Strange Familiars

Shawn tells about his encounters with bigfoot as he was trying to hunt the creatures. He also shares a strange story about something that stalked a campground in which he was staying for several weeks. Was it bigfoot? Flannel Man? Something else? If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http:/...

First, Duncan shares stories of ghosts and hauntings, missing time, sleep paralysis, and an oily black form seen on two occasions. Next, Alison reads some newspaper stories regarding black ghosts. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars Support this pod...

Logan continues his stories of experiences with The Other – including possible demonic encounters, cleansing negative entities, and some graveyard witches.  If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, h...

Logan shares stories of ghosts and other entities, including a minotaur-like creature with smoking eyes seen by his girlfriend. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you...

Ciara shares stories of various encounters with The Other. Ghosts, other spirits, messages from the dead, and an entity from the mirror that seemed to follow her through life. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time paymen...

Julie and John live on a property near the location of the Witch Diggers story from 1892. They were having strange activity around their land and, by coincidence, then found out about the Witch Diggers. Bigfoot creatures, possible apports, weird lights, bad smells, unknown howls and, shockingly, an elderly neighbor who reported that “monkey-men” climbed through the window of his house one night. I...

Tyler Strand and Jon Darby join Timothy and Alison as they revisit a story we originally featured way back in episode 4. The Witch Diggers were a family who, in 1892, were besieged with strangeness. Weird witches, hairy bigfoot-like creatures, giant snakes, and more. The encounters eventually seemed to drive the whole family mad. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get...

First, we hear from John Goodwill who tells us about several encounters with the giant sloth-like “white monsters” in Sherman, New York during his youth. Then Jon Darby stops by to share a story of ouija board weirdness. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFa...

MJ shares his stories of upright wolf-like creatures in York County, Pennsylvania, adding further details to some of the encounters described in episode 441. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out,...

Jennifer shares stories of upright canine creatures in York County, Pennsylvania, along with faerie lights, ghosts, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you c...

First, Judy shares her story of a ghost wearing a flannel shirt who appeared to her twice in one night. Was it a Flannel Man or something else? Then Jon, Chad, and Timothy take a six-mile night hike on the Appalachian Trail. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/Stran...

A bonus episode for everyone! Happy holidays! Brother Richard Hendrick joins Timothy to discuss some of the darker elements of The Other – as well as things we may perceive as dark but which may simply be humans misreading the intentions and language of spirits. Demons, obsession, diabolical spirits, non-human intelligence, the “opposite” nature of bigfoot, abduction phenomena, and more. If you wo...

Rob and Eamonn, the Monster Fuzz fellows, join Timothy for some Christmas questions. Christmas food, Christmas movies, Krampus, Bellsnickle, Christmas songs, memories of Christmas past, Christmas folklore, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamilia...

Rod from Bexar County Bigfoot stops by to discuss his research and share some audio captured in the field. We discuss tree structures, the nature of bigfoot, and some of Rod’s experiences while documenting bigfoot evidence. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/Strang...

Jake shares a story of a rake-like creature seen on the roof of a building; Mike from Mothboys podcast stops by to talk about their book, The White Monsters of Sherman New York; and Kat tells about a faerie sighting in the woods of Pennsylvania. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://...

Eric stops by to share stories of his family’s and his own experiences with The Other: a giant black dog, flying witches, a haunted construction site, and a hovering Hatman. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment...

First, Kevin shares a story from his great-grandmother, who ran into a hairy wild-man while gathering ground pine. Next, Russ shares stories of a Flannel Man experience and of waking up with an imp on his chest. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars I...

Kevin shares a story about a series of bigfoot encounters outside of Glen Rock, PA in 1978…then Chad and Timothy travel to Glen Rock for a night hike and things get strange indeed. Lights from unknown sources, bad smells, black shadow forms, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: h...

Tommy from Let’s Get Freaky podcast stops by and shares stories of growing up in a haunted house, UFOs, and a strange warning his grandfather received. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here i...

Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz stop by to talk to Alison and Timothy for our third annual Halloween talk. This year we field questions from both Monster Fuzz and Strange Familiars patrons. Cryptid cage matches, spooky Halloween songs, alien pancakes, cryptid mickies, records, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and mor...

First, Adam and Serfiel from Conspirinormal podcast and the Strange Realities conference stop by to talk about this year’s conference and some other new projects. Next, Jay tells stories of nighttime invaders – things holding him down, a statue-like grey alien, an odd dancing shape, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, an...

Tyler Strand, Chris Ernst, Seriah, Alison, and Timothy sit down for a post-Albatwitch Day conversation. We talk about Tyler’s journey through the paranormal, Hellier, high strangeness, caves, initiations, The Other in its many forms, and, of course, goblins. Tyler tells some of his personal experiences along the way. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus conten...

Lorraine McAdam stops by to discuss her book, Phantoms in the Night or E.T.s? She shares her encounters with UFOs, greys, Nordic-type aliens, crop formations, abductions, and other high strangeness. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would p...

Jonathan tells of an upright wolf entity which seems to have followed him from Florida to California, stories of alien abductions, UFO sightings, apports, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help u...

First, Alison and Timothy present some old newspaper stories featuring monsters: a strange thing in the Cumberland mountains which spit some kind of toxic red fluid; the dinosaur-like Gowrow from Arkansas; and a winged entity which attacked policemen and citizens alike in the Bronx. Then, Timothy talks with Magnus about hypnopompic illusions and other strangeness from the realms of sleep and dream...