TW: genetic experimentation on animals, mention of Satan    

Oh Frabjious Day, weirdos!

  Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, hairy and scary, mysterious and unknown and everything in between!!   This week we cover FOUR very WEIRD topics, we introduce some new segments, we show off some cool stuff we bought with our adult money and we even recite some poetry.   Lauren starts us off with her very first MONSTER WATCH as we head to Santa Paula California in search of the BILLIWHACK MONSTER.  This thing might be a bigfoot, a government experiment gone horribly awry, an interdimensional creature that crawled through a hole in space-time or possibly the devil himself.   Ashley brings us two stories in a new segment she calls MONKEY'N AROUND!  First up is our new favorite Orangutan, KEN ALLEN.  Known as the "Hairy Houdini" at the San Diego zoo, Ken became famous for outwitting his zoo handlers and escaping his "inescapable" enclosure several times.  Then we head into the modern day and discuss China splicing human DNA into chimpanzees.  The goal is to attempt to find the gene that gave us consciousness... but could it result in Planet of the Apes?   And finally Lauren gives us a BIT O' BIOLOGY with a 2009 study in Scientific American regarding music and how not only does it move us emotionally and affect our "heart" but it also might affect our HEART!! That's right, it's possible that Music may help keep your cardiovascular system regulated and we may be able to use music in the future to help treat victims of heart attacks and strokes to re-regulate their circulatory systems.   Click on some of the links down below if you'd like to do some extra reading on the topics we discussed in today's episode.   SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast   JOIN OUR PATREON at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast-- it's how we continue to keep ads OUT of the body of our episodes and pay for all the programs that keep this show going -- you can donate as little as $1/mo and up to $50/mo and in return you'll get discounts on merchandise, TWO BONUS EPISODES a month and you can even sponsor a segment of the show.   FOLLOW US on social media @keepitweirdcast   CHECK OUT OUR SITE for articles on our one and only murder investigation, book recommendations and links to our merchandise www.keepitweirdpodcast.com   Billi-WHACK https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/The-Beast-of-Billiwhack-and-Other-Imaginary-Monsters   https://www.cryptidscalifornia.com/the-cryptids/billiwhack-monster   https://sites.google.com/view/californiatruecrime/additional-content/billiwhack-monster   RIP KEN ALLEN https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Allen   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME4H2WN7BEU   Monkey'n Around a Little Too Much https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/04/10/136131/chinese-scientists-have-put-human-brain-genes-in-monkeysand-yes-they-may-be-smarter/     Groove is in the Heart https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/music-therapy-heart-cardiovascular/