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Hi! I'm Dad! Gather around our campfire as I tell my daughters, Nora and Lila, stories about cryptids, aliens, ghosts and other paranormal oddities. It's not too spooky and it's not too serious, but it is BYOS. Bring Your Own S'mores.
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The Mothman
Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothmanhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_People_Say_They_Saw_'Creature' https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_cranehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heronhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
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The Beast Of Bray Road
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhorn,_Wisconsin https://www.milwaukeemag.com/the-legend-of-the-beast-of-bray-road/ https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/St._Coletta_Feeble-Minded_Schoolhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-road https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2018/08/beast-of-bray-road/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mange
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Haunted Dolls
Sources:
1. https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll
2. https://www.historydefined.net/annabelle-doll/
3. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-doll
4. https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-the-doll
5. https://moonmausoleum.com/okiku-the-haunted-doll-of-hokkaido/
6. https://www.curiousarchive.com/okiku-haunted-japanese-doll/
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Betty and Barney Hill
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill_incident
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia_Notch
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pemigewasset
5. https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/betty-barney-hill-take-long-strange-trip/
6. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649683/betty-and-barney-hill-alien-abduction
7. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/ufo-uap-encounters-betty-barney-hill.html
8. http://bswett.com/1963-09BettyAndBarney.html
9. https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/lifestyle/2020/05/28/historic-portsmouth-simon-
says-it-was-dream/1141163007/
10. https://lithub.com/the-moment-the-myth-of-alien-abduction-was-born/
11. https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill
12. http://www.nicap.org/articles/hillzeta.htm
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Bigfoot
In our inaugural episode we'll be discussing the all-time hide and seek champion of the Pacific Northwest; Bigfoot.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Rivers_National_Forest
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film
3. (Patterson Gimlin FIlm) https://youtu.be/lOxuRIfFs0w?si=I6Y9eP4w_TlfS7gF
4. (Patterson Gimlin Film Stabilized) https://youtu.be/oPlRr_OfxZI?si=j7d14JONmRecs9jp
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot
6. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sasquatch
7. http://bfro.net/gdb/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape
9. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Grassman
10. (Sierra Sounds) https://youtu.be/VGfIIjN-P7o?si=sMi_FYAvNIHIDSMu
11. (Silverton Bigfoot) https://youtu.be/hSvtzuG8prU?si=HRv-3N7OIBw9omHh&t=65
12. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/study-finds-bigfoot-sightings-correlate-with-
black-bear-populations/
13. https://www.livescience.com/animals/bears/bigfoot-sasquatch-nope-its-probably-just-a-
black-bear-unless-you-live-in-florida
14. https://www.bigfootmap.com/
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Introducing The Campfire Compendium
Hey, I’m dad! When I was a kid I was enthralled with stories of monsters, aliens, ghosts and any fanciful paranormal story I could get my hands on. Now I’m passing the stories, history and the reality on to my own kids (Lila and Nora).
Every week we’ll explore something new. From Bigfoot to haunted dolls. Aliens to lost civilizations. And every odd place in between. Join us as we suspend belief, turn off the world of the reasonable and enjoy a bit of spooky wonder.
Nothing too spooky.
Nothing too serious.
Everything just for fun.
Join us at thecampfirecompendium.com on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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