275 - Appalachian Cryptids

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Dan Cummins

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4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

A look into the history and culture of Appalachia and the many strange cryptids some have claimed to encounter there, like the Whirling Whimpus, Snallygaster, and the Devil Monkey.

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0:00.0	Have you heard about the Flatwoods monster?
0:02.0	What about the whirling wimpus?
0:03.8	You know what the hell a devil dog is?
0:06.3	How about a sheep's watch?
0:08.1	You're ready to meet all these strange critters and more today.
0:10.6	These might sound like elaborate fantasy creations
0:12.8	to some giant dungeons and dragons
0:14.5	forgotten realms campaign
0:15.9	or creatures from the Lord of the Rings,
0:17.6	maybe the Game of Thrones universe.
0:19.6	Nope, they're from our world, kind of, maybe.
0:23.0	They're cryptids.
0:24.1	They're animals such as Sasquatch,
0:25.9	the Loch Ness monster
0:27.3	that have been claimed to exist
0:29.0	but never conclusively proven to exist.
0:32.0	Despite a lack of hard scientific evidence,
0:33.8	many believe that the creatures I just named are all too real.
0:37.4	Some people believe they've had actual encounters with them
0:40.4	and with Pennsylvania's white big foot,
0:42.8	the so-called Tennessee Wild Man, and many others.
0:46.2	Some also believe in non-creature mysteries
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