Episode 5: The Legend of Bigfoot from Valley of Shadows
Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
Western Sound and Pushkin Industries
4.1 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Decades before Jon Aujay’s disappearance, the Devil’s Punchbowl was infamous for something else: Bigfoot sightings. Sasquatch became a known boogeyman in the area. But beneath the folklore lies something real —- a local deputy, named Rick Engels, whose reputation inspires a different kind of fear. As detectives Brandenburg and Hager look into their colleague, they uncover a surprising connection to the Aujay case.
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| 0:00.0 | There are moments in each of our lives that seem to change everything. |
| 0:04.0 | An unexpected diagnosis, the sudden end of a relationship, the loss of a job. |
| 0:09.0 | As our lives fear off course, it can feel like time is dividing into a before and an after. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist, and my new book, The Other Side of Change, |
| 0:26.4 | Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans, is all about how we navigate these inflection points. |
| 0:31.7 | The other side of change pairs singular real-life stories with scientific insights to help us find meaning in the tumult of change. |
| 0:34.9 | What if we saw the hardest moments in our lives, not simply as something |
| 0:38.6 | to endure, but as an opportunity to reimagine who we can be? I'm thrilled to share that book |
| 0:44.6 | list gave the other side of change one of its coveted starred reviews, saying, quote, |
| 0:50.1 | it's impossible not to be moved. The other side of change is out now. |
| 0:54.9 | Get your copy today wherever you like to buy books. |
| 1:15.3 | This series includes content that may not be suitable for all listeners. |
| 1:17.5 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:21.0 | Previously on Valley of Shadows. |
| 1:29.7 | He said, look, if you go forward with this, deputy X, Y, and Z are going to know exactly what's going on. So you've got to protect me. |
| 1:33.2 | What's the image on the back? |
| 1:34.8 | It's okay. It's a pig with porn. |
| 1:38.0 | She heard from a friend who she refused to name. The deputy O'Dee was jogging near the |
| 1:42.1 | punchbow when he came across Deputy Ingalls meth lab and was killed. Word on the street has been that Deputy Ingalls |
| 1:49.5 | has been involved with drugs for a very long time. Yeah, that's pretty frightening. |
| 2:14.3 | This is the perfect fire, by the way. |
| 2:17.0 | And the perfect beer. |
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