The Bunyip

Ohio Cryptids

Originally published: September 28, 2022 Virginia may be for lovers, but Ohio is for the Loveland Frogmen. Journey to the midwest on this episode's latest installment of our state cryptid series, the land of the Frogman, the Mothman, the Ohio Grassman, and so much more.  Sources: * Cryptid Ohio * Top 10 Cryptids Still Creeping Around Ohio- Exemplore * The 11 Most Bizarre Mythical… Columbus Navigator * The Werewolf of Defiance- Fox19 * The Mothman Museum- citybeat.com * Cryptid Profile: The Crosswick Monster- Pine Barren Institute * Meet the Monsters: The Crosswick Monster- monstersofohio.com * The Peninsula Python: An Absolutely True Story- the Atlantic * Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Beyond, Jannette Quackenbush (2019) * The Loveland Frogmen-WLWT * Loveland Frogman Race * The Gadsden Times, Oct. 18, 1985 (article on the Loveland frog) * Binkowski, Brooke. “ ‘Loveland Frogman’ Spotted Again?” Aug. 5, 2016. Snopes.  * Leggate, James. “Officer who shot ‘Loveland Frogman’ says story is a hoax” Aug. 5, 2016.  * Mulvey, Ricky. “The Loveland Frog: Still a Legend; Now a Loveland Movie,” January 28, 2010.  * Long, Changquan et al. “Neural signs of flexible categorization: Evidence fromt eh flexibility of inclusion of humans in animal/non-animal categorization,” Elsevier, April 2020. * Bessie, the Lake Erie Monster * Ohio Grassman, Green-Clawed Beast, Big Muddy Monster, episode of Monsters and Mysteries Follow us @faecraftpod on Instagram and write to us at faecraftpod@gmail.com. Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Treee (instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpinao.com/ [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/]Creative Commons -- Attribution 3.0 Unported --licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8fX3In7Qng]

The Bunyip

Originally published: September 14, 2022 What's grey and feathered and bipedal and a starfish but also an alligator? The Australian bunyip, of course! Holly and Chelsea reminisce about Chelsea's year as an exchange student in Australia as they unearth historical and contemporary cultural nuggets about the bunyip, a creature from multiple southern Aboriginal cultures' creation traditions.  Sources: * The Gloomy Bunyip * Red Billabong- wiki * Bunyip wiki * Meet the Bunyip- all that’s interesting * Bunyip cryptid wiki * Steve Irwin Stamps * Dot and the Kangaroo wiki * Bunyip, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd ed. Wilde, William H., Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews. Oxford UP, 1994.  * Holden, Robert; Nicholas Holden. (2001). Bunyips: Australia’s folklore of fear.  * South Australian Institutes Journal, Jan. 18, 1901.  * Geelong Advertiser, Wed. July 2, 1845. * “Water spirit beings,” Clarke, Philip A. Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists, 2018.  * Clarke, Philip A. “Indigenous Spirit and Ghost Folklore of “Settled” Australia.” Folklore 118.2 (2007), 141-161.  Music: Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng Follow us @faecraftpod on Instagram and write to us at faecraftpod@gmail.com. Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Treee (instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpinao.com/ [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/]Creative Commons -- Attribution 3.0 Unported --licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8fX3In7Qng]

Dogs in Celtic Folklore

Originally published: Sept. 15, 2022 Meet the original Dr. Burk, our dad, on this canine-centered episode! Dr. Craig Burk, veterinarian for over 40 years, helps us understand the differences between Cardiganshire Welsh Corgis and Pembroke Welsh Corgis, discusses Kennel Clubs, and reminds us to always bring water for our pups on hot days.  Also, Chelsea solves a corgi-as-fairy-steed mystery and Holly teaches us about best practices when introducing your corgi to its fairy saddle. Sources: * Can Dogs See Fairies? Wag * Faerie Guardian Dogs- The Faerie Dog… YouTube * What is a Fairy Saddle on a Corgi? corgicare * https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/5370/ * Pembroke Welsh Corgi Listed As Vulnerable Breed * “Dog,” The Encyclopedia of Celtic Myth and Folklore, Patricia Monaghan * The American Kennel Club “Cardigan vs. Pembroke: An Interesting Heritage” * "Corgi Fantasy," Anne G. Biddlecome * John Rhys’s Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx Music: Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng Follow us @faecraftpod on Instagram and write to us at faecraftpod@gmail.com. Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Treee (instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpinao.com/ [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/]Creative Commons -- Attribution 3.0 Unported --licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8fX3In7Qng]

State Cryptids: Missouri

Originally uploaded: August 18, 2022 Picture yourself: it's the dark.  Cuddle under your blankets and keep your head on a swivel for the first episode of our state cryptids series! Who knew Missouri had so many weird critters lurking about? We talk MoMo, the Missouri Monster, the Ozark Howler, Batsquatch, and so much more.  Sources: * Momo the Monster- wikipedia * Missouri's mysterious monsters live on through generations of storytelling- VOX magazine * Devil’s Promenade and the Hornet Spook Lights- Legends of America * The Ozark Howler- Explore Southern History * Creature feature: Missouri and Illinois beasts and why we love their stories- St. Louis Post-Dispatch * The Missouri Monster Momo is the Cryptid that Time Forgot- Vice * Halloween Special: Batsquatch is Missouri’s latest monster mystery- The Salem News Online * Missouri Men Encountered a Flying Humanoid in the Ozarks- Ultimate Unexplained * MO town embraces Mo Mo the Monster 50 years after… St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Mountain Lion- MDC website * Paul the Nixa Hellhound Facebook page * Christan, Sara Brooke. “The Cryptid Tourist Gaze: Cryptid Tourism and Monster Hunting.” Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Proquest Dissertations, 2021. * Missouri Urban Legends- Only In Your State * Engel, Brent. “50 years later: ‘Mo Mo’ is a go-go,” Courier-Post, July 8, 2022. * Hahn, Valerie Schremp. “Creature Feature: Missouri and Illinois Beasts and Why We love Their Stories,” Saint Louis Today, Oct 29, 2017. * Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. “Momo—The Missouri Monster,” Legends of America, 2020.  Music: Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng Follow us @faecraftpod on Instagram and write to us at faecraftpod@gmail.com. Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Treee (instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpinao.com/ [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/]Creative Commons -- Attribution 3.0 Unported --licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8fX3In7Qng]

Jinn

Originally published: August 24, 2022 Chelsea learns that she's been confusing I Dream of Jeannie with Bewitched for her entire life while Holly chooses which jinn origin story is the best (hint: witches always win). Hear all about jinn and their evolution from Muslim spirits with the same moral obligations as humans into the Will Smith genie that horrifies us today! Sources: * El-Zein, Amira. Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse University Press; 2009. * Duggan, Anne E. “From Genie to Efreet: Fantastic Apparitions in the Tales of The Arabian Nights.”  Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 26.1, 2015. * Lebling, Robert. Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. Berkely, 2010.  * O’Meara, Simon. “From Space to Place: The Quaranic Infernalization of the Jinn. “Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions, ed. Christian Lange, Brill, 2016.  * Jinn in popular culture- WikiLists * A History of Genies in Folklore- IGN * I Dream of Jeannie- wikipedia * Does the name Shazam! sound familiar to you? Here’s why- DirectTV.com * Jambi- Pee-Wee’s Playhouse wiki * Genie- Disney Wiki Music: Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng Follow us @faecraftpod on Instagram and write to us at faecraftpod@gmail.com. Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Treee (instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpinao.com/ [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/]Creative Commons -- Attribution 3.0 Unported --licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8fX3In7Qng]