Nature Obscura

Over 20,000 people have disappeared within Alaska's infamous Alaska Triangle, vanishing at a rate nearly double the national average. In this episode of Nature Obscura, we explore the real cases that turned this remote wilderness into one of America's greatest mysteries, from missing planes carrying politicians to runners and hikers who were never seen again. We also dive into the stranger theories surrounding the region, including UFO encounters, energy vortices, a rumored underground pyramid, and the shape-shifting Kushtaka of Indigenous folklore. Is the Alaska Triangle simply an unforgiving landscape where nature always has the upper hand, or could something far more mysterious be at play?

In this week's episode of Nature Obscura, Marissa and Grace investigate the Big Muddy Monster, a towering cryptid said to haunt the woods and riverbanks around Murphysboro, Illinois. Following a series of sightings in the 1970s, local police launched an investigation that generated witness reports, physical evidence, and hundreds of letters from people across the country. We dive into the original case files, eyewitness encounters, and the strange public fascination that turned the Big Muddy Monster into one of the Midwest's most enduring cryptid legends.

On a cold March night in 1994, hundreds of people across Western Michigan looked into the sky and saw something they could not explain. Strange lights hovered over Lake Michigan, moved in impossible formations, and were witnessed by families, police officers, pilots, and even a National Weather Service meteorologist who tracked them on radar. More than three decades later, the Lake Michigan UFO incident remains one of the most compelling mass sightings in American history. In this episode of Nature Obscura, we explore the eyewitness accounts, radar evidence, and enduring mystery of the night the sky above Michigan came alive.

In this week’s episode of Nature Obscura, we explore Mount Osore, Japan, a sacred volcanic landscape believed to be where the dead gather between worlds. We dive into the history of the mountain, the haunting folklore surrounding yūrei, yokai, and Tengu, and the centuries-old tradition of the Itako mediums who are said to communicate with the spirits of the dead.

In this episode of Nature Obscura, we journey into the rugged desert and ancient canyons of the American Southwest to explore a darker, more elusive side of the 27,000-square-mile Navajo Nation. While the region is celebrated for its vibrant culture and breathtaking landscapes, it is also a place of deep magic and unexplained phenomena that standard law enforcement simply wasn’t equipped to handle. We dive into the extraordinary, real-life case files of the Navajo Nation Rangers who were officially sanctioned by the government to bridge the gap between modern law enforcement and deeply rooted, taboo supernatural traditions. This episode guides you through chilling accounts of... aliens? Cryptids? Ghosts? Government conspiracies? Join us as we look at the physical evidence and firsthand reports from the rangers who looked directly into the piercing eyes of the unknown, reminding us that some mysteries are best left to those sworn to protect both the land and its secrets.

Where nature and the supernatural collide! In this episode, hosts Marissa and Grace take you deep into the woods to explore the boundary where regional wildlife meets eerie folklore. Before diving into the main mystery of the Appalachian "Not-deer", a cryptid that looks almost like a normal deer, but is deeply, unsettlingly wrong. Whether you're a nature lover or a horror enthusiast, grab your gear and get ready to look at the wilderness a little bit differently.

In this episode of Nature Obscura, we explore Zerzura, the legendary lost oasis of Egypt said to be hidden somewhere in the Sahara. For centuries, explorers followed stories of a hidden valley, a white city, and a desert paradise that no one could quite find. We trace the history, the searches, and the people who went looking for Egypt’s most elusive oasis, and why it still has not been found.

On this weeks episode of Nature Obscura, Marissa and Grace discuss the mysterious blobs that rained down on the small town of Oakville in 1993. This gelatinous rain coincided with humans and animals in the area falling mysteriously ill. The theories: pulverished jellyfish, biological weapon, or even aliens?!

This weeks episode of Nature Obscura features the terrifying 1970's encounters of the Dover Demon in the small town of Dover, Massachusetts. Three different encounters of the same cryptid all on a single night.. What was this horrifying being that three scared teens encountered?

This week on Nature Obscura, we’re doing things a little differently. We explore some of the most chilling Bigfoot encounters ever submitted to the Bigfoot Research Field Organization. From the 1970s to present day, these Midwest cryptid encounter reports raise one unsettling question: what’s really out there?