It's Shark Week on Cryptopedia, as we talk bad "documentaries" and shark penis.

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Megalodon: the truth about the largest shark that ever lived | Natural History Museum

Megalodon - Wikipedia

Megalodon (bivalve) - Wikipedia

Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives | Shows | Discovery+

School bus - Wikipedia

Full article: The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited

The extinct shark Otodus megalodon was a transoceanic superpredator: Inferences from 3D modeling | Science Advances

This is What Michael Phelps’ Olympic Diet Was Actually Like

Livyatan - Wikipedia

Sharks’ teeth are falling! Sharks’ teeth are falling!

The Revolution in Geology from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade: Historical Biology

Age of Carcharodon megalodon?

HMS Challenger (1858) - Wikipedia

“Recent” Otodus megalodon teeth – Incertae Sedis

Does Megalodon Still Live?

The Megalodon | M/C Journal

Radiocarbon dating - Wikipedia

The absence of sharks from abyssal regions of the world's oceans - PMC

Megalodon Bites Back -- How the Discovery Channel Sank Its Credibility | HuffPost Impact

It Came From Basic Cable

Discovery Channel defends Shark Week 'Megalodon' special | CNN

Discovery’s Megalodon Defense? ‘We Don’t Know,’ Or ‘We Don’t Care’

Shark evolution: a 450 million year timeline | Natural History Museum

Sharks: Denizens of the Deep | Answers in Genesis

This week we're talking Cadborosaurus and it has surprisingly little talk about Young Earth Creationism.

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The Case of the Cadborosaurus Carcass: a Review — Tetrapod Zoology

Without a specimen, Cadborosaurus remains a myth, scientist says - Victoria Times Colonist

Cadborosaurus

Gulf of Alaska Carcass | It's Something Wiki

Easter and anniversaries foiled our schedule this week, so here's an older episode to fill the feed and as a refresher for White Things. Back when we recorded two episodes in a recording session and had things like time.

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The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

White Things: West Virginia's Weird White Monsters

Grafton West Virginia, Wikipedia

Mothman and Other Curious Encounters, Loren Coleman

Mothman wiki entry on the Grafton Monster

Sister Lakes Bigfoot

Mountain Monsters Grafton Monster

We're talking about Skinwalkers at the Pentagon again, but this time with 90% less discussion of how government contracts work!

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Skinwalkers At The Pentagon: An Insiders Account Of The Secret Government UFO Program -  James Lacatski D.Eng, Colm A. Kelleher Ph.D., and George Knapp

Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

What is an Orb? Orbs of Light Explained | Haunted Rooms®

Hashimoto's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

Unforgettable Uri Geller Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

This week Brandon takes John to Falkville to talk about Charles Entertainment Cheese, tin foil, and jeggings.

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Detailed Report of Jeff Greenhaw's Falkville Incident Alien Encounter Testimonial

Metal Man | Cryptid Wiki

Metal Man of Falkville | New Cryptozoology Wiki

The Metal Man of Falkville Reddit Post

Do you believe in the Metal Man? - The Cullman Tribune

Robert Summerford Obituary (2007) - Falkville, AL - Decatur Daily

John read a terrible book, so it's time for the Cryptopedia book club, this time it's Skinwalkers at the Pentagon. It turns out UAP research is a questionable use of government funds; who would have guessed?

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Skinwalkers At The Pentagon: An Insiders Account Of The Secret Government UFO Program -  James Lacatski D.Eng, Colm A. Kelleher Ph.D., and George Knapp

Harry Reid - Wikipedia

Political positions of Harry Reid - Wikipedia

Mormon cosmology - Wikipedia

Bigelow’s Aerospace and Saucer Emporium - Robert Sheaffer

Robert Bigelow - Wikipedia.

Skinwalker Ranch - Wikipedia

Skeptic » Reading Room » Claims About a Government “UFO Program”: How Much is True?

Anachronism: Wag the UFO

The Hunt for the Skinwalker

Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program - The New York Times

Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program

This week Brandon somehow manages to make an episode out of a lean cephalopod cryptid and successfully derails John for at least an hour with an academic paper.

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The Legend of the Oklahoma Octopus (READ THE COMMENTS)

The Oklahoma Octopus

Drowning rate highest in years

Drownings in Oklahoma have more than tripled compared to this time last year

Drowning Data | Drowning Prevention | CDC

Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic? - ScienceDirect

We're back after a bit of a break to talk folklore. I hope you're ready for hoaxes and double hoaxes, because this episode has them in spades.

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Ozarks - Wikipedia

We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales from the Ozarks, Randolph Vance

'Ozark Howler' sighting at Devils Den? Game & Fish say photos are a 'hoax'

Unlock The Ozarks - Stories - Folklore, Legends, & Myths - Ozark Howler

Ozark Howler | Cryptid Wiki

Ozark Superstitions | Randolph Vance

Daniel Boone and the Ozark Howler

 A letter written by Daniel Boone

The Ozark Howler | Expedition X | Discovery

The Ozark Howler - Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma

"Haunted Highway" Utah Skinwalker/Ozark Howler (TV Episode 2012) - IMDb

Cryptomundo » Ozark Howler: Faux Cryptozoologie

The Double Hoax - Cached

Tales of the Ozark Howler: Ashton, Saul, Cornus, Hawthorne

Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Podcast Uncovers Ozark Howler Government Conspiracy

We know these aren't technically cannibal plants, but there's a fun rhyme in there, and you can't stop us. Brandon closes out 2022 with a grab bag of the various carnivorous plants he's uncovered in his research.

We're skipping next time's episode for the holiday season, but we'll see you all again in 2023.

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2007, Oct 18: Cow-Eating Tree Reported in India | Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained

Pili Mara (a.k.a. the "Cow-Eating Tree") | Monsters Here & There

Cow-Eating Tree | Cryptid Wiki.

Sea and land : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge / : Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Cândido Rondon - Wikipedia

Uncultivated native plants used as sources of food

We take a short break, and the world's fallen apart even more.  To make matters "worse," this might be the dumbest subject we've ever talked about.

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Create Paranormal Images - The Something Awful Forums

Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet - Kindle edition by Blank, Trevor J., McNeill, Lynne S..

The Slenderman Mysteries: An Internet Urban Legend Comes to Life - Kindle edition by Redfern, Nick.

Something Awful - Wikipedia

Roger Caillois - Wikipedia

Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology 

Original Mythos - Slender Man Arkive

The Slender Man | Creepypasta Wiki

Der Ritter (The Knight), c. 1526

Fear Doirich - Wikipedia

Slender Man on Coast to Coast

Tulpa - Wikipedia

sprul pa

Research Note Tracking the Tulpa

Tulpamancy - Vice

Slender Man stabbing - Wikipedia