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True paranormal stories told in the witnesses own voice. Monsters Among Us is a collection of first-hand eye-witness audio recordings made directly from experiencers of the paranormal, curated by host Derek Hayes. Surround yourself with a spooky, nostalgia-rich atmosphere and treat your ears to terrifying tales and deep dives into supernatural subjects ranging from ghosts, UFOs and alien abductions, to bigfoot, sasquatch and other cryptid creatures. Keep it spooky!

Monsters Among Us

Season 16 Episode 3 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

Happy Halloween!

SHOW NOTES:

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Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - borregotriangle.com

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Queen Mary Strikes The Curacoa - https://navyhistory.au/ss-queen-mary-the-loss-of-hms-curacoa-1942/

Queen Mary Captian Dies - https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Mary-Neil-Potter/dp/B0007DZNGQ

Queen Mary Docks in Long Beach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_WH9THy_aE

Giants in America - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2MrTgBoqiI

Sliders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon

Kingman County Bigfoot Report - https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=38143

Finding Bigfoot Kansas - https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/finding-bigfoot/bigfoot-of-oz

Ryan Erikson Death - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Erickson

Roseville Orb Sighting - https://patch.com/michigan/across-mi/40-ufo-sightings-mi-so-far-year-find-out-where

Orb Abducts Man - https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=8330290

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

 

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S16 Ep3: Sn. 16 Ep. 3 - Halloween Haunts, Haints and Hairy Humanoids

Season 16 Episode 4 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Tonight's Sponsor - Microdose by Lumi Labs - Visit Microdose.com & use code MONSTERSAMONGUS for 30% off your first order & free shipping.

For ad-free, extended & bonus episodes, support MAU on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcast

Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - borregotriangle.com

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Hoh Thunderbird Legend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sp_oYH0Zc

PA Thunderbird, Boogeymen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf253PYr1HI

Stan Gordon on PA Thunderbirds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yakRBvWm954

Musical Ear Syndrome and Audio Pareidolia - https://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/apophenia-audio-pareidolia-and-musical-ear-syndrome/

Musical Ear Syndrom - https://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/phantom-music-with-normal-hearing-whats-going-on/

AM Radio Through Duct Work Example - https://imgur.com/a/6BLhd9x

AM Radio Through Duct Work Story - https://www.reddit.com/r/hvacadvice/comments/sepc7b/hearing_the_radio_through_metal_ductwork/

Clairaudience - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/660mQUmRiUA

Fairy Music - https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/a-witchery-of-sound-ceol-sidhe-or-fairy-music/

Pukwudgie Freak Encounters - https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/freak-encounters/pukwudgie

Pukwudgies additional info - https://www.native-languages.org/pukwudgie.htm

Pukwudgie Phantoms and Monsters - https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2023/09/pukwudgie-elf-on-shelf.html

Derek on Bigfoot Collectors Club Podcast episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conjuring-house-w-derek-hayes/id1310053731?i=1000631700923

Derek and David on Banned Camp Podcast Halloween Special - https://www.bannedcamppodcast.com/halloween-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-with-derek-hayes-and-david-flora/

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

 

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S16 Ep4: Sn. 16 Ep. 4 - Pukwudgies, big birds and a glimpse into the future

Season 16 Episode 5 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

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Lake Herrington Monster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzIghewi1Ks

KY Alligator 1 - https://www.whas11.com/article/life/animals/alligator-louisville-kentucky-fish-wildlife-conservation-officers/417-6fc502e5-8860-4841-84bc-32e57f359240

KY Alligator 2 - https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/ott/news_on_demand/local_news_on_demand/alligator-found-in-west-kentucky/video_551c958b-11b9-5ecb-b29e-31320e28d6b7.html

KY Alligator 3 - https://www.14news.com/2020/05/24/alligator-found-kentucky-lake/

Alligators in the Winter - https://wtop.com/animals-pets/2018/01/watch-alligators-stay-warm-winter/

Alton IL, Bull Shark - https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/The-real-story-behind-Alton-s-bull-shark-legend-16314613.php

KY Shark Warning - https://www.wdrb.com/news/ky-department-of-fish-and-wildlife-there-are-no-bull-sharks-in-kentucky-lake/article_390b0ff4-2ad6-54d7-ada7-988b466b50fe.html

Tennessee River Shark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv28cWHFKBM

Strange Familiars Flannelman - https://www.strangefamiliars.com/home/tag/flannel+man

National UFO Reporting Center - https://nuforc.org/

Cuba Road - https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/whitecem

Mothman History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bknt7M9kJ8

Similar Mothman Sighting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwW7q1mCJc

Strange Scar Photo - https://bit.ly/49qOHJb

Strange Scar Photo - https://bit.ly/47pxv4R

Strange Scar Photo - https://bit.ly/3SCCURZ

Strange Scar Photo - https://bit.ly/3ufjCYD

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

 

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S16 Ep5: Sn. 16 Ep. 5 - Deadly ghosts, lake monsters and the infamous mothman

Season 16 Episode 9 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

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Death of Gloria Ramirez - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gloria_Ramirez

El Sibon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am6PkJ1seGI

Jersey Devil - https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/jersey-devil-history-fake-news-norman-jeffries-20190123.html

Rock Hill, SC UFO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czSofmlcYZI

Green Lasers from Space - https://weather.com/science/space/video/strange-green-laser-lines-over-hawaii-observatory

Laser Art Installment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsO-fUZMISw

Green Meteor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AajTkBbuq18

Rock Hill UFO #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czSofmlcYZI

Rock Hill UFO #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSNiQIhjdkE

Eve the Bear - https://abc7news.com/mange-bear-with-rescue-skin-disease/5925230/

Hairless Raccoon - https://www.facebook.com/theblessedimages/posts/shy-hairless-raccoon-being-introduced-by-his-brother-say-something-nice-to-him/2026925664261673/

Another Kansas Creature - https://www.reddit.com/r/kansas/comments/14omgnq/has_anyone_here_ever_seen_or_encountered_an/

Gollum Creature Crosses Road - https://flinthillsparanormal.com/cryptozoology/kansas-cryptids/cryptids-of-kansas-weird-things-crossing-a-road/

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep9: Sn. 16 Ep. 9 - Skinwalkers, bigfoot and little pink creatures

Season 16 Episode 10 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

Happy holidays!

SHOW NOTES:

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Candle Smoke Burns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Z56fqHlw8

News Spots Santa Claus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RMWg-ipOWc

Christmas UFOs - https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/ufos-of-christmas-past/

Haunted Toy Truck Photo 1 - https://bit.ly/3NyGxoB

Haunted Toy Truck Photo 2 - https://bit.ly/3RtpWE2

The Furby Curse - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BI1l21GdjH8

Operation Bad Elf - https://www.kwtx.com/video/2023/12/06/santas-elves-spotted-making-mischief-around-central-texas/

Teihiihan (Little Cannibals of the Plains) - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/teihiihan-cannibals/

The Derry Fairy - https://www.amazon.com/Weird-New-England-Englands-Legends/dp/1402733305

More Derry Fairy - https://www.derrynews.com/opinion/tales-of-old-derry-the-legend-of-the-derry-fairy/article_7e1d2749-daf8-5bd6-b474-1efe050a4890.html

Sad Santa Encounter - https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/a8xkz0/serious_people_who_believe_theyve_seen_santa/

Scary Santa Claus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3Hkgt307k

List of Santa Claus Encounters - https://www.liveabout.com/santa-claus-sightings-2594781

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep10: Sn. 16 Ep. 10 - Santa, sinister elves and spirited toys... The Holiday Special

Season 16 Episode 11 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

Thank you for another great year! Wishing you all a happy new year, see you in 2024!

SHOW NOTES:

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Trucker Sees a Ghost - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0SVdiukb4E

Colorado Bigfoot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQUE8Xr-cc

Airplane Freakout Lady - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXspX_6SK-A

Into the Fray Troll Episode - https://intothefrayradio.com/Episodes/itf-392-the-troll/

Las Vegas Alien - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/if7iAT00Gp0

UFO Whistleblower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSj7QsHRxHQ

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep11: Sn. 16 Ep. 11 - The Best of 2023 Special

Season 16 Episode 12 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Tonight's Sponsor - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/sponsors 

For ad-free, extended & bonus episodes, support MAU on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcast

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Lake Worth Monster - https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/daybreak-rewind-the-lake-worth-goatman/287-8212241

Grinning Goatman of White Rock Lake - https://paranormal-world.fandom.com/wiki/Grinning_Goatman_of_White_Rock_Lake

Normangee Texas Goatman - https://www.ghostsofamerica.com/7/Texas_Normangee_ghost_sightings2.html

Sabine River Goatman - https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/haunted-sabine-river-joe-lansdale/

White Rock Lake & Normangee Goatmen - http://www.weirdus.com/states/texas/bizarre_beasts/goatman_of_white_rock_lake/index.php

Old Alton Bridge Goatman - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=838741537038615

Old Alton Bridge Shooting - https://www.fox4news.com/news/goatmans-bridge-shooting

Aly Terry Guest Appearance - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sn-15-ep-25-aliens-doppelgangers-and-farm-monsters-w/id1094490100?i=1000629509200

SoCal UFO caught on video 1 - https://youtube.com/shorts/J5olC3WflJo?feature=share

SoCal UFO caught on video 2 - https://youtube.com/shorts/PHXi9GkUmM8?feature=share

A Haunting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNc1-RNbLww

Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - https://www.borregotriangle.com/

Cinema Nova Screening - https://www.cinemanova.com.au/films/sfff-shadows-in-the-desert-high-strangeness-in-th

UFO Collides with Train - https://web.archive.org/web/20230201164248/https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/66150.aspx

UFO vs Train Photos - https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2013/06/the-paintsville-ky-train-ufo-crash.html#google_vignette

UFO Hunters MIB Coverage (John Rhodes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7z7u6enuNw

Casebook on the Men in Black Book - https://www.amazon.com/Casebook-Men-Black-Jim-Keith/dp/1935487353

MIB Caught on Camera - https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watch-doorbell-camera-captures-visit-from-men-in-black/

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep12: Sn. 16 Ep. 12 - Goatmen, dark entities and the mysterious men in black

Season 16 Episode 14 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Tonight's Sponsor - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/sponsors

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Snake Head Fish in the James River - https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/snakehead-found-in-james-river-drainage/

Big, Exotic Snake in the James River - https://www.12onyourside.com/story/14159269/big-exotic-snake-caught-on-tape-in-the-james-river/

 Seal in the James River - https://www.12onyourside.com/video/2020/08/17/caught-camera-seal-looking-animal-spotted-swimming-james-river/

Sturgeon in the James River - https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2014/12/09/monsters-lurk-in-the-james-river/

Chessie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIItcGqXZQ

Jellyfish UFO/UAP in Iraq - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQgiIr2BjsI

Star Wars Drone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13TFmxg_jJM

Jellyfish UFO over Cruise Ship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frmOlm8njCQ

Rocky Mountain House Bigfoot 1 - https://sasquatchalberta.com/syndicated/assr-visual-sighting-near-baptiste-river-rocky-mountain-house/

Rocky Mountain House Bigfoot 2 - https://oregonbigfoot.com/report_detail.php?id=01260

Nordegg, Alberta Bigfoot - https://sasquatchalberta.com/expedition-diary/expedition-diary-nordegg-habituation-site-ram-river-falls/

Australian Screening of Shadows in the Desert - https://www.cinemanova.com.au/films/sfff-shadows-in-the-desert-high-strangeness-in-th

Moose in Wisconsin - https://www.wisn.com/article/moose-sighting-in-wisconsin/44981644#

Moose Legends - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anishinaabe_clan_system

Moose Legends - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism

Orange Static Man - https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ctbscm/has_anyone_else_seen_a_static_entity/

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep14: Sn. 16 Ep. 14 - Summer camp ghosts, an East Coast water monster and the moose lady

Season 16 Episode 16 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Tonight's Sponsor - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/sponsors

For ad-free, extended & bonus episodes, support MAU on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcast

MAU Merch Shop - http://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop

Bigfoot by state - https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/bigfoot-sightings-which-states-have-the-most/

The Murphysboro Monster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep3HB89YP98

The Murphysboro Monster Statue - https://www.wsiltv.com/video/big-muddy-monster-sightings-set-to-increase-after-new-statue-unveiling/video_475711e5-bc36-5527-95aa-3b6f3dcc004d.html

Bigfoot is an alien - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjSbRS_kJME

Shots fired at bigfoot aliens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-poqve2jQnM

Illinois Flap 2004 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkkBEHVXVrc

Illinois Flap 2006 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxrTo5OfHA

Arizona Model Pilots Society, Inc. - https://ampsrc.com/ 

Additional R/C Airfields in the Vicinity #1 - Central Arizona Modelers - https://www.camodelers.com/

Additional R/C Airfields in the Vicinity #2 - Sun Valley Fliers - https://sunvalleyfliers.com/

Osage Co. Dogman - https://dogmanencounters.com/osage-county-ks-encounter/

Hamilton Co. Dogman - https://dogmanencounters.com/hamilton-county-ks-encounter/

Jackson Co. Dogman 1 - https://dogmanencounters.com/jackson-county-ks-encounter/

Jackson Co. Dogman 2 - https://dogmanencounters.com/jackson-county-ks-encounter-2/

Realtor Murdered - Apologies, we sourced the incorrect article, we're looking for the correct one.

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep16: Sn. 16 Ep. 16 - Sasquatch, dogman and a free floating, full torso, vaporous apparition

Season 16 Episode 17 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Tonight's Sponsor - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/sponsors

MAU Merch Shop - http://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop

Weird California - https://www.amazon.com/Weird-California-Californias-Legends-Secrets/dp/1402766831

Shasta Missing People - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0xxcq0R3k

The Why Files on Mt Shasta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQJs8BHtTXg

Phone Cloning - https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/cell-phone-fraud

Scleral Tattooing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleral_tattooing

Eyeball Tattooing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvsprfYe5eU

Old Xenia Road Ghost Story - http://www.weirdus.com/states/ohio/ghosts/woods_old_xenia/index.php

Triangle UFO over US Military Base - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXlxGDo3-4

Denver Sounds (2012) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGygjHp5PI

More Denver Sounds (2012) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4SvpGk8bGs

Hank Krastman Grand Canyon Portal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DYiT8zMGo

Music from tonight's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/armchairambience

https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio/featured

S16 Ep17: Sn. 16 Ep. 17 - Black eyed beings, open portals and a call from beyond the grave

Season 13 Episode 8 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more told by the witnesses themselves.

SHOW NOTES:

Sightings Reverse Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu85l_9sJz4&t=1s

UFO FILES Dayton UFO Sighting - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tirxn

Dayton, Ohio UFO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1295126/Footage-purportedly-shows-UFO-flying-Ohio-airbase.html

Captain Jack's - https://captainjackssunsetbeach.com/

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting - https://www.history.com/videos/ufo-sightings-kenneth-arnold

Elkins WV Bigfoot Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEdHAv0_0vE&t=175s

Finding Bigfoot West Virginia - https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/finding-bigfoot/bigfoot-hoedown

History of Westwood, CA - https://www.jamescolincampbell.com/westwood/westwood-history/

S13 Ep8: Sn. 13 Ep. 8 - Famous UFOs, West Virginia Sasquatch and a military base secret.

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