Bug in a Rug
Friends gather together to talk about all the things that keep us up at night! We just hope that after listening you can still sleep as snug as a bug in a rug...
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Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Bachelor number one hails from Florida, and they have been described as a furry log. They enjoy long walks on the beach and pushing over life guard stands. They may be a giant penguin, but they are still ready for love. Let me introduce Old Three-Toes!
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Sources:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52460/strange-states-floridas-giant-penguin
http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/giant_penguin_of_clearwater
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/06/florida-three-toes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_penguin_hoax
https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/two-feet-from-clearwaters-past-fathers-funny-legacy-leaves-a-deep/2159682/
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
This week's special guests are out of this world! In honor of the Pentagon releasing footage of UFO activity, we brought our parents back in to discuss what in world (or not) the Phoenix Lights were!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
http://www.nuforc.org/phoenix/phoenixslides.html
http://www.nuforc.org/EncyclopediaPhoenixLights.htm
https://www.altereddimensions.net/2012/phoenix-lights
http://everything.explained.today/Phoenix_Lights/
https://thephoenixlights.net/Myths.htm#Weather_Balloons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_gas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_balloon
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-phoenix-lights-are-no-mystery-6661825
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2016/11/the-phoenix-lights-become-an-incident/
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
This week we drop into tales of cryptids both near and far. The Squonk has us tearing up while Australian creatures have us avoiding fig trees!
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Sources:
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Squonk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk
https://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2015/06/pennsylvanias_squonk_ends_the.html
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Conservation/ForestsAndTrees/InsectsAndDiseases/HemlockWoollyAdelgid/Pages/default.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yara-ma-yha-who
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/magical-mythical-beings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear
https://www.britannica.com/animal/tarsier
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Yara_Ma_Yha_Who
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_(2021_film)#cite_note-pk-3
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
We didn't think pitch black rooms could get any darker, but we were wrong. You might want to listen to this one with the lights on and beware of the shadows that might be moving when you aren't looking.
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Sources:
http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/5-terrifying-true-stories-shadow-people/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person
https://www.ancient-code.com/who-are-the-mysterious-shadow-people/
https://the-line-up.com/shadow-people
https://www.pararational.com/types-of-shadow-people/
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-are-shadow-people-these-supernatural-entities-are-scarier-than-any-horror-movie-12219528
https://www.ranker.com/list/phantom-hat-man-facts/erin-mccann
weekinweird.com/2016/08/31/investigating-the-link-between-the-shadow-man-phenomenon-and-the-terrifying-hat-man/
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/09/bizarre-encounters-with-black-mass-shadow-entities/
www.theparanormal.me/2011/10/sleep-paralysis-old-hag-syndrome-shadow.html
http://shadowpeople.org/
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
The Easter Bunny's evil cousin is the topic of our discussion. Is there a supernatural entity stalking a bridge in Fairfax, Virginia on Halloween night, or is there just a cranky neighbor that wants teens off his lawn? Listen to find out who the Bunny Man really is.
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Sources:
https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/
http://www.castleofspirits.com/ghoststories/classic/clifton.html
https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/beware-of-the-bunny-man/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man#In_popular_culture
https://www.ducksters.com/jokes/rabbit.php
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=84700
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Join us for some Quaran-TEA! We discuss two other plagues that befell the planet, including blackbirds raining from the sky and an incident where people just wouldn't stop dancing.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beebe,_Arkansas
https://www.mapquest.com/us/arkansas/beebe-ar-282026015
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/animal/where-are-they-now-beebe-blackbirds/91-614965981
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-blackbirds-fall-sky-beebe-arkansas-years-eve/story?id=15269793
https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-are-thousands-of-dead-birds-suddenly-falling-from-t-5725175
https://www.britannica.com/place/Strasbourg
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-431/ergot
Physicians, Plagues and Progress: The History of Western Medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics by Allan Chapman
https://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/demonic_possession.htm
https://health.alot.com/wellness/the-5-craziest-cases-of-mass-psychogenic-illness---9459
https://www.historicmysteries.com/dancing-plague-of-1518/
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=140
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Listen as we attempt to solve these martime mysteries by first deciding what DIDN'T happen. We can almost hear the merpeople chanting now... "Our time! Martime! Tales of Nautical Persuasion!"
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Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste
https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/legend-ghost-ship-carroll-deering
https://www.bermuda-attractions.com/bermuda2_00018e.htm
https://www.historicmysteries.com/carroll-a-deering/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/maritime-law.asp
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
If your maid comes to you and tells you there are "ghosts" in the attic, maybe you should check your attic for "ghosts".
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Sources:
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/09/the-mysterious-unsolved-murders-of-hinterkaifeck-farm/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/hinterkaifeck-murders
https://www.ranker.com/list/hinterkaifeck-farm/cat-mcauliffe
https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Let us take you back to our roots! It is where the green grass grows, and the cryptids are mean.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampus_cat
https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/the_wampus_cat.html
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Cryptids
https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/beast-bladenboro/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/dwayyo/
https://mountain-monsters-aims.fandom.com/wiki/Snallygaster_of_Preston_County
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Old John Bell had a farm, E-I-E-I-O. On that farm he had a ghost, E-I-E-I-O. With a Bell here and Witch there. Here a Bell, there a Witch, everywhere a Bell Witch.
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Sources:
http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm
http://bellwitchcave.com/ghost_hauntings/bell_witch.htm
https://www.liveabout.com/the-bell-witch-2596741
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/10/the-sinister-case-of-the-bell-witch/
http://www.bellwitchfallfestival.com/