(Non-Christmas Episode) “BIGFOOT: MAN, MONSTER, OR MYTH?” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: We are fascinated by him when we read about him in books, or see him on TV or in movies. Bigfoot has become bigger than life with every paranormal and cryptozoology enthusiast gobbling up every bit of news that comes out about the furry mysterious creature. But what would you do if you came face-to-face with one, in real life, in his territory? Tonight we look at Bigfoot. Sasquatch. The Yeti. Whatever you want to call him, he has found fame worldwide in both paranormal circles and cable TV shows. We’ll ask what he is, what he is not, what evidence has been collected, the interesting take on our fuzzy friend that Russia has, and more. *** (Originally aired January 27, 2021)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“How The Bigfoot Legend Began” by Becky Little for History.com: https://tinyurl.com/y3pmtb3j
“Bigfoot: Man, Monster, or Myth” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience.com: https://tinyurl.com/y3745nht
“Yetis Nests Found in Russia” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience.com: https://tinyurl.com/y5w8yd54
“Russians Claim Indisputable Proof of Yeti” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience: https://tinyurl.com/y3yjuoz5
“Infamous Yeti Finger Flunks DNA Test” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience: https://tinyurl.com/y3l68wka
“Bigfoot Vandalizes a Winnebago” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience: https://tinyurl.com/y6d3ujef
“Bigfoot Hoaxer Killed In Accident” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience: https://tinyurl.com/y32jevfg
“If You Spot Bigfoot, Should You Shoot Him?” by Benjamin Radford for LiveScience: https://tinyurl.com/y4nltw8f
“Bigfoot Was Watching You” by Karen Hopper Usher for Cadillac News: https://tinyurl.com/y2s23pby
“That Was No Bear” by John Zada for Lapham’s Quarterly: https://tinyurl.com/y3xdpbzj
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| 0:26.6 | narrated by me your voice of weird darkness and curated by Keith Conrad each episode is a journey into imagination. |
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| 0:39.0 | where the impossible is possible. |
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| 0:52.2 | Stories and |
| 0:52.5 | content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature |
| 0:56.7 | audiences only. |
| 0:57.7 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. In 1958, journalist Andrew Gonzales of the Humboldt Times highlighted a fun, if dubious letter from a reader about loggers in Northern California |
| 1:16.4 | who had discovered mysteriously large footprints. |
| 1:20.5 | Maybe we have a relative of the abominable snowman of the Himalayas, |
| 1:24.0 | Gensoli jokingly wrote in his September 21st column alongside the letter. |
| 1:30.0 | Later, Gensoli said he'd simply thought the mysterious footprints made a good Sunday morning story. |
| 1:36.9 | But to his surprise, it really fascinated readers. |
| 1:41.5 | In response, Ginsoli and fellow Humboldt Times journalist Betty Allen published |
| 1:46.1 | follow-up articles about the footprints, reporting the name Loggers had given to the so-called |
| 1:51.3 | creature who left the tracks, Bigfoot. And so a legend was born. |
| 1:58.0 | There are various wild-man myths from all over the world, says Joshua Blue Buzz, author of Bigfoot, the life |
| 2:06.2 | and times of a legend. |
| 2:08.6 | In Western Canada, the Sta Isles, First Nation, have the Sasquets, the supposed origin of the word Sasquatch. |
| 2:16.8 | However, the modern US concept of Bigfoot can be traced quite directly to the Humboldt Times stories in 1958. |
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