From the Vault: Three Strange Beasts from the Woods of Maine
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 256, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a week off, so they introduce you to an episode from the vault: Three Strange Beasts from the Woods of Maine, which originally aired March 5, 2020. In the woods of western Maine, we search for the Agropelter, the Billdad, and the Tote Road Shagamaw. These legendary creatures have haunted and hunted loggers for decades. Are they just tall tales told around the campfire at the end of the day, or could there be something more to it?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Jeff here. |
| 0:01.0 | And it's Ray. |
| 0:02.1 | And so we're taking a couple weeks off here in the summer, but still wanted to leave you with some episodes to ponder. Yeah, this is very odd for us to take this time off, but it's needed. It's needed. We don't do it a lot. But we're not going to leave you stranded. We want to present you with some of our favorite episodes. From the vault. Now, we've had some wild stories from the lumber camps of Maine. |
| 0:23.9 | And I guess, you know, I want to present you with some of our favorite episodes. From the vault. Now, we've had some wild stories from the lumber camps of Maine. |
| 0:23.9 | And I guess, you know, easy to imagine. |
| 0:25.9 | You're out there for weeks, maybe months in the woods of Maine, just dropping trees all day. |
| 0:30.2 | And maybe you start to see things, Ray. |
| 0:32.1 | We just kind of talked about this on the last podcast. |
| 0:34.8 | You concentrate a little too hard. |
| 0:36.2 | You're doing the same thing over and over, you start to see things. Yeah, and maybe those strange things could explain unusual accidents. |
| 0:44.4 | Anyway, so this is three strange beasts from the woods of Maine, and it originally aired March 5th, 2020. |
| 0:57.0 | Timber! Oh man! Hey, it's good to be back up here in the woods of Western Maine, Ray. Oh, I agree. The clean air, the honest, manly work. Yeah, nothing makes you feel quite like a man than knocking down giant trees. |
| 1:10.6 | Heads up. |
| 1:11.4 | Whoa. Thank you. That was close. You know, Jeff, I love that we're miles from civilization, too. Sure. I mean, this is what this part of Maine looked like centuries ago, and it still feels untouched. It does. But being this remote is also, you know, a little bit scary. I mean, we don't exactly know what strange beasts may be lurking in the dark forest all around us. |
| 1:34.3 | What was that? |
| 1:35.7 | I have no idea. |
| 1:37.2 | But I hope it's not one of the three legendary monsters set to torment the loggers of Maine. |
| 1:42.3 | Because today, we're looking for the Agropelter, the the Bildad, and the Tote Road Shagamaw. |
| 1:53.4 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 133 of the New England Ledges podcast. |
| 1:58.9 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something |
| 2:00.9 | strange to talk about today. And I'm Ray Osier. Thanks for camping out with us as we document |
| 2:05.7 | every single legend in New England, one story at a time. Think of us as your modern day |
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