Tracing Owls

After a series of spontaneous epiphanies (and a nice meal) Darwin hits record on his phone in an attempt to document his thoughts. Topics which are discussed include the Gaia theory, the control-system hypothesis, and how both have unified together to imprint monstrous archetypes within the collective unconsciousness, hardwired into the human psyche since our inception.

The paranormal as a natural component of our collective psycho-social framework may teach us more about ourselves than we give it credit, and help further our understanding of what it even means to be human!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for allowing us to use her art piece titled "Grandmother Nebula".

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

The Celestial Alien Oracle Deck is landing on Kickstarter 5/1/2022 !!!

If you're tired of chasing barn owls through rural Pennsylvania, and desire to communicate on higher wavelengths incomprehensible to regular "Earthly" humans, you may reach out to The All-Knowing Alien on Instagram @celestialalienoracle

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

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FURTHER READING:

On “Baiting” the UFO Trickster & the Control-System Hypothesis

Gaia Hypothesis - An Overview | ScienceDirect

Gaia hypothesis | Wikipedia

Jungian archetypes | Wikipedia

Lawrence E. Joseph (1991): Gaia: The Growth of an Idea. St Martins Pr

Dawn Prince-Hughes (2000): The Archetype of the Ape-Man: The Phenomenological Archaeology of a Relic Hominid Ancestor. Dissertation.Com

Mowen, Thomas & Heitkamp, Amanda & Boman, John. (2021). Paranormal Activity: Self-control Theory and Belief in the Paranormal. Deviant Behavior. 1-15. 10.1080/01639625.2021.1915723. 

Markovsky, Barry & Thye, Shane. (2001). Social Influence on Paranormal Beliefs. Barry N. Markovsky. 44. 10.1525/sop.2001.44.1.21. 

Mishlove, Jeffrey & Engen, Brendan. (2007). Archetypal Synchronistic ResonanceA New Theory of Paranormal Experience. Journal of Humanistic Psychology - J HUM PSYCHOL. 47. 223-242. 10.1177/0022167806293006. 

We have captured the most elusive cryptid: fortean researcher Cole Herrold! He sat down with us to discuss.. well... everything essentially!

We go deep into the Ljubovija Phantom, mistakenly referred to as a Serbian Mothman, exploring the cultural context and sociological intricacies of the flying humanoid enigma which has been plaguing every continent for the past century.

We share our views and perceptions of this entity, why helium balloons make us shit our pants, why horrific war crimes cause caped crusaders to fly around the skies of Serbia, and finally why bat-winged deities possess humongous erections (a topic we should go back to in another episode).

Oh yeah... tangents! Old Saybrook Blockeheads! Veggieman! La Lechuza! Aswang! The Jersey Devil! Popobawa! We cannot possibly fill 2 hours with just the Ljubovija Phantom... so we teamed it up Avegers-style with every possible flying humanoid (and other random crap entities) out there so they may join forces and unite their amazing powers of... causing mass hysteria!

Artwork by: Cole Herrold

Penciller: Cole Herrold

Colorist: Darwin (like all colorists, I fucked it)

Letterer: If I wanted text, I wouldn't be reading comic books!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Cole Herrold from New World Explorers Society for researching and writing his article on the Ljubovija Phantom!

Check out his work for New World Explorers Society at newworldexplorerssociety.blogspot.com

Follow him on Instagram @coleherroldresearcher or via his Facebook Group

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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FURTHER READING:

Cole Herrold's article on Ljubovija Phantom | New World Explorers Society

1966: The Shadow's Ghost | Anomaly Info

How the CIA Used the Aswang to Win a War in the Philippines

Tokoloshe, the demon that has been sleeping with Mozambique women, finally apprehended

POPOBAWA IS DEAD! | Britain-Tanzanian Society

Albert S. Rosales (2021): Humanoid Encounters 2000-2009: The Others amongst Us.

B. Regal, F. J. Esposito (2018): The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster. Johns Hopkins University Press

Brad Steiger (1978): Alien Meetings. Ace

Jacques Vallee (1969): Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers. Regnery; 1st edition

Greetings star seeds! It is I... Darwin! Channeling this very special announcement from Christina... but also falling victim to unsolicited telepathic messages from the All-Knowing Alien!

Today we sat down with Christina in an attempt to record an advertisement and discuss her newest project: The Celestial Alien Oracle Deck. Along the way we lose focus and regress back to our goofy ol' selves. We can't help it. We're just too fun for this plane of existence!

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The Celestial Alien Oracle Deck is landing on Kickstarter 5/1/2022 !!!

To show your support, and learn more about this awesome project, you can channel your thoughts over to Christina by following her on Instagram at @thecrescenthare

If you're tired of chasing barn owls through rural Pennsylvania, and desire to communicate on higher wavelengths incomprehensible to regular "Earthly" humans, you may reach out to The All-Knowing Alien on Instagram @celestialalienoracle

Choose your rewards and support the Kickstarter project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrescenthare/the-celestial-alien-oracle-deck

If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the  very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.thecrescenthare.com

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Landen discusses his experiences legend tripping through West Virginia's monster museums... a wild goose chase I personally put him through! I also encouraged him to read The Mothman Prophecies. As an outsider to the paranormal... he was not very amused. Though I was by his reaction.

Along the way hilarity ensues, as we discuss the dreadful Mothman Prophecies movie, the badassery of Gray Barker's trolling shenanigans, David Lynch, Tulpa weirdness, a West Virginian ghost town... but most importantly, a new rivalry sprouting between Bigfoot and Braxxie in the small town of Sutton! Landen is also unwelcome in Sutton after making this episode.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Landen from Autopsy. Podcast for sharing his experiences chasing owls around West Virginia!

Check out his podcast, creatively named Autopsy. HERE

Check out his website as well at www.autopsypod.com (yes, they are semi-professional)

Follow Landen on Instagram @autopsypodcast or Twitter @autopsy_podcast

Also,  if you can't get enough of his logo, which is not stroke inducing like my own logo, check out his SWAG HERE

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for creating her own fan-art for the show, which we used as this episode's artwork!!!

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls

Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/tracingowls

Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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FURTHER READING:

6 Degrees of John Keel | Episode 64: The Adventuress

MonsterTalk | Slenderman and Tulpas

Mothman Museum Official Website

Flatwoods Monster Museum

The West Virginia Bigfoot Museum | Twitter Page

Alexandra David-Néel | Wikipedia

On “Baiting” the UFO Trickster & the Control-System Hypothesis

John Keel (1975): The Mothman Prophecies. New York: Saturday Review Press

John Keel (1957): Jadoo. New York, J. Messner

Alexandra David-Néel (1929): Magic and Mystery in Tibet.

Gray Barker (1956): They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers. University Books

What do you get when an alligator falls in love with a raccoon? A vile atrocious unsightly mess... named the Coonigator! Or not, because Mother Nature is a bigot and does not approve of inter-species romance!

Along the way we will educate you on just why natural selection prevents the formation of hybrid monstrosities, why it is never a good idea to hug a raccoon, why possums are terrifying, and just why this cute lil cryptid enjoys bananas so much. There is hardly any info on it, so we try to fill in the holes with bananas! Nope, that was not an innuendo! ... 😏

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for suggesting the only true theory to the Coonigator origin, and for creating the magnificent episode artwork!!!

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.thecrescenthare.com

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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FURTHER READING:

COONIGATOR: (VERMONT, USA) | Cryptopia | by Rob Morphy

Coonigator | Cryptid Wiki

The Coonigator | Mythical Beast Wars

Raccoon Rides Alligator in Florida—Is It For Real? | National Geographic

Can Different Species Hybridize? | Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms

The True Story of the Montauk Monster | Observer

Meet The Mummified Alligator Man Who Captured A Small Town's Heart |Thrillist

Jake the Alligator Man | Wikipedia

Dogigator | Cryptid Wiki

Scott Francis (2007): Monster Spotter's Guide to North America. HOW Books

Christina joins after a year-long hiatus to fill your minds with bizarre tangental conversations, interconnected by an overarching theme of otherworldly food and supernatural stenches, their ties to the Fae, the Flatwoods Monster and Men in Black, as well as JELL-O's power to breach the veil between our worlds!

Along the way Christina is attacked by a Rougarou in her own home! Damn those Frenchies and there swampy werewolves! She fends it off so we may continue to touch upon the toxic romance between Persephone and Hades, Who built the pyramids, Why aliens do not exist, and if they do, Why they are abducting deer, fish, and....Wyoming hunters? (and checking up on the condition of their peepees) 

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a  barn owl in "human" disguise) for making me ROFL for over 2 hours 🤣,  and creating the magnificent episode artwork!!!

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the very...  "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.thecrescenthare.com

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls

Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/tracingowls

Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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FURTHER READING:

Flatwoods Monster Solved! | TREY The Explainer | YouTube

M.I.B.: A Strange Story of Jello | Mysterious Universe

Joshua Cutchin (2015): A TROJAN FEAST: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch. Anomalist Books

Joshua Cutchin (2016): The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, and Monstrous Miasmas. Anomalist Books

Nick Redfern (2011): The Real Men In Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and their Connection to UFO. Weiser

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

Carl W. Feindt (2013): UFOs and Water: Physical Effects of UFOs on Water Through Accounts by Eyewitnesses. Xlibris

Learn letters and cryptids, with the help of a song!

Where we take cultural icons, and interpret them wrong!

But nevertheless, it is much entertaining!

Just go check your privilege and please stop complaining!

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Also... Go Follow Christina on Instagram @thecrescenthare

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An ending to a grand era of my podcasting career. 

A personal farewell to those we have lost.

A new beginning.

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We discuss a... blue thing... it's from Wisconsin... and it is blue... no other distinguishing features, sorry. Please stay hydrated if you don't wish to encounter it.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for the magnificent artwork!!! Please note that Christina was fully hydrated while illustrating the Blue Thing.

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.etsy.com/shop/thecrescenthare/

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls

Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/tracingowls

Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

SOURCES:

It's Something Wiki: Blue Thing

High Strangeness Wiki: Lodi's Blue Mystery Thing

ObscUrban Legends Wiki: Blue Birdman

Reddit: Weird being in the woods

Mark Moran, Mark Sceurman (2004) Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling

Linda S. Godfrey (2005) Weird Wisconsin: Your Travel Guide to Wisconsin's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling

We join forces with Christina attempting to tackle this pain-in-the-ass cryptid mystery, only to have it completely run over us... with its wheel... on its ass! Yup, this cute seal has a freaking wheel between its buttcheeks... which it uses to zip through its arctic landscape!

The internet disregards it, the locals want it dead, but we want to figure out just what the heck this wheel is??? A tail? A horny outgrowth? Petrified cheese? Or maybe something more disgusting 💩

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for making me ROFL for over 2 hours 🤣, and creating her magnificent Icegedunk artwork!!! Guys, she has made cryptozoology history with this awesome art piece, which may be purchased HERE

Show your support by following her on Instagram @thecrescenthare

If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.etsy.com/shop/thecrescenthare/

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

SOURCES:

It's Something Wiki: Icegedunk

Freaks, Mutants and Monsters: Icegedunk

Lore & Order: Complete Bestiary

Wikipedia: Rotating locomotion in living systems

Wikipedia: Puijila

Wikipedia: Dollo's law of irreversibility

Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels?

Ash "Leoparddancer" Dekirk, with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (2007). A Wizard's Bestiary. New Page Books

Neil Arnold (2007). Monster!: The A-Z of Zooform Phenomena. CFZ Press

Todd H. C. Fischer (2018). A Canadian Bestiary, Second Edition: A Collection of People, Places and Beasties from Canadian Folklore, Cryptozoology, Native Religion, and Mythology. Stonebunny Press

Michael Taft (1983). Tall Tales of British Columbia. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services

LaBarbera, Michael. "Why the Wheels Won't Go." The American Naturalist 121, no. 3 (1983): 395-408.