Tag: Native American
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Miss Cryptid 2022 Week 1
After 9 years of putrid pageantry, the Miss Cryptid Contest is ready to crown an ultimate champion! The 2022 Miss Cryptid Contest of Champions begins with Batsquatch versus Rusalka versus Pukwudgie in a bloodily-beautiful battle royale! This year’s contest pits the beast of the beast against each other, as the winners of every contest will…
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Ep 246: Vengeful Ghosts part 1
Kick off Blurry Photober with a 2-part episode all about vengeful ghosts! The souls of those wronged and/or murdered in life have a way of avenging their mistreatment as vengeful ghosts. Flora runs you through a short list of these types of spirits in the first of a 2-parter. Go continent hopping and learn some…
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Miss Cryptid 2019 Week 3
Regular competition draws to a close in week 3 of Blurry Photos’ 2019 Miss Cryptid Contest! Our final contestants this year include California’s Borrego Sandman, the South American El Silbon, and South Africa’s Mamlambo. From desert to nightmares to rivers, the competition is hot and heavy. Pick your poison for who will move on to…
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Miss Cryptid 2019 Week 1
The carpets have been shampooed, the curtains ironed, and the stun batons charged which can only mean one thing – it’s time for the 2019 Miss Cryptid Contest! The 7th annual Miss Cryptid Contest kicks off with the Nain Rouge from Detroit, Japan’s Uwabami, and the Ningen from the waters off Antarctica. Will a Detroit…
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Miss Cryptid 2018 Week 3
And just like that, the final week of the 2018 Miss Cryptid Contest is upon us! Georgia’s river monster, the Altamaha-ha, the Caribbean’s fire hag the Soucouyant, and Australia’s treetop assassin the Dropbear are the last 3 contestants to grace the 2018 Miss Cryptid Contest stage. These lethal lasses saved some pretty powerful performances for…
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Ep 210: The Lost Dutchman Mine
Dust off the burro and grab some saddlebags, we’re going gold hunting for the Lost Dutchman Mine! An old west legend of dangerous prospecting and fabulous wealth, the Lost Dutchman Mine has inspired gold hunters for decades and caused more casualties and heartaches than you can shake a pickaxe at. Join David as he takes…
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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 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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BP Bonus: Cahokia Redux
The break is quickly coming to an end, but Dave and David have a couple more tricks up their sleeves – like a return to Cahokia! The boys welcome Dr Maggie Rallo, a current medical doctor who worked as an archaeologist excavating Cahokia. Maggie talks about her time digging up bones and artifacts around the…
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Ep 173: Skinwalkers
Roll up the car windows and lock the doors, Blurry Photos is driving you down the lonely road full of skinwalkers! A Navajo legend both creepy and gruesome, skinwalkers are supposed practitioners of evil magic that can transform into animals through the wearing of pelts. Flora and Stecco chase down the tales of these foul humans,…
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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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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 135: The Wendigo
Break out the silver and add a log to the fire, Blurry Photos are all about the Wendigo in this one! A cannibalistic creature of Native American folklore, the Wendigo is a terrifying reminder of what lurks in the dead of winter when all hope is lost. David and Dave go over the various descriptions…
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Episode 131: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Grab some fresh water and ration the foodstuffs, you’re taking a trip to find the lost colony of Roanoke! Steeped in mystery and dipped in legend, the lost colony of Roanoke is the infamous and unfortunate initial attempt to establish an English settlement in America. Things didn’t go as planned, however, and what followed was a…
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Episode 124: Rainmaking
Grab your galoshes and pop the umbrella, Blurry Photos are opening the sky up in an episode all about rainmaking! A practice that spans millennia, cultures, and techniques, rainmaking has been an important part of cultural history throughout the ages. But what exactly is it? David and Dave shower you with facts, stories, music, and…
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Episode 117: Revolutionary War Ghosts
The spirits of ’76 are alive and well in Blurry Photos’ Revolutionary War Ghosts! In another homage to the Ken Burns style, David and Dave bring you an episode packed with info, quotes, “experts,” and tales of Revolutionary War Ghosts. The American revolution was a hard and bloody affair, and as with any conflict or…
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Episode 85: Cahokia
The boys of Blurry Photos are St. Louis-bound and headed for the mounds of Cahokia! The site of a sprawling pre-Columbian civilization, Cahokia is infamous for its mystery and relative obscurity. Not really fitting the narrative of what many historians have believed for a long time, this site defies conceptions of early American life and…
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Episode 68: Thunderbirds
Blurry Photos give you the bird in this fine, feathered episode all about Thunderbirds! While huge birds and avian tales are prevalent in many cultures throughout the world, the Thunderbird is unique to the cultures of Native America. Flora and Stecco ride the lightning to discover just why this particular creature toes the line between…