This episode is brought to you by Indeed.

Hiring with Indeed your search is over.

Indeed is your matching and hiring platform

with over 350 million global monthly visitors

according to Indeed data and matching technology

that helps you find quality candidates fast.

And listeners of this show will get a 100 pound sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at indeed.com slash

SPAN UK terms and conditions apply.

This series contains adult language and depictions of graphic violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

Let's head back up to Alaska and investigate the legend of their famous

cryptid, the Kushtaka. So the story of the Kushtaka is woven deep into the the tapestry of Alaska's wilderness.

It's a thread pulled from the ancient lives of the Tlingut people who have wandered that land for

untold centuries.

These creatures, the Kustaka, half man and half otter, They live in the whispers of the wind

that rush through the dense forests,

in the crash of waves upon the jagged coastlines.

The Kushaka is not merely a legend or a story. It's a lesson.

It's a warning passed down from one generation to the next, one that has survived,

the coming of outsiders, the onslaught of Christianity, and the rise of modernity.

So Alaska is a place where survival requires respect.

In Alaska, like everywhere else, nature doesn't care.

...