The Cryptid Podcast

We Were Being Tracked In this intense episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano is joined by Harley Owens of Owens Outdoors: Smoky Mountain Cryptids and Robbie Ferrell as they recount a frightening Bigfoot encounter that unfolded during an investigation at one of Harley’s known hotspots. While researching the area, the pair discovered large tracks, identified what they believe to be a possible ambush...

Three Bigfoot in Oregon In this episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano sits down with Todd Neiss , respected investigator and researcher, to discuss his first Bigfoot encounter —an experience that occurred while he was on maneuvers with the Oregon National Guard deep in the forests of Oregon. Todd details what began as routine military movement and quickly turned into an encounter that changed how...

Deputy Faces Dogman Dano sits down with  Mike , a  retired sheriff’s deputy from Alabama , who shares a firsthand encounter that occurred while he was actively responding to a  911 call reporting a violent animal attack . Dispatch advised that a  vicious, unknown animal was attacking a group of Pitbulls , and Mike was en route to the scene when the situation took an unexpected turn. While driving...

Bigfoot Caught Watching Lone Camper In this gripping episode of  The Cryptid Podcast , host  Dano  sits down with  Jim Powell  of  The Knights Watch Podcast , a seasoned investigator and photographer who spent nearly a week deep inside the infamous  Land Between the Lakes (LBL)  while working with  Relic Films . What was meant to be routine documentation quickly spiraled into something far more di...

LIVE on The Cryptid Podcast, Dano dives into Connecticut’s darkest legends as Episode 7 of 50 States of Fear unfolds. From shadowy Bigfoot sightings deep in New England forests to eerie folklore that refuses to die, this episode explores the cryptid encounters, unexplained creatures, and chilling stories that make Connecticut a hotbed of fear. Join the live chat as we uncover what lurks in the woo...

Dano sits down with Partner of Nomadica Films & Executive Producer of the NEW SEASON of Monster Quest Jared McGilliard and discusses the new Season of Monster Quest and his own personal encounters.

I Watched Bigfoot Walk Away Anthony joins Dano on The Cryptid Podcast to share an encounter in West Virginia that turned him from a Bigfoot believer into a knower. While driving home, he witnessed something near the road that erased all doubt. But the story doesn’t end there. Anthony also recounts additional encounters involving a possible pale crawler-type cryptid and an experience that raises un...

Bigfoot Spotted Just Off A Kentucky Trail Rob from Arkansas joins Dano on The Cryptid Podcast to share decades of chilling encounters in the backwoods. What began as classic Bigfoot activity escalated into something far more disturbing—possible Dogman sightings and a rare encounter with a Gugwe. Rob describes massive creatures, unnerving vocalizations, and a shocking scene suggesting a Gugwe feedi...

Dano welcomes Chris from Kentucky to The Cryptid Podcast as she shares a chilling daylight Bigfoot encounter, she and her older brother experienced while walking back from a day of fishing. Chris also recounts her later investigations and encounters in the infamous Land Between the Lakes, one of the most active cryptid hotspots in the country. A grounded eyewitness episode focused on trail sightin...

Swamp Ape Encounter on Security Patrol On this episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano sits down with Will from Florida to document a Class B Swamp Ape encounter that unfolded in Lee County in 2004 —while Will was actively patrolling a large, private work area at night. While researching Lee County for other reports from the area, Dano discovers multiple reports in and around the same area, where Wi...

Daytime Bigfoot Roadside Encounter In this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano sits down with Robert , host of the Spoiler Sleepover Podcast , for a deep dive into a lifetime of unexplained encounters that refuse to stay buried. Robert begins by recounting two separate Bigfoot sightings —the first as a teenager during a family vacation in Arkansas , where he witnessed something massive...

Hopkinsville Goblins: The Terrifying 1955 Siege Dano sits down with Geraldine Stith , a direct descendant of the family at the very heart of one of the most infamous cryptid encounters in American history — the Hopkinsville Goblin incident of 1955 . Geraldine’s father, grandmother, uncles, and other close relatives were present at the farmhouse during the terrifying night when strange, small human...

Alabama Bigfoot Howls and Orange Light In this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano sits down with Mark Childers , host of The Cryptid Crew Podcast , to examine two unsettling pieces of unexplained evidence — one from rural Alabama, and one from the Florida Gulf Coast. Mark shares audio that was recorded around 3:00 a.m. across the street from his home in East/Central Alabama . The land...

This episode we go over the great state of Colorado. From TommyKnockers to Dogman

Bigfoot Circled Their Campsite In this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast , Dano sits down with Jason to uncover a series of unsettling encounters rooted deep in his family history. Jason recounts a terrifying story involving his grandmother and her best friend while camping in York County . Late at night, they heard heavy footsteps creeping around their campsite—slow, deliberate, and far too...

On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano sits down with Sidney from Indiana, a firsthand witness whose encounters didn’t stop after a single sighting. Living on rural property, Sidney began noticing strange activity that escalated into multiple encounters with what she believes are one or more Sasquatch moving through the surrounding land. From daylight sightings near her propert...

Land Between the Lakes: Dogman, Bigfoot & CrawlersTonight on The Cryptid Podcast, Dano sits down with Natalie Smearman of Relic Films, who spent a full week embedded in Land Between the Lakes — the most infamous battleground of Dogman and Bigfoot lore — to film a new documentary. What she experienced wasn’t speculation. It was contact. Natalie shares first-hand encounters with Bigfoot, Dogman,...

Tonight on The Cryptid Podcast, Dano sits down with Jen of the legendary She-Squatchers — the first all-female Bigfoot research team in the Midwest blazing trails in cryptid investigation. These women don’t just talk about Sasquatch…They track it, feel it, and walk straight into the woods to confront the unknown. In this interview, we uncover: • Their most shocking encounters in the field • What t...

Moonlit Merman Called Me CloserTonight on The Cryptid Podcast, Dano sits down and talks to Kester from New Zealand, a witness whose encounters stretch from the shoreline to the deep woods and beyond the stars. While standing on a balcony overlooking the ocean under a bright full moon, Kester saw something glide through the water — a sleek, black-scaled merman alongside a mermaid, surfacing close t...

The White Booger of North Carolina Tonight on The Cryptid Podcast, North Carolina eyewitness Jerry joins us to reveal a lifetime of jaw-dropping Bigfoot encounters — from the moment his wife saw a massive figure striding across a cornfield, to the day he spotted something watching him from behind a giant red oak, to his most recent sighting of what he described as a white booger standing near his...

Massachusetts Bigfoot Encounter in Franklin County When Christian from Massachusetts set out to investigate reported Bigfoot activity in Franklin County, he expected footprints or distant knocks — but what unfolded over the next few days pushed this encounter into a whole different realm. Joining Dano on The Cryptid Podcast, Christian walks us through a multi-day surge of Sasquatch activity deep i...

Two UFOs and the Time RiftApril joins Dano on The Cryptid Podcast to recount an encounter so vivid, so massive, and so bizarre that it stayed buried in her memory until years later — when the missing piece of the puzzle finally clicked into place. While living in Northern California, April witnessed two extraordinary UFOs on the same night. The first was a huge glowing green sphere, silently drift...

In Episode 4 of 50 States of FearDano heads deep into the heart of Arkansas, a state where the wilderness has teeth and the legends walk just beyond the tree line. From the shadow-soaked swamps of Miller County to the stony ridges of the Ozarks, Arkansas is home to some of the most enduring and terrifying cryptid encounters in American history. This episode dives into the chilling lore of the Fouk...

When Derin from Northern Alabama set out on a solo three-day hunt, he expected quiet woods, long waits, and the usual rhythm of the wilderness. What he didn’t expect was a Sasquatch shadowing his every move — silently, deliberately, and with a presence impossible to ignore. In this episode, Dano sits down with Derin as he recounts the moment he realized he wasn’t alone… and the chilling pattern th...

John — host of Myths, Monsters and Mullets — was driving home late at night with his wife when he witnessed something that shattered his sense of reality. On a silent stretch of country road, the headlights caught something impossible: a legless humanoid torso rising up out of the asphalt, as if the road itself was pushing it into the world. Its skin was ghost-pale and stretched tight over bone. I...