This is a special Halloween episode, where Annie's father Gene Sorrell shares his spooky stories on cryptids and ghosts. The topic of this episode is just looking at mythical creatures and beings from a cultural historic cryptozoological worldview. There are many indigenous people that have passed down stories over many generations. The episode will give a brief overview to help listeners learn about the science that they may have never heard about.
Main Ideas:
- Definitions for Cryptozoology, cryptid, and pseudoscience
- Cryptozoology: Real Science or Pseudoscience?
- Annie's Father's stories on Bigfoot, Mermaids, and Ghosts
- Tah-tah-kle-ah
- Cannibal Dwarves
- Yara-ma-yha-who
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Links & Resources:
www.moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com/category/annotated-bibliography
Peter Dendle (2006) Cryptozoology in the Medieval and Modern Worlds, Folklore, 117:2, 190-206, DOI: 10.1080/00155870600707888
www.legendsofamerica.com/teihiihan-cannibals
www.deliriumsrealm.com/yaramayhawho
www.ratthaus.net/hftp/tag/tah-tah-kle-ah
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