Well, this is the second week in a row we find ourselves hiking through the woods of New England.

Yeah, it is. But this time we're in central Maine, not terribly far from Mount Kataden.

The last time we were on Katadden, we were searching for the winged creature called the Pomola.

That's right! The Pomola guards the top of the mountain.

Well, good news. This time we're not climbing up. We're going to be exploring the surrounding forest instead. Got it. What we're looking for is something dark and scary, right? Ooh, are we hunting some kind of different monster? You know, I'm not sure what you call this one, other than bone chilling. We're searching for something ancient. We're looking for a

Wabanacky ghost witch, they call Scudogamooch. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. Welcome to episode

434 of the New England Legends podcast. And I'm Ray Osier. Thank you for joining us on our

Mission of Chronicle every legend in New

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Time Travel, from Time Slips to Paraly. We love hearing from you. Also, check out my latest issue of Shadowzine. Issue number 11.

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It's called Time Travel.

From time slips to paradoxes, I ask,

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We'll go searching for the Ghost Witch of Maine

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So we're looking for a ghostly witch called the Skatigamooch?

We are. This one is dark and frightening. It's the stuff of horror movies.

A Skutagamooch is an evil, undead being who hunts the living.

And we're pulling this one from ancient Wabanaki legends.

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