WILD AND CRAZY OHIO - 1897

The year 1897 was a hotbed of news reports of encounters with bizarre and unexpected animals and other wild creatures, in random places in Ohio.

HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Akron Beacon and Republican, April 28, 1897.

Akron Times-Democrat, May 26, 1897.

Bluffton News, May 6, 1897.

Cadiz Sentinel, May 9, 1897.

Cincinnati Enquirer, April 27 & May 9, 1897.

Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 26, April 29, May 16 & 27, June 10. 

Logan County-Index. April 8, 1897.

Marietta Register, June 7, 1897.

Portsmouth Blade, April 28, 1897.

For examples of fish and other random creatures and objects

falling from the sky:

Its Raining Fish And Frogs: Mysterious Falls from the Sky

Corliss, William R, Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena (1986).

GUEST VOICES:

Newspaper Reporter:  Nick Alexander from the BroOhio podcast

Foraker Village [Ohio] Mother: Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals podcast

Adams County [Ohio] teen-age girl: Emily Peck Prokop from The Story Behind podcast

Emanuel Hendrick, Jr: Dennis Serra from the Evil podcast.

Host Intro, “Listener Non-Warning” & Extro Aphorism: Anabelle D-C of AnabelleAudios

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Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –

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At Rest

Comfortable Mystery

Dark Walk

Gaslamp Funworks

I Knew a Guy

Montauk Point

The Curtain Rises

EXTRO APHORISM – Source: Black and White, by G.K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, April 18, 1903, reprinted in reprinted in The Man Who Was Orthodox, by A.L. Maycock (1963). See also: Lecture 83 by Dale Ahlquist,(about Mayock and his book).

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