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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

535: Creatures & Cryptid Files Vol 1: Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, and El Chupacabra

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Science, Life Sciences, Fiction, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science Fiction

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cryptids have captured our curiosity for ages. Tales of mysterious and elusive creatures roaming the wilderness spark our imagination.

In this first installment of... quite a few, we explore three famous cryptids that have left big footprints on popular culture (ahem).

Bigfoot sightings go back centuries. We investigate theories on Gigantopithecus, hear (and see) compelling accounts from seemingly credible witnesses. And, of course, we'll discuss the famous Patterson-Gimlin Film.

The Loch Ness Monster. One of my personal favorites. There are photographs, film and video. Could Nessie be the last surviving dinosaur?

The Chupacabra. Starting in 1995, this vampiric predator terrorized Puerto Rico, massacring livestock. Theories on alien experiments and genetic mutations attempt to explain its sudden appearance.

Transcript

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Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. In 1925, John Burns was a school teacher at the Chalaeus Indian Reservation deep in the

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coast mountains of British Columbia.

0:28.4

His students told him stories about a strange giant lurking in the forest.

0:33.0

It was a tale told by the local tribe for generations.

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Burns became curious.

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Were these stories true?

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The Indians insisted it was just a myth.

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But one night an elder admitted

0:44.4

they weren't exactly truthful with him.

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Fearing the white man would mock their beliefs,

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but over time Burns earned their trust.

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The elders told him the story of the giant was no myth.

0:55.0

Many of the Indians had seen this creature with their own eyes and not from a

1:00.4

distance it had chased them.

1:02.6

Burns was shown the house this mountain giant destroyed

1:05.8

with its bare hands as the family ran in for safety.

1:09.5

They had a name for the giant.

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It was hard to pronounce. In the native Salish language it was spelled SES QET and it meant

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Wild Man. Mainstream media anglicized the pronunciation and called it Sasquatch and a legend was born. In June of 2020, a husband and wife were on a long distance hike in the

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wilderness of Trinity County in California. It was a clear day just after 10 a.m. when they approached a creek.

1:48.8

Then they heard an unfamiliar high-pitched animal call. It could have been a bird.

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That's no bird.

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