The Van Meter Visitor

Whitey the Talking Cat

This podcast focuses on Whitey the Talking Cat, a stray rescued by a Mrs Ruth Deem around Lake Hamilton, Florida around 1963. According to newspaper and magazine articles as well as several witnesses, this kitty could utter complete phrases. Please listen to the podcast and let me know what you think!

The Enfield Monster

In April 1973, Henry McDaniel reported a bizarre creature behind his house in Enfield, IL. He claimed it had three legs and pink eyes as large as two flashlights.....

The Van Meter Visitor

Over a series of fall nights 120 years ago, several of the most prominent men of Van Meter, Iowa made the astonishing claim that a half human, half animal with enormous bat-like wings was terrorizing the small community from the air. Its horrendous stench stench and ability to emit a high intensity light from its forehead scared the daylights out of them as well as the fact it moved crazy fast. Please listen to the eyewitness accounts originally from the Des Moines Register and Van Meter, Iowa library archives for the full story of the 1903 cryptid event.

The Flatwoods Monster of Braxton County, WV

Welcome to Episode 2 of "Cryptid Cryptid, Read All About It" which focuses on a 61 year old mystery that included a large glowing monster witnessed by several people, possible "Men in Black," the Air Force's Project Bluebook account and all the information straight from the newspapers. Did the countless residents of Braxton County, WV see an alien, cryptid or monster that night, listen to this new episode and find out!

The Flying Snakes

Welcome to the first episode of "Crypted Cryptid, Read All About It" we take you to 1875 Kansas where ordinary people are seeing flying serpents/snakes.  As told in several newspapers, small towns in Kansas were experiencing this bizarre phenomenon.  Was it a hoax, a religious omen or just too much alcohol, we don't know but during this time period it was covered by newspapers across the nation.