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Oliver (c. 1957 – 2 June 2012) was a former “performing” ape once promoted as a missing link or “humanzee” due to his somewhat human-like appearance and a tendency to walk upright. Despite his somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, scientists found that Oliver was not a human-chimpanzee hybrid. Oliver was acquired as a young animal… Read more »

James writes “I had on my uncle small farm in Ozark County, Missouri. This happened during the summer of 2017. My uncle owns and operates a small beef cattle farm where he has cows, chickens, and goats. I was visiting my family that live in the area because I live in Kentucky now. We was… Read more »

Storied writes “This cannibal monster hunts during the coldest time of the year, traveling with the snow to terrorize humans with its insatiable hunger. Armed with sharp claws and teeth, and capable of running with incredible speed, the windigo, or wendigo, is a lesson in excess and a manifestation of the anxieties that emerge in… Read more »

A listener writes “I had on my uncle small farm in Ozark County, Missouri. This happened during the summer of 2017. My uncle owns and operates a small beef cattle farm where he has cows, chickens, and goats. I was visiting my family that live in the area because I live in Kentucky now. We… Read more »

Storied writes “The yeti is one of the world’s most notorious cryptids, one searched for in earnest and with great enthusiasm. The huge, hairy monster is said to roam the Himalayas and some people out there are convinced the “abominable snowman” is real. Does this snow monster really exist? Is it a bear? An unidentified… Read more »

After 45 years of keeping it a secret from his own family, a Gulf Coast man’s declining health has given him a reason to write a book and leave his legacy. Calvin Parker is now ready to tell the story of the event that would change his life forever.

The oldest known documented sighting of the Mogollon Monster was reported in a 1903 edition of The Arizona Republican, in which I.W. Stevens described a creature seen near the Grand Canyon as having “long white hair and matted beard that reached to his knees. It wore no clothing, and upon his talon-like fingers were claws… Read more »

Author and adventurist Ron Morehead, producer of the Sierra Sounds, has been known for decades for his world-wide research into the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon. The Sierra Sounds are one of the few Bigfoot recordings that have been scientifically studied, time-tested, and accredited as genuine. Ron has documented his personal interactions with these giant beings and produced… Read more »

The findings suggest that Earth’s southernmost continent was once home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life. By Reuters “Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow, but has not always been that way. Earth’s southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life, scientists said on Wednesday based… Read more »

A listener writes “I’ve had some pretty crazy stuff happen, the worst I’d like to talk to you about is an encounter that happened in Northern KY. This creature jumped a fence and ran down to the road. It stopped in the ditch and I looked right at it as we drove by. It moved… Read more »

The belief that a creature often known as Sasquatch inhabits the forests of Vancouver Island is a rich part of the Oral History of the Nuu Chah Nulth people.

  Storied writes “In this special Halloween episode of Monstrum, I travel to the town of Point Pleasant, WV to research the complicated history of the flying creature. You’ll learn how the town was forever changed by the myth of the Mothman. Newspapers gave the winged, red-eyed creature its name after it was spotted on… Read more »

Sir David Attenborough, perhaps the world’s most famous natural-history broadcaster, says he believes that Bigfoot, or the Yeti, may be alive and well, and somewhere up a mountain. Appearing with British talk show host Jonathan Ross, Sir David, the man whose whispering voice has never disturbed even the most skittish bird, said, “I’m baffled by… Read more »

Orang Gadang is a cryptid from Sumatra, Indonesia. It is said this creature is believed to be an Indonesian Bigfoot because of it’s shared characteristics. They are said to stand between 7.5 – 12 feet tall and covered with bushy dark hair. Sightings have been reported for centuries in the forests of Sumatra and Malaya…. Read more »

Q13 FOX writes “Q13 News This Morning anchor Bill Wixey chatted with two people who believe they had a close encounter with a sasquatch along the Cascade foothills.”

  Storied writes “Did you know there are two different types of chupacabras? Or that these bloodsucking monsters only starting popping up 25 years ago? Sightings of el chupacabras, the “goatsucker,” began in Puerto Rico in 1994 for a very real reason—the unexplained deaths of many farm animals. Dr. Zarka looks at why humans are… Read more »

Alison and Timothy offer some ideas in seeing the enchantment around you. As we are all stuck in place, we talk about psychogeography, folklore, and finding the weirdness in your own neighborhood.

From modern day sightings to stories of Puget Sound’s earliest settlers, Sasquatch has been part of Puget Sound. Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe narrates and Dr. Robert Michael Pyle, author of Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide, observes that the possibility that Sasquatch exists requires forests where such a creature could… Read more »

Earth’s oceans were home to some of the largest, fiercest and most successful predators ever. While dinosaurs ruled the land, giant reptiles and sharks hunted the depths.