The Beast of Bray Road

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The residents of small-town Elkhorn, Wisconsin, have a very hairy problem. When a local reporter stumbles across rumors of a strange creature feasting on roadkill, her interest is piqued—but soon, Beast of Bray Road fever grips the town, and everyone—possibly even the Beast itself—wants in on the action. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written and Hosted by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters with additional research by Laurah Norton Engineered, Edited, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing,
0:08.4	the show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:27.7	I'm... Well, it's finally happened.
0:32.4	Today we have brought you something you can really sink your teeth into.
0:35.4	Some folks might call it a cryptid.
0:37.8	Others might call it a manimal,
0:41.6	but those aren't the sort of folks that we like to associate with.
0:44.8	Personally, we like the word beast.
0:48.6	We think that covers a lot of territory.
0:54.1	Now, the more enthusiastically weird among our listeners, they might think they know the story this week.
0:58.5	But we posit that, even if you've heard this one, you've likely heard a spooky retelling,
1:05.8	dramatized for maximum effect on a blog or listical, or maybe even, a certain documentary.
1:13.9	And while we love atmosphere and fog and people running around in the woods and shouting
1:19.8	and shaky cameras and night vision as much as anyone else, and let's be frank, probably
1:25.7	more than most people, we must admit that there's a special
1:29.4	place in our hearts for the way a story can be pieced together, not on the big screen,
1:36.5	but through the quotes of the small town residents who experienced it, printed in the pages
1:42.4	of their tiny local newspapers.
1:45.4	And that's what we have for you this week.
1:48.3	Because, listeners, there was a time in the early 1990s when the picturesque town of Elkhorn,
1:55.0	Wisconsin faced something wholly out of the ordinary.
2:00.2	And lack of normalcy alone was odd for the city. It was
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