Jibberish showing up at the bottom of Pico

The text below has been showing up at the bottom of the screen when I use Pico on my FreeBSD box while logged in as root. Can someone tell me how to fix it so it will show the correct words like what's beneath it?

[ ????? 200 ?? ]
^G ???U???? ^O ?g?J??? ^R ?????? ^Y ?W?@?? ^K ??U?@?? ^C ??e??m
^X ???} ^J ????q?? ^W ?j?M ^V ?U?@?? ^U ?_??R?r ^D ?R???r??

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^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Pg ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where is ^V Next Pg ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell

 

 

 

 

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