The Halloween Special; If You Hear Your Name Called From the Woods...No Ya Don't

Get back to nature, they said. It'll center you. It'll calm your soul, they said!

"They" certainly weren't talkin' about The Appalachians...

Superstitions, Cryptids, Weird AF Deer - Oh MY!!!

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Sources & References:

Stories from the Applewood Manor: https://www.applewoodmanor.com/stories/appalachian-superstitions

Is Mountain Monsters Real?: https://www.thesmokies.com/is-mountain-monsters-real/

The Dwayyo: https://appmonsters.weebly.com/the-dwayyo.html

Introducing the Dwayyo, the Werewolf of Appalacia: https://www.werewolves.com/introducing-the-dwayyo-the-werewolf-of-appalachia/

Snallygaster; Winged Creature of the Northeast: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

Camp Monsters; The Story of the Snallygaster: https://www.rei.com/blog/podcasts/transcript-stories-of-the-snallygaster

Animikii: http://www.native-languages.org/animikii.htm

The Legend of the Piasa Bird: https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/explore-the-river-bend-the-legend-of-the-piasa-bird-6344.cfm

18 Spooky Native American Monsters the Will Keep You Awake at Night: https://historycollection.com/18-spooky-native-american-monsters-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/2/

Choctaw Mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_mythology

Yeahoh, Yahoo or Bigfoot: https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2019/05/yeahoh-yahoo-or-bigfoot.html

A Rock Throwing Yahoo: https://youtu.be/zW0btCqbXGk?t=905

The Scream of the Yahoo: https://youtu.be/ydhv2PqEUG4

Couple Claim to Photograph Bigfoot Near New River Gorge: https://wvexplorer.com/2021/12/19/bigfoot-sighting-west-virginia-new-river-gorge-wv/

Bigfoot Sightings have Clustered in Southern West Virginia: https://wvexplorer.com/2022/07/01/bigfoot-sightings-clustering-in-southern-west-virginia/

West Virginian Yahoo: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/West_Virginian_Yahoo

The Not Deer - An Odd Cryptid Still Making Appearances in Appalachia and Beyond: ​​https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/09/the-not-deer-an-odd-cryptid-still-making-appearances-in-appalachia-and-beyond/

Deer People; Native American Forest Folk: https://intothewonder.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/deer-people-native-american-forest-folk/

Deer Man: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Deer_Man

Not Deer? Or a Deer?: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/not-deer-or-a-deer/

Appalachian Not Deer; Rowan Bagly: https://www.notdeermagazine.com/post/appalachian-not-deer-rowan-bagley

The Wendigo; Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

Wendigo; The Monster Born of Starvation and Greed: https://yamunahrodvitnir.medium.com/wendigo-the-monster-born-of-starvation-and-greed-32a191b846dd

Will the Flesh Pedestrian Hunt You? Lore Lodge: https://youtu.be/MGViS_ZH_iA

Skinwalker; Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker

Navajo Skinwalker - Witches of the Southwest: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/navajo-skinwalkers/

Navajor Skinwalker; Don’t Whistle Outside at Night: https://darksideoflife.blog/2021/06/22/navajo-skinwalkers-dont-whistle-outside-at-night/

Flesh Gaite Story: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Fleshgait

Mocking Mimic; Tumblr / Flesh Gaite: https://at.tumblr.com/spookcataloger/mocking-mimic-2013/7uwk0vsomnpa

@Spookcataloger on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/spookcataloger

An Older Name for these; FleshGaite: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/w9exed/an_older_name_for_these_fleshgait/

Top Ten Cryptids that Turned Out to be Real: https://listverse.com/2010/08/13/top-10-cryptids-that-turned-out-to-be-real/

@A_Howie on Tiktok (Nighttime Investigations) 

@theaidanmattis on Tiktok (Skinwalker/Wendigo/Flesh Gaite Lore - Academia)

@abbey_sobota on Tiktok (Appalacian Safety Advice)

Theme Music Produced and Performed by:

Bear Cline Bandcamp: https://bearcline.bandcamp.com

West Finley Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1YthxZbWCWt0yqMFXxxwmc?si=JGbJXY-gR3-Yk6ntv8fJ3w

West Finley “Illusions” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x=0x_BFAMfrRs

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