Cryptids

Episode 77: The Yeti Hand Heist Part 1 - The Agreeable Snowman

In the late 1950s, a wild theft took place in Nepal. Funded by a Texas oil baron, a cryptozoologist snuck into a Tibetan monastery and stole the finger of a mummified yeti hand. Using an elaborate network of connections, the finger found its way from cryptozoologists to actors to scientists, before finally landing in the lap of the Zoological Society of London, where it was lost for decades.
 
Although the authenticity of the hand and finger are debatable, the story of the daring theft, and the colorful characters that concocted this scheme, are some of the most fascinating in the history of cryptozoology. It’s a tale of swashbucklers, scandal, and maybe the greatest evidence of the abominable snowman.
 
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Fortean Roundup: September - Help the Goblins!

Matt, Katie and EJ break down the latest Fortean news. We talk missile strikes on UAPs, displaced goblins in Appalachia, chupacabra attacks, demonic Labubus and more. Plus, Katie gets to hold a rock from Mars and haunted house decorating tips! 
 
Hellfire missile strikes on UAP: 
https://science-news.co/newly-leaked-pentagon-video-shows-hellfire-missile-bouncing-off-uap-ufo/
 
Appalachian goblins: 
https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-130-fall-2025/gobsmacked
 
Chupacabras in Argentina:
https://ovniologia.com.br/2025/08/strange-cattle-attacks-reported-in-tintina-argentina.html
 
Jeff Meldrum obituary: 
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/jeffrey-meldrum-obituary?pid=209772155
 
Life on Mars:
https://www.earth.com/news/nasa-announces-discovery-of-life-on-mars-with-high-degree-of-confidence/
 
Conjuring house auction: 
https://jjmanning.com/auction/25-2160/
 
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Fortean Roundup: August - Bigfoot at the Fair

Matt and EJ break down the latest Fortean news. A Bigfoot body goes on display at the New York State Fair. Annabelle the doll has a new owner. A bat creature terrorizes Mexico. New insights on Loch Ness and the Bermuda Triangle. Plus a social media spat over UAPs, and the real origin of jackalopes. 
 
Bigfoot Remains: 
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/real-or-fantasy-bigfoot-discovery-in-adirondacks-sparks-cryptid-controversy
 
Occult Museum sale: 
https://amp.tmz.com/2025/08/01/matt-rife-says-he-purchased-occult-museum/
 
Loch Ness Monster earthquakes: 
https://sharonahill.com/spooky-seismic-lakes-loch-ness-and-its-monster/
 
The Bermuda Triangle: 
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65643514/is-bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved/
 
Mexican bat creature: 
https://ovniologia.com.br/2025/08/the-bat-cave-may-harbor-a-flying-cryptid.html
 
Jackalope rabbits: 
https://people.com/frankenstein-rabbits-tentacle-like-growths-spotted-colorado-11790374
 
UFO gossip: 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5451464-luna-lawmakers-evidence-interdimensional-beings/
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/08/10/new-world-war-ii-themed-buffalo-bar-a-throwback-to-vintage-officers-club/
 
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Fortean Roundup: July - An Alien BBQ Accident

Matt and EJ break down the latest Fortean news. Annabelle's reign of terror continues, a new and mysterious life form is found, Jinn go to war, an interstellar probe may signal an impending alien invasion and Area 51 is on fire - literally!
 
Annabelle's victim: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14908363/dan-rivera-dies-devils-run-tour-pennsylvania-annabelle.html
 
ShipGoo001: 
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07/mysterious-life-form-found-on-ship-that-docked-in-cleveland.html
 
Jinn used in war: 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iranian-official-claims-israel-used-072217380.html?guccounter=1
 
Interstellar object: 
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/astronomers-may-have-found-a-third-interstellar-object/
https://www.newsweek.com/interstellar-comet-alien-probe-harvard-physicist-avi-loeb-2101654
 
Area 51 fire: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14911767/fire-breaks-Area-51-UFO-neveda.html
 
Smoke rings in the sky: 
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/swirling-black-ring-in-sky-terrifyingly-ooms-over-kansas-town/
 
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Fortean Roundup: June - AirBnBigfoot

Matt, Katie and EJ tackle the latest in Fortean news this month. New revelations about the government's involvement in UAPs come to light, and spark renewed interest in an old UFO story. A new Sasquatch video looks less than impressive, and we'd all rather stay at the new cryptid-themed rental spot. Plus, paranormal celebrity gossip! 
 
UFOs and governmental disclosure: 
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/ufo-us-disinformation-45376f7e
 
Colorado Bigfoot sighting:
https://thetab.com/2025/06/05/man-claims-he-spotted-mythical-bigfoot-in-colorado-woods-and-theres-video-proof
 
Cryptid vacations and the Garden Ground Monster:
https://wvexplorer.com/2025/06/04/monster-cryptid-haunt-new-river-gorge-west-virginia/
 
Candace Cameron Bure's demonic tv: 
https://www.jezebel.com/candace-cameron-bure-thinks-scary-movies-are-a-portal-for-demonic-forces
 
Aaron Goodwin update: 
https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/05/ghost-adventurer-aaron-victoria-goodwin-sentenced-murder-plot-hire/
 
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Fortean Roundup: April - Weirdness in Journalism

Matt, EJ and Katie break down the latest Fortean news, covering fireballs, dire wolves, leaked government documents and life on other planets. 
 
New Jersey fireball: 
https://6abc.com/post/magnolia-mystery-object-falls-sky-nj-causes-damage-automotive-auto-shop/16158463/
 
Dire Wolves: 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal/index.html
 
Loch Ness cameras: 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20g82y1k8o
 
Soviet alien attack: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14564689/CIA-aliens-massacre-UFO-Siberia-declassified.html
 
Ark of the Covenant found: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14534941/cia-document-sacred-ark-covenant-chest-found.html
 
Life on other planets: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html
 
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