The Hidden Zoo

Episode 12 - Sharknado

This week we learn that those terrible Sharknado movies may be based on a real piece of folklore: the Lusca, said to roam the Blue Holes of the Caribbean and be half shark, half octopus, and all maneater.

Episode 11 - Shadow Puppets

This week's topic is The Surgeon's Photo, the most famous picture of the Loch Ness Monster ever taken. Spoiler alert: it's fake as hell.

For your viewing pleasure:
The Oarfish on River Monsters
The Surgeon's Photo as Normally Seen
The Surgeon's Photo as Originally Taken
The Surgeon's Second Photo

Episode 10 - Eyeshine

This week Don takes the helm with a special treat for Blake. He complained so much about Mothman the last few weeks that this week's topic is...Mothman! Perhaps the dumbest cryptid story of all time! But don't tell that to the residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Further Reading:
Cryptid Wiki Page
The Mothman Wiki
The Mothman Festival
Contemporary Newspaper Coverage 1
Contemporary Newspaper Coverage 2
Full Text of the Second Major Sighting Coverage
The Mothman Museum

Episode 9 - You're Gonna Need a Bigger Cryptid

This week Blake gives us a handful of cryptids that are, much like the Beast of Busco, animals that are larger than real animals, including a giant spider, a giant snake, and the fearsome megalodon.

Episode 8 - Cuff That Roo Take 2

We done fucked up and posted the wrong audio file as this week's episode. Please forgive us and download this one instead.

Episode 8 - Cuff That Roo

This week we explore a topic that two of us actually have some personal experience with: phantom kangaroos, hopping around towns and cities all over the United States!