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Walkin' on the Wild Side

Walkin' on the Wild Side

By: Marvin and Gabrielle Bouknight
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A podcast dedicated to exploring nature all around us and hopefully instilling in our listeners a curiosity and appreciation for the wildlife around us. Join us as we share some amazing observations, interesting and educational facts, and stories about the incredible diversity of flora and fauna found here in the Southeastern United States. Your hosts are Marvin and Gabrielle Bouknight, and Marvin has been a professional naturalist and wildlife biologist for over 30 years and he and his wife, Gabrielle have shared many adventures exploring habitats and observing the amazing flora and fauna of the southeastern United States. To contact us, you can follow us on Facebook at Nature Nook Wildlife Photography (https://www.facebook.com/NatureNookWildlifePhotography), or email us at walkingonthewildside21@gmail.com. To SIGN UP/SUBSCRIBE to our podcasts, simply download your favorite podcast app on your mobile device (we can be found on all the Apple iOS and Android OS apps) and look up "WALKIN'ON THE WILD SIDE" or you can visit our website at https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com and click on your favorite app (see below, if you're viewing this from our web site). It will take you to the site and our podcast. Click "subscribe" and you're ready to go WALKIN' ON THE WILD SIDE!© 2025 Walkin' on the Wild Side Biological Sciences Science Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • The Local Legends of South Carolina - Pt. 3 - The Legend of the Gray Man
    Aug 15 2025

    Hey everyone and welcome back to Walkin' on the Wild Side! We finish up our three part series on the local legends of South Carolina with one of Gabrielle's favorite legends of the Lowcountry, the Gray Man. This legend is a prognosticator of hurricanes and landfall, often protecting the person and property he reveals himself to. The legend started in the 1800's in Pawley's Island, SC and has persisted to this day. There are different versions, but all have a similar outcome. A person sees a gray man in an overcoat and hat, he warns them to flee the impending storm, and their homes are spared, even when everything around them is devastated. Join Gabrielle and I in Pawley's Island, close to where the legend was born, and then join us for dinner as we talk to a local young man, Chandler, who happened to be our waiter at the amazing Rustic Table restaurant. We hope you enjoy this episode and here's a few websites to learn more about this legend of the Lowcountry:

    https://wkml.com/2024/08/21/the-mysterious-legend-of-the-gray-man-ghost-in-south-carolina/

    https://pawleysvacationrentals.com/the-grey-man/

    https://southcarolinaparks.com/huntington-beach

    https://hammockshops.com/

    Awesome restaurant featuring our waiter, Chandler!

    https://www.rustictable.com/

    Interested in having Marvin and Gabrielle speak at your event? Email us below for more information!

    Email us at www.walkingonthewildside21@gmail.com
    Follow us on our two webpages to see photos and blogs about our podcasts and nature in general. We will be posting our Yellowstone pics here:
    Nature Nook Photography
    Walkin' on the Wild Side

    You can listen directly from our website at: https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com, or from any of the major podcast platforms, such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!
    Subscribe to our podcasts on any of these platforms and leave us a review!
    We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback. Hopefully, we will inspire you to get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

    We'd love to hear from you with your questions and comments!

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    30 mins
  • Local Legends of South Carolina - Pt. 2 - The Hound of Goshen Hill
    Aug 1 2025

    It's time for another episode of Walkin' on the Wild Side and we are road trippin' for part 2 of our "Local Legends of South Carolina" series! This time, we're up in Union County, where a local legend is well known by folks in the area, but maybe not known outside of this area of South Carolina. Goshen Hill Plantation was the site of a settlement where a man was wrongfully hanged for a murder he didn't commit, and both he and his faithful dog were executed in a wrongful rush to judgment. Scary stories of a white dog with a hideous grin that haunts this area of Union county have been told for years and a simple drive along Old Buncombe Road can really get your imagination going! Join Gabrielle and I along this stretch and a few more places as we search for the Hound of Goshen Hill, secretly praying that we DON'T see him!

    Check out the web pages below for more information and check out our Facebook pages for videos, pictures, and more!

    Dinner at the delicious Heart's Family Diner: https://www.facebook.com/Heartsfamilyrestaurantunionsc/

    Don't forget the ice cream at a great old fashioned drive in/dine in called the Dairio: https://www.facebook.com/DairioOfUnionSC/

    Some websites about the Hound of Goshen Hill: https://www.scetv.org/stories/2018/south-carolina-legend-ghost-hound-goshen; https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/news/hound-of-goshen-newberry-sc-ghost-dog/article_ed32a360-9df2-11ef-8dae-3315f814f635.html; https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/south-carolina/ghost-hound-of-goshen-hill-legendary-ghost-dog-sc

    SPECIAL THANK YOU TO FREESOUND.ORG (https://freesound.org/) website for the catalog of sound effects, music, etc.

    For this episode, special thank you to Audio_Dread (whose work can be found on freesound.org) for the scary music! Check out his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbwdq_g8lpCSdX1TwAQwN7w

    Interested in having Marvin and Gabrielle speak at your event? Email us below for more information!

    Email us at www.walkingonthewildside21@gmail.com
    Follow us on our two webpages to see photos and blogs about our podcasts and nature in general. We will be posting our Yellowstone pics here:
    Nature Nook Photography
    Walkin' on the Wild Side

    You can listen directly from our website at: https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com, or from any of the major podcast platforms, such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!
    Subscribe to our podcasts on any of these platforms and leave us a review!
    We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback. Hopefully, we will inspire you to get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!


    We'd love to hear from you with your questions and comments!

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    24 mins
  • Local Legends of South Carolina - Pt. 1 - Carolina's Own Cryptic Creature!
    Jul 15 2025

    It's time for another episode of Walkin' on the Wild Side and while we were out on a road trip, Gabrielle had a wonderful idea to do a three part series of "Local Legends of South Carolina"!

    Our first part takes us east of Columbia near Camden. While out on a road trip that included Buc-ee's and Swan Lake in Sumter, I wanted to share the location of our first local legend in the Scape Ore Swamp of Bishopville. Join us to learn of the phenomenon that took place in the late 80's, where the Lizardman took the city, state, nation, and even the world by storm! Learn about the first sighting started the craze and what remains of this local legend today. Check out the web pages below for more information and check out our Facebook pages for videos, pictures, and more!

    https://www.swampapereview.com/the-legend-of-lizard-man-horror-in-rural-carolina

    https://cityofbishopvillesc.com/the-lizard-man/

    https://www.wyff4.com/article/legend-south-carolinas-lizard-man-restaurant/42745582

    https://lizardman-lounge-store.creator-spring.com/

    https://www.smithsconcrete.com/products/

    Interested in having Marvin and Gabrielle speak at your event? Email us below for more information!

    Email us at www.walkingonthewildside21@gmail.com
    Follow us on our two webpages to see photos and blogs about our podcasts and nature in general. We will be posting our Yellowstone pics here:
    Nature Nook Photography
    Walkin' on the Wild Side

    You can listen directly from our website at: https://walkinonthewildside.buzzsprout.com, or from any of the major podcast platforms, such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more!
    Subscribe to our podcasts on any of these platforms and leave us a review!
    We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and welcome your emails, comments, and feedback. Hopefully, we will inspire you to get out there and start "Walkin' on the Wild Side"!

    We'd love to hear from you with your questions and comments!

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    34 mins
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