Aloha, Tide Riders. Happy holidays and Happy New Year! The Winter Weirdness run wraps up with one last moonlit paddle into the deep end—this time, straight into the black forests of Germany and the legend of the Morbach Monster. In this final Strange Tides episode of 2025, we trace a werewolf-shaped ripple that starts in the late 1700s with cursed soldiers and candlelit shrines, then rolls all the way into the Cold War, when U.S. Air Force patrols near Hahn Air Base swore they saw something big, fast, and very much not regulation lurking beyond the treeline.
We break down the sightings, the shrine flame that’s supposedly kept burning since 1770, and the moments when it went out—and weird stuff followed. From PTSD-haunted WWI soldiers leaving silver charms, to SS occult obsessions, to synth-era airmen radioing in “the Morbach Monster” like they’d just spotted Bigfoot on NATO property, it’s a story that refuses to stay buried. Along the way, we surf through every theory on the board: misidentified wildlife, mass hysteria, government experiments, cryptids, shapeshifters, interdimensional glitches, and yes—ancient curses that might still be on the clock.
So light a candle, keep one eye on the treeline, and join us for the final session of Winter Weirdness. Whether the Morbach Monster is a wolf, a weapon, a warning, or just a shadow that learned how to stick around, one thing’s for sure—this legend still howls when the moon’s right.
Links and Sources:
Schmidt, Johann Georg. Parish Records of Wittlich (1782) - https://www.landesarchiv-rlp.de/kirchenbuecher-wittlich
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. *Sagen und Legenden des Hunsrücks* (1815) - https://archive.org/details/sagenundlegenden00grimuoft
Baring-Gould, Sabine. *The Book of Were-Wolves* (1865) - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5321/5321-h/5321-h.htm
Flores, John (SSgt.) and Goodall, Randy (Sgt.). Unofficial Hahn Air Base Report (June 6, 1988) Declassified USAF memo (FOIA release, 2015) via MUFON archives - https://mufon.com/hahn-afb-1988-werewolf-incident
Rodriguez, Elias (Sgt.). Hahn Base Newsletter Sketch (October 31, 1987) Declassified USAF folklore study (1992) via National Archives (NARA) - https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/hahn-base-logs
Rodriguez, Maria (Sgt., pseudonym). Munitions Handler Account (1988) - https://cryptidspot.com/the-morbach-monster-german-werewolf/
Hohmann, Maria. *Hunsrück Sagen* (1923) - https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/ABC123DEF456
Hoffmann, Markus (Dr.). University of Mainz Interview (2019) - https://www.uni-mainz.de/publikationen/hoffmann-werewolf-myth-2019
McCarthy, Elaine (Dr.). "Base Folklore and Cold War Stress" (1992, declassified 2018) - https://www.archives.gov/research/foia/usaf-hahn-1992-study
Burgard, Matthias. *Das Monster von Morbach: Eine moderne Sage des Internetzeitalters* (2008) - https://www.waxmann.com/en/books?tx_p2waxmann_buchliste%5Baction%5D=show&tx_p2waxmann_buchliste%5Bcontroller%5D=Buch&tx_p2waxmann_buchliste%5Buid%5D=790
Coleman, Loren. *Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America* (2007) - https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-True-Story-Apes-America/dp/067179969X
Wittlich Tourism Board. "Werwolf Nacht Festival Records" (1995–2024) - https://www.wittlich-tourismus.de/werwolf-nacht
NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union). "Wolf Census Rhineland" (2025) - https://www.nabu.de/wolf-census-2025
Rhineland Folklore Society. "2019 Shrine Excavations" - https://www.rheinland-folklore.de/excavations-2019
OSS Files on Ahnenerbe Expeditions (Declassified 1946) - https://www.archives.gov/research/oss/ahnenerbe-hunsrueck
Stars and Stripes. "Werewolf Watch at Hahn" (1989) - https://www.stripes.com/search?q=hahn+werewolf+1989
Strobl, Karl Hans. *Der Schwarze Mann* series (1920s) - https://books.google.com/books?id=schwarze-mann-strobl
Rudigier, Hans-Wolfgang. 2018 Dashcam Analysis: - https://www.rudigier.de/morbach-dashcam
Müller, Lena. 2023 Tour Guide Anecdote - https://www.swr.de/wittlich-werwolf-2023
Strange Tide: Short Board Sessions - Skinwalker Ranch Christmas Entity
Aloha Tide Riders and Happy Holidays - Festivus included. Today, we're hitting up one of the freakiest places on the planet and talking about something that shows up just in time for the winter solstice. This Short Board Session dives into one of the strangest recurring cases to come out of Utah’s Uintah Basin: the Skinwalker Ranch Christmas Entity. For decades, witnesses, scientists, and even government-backed research teams have reported a tall, shadowy figure appearing almost like clockwork during the winter solstice and holiday season—bringing radiation spikes, EM interference, and a lingering sense that something is watching from the dark.
We break down the origins of the phenomenon, from Native lore and early ranch sightings to Pentagon-funded investigations, modern sensor data, and the unsettling “hitchhiker effect” that follows witnesses home. Is it a skinwalker, an interdimensional bleed-through, or something far stranger tied to seasonal cycles and human attention?
Quick, focused, and heavy on the weird, this episode rides the thin line between folklore and hard data—perfect for a fast listen when the nights get long and the shadows feel a little too close.
Sources and Links
Brandon Fugal interview – Salt Lake Magazine (2022) | https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/skinwalker-ranch-brandon-fugal-interview-2022 |
Clyde Kluckhohn – Navaho Witchcraft (1944) | https://archive.org/details/navahowitchcraft0000kluc |
Joseph Hicks – The Utah UFO Display (1974) | Amazon purchase or library – https://www.amazon.com/Utah-UFO-Display-Joseph-Hicks/dp/B0006C9Z0G |
Sheriff’s reports Uintah County (1937–1942) | Uintah County Historical Society – request via https://www.uintahcounty.org |
Colm Kelleher & George Knapp – Hunt for the Skinwalker (2005) | https://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Skinwalker-Science-Confronts-Unexplained/dp/1416505210 |
Elaine McCarthy – “Base Folklore and Cold War Stress” (1992, declassified 2018) | National Archives FOIA – https://www.archives.gov/research/foia |
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch – History Channel (2020–present) Seasons 1–5 | https://www.history.com/shows/the-secret-of-skinwalker-ranch |
Declassified AAWSAP / AATIP files (2010, FOIA by John Greenewald) | The Black Vault – https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/aawsap-aatip-files |
Luis Elizondo – Identified (2019) | Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Identified-Luis-Elizondo/dp/0063063859 |
Skinwalker Ranch official blog – LIDAR updates (January 2025) | https://skinwalker-ranch.com/blog |
Robert Sheaffer – Bad UFOs blog (2012) | https://badufos.blogspot.com |
James Lacatski – Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021) | https://www.amazon.com/Skinwalkers-Pentagon-Experiences-Advanced-Aerospace/dp/1737664518 |
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources – Uintah black bear population (2024) | https://wildlife.utah.gov/bears |
George Knapp – Deseret News articles (1996) | Archive search – https://www.deseret.com/search?q=skinwalker+knapp+1996 |
Aloha and welcome to the final installment of our mini saga on Pilgrim Paranormality. In this episode, we drift back to the late 1500s and drop anchor at one of history’s most haunting loose ends: the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Over 100 settlers vanish from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, no bodies, no struggle, no answers—just the word CROATOAN carved into a post like a cryptic mic drop from the past.
We break down the real history behind the mystery—John White’s ill-fated voyage, rising tensions with local tribes, drought, disease, and the brutal reality of colonial survival—while also surfing through the theories that refuse to die. Assimilation? Massacre? Relocation gone wrong? Or something stranger lurking in the fog of the Atlantic?
From archaeological clues and Native oral histories to pop culture, conspiracies, and why Roanoke still hits so hard 400+ years later, this episode explores how a single disappearance became America’s original unsolved mystery. Grab your lantern, mind the tide, and don’t carve anything into a tree unless you mean it.
Sources and Links
Hakluyt, Richard. *Principall Navigations* - https://archive.org/details/principalnavigat1and2hakl
Quinn, David Beers. *Set Fair for Roanoke* (1985) - https://uncpress.org/9780807841235/set-fair-for-roanoke
Stahle et al. “The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts,” *Science* (1998) - https://www.academia.edu/86767774/The_Lost_Colony_and_Jamestown_Droughts
Kupperman, Karen Ordahl. *Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony* (2007) - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/roanoke-9780742552630/
Lawler, Andrew. *The Secret Token* (2018) - https://www.andrewlawler.com/the-secret-token-2/
First Colony Foundation Archaeological Reports (2006–2025) - https://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/archaeology
Horn, James. *A Kingdom Strange* (2010) - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-horn/a-kingdom-strange/9780465024902/?lens=basic-books
Miller, Lee. *Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony* (2000) - https://www.amazon.com/Roanoke-Solving-Mystery-Lost-Colony/dp/1611453313
National Park Service Fort Raleigh Historic Site Files - https://npshistory.com/publications/fora/hrs.pdf
Strange Tides: Short Board Session – The Kecksburg UFO
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode in our new episode style - the Shortboard Sessions. In this quick-hit episode, we skim across the basics of the 1965 Kecksburg case—an eerie fireball streaking over the Midwest, a mysterious acorn-shaped object in the woods, and a military response that locals still call a cover-up.
We lay out the classic theories: stray Soviet or U.S. Cold War hardware, a misidentified meteor, or something far stranger that never made it into any official report. And we look at how Kecksburg transformed from a one-night anomaly into a full-blown legend, complete with TV reenactments, documentaries, and a festival that keeps the mystery alive.
Short, sharp, and packed with the weird essentials—grab your board and let’s carve through Pennsylvania’s most enduring cosmic whodunit.
SOURCES/LINKS:
https://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/News_Items-3.html
https://www.setiusa.us/archive/index.php/t-6134.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecksburg_UFO_incident
https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03968
https://unsolved.com/gallery/kecksburg-ufo/
https://www.infinityexplorers.com/kecksburg-ufo-crash-1965/
https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/kecksburg65.htm
- Chamberlain, V.D., & Krause, D.J. (1967). "The Fireball of December 9, 1965." *Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada*.
- Gordon, Stan. (1998). *Kecksburg: The Untold Story* [Documentary].
- Kean, Leslie. (2009). "The Conclusion of the NASA Lawsuit." Coalition for Freedom of Information.
- Randle, Kevin. (2002). *A History of UFO Crashes*. Avon Books
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to a new saga on Pilgrim Paranormality. In this collective, which is only two episodes instead of the usual four, we're gonna cover some crazy cryptos and conspiracies that plagued the dudes and dudettes who brought us the first Thanksgiving. In today's episode of Strange Tides, we venture into the rugged world of the Stone Giants—towering, rock-armored beings from Iroquois legend who once stalked the dense forests, mountain ridges, and misty riverbanks of the Northeast. Rooted in Haudenosaunee tradition, these giants weren’t just monsters in the dark—they were powerful symbols of chaos, survival, and the raw force of nature itself.
We’ll break down their mythic origins, explore variations of the legend across different Nations, and dig into the stories of how hero figures outsmarted or defeated them. But we don’t stop at the old tales—because the legend didn’t. From strange footprints along the Hudson to whispered sightings in the Adirondacks, we’ll look at modern encounters that keep the Stone Giants alive in regional folklore.
Along the way, we’ll connect the myth to geology, environmental changes, and a few more far-out fringe theories when we enter the Tinfoil Teepee. So get ready for a trip through time that might be as old as the rocks themselves.
Sources and Links:
Brébeuf, Jean de. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents. 1636–1637.
Le Jeune, Paul. The Jesuit Relations. 1637.
Hunter, Andrew. Hurons: Their Ancient Culture and Stone Implements. Ontario Archaeological Report, 1902.
Barbeau, Marius. Huron and Wyandot Mythology. National Museum of Canada, 1915.
Trigger, Bruce. The Children of Aataentsic. 1976.
Steckley, John. Huron Mythology. 2007.
Parker, Arthur C. Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants. 1910.
Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. 2005.
Mooney, James. Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. 1900.
Parker, Arthur C. Seneca Myths and Folk Tales. University of Buffalo Studies, 1923.
Johnson, Elias. Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois or Six Nations. 1881.
Cusick, David. Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations. 1828.
Curtin, Jeremiah. Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths. Smithsonian Institution, 1922.
Bierhorst, John. The Mythology of North America. Oxford University Press, 1985.
Mann, Barbara Alice. Native Americans, Archaeologists, and the Mounds. Routledge, 2003.
Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press, 2005.
Coleman, Loren. Mysterious America. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Heselton, Philip. Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner. Thoth Publications, 2010.
Times Herald-Record (local newspaper); BFRO Report #26500; *Mountain Monsters* S4E1 (reenactment/interview).
BFRO Report #15678; New York Folklore Society archives; Linda Zimmermann's *Mysterious Stone Sites in the Hudson Valley* (2017)
Kreisberg's *Spirits in Stone* (2018); BFRO Report #38745; Hudson Valley One article (2016)
Local hunter interview in *Mountain Monsters* S5E3; Reddit r/Cryptozoology thread (2019); BFRO unclassified report
*Ancient Origins* article (2016); BFRO Report #51234; YouTube video analysis (2017)
BFRO Report #62389; New Jersey Folklore Society; *Connect Paranormal Blog* (2025)
Onondaga Nation oral archive (2024); BFRO Report #71234; *Hangar1publishing* blog (2024
Aloha and welcome to the final stop on our journey down the Witches' Road. In this episode, we’re unraveling one of the strangest and most enchanting legends to come out of World War II: Operation Cone of Power. The story goes that in the summer of 1940—while Britain stood on the brink of invasion—a secret coven of witches gathered in the New Forest to raise a massive surge of magical energy aimed straight at Hitler himself. Their goal? To turn the tide of war, stop Operation Sea Lion, and protect Britain from invasion.
But was this midnight ritual truly an act of magic… or something else entirely? We’ll dive into the world of Gerald Gardner, the ring leader and the man who later popularized modern witchcraft, and uncover how this story sits at the crossroads of history, folklore, and belief. Along the way, we’ll sift through wartime secrets, declassified files, and mythic retellings, asking what happens when human faith, fear, and imagination combine under pressure. Was Operation Cone of Power a symbolic act of unity and hope—or a genuine moment of magical intervention that bent history’s path? Then, during our session in the Tinfoil Teepee, we’ll explore the many theories—from covert intelligence operations and psychological warfare to energy manipulation, global occult networks, and even whispers of time distortion and extraterrestrial aid.
Join us as we step into the candlelit forests of wartime Britain, where witches and soldiers alike fought their own battles—one with strategy and steel, the other with willpower and ritual. It’s a story that reminds us that sometimes, the greatest mysteries of war aren’t found on the battlefield… but in the spaces where history and magic quietly overlap.
Links and Sources:
Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner (1954) - https://books.google.com/books/about/Witchcraft_Today.html
The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner (1959) - https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Meaning_of_Witchcraft.html
Gerald Gardner: Witch by J.L. Bracelin (1960) - https://www.amazon.com/Gerald-Gardner-Witch-J-L-Braccelin/dp/
Witchfather: The Life and Times of Gerald Gardner – Volume 1: Into the Smouldering Landscape (1884-1939) & Volume 2: From the Flame into Being (1940-1964) by Philip Heselton (2012) - Vol.1: https://www.amazon.com/Witchfather-Gerald-Gardner-Smouldering-Landscape/ - Vol. 2: https://www.amazon.com/Witchfather-Gerald-Gardner-Flame-Being/
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton (1999) - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-triumph-of-the-moon-9780198207443
Operation Cone of Power by Philip Heselton and Moira Hodgkinson (2023) - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/operation-cone-of-power-philip-heselton/1142613830
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret A. Murray (1921) - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56761
"Operation Cone of Power: When British Witches Attacked Adolf Hitler" by Tom Metcalfe (Mental Floss, 2016) - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86145/operation-cone-power-when-british-witches-attacked-adolf-hitler
"Old Dorothy Clutterbuck" (Occult World Encyclopedia) - https://occult-world.com/clutterbuck-old-dorothy/
"The Coven of Witches That Fought the Nazis During World War II" (Military.com, 2023) - https://www.military.com/history/coven-of-witches-fought-nazis-during-world-war-ii.html
"New Forest Coven of Witches Who Stopped the German Invasion" by Andy Seaman (New Forest Historical Wartime Aviation, 2023) - https://nfhwa.org/new-forest-coven-witches-help-stop-german-invasion/
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to our third stop as we journey down the Witches Road. In this episode, we sail into the stormy waters of 17th-century Spain to meet María Soliña — widow, healer, and alleged witch of the Galician coast. After surviving a brutal pirate raid and rising to local prominence, Soliña found herself accused of conjuring tempests, cursing boats, and cutting deals with the Devil himself. But was she truly a sea witch… or just a powerful woman in the wrong century?
We’ll dive into her trial, the legends that grew around her name, and how her story became part of Galicia’s living folklore — blending Inquisition records, Celtic echoes, and a touch of the supernatural. Tune in as Strange Tides unravels the truth and myth behind the woman who refused to drown, even when the world tried to sink her.
Links and Sources:
Ancient Origins: "The Powerful Woman Known as Maria Solina - The Most Famous Witch of Galicia - https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/powerful-woman-known-maria-solina-most-famous-witch-galicia-007333
Concello de Cangas: "María Soliña - https://cangas.gal/es/areas/turismo/nuestra-historia/maria-solina
Historia de María Soliña, símbolo del sufrimiento en Cangas - http://www.delmorrazo.com/tribuna/historia-de-maria-solinha-meiga-de-Cangas.html
Brujería, estructura social y simbolismo en Galicia (2004) by Julio Caro Baroja - https://books.google.com/books/about/Brujer%C3%ADa_estructura_social_y_simbolismo.html?id=example
Mitos, Ritos y Leyendas de Galicia (2015) by Carmelo Lisón Tolosana - https://www.amazon.com/Mitos-Ritos-Leyendas-Galicia/dp/example) (or search ISBN: 978-84-9871-XXX-X
The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision (1997) by Henry Kamen - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300180510/the-spanish-inquisition/
Archivo Histórico Diocesano de Santiago de Compostela - https://www.archivodiocesanosantiago.org/
Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) Digital Collections - https://www.bne.es/es/catalogos/biblioteca-digital
Galician Tourism Sites: Meigas and Witch Trails - https://www.turismo.gal/que-visitar/rutas/meigas?lang=en
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to our second stop as we journey down The Witches Road. In this episode of Strange Tides, we’re heading to the misty highlands of 17th-century Scotland to unravel one of the most haunting witchcraft confessions ever recorded — the story of Isobel Gowdie. Her words painted a world of midnight dances, shape-shifting spells, and faerie queens who ruled beneath the hills — a strange blend of dark magic, pagan echoes, and Christian fear.
But here’s the twist: unlike most accused witches of her time, Isobel volunteered her story. No torture, no thumbscrews — just a torrent of vivid visions and ritual details that still baffle historians today. Was she a visionary? A victim of social pressure? Or maybe — just maybe — someone who really did slip through the veil into another world?
Join us as we follow her confessions through shadowed kirkyards, faerie mounds, and the fevered imagination of post-Reformation Scotland. It’s part folklore, part psychology, and part pure supernatural mystery — because with Isobel Gowdie, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Links and Sources:
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Gowdie
Engole.info: Isobel Gowdie - https://engole.info/isobel-gowdie/
The Mask of Reason: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie - https://maskofreason.wordpress.com/the-book-of-mysteries/mysteria-obscura/the-confession-of-isobel-gowdie/
Stuart McHardy Blog: Isobel Gowdie - https://stuartmchardy.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/isobel-gowdie/
Spooky Scotland: The Trial of Isobel Gowdie - https://spookyscotland.net/isobel-gowdie/
Lapham’s Quarterly: Go in the Devil’s Name - https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/go-devils-name
Encyclopedia.com: Gowdie, Isobel - https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/gowdie-isobel-fl-seventeenth-century
Internet Archive: Confessions of Issabell Gowdie - https://archive.org/details/gfb_BF1581_C66_1662
Cambridge University Press: Narratives of Sorcery and Magic – Confessions of Isobel Gowdie - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic/confessions-of-isobel-gowdie/BD9476BE6F387D9990F87871FBC6C891
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to a brand new saga that will guide us straight down The Witches Road. Saddle up because this week, Strange Tides takes you back to early 1800s Tennessee, where one farmhouse became the stage for one of America’s most chilling legends. The Bell Witch haunting wasn’t just a few bumps in the night — it was full-on chaos: ghostly voices, flying furniture, eerie prophecies, and a mysterious presence that seemed to know everyone’s secrets. Even future president Andrew Jackson got in on the action and left saying it was “the damnedest thing” he’d ever seen.
We’ll break down the full ordeal — from John Bell’s strange illness and Betsy’s nightly torment to Kate the Witch’s bone-chilling farewell and how her legend refused to die. Along the way, we’ll trace how the story spread through old newspapers, folklore books, and eventually Hollywood — morphing into a full-blown cultural phenomenon that still echoes today.
Then, when we enter the Tinfoil Teepee, we’ll dig into the wildest theories behind the haunting: Was it psychological stress turned supernatural? Early poltergeist energy from Betsy herself? Geomagnetic weirdness? Maybe even a glitch between realities? We’ll surf through every angle — from science to the seriously strange — to figure out what really went down in Adams, Tennessee.
So grab your lantern, pour a strong cup of coffee (or something stronger), and join us as we chase the whispers of The Bell Witch: America’s Original Haunting.
Links and Sources:
An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch by Martin Van Buren Ingram (1894) - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28107/28107-h/28107-h.htm
A Mysterious Spirit: The Bell Witch of Tennessee by Dr. Charles Bailey Bell (1934) - https://archive.org/details/mysteriousspirit00bell
Bell Witch - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch
Tennessee State Library & Archives - Tennessee Myths and Legends - https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/myth/bellwitch.htm
Customs House Museum - The Bell Witch: The Scariest Ghost Story in Tennessee - https://customshousemuseum.org/news/the-bell-witch-the-scariest-ghost-story-in-tennessee/
An American Haunting (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455558/
The Bell Witch Haunting (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2991532/
Cursed: The Bell Witch (2013 A&E Series) - https://www.aetv.com/shows/cursed-the-bell-witch
Reddit r/Paranormal - My Experiences with the Bell Witch (2020 Post) - https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jeebv9/my_experiences_with_the_bell_witch_haunting/
Gothic Horror Stories - A Brief History of the Bell Witch (2023 Blog) - https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/a-brief-history-of-the-bell-witch-hauntings-and-a-visit-to-the-bell-witch-cave-in-adams-tn/
On this chilling episode of Strange Tides’, we’re taking flight into the eerie world of Owl Witches —the feathered phantoms that have haunted Native legends for centuries. From the La Lechuza of South Texas to the Stikini of Florida and the Cipelaq of the Wabanaki up north, these shape-shifting witches are said to scream like babies, stalk wrongdoers, and vanish in smoke when confronted. Totally freaky, right?
We’ll cruise through modern encounters—like the 1970s Texas panic, a 2005 sighting in New Brunswick, and even 2020s cases near the Mexican border—each one sounding like something straight out of a midnight horror flick. Then, in the Tinfoil Teepee, we’ll break down the possible explanations: are these witches spirit-world enforcers, rogue shamans, or maybe even interdimensional beings with an owl complex? Some say they’re just misunderstood messengers… others say they’re something darker, something watching.
So grab your flashlight, light a little sage, and settle in—because we’re ending this series where night and nightmare meet. Strange Tides is diving headfirst into the shadows tonight, where the only thing scarier than the sound outside your window… is realizing it might be calling your name.
Links and References:
https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/10/13/the-owlman-of-cornwall-part-1
https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/10/20/the-owlman-of-cornwall-part-2
- *Corpus Christi Caller-Times* (1975, 1977). Articles on Robstown and Santa Rosa "monster bird" sightings, Texas.
- Opler, M. E. (1940). *Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache*. University of Chicago Press. (Referenced for Apache owl-witch context.)
- Walker, J. R. (1917). *Lakota Society*. Smithsonian Institution. (Referenced for Lakota owl-spirit lore.)
- Fewkes, J. W. (1903). *Hopi Kachinas Drawn by Native Artists*. Bureau of American Ethnology. (Referenced for general Native owl beliefs.)
- *Lore* Podcast (2005). Episode on New Jersey Pine Barrens owl sighting.
- Coleman, L. (2021). *Mysterious America*. Anomalist Books. (Referenced for broader owlman sightings.)
- *Texas Standard* (2023). Article on Rio Grande Valley La Lechuza reports.
- Godfrey, L. (2019). *American Monsters*. TarcherPerigee. (Referenced for owl-like entity sightings.)
- Keel, J. (2020). *The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings*. Anomalist Books. (Referenced for regional cryptozoology.)
- Reddit Thread (2022). r/HighStrangeness, November post on Laredo and Canadian owl sightings.
https://www.caller.com/story/news/special-reports/building-our-future/throwback/2020/10/21/corpus-christi-ghost-stories-did-la-lechuza-terrorize-robstown-1975/6005182002/
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/la-lechuza-legend-cautionary-tale-story-revenge/
https://mexicounexplained.com/the-lechuza/
https://mythlok.com/blogs/la-lechuza-fear-and-folklore-in-mexican-traditions/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/z6bbvx/since_the_1820s_the_people_of_texas_and_mexico/
https://www.espookytales.com/blog/la-lechuza-the-witch-owl/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/la-lechuza.htm
https://utrgv.libguides.com/legends/lechuza
https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/comments/ch0s6j/la_lechuza_the_owl_witch_true_story/
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lechuza
https://www.scarymommy.com/la-lechuza
https://www.theceshop.com/agent-essentials/blog/house-hunting-for-la-lechuza-famed-feathery-foe-of-texas
https://shoggoth.net/octobernomicon/the-actual-creatures-of-the-octobernomicon/le-lechuza/
https://vocal.media/horror/la-lechuza-a-legend-i-grew-up-with
https://www.pbs.org/video/la-lechuza-the-shape-shifting-witch-owl-o3iten/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-lechuza
https://b93.net/folklore-la-lechuza-story/
https://truehorrorstoriesoftexas.com/legend-of-la-lechuza/
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the third installment of our Native American Nightmares saga. This week on Strange Tides, we’re shrinking things down—way down—to explore the mysterious world of tiny tricksters in Native American folklore. These little beings might look small, but their legends loom large, stretching from the misty forests of New England to the rugged peaks of the Rockies. We’ll meet the Puckwudgies, those gray-skinned mischief-makers said to stalk the swamps of Massachusetts; the fierce Nimerigar of Shoshone and Arapaho lore, tiny warriors armed with poisoned arrows; and the Yunwi Tsunsdi of Cherokee tradition, playful forest dwellers who can guide—or totally mess with—the unsuspecting.
But this isn’t just old campfire talk. Modern-day sightings keep popping up, from hikers in Mounds State Park spotting strange little figures, to campers in the Bridgewater Triangle hearing eerie giggles in the dark. Some stories even link these beings to archaeological mysteries, like the San Pedro Mountains mummy, fueling theories that maybe—just maybe—there’s more to the legends than symbolism.
We’ll also dig into the big questions: are these little people just folklore, morality tales meant to keep us safe in the woods? Are they misidentified critters—owls, raccoons, or deer caught in the shadows? Or could they be something stranger, like elemental guardians of the land or interdimensional pranksters slipping through the cracks of reality?
We'll see if we can sort all that out in the Tinfoil Teepee, where we’ll toss around every theory from the fun to the fringe, mixing cultural symbolism with cryptid speculation. Think of it as a journey through myth, mystery, and the kind of weird that keeps the forest alive with possibility.
Links:
https://horroryearbook.com/whispers-in-the-woods-the-pukwudgie-returns-to-massachusetts/
https://www.slightlyoddfitchburg.com/2022/08/the-ultimate-guide-to-pukwudgies-part-3.html
https://themorbidlibrary.com/creepy-cryptids-the-bridgewater-triangle-part-iii/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/1jiga7y
https://vocal.media/history/the-mysterious-and-eerie-activities-that-manifest-within-the-bridgewater-triangle
https://fairiesofnewengland.com/2024/08/27/a-few-hybrid-indigenous-and-european-fairies/
https://www.native-languages.org/memegwesi.htm
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mannegishi
https://horroryearbook.com/whispers-in-the-woods-the-pukwudgie-returns-to-massachusetts/
Aloha Tide Riders, and sorry for the delay. For our second installment in the Native American Nightmares saga, we’re lifting off from the earth and heading into storm-tossed skies—territory claimed by colossal winged beings who’ve loomed over Indigenous legends for centuries. This time, we’re talking about the Thunderbird, the Piasa Bird, and the Tlanuwa—three very different sky titans who ruled the air with power, mystery, and just enough menace to keep generations of storytellers looking over their shoulders.
The Thunderbird is perhaps the most famous of them all, a sky-spanning guardian known from the Plains to the Great Lakes. Said to beat thunder from its wings and hurl lightning from its eyes, the Thunderbird wasn’t just a symbol of storms—it was the storm, a living embodiment of raw power and protection that watched over the people and punished those who broke sacred laws.
Meanwhile, painted high on the limestone cliffs along the Mississippi River, the Piasa Bird is something else entirely—a creature part bird, part reptile, part nightmare. Early explorers described its image as a warning etched into stone, a local legend of a man-eating sky-beast that once terrorized the region. Was it pure myth, or did those haunting cliffside eyes once belong to something real?
And then there’s the Tlanuwa of Cherokee tradition—vast, eagle-like predators said to live in mountain caves, who patrolled the skies to keep the serpent population in check. Stories tell of them clashing with giant snakes, stealing people away, and vanishing into the clouds like living thunderbolts.
In this episode, we’ll trace the roots of these legends through the cultures that carried them, explore their symbolism and spiritual roles, and dig into eerie accounts from modern witnesses who swear these beasts haven’t gone extinct—or weren’t animals to begin with. As always, we’ll end by pulling out all the stops in the Tinfoil Teepee and ask the big questions: Were they myths, misidentified megafauna… or something else entirely?
So keep your feet planted, your eyes skyward, and your raincoats handy—because tonight, Strange Tides sails into storm country, where the shadows have wings.
Links:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-mythic-child-stealing-thunderbirds-of-illinois
https://occult-world.com/lawndale-incident/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_Mountain
https://www.reddit.com/r/ForteanResearch/comments/1bwplh9/huge_cryptid_bird_observed_flying_over_tuscarora/
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/pennsylvania-cryptids/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1mkrWCesMU
https://www.stangordon.info/2002.htm
https://www.liveabout.com/the-giant-thunderbird-returns-3862215
https://cryptomundo.com/eyewitness-accounts/alaska-thunderbird-sighted/
https://www.livingpterosaur.com/blog/category/united-states-sighting/
https://www.thecryptocrew.com/2024/05/modern-pterodactyl-sightings.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/mysterious-thunderbird-sightings-pennsylvania/
https://www.stangordon.info/wp/news-events/page/2/
Aloha, Tide Riders, and welcome to the first episode of our brand new saga on Native American Nightmares.
From the deserts of the Southwest to the icy rivers of Alaska to the powwow grounds of the Midwest, shapeshifter legends ripple through Native American folklore—stories that are as old as the land itself. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on three of the most infamous figures: the terrifying Skinwalker, said to be a dark witch who can wear the skins of animals; the mischievous and deadly Kusthaka, the otter-like trickster who mimics voices to lure the lost; and the Deer Woman, a spirit of beauty and danger who appears at the edge of dances and backroads, her hooves giving her away only at the last moment.
We’ll explore the deep history and cultural meaning behind each legend, drawing from traditional accounts passed down through the generations. Then, we’ll bring things into the modern day with spine-tingling sightings: patrol officers chasing inhuman figures across desert highways, campers stalked by red-eyed otter-creatures, and dancers who swear they met the Deer Woman herself among the crowd. These aren’t just old campfire stories—they’re encounters happening here and now.
Of course, no Strange Tides episode would be complete without wandering into the deep end of theory. In the Tinfoil Teepee, we’ll break down possible explanations ranging from the grounded (misidentified animals, cultural memory, stress-induced visions) to the truly out-there (cryptid evolution, spirit guardians, interdimensional beings, or even Jacques Vallée’s “parallel reality” idea from Passport to Magonia). Could Skinwalkers, Kusthaka, and Deer Woman all be masks of the same underlying phenomenon, shifting forms based on culture and belief? Or are they each their own mystery, tied to the places they haunt?
Buckle up—it’s a journey through folklore, firsthand accounts, and high strangeness that’ll leave you questioning just how thin the line is between myth and reality.
Links:
https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/skinwalkers-wendigos-and-witchery-way
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/skinwalker.htm
https://www.quora.com/What-are-skinwalkers-and-why-are-they-so-feared-in-Native-American-folklore
https://www.reddit.com/r/NativeAmerican/comments/166s8au/the_very_messed_up_origins_of_skinwalkers_native/
https://www.oahu.narpm.org/browse/mL4995/6021044/Hunt%2520For%2520The%2520Skinwalker.pdf
https://www.frnwh.com/2024/07/the-enigmatic-kushtaka-of-alaskan-folklore/
https://americanurbanlegends.com/the-kushtaka/
https://www.lemon8-app.com/%40nexusarts7/7459039481857966634?region=us
https://brickthology.com/tag/native-american/
https://theindianleader.com/2019/11/18/stories-of-the-supernatural/
https://www.paradise-lot.com/holy-mythology-batman/2020/4/17/deer-woman
https://folklore.usc.edu/the-lakota-deer-woman/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ReservationDogs/comments/173wdk5/encounters_of_the_deer_ladykind/
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the last leg of our Anomalous Airports saga. I've saved the strangest for last.
Chicago O’Hare might look like just another airport on the surface—crowded gates, endless terminals, and flight delays that test your patience—but if you hang around long enough, you start to notice something weird humming under the surface. O’Hare isn’t just a hub for planes, it’s a magnet for high strangeness.
Inside the terminals, people talk about cold spots, shadowy figures, and echoes that don’t match the living traffic of travelers. Then there’s Flight 191—the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history—whose tragedy still lingers in stories of ghostly passengers seen around the old crash site. The most chilling part? A man named David Booth claimed he dreamed about the disaster for ten straight nights before it happened, warning authorities who dismissed it… until the day his visions came true.
And it doesn’t stop there. O’Hare has also made headlines for UFO sightings, most famously in 2006 when a disc-shaped object hovered over a gate before blasting through the clouds, leaving a gaping hole in the overcast sky. Pilots, mechanics, ground crew—they all saw it, and the story leaked despite official denials.
If that wasn’t enough, the airport has become a hotspot for Mothman sightings. Winged humanoids with glowing red eyes have been reported around the runways and nearby highways, adding yet another layer of “what the heck is going on here?”
In this episode of Strange Tides, we’re unpacking all of it—ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, predictions, and the uneasy vibe that seems to cling to O’Hare. We’ll dig into eyewitness accounts, official reports, and some of the folklore surrounding this mega travel hub. Then, when we enter the Tinfoil Teepee, we cover some theories on everything that range from the grounded to the truly fringe. So grab your boarding pass, because we’re heading into the weird turbulence.
Links:
https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=182209 - July 4th 2024 Sighting
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/b5m61W58VB - Bellevue, WA “S” craft sighting
https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=146492 - The Drive-By disk, May 29, 2019
https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=141552 - May 23, 2018 Sighting
https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=134118 - Green Fireball Sighting
https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=131847 - Boxing Day Fireball
They Filmed A UFO Over Chicago O'Hare Airport, Then This Happened - YouTube Video
https://phantomsandmonsters.com/ - Lon Strickler’s Awesome Database
Chicago & Regional Winged Humanoid / Flying Entity Sightings & Encounters Interactive Map. - Map of Encounters around Chicago
UFO Clearinghouse - O’Hare Security Response to Mothman Sighting
https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2017/6/10/a-timeline-of-the-chicago-flying-humanoid-sightings-so-far - Timeline of Sightings
Welcome aboard, Tide Riders, to our third installment of our Anomalous Airports saga. This week on Strange Tides, we’re taking off from familiar runways and heading straight into the weird skies above London Heathrow. Sure, it’s Europe’s busiest airport, a place where millions of travelers shuffle through terminals every year—but behind the duty-free shops and endless security lines, Heathrow has been quietly collecting stories that don’t fit neatly onto a departure board. We’re talking strange radar echoes, glowing lights pacing passenger jets, and that eerie bowler-hatted phantom said to haunt the runway edges, briefcase in hand, as if he’s still waiting for a flight that never comes.
Pilots, controllers, and ground crew have all had their brushes with the unknown—craft that appear and vanish without explanation, shadowy figures caught on security cameras, and whispers of encounters that never quite made the official reports. Some chalk it up to stress, fatigue, or good old British fog, while others say Heathrow sits on stranger ground—a liminal zone where aviation meets the unexplained.
And of course, we’ll save room in the Tinfoil Teepee to pull these threads apart: Could these sightings be misidentified drones or atmospheric quirks? Are the ghost stories echoes of Heathrow’s tragic past? Or is something stranger camping out in the skies above London’s biggest hub? Tonight, we’re unpacking the cases, the legends, and the theories—because at Heathrow, high strangeness always seems to be waiting at the gate.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Heathrow_disaster
https://www.aviation24.be/airports/london-heathrow-lhr/73-years-after-the-crash-of-a-sabena-dc-3-the-ghost-of-a-passenger-looking-for-his-lost-briefcase-still-haunts-heathrow-airport/
https://www.spookyisles.com/haunted-heathrow/
https://www.spookystuff.co.uk/HeathrowGhosts.html
https://news.ncac.mn/uploads/bookSubject/2023-04/644a09430b190.pdf
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/jet-in-near-miss-with-ufo-close-to-heathrow-546888
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/heathrow-ufo-london
https://www.yahoo.com/news/slow-death-strange-afterlife-heathrow-150000856.html
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second installment of our Anomalous Airports saga. Grab your boarding pass and your EMF reader, because Strange Tides is wheels-up over two of Japan’s busiest — and strangest — airports: Narita International and Haneda International. These aren’t just hubs for travelers and cargo; they’re ground zero for decades of bizarre reports, spectral sightings, UFO encounters, and mind-bending theories about travelers from other worlds… or other timelines.
We’ll dig into the legendary Man from Taured — a sharply dressed stranger who supposedly landed at Haneda in 1954 carrying a passport from a country no mapmaker has ever drawn. Then we’ll taxi over to the Anamori Inari Shrine, where visitors and airport workers alike have claimed to see ghostly monks, fox spirits, and even vanishings that defy explanation. At Narita, we’ll touch down on the eerie Marroad Hotel Incident, where a UFO sighting over the nearby bay set off a chain of radar anomalies. And of course, we’ll ride the jet stream into accounts of hovering triangle craft, unexplained lights pacing planes on approach, and phantom radar targets that vanish as quickly as they appear.
From weather quirks and stealth technology to full-on portal theory, we’ll map the strange flight paths and investigate whether these airports are just unlucky hotspots for odd coincidences… or whether they’re actually perched on interdimensional runways, letting things (and people) slip in and out of our world.
In the Tinfoil Teepee segment, we’ll break it down:
Are these cases just turbulence in the truth, caused by tech glitches and tired eyes?
Is advanced military hardware cruising Tokyo’s skies under the cover of night?
Or are Narita and Haneda the Tokyo terminals of a cosmic airline, with flights inbound from places no boarding gate will ever announce?
Fasten your seatbelts — the seatbelt sign is on, the cabin lights are dimming, and the next stop might not be on any map.
Links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/ppp62t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrizuka_Struggle
https://theufodatabase.com/incidents/haneda-air-base-incident
https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/hanedausafp3435.htm
Welcome to the weirdest airport on Earth. Aloha, Tide Riders, and thanks for tuning in to our first installment of our brand new Anomalous Airports saga. In this deep-dive episode of Strange Tides, we’re cracking open the hangar doors on the swirling storm of conspiracies, high strangeness, and bold public art that make Denver International Airport (DIA) one of the most mythologized places in modern America.
Perched on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, DIA isn’t just a travel hub—it’s a lightning rod for speculation. From the very beginning, the airport raised eyebrows with massive cost overruns, years-long construction delays, and a highly ambitious underground baggage system that failed spectacularly. Some say it was just poor planning. Others think that’s just the cover story. What were they really building down there?
We start with the basics: the visible oddities. You’ve got that towering, glowing-eyed fiberglass stallion—“Blucifer”—that tragically killed its own artist during construction. There’s a time capsule allegedly containing references to the New World Order. There are sprawling murals with war, plague, and environmental collapse as the main themes. Not exactly your standard airport décor. Were these installations simply bold artistic choices with personal and political meaning? Or were they coded messages—symbols for those in the know?
Then we descend into the depths. In our “Tinfoil Teepee” segment, we’ll explore the more out-there theories people can’t stop whispering about: that the miles of underground tunnels beneath DIA house doomsday bunkers for global elites... or worse, are headquarters for shape-shifting reptilian overlords. Some believe there’s an interdimensional portal hidden under the runways. Others say the entire airport is built atop a metaphysical energy vortex—or a Native American burial ground—and that’s what gives it its weird vibe.
And let’s not forget the supposed connection to NORAD, just a stone’s throw away in Cheyenne Mountain. Could DIA be an emergency escape hub for government and military elites? We’ll weigh the plausibility of that theory, too.
But we’re not here just to fan the flames. This episode also takes time to explore the more grounded explanations: government mismanagement, edgy PR strategies (like DIA’s tongue-in-cheek #DENFILES campaign), and the possibility that DIA has simply become the perfect storm of internet legend, bold art, and modern mythmaking.
So buckle up as we taxi through plausible theories, cruise through conspiratorial clouds, and take off into full-blown high strangeness. Whether you’re a true believer, a skeptic, or just someone who loves a good mystery, this episode of Strange Tides has a seat for you.
Article Links:
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the final installment of our New School Classic Cryptids Saga. In this fog-laced episode of Strange Tides, we dive headfirst into one of the most legendary—and most elusive—cryptids of all time: the Loch Ness Monster. From ancient legends and obscure medieval texts to grainy photographs and viral videos, Nessie has haunted the deep waters of our imaginations for centuries. But what’s really swimming below the surface of that mysterious Highland loch?
We kick things off with a historical deep dive, looking at early accounts of strange creatures in the loch dating back to the 6th century—yep, we’re talking Saint Columba and beyond. Then we trace the evolution of Nessie mania through the 1930s, from the infamous Spicers’ roadside sighting to the world-famous (and eventually debunked) Surgeon’s Photo that sparked a media frenzy. It’s a story full of hoaxes, true believers, and just enough blurry evidence to keep people hooked for generations.
But there’s more to Loch Ness than meets the eye—or the sonar. We also explore the strange and shadowy connection between the loch and one of history’s most infamous occultists: Aleister Crowley. The “Great Beast” himself once lived at Boleskine House on the shore of the loch, where he allegedly performed magical rituals that may have opened doors best left shut. Was Nessie already there, or did Crowley’s presence stir up something far weirder than your average plesiosaur?
Fast-forward to today, and we’ll wade into the high-tech hunts for Nessie—complete with sonar scans, deep-water cameras, and even environmental DNA studies that turned up some surprising results (hint: there’s a lot of eel DNA down there). We’ll break down what science says, what it doesn’t, and why people keep searching even when the data says “probably not a dinosaur.”
Then it’s time to zip up the tent flap and gather around the campfire inside the Tinfoil Teepee, where we swap stories about the truly fringe possibilities. Could Nessie be a time-slipping creature from another era? An actual surviving relic from the Cretaceous Period? An interdimensional traveler just passing through our realm? Or something closer to the kelpies of folklore?
As always, we try to separate fact from folklore—but we’re not here to kill the magic. Whether Nessie’s a giant eel, an undiscovered species, a long-lived legend, or something altogether weirder, one thing’s for sure: Loch Ness has more secrets than it lets on.
So grab your binoculars, pour yourself a dram of something mysterious, and join us for a journey into the misty depths of one of the strangest—and most enduring—mysteries in the world.
Links:
https://sjhstrangetales.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/loch-ness-timeline/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
https://www.historyhit.com/the-legend-of-the-loch-ness-monster/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/loch-ness-monster.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
https://people.com/first-loch-ness-monster-sighting-2025-reported-11692423
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to this third installment of our New School Classic Cryptids, here on Strange Tides. In today's episode, we sink our teeth into the legend of the Chupacabra—a creature that slashed its way onto the scene in the 1990s and never looked back. First reported in Puerto Rico during a wave of livestock killings, this bloodthirsty mystery quickly became a full-blown pop culture phenomenon. But what exactly was it that locals saw slinking through the rainforest shadows?
We kick things off in El Yunque National Forest, a place already steeped in high strangeness—from UFO sightings to glowing orbs and whispers of interdimensional rifts. It’s the perfect stage for the Chupacabra’s eerie debut: a reptilian, spiny-backed creature that looked more alien than animal.
But the mystery doesn’t stop there. As the legend spread to the mainland, the Chupacabra’s appearance morphed into something else entirely—a hairless, mange-ravaged “blue dog” prowling the Texas scrublands and the deserts of northern Mexico. We break down how this version took root in the Southwest, and why these sightings continue today.
And of course, it wouldn’t be Strange Tides without a trip to the Tinfoil Teepee and exploring the deeper, weirder theories:
Was the original Chupacabra an escaped lab experiment or bioengineered weapon?
Is it a biological drone used by extraterrestrials to collect samples?
Could the creature be the physical manifestation of a curse, born from colonial trauma or ancient forest magic?
Or are we really dealing with a legit cryptid - just two different breeds of the same species?
From paranormal panic to modern myth-making, this episode traces the Chupacabra’s path from rural terror to cryptid royalty. So grab your flashlight, avoid the goat pen, and join us as we chase the sharp-toothed shadow across decades of sightings and speculation.
Links:
Навіны Беларусі | euroradio.fm
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second installment of our New School Classic Cryptids saga. In this episode of Strange Tides, we spread our wings and glide straight into the legend of the Mothman—a creature that’s equal parts mystery, menace, and misunderstood icon. First spotted in the wooded backroads and crumbling munitions bunkers of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in the fall of 1966, the Mothman didn’t just make an entrance—he practically kicked down the door of American folklore with glowing red eyes and a screech that folks still talk about today.
But this ain’t just some dusty tale from a forgotten town. The Mothman legend has grown, twisted, and morphed over the decades, showing up in big city skies, at the edge of disaster zones, and deep within the minds of people who’ve seen something they can’t explain. We’re talking Chicago flaps, strange phone calls, psychic dreams, glowing eyes in the rearview mirror—high strangeness on a whole new level.
In this episode, we unpack the original wave of sightings that gripped Point Pleasant and dig into the theories: Was Mothman a cryptid? A UFO scout? A government experiment gone sideways? Or maybe something even weirder—like a living omen, or a being from a parallel dimension? Along the way, we’ll hang with John Keel’s wild theories, track reports of Men in Black, and follow the flap all the way to the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge.
So whether you're a longtime believer, a curious skeptic, or just here for the weird vibes, come kick it with us as we chase the shadowy silhouette of a creature that might still be gliding through the night sky.
Links:
Tobias Wayland -
Lon Strickler -
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mothman-dynasty-lon-strickler/1127667882
Sightings Links:
Reddit+8Joe Meyers Adventures+8spookysigh
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/ihc42f
Joe Meyers Adventures+1MetaZoo News+1MetaZoo News.
unexplainable.net+1Texas Hill Country+1.
spookysight.com+15Joe Meyers Adventures+15Timetoast Timelines
unexplainable.net+15byondr.io+15inkl+15.
Reddit+15paranormalcasefiles.com+15MetaZoo News+15