Jordan joins my attempt to piss off the cryptid community by endorsing them darn hoaxers! 

We blatantly declare the Patterson-Gimlin footage a hoax, using its mangled remains alongside other fraudulent cryptid shenanigans to demonstrate how Bigfoot actually IS real, but not the way you want it to be! 

Can hoaxes actually spark genuine phenomena? Can they manifest monsters in the form of egregores or tulpas? Or are these monstrous manifestations rather our instinctual projections which inspire us to form and maintain communities? 

We hop across America discussing some favorite imaginal cryptid fugitives: 

The elegantly coon-suited Selbyville Swamp Monster!

The bombastic radio-surfing Cole Hollow Road Monster!

The reckless vehicle-shredding Lizardman of Scape Ore Swamp!

The chonky finger-biting Beast of Busco!

...and the perpetually intoxicated horny bunny himself: The Jackalope!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Jordan Heath of Campfire: Something Something for sharing controversial opinions with me, as well as being open to assist rattling the cage of the mainstream cryptid community! 

Check out his podcast named Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

Check out their website as well at www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com (yes, Jordan is a semi-professional)

Follow them on Instagram @campfire.tales.podcast

Check out their Patreon to see why Jordan has not free time!

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UFO Bigfoot snuggles with me in bed to discuss awesome paranormal books, the Bigfoot/UFO connection, Bigfoot as an egregore and a plethora of connections between the Fae and other liminal entities! 

He is a bit shy at first snuggling in bed with a stranger, but eventually opens up to share his own personal experiences: a childhood ghost encounter, the sighting of a light orb splitting into 12 pieces, and a shamanic initiation under the influence of 90s acid!

DISCLAIMER: Please don't use drugs! They are bad for you, and will make you do horrible things. Like snuggling in bed with me and discussing the voluptuous bosom of Patty the Sasquatch! UFO Bigfoot did it so you don't have to!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to UFO Bigfoot from Dark Notes Podcast for reading me weird ass bedtime stories which kept me awake until 6 AM! Or was it the fact I heard him share he thinks Patty is pretty hot? 😱

Go snuggle with him too, by checking his show Dark Notes Podcast

Follow UFO Bigfoot on Instagram @ufobigfoot

...or if you wish to contact Lisa, his co-host, reach out on Instagram @darknotes_podcast

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In a social media world filled with angry tweets and morons in need of disclosure, retired experiencer of alien fuckuppery, and blabbermouth: Jeremy Vaeni, received an invitation to a foreign podcaster's playground named... Tracing Owls! 

Little did he know... it is the same type of trainwreck satire shtick... he's been recycling all of his life!

I am barely proud to present my biggest guest till now: Jeremy Vaeni! Creator and co-host of my favorite paranormal podcast Paratopia, writer of many books I've never heard of with convoluted titles, and all-around funny guy who knows how to take a joke. As an alien abductee, Jeremy openly advocates on why aliens are not real, and how hypnosis is bullshit! 

Shunned by the mainstream UFO community, he found refuge guesting on the show of a random Bosnian dude with zero listenership, discussing Kundalini meditation, universal consciousness, losing one's self (and virginity), the seedy underbelly of alien abduction research, and other American crap no Bosnian should ever be exposed to!

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Support Emma by reading her ACTUAL experiences via her books! You can find them on Amazon, or at emmawoodsbooks.com

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Jeremy Vaeni for being a good sport, tolerating my shitty jokes and hanging out with me for over 3 hours! The Jay has taught me so many things I will be pondering over for a whole week.

If you wish to decipher his new theories, and explain them to me, check out his new book Aliens: The First and Final Disclosure

Check out his website as well at www.ourundoing.com where you can listen to all his current and past podcasts, and go check Paratopia out, it is amazing!

If you feel like reading his ramblings, check out his blog jayvay.wordpress.com

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Folklorist Luke Greensmith joins to discuss folkloric figures of a completely different culture: the Yokai of Japan! 

We dissect the Western interpretations (and oftentimes bastardizations) of traditional Eastern folklores and why it is important to preserve foreign beliefs and stories within their own cultural and historical contexts. 

Yokai are a very diverse group of entities, which Luke and I have noticed draw many parallels and cultural synchronicities with fairy folklore, as well as other worldwide myths. Using Yokai as a centerpoint, we sit down to debate the issues of comparative studies, cultural imperialism and conservation of traditional lore.  

We also heavily criticize cryptozoology for vehemently reducing rich cultural diversity into shallow materialistic objectifications.....hey...they had it coming! 🤣

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Luke Greensmith of LukeLore Podcast for providing us an opportunity to openly debate and address many important issues we often face while researching and podcasting about folklore and foreign beliefs! I have learned a lot and am proud to share this insight with my listeners!

Check out his podcast named LukeLore

Check out his website as well at www.lukelore.com (yes, my dude here is a professional)

Also, join his Facebook group HERE so we may continue with the insightful discussions! Feel free to reach out to Luke anytime, he is very responsive and nice!

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On Tracing Owls, we will be discussing cryptids, UFOs, paranormal phenomena, high strangeness, anomalies, obscurities, natural curiosities and general weirdness, as we attempt to catalogue the overlooked, spotlight the disregarded, and remind that the cosmic expanse is much greater than our understanding of it!

This is a quirky, introspective, and oftentimes satiric, audio-blog exploration of fortean philosophy, emphasizing the impact of Mother Earth, the Cosmic Trickster and the experiencer in shaping the phenomenon. Every episode is an entity for itself, as I love to experiment and improvise with different formats, approaches and viewpoints. I also gravitate towards stream of consciousness content so the end result is an audio photograph of my mood, interest and thought process at a point in time and space!

If you are interested in bizarre biology, with wacky characters, absurdist adventures and offensive toilet humor too, then check out my other podcast Darwin's Deviations

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for creating this amazing podcast artwork! The idea was to have a barn owl cast the shadows of Braxie and Mothman... with its wings! Thus the outline of a mundane little cutey animal is traced onto monstrously eerie silhouettes... which are open to further interpretation 😀

I cannot thank Christina enough for this wonderful artwork which conveys all my ideas of unity between high strangeness and the natural world, so I highly encourage you to check out her work!

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

If you wish to proudly display your weirdness and decorate your physical vessel with a very sexy Braxie, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even different variations of horny bunnies (jackalopes), all of Christina's art can be found at www.etsy.com/shop/thecrescenthare/

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Are alien tourists losing their heads while vacationing in Croatia? Is the Cosmic Trickster just messing with our heads via mundane tree roots? Or am I way over my head in frustration over international media misrepresenting my culture?

None of this will be answered! Enjoy this oddity for what it is, allow it to briefly disrupt the stagnation of your mundane existence, and then just move on with your life!

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FURTHER READING:

Alien Head Dug Up In Croatian Graveyard Smells Like Male Perfume | Huffington Post

Alien head discovered by workers digging in Croatian graveyard | Mirror

Mayor asks scientists to examine alien head | Open Minds

ALIEN HEAD UNEARTHED IN CROATIAN GRAVEYARD | Museum of the Weird

Svemirac u Međimurju?! Našli iskopinu koja jako liči na aliena | 24 Sata

Godišnjica misterioznog pronalaska o kojem su pisali i svjetski mediji

I share an ancient legend about a samurai and his attempt to tame a fearsome man-eating horse!

The story draws many parallels with ancient Greek myths of the Mares of Diomedes, and of the taming of Bucephalus.

Are these tales of monstrous horses remnants of a buried ancient knowledge we have conditioned ourselves (and our horses) to forget, and what may these stores tell about our relationship with the same animals who helped us shape modern civilization?

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FURTHER READING:

Mares of Diomedes | Wikipedia

The Forgotten Story Of Meat Eating Horses | The Horseaholic

When vegans see the light: Meat-eating horses in mythology and modern day

CuChullaine O'Reilly (2011): Deadly Equines: The Shocking True Story of Meat-Eating and Murderous Horses. Long Riders' Guild Press

Weirdo artist Todd Purse joins to discuss whether art may be used as a creative offering to imaginal entities!

As the modern industrial era made food more accessible, have investments of our personal attention and time become a more appropriate form of sacrifice to The Other? 

Along the way we wonder off our imaginal roads to discuss the supernatural creative influence of Muses, the Leanan sídhe and crossroads demons, ties between Changelings and the fairy tithe, how a Gaian consciousness may utilize imaginal offerings and whether the survival of liminal beings (as well as humanity) depend on our capability to properly utilize the inspirations we are provided!.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Todd Purse for radiating with so much enthusiasm and positive energy, but also for the amazing episode artwork he created!

If you wish to see more art like this, follow Todd on Instagram @toddde85

Check Todd's regular podcast Create Magic - Daily Weirdo Art

...and support him by visiting his website www.createmagicstudios.com

Check his interview with me for Creative Weirdos HERE

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Are alien abductions actually psychedelic and spiritual experiences? Should all abduction experiences be studied through the traditional nuts & bolts ufological approach, and how deep down the rabbit hole are we actually willing to follow the experiencers?

I share my own experience reading the magnificent book "The Andresson Affair", diving into the religious symbology of the case, the psychic-UFO connection, and the evolution of a ufologist's beliefs through decades of interaction with their own research subject!

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This episode is dedicated to Betty Andreasson Luca, who sadly passed away this March.

From Betty's Obituary: Betty was internationally renowned due to abduction experiences she had  with otherworldly entities during her life. Her experiences are some of  the most researched and heavily documented, and were written about in a  NY Times best-selling book, magazines, and newspapers. In addition, Betty appeared on many TV and Radio shows, and lectured on the phenomena  all over the U.S.

Betty was a dedicated and loving wife and mother of seven children. Not only was Betty a positive influence in their lives, but also in the  lives of all who knew her. She was a very special light on this earth  and will be dearly missed.

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FURTHER READING:

Episode 333: The Andreasson Affair | Last Podcast On The Left

The Andreasson Affair | Expanded Perspectives\

Raymond E. Fowler | Wikipedia

Jungian archetypes | Wikipedia

People Seeing Strange Entities When Taking DMT Could Be The Source Of "Alien Abductions"

How Angels Really Look Like, According to the Bible | History of Yesterday

The DMT 'elves' people meet while tripping - Big Think

Raymond E. Fowler (2014): The Andreasson Affair: The True Story of a Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind. New Page Books

Raymond E. Fowler (1983): The Andreasson Affair: Phase Two. Prentice Hall Direct

Raymond E. Fowler (1997): The Andreasson Legacy. Da Capo Press

Raymond E. Fowler (2002): UFO Testament: Anatomy of an Abductee. iUniverse

Raymond E. Fowler (2020): UFOs: The Ultimate Abduction.

Betty Andreasson Luca, Bob Luca (2017): A Lifting of the Veil.

Is atheism inherently anti-paranormal, or does the paranormal have a secular quality we are yet to comprehend?

As an atheist, I share what drives my own interest into the paranormal and Fortean, as well as the reasoning why my godlessness does not stand in the way of embracing the metaphysical and esoteric.

If we view the paranormal as an essential component of the human condition, which is shaped and formed by our own creation, why do we still feel a God is necessary? What if all this power is already contained within ourselves, or even the natural world around us?

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