hi everyone let me get right to the point as I'm recording this today it is 20 December 2023 and I'm recording this and giving Brad instructions to publish it upon my death so if you're watching me I'm dead now a few months ago I sat right here on this log and told you I'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I told you we'd caught it early and that we were still going to be here for some time well we did catch it early but not as early as I had thought and it has spread fast
faster than I thought it would you may have seen me recently using this crutch when I told you I broke my hip well I did break my hip but it wasn't because I was in any kind of accident it was because the cancer spread to my bones and the bones just crumbled my hip fractured and I fell down no I didn't fall down and Fracture it I fractured and then fell down and my time is drawing very short so there's some things I have to ask of you one for everyone who is a patreon supporter
thank you but don't immediately turn off your patreon support we have hopes that a couple of the crew primarily my brother are going to continue making content on this channel so if you haven't heard from us by next month yes then cancel your patreon support but we have hope that the channel will continue two people pirate other people's material in this format and now that I'm dead I'm not going to be able to do much about about it and I'm sure people will pirate my material please don't put money into the pockets of Thieves if
you're going to watch anything I'm doing make sure you watch it on my channel and three if you've been around a while you know that there have been people who have taken it upon themselves to lie about me and denigrate my character that that what Caleb that Caleb guy being the biggest offender of it but there's been others and I've had to make some rebuttal videos and so yeah not going to be around to do that and I'm sure that people will take this opportunity to denigrate my character so I would hope by now that
you know me well enough to know what you should or shouldn't believe don't just believe whatever nonsense people tell you okay now with that there's a couple other things I want to say as well and that is to everyone who has watched hit the like or dislike icon commented shared subscribed and donated on patreon thank you all of those things support the channel greatly and I can't even begin to articulate how beneficial and appreciated those things are I also would want to say that my goal in doing all of this was yes to have fun
do some things that were fun but primarily to put out useful information or if not useful at least interesting information and what I really hope is that as you're watching me you've seen some things that have made you say oh I get it okay things that have made you change something you did in such a way that has helped you I would really hope that seeing the reviews we've done of things have saved you some money and kept you from buying things that probably wouldn't have been a good fit for you and if those things
have happened then we've met our goal the final thing I would want to say is my sincere apologies I had hoped that I would continue in this format for the next 10 or even 15 years and even once I was diagnosed I had hoped that we'd be here two or three more years and it's turned out to be only a few more months and my apologies for that it really makes me feel like I've let everybody down so there's not much more to say than that so I guess the final line I have not really
rehearsed this is I'm really glad to have had this opportunity to do all of the stuff that we've done I really hope that it's been helpful I really appreciate you watching commenting and participating and I have probably very few regrets in what we've done here and I think we've been for the most part successful I hope you agree so as always don't try this at home and thanks for watching I am heartbroken to announce that what you heard is true Paul Harold has passed away it was his wish that I maintain his legacy through this
channel by continuing to put out high quality educational content with the flare we all know and love from him I ask that you give the crew and myself some time to process the death of my brother and find the best way to honor his memory I thank everyone in advance for your patience and understanding and we will get channnel updates as we move through this together I would ask everyone to keep any personal politics or religious beliefs out of any postings regarding Paul on any of our social media in keeping with Paul's mystery I cannot
tell you what his beliefs were or where he ended up all I can tell you is that he is now where a man belongs and will remain an inspiration to us all thank you some of you know me but many of you don't my name is Brad Nelson and I've been Paul's editor slost production guy SL manager for many years now um ever since his channel was very small I had the great privilege of having Paul in my life and having him as a friend he's a very generous and kind guy and he told the
best campfire stories um he's positively influenced many people's lives including my own and I'm very grateful for that we are going to be continuing his legacy by uploading videos on this channel eventually um and continuing to educate people the way that Paul did but you can continue as Legacy as well by sharing your knowledge with other people and your enthusiasm for firearms in the outdoors and just by being curious and striving to learn new things like Paul did thank you for all the support that you've given Paul and the rest of us over all these
years
