Creepy Cornfields

Expanded Perspectives

Science, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives, the guys start the show off by talking about the upcoming archery season and how they are ready to do some much-needed hunting and time in the woods. Then, a central Texas resident walking in the rural countryside with his dog when he suddenly encounters two large coyotes crossing the road, but one of them morphs into a NOT DEER! Next, a listener writes into the show about a strange ghost encounter while back in college while preparing for Halloween.

After the break, Cam brings up some strange stories involving cornfields. Why are cornfields so darn creepy? Within the sub-genre of rural horror, sometimes cornfields are used as an easy way to add atmosphere to the film. Other times, the land is crucial to the happenings of the characters' story, or a terrifying maze where it's nearly impossible to stay hidden. The corn creates a feeling of claustrophobia, while also providing no shelter for the subject lost in the corn. Corn grows tall and endlessly, creating an inescapable ocean of pale yellow - it's easy to get trapped. A fear of cornfields is called Navarrofobia!

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives!

Show Notes:

NOT DEER or Shapeshifting Coyote? Bizarre Encounter in Central Texas

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0:00.0	One three, two, one.
0:30.0	What's going on out there everybody? What's happening? Hello? What's happening everybody?
0:42.6	Thanks again for joining us here on expanded perspectives with me, Cam Hale. And of course,
0:47.2	as always, Esme Amigo Calfys has a go at everybody. Yes, I'm here in Skella Can Studios on a beautiful
0:53.7	fall day here in North Central Texas. Oh, man, I am getting ramped up and I'm getting ramped up
0:59.7	because of several things. Last night there was a preseason hockey game on with some college football
1:04.4	games that I'm going to be banging this weekend. And archery seasons starting this weekend. So I,
1:09.9	man, this is one of the main reasons fall is my favorite time of year. It finally is not blistering
1:14.6	hot. Yeah. It can still be warm, but it's not like some of the days this summer. It's like too hot
1:19.6	to go do anything. Yeah, it just takes the fun right out of it. It takes the fun right out of it. Man,
1:24.1	I'm pumped. How about you, dude? Well, I just got back. We've been at it at our lease off and on.
1:29.5	This whole, well, this whole week for the cooler weather. We've been popping in when we have time
1:34.1	and getting a few things done here and there. But yeah, I was out there. The weather's great. Everything
1:40.4	looks pretty. It's beautiful. It was quiet. And man, I'm looking forward to those mornings when
1:46.0	it's the sun comes up and it's cold and it's quiet. It's just I enjoy listening to the world come
1:52.0	alive. Yeah, it's awesome. I was sharpening broadheads just the other day. Yeah. I'm really,
1:57.5	really excited about it. Cam, Luke is really getting excited about Halloween. It's that time of
2:03.5	year. Of course, we went to Home Depot and Loads to look at all the decorations. There's like a 20-foot
2:08.4	tall werewolf that he wants me to buy to put in the front yard. Now, why? Why not? Why not? I told him,
2:14.9	I go, man, I'm a, I mean, it's cool. I'm not saying it's not cool, but I'm afraid like if I put
2:18.8	it in the front yard, some teenagers are just trying to steal it. They had a whole bunch, they had
2:24.4	like a scarecrow. They had like a skeleton of course and then all these other little things.
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