CornField Cryptic 

References:

True Stories of Monsters and Cryptids, Edited by Anne Helmenstine

The 11 Weirdest And Strangest Things That Have Ever Happened In West Virginia

Creepy Stories And Urban Legends From West Virginia, Jacob Shelton, Updated July 4, 2021

UFOs Ten Witnesses Watch 3 Football Field Size UFOs - West Virginia, educatinghumanity.com, 2014

Flatwoods Monster: Alien, Cryptid or Hoax?, Bipin Dimri, December 20, 2021

The 11 Most Haunted Places in West Virginia, Exploring American Monsters: West Virginia, Jason Offutt March 28, 2017

Weird & Wonderful: Urban legends and hauntings of West Virginia, Emily Zekonis, Associate Culture Editor Apr 9, 2017 Updated May 21, 2019

West Virginia: Heaven for space aliens, UFOs?

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The Mojave Desert is a lonely, dry place, home the the lowest place in North America, the infamous Death Valley.  But that's not what this show is about, the Mojave is also home to some weird things.  Kenny Veach claimed to discover a cave in the Mojave with a perfect "M" opening, but it was strange and scared him.  He vowed to return to it and share his findings on Youtube, but he never did.  He disappeared, leaving behind a cell phone, but nothing more.  He's never been found.  

What is the Mojave Megaphone?  Million dollar question because what it is...well, it's unknown.  In a different story, a former Intellligence Officer announces a scientific expedition to a secret alien base in the Mojave.  And if weird metal objects and alien bases weren't enough, there is also a yucca man, it's the Mojave bigfoot.  Yeah, the Mojave is a weird place, full of stories.

Next, we finish up with an alien abduction case with possible DNA implications. 

References

Unexplained Disappearance Of Kenny Veach And Mysterious M Cave In The Nevada Desert, MessageToEagle, Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com

Former Intelligence Officer Announces a Scientific Expedition to Secret Alien Base, August 31, 2021

The Bigfoot of the Mojave, Tanner Latham May 2

Who's Behind the Mysterious Mojave Desert Megaphone?, Nathan ChandlerJan 15, 2021

1988, DNA Sample From Khoury Abduction Raises Big Questions, by Bill Chalker, Originally published: 1999 edition of International UFO Reporter (CUFOS quarterly)

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Near the Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania resides a man named Stan Gordon who has been doing paranormal/bigfoot/UFO investigations since he was  a teenager.   These are three monster sightings he has investigated  from 2012.  In the first story from Stan's files, a couple think they have witnessed a werewolf in Bradford County. In the. next file, a Fayette County man sees a "dragon" flying overhead and a possible "no deer" (?)  creature flies out of a creek bottom with glowing orange eyes!  These are fascinating stories, as is the next one, from Lon Strickler of Phantoms and Monsters.

Mr. Strickler tells the story of another witness who has had numerous strange "glimmer man" sightings.  Wow, this one is so strange and so scary!  

Buckle up folks, you are about to be petrified!

Referencews

Three Mysterious Creature Encounters Reported From Pennsylvania, From Researcher: Stan Gordon, www.stangordon.info/wp

'Glimmer Man': Multiple Encounters and Physical Contact (Amazing Account)by Lon Strickler, Phantoms and Monsters

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The infamous Skinwalker ranch, so many weird things happen here!  Have you heard about the serial killer who turned at least one victim into soap?  And a snake-like appendage comes from a UFO and abducts a US Air Force Sergeant,

10 Bizarre Paranormal Stories Involving Famous PeopleJune 21, 2016,by Gordon Gora

THE LOVETTE-CUNNINGHAM INCIDENT, grunge.com, MOST BIZARRE ALIEN ABDUCTION STORIES OF ALL TIME, BY BENJAMIN BUSO AND DEBRA KELLY/FEB. 28, 2017 6:10 PM EST/UPDATED: JUNE 14, 2021 9:58 AM EST

With sightings of UFOS and legendary witches abound, Skinwalker Ranch is a paranormal activity fan's dream. By Marco Margaritoff | Checked By Jaclyn Anglis, Published February 16, 2018 Updated April 15, 2020

Masters of true crime chilling stories of murder and the macabre, Audiobook, June 15,2015, Narrated by tara Ochs, James Edward Thomas, R. Barri Flowers, Editor, Chapter 6, the grim keeper Katheryn ramekin

Details You Didn't Know About Serial Killer Leonarda Cianciulli, Diana Bocco, Shutterstock, By /Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 12:03 pm EDT

Calvin Parker didn't say much when he and Charles Hickson went to the police on the night of October 11, 1973.  He allowed Hickson to do the talking for him and as time goes on, Parker says he has grown to regret that decision.  He wrote a book in 2018 telling his side of the story regarding the Pascagoula Abduction.  In recent years, others have also come forward validating the two men's story.  They too had seen craft and lights in the Mississippi night sky.  This is the Pascagoula case, revisited.

Sounds to me like Mothman, only this time the witnesses call it, "The Man Bat of The Mississippi."  

References:

The Bizarre Man Bat of the Mississippi, Brent Swancer, June 4, 2019

'They didn't make it up.' Interview recording surfaces in Pascagoula alien abduction case, Brian Broom, Mississippi Clarion Ledger

The Philip Experiment, also known as the Philip Ghost, was a thought experiment conducted in the 1970s in Canada.  In Buddhism, a thought form is also known as a Tulpa, did this group actually create a Tulpa?  Are they dangerous?  What about Slender Man?  

Children tell tales, but what do you make of stories of past lives in young children?  Listen to a few of these intriguing stories now!

References:

The Philip Experiment: Conjuring Life From Nothing, Rob Schwarz, March 20, 2012, 

YouTube: The Philip (Phillip) Experiment Nov 29, 2012

What Is A Tulpa? October 14, 2019 by Brandon Hall

5 Mysterious Cases of Children Who Claimed to Remember Their Past Lives, Zeljko Dražović, B.A., Post published:

Strange out of place and time discoveries, May 30, 2018 A Strange Mystery Ancient Mysteries

Tulpas: A History and Example of Living Thoughtforms, Sarah Bethany Apr 24, 2020

The Mother By His Headstone, Reddit users pink_mercedes

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The Torso Murders of Cleveland

Fossil footprints

The Chicago Mothman

In today's episode we cover the Flap of 1973.  A UFO flap is simply a short way to refer to mass sightings and 1973 was a year completely full of mass UFO sightings.  They occurred across the United States, but it wasn't an American phenomenon.  Many other countries across the world also experienced several UFO sightings including the UK, Australia, Canada and others.  This entire year was considered a "flap" by UFO researchers and in this episode of Petrafaction, we go over a sighting that occurred and shared by a listener as well as go over the better known case of the Pascagoula Abduction case involving Parker and Hickson of Mississippi.  

References:

'They didn't make it up.' Interview Recording Surfaces in Pascagoula Alien Abduction case, by Brian Broom, Mississippi Clarion Ledger

The 1973 UFO Chronology A World-Wide Wave, NICAP, Released: April 15, 2007; updated 13 July 2021

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Famous broadcaster Walter Cronkite had his own experience witnessing a UFO.  He shared it with only a few people including the author of this story, Bill Knell.      

The Berkshire UFO, witnessed by many in 1969. 

Jackie Gleason, friend of former US President Richard Nixon, shares an upsetting story to his wife regarding an excursion the two took together where Gleason witnessed things not of this world.

Russell Crowe and John Lennon UFO sightings.

Johnny Cash, Keith Moon and Sylvia Plath paranormal stories.

References:

Walter Cronkite’s UFO Encounter, Written By: Bill Knell, ufocasebook.com Posted: 8/4/2003

10 Bizarre Paranormal Stories Involving Famous People, June 21, 2016, by Gordon Gora, fact checked by Jamie Frater

Inside The 1969 Berkshire UFO Incident That Shook A Small Massachusetts Town by Natasha Ishak

The story of Maurice Theriault comes from the case files of the Warrens.  Maurice, better known as Frenchy, had a hard life and had been exposed to horrible things as a young child from an abusive father.  These events opened a paranormal door that would never be completely closed.  By the mid 80's his demons, literal demons, returned to haunt his life.  The Warrens tried to help.

In a Florida Man Story, an Alligator is thrown through a window of a drive-thru, as payment perhaps?  Oh Florida Man....why?

What on earth happened to Flight 513?  How can a flight go missing for 35 years?  Weird case, way too unbelievable to be true, yet is was reported by a news agency back in 1989.  Do you believe it?

Celebrity stories of the paranormal: sightings by Muhammad Ali, Mick Jagger and Winston Churchill.

Today's story finale is about a Navy crew that went missing, mid air, in the middle of a mission.  This is the story of the Tracer Blimp L8.

References

Florida man arrested for throwing alligator through drive-thru window

Fox NewsFebruary 10, 2016

Satan's Harvest By Ed and Lorraine Warren, Michael Lasalandra, Mark Merenda, Maurice Theriault, Nancy Theriault, Audible Books, released 7-1-16

The Missing Santiago Flight 513 Landed After 35 Years With 92 Skeletons, Mysteriousfacts.com

Florida man arrested for throwing alligator through drive-thru window

Fox NewsFebruary 10, 2016 Via Associated Press

The unexplained mystery of the blimp crew that vanished

January 10, 2020 A Strange Mystery Modern Mysteries

10 Bizarre Paranormal Stories Involving Famous People, June 21, 2016, by Gordon Gora, fact checked by Jamie Frater

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