Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters

Australia’s most infamous Yowie hotspot takes centre stage in Part Two. Rod shares years of remarkable Yowie encounters from the legendary Pilliga, along with experiences from Sundown National Park and a private property near the Queensland–NSW border. From a face to face sighting of a juvenile Yowie he describes as strikingly chimpanzee like, to catching a glimpse of a massive pair of powerful or...

In Part One, Rod shares years of extraordinary UFO sightings around the Queensland–NSW border, including an unforgettable flying saucer encounter while camping that left him in absolute disbelief. As a security guard at RAAF Base Amberley, he’s witnessed unexplained craft on numerous occasions and was even kind enough to share thermal footage of one of these UFOs, which you can watch now on the Cl...

In this episode, I’m joined by Chloe from the Central Coast and Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. We dive into a lifetime of paranormal experiences, including spirit communication, encounters with both benevolent and malevolent entities, UFO sightings, and powerful moments of angelic intervention during times of need. Chloe also shares her experiences with what she believes were paranormal...

Tonight I’m joined by Karl from the Gold Coast Hinterland for a fascinating conversation covering Yowie encounters, UFO and orb sightings, spirit communication, psychic intuition and his journey as a Reiki master. Karl shares a lifetime of strange experiences, including deeply personal messages from those who’ve passed, encounters with unexplained phenomena in the bush, and moments of knowing even...

In Part 2 of my interview with Marty from rural Victoria, we go even deeper down the rabbit hole. This episode focuses heavily on the bizarre connection between Yowies, UFO activity, orb lights, and the unsettling telepathic communication Marty experienced over a number of years. We discuss the apparent distrust and tension between different entities operating around the property, including what M...

Tonight I’m joined by Marty from rural Victoria for one of the most fascinating Yowie encounters I’ve heard yet. We dive deep into his experiences with mind speak communication, repeated encounters with a family group of Yowies and possible smaller junjudees, strange behaviour that suggested cloaking or portal-like movement, and the eerie intelligence behind these beings. We also look at some wild...

Calling all budding Yowie researchers… if you’ve ever wanted to get boots on the ground and be part of something real, this one’s for you. We’re building a community of like minded people right here on the South Coast of NSW through SCYRA: the South Coast Yowie Research Association. It’s all about sharing knowledge, comparing experiences and getting out there together to document what’s really goi...

In this episode I’m joined by Tim from Canberra, who has experienced some truly bizarre things in the sky throughout his life. Most striking of all was a close encounter in suburban Melbourne with a roiling, bubbling plasmatic red orb that appeared to be observing him and his family from above. The object burned with incredible brightness before suddenly blinking out and seemingly disguising itsel...

In this episode of Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters, I’m joined by Sean from the Central Coast of NSW. Sean shares his experience of being bluff charged by what he believes was a Yowie in the dead of night. Something large closed the distance on him fast before pulling up at the last second. A moment that left no doubt he wasn’t alone out there. That encounter wasn’t the end of it. O...

Two years ago at Swan View Tunnel in Western Australia, Em came face to face with something she still struggles to talk about. What started as a casual night exploring one of WA’s most haunted locations turned into something far darker. Standing in the tunnel with a torch in hand, she saw a tall, unnatural figure caught directly in the beam of light. Thin. Lurking. Rake like in appearance. Not a s...

In this episode of Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters, we’re joined by Shane from Canberra, who shares a series of disturbing experiences that go well beyond a standard UFO sighting. Shane describes witnessing square-shaped UFO craft in the Canberra region, sightings that challenge the usual expectations of how these objects look or move. But the encounters do not stop in the sky. He al...

In this episode of Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters, I speak with Callan, a lifelong bushman and roo shooter from central Queensland, about a terrifying face-to-face encounter with a Yowie, often referred to as the Australian Bigfoot. While shooting in remote gidgee country near Winton, Callan came eye to eye with a large hairy figure through his rifle scope. What follo...

In this episode of Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters, I’m joined by Connor from coastal New South Wales to discuss a series of genuinely unsettling experiences involving Hat Man–type shadow entities, shadow people, and repeated UFO sightings across the Jamberoo–Kiama region. Connor shares multiple night-time encounters with tall shadow figures, including Hat Man–style entities seen mo...

Since launching Cliffhanger , I’ve noticed something shift around me and my family. Not in belief — that’s always been there — but in frequency, intensity, and tone. In this year-wrap episode, I step out from behind the mic and share some of the more personal, behind-the-scenes experiences that have unfolded since the podcast began. From unexplained technology failures and strange voices captured...

What would you do if the bush itself came alive to save your life? In this gripping episode of Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters , Alana from the NSW north coast shares the night she was saved by massive elemental beings — ancient guardians of the Australian bush. These towering, human-shaped entities of bark, moss, sticks and earth stepped out of the treeline and guided her to safety...

Fresh off the heels of last week’s episode with John, we’re diving straight back into the strange energy lurking around Ringwood East. If you haven’t heard that one yet, go and check it out first — because this episode with his brother Rob picks up the thread and takes it into much darker, much stranger territory. Rob was there the night something heavy, bipedal, and absolutely not human stomped a...

A Yowie… in the outer suburbs of Melbourne? Most people picture Yowie encounters happening deep in the ranges or hidden valleys but sometimes, they’re a lot closer to home than we’d like to think. In this episode of Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters , we hear from John a current police officer with over three decades on the force as he recalls the single most terrifying night of his l...

What would you do if you were attacked in your sleep by an unseen evil entity? In this chilling episode of Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters, we sit down with Bon, a tarot reader from the Newcastle area whose life has been overshadowed by the paranormal since childhood. Her story isn’t just eerie… it’s downright terrifying. Bon has been physically attacked by a spirit not once, but twi...

In this episode of Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters , we’re joined by Blake from Bundaberg , who’s had a series of unsettling experiences he can’t quite explain. While out camping, Blake witnessed what he’s convinced was a UFO , followed not long after by odd phone calls from unknown officials trying to convince him that what he saw was nothing more than swamp gas . The whole thing l...

In this episode, I sit down with Crispin from the Tweed River area to unpack a lifetime of strange encounters that have followed him and his family from the Blue Mountains to the coast. From eerie glowing eyes in the bush that could be Junjudee related, to unsettling Ouija board experiences, orbs over the ocean, and a few moments that just don’t fit the normal run of things, it’s a fascinating loo...

What if the darkness haunting your family wasn’t just bad luck… but a curse? In this chilling episode of Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters , we sit down with Gabrielle from central Victoria — a woman who’s endured years of torment after a generational curse was placed on her family through their involvement with Freemasonry . Gabrielle opens up about the demonic activity that plagued...

What would you do if you stumbled onto a full family of Yowies on your own property — and caught the whole thing on thermal camera? In this episode, Jarrod from the New England region of NSW shares his mind-blowing encounters, including thermal footage of what looks like a family group of six Yowies moving through the land around his home. We’re talking massive shoulders, gorilla-like builds, and...

Preyed on by the Paranormal: When Darkness Strikes at Our Most Vulnerable. on Part One, Sidney shared a lifetime of encounters with cursed objects, shadow figures, strange orbs and UFO contact stretching across generations. But his story doesn’t end there — Part Two takes us even deeper into the chaos. This episode covers Sid’s unsettling visions out bush that felt driven by something malevolent,...

Cursed trinkets, missing time and generational UFO contact — Part One In this episode I’m joined by Sidney, a bloke whose life has been shadowed by the unexplained. From cursed objects and orbs darting through the night to lights vanishing on lonely highways, figures in mirrors, phones ringing from nowhere and even a chilling mimic under his bed as a kid. His family line is no stranger either — wi...

Part 2 of Dean’s story, the focus shifts from the demonic and dimensional to the skies above and the shadows of Australia’s Defence history. Dean recounts chilling UFO sightings and moments of possible extraterrestrial contact that left him questioning what really shares our airspace. But the strangeness doesn’t end there. As a veteran, Dean also opens up about the ghostly presences that haunt Aus...