The time has come, the culmination of spooky season is upon us. To wrap up our Cryptids season, we decided to have some fun and talk about some straight up ridiculous cryptids, so ridiculous it’s hard to believe anyone thought they were real. We also take a personality quiz to see what cryptids we are! (Hint: The results may surprise you.) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Top_Ten_Ridiculous_Cryptids https://uquiz.com/quiz/X0fZIl/which-cryptid-are-you

We’re just passed halfway through spooky season, which means we’re halfway through our four bonus episodes in our Cryptids season! For our third bonus episode (and twelfth true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about cryptids from the state of West Virginia! There were truly so many from this one state that we felt they deserved their own episode. (Hint: If your state has more than one museum dedicated to a cryptid, you might have a problem.) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://libguides.wvu.edu/Halloween/monsters https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mothman https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Flatwoods_Monster https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Grafton_Monster

In case you missed last week’s episode, we’re back to finish up our Cryptids season with four bonus episodes for the spooooky month of October. For our second bonus episode (and eleventh true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about some creatures that used to be classified as cryptids, but have been proven to be real! Otherwise known as former cryptids proven real. (Hint: You might not even realize that some of these used to be creatures of legends! Listen to find out!) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Former_Cryptids https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,770931,00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_peafowl https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/01/the-platypus-is-so-weird-that-scientists-thought-the-first-specimen-was-a-hoax/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla https://www.foxnews.com/story/alabama-boy-kills-1051-pound-monster-pig-bigger-than-hogzilla https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/African_Peacock https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Platypus https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Hogzilla https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Squid

Surprise! It’s October, also known as “Spooky Season”, so we decided to truly finish off our Cryptids season with four bonus episodes for this very spooky month! For our first bonus episode (and tenth true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about some dragons, river monsters, and snakes! These cryptids didn’t necessarily fit into any other episodes we made, so we decided to make an episode just for them! (Hint: It’s kind of like the Lake Monsters episode, but with river monsters, and also with dragons and snakes.) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Dragons_and_Dragonoids https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cumberland_Dragon https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:River_Monsters https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bassigator https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ahuitzotl https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Snakes https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsuchinoko

For our ninth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about supernatural cryptids! Supernatural cryptids are described as having anomalous and unexplained abilities, and are often linked with Spirits and Demons. Pretty much any cryptid that can be attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. (Hint: Did that shadow in the corner of my room just move?) This is the finale of the main part of the season, so we’re going to take a few weeks off, but maybe we’ll be back when it gets a little spookier out… To quote Gavin, “Who’s to say?” If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Supernatural https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wendigo https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_People https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Baba_Yaga

For our eighth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about flying beasts! A flying cryptid is any cryptid that has evolved to fly. There are also gliding cryptids, but they have evolved slightly differently to flying cryptids, as they can’t fly on their own. Flying cryptids have evolved a number of different times without a single ancestor that brings them together. Think of any big bird with wings, it can probably be categorized as a flying beast. (Hint: Does Big Bird count??) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Flying_and_Gliding https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbird https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ahool https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix

For our seventh episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about feline cryptids! This is the category for all feline or cat based cryptids. Cats are well-represented in cryptozoology and cryptid cats have been the sole subject of a variety of cryptozoological works. Mystery cats fall into various categories with different possible explanations, including alien big cats, undocumented hybrids and colour morphs, emergent species, possible undescribed species, and theoretical survivals of prehistoric cats. They may also be classified as distinct types, such as spotted lions, dark leopards, or speckled jaguars. (Hint: At least you have nine lives.) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Feline https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Cats_in_cryptozoology https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Fearsome_Critters https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cactus_Cat https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sliver_Cat https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Santer https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wampus_Cat

For our sixth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about atmospheric beasts! Atmospheric Beasts are the strangest of the flying monsters from ufology, cryptozoology, and astrobiology. According to eyewitness reports, these beings are living creatures, but they break all the usual rules that the biologists apply to living organisms. They appear to be able to levitate without any need for wings, as well as their bodies are even depicted in a semi-solid, often partially invisible, state. (Hint: Don’t look up.) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Atmospheric_Beasts https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Atmospheric_Jellyfish https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Air_Rods https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sky_Serpents

For our fifth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about lake monsters! A lake monster is a purported form of fresh-water or saltwater dwelling megafauna appearing in mythology, rumor, or local folklore. A well known example is the Loch Ness Monster (which we did a previous episode about in June 2021, check it out!). Lake monsters’ depictions are often similar to some sea monsters. Many lake monsters were considered to be dragon like sea serpents in the early sightings, however, most of all lake monster sightings in modern times describe the beasts to have long necks and large bodies with flippers. (Hint: Better watch where you’re swimming this summer!) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lake_Monsters https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lizzie https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thetis_Lake_Monster https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Champ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Greeny

For our fourth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about plantae, or plant based cryptids! They may be 100% plant, such as the fern flower, or partly plant, such as the Moss man or the Honey Island Swamp Monster. (Hint: This episode is sure to grow on ya!) If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast Don’t forget to follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thisstrangepod/ And check out more This Strange World links here: https://linktr.ee/thisstrangeworldpodcast A High Tops Media Podcast You can follow for more High Tops Media content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @hightopsmedia Check out more podcasts on our website https://hightops.media Sources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Plantae https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Fern_Flower https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Moss_Man https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Honey_Island_Swamp_Monster https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ya-Te-Veo