Nature Obscura

Deep within Massachusetts' Freetown-Fall River State Forest lies a centuries-old legend watching from the trees. This week, we explore the origin, powers, and strange encounters surrounding the Pukwudgiea small trickster spirit known to cause forest chaos, with glowing eyes, that tests the nerve of anyone who steps off the path.

In this week’s episode of Nature Obscura, Marissa and Grace discuss the oldest ghost legend in South Carolina, the Ghost Hound of Goshen, AKA Happy Dog. We get into the origin story and the hauntings that have followed for nearly two centuries. We also venture into a Bigfoot encounter unlike any other: a Bigfoot fight between two of the same creature.

On this week’s episode of Nature Obscura, we’re heading south to Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, a labyrinth of carnivorous plants, ancient cypress trees, and thousands of alligators. But nature is only half the story. We’re investigating the chilling reports of the long-bodied Beast of Okefenokee, mysterious ghost lights along abandoned roads, and local legends of pig-faced ape-men hiding deep within the marsh.

In this week's episode of Nature Obscura, we investigate the Thompson Park Vortex, better known by locals as New York's Area 51. Visitors have reported missing time, strange lights, eerie encounters, and even being transported to different parts of the park with no memory of how they got there.

What is really happening in Thompson Park? We explore chilling firsthand accounts and the theories behind the vortex, from unusual electromagnetic fields and the park's unique geology to claims that the alleged portal could be connected to Watertown native Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the infamous MK-Ultra program. Whether it's a natural phenomenon, the remnant of a secret experiment, or something far stranger, the Thompson Park Vortex remains one of New York's most enduring paranormal mysteries.

Pull up a seat by the fire and get ready. In this special episode of Nature Obscura, we explore chilling, real-life wilderness encounters that defy explanation. From shadowy figures lurking outside tents and unsettling footsteps in the dark to ancient forest folklore and harrowing survival tales, these true accounts blur the line between nature and the supernatural. Are these encounters simple mind tricks, or is something truly listening among the trees?

Owls have fascinated and terrified humans for thousands of years. Their silent flight, strange appearance, and haunting calls have caused people across cultures to see them as more than just animals.

In this episode of Nature Obscura, we explore the dark folklore surrounding owls, from ancient beliefs of death omens and witchcraft to the legend of La Lechuza, the owl-witch of Mexico and Texas. We uncover stories of ghostly barn owls, strange encounters, and the mysterious connection between owls and UFO sightings.

Why has this one bird become associated with both wisdom and fear, and what is it about owls that continues to make us look into the darkness and wonder what is out there?

In 1976, four friends headed into Maine's remote Allagash Wilderness for a canoe trip, but what they experienced would become one of the most famous alien abduction cases in history.

This week on Nature Obscura, Marissa and Grace explore the Allagash UFO incident, the eyewitness accounts, missing time, hypnosis, physical evidence, and the theories behind what may have happened that night deep in the Maine wilderness.

On this week's episode of Nature Obscura, Marissa finally learns the difference between an alligator and a crocodile. Join Marissa and Grace as they journey from the sewers of New York, where albino mutant alligators supposedly lurk, to the rivers and jungles of Africa in search of the Mahamba, a giant cryptid crocodile. Along the way, they explore the legends and theories behind these mysterious reptilian creatures.

In this episode of Nature Obscura, we're diving into the Broad Haven UFO sightings to uncover what really happened during the wave of encounters that captivated Wales. From frightened families and mysterious visitors to scorched landing sites, military theories, and Ministry of Defense investigations, we'll explore the evidence, the skepticism, and the questions that still remain nearly fifty years later. Was it mass hysteria, a series of elaborate hoaxes, secret military activity, or did hundreds of ordinary people witness something truly extraordinary?

This week on Nature Obscura, we explore the haunted legends of England's Epping Forest. Once a royal hunting ground and refuge for outlaws, the forest is home to tales of Dick Turpin's ghost, a phantom headless horseman, the mysterious Suicide Pond, and centuries of folklore that continue to captivate visitors today.