The Cryptonaut Podcast

Life had been crazy for the Frederick family. Though the place they called home was a typical stretch of rural West Virginia, their backyard had become ground zero in a spectacular series of run-ins with a host of bizarre beings, including a diminutive demon, a hypno-eyed stalk of blood-sucking space celery and one hella-pissy, quasi-corporeal cosmic dignitary. But, as gonzo as the situation alrea...

In the summer of '68, while stalking woodchuck in the West Virginia wilds, a teenage Jennings Frederick would come face-to-gargantuan-green-face with a bizarre, blood craving, botanical behemoth who he dubbed the "Vegetable Man." Though this incredible incident was just the latest in a series of a puzzling paranormal episodes that plagued this young hunter, it would be the one that would—with the...

After a series of bizarre UFO sightings, and his mother's close encounter with a tiny, leash bound devil, it would seem that Jennings Frederick and his family had already maxed out their high strangeness quota. But it turns out that the world of weird was far from finished with this cloistered clan, as an array of eccentric entities were still waiting in the wings. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:...

oining the venerable ranks of West Virginia's already extraordinary metaphysical menagerie, the Vegetable Man is a seemingly inexplicable synthesis of animal, plant and predator. But, while a young bow hunter's run-in with this inexplicable organism is now the stuff of legend, what is less known is the supernatural s***storm that lead up to, and followed, his incredible encounter.   The Cryptonaut...

For those who love it, camping is supposed to be an escape from the drudgery of daily life, but for one Chilean couple, their long anticipated excursion into the wild swiftly devolved into a night long odyssey of psychedelic horror; one that—to their ever accelerating dismay—seemed to be occurring against the hellish backdrop of a full-scale, destroy all humans caliber alien invasion. The Cryptona...

Slithering up from the viscous muck, we have a pair of curious accounts involving off-the-wall (and as yet unclassified) tentacle-bearing beasts, who were not, as one might expect, discovered by marine biologists in the briny depths, but found squirming in an industrial sludge pit as well as a hand dug cistern, both of which were—against all odds—located in the indisputably non-ocean bordering sta...

The world we live in is an extraordinary place full of wild wonders and odd events so strange they leave us questioning our place in the universe… but on the fringes of these already nebulous realms are anomalous entities that are so guano caliber nuts, even the most open minded  paranormal enthusiast will find themselves uttering the immortal phrase "WTF!?" The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https:/...

According to scores of eyewitnesses, distinctly humanoid entities can be found anywhere from the vast, dense swathes of forests connecting Canada and the U.S. to cruising the cosmos in extraordinarily advanced interstellar vehicles. But, for all of the many mythologies dealing with these quasi-human beings, one that is often overlooked deals with those who claim to have encountered our aquatic cou...

The wild spaces of our world are filled with myriad dangers that most of us are all-too familiar with; even if it's mostly from afar. But for even the most intrepid trekkers, there are things lurking in the unspoiled wilds that not only defy expectations… but leave those who've encountered them questioning the very nature of reality….. Featuring Aly from Let's Get Haunted!   Let's Get Haunted Podc...

A familiar fixture in nearly every room of the modern house, television has forever changed the way we interact with each other and the world around us. But as profound—and arguably negative—as these alterations have been, they pale before the truly terrifying interactions that some claim to have had with an array of undeniably dangerous and utterly enigmatic entities who—as unbelievable as it may...

If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, then this wild and often wonky world we call home is chock full of enigmatic entities that both defy description and beggar belief. But—as eccentric as these evolutionary oddities may be—if there's one thing that fellows of Fortean lore have learned to count on, it's the fact that these bedeviling beings will always appear where and when one least expects...

There are few places in the world that should offer more comfort and security than the refuge known as the bedroom. As an adult, if one is lucky, it's a place of rest, intimacy and a glorious relief from the stresses of the day. But for a child—especially in the black of night—the bedroom can be less a sanctuary and more a chamber of horrors filled with unspeakable entities; some of which are no d...

After a series of increasingly violent interactions with a ferocious family of feral forest dwellers, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara's once idyllic existence had spiraled into a surreal cyclone of memory manipulation, supernatural Sasquatch and a clandestine cabal of Indigenous MIBs going toe-to-toe with a rogue, well-armed faction of the KISS Army... all of which coalesced to create one of the most ba...

After surviving an attack by a family of diseased cow devouring monsters, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara thought the worst was behind him. But little could he have known that he was about to be sucked into an insidious conspiracy involving crazy cryptids, amateur autopsies, shallow graves and a clandestine contingent of Indigenous intelligence agents who—by all appearances—are tasked with solving North...

10-year-old Randy and his father were bleeding and terrified; trapped in the back room of an old barn while an enraged, red-eyed, monster named "Mikey" ripped through the rotten walls searching for its human prey. Suddenly, the shrill shriek of police sirens gave the cornered family their first glimmer of hope… but, pray though they might, this night of unrelenting terror had only just begun.   Ar...

In the dog days of the summer of '77, a bunch of boyhood buddies stumbled into the adventure of a life time when they befriended the new kid in the neighborhood; but what at first sounds like the synopsis for a classic ABC After-School Special is skewed by the fact that the "new kid" was a young Bigfoot and the odyssey that ensued is one of the strangest and darkest chapters in the history of cryp...

While on a camping trip in 1977, a group of Michigan boys claimed to have had an all-too close encounter with a hairy, forest dwelling wild-man that resulted in the abduction of one their friends. This terrifying incident would trigger a massive manhunt and lead to one of the craziest cryptozoological cases ever chronicled. Art References: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008529559385&sk...

The paranormal realm is full of inexplicable incidents and entities, but few can be more baffling than the alarming array of reports hailing from folks across the globe—particularly young people—who claim to have had… at times disturbing, occasionally terrifying and always bizarre run-ins with crawling, seemingly self-motivated, disembodied human hands. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www....

Whether worshiped as an embodiment of the divine or reviled as agents of the diabolical, since a time immemorial cats have been associated with paranormal lore. In modern times, the domesticated cat has become a staple in millions of households worldwide but —be they fiend, family or familiar—frightening encounters with truly freaky felines are being reported to this day. The Cryptonaut Podcast Pa...

Growing up is hard. Between the constant confusion, biological flux, peer and parental pressure, and all of the other multifarious hardships of youth, it's a miracle anyone reaches adulthood intact. But, as difficult as the process may be for everyone involved, for two young boys their youthful encounters with the unknown—ghosts and aliens, respectively—left them changed in ways that would effect...

With a whimsical imagination evidently amplified by paranormal powers, a young British girl was able to conjure, seemingly from the ether, fantastical playmates for her enjoyment. Her mythical menagerie was a source of endless delight until the day she accidentally called forth something much more sinister from the etheric realms… The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautp...

Though nowhere near as celebrated as their carnage crazy canine cousins—the notoriously vicious Werewolves—for centuries eyewitnesses claim to have encountered bizarre, bipedal, felid-humanoids known collectively as Werecats. But unlike their clearly crytozoological contemporaries, many reported run-ins with these anthropomorphic animals give the impression that the human race may be co-existing w...

From its craggy peaks and lonely lakes to its misty moors and fetid, peat-filled bogs, Great Britain boasts an alarming array of anomalous animals. England specifically sports more than its fair share of crazy cryptids and  there's a growing body of evidence concerning modern encounters with what appear to be genuine, flesh-and-blood animals. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

On an icy eve in the waning days of the 1980s, a pair of Soviet truckers were forced to take a detour down a lonely dirt road. Tired and shivering, the men never once suspected that this rocky bypass would rip them from their workaday world and send them careening headlong into one of the most bizarre confrontations in UFO lore. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpod...

This bizarre, multi-horned, razor-toothed, wooly, white beast is said to stalk the forested areas of the American south and remains one of the most enigmatic—and potentially dangerous—as yet unidentified large mammals said to dwell in the untamed wilds of the U.S.   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast   The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores: Cryptonautmerch.com...