The Cryptid Podcast

In this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with siblings Lisa and Limuel as they recount a chilling childhood experience in rural East Texas. While playing in their backyard, the two heard a strange noise coming from the treeline. When they turned to look, they saw something that would stay with them for life — a massive Bigfoot with dark hair and glowing eyes, p...

In this episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with the legendary researcher M.K. Davis to discuss his decades of work analyzing the iconic Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot film. Together, they explore what Davis has uncovered, the questions that still remain, and the mysteries he could not solve while studying the most famous piece of Sasquatch evidence ever captured on film. From f...

Deep in the Australian bush, a camping trip turned into a night Rob and his friends will never forget. While parked at their campsite, they discovered giant handprints pressed against their camper and vehicle—signs of something massive circling in the dark. Soon after, the group came face to face with a Yowie, Australia’s most infamous cryptid, as it stepped from behind a tree and stared directly...

In this episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with Matthew, host of Drunken Cryptids, as he recounts the chilling details of that night, what he and his fellow soldiers heard, and how the experience left an impression long after the training ended. While stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, three soldiers were assigned to guard an ammo dump during a nighttime training exercise. Wh...

On this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with guest Fred, who recounts a terrifying night on his back deck. Out of the darkness, Fred heard an ear-splitting scream—low, guttural, and rising into a high, haunting pitch. The sound came from roughly 100 yards away. But the encounter didn’t end there. Shortly after the scream, Fred heard what he described as gorill...

On this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with guest Charleston, who shares an extraordinary and terrifying experience that began as a childhood dream. As a young boy, Charleston dreamt of strange lights in the sky and a shadowy presence watching him. Years later, that dream would seem to come true. While visiting family property, he witnessed mysterious lights...

On this mysterious episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with guest David, who shares a chilling story from his teenage years on his family’s property in upstate New York. While exploring the woods near a remote cabin, David came face-to-face with a massive creature covered in shaggy whitish-gray hair. At first, it seemed like a typical Sasquatch sighting — but then the impo...

On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with guest Charles, who recounts a chilling experience on a hunting lease. While cleaning out an old cabin, Charles discovered what he thought was a fur-covered table in the back room. Later that night, he awoke in shock to find a massive Sasquatch standing over him, silently watching him sleep. But that wasn’t the only...

In the summer of 1988, long-time listener Marc had a shocking encounter with the Lizardman of South Carolina — just months after the infamous Scape Ore Swamp attack that made headlines. Host Dano Hamilton sits down with Marc as he describes the creature’s alligator-like skin, gecko-shaped head, and piercing reptilian eyes on a bridge not far from the original attack site. Was this the same creatur...

In this episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton welcomes Tasmanian native Tasdare, who shares a truly surreal and unforgettable encounter she experienced alongside her son, Shaun. While driving through the remote countryside of Tasmania at night, the two spotted what appeared to be a bright orange star hanging unnaturally in the sky. But what they were looking at wasn’t a star — it was...

In this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with a guest Joseph, who shares a harrowing encounter that took place on the shadowy trails of Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts. What started as a peaceful hike near a ski resort quickly turned into something unforgettable. As the sun dipped behind the ridgeline and dusk swallowed the mountain, our guest spotted a lar...

In this chilling and unforgettable episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with Melissa — a seasoned long-haul trucker whose routes through the dark backroads of West Virginia have brought her face-to-face with the unexplained. While driving one foggy night, Melissa witnessed a towering, werewolf-like Dogman crouched in the median, feeding on something unidentifiable. As her h...

On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with fellow Air Force Defender and eyewitness Tim, who recounts a chilling encounter that took place while he was stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. While responding to an active security alarm at one of the missile sites in the dead of night, Tim and his partner found themselves face-to-face with s...

On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, Host Dano Hamilton sits down with Chelsea from Iowa, who recounts a chilling early morning encounter that changed her life forever. While driving to work down a quiet rural road, Chelsea spotted something unnatural emerging from the ditch—a towering, canine-like creature with a hyena-like face, long limbs, and glowing eyes. What started as a typical...

On this chilling LIVE episode of The Cryptid Podcast, Host Daniel “Dano” Hamilton, Co-Hosts Sabrina Sparks and Maggie Johnson dive deep into one of the most terrifying and well-documented Sasquatch encounters in American history—The Beast of Whitehall, also known as The Abair Road Incident. In August 1976, the small town of Whitehall, New York, found itself in the grip of a week-long Bigfoot siege...

On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, Host Dano Hamilton welcomes special guest Barb Horn Hartman, a dedicated researcher and experiencer from the Key Peninsula of Washington State, who has had repeated, up-close encounters with Sasquatch right on her own property. Barb shares years of personal documentation, patterns she’s observed, and strange occurrences around her rural land—includi...

LIVE on The Cryptid Podcast – Join host Dano Hamilton for a thrilling conversation with acclaimed author and researcher Luka T. Jacobs as we dive deep into the shadowy world of Australian cryptids, including the elusive and terrifying Yowie. Known for her gripping writing and deep-rooted investigations into high-strangeness, Luka brings with her a trove of firsthand encounters, eyewitness reports,...

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On this gripping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with special guest Logan Schoessow, who shares some of the most bone-chilling Sasquatch encounters ever recorded — all taking place deep in the wilds of Vancouver, British Columbia. What starts as a series of strange experiences builds into something far more terrifying. Logan recounts moments where he sensed something w...

On this bone-chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with Dick, a retired United States Air Force Security Police officer, who recounts a surreal and unnerving encounter that took place deep within the restricted boundaries of Edwards AFB—one of the most secretive military installations in the country. While patrolling the perimeter under a full moon, Dick observed a...

On this new and thrilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with guest Mike to relive a spine‑chilling encounter he experienced while driving through rural Minnesota. Mike recounts how, during an evening highway drive, he spotted what appeared to be a Dogman—a towering, black-furred creature resembling a werewolf. It first leapt onto a stack of round hay bales, clearly o...

On this jaw-dropping episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with fellow Air Force Defender Leo, who shares a chilling firsthand account from his time stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base—an encounter that defied logic and left his entire team questioning what really walks the restricted zones of our military installations. While on patrol deep inside the Manzano Nuclear Weapo...

On this episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton talks with Jake from Michigan, who shares the haunting story of a Bigfoot encounter he had at just 15 years old. While walking alone down a quiet country road near his grandparents' home, Jake approached a T-intersection — and what he saw next would stay with him for life. Off to the side, near the brush, he noticed what he believed to...

On this haunting episode of The Cryptid Podcast , host Daniel “Dano” Hamilton talks with guest Daniel , who recalls an unnerving childhood encounter in the remote town of Badger Head, Tasmania during the Christmas holiday . While hanging out with his mates one night, Daniel noticed a figure standing motionless beneath the only streetlight in town . But this wasn’t a person. It was something else—...

On this chilling episode of The Cryptid Podcast, host Dano Hamilton sits down with Jeff from Old Line Cryptids to discuss his unforgettable Bigfoot encounters and a possible Dogman encounter on his family farm. What started as a routine night turned into something far stranger when Jeff began to notice strange noises and unsettling signs around the property. He recounts eerie sightings near the tr...