Appalachia holds its mysterious cards close, and with its cultural background, it is ripe for legend and lore that manifests into bizarre actual beliefs. Join us for a real Appalachian buffet of the strange and unusual. We’ve got it all: Cryptids, Native American lore, deformed humanoids, aliens, and unsolved disappearances. But what is believable, and what is just lore?
Edited by Max Holechek
We love a good cryptid, don’t we? In this episode, we will be serving you up a cryptid buffet, with a variety of flavors with names that are quite the mouthful. Join us as we explore the unknown and weird corners of the US that house the saddest, scariest, and most bizarre cryptids.
The Squonk, who allegedly has self esteem issues, is crying in the emo corner of the buffet. The shape-shifting Rougarou, spawned from French werewolf lore, will make the hair on your arms perk up. And, we will balance out our pallets with the blood thirsty, one-eyed metal reptillian dragon, the Snallygaster.
Watch out, here’s another cryptid! The search for the Mongolian Death Worm has lasted decades, if not centuries, as a desert cryptid that leaves no witnesses alive. How did this Death Worm get so popularized, and is it real?
Continue reading The Mongolian Death WormA series of mysterious attacks in 1760s France had the people in a panic. Was it a wolf? Or something more monstrous?
Continue reading The Beast of GevaudanIn 1977, three teens on separate occasions claimed to witness a haunting figure that seemed to be not human nor animal.
Continue reading Ahh! Real Cryptid: The Dover Demon
