This week, John begins to tackle the definition of cryptozoology as a discipline.

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Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren

The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave

Etymology of zoology by etymonline

When the World’s Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition | Science

The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Animals by Aristotle

Galen's Analogy: Animal Experimentation and Anatomy in the Second Century CE

Galen's “errors” - The Lancet

Rocky Road: Conrad Gesner

Historical Anatomies on the Web: Conrad Gessner Home

Historiae Animalium | ODD SALON

Zoology Timeline

First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

The Nature of Systematics - Blackwelder and Boyden

Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

This week, Brandon does his take on the St. Augustine Monster as John discovers the ability of his new mixer to be a soundboard.

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St. Augustine Monster - Wikipedia

The Saint Augustine Monster | Smithsonian Institution Archives

Gigantic Octopus

A gigantic cephalopod on the Florida coast

On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill

Hey guys, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is the most compatible Pokémon for humans?

This week, we really earned that explicit content rating despite the fact that most of the episode is about academic beef.

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Without a Trace : Berlitz, Charles

Lusca | A Book of Creatures

Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths: Naish, Darren

Blue hole - Wikipedia

Blue Hole (Red Sea) - Wikipedia

Colossal squid - Wikipedia

Giant Pacific octopus - Wikipedia

Three adventures: Galápagos, Titicaca, the Blue Holes : Cousteau, Jacques

Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology: 9791576072836: Eberhart, George M.: Books

Bernard Heuvelmans - Annotated Checklist of Apparently Unknown Animals With Which Cryptozoology Is Concerned

St. Augustine Monster - Cryptidz

Verrill, Adison E., A Gigantic Cephalopod on the Florida Coast. A merican Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3: 79.

Verrill, Adison E., Additional Information Concerning the Giant Cephalopod of Florida. American Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3 : 1 62-63

Verrill, Adison E., The Supposed Great Octopus of Florida: Certainly not a Cephalopod. American Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3: 3 5 5-56.

Diving Into the Blue Holes of the Bahamas

St. Augustine Monster - Wikipedia

Distinguished Alumnus Forrest G. Wood, Class of 1936

An Octopus Trilogy

Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. Biological Bulletin 206: 125-133.

The Lair of the Lusca - Robert Palmer

Où l'on reparle du Triangle des Bermudes

Of Sea and Shore, Vol 19, No 1

Of Sea and Shore, Vol 7, No 2

The American Naturalist 1872-12: Vol 6 Iss 12

Of Sea and Shore, Vol 18, No 1

This week, we take a trip to Ohio, only to get sidetracked by how Brandon feels about paper towels on his fingernails.

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Un-loch the Mysteries of Ohio's Cryptids

The Werewolf of Defiance – Mercer County Outlook

Deadspin | Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf

Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Werewolf Case in Defiance Not Taken Lightly By Police

Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Werewolf Case

Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Residence Suspicious of Their Werewolf

The Charles Mill Lake Monster

Orange Eyes and the Charles Mill Lake Monster

Charles Mill Lake Monster | Cryptid Wiki

Orange Eyes | Cryptid Wiki

Weird Ohio - Bigfoot of Cedar Bog

What's worse than a pigman in the woods? Pretty much anything, if I'm being honest.

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Green Mountains, Dark Tales - Joeseph Citro

Weird New England - Joseph Citro

Northfield, Vermont - Wikipedia

Sam Harris | Cryptid Wiki

Newspapers.com - Pigman Search

NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: The Pigman of Northfield, Vermont

Strange USA Sam Harris Post

This week we are talking about bears, I mean sloths.

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Ground sloth | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology

Gorp | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology

Beasts of Sherman | Cryptid Wiki

Swamp Ape Search Finds Giant Sloth

This week Brandon invents a new month-based band (The Novemberists), and John gets buried in the minutia of 4chan.

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Horror Theater – The Rake

Know Your Meme - The Rake

Creepypasta

x/ Creepypasta Archive : Anonymous

Creepy Resistance Viral Spooks Media

Possible Fallen Angel in Catalonia (subtitled)

Hounds of Tindalos - Wikipedia

Mystery Alien/Zombie Louisiana Hunting Pic Debunked: It's A Fake

We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!

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100 Miles (Skinbone) - https://youtu.be/tesr1OyymXo

John's Dissertation - https://youtu.be/QRAqnvCLADo?si=qxntMgiI_KdKueqT

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Sources:

The Nantucket Sea Monster | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

The Summer of Nantucket’s Sublime Sea Serpent | Smithsonian

Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Do not Believe Everything about Science Online: Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in an Introductory Biology College Course

Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia

Honolulu Star Bulletin

Flying Saucer Found Here

Gigantica fibicus (April Fool, 1941)

10 Animals That Turned Out to Be Hoaxes or Spoofs - Listverse

Largest Fish Ever Caught (April Fool's Day - 1939)