Legendary Humanoid Creatures

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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For this episode we continue our series of cryptozoology by discussing a number of legendary and mythical humanoid creatures. Though there are a large number of alleged sightings and encounters of such human-like beings all over the world, no actual concrete proof has ever been found that can prove of their existence. Sean and Eric present the backgrounds, encounters, and any possibly evidence or theories of each of these mysterious beasts.
The infamous Yeti, or “Abominable Snowman,” supposedly hides in the Himalayan Mountains and has been seen by local tribes for centuries. Mountaineers and adventurers claim to have seen this creature from a distance, and many times in the snowy mountains bipedal tracks have been discovered that can be linked to no known animal.
The Almas is a legend of the Caucasus mountains in central Asia. These man sized creatures supposedly share facial features with the Neanderthal people. Could these creatures be leftovers from some ancient population, or are the sightings of the Almas merely exaggerations and folklore?
Next up is the Skunk Ape, a bizarre creature that was allegedly spotting many times in the state of Florida in the 60’s and 70’s. This animal was described as being similar to an orangutan, but was always associated with a horrible smell that followed it. Whether the Skunk Ape that caused a frenzy in the state was simply an escaped primate, or a strange humanoid creature that has been hiding in the swamps for decades, is still unknown to this day.
Finally we discuss the Orang Pendek, a smaller cryptid that reportedly lives in the remote forests of Sumatra. These creatures have supposedly been spotted by locals and foreigners alike for over a century, but as yet there is still no legitimate evidence of its existence.
Is there any reasonable explanations of these humanoid creatures? Are these beasts all just myths and legends created by locals, or could there actually be something to the phenomenon of different groups of people allegedly seeing these lone creatures all over the world? Tune in and found out all about these strange and mysterious humanoid creatures!
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0:00.0	And the Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Strange Matters
0:25.4	podcast. Here at Strange Matters we discuss anything just outside the
0:29.0	norm ranging from bizarre and unexplained to supernatural and
0:33.4	everything in between. I'm your host for today Eric joined by my fellow
0:38.6	co-host Sean. For this episode we'll be continuing our series on cryptozoology or the study of animals whose existence is still unproven.
0:48.0	We're going to be discussing several infamous and mysterious humanoid creatures.
0:53.6	And by humanoid we mean any beast that stands mostly upright on its legs, has opposable
0:58.6	thumbs, and just generally has a basic figure of a human being. Now I'm sure everyone is somewhat
1:04.5	familiar with the legend of Bigfoot, so whose description fits this criteria
1:08.4	pretty well. So we've had a few people suggest we do episodes on a number of
1:11.8	these kind of cryptids. So instead of doing
1:14.2	individual episodes we were going to do a combined episode in which we'll be discussing
1:18.0	several of the more interesting cases. Now most people probably think either hoax or myth anytime one of these creatures like Bigfoot is brought up.
1:27.0	I'm sure everyone has seen supposed footage or pictures of Bigfoot or other similar cryptids and pretty much all have been
1:35.8	debunked or looked staged or photoshopped in some manner. However I don't think that
1:41.3	these claims of sightings of humanoid animals could be outright
1:46.7	considered to be totally made up.
1:48.8	The fact that there are supposed sightings and encounters with these similar creatures that have been
1:53.6	happening for hundreds of years and taking places all over the world kind of
1:57.5	suggests to me that there could be some level of credibility to this concept.
2:02.4	True. On the other hand of this
2:05.0	on the level of credibility to this concept. On the other hand, people have also been making up myths and stories to tell kids
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