Cryptid Campfire

This week on Tall Tales we talk about the cousin of the Mokele Mbembe, the Kasai Rex. While not a sauropod like the Mbembe, this is a man eating, elephant eating Tyrannosaurus Rex living in the heart of Africa! So gather around the Campfire and listen to us break it down. A small disclaimer: Due to COVID-19 we are not able to meet up in person to record our episodes, but we are still committed to...

This week the Campfire visits the jungles of Java to discuss the giant bat like creature known as the Ahool. Named after the sound it emits, the Ahool is reported to fly at incredible speeds, eat fish and sometimes eat humans. Let's gather around the campfire and get to the bottom of this.

Nearly 900 years ago in a small village known as Woolpit, farmers stumbled upon two mysteriously green children who spoke in a strange language and wore strange clothing. This is the topic of discussion in this week's Tall Tales, thank you everybody and we hope you enjoy this one!

This week the Campfire meets up with Nash Hoover, host of the Chasing Legends TV show which is currently available to watch on YouTube. He talks with us a little bit about the Pukwudgie and shares his plans to launch a kickstarter to start funding the first full season of Chasing Legends.

This week the Campfire takes a trip into the heart of Africa and talks about the gnarliest dino alive: the Mokele Mbembe! This sauropod is said to roam about the swamps of the Congo, so join us as we revel in the stories of those who've gone to look for it and those who claim they've found it.

Pukwudgies are known for their trickery and the harm they do to man,  but it wasn't always that way. Gather around the Campfire this week as we talk about the legend of the Pukwudgie and its history with humans.

This week in Tall Tales Eli and Alex break down the legend of our home field, Los Angeles. We also reveal the origins of the Cryptid Coliseum and if that doesn't sound any good, just wait till you found who is joining us on this episode!

Few creatures are more terrifying than the Hodag, and even fewer have a story as thrilling with so many twists and turns as the Hodag's. We hope you will be shocked by it, perhaps even horrified by it... for what else are campfire stories for?

This week we're talking about one of the tallest tales yet, the Borax Man of Death Valley. Supposedly after falling into a vat of borax, a man was transformed into the Borax Man, cursed to wander the Valley of Death for as long as he shall live. Or is he?

Originating from Brazilian folk lore, the Mapinguari is a cyclops like beast with backwards feet and a mouth in place of its stomach.

This week we talk about the most amazing conundrum of Australia, the Bunyip. While descriptions may vary on this beast, one thing is certain: it hunts man and dances with the devil in the pale moonlight.

This week we take on perhaps the most American Cryptid besides Bigfoot, the Jackalope! This horned hare has some pretty intense abilities and aggressive behavior but that doesn't stop the people of Douglas, Wyoming from loving it!

This week we are joined around the Campfire with Tobias and Emily Wayland of the Singular Fortean Society and we talk Research, Small Town Monsters and Mothman's rock hard abs.

This week we talk about the cat snake AKA the Tatzelwurm. This feline lizard lives in the alps of Europe and is said to be both poisonous and venomous just like another cryptid we've talked about on the show before.

This week we interview Dr. John Stamey, paranormal investigator and researcher. He chats with us about the Lizardman of Bishopville and his personal encounter with Sasquatch.

In the first episode of Tome V, Cryptid Campfire discusses the Loveland Frogman, with all their leathery skin and wizard powers. Jasmine also reveals her sighting of a Frogman and to top it all off, we pit the Frogman against another cool cryptid, but what could it be?

In our final episode about sea monsters, the gang covers Kelpies, the U-28 Creature, Organism 46-B and the Seal Rock Monster, all of which have entertaining and sometimes shocking stories.

For the first Tall Tales of the year, Eli, Alex and Steffen cover the legend of the Flying Dutchman and try to figure out just what it was, why the Dutchman was flying and see the story grow extraordinarily large.

The Lusca AKA Sharktopus, is a cryptid that is said to wander the subaquatic cave systems of Andros Island in the Bahamas, living in solitude and eating people who come too near to its lair.

In light of the holidays, Cryptid Campfire is taking a little trip to the Himalayas to talk about the Yeti once again! This time we take a deeper dive into the myths, the expeditions to find the Yeti and how the Yeti is portrayed in Pop Culture!

The Kraken is an epic cephalopod of Scandinavian myth that has haunted the dreams of sailors and early French zoologists for centuries. It guards its otherworldly secrets with its enormous tentacles of unimaginable size and it may seize you in its grasp if you aren't careful.

The chonkiest shark in the sea. Is it still out there? Who knows? What is the Black Demon of Cortez? Is it the Megalodon? Who knows?

Islands of myth, islands that have disappeared and islands that are outright spooky. This week Eli, Jasmine and Alex dig into the mythos of several different Phantom Islands and share a cautionary tale of a specific Crocker Land.

We had the incredible opportunity to chat with paranormal investigator and television personality, Nick Groff. We talked about Cryptid Con and his latest project, Unlimited Journey.

This week Eli, Alex and Steffen discuss the Bermuda Triangle, its spooky nature and its place among the twelve vortices of our world. Gather around the campfire this week and let's head into the chaos.