298: The Yacumama

GraveYard Tales

Adam Zero

Social Sciences, Comedy, History, Society & Culture, Science, Philosophy

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week we look into the Yacumama! She is a giant serpent who is said to be a deity in the Amazon Rainforest and Amazon River Basin… Have you ever heard of the Yacumama?

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0:00.0	So, Matt, I went to my barber the other day, and he suggested doing my hair different.
0:05.6	He said, why don't we cut it real short in the front, and then I'll let you grow it out real long in the back.
0:11.2	And I said, man, I'm going to have to mull it over.
0:16.4	Yeah.
0:31.9	It's good. Yeah. Good evening, everybody and welcome to the graveyard.
0:34.0	Thank you for joining us tonight.
0:35.4	My name is Adam.
0:37.0	And my name's Matt.
0:40.6	Now, pull up a tombstone or settle into your casket and get comfortable because this is Graveyard Tales. All right, everybody, here we are again.
0:54.5	Matt, how you doing, brother?
0:56.2	I'm doing better.
0:58.2	Yeah.
0:58.5	I'm doing better.
0:59.6	You're doing worse.
1:00.7	Oh, yeah.
1:01.6	The holidays were rough on us.
1:03.7	They were.
1:05.2	Yeah, Matt is just now feeling better from an illness.
1:10.5	I am just now starting to feel bad from an illness.
1:14.4	So we'll see.
1:15.0	And we weren't together.
1:16.4	No.
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