Tracing Owls

Lindsay shares her research into the sad story of an abused woman lost to history and falsely mythologized as a monster.

TRIGGER WARNING: This is a very harsh, very sad episode about abuse, racism, mistreatment of women, child loss and a whole plethora of ethical issues which led cryptid nuts, scientists, and even the public to label an abuse victim as not just less than human... but a Yeti of all things! 

We shed light on a very important topic, as we attempt to bring back the humanity to a voice which was never heard.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Lindsay Valenty from Ye Olde Crime Podcast for pulling through this terrible topic and helping shed light on an important story that should be told ❤️

Check out her podcast Ye Olde Crime ⁠HERE⁠

Follow them on Twitter ⁠@yeoldecrimepod⁠ , Instagram ⁠@yeoldecrimepodcast⁠ or TikTok ⁠@yeoldecrimepodcast⁠

Check out their own episode on the Zana controversy ⁠Episode 73: Zana the Yeti⁠

...or even ⁠Episode 85: Bigfoot-Choctaw War of 1855⁠

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FURTHER READING: 

Margaryan, Ashot & Sinding, Mikkel-Holger & Carøe, Christian & Yamshchikov, Vladimir & Burtsev, Igor & Gilbert, M.. (2021). ⁠The genomic origin of Zana of Abkhazia.⁠ Advanced Genetics. 2. 10.1002/ggn2.10051. 

⁠DNA Test Suggests Russian Apewoman Zana Was Truly A Yeti | Tech Times⁠

⁠Was Russian 'Bigfoot' actually an African slave? - Channel 4⁠

⁠Zana's Story | Medium⁠

⁠Is this Raantas akin to Zana? | Greater Kashmir⁠

⁠Zana - Cryptid Wiki - Fandom⁠

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

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Marv chats with the fabulous artist and occasional co-host of Tracing Owls, The Crescent Hare, to discuss her history as an artist, as an observer of nature, her fascination with the strange and unusual, how illustrative and photographic art can work for media, and so much more.

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Check out Marv's podcast Pods Like Us ⁠HERE⁠

Follow the podcast on Instagram ⁠@podslikeus⁠ TikTok ⁠@podslikeus⁠ and Twitter ⁠@podslikeus⁠

Contact Marv via e-mail at ⁠[email protected]

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Show your support by following Christina 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 newly fae-rified Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at ⁠www.thecrescenthare.com

Christina joins an unintentional creative channeling, as we unify the concepts of fairies and cryptids to reach an epiphany: The Fae realm is an invisible microcosmos continuously regulating the ethereal ecology of souls! Sounds familiar, hopefully we are not bastardizing a recently released book...much 😏

Attempting to explain cryptids as members of the fairy folk, we inadvertently realize they may act as elementals, land spirits or even psychopomps!

The rest of the episode we spend breaking down the creative process, pondering whether artistic expression is purely from within, or rather from without: the artist co-creating alongside the collective unconscious and The Other.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for sharing the experience of us being fairy-led into the imaginal stream by her amazing cryptid art!!!

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 newly fae-rified Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at ⁠www.thecrescenthare.com⁠

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare ⁠@thecrescenthare⁠

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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

Are fairies, angels, demons, and aliens all really just a manifestation of the same phenomena? Dr. Jacques Vallee examines the similarities in this classic text, Passport to Magonia.

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Check out Jason's podcast The Esoteric Book Club ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ or visit their website at ⁠⁠esotericbookclub.org⁠⁠

Follow them on Instagram ⁠⁠@esotericbookclub⁠⁠ or Facebook ⁠⁠@esotericbookclub⁠⁠

Support them on Patreon ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠

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Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee: https://tinyurl.com/2zuy8zww

Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56

If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/

Barbara opens a never-ending can of worms as we tackle animism, Gaia, light phenomena, consciousness and death!

As the host of 6 Degrees of John Keel, Barbara talks with various experiencers and researchers of high strangeness. She is also a bookworm who memorizes every book she reads!

Thanks to this vast knowledge, and her own personal experiences, Barbara has been developing a theory proposing that the origin of The Other lies within its purest form: anomalous lights.

She puts her Keelian cap on to talk about ultraterrestrials and light beings, while I put my Gaianist cap on to discuss whether our consciousness is connected to the Earth, and the role of microbes in forming our psyches!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Barbara Fisher for putting in the most minimal effort to censor herself, resulting in a hilariously entertaining 2-hour experience! ❤️

Check out her podcast 6 Degrees of John Keel HERE or visit their website at 6degreesofjohnkeel.com

Follow them on Instagram @6degreesofjohnkeel or e-mail them at [email protected]

Check out her episode I guested on Episode 82: Science, Gaia and Archetypes with Darwin

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Episode artwork by Barbara Fisher @6degreesofjohnkeel

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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

I guested on Iron, Silver and Salt Podcast to talk about the mysterious, fae-like owl beings from the Bahamas: the Chickcharney!

In this special collaborative episode, we discover how Adrian's voice was always this deep. Chris extolls the virtue of Hawaiian shirts. Vuk blames the Chickcharneys for a lot of things. Will sits this one out. And the guyzos tell you how to handle an encounter with the Chickcharney!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to my buddies over at Iron, Silver and Salt for letting me feature my guest appearance from their show! The Chickcharney is a staple of this podcast, as my very first episode was dedicated to it.

Check out their podcast Iron, Silver and Salt HERE

Follow them on Twitter ⁠@IronSilverSalt⁠ or send them an e-mail at [email protected]⁠

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

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SOURCES:

https://www.loc.gov/item/11018224/

https://www.loc.gov/item/04004042/

https://www.loc.gov/item/09000046/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickcharney

https://web.archive.org/web/20070828074515/http://bahamian.dynamohosting.net/bol/index.php?option=com_jd-wiki&Itemid=98&id=wiki:bahamian_folklore

https://plexusowls.com/PDFs/owls_of_old_forests_3.pdf

http://exuma.online/culture/the-legend-of-chickcharnies/

https://www.northendagents.com/chickcharney-caribbean-folklore/

https://thatididntknow.com/the-chickcharney-will-eat-your-children/

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/27475/Giant%20Tyto%20Zootaxa.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

I guested on6 Degrees of John Keel to talk about my ideas how James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis may give us a new perspective on the manifestations of the paranormal, such as ghosts, Greys, Mothman and Bigfoot.
It’s a fun talk, with lots of science, lots of woo-woo, psychology, folklore, mythology and quite a few laughs along the way.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Barbara Fisher for letting me share this amazing conversation we did a while back for her show! ❤️

Check out her podcast 6 Degrees of John Keel ⁠HERE⁠ or visit their website at ⁠6degreesofjohnkeel.com⁠

Follow them on Instagram ⁠@6degreesofjohnkeel⁠ or e-mail them at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out her episode I guested on ⁠Episode 82: Science, Gaia and Archetypes with Darwin⁠

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Episode artwork by Barbara Fisher ⁠@6degreesofjohnkeel⁠

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

I guested on Some Other Sphere to talk about the Gaia hypothesis, how I started to realize its value for the Fortean sphere, and the importance of symbology in shaping our perception of the universe.

I am very proud to share my guest appearance on Rick's show, as I consider this episode my best Gaia discussion to date!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Rick Palmer for having me guest on his show!

Check out his podcast, Some Other Sphere ⁠HERE⁠

Follow their podcast on Twitter ⁠@Spherical_Pod⁠

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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.

AP Strange returns to carefully tap-dance around the miraculous yet ethically questionable history of sideshows!

Our idea was to discuss the 1932 Todd Browning movie "Freaks", emphasizing the amazing careers and inspirational life stories of its diverse cast, who came in all shapes and sizes.

But as is the case when discussing the old timey sideshow circuit and its performers, we quickly ended up having to navigate through a minefield of controversy, exploitation, moral dilemmas, and a giant mirror reflecting back at ourselves!

Nevertheless, we kept ourselves in the safety of the spotlight, sharing insight into the lives of these exceptional individuals, who overcame tremendous physical and societal challenges to master skills and talents which convey the magic and power of human will.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to AP Strange for soothing our ears with his delightful voice! Hopefully he decides to narrate a few audiobooks and not get sued in the process ❤️

Follow him on Twitter @AProdigiosus or Instagram @apstrange23

Visit his website as well at www.apstrange.com (yes, he is semi-professional, and a nice guy too!)

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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

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