So I have a little bit of a thing for cryptids.

Atlas Obscira has a thing for cryptids.

You know, you got your lake monsters.

You've got your desert creatures, your chupacabras, your skinwalkers.

You've got your, you know, your weird kinds of different, the

momos one. Anyway, there's a lot of them. Bigfoot, of course, is the most famous. And Bigfoot's usually

associated with the Pacific Northwest. But I came across a podcast that tells a different story

of Bigfoot, one that takes place in Appalachia, which is a

great place for Bigfoot to hide. So we are taking the day off here for Martin Luther King Day,

but we are going to play you an episode from that show. The show is called The Broadside,

and every week they examine one story happening in the heart of the American South. Go check them out. That's The Broadside. And every week, they examine one story happening in the heart of the American

South. Go check them out. That's The Broadside, wherever you listen to podcasts. We will be back

tomorrow. Enjoy the show. Recently, journalist Emily Catanio found herself with a small group walking in a remote part of Western North Carolina.

We trekked out there into the woods about 8 p.m. as the sun was setting.

The plan was to stay out there until about midnight and see what we could see, hear what we could hear, smell what we could smell.

Woo!

Her crew had their eyes, ears, and noses out for one thing in particular.

Bigfoot is typically associated with the Pacific Northwest,

which is how a lot of people respond when I tell them about the story.

They're like, oh, you went to Oregon, huh?

And I'm like, no, no, no.

Yeah.

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