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Michael Bastine is an Algonquin healer, elder, and former student of famous Tu
scarora medicine man Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson and Tuscarora healer Ted Williams. He lives in South Wales, New York.
Mason Winfield is a supernatural historian and founder of Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc. The author of 9 books, including Supernatural Saratoga, he lives in East Aurora, New York.
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