Strange Tides

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 ha...

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 e...

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 mo...

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...

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 p...

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, t...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first installment of a brand-new saga on New School Classic Cryptids. In this jam-packed episode of Strange Tides , we head deep into the tangled forests, icy mountain passes, and fog-shrouded folklore of the world’s most enduring mystery primates—Bigfoot and his global cousins. From the towering redwoods of the Pacific Northwest to the snowy slopes of the Hima...

Aloha Tide Riders, we've reached the end of yet another awesome set here on Strange Tides. In the climactic finale of our Old School Classic Cryptid Saga , we’re turning up the heat and diving headfirst into one of the most iconic and enduring mythical creatures of all time—dragons. These legendary beasts have appeared in cultures all around the world, each with their own twist on what it mean...

Aloha Tide Riders and lo siento for this message. My computer crashed this week and I lost a ton of data, including pretty much everything I needed to get the new episode out on time. But that being said, no worries 'cause my computer's in the shop and I'm working on a back-up to hopefully give you dudes and dudettes out there a double dose of the Tides next week, so stay tuned. I'...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the third installment of our Old School Classic Cryptids saga! Get ready to howl at the moon, dudes and dudettes, because this episode of Strange Tides takes you deep into one of the gnarliest mysteries lurking in the shadows — Werewolves and Dogmen. We’re tracing the hairy trail from ancient mythology to modern backwoods sightings. From the chilling Greek tale of...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second installment of our Old School Classic Cryptids Saga. This week on Strange Tides, we’re diving deep into the ancient waters of myth, mystery, and maybe even multiverse truth, as we explore two of the most legendary creatures to ever gallop through human imagination: unicorns and winged horses. These aren't just bedtime stories or fantasy filler—these...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the beginning of a new saga on Old School Classic Cryptids! In this enchanting dive beneath the surface, Strange Tides unpacks the enduring legend of mermaids — the mythical sirens of the sea who’ve fascinated sailors, scholars, and storytellers for centuries. From ancient Mesopotamian carvings and Greek sirens to the njuzu of Zimbabwe and the ningyo of Japan, we f...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 5 of our Brief History of UFOs Saga! We're wrapping things up with another epic installment focusing on ETs and G-men. In this episode of Strange Tides, we're diving headfirst into the black-budget depths of extraterrestrials and government involvement. We'll briefly explore the long and often murky history of alleged alien contact, cover-ups, and...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 4 of our Brief History of UFOs Saga! This is the Intergalactic Index - a who's who of the universe. And, yeah, I know this isn't exactly brief, but it is fun! Anyway, in this episode of Strange Tides, we’re cracking open the cosmic phone book and diving deep into the many faces of alien life as described by eyewitnesses, abductees, whistleblowers, and...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 3 of our saga on A Brief History of UFOs - Fifty Years of Flying Saucers and More! In this episode of Strange Tides, we ride the wave through five decades of UFO encounters—from 1970 all the way to today. It's a journey through time packed with close encounters, bizarre sightings, and moments that reshaped how we think about the skies above. We’ll dive int...

Aloha Tide Riders and Welcome back to Part 2 of our Brief History of UFOs saga, the Golden Age of Ufology. In this episode of Strange Tides, we lift off into the dazzling dawn of modern UFO lore—the Golden Age of Ufology, a stretch of time from 1947 to 1969 when reports of flying saucers, strange beings, and sky-high anomalies surged into public consciousness like never before. This was the era th...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode of a very special five part saga on A Brief History of UFOs. This is Part 1 - 3,000 Years of Sightings. In this deep-dive episode of Strange Tides, we're tracing the cosmic breadcrumbs scattered across history—from the age of pharaohs to the dawn of World War II. We kick things off with a mysterious account from 1440 BCE, when ancient Egyptian...

The Disappearance of the Delta Buoy: Ghost Ships & Phantom Islands off Guernsey Aloha Tide Riders and welcome back to the last episode in our four part saga about strange highness... I mean high strangeness in the British Isles. In this eerie nautical episode, we set sail into the foggy waters off the coast of Guernsey, where the sea holds more secrets than it does fish. This episode unpacks t...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome back to the third installment of our British Isles Saga. This week on Strange Tides, we unravel one of the most terrifying and mysterious legends of the Channel Islands — the tale of the Black Dog of Bouley Bay. For generations, locals on the island of Jersey have spoken in hushed tones about a massive, shadowy hound that prowls the cliffside roads above Bouley Bay —...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second episode of our British Isles Saga. Today, we're paddling out a mere three miles off the mainland coast of Britain to explore one of the craziest and most unusual cases of high strangeness to ever hit the UK. In 1973, on the Isle of Wight, two young kids had an encounter that defies explanation. While wandering near a swampy area in Sandown, they stumbled...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode of our four part British Isles Saga here on Strange Tides! In this saga, we'll be ditching the mainland and hitting the shores of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Wight, but we'll be kicking it off with a super famous case of high strangeness from almost 100 years ago. In the 1930s, a small farmhouse on the Isle of Man became the center o...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the final episode of our four part Modern Day Dinosaurs Saga. On today's episode, we'll be paddling down south of the equator to the land Down Under. Deep in the remote wilds of Australia’s Northern Territory, legend speaks of a towering, bipedal beast—the Burrunjor. Described as a massive, theropod-like predator, this cryptid has allegedly stalked cattle ranches,...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 3 of our Modern Day Dinosaur saga. On today's episode, we'll be paddling out to the South Pacific for another awesome case. Deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, legends tell of a creature that defies time and logic—the Ropen! Described as a massive, winged reptile with a bioluminescent glow, this so-called "living pterosaur" has sparked debates between cry...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second episode of our four part Modern Day Dinosaur saga. On today's episode, we'll be traveling to South America to continue our quest. Deep in the arid expanse of the Atacama Desert, whispers of a living dinosaur shake up the cryptid scene—the Arica Monster! Described as a theropod-like creature, this supposed prehistoric survivor has been spotted lurking in...

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to our four part saga on Modern Day Dinosaurs. We'll be exploring four cases this month of possible prehistoric creatures living in our time and we're kicking it off with a classic. Deep in the heart of the Congo Basin lurks a legend straight outta the prehistoric past—Mokele-Mbembe! This elusive, long-necked beast is said to resemble a living dinosaur, and fo...