Tracing Owls

We 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!

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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/⁠

Check out our prior episode Icegedunk: Seal with a Wheel - with TheCrescentHare

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare ⁠@thecrescenthare⁠

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SOURCES:

⁠It's Something Wiki: Icegedunk⁠

⁠Lore & Order: Complete Bestiary⁠

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

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.

Caite discusses the inherent whimsical nature of high strangeness, advocating a more playful approach to engaging the weird!

As a digital artist, puppeteer and former band member, Caite often utilizes creativity and optimism during her paranormal investigations, as well as multiple goofy run-ins with The Other.

We discuss the reflective nature of the paranormal, how fear-based interactions with The Other often serve as projections of our own trauma, Caite's wacky encounter of a pair of walking socks, and how puppetry and animation may prove to be powerful tools of engaging the phenomenon!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Caite, a.k.a. Steampowered Mouse, for playfully and optimistically engaging in such a joyful and uplifting discussion! ❤️ Hopefully her own socks stay in their drawer!

Follow Caite on Twitter @antiswanky

Contact her via e-mail at [email protected]

Visit her website at www.steampoweredmouse.com

Check out her appearance on Personal Pans: 4. Goosebumps and the call to adventure with Caite of Steampowered Mouse

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Episode artwork by Steampowered Mouse @antiswanky

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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

An intolerant paranormal blogger comes face-to-face with the monstrous manifestation of his own biases, while investigating an eerie legend within the Burnt Cypress Swamp around Selbyville, Delaware.

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This short story is a work of fiction, as well as a work of parody and satire. It was written with the help of A.I., as I am not a very creative writer yet wish to be heard on a public platform. The characters in this story are completely fictional and do not bear resemblance to any real person.

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Outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at ⁠⁠pixabay.com⁠⁠

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A series of interactions allow me to come to terms with the deception of alien abduction research, as well as the numerous problems surrounding the materialistic approach towards ufology. Childhood curiosity diverted directly into the pockets of dubious researchers.

Today I present my personal realizations about the validity of hypnotic regression, sacred cows of ufology & doubting your own intuition and self-growth.

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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

With the help of cryptids let's make geography fun!

Because America is full of them and there's nowhere to run!

Every state out there has its own monster!

You cannot escape them, so don't even bother!

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Also... Go Follow Christina on Instagram ⁠@thecrescenthare⁠

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

Outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at ⁠pixabay.com⁠

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

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

Outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at ⁠pixabay.com⁠

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

Shane returns to share stories of shapeshifting dogmen, giant space clams, car-driving gnomes, pole-dancing aliens, even a Chinese man's sexual encounters with a hairy-legged Michelin Man!

As co-host of Dark Notes Podcast, Shane spends his free time reading and sharing the most ridiculous weird-ass shit you will ever hear! So we joined forces today to read you a collection of our favorite high strangeness stories from our ever-growing book collections.

Hilarity ensues along the way as we get fucked over by technology, yet again! Shane got lost into a time slip for 8 minutes, but no worries! I remedied that with the wonders of modern A.I. technology.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Shane/UFO Bigfoot from Dark Notes Podcast for joining again to share bizarre stories from his favorite books!

Hear more wacky tales of high strangeness 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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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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SOURCES:

Jacques Vallée (1969), Passport to Magonia: from Folklore to Flying Saucers. Regnery

Robert Anton Wilson (1991), Cosmic Trigger: Down to Earth v. 2: Final Secret of the Illuminati. New Falcon Publications,U.S.

Allen V. Noe, "And Still the Reports Roll in". Pursuit Newsletter. Volume 1 No. 7. January 1974.

Wood Eating Amish Country Goose Grabber | by Cole Herrold

Janet Bord (1998), Fairies: Real Encounters With Little People. Dell

Trevor James Constable (1990), The Cosmic Pulse of Life: The Revolutionary Biological Power behind UFOs. Borderland Sciences Research Foundation

David Weatherly (2021), Monsters of the Tar Heel State: Cryptids & Legends of North Carolina. Eerie Lights Publishing

Stan Gordon (2010), Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook. Stan Gordon Productions

Meet the Chinese Lumberjack Who Slept With an Alien | By Michael Meyer, for The Huffington Post

Marv distorts our sense of time by sharing insights into channeling the creative flow through music!

As a musician and host of Pods Like Us, Marv has interviewed a plethora of content creators from all walks of life. Be they composers, digital artists or audio drama narrators, every individual has the capability of invoking their creative self to manifest a work of art.

But is creativity truly an individual quality, or does it exist within an aether which is connecting all of us together?

Marv and I discuss coming out of one's comfort zone, tapping into creative flows, losing one's sense of time during the creative process, and the inherent mysticism of music production which allows artists to tap into a possibly spiritual source of inspiration!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Martin Quibell from Pods Like Us for coming out of his comfort zone long enough to draw me out of my own! ❤️

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

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Todd joins as we attempt to twist and over-exaggerate the very true falsehood of a completely fabricated forgery fish which was totally considered a genuinely authentic species…for over 5 decades!

What would you do if you were served an atrocious fish of unknown origin? You’d eat it! And you’d pay for it as well!

But you certainly would not try to document it in the annals of biological literature as a newly discovered species, because a century down the line a pair of weirdos may dig up your secret little blunder and make a show of it, use it to have a few laughs, promote mystical thought, but worst of all: expose that the scientific method is always susceptible to human error!

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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 made!

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

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Episode artwork by Todd Purse ⁠@toddde85⁠

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FURTHER READING:

⁠Wikipedia: Ompax spatuloides⁠

⁠Wikipedia: Gayndah⁠

⁠The Fishiest Fish⁠

⁠A Fishy Tale⁠

⁠A Book of Creatures: Ompax⁠

⁠Gayndah bear mystery⁠

Castelnau, F. (1879). "⁠On a new ganoïd fish from Queensland⁠". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 3: 164–165.

Whitley, Gilbert P. (1933): ⁠Ompax spatuloides Castelnau, a mythical Australian fish⁠. ⁠Am. Nat.⁠ 67(713): 563–567.

Helfman, G.; Collette, B.B.; Facey, D.E.; Bowen, B.W. (2009). ⁠The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology.⁠ John Wiley & Sons. p. 294. ⁠ISBN⁠ ⁠9781444311907⁠.

Bolt, Roelf, and Andy Brown. 2014. The encyclopaedia of liars and deceivers. Reaktion Books. p. 77.

A mysterious cardboard box arrives at the doorstep of an aspiring web sleuth, who soon finds himself entangled in the unexpected absurdity of another dimension. A dimension not only of...sound, it's a podcast, but of (unsound) mind. A journey into an abhorrent wasteland whose boundaries are that of... well... there are no boundaries, pretty bottom of the barrel here...

His next stop, the Darwinverse!

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The Glimpses of Darwin series is dedicated to showcasing hilarious moments from my old podcast ⁠Darwin's Deviations⁠

This cinematic masterpiece was written, recorded, edited... and scripted, acted, produced... and directed by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Investigator

No fruit was harmed during the making of this scene (cuz I murdered it beforehand)

Check out their podcast, creatively named Autopsy. ⁠HERE⁠

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

If you can't get enough of their logo and wish to help pay off my bill to this incredible indie podcast, check out their SWAG ⁠HERE⁠

...or, If you are, like me, ashamed of exposing your disturbing podcast preferences to the public, then head on over to ⁠Patreon⁠ and give them some support! 

Support independent niche creators, because who else is going to provide detailed, objective medical information on the condition of a victim's remains, other than random "true crime" podcasters investigating from the comfort of their own home? 

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Scenes from original Darwin's Deviations Episode 19. Vampire Watermelons, with a Side of Garlic Bread ⁠LISTEN TO IT HERE⁠

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