Tag: Cryptozoology
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Miss Cryptid 2018 Week 1
Pop the champagne and watch for blood stains, it’s time for the 2018 Miss Cryptid Contest! The 6th annual Miss Cryptid Contest kicks off ferociously with OH’s own Loveland Frog, Lancashire’s infamous Jenny Greenteeth, and the Mngwa from Tanzania. It’s a veritable blood bath for who will emerge victorious from week 1 and move on…
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Ep 202: Trolls
David and Dave brave the Scandinavian nighttime to skinny dip in the mythology of trolls! A creature of Norse folklore, the troll has morphed throughout the ages from supernatural figures to ugly giants but endures as a staple of fantasy literature. They have been around in stories since the earliest sagas and remain respected not…
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Ep 201: Colin Schneider, Cryptid Predation
Flora welcomes the Crypto-kid, Colin Schneider, in a fun and fascinating interview! One of the youngest cryptid researchers out there today, Colin Schneider already has impressive credentials and joins to discuss cryptid attacks on livestock. He shares his copious amount of research and findings on strange reports of unknown beasts and the theories about them.…
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BP Bonus: Mothman Festival 2017
Join Flora on a wacky roadtrip to Point Pleasant, WV, and the 2017 Mothman Festival! A yearly event in the small West Virginian town, the Mothman Festival celebrates the location’s most infamous legend whilst paying homage to the victims of a real disaster. While the audio is not up to usual Blurry Photos standards, we…
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BullStone 30: Zeng This!, August 2017
August wraps up with a visit from Justin Zenger of the Zeng This! Podcast. A show all about geekery and pop nerd culture, Zeng This! is all up on weekly news stories, and Justin shared some fun ones with the boys. This month’s edition is particularly creature-heavy, with sightings of different things from all over…
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Ep 193: Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires
Grab your spare coins and red thread, Blurry Photos are jumping across the Pacific to look at Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires! A monster of Chinese folklore, Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires are curious, sometimes creepy sometimes whimsical undead creatures with interesting origins. Not much like their western counterparts, these vampires prefer to suck the qi, or…
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Miss Cryptid 2017 Week 3
The 2017 Miss Cryptid Contest enters the final week of semi-final competition, and boy does it deliver! The final Miss Cryptid contestants include the Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia, New England’s own Hoover the Talking Seal, and the seductive Scandinavian Huldra. We finally get to see not only the swimsuit section, but the talent portion as…
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Miss Cryptid 2017 Week 2
The action heats up in the second installment of the 2017 Miss Cryptid Contest! Week two of Miss Cryptid 2017 brings you the Beast of Land Between the Lakes, the Popobawa, and the Yowie. Another week, another round-the-world trip! Listen to tales of werewolves in Kentucky, Demon rapists in Zanzibar, and hairy hominids in Australia.…
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Miss Cryptid 2017 Week 1
Break out the balloons and streamers and grab your most blood-proof clothing, it’s time for 2017 Miss Cryptid Contest! The first week of this year’s fang-packed Miss Cryptid contest takes us around the world from the Monkey Man of New Delhi to the Wampus Cat of America to the Grootslang of South Africa. A trio of dangerous…
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Ep 181: Ivan T Sanderson
Forteana has a few big names in the field, but only one may be bigger than Ivan T Sanderson! A well-read, well-traveled man of many interests, Ivan T Sanderson was a prolific naturalist whose interest in Forteana paved the way for students of the unexplained. Flora and Stecco take an in-depth look at his life…
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Ep 159: The Dover Demon
Jump in the not-so-way back machine and join the boys of Blurry Photos in 1977 as they search for facts about the Dover Demon! A creature spotted one night by at least 4 teens in Dover, MA, the Dover Demon has eluded sight and explanation for going-on 40 years. What exactly did local teens catch…
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Ep 150: Monster Hunters with Tea Krulos
Flora and Stecco had a chance to chat with Tea Krulos, author of Monster Hunters in this episode! A freelance writer and author from Milwaukee, WI, and also founder of the MKE Paracon, Tea Krulos joins the boys to discuss his latest book, Monster Hunters. From paranormal investigators to proprietors of cryptozoological sites, the book…
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Miss Cryptid 2016 Week 3
The last of the beautifully gruesome contestants march across the audio stage with week 3 of the 2016 Miss Cryptid Contest! The final week of the 2016 Miss Cryptid Contest brings us the Agogwe of East Africa, Snallygaster of rural Maryland, and the Crazy Critter of Bald Mt. Washington. Which of these fine fearsome ladies will…
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Miss Cryptid 2016 Week 2
Three more elaborately festooned contestants parade before you in Week 2 of the 2016 Miss Cryptid Contest! New England and India send their Miss Cryptid picks in the form of the Astomi, Pigman of Northfield, and the Pukwudgie. Devilish imps, mouthless wimps, and swiney crimps are on the menu, and it’ll be up to you to…
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Episode 120: Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? with J Nathan Couch
Blurry Photos welcome their first Crypto-author J Nathan Couch to talk about his book Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? A paranormal researcher and writer, J Nathan Couch has done the goat’s share of work collecting stories, articles, and legends of Goatman sightings across America. David and Dave enjoy a in-depth discussion of myths, tales, and origins…
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Miss Cryptid 2015 Week 3
The 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest draws to a close with the final week of competition! Week 3 brings us the African Adze, the Sheepsquatch from West Virginia, and the Witte Wieven from the Netherlands to wrap up this year’s Miss Cryptid Contest. Will a vampiric creature, a hairy hominid, or a ghostly spectre advance to…
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Miss Cryptid 2015 Week 1
The time has come once again to ogle the oddities in the 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest! For week 1 of the 2015 Miss Cryptid Contest, David and Dave take a look at the Romanian Zmeu, the African Catoblepas, and the Jackalope from the western U.S. Who will capture your heart in the first week of…