The Devil's Lake Monster Bob and "The Old Man" explore the legend of Oregon’s Devil’s Lake Monster, a unique "hairy octopus" creature. After a competitive trivia segment, the conversation shifts to personal paranormal experiences, including high-speed aerial orbs and eerie encounters with shadow people.
The duo delves into a philosophical discussion on faith, imagination, and the supernatural. They conclude that modern technology often distracts from the mysteries of the universe, sharing stories of ghostly cigarette smoke and childhood sightings to emphasize that the world is far more mysterious than it appears. The Old Man Podcast https://youtube.com/live/DNZ8dzI53Fo Transcript (AI transcription) How come they call you the old man? Because look at me. I'm the old man. Oh, my gosh. Mondo Freako. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Mondo Freako. And I'm so glad that we have an elder with us tonight, the old man. I'm so glad to be here with you, Bob. Or should I call you Mondo? Mondo, right. Yeah, exactly. Call me Mondo. Mondo. But it's better than Freako, I think. Yeah. And it's fitting because it's Cinco de Mayo week. Well, there you go. See, look at that. We're fitting right in. Yeah. We're fitting right in. You know, real quick, you asked about, you know, me being called the old man. When I was doing the podcast with my son, he calls me up and says, hey, I need a co-host. I can't keep a co-host. They come and they leave. And I'm without a co-host. Will you co-host with me? For a couple of shows. I go, sure. And he goes, all right. He goes, so I go, but I don't want you to call me. I want you to call me. He goes, what do you want me to call you? I go, well, I don't want you to call me dad and I don't want you to call me Jim. I want you to call me the old man. Call me the old man. And I was golfing at the time and I see my golf buddies call me the fat man. Oh, well, yeah. And I mean, that's for you. That's all good too. You know? And so he says, really the old man, you want me to call you the old man? I go, yeah. He goes, all right. So he introduced his show as dread, not dread, not nine to eight with big rich and the old man. And it's been the old man ever since. Yeah. Well, it's better than if they called you a ball washer. I've been called that too. Uh, and then, and then, uh, um, Within a year, the girl I had as a co-host at the time, she just started calling me Tom. I go, why are you calling me Tom? She goes, the old man, T-O-M, Tom. So then that's how Tom came about. Gotcha. People were too lazy to say the old man. Well, you got to abbreviate everything. Yeah, everything's an abbreviation. That's the nature of living in the United States. Everything has to be abbreviated, right? So we're not the United States of America or USA, right? Acronyms, man. I tell you, I hate them because I never know what they're talking about. You're not versed, you know. Also, it keeps out the riffraff. Oh. I even have a book of acronyms. If someone writes something, I got to look it up and see if it's in the book. And now the book's outdated. I don't have the acronyms. Is it a handwritten book? Is that the idea? No, this is a regular. Oh, it's a real book. Oh, okay. Oh, hey, he's prepared. Let's see. Is that a first edition? Holy schmoly. The great big book of acronyms. Oh, there you go. Texting dictionary of acronyms go figure yeah i mean that looks like a good stocking suffer i mean, it is loaded. It is. Look at that well omg so they can find you at the old man podcast.com. I want to get this out of, you know, get this. plug right in here. So then that way we don't, we can just go on and move on to the the other stuff. Yeah. That's our web. That's uh that's my web page the old man.com that's my that's beyond x or Twitter. You can find yeah whatever you want to call it. And there i am on Facebook. Yeah. Just, uh, and you can listen on all podcast platforms, all, but all, but, um, I'll bet Spotify. I'm not on Spotify. No, no. Well, let me change that. Hold on a second. I, I, I got mad at Spotify and said, screw you. Ain't going to use you. Well, there you go. They kept, they kept, they kept kicking all. Yeah. Except Spotify. Yeah. But you can hear me on Spotify because I'm the co-host of Savage Unfiltered with Michael Jordan. Oh, there you go. Okay. Well, now I got to change that again. Change it back. Yeah, Jesus. Except for Spotify Savage Unfiltered. So I've got a question for you, old man. So here on Mondo Freako, we talk about weird things. And I always give everybody a quiz. Now, the question is, I always give the guest a choice. Do you want to take the quiz before I tell you what the question is? tell you more about the weird thing, or do you want to wait and hear about the weird thing, and then we'll take the quiz? Give me the quiz, man. Let's go. Hey, that's what I like to hear. Yeah, quiz. Quiz. That's a sport right there. That is a man after my own heart. Can you see that? I'm going to read it out to you so you don't have to be able to read it, but… Small for me but it's well yeah well get the cheaters out. I got them on that's all right. I'll read it out to you uh so i'm we're going to talk tonight i'll tell you what we're going to talk about. It's called the devil's lake Monster. The Devil's Lake Monster. Ah, and the quiz is about that. So, I got seven questions, and uh hopefully you know, we'll see how you do. Yeah, this doesn't even help. My eyes are that bad. Okay, go ahead. I'm ready. Here we go. Which indigenous people's oral traditions are the only source of the Devil Lake monster legend? Is it A, the Chinook and Klatsop peoples, B, the Silets and Tillamook peoples, C, the Kowakawak and the Haida peoples, or two guys named Silets and Tillamook who had a bad fishing trip? Hmm. If you want, I have a hint. If you want a hint, I'll give you one. Okay, go ahead. All right, you want the hint? Yeah. Think about the coastal peoples of the Oregon-Washington region who relied heavily on the sea. No. The catsup people. The A. A? The Chinook and the clatsup people. Let's see. Oh. Oh. Oh. It was the slits and the Tillamook people was the correct answer. Oh, the Tillamook. That's where the legend is rooted. Okay. That's all right. Out of the gate. It's okay. I know. The Tillamook's right. It's good cheese. It is great. All right. Let's go to number. Let's leave that behind us. You still got six more to go. You can still win this. You can still get better than 50%. All right. Where exactly is Devil's Lake? The monster's supposed home located. Okay. Is it near Lincoln City, Oregon? Near Salem, Oregon? Somewhere very cold, dark, and tentacle adjacent? Or near Portland, Oregon? I got a hint if you want it. Yeah, give me the hint. It's a coastal Oregon town known for its outlet stores and proximity to the ocean. Lincoln City. Oh, near Lincoln City. I was very confident. There you go. Yeah, baby. There you got that one. I was gonna say that without the end i was gonna say that without oh well there you see you already knew it. But that's okay. The hint's there if you want to use it, so. Okay. Now you're one and one. Here we go. Number three. What is the most distinctive physical description that sets the devil's lake monster apart from typical lake monsters? Is it A, an oversized freshwater shark with a forked tail? B, a massive mini-armed beast like a giant octopus, sometimes covered in coarse dark hair. C, a very large and very grumpy catfish with a serious personal space issue. Or D, a giant serpent with glowing red eyes. I have a hint if you'd like it. I'm going to go with D. I'm going with D. You're going with D? D. No one with a hint. Okay. Oh. Oh. That was a good guess, but it is a hairy octopus. Oh, that would have been my second guess. But the red eyes, the red glowing eyes. Oh, you like the red eye, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Okay, well, that's all right. Any kind of devil monster is going to have red glowing eyes. Well, you tried the devil aspect of things. You're right. Here we go. Let's go to number four. According to early legends, what was the monster's primary aggressive behavior? Toward people on the lake. Was it a, it would beach itself and block fishing trails on shore. It would steal fish a B it would steal fish from nets left out overnight. See, it would rise from the depths to capsize canoes and drag people under or D it left terrifying one-star reviews of local fishing spots. All right. Let me go with the hint. Let me go with the hint. All right. The creature wasn't shy and, It came up to meet visitors in a very unwelcoming way. I'll say tipping canoes over. Tipping canoes over. Let's see. That would be a C. It would rise from the depths to capsize canoes and drag people under. All right. Look at that. There you go. I made a little bit bigger for you. Hopefully, let's see if you can see that better. Oh, dang it. No, I still can't see it. You still can't see it? Okay. No. Bob, I'm old, remember? I'm the old man. That looks pretty good right there. Yeah, okay. Well, there you go. We'll go with that. Now, if I can get… There we go. Let's go to the next. So you got two and two. You're doing pretty good, actually. 50%. Number five. When did sightings of the Devil's Lake monster reportedly peak in more modern accounts? Was it A, the mid-20th century, B, B, every Halloween right after the candy runs out. C, the late 19th century. Or D, the early 20th century. Have a hint if you'd like. Yeah, give me the hint. Think of an era following the Victorian age, a time of rapid industrialization and growing public interest in the strange. 19th century. 19th century? Oh! You were very confident there. Oh, man. Modern times peak in the early 20th century. Following the Victorian age.