What is a grunch, anyway? Is it an undiscovered creature of the natural world, an accidental creation of famed Voodou leader Marie Laveau, or just a racoon with a wicked case of mange? Join us as we try to answer that question on this episode of Live, Laugh, Lurk.

Selected Sources:

• Hometown Haunts: Grunch Road
• The Grunch Road Monster
• The Louisiana Legend of the Grunch

In the late 1980s, a contractor in Gulf Breeze, Florida, captured some of the most convincing pictures of a UFO ever seen. International UFO organizations and investigators got involved, some even proclaiming these photots the best evidence for extraterrestrial life ever produced. Others claimed the photos and stories of alien encounters were nothing more than a hoax. Regardless of who was right, the incident has forever linked this small beach town's name with aliens and UFOs. Join us as we examine the hoax that put a small beach town on the UFO-hunters' map.

Selection of Ed's Pictures

UFO's Pensacola Beach

On March 24, 1962 five boys were caught in a storm on the Gulf of Mexico. What started as an impromtu diving trip turned into a fight against Mother Nature herself-but Mother Nature came armed with a sea serpent. Join us as we dive into the story of the Pensacola Sea Monster.

SourcesMetabunk forum post with links to Fate magazine article Ocala Star-Banner article about incident Pensacola News Journal retrospective about incident Youtube interview with Brian McCleary's son