The Grassman

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In the late 1970s, a rural Ohio family came face-to-face--or maybe it's fur-to-fur--with the Midwest's most infamous version of Bigfoot, the Grassman. Whether you call it Orange Eyes or The Minerva Monster, the creature who allegedly lurked in Paris Township in 1978 created much unwanted attention for the unhappy objects of its attention. 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 Thanks to special guest voice actors: Sarah Turney of Voices for Justice, A Concerned Citizen of Swindled, Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder, and Leroy Luna of Excuse Me, That's Illegal Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/OST. Hosted, Written, and Researched by Laurah Norton Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder 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 Interested in advertising on our show? Contact Glassbox Media: https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Copyright One Strange Thing Podcast LLC 2023

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0:00.0	I'm Lauren Orton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the
0:11.0	nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:30.3	Today, we'd like to take a moment to honor what has become perhaps our most beleaguered state.
0:31.3	Ohio.
0:39.9	The butt of meme jokes, current home to all creepypasta monsters, a state that by some silent agreement of the zeitgeist has become the New Jersey of the 21st century. And now that we have TikTok,
0:46.6	well, a whole new world of Ohio slander has opened up before us. In our opinion, though,
0:53.8	Ohio has a lot to offer.
0:56.5	Not only is it very easy to spell, looking at you, Massachusetts, but more important
1:02.8	to our area of interest, Ohio has its fair share of strange.
1:08.8	We might tell you any number of things, about haunted tunnels and lighthouses
1:13.6	and werewolves, not all at the same time, mind you, and keep you steeped in paranormal fun
1:19.6	for a year. But today, we want to introduce you to a cryptid who we think, like its home state,
1:26.6	deserves our attention.
1:29.2	The Ohio Grassman.
1:31.3	Now, you might call the Ohio Grassman just another Bigfoot, but each region has its own stories,
1:38.3	and the Midwest is not the Pacific Northwest or the southeast.
1:43.1	Sasquatch, skunk ape, big muddy monster, even Momo, not the terrifying bird lady, but a primate-like
1:50.0	crypted straight out of Missouri, are all similar, sure, but each shaggy beast has its own special
1:57.2	local flavor.
1:58.8	A flavor that's created, largely, by the people who live where the beasts
2:03.1	are purported to exist.
2:05.7	And the Ohio Grassman, also known as Orange Eyes or the Minerva Monster, belongs to the
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