The boys once again sing the unprompted praises of Annihilation in this thinly-veiled excuse for Jake to talk about cave stuff!
First up, it’s a look at scary cave movies and how they compare to real life cave science. Could horrific creatures really lurk in the darkness, waiting to attack? And does any of that matter to a good spooky tale?
Wyatt then answers that question (“no”) with one such decidedly spooky tale: an ancient relic of the early 2000s about Ted the caver! And we do mean ancient: it’s from a literal Angelfire site.
Don’t let the length of this week’s episode scare you: the story contained within will take care of that for you. Now turn out the lights and respectfully cook up some crawfathers while you enjoy these stygian funtimes!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Radical news outlet: https://itsgoingdown.org/
Jake’s story
The Descent crawler image 1: https://bit.ly/3pxOlZU
The Descent crawler image 2: https://bit.ly/3t2W83Y
Passive nutrient flow into caves: https://bit.ly/36pqnbK
Cave food webs are weird: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/52/6/473/240329
Cave fish coolness: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/astyanax-mexicanus/?sfw=pass1611980457
Olm: https://critter.science/olm-the-salamander-not-the-chant/
Cave crayfish factz: http://bit.ly/3j0PLJS
The Cave creature image 1: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/2f/b2/492fb2ac433e64601a053577bc1126e9.jpg
The Cave creature image 2: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/6c/53/7a6c53dd6e5d38b5e5674d232cc32b01.jpg
The Cave giant mole thingy: https://monsterlegacy.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cavemole5.jpg
Wyatt’s story
Ted the Caver: https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
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Episode 66 – Timeless Cool
Episode 65 – Don't Go There.
Episode 64 – Arthropoddities
Episode 63 – Spontaneous Human Combustion: R.I.P. Lorraine Warren
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Episode 61 – The Kangaroo Event
Episode 60 – At the Mountains of (March) Madness
Episode 59 – Crunch... Crunch... Yowie!
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