The Hidden Zoo

Episode 45 - Lumber Cruisin'

This week special guest Alex gives us a cryptid from the town of her birth, Rhinelander, Wisconsin: it's the Hodag! Yes, we know it's a hoax. Also, Paul Bunyan gets it on.

Further Reading
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1628
http://www.lumberwoods.com/hodag1.htm
http://www.lumberwoods.com/pg29.htm
https://curbarchive.journalism.wisc.edu/2004/Leisure/Articles/hodagprint.htm
https://www.milwaukeemag.com/what-is-a-hodag/
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11962
https://www.flickr.com/photos/41960506@N02/4085007941/in/photostream/
http://explorerhinelander.com/what-is-the-hodag/ https://www.pbs.org/video/in-wisconsin-hodag-history/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/komodo-dragon-blood-might-save-human-lives-getting-it-isnt-easy/2017/10/06/5d6506cc-7d27-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6ad3c3574a8f
https://www.livescience.com/9460-female-komodo-dragon-virgin-births.html

 

Episode 44 - Rainbow Poop

This week our special guest Spall tells us about the history of the unicorn. It has a very fucking metal Zoroastrian variant (seen in this episode's cover art). He also gives us a list of incontrovertible unicorn facts provided by his daughter.

Episode 43 - Tasty Sea Meats

This week our topic is Steller's Sea Ape, a curious creature only really sighted one time by one guy who may have been screwing around in a most excellent way.

Episode 42 - Ace of Spades

This week Blake, Don, and special guest Spall discover the magic of Bessie/Lemmy, the monster of Lake Erie, whose modern resurgence is curiously correlated with the opening of Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

Further Reading
Cryptid Wiki - Bessie
Rock the Lake -The myth of Bessie, the Lake Erie monster: Remember When
Ozy - The mysterious lake monster you've never heard of
Paranormal Papers - Bessie

Episode 41 - Almas Babies, They Make Your Dreams Come True

Blake takes the reins this week and tells us all about the Almas, one of the many purported ape-men of Asia, including a tale of one who was apparently captured and had multiple children with a human man.

Happy New Year, and may New Years Kevin leave only the finest old toothbrush in your sack! And check out the sneurat archive at Mythical Beast Wars!

Episode 40 - Fly High

Special guest Denise gives us a special Christmas-themed episode as we examine the scientific and anthropological plausibility of a very famous Christmas Chreature. Also chihuahuas!

Further Reading
Gizmodo - Can Santa Claus exist according to the laws of physics?
LiveScience - Magic Mushrooms May Explain Santa & His 'Flying' Reindeer
Mental Floss - Why Did NORAD Start Tracking Santa?
The dodo - Yes, These 'Vampire Deer' With Fangs Really Exist

Episode 39 - No Visible Reproductive Organs

This week Don tells Blake and returning guest Denise about the Beast of Bray Road and just how...Mmm...Sexy it is.

You know it. Don't lie.

Further Reading
CryptidWiki - The Beast of Bray Road
The Walworth County Week archive
Linda Godfrey's Leprechaun cartoon
Linda Godfrey's original 1991 article
Linda Godfrey's official website
The 1987 sighting of the sexy beast
The Elkhorn Chamber of Commerce

Episode 38 - Uma Thurmaid

This week Blake gets the order wrong and tells us about his real animal first because he's just so excited about it. But after that we learn about the history and heritage of mermaids, and then discuss why Quentin Tarantino would be the worst person to make a live-action Little Mermaid movie. And it's not just because nobody needs to hear Sebastian say the n-word.

Episode 37 - GHWB's Revenge

This week it's no more Bigfoot and no more politics. We're back to New Jersey as Don covers Mantis Man! ALSO: Politicians vs. Kaiju, more damn circuses, and an accidental stab at topicality discussing Neil DeGrasse Tyson's creepery!

Further Reading

Mantis Man on CryptidWiki
Mantis Man sighting on the M'cong... this is no joke - HackettstownLIFE
Praying Mantis Humanoid Encounter - Greenville, SC - Phantoms and Monsters
Tall 'Mantis' Guardian Angels? - Phantoms and Monsters
Humanoid Sighting Reports Archive: Insectoids - Phantoms and Monsters
Proof that a small-time circus passed through Hackettstown in 1955

Episode 36: Post-Election Bigfoot Analysis

It's time for a super-sized election follow-up! Blake and Dona re joined by friend of the show Jon to discuss four people with ties to Bigfoot and how they fared in the 2018. We also discuss some weird patents found during the search for acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's "Masculine Toilet" at the US Patent Office. Are you a man whose junk is too big for a standard toilet? Well, on this episode of The Hidden Zoo, we present you with a multitude of patented solutions!