What if What if I recognize I'm one of them like I'm a god?
Like, you
know, it's a little after one in Chicago and we're meeting roommates, Jonathan and Jim at the first United Church of Rogers Park. Oh, I see you. were nervous, but not because it's a double date. We're hoping to get a few clarifications on some of our misconceptions. Like, what's their deal? Oh my god. Yeah, I see him. Hey, the four of us head into the dark church basement. It's littered with donated clothing and a few boxes of stale donuts.
Oh, I've been a goth since late 80s 1988.
This is Jim. He likes to wear one of those wide brim tall black top hats. You know the ones you could fit a few rabbits and
I love hats. I found the first hat which was very similar to this which was in Kmart Was it the like the third day after Halloween I always go after Halloween when everything is discounted, you know this stock up.
And then there's Jonathan. This is him. He's also known as
mixed to Bob bata like Yon
back in Texas. He knows a certain pack.
You know, I've went out to events called primal. Everyone's pretty much round of fire, you know, make it some of them have body modifications where they have got pointed ears and teeth. There have been sightings of these creatures around San Antonio. Now those creatures are Teen Wolf says Kens five Chicago reports they haunt.
Meet members of a wolf pack one of several packs scattered about San Antonio's north side
in Chicago, these two roommates met at a popular gay nightclub, which Jonathan was thrown out of because of a different crowd
rifle vampire group, they they tossed out.
This isn't new for Jonathan for meeting Jim. He's kind of been on the run from some things empires
began in Texas. I moved along to Colorado.
When I moved to Denver, they had a big vampire party kind of castle on top of a mountain. Full Moon thunderstorm. I paid about five bucks with these VIP tickets. I felt like a badass like Wolf, vampire castle. I got arrested at the Denver thing.
Jonathan didn't have a problem with all vampires though.
In Colorado Springs, he helps show him with him like hey, you know prove that you're a vampire. Well, he takes all the fucking knife and just like slices arm opens girlfriend like comes over and just starts drinking from him. I'm like, he was pretty real. Yeah, and pretty real girlfriend to
now he's moved to Chicago. Still looking for a place to belong.
You know, I'm when I moved here a couple years ago, that those can be a bigger vampire scene and there absolutely was thought.
And he's still missing a wolf pack, like the one he had felt so connected to back in Texas.
I just came from a very positive Wolf Pack. Alpha was a vampire, which is kind of weird. Weird to see a vampire in the sun.
Lucky for Jonathan, he crossed paths with Jim, who also doesn't really like the sun.
You know, we prefer living without the sun. Anyone that subscribes to being goth. You know, they're always going to say don't take away our nighttime. Seems like all the real characters and you know, the personalities that come out at night.
We were really anxious about our meeting today because well, Dracula and Twilight and just popular culture in general. But really, sometimes the dark isn't so scary. We don't have a lot in common with Jonathan and Jen but get the gist. It's glancing at your shadow. It's got none of the details, but you might just recognize the outline. This piece was produced by Elena Bresson Layne Gerbig as part of the 24 hour radio race from Casey RW independent producer project.
