We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!

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Sources:

The Nantucket Sea Monster | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

The Summer of Nantucket’s Sublime Sea Serpent | Smithsonian

Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Do not Believe Everything about Science Online: Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in an Introductory Biology College Course

Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia

Honolulu Star Bulletin

Flying Saucer Found Here

Gigantica fibicus (April Fool, 1941)

10 Animals That Turned Out to Be Hoaxes or Spoofs - Listverse

Largest Fish Ever Caught (April Fool's Day - 1939)

After a bit of a scheduling nightmare, Brandon and John are back! This time, they talk about a cherished Manhattan urban legend.

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Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures: Coleman, Loren: 9781416527367

American alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Chinese alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Comparison of bite‐force performance between long‐term captive and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) - Erickson

Alligator - Wikipedia

Can You Really Escape an Alligator if You Run in a Zigzag? | HowStuffWorks

American Alligator | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Sewer alligator - Wikipedia

The Truth About Alligators in the Sewers of New York - Corey Kilgannon

Alligator in the Sewer Day 2020

Alligator Ad 1934 - Popular Mechanics

Live Baby Alligator - FREE! : r/vintageads

Behind the Alligator Pet Trade - Fast Company

Women with baby alligator - Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

Fear or revere: Virginia Tech researcher dives into the complex history of the American alligator

526 Mailable Live Animals | Postal Explorer

Surprise at U.P.S.: Alligator-in-the-Box - The New York Times

Breaking Fad: Alligators becoming the new pit bulls for drug dealers, cops say - Washington Times

Guard alligator 'El Chompo' protected drugs for Pennsylvania dealers, prosecutors say

More on Alligators in the Sewers - George Fergus

This time, we're talking about paintings and Britain's obsession with crying boys.

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List of reportedly haunted paintings - Wikipedia

The Crying Boy - Wikipedia

The Curse of the Crying Boy. “I’ll tell you why the paintings never… | by Emily | Medium

A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s - Atlas Obscura

Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky - Artlyst

The Real Story Behind The Cursed "Woman Of The Rain" Painting - The Ghost In My Machine

The Untold Story Of The Anguished Man Painting - Cumbria, England

This time, John follows the story of the Sykesville Monster through the reporting of the Baltimore AFRO. Meanwhile, Brandon torments his mom.

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Sykesville, Maryland - Wikipedia

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte - Wikipedia

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Hunts for Hairy Monster 7ft. Tall - Bill Rhoden and Fletcher Roberts

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Monster Interest Spreads - Bill Rhoden

The Baltimore Sun - Dr. W. Ted Roth Obituary

Baltimore AFRO - Similar Monster Seen Last Year in Missouri

Baltimore AFRO - Local citizen saw a monster, joins hunt in Sykesville

Baltimore AFRO - Is monster eating Balto. kids?

Baltimore AFRO - Sykseville monster the real thing

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville monster joins urban set!

Show To Feature Tale Of Maryland Monster - CBS Baltimore

Monsters of Maryland: Mysterious Creatures in the Old Line State

Pulse of the Paranormal: 'Sykesville Monster' Encounter

Bigfoot: The Sykesville Monster w/photos, Md, Carroll County

Sykesville Monster | Odyssey Paranormal Research

The Aswang is back, and this time, we have CIA sources that tell us the events actually happened.

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False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack

CIA Vampires: US Meddling in the Philippines - Grey Dynamics

How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines | HowStuffWorks

Killing Hope US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum

Ed Lansdale's Black Warfare in 1950s Vietnam

The Aswang Project

This week, the madness has spread to Cryptopedia as we pit some of our favorite cryptids against one another in a single-elimination tournament. Brandon and John debate over the finer points of blood-draining and soul-sucking in this weird installment of the podcast.

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The saga of Varginha comes to a close this week.

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A história oficial do ET de Varginha - ISTOÉ Independente

Varginha UFO incident - Wikipedia

1996 UFO Case The Varginha, Brazil

Tale of Stinky Extraterrestrials Stirs Up UFO Crowd in Brazil - WSJ

Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO

This week, John tried to do a short episode, but three hours in Blender had other plans.

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The mystery of the Solway Spaceman - BBC News - May 23, 2014

Solway Firth Spaceman - Wikipedia

Solway Firth Spaceman - RationalWiki

The Real Cumberland Spaceman

Woomera Blue Streak Incident

The 1964 Solway Spaceman Photograph: Case Report

Australian Government Record Search

UFOs at close sight: The Solway Firth photograph, 1964

The Men In Black Visit Jim Templeton

Security Meeting on marsh 'a joke' - Cumberland News - September 4, 1964

The Solway Spaceman photograph - Dr David Clarke

1964: Cumberland Spaceman / Solway Firth Photograph - Think AboutIts

The Draconian / Saurian War Conspiracy 1 - Think AboutIt - Aliens

File:Mercury Suit Gordon Cooper.jpg - Wikipedia

Captain Jack's Contax/Pentacon Page

Car forum discussion about the photo

Debunked The Solway Spaceman The One Show 2017