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In the 1880s a pair of young brothers were fishing on a secluded Ohio stream when they were attacked by a massive, undulating monstrosity that seemed hellbent on killing, storing and devouring its human prey. The Pine Barrens Institute https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/19/quick-cryptid-snippet-the-crosswick-monster?rq=crosswick   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

The annals of extraterrestrial interactions are littered with close encounters with seemingly inexplicable entities whose forms are as myriad as massive brains, multi-limbed space specters, colossal cyclopean crustaceans and metallic asparagus stalks... but there's a special breed of crazy cranium-ed cosmic critters that also seem to delight in dismaying simple Earth-folk; these are informally kno...

For decades, children across the globe have come forward claiming to have encounters with anomalous animalistic entities, which would seem more at home in sub-Saharan Africa, than in the kid's bedrooms they currently occupy. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast   The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Store: Hellorspace.com Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast:   W...

In the mid-1950s reports began flooding out of Venezuela regarding a rash of all-too close encounters between human beings and evidently extraterrestrial entities; but these beings were nothing like the bizarre, but ultimately benign creatures that Steven Spielberg would make so famous a quarter of a century later. These things were small, hairy and unbelievably savage... and for eight months thei...

Though the origin story of this ghastly, quasi-humanoid she-beast read like a mishmash of a gore-drenched 1950's E.C. Comic and a kid friendly 1960's Marvel superhero introduction, the fact is that—whatever her genesis may be—the hulking carnivorous creature known to natives of the Sierra Nevada Mountains as "Penelope" leaves all who witness her feeling both petrified… and lucky to be alive. The C...

Beginning when he was just 12 years-old, a young boy had the same horrific nightmare over and over again. After many years this seemingly endless odyssey of terror finally ended, but little could he have expected that decades later he would have a nerve-rattling face-to-face encounter with a beautiful, yet bizarre being who seemed to have emerged, fully formed, from the depths of his fear addled p...

While epic flaps involving repeated encounters with anomalous entities like Mothman are the stuff of legend, by and large the majority of paranormal run-ins involve brief and unexpected brushes with high-strangeness that leave the experiencer both baffled and horrified… here are just a few of the bizarre brushes people have reported with these macabre mysteries. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: htt...

Sometime before 2011, the President and Founder of "Alien Research Group," Sandy Nichols sent his friend, renowned paranormal author and researcher Brad Steiger a remarkable e-mail detailing visions he had regarding the secretive, organic, underground base and the clandestine Reptilian forces that were amassing against humanity. But he also revealed a conflict within the Reptilians ranks... one th...

In the early 1990s a Seattle executive with a passion for ancient music would have a run-in with a strangely seductive woman while on a business trip to San Francisco. This chance encounter would—within just one week's time—utterly shatter his life. The man's name is Christopher Case. The woman claimed to be a witch and the hell she would unleash on this young, successful and otherwise rational in...

A pair of young boys are chased by an unknown beast! A horrifying phantasmic attack … And a possible alien abduction!   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast   The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Store: Hellorspace.com Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast:   Website  -  Twitter  -  Facebook  - Instagram  

Atmospheric monsters are bizarre and seemingly impossible creatures. These sky-bound beasts soar silently above the human race, seeming to defy the conventional laws of physics and their origins and intentions remain one of the most perplexing and fascinating mysteries in the realms of both ufology and cryptozoology. Article / Photo Reference: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/07/atmospheric-mon...

In what could be outtakes from a diabolically demented children's show broadcast live from hell, we present three cases of innocent children forced to confront an array of inhuman, fabric-fleshed, Muppet rejects; resulting in a trio of mind blowing brushes with some of the strangest, seemingly supernatural beings on the books. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodca...

The outlandish menagerie of parachute pants wearing creatures seen loitering in Loveland, Ohio, would brand itself not only on the memories of all those who lived in the area, but also on the whole of paranormal lore. But just when it seemed that these undeniably alien entities had put to rest any notions of frog-like humanoids lurking in waterways of southwestern Ohio, an entirely different group...

In the 67 years since the first encounter with the Loveland Frogmen, what began as a little known case on the fringes of Fortean lore has evolved into a pop cultural phenomenon to rival even the most notable cryptids. But as the decades have elapsed the stories--like a game of paranormal telephone--have become twisted and convoluted to the point where it's become difficult to discern fact from fic...

The now infamous encounter between a short order cook and three diminutive, wand wielding entities on a roadside outside Loveland, Ohio in 1955, has become the stuff of legend, but the original account was just the tip of the iceberg as there were more (mostly forgotten) run-ins with these malodorous monsters as well as a mysterious cover-up involving agents of the FBI that left Loveland authoriti...

Open any 20 th Century history book and you will read that the first female ever to slip the surly bonds of Earth was a 26 year-old Russian woman by the name of Valentina Tereshkova. Young Tereshkova was launched into an orbital trajectory aboard the Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, officially becoming the first woman to fly in space, but there are those who would suggest that this brave soul was not th...

In the 21 st Century citizens of Butler County, Pennsylvania claimed to have encountered at least two truly bizarre winged monstrosities in their bucolic backyards; forcing some to wonder if these humanoid entities might be magical creatures of lore... or something infinitely more diabolical; a beast that multiple eyewitnesses claimed was " straight from hell ." Research Link / Photo: https://www....

In the mid-80s a Nobel Prize winning chemist was visiting his remote cabin when he had a run-in with a glowing creature that would have been equally at home on the pages of a sci-fi novel or collection of fairy tales. This iridescent anomaly greeted him cordially and sent this already controversial character spiraling into a bizarre and terrifying realm of high strangeness. The Cryptonaut Podcast...

Across the globe, cryptozoological-lore is infested with stories of amphibious entities that lurk in the murky fringes of our everyday world. Here are a few of the more intriguing creatures to add to this ever increasing list. Research by Cole Herrold New Kensington 'Green Thing': https://newworldexplorerssociety.blogspot.com/2021/10/new-kensington-green-thing.html The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:...

Teleportation in Latvia, a Backwards Jogger, The Blobby Thing and a possible Demonic Being in the back yard.   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast   The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Store: Hellorspace.com Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast:   Website  -  Twitter  -  Facebook  - Instagram  

After being teleported from his hometown, 8 th Grader Maris M. was taken on an intergalactic journey by a transforming robot and trio of 10-foot tall, alluringly attired aliens. But, as bizarre as his day had already been, he was about to be presented with shocking revelations regarding Earth's Apocalyptic fate as well as information regarding an ancient entity of staggering, god-like power that h...

In the early 1990s, what began as an ordinary day for a young Latvian student would swiftly transform into a hyper-kinetic journey that included teleportation, a shape-shifting robot, erotic alien egg-heads, esoteric animals and a whirlwind interplanetary tour that would result in one of the most captivating cases to nearly slip through the cracks of UFO lore. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https...

These abhorrent animalistic anomalies allegedly lurk on the shadow shrouded stretches of back country roads located at polar ends of Pennsylvania. Though these sightings were separated by nearly two years and some 180-miles, there is reason to believe that these crazy critters may have been cut from the same cryptozoological cloth. Research by Cole Herrold:   Mud Creek Road Monster https://newworl...

This hideous, grinning, toothy phantasm has haunted the forests of West Virginia for at least a quarter of a century; leaving those who encountered this razor-clawed, four-eyed monstrosity to wonder whether they'd seen a sinister specter, an alien instigator, a cantankerous cryptid or merely a diabolical denizen forged in the Lake of Fire. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cr...

In the early 1960s, a family moved into a modest house in Detroit, Michigan, never once suspecting that their new home was already occupied by an insidious entity that seemed hellbent on tormenting anyone who dared enter her room The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Store: Hellorspace.com Facebook - Cryptonaut Podcast Fan Page: http...