#333 - Egypt’s Lost Creatures, Uncontacted “Skull” Tribe & Congo’s “Big Foot” | Forrest Galante

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 185 minutes

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0:00.0	This is a crazy story, but we went to this volcanic island in the Galapagos, a place that the California Academy of Science had only ever collected one other individual of the species in history, 114 years prior. But I met a scientist who's like, I swear to you, forest, when I was there, I found bite marks in a cactus, I found tracks, there's a tortoise on that island. So we found this, and I'm like freaking out. I'm like, oh my God, there is a tortoise here. I was holding in my hand to this day the rarest animal in the world. The Fernandina Island tortoise. We found eight species that had been declared extinct. What was the first one we found? Weird story. Off the coast of Africa is the island of Zanzibar. We went there to look for a rumored leopard that has been a stink for 30 or 40 years.
0:38.3	And in Papua New Guinea, we're hiking up this river to look for this tribe that worships sharks.
0:43.3	And I look up and there's a skull on a stick, a human skull.
0:46.3	Let's go and check that out.
0:47.3	And there's a cave opening.
0:48.3	To go in the cave opening and I'm like, oh, I don't think we're supposed to be here.
0:51.3	And I come out and the tribal warriors are standing there watching me.
0:54.7	And they're like, why are you in our cave?
0:56.5	It's really bizarre.
0:57.8	So,
0:58.0	Hey, guys, if you're not following me on Spotify,
1:02.6	please hit that follow button and leave a five-star review.
1:05.2	They're both a huge huge help.
1:06.6	Thank you.
1:23.0	Man, you got so much going on. I've been listening to you for years. I'm a big fan of what you do.
1:24.9	So I'm really glad we finally got you in here.
1:25.4	Yeah, man. But how did you get the name Farris, by the way? I always wanted that. Dude, my mom's name is Jacarando, which is a tree. My sister's name is Summer. I'm just lucky that my career coincided with the fact that my parents were hippies, you know? Like, it's not a TV name or a stage name or anything like that, which I often get asked.
1:45.2	I'm like, no, just use my regular name. It is a great name, Fars Galante. Yeah, thank you. I'm just really lucky my parents were hippies. Well, you grew up out in Zimbabwe. You were telling me since you were like until you're about 14? That's right. Yeah, so raised in Zimbabwe, actually born in the States, but flew over when I was a baby.
2:03.7	My parents just did that side That's right. Yeah. So raised in Zimbabwe, actually born in the States, but flew over when I was a baby.
2:03.7	My parents just did that side.
2:04.6	I'd have a U.S. passport because my dad was American.
2:07.4	And then flew over there and was there until I was 14.
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