Kid Cryptid

In our first Campfire Compendium, Shawn runs through some background on the classic sleepover legend of Bloody Mary.

Campfire Compendium is the second type of mini-episode we're introducing to fill in space between Kid Cryptid episodes. Dealing more with urban legends and unsolved mysteries, these episodes make for good story telling fodder.

Research for this episode from:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary

http://www.scaryforkids.com/bloody-mary-legend/

https://livescifi.tv/2011/10/bloody-mary-how-to/#gs.tjkfvi

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-I

Kid Cryptid Theme by composed and recorded by Tom Parsons

Experiement gone wrong or creature from worlds beyond? Omen of bad to come or bringer of destruction? Join Shawn and Elias as they talk about Mothman.

Research for this episode from:

https://theportalist.com/4-alleged-mothman-sightings-that-preceded-disasters

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman

https://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Emerging from the depths of Loch Ness, the creature known as Nessie has captured the imaginations of people for centuries. Join Shawn and Elias as they take a look at the Loch Ness Monster!

Research for this episode from:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted

http://www.nessie.co.uk/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loch-Ness-monster-legendary-creature

https://nypost.com/2019/06/04/the-loch-ness-monster-might-be-real-life-dinosaur-scientists-say/

https://www.visitinvernesslochness.com/explore-the-scottish-highlands/loch-ness-myths-and-legends/

https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2017/4/19/the-loch-ness-monster-turns-83-the-story-of-the-surgeons-photograph

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Wandering along the coasts of Iceland is a strange little creature with a supposed reputation for bothering sheep. But is it everything it seems? Join Shawn and Elias as they take a look at the shore laddie!

Research for this episode from:

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Laddie

https://islkynjaverur.weebly.com/fjoumlrulalli.html (with help from Google Translate)

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC62EV8_maggi-10?guid=0a50359f-4ab8-4a3e-a55e-a796810eafc0

https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/art/monster-of-the-month/2016/03/04/9947924/

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Lurking under the train tracks near Pope Lick Creek is strange creature that has supposedly lured a number of people to their deaths. Join Shawn and Elias as they learn about the Pope Lick Monster. Research for this episode from:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pope-lick-trestle-bridge

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pope_Lick_Monster

https://crypto-para.org/cryptid-db/goat-man/

http://goatweb.com/mythological-symbolic-significance-of-goats/

https://gnosticwarrior.com/goat.html

http://www.louisvilleghs.com/LGHS_MASTER/SUB/Legends/Pope%20Lick/The%20Legend%20of%20Pope%20Lick.html

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pope_Lick_Monster

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Feeding on livestock in the night, this creature burst onto the scene in the mid 90's. Join Shawn and Elias as they explore the panic created by the Chupacabra.

Research for this episode from:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/chupacabra

https://www.livescience.com/24036-chupacabra-facts.html

https://www.csicop.org/si/show/mistaken_memories_of_vampires_pseudohistories_of_the_chupacabra

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-puerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4d499cd33542

https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/was_the_nightjar_an_early_chupacabra/

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Happy tricksters, or vengeful grumps? These little guys might not be as lucky as you think. Join Shawn and Elias as they try to pin down the Leprechaun

Research for this episode from:

https://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html

https://folklorethursday.com/legends/leprechaun-harmless-hoarder-malevolent-miser/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-myths-legends-europe/leprechauns-little-people-irish-folklore-003920

http://bookofrev-semantica.blogspot.com/2007/06/leprechaun.html

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Terrorizing frigid northern winters, this cryptid hungers for human flesh. Hopefully you're some place warm while Shawn and Elias talk about the Wendigo.

Research for this episode from:

https://www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

For centuries, people have been reporting something strange in Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Is it of demonic origin? Or the last of something prehistoric? Join Shawn and Elias as they examine the Jersey Devil.

Research for this episode from:  http://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/

www.pinelandsalliance.org/history/devil

www.prairieghosts.com/jerseydevil.html

http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons

Large, but stealthy, this hairy creature of may names has lurked in the forests of the world for generations. Join Shawn and Elias as they do their best to tackle the elusive cryptid known as Bigfoot. Research for this episode from:

https://www.manataka.org/page1487.html

https://nu.aeon.co/images/fb911487-7bbe-4752-b655-3c8b0d745801/idea_sized-bigfoot_gimli_patterson.jpg

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/10/an-early-encounter-with-a-bigfoot/

http://www.bigfoot-lives.com/html/roosevelt.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2018/01/1924_bigfoot_battle_on_mt_st_h.html

Theme music written, composed, and performed for the Kid Cryptid Podcast by Tom Parsons