark Watchers
04:04 - Descriptions of the Dark Watchers.
06:41 - Similar cryptids and entities.
08:07 - Possible explanations for the Dark Watcher phenomena.
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