The Hidden Zoo

This week, Don regales Blake with the not-at-all stupid tale of the Flatwoods Monster, AKA "Braxie." It looks real stupid.

Further Reading:
The Flatwoods Monster on Cryptid Wiki
Joe Nickel's Skeptical Inquirer Article
The Flatwoods Monster Museum
The Flatwoods Monster Chairs
Braxton County's Flatwoods Monster Info Page
Roadside America on The Flatwoods Monster
The crazy-ass Flatwoods Monster/UFO/POW-MIA site

This week, Don and Ryan (still sans Blake) discuss some recent cryptid news and Ryan tells us the story of HIS real-life run-in with a cryptozoologist, including a dramatic reading of a blog post he wrote in the halcyon days of 2005.

Further Reading:
The Montana dog-thing
The DNA survey for (not) Nessie
The blog post in question
Wienerschnitzel's sweet-ass UFO site
Wienerschnitzel's sweet-ass merch

This week Blake takes a break to work, like a tool, and Don tells Ryan the story of the time he met Dave Shealy, the world's foremost Skunk Ape researcher.

Further Reading:
The Skunk Ape Headquarters

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.

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

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

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.

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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!

This week, we look to Michigan and it's bizarre history of sightings of what could be a werewolf, or could just be a series of large dogs. It's the Michigan Dogman!

Further Reading:
The Dogman Song lyrics
The Dogman Song video
Michigan Dogman Encounters
HuffPo coverage of the Dogman
Skeptoid podcast “Wag the Dogman”
Cryptid Wiki for the Michigan Dogman
Grand Haven Tribune coverage of the Dogman