A Halloween episode, released on time?? It’s a Christmas miracle! And before you ask, yes, the boys are very much back on their bullshit.

Wyatt says a tentative farewell to his Sasquatch dreams, but does so in the form of sharing the MOST compelling cases he could muster up. So really the ball’s in your court now, Bigfoot. Then, after a harrowing escape from The Shadowlands, Jake talks about a phone call. A sPoOoOoKy phone call!

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EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links

Wyatt’s stories

1871 ape sighting news article

Fence climber video

Mississippi Skunk Ape video

Provo Canyon Rock Thrower video

Russian Almasty video

Toori Ponds Serpent video

Jake’s story

Carolina Case Files episode about the Pender County 911 call

Skeptoid Podcast episode page

Snopes article

Sharon Hill’s article

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Winter AND a new year? That can only mean one thing: it’s time for some creepy frozen lakes! Fulla dead people, these lakes.

First up is a viral ghost story about Minnesota’s Lake Weller, and the ghostly radio signals that seem to be coming from its depths every winter. Ope! Jake and Wyatt then fumble the best chance anyone will ever get at a “76 Trombones” joke as they head to the Indian Himalayas to Roopkund! Also known as Skeleton Lake, you’ll NEVER GUESS what’s inside. And you’ll certainly never guess what happened there…

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links

Wyatt’s native plant biznass

The show Jake writes

Lake Weller

Nature article about lakes vs. ponds

Ice-penetrating radio waves

Minnesota’s lake definition

Database of every MN lake

Roopkund

Atlas Obscura article

New York Times article

NYT article without the paywall

Haunted India blog post (for photos of Roopkund)

BBC article (which includes even more photos)

History Channel clip with William Shatner

Riddles of the Dead episode from National Geographic

Nature Communications article

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You ever see a perfect circle in nature and think, “Whoaaaa”? If so, this episode is for you! And if not, we’ll let you have this episode on a probationary basis!

Talkin’ ’bout fairy circles – large, evenly spaced and perfectly round bare patches found in the grasses of the Namib Desert – and fairy rings, the eerie patterns of dead grass, extra luscious grass, or mushrooms, all three of which are almost certainly not caused by elf ejaculate. Almost.

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EPISODE LINKS

Gaza GoFundMe

All-purpose show links

Fairy Circles

Aerial view

Closer view 1

Closer view 2

Right next to one

Live Science article

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics review article

Australian fairy circles

Photos of Aussie fairy circles

Fairy Rings

Fairy ring examples 1 and 2

Example 3 (forest fairy ring)

Example 4 (spookier forest fairy ring)

UWM Extension article

Toads and Toadstools, by Adrian Morgan

IMA Fungus article

Danish Undersea Rings

The solution (and the photo)

Up-close photo

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