Strange Encounters
Summary: Strange Encounters brings you strange stories and even stranger encounters with the weird and the fantastic from both the past and the present.
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- Artist: Rick Dean: Writer, Editor, Podcaster
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On August 15, 1977 a volunteer researcher by the name of Jerry Ehman was looking over the data generated by a large radio telescope and his eyes widened when they came across one particular sequence that had come in at 10:16 pm. It is now known as the "Wow" signal.
On August 10, 1901, two english teachers from St Hugh's College in Oxford set out for what was to be a controversial holiday in France. Controversial as it has since been cited as the first reported account of what is now known as a time slip. The Versailles Time Slip.
In 1850 a traveling merchant (or hunter, depending on the story being told) spotted what appeared to be a wild woman in meadow.
The Brown family was well known in Exeter, Connecticut. The son, a once husky young man now appeared thin and weak. Something was feasting on him and it was hungry.
In 1989 a Christian broadcast network began to run a story in its print publication, as well as its on-air shows, that hell was a real place and science had proven it. By accident. One only needed to travel to Siberia to find out.
In and around the town of Elkhorne, Wisconsin there have been reports of something strange. Reports of a large beast, one which is at least 7 feet tall, covered in fur, walks on two legs, and has the head, or the face, of a wolf.
In 1988 a strange creature was spotted around Scape Ore Swamp. A scaly creature with red eyes and three long fingers. This beast attacks cars and haunts the woods and swamps in and around Bishopville, South Carolina. And chances are that it is still there today...
Dover Massachusetts is a typical small New England town with a population hovering around 6,000. It is also home to something else.
For two years, beginning in 1788, the women of London were afraid to walk alone.
In Episode 4 we take a look at tales of beasts roaming the moors of Exmoor today and the French province of Gevaudan in 1765. Read Show Notes
In Episode 3 we talk about Pasqual Pinon, aka "The Two Headed Mexican", and Edward Modrake, the man with the evil face on the back of his head. Read Show Notes
In this episode we take a look at impressions. One concerns mysterious faces appearing in concrete kitchen floor in Spain and the the other examines footprints in the snow that some claim were made by the devil traipsing through Devon, England. Read Show Notes
In 1942 the skies over Los Angeles County were lit up by the glare of searchlights and exploding shells. What was the 37th Battalion firing at? Read Show Notes