Up where the northern lights dance like living flames, antlered shadows rise into the starlit sky…

Join Gary and GoldieAnn on a breathtaking journey into the frozen heart of Sápmi, where ancient Sámi legends whisper of the luminous Gaivaldu—a sacred white reindeer that soars through the aurora, pulling the reborn sun and guiding lost souls through endless polar night.

We’ll follow Old Nils through a blinding blizzard as a glowing spirit doe appears to lead him home, explore how these ethereal guardians of the solstice merged with Norse myths of Odin’s eight-legged sky-steed Sleipnir, and trace the magical thread all the way to Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem that gave us Dasher, Dancer… and, later, a certain red-nosed misfit who lights the way.

From sacred rituals under shimmering guovssahasat to the jingling team we know today, discover the true paranormal origins of Santa’s flying reindeer.

Buckle up as this trip Within the Mist is a special solstice edition equal parts survival, wonder, and pure holiday enchantment.

Available now wherever you listen to Within the Mists. Don’t miss it… you might just hear hooves on your rooftop this Christmas Eve.

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This December, while the world decks its halls with sugarplum sweetness, Within the Mist dives into the rattling chains and cloven hooves of something far older and far darker.

Join hosts Gary and GoldieAnn as we journey deep into the frozen Alpine valleys to meet Krampus – the horned, fur-clad punisher who stalks alongside St. Nicholas on the eve of December 5th. Hear the chilling 1742 tale of two Bavarian brothers who learned firsthand what happens when the Christmas Devil decides you’ve been more naughty than nice.

We’ll trace his shadowy origins from ancient pagan winter spirits to the Church-tamed (yet never fully tamed) folk demon who survived bans, wars, and modernity itself. Then fast-forward to today’s roaring Krampusnacht celebrations – torch-lit parades thundering through European villages and the wild, counterculture Krampus runs now sweeping across America.

Lock your doors, stoke the fire, and ask yourself: have you been good this year?

Because Krampus already knows… and he’s coming.

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Deep in the tangled backroads of Minnesota’s Vergas Trails, something ancient and furious still walks barefoot through the pines. For over fifty years, locals have spoken in hushed tones of the Hairy Man—an eight-foot, musk-drenched giant that dents car hoods like tin cans, chases snowmobiles through blizzards, and locks eyes with terrified witnesses before vanishing into the bog.

From the thunderous 1966 attack that left Ken Zitzow’s Ford crumpled and his nerves shattered, to a twelve-year-old Cheryl Hanson outrunning a roaring nightmare on a frozen trail, to a mysterious human-like skull pulled from the Klondike swamp, the legend only grows darker.

Is it a feral hermit defending his territory? A family of Sasquatches stalking Otter Tail County? Or something older that the forest itself refuses to name?

Join Gary & GoldieAnn as they venture Within the Mists of Minnesota… because on the Vergas Trails, every rustle in the trees might just be the Hairy Man of Vergas Trail waiting for his next set of headlights.

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