Ep. 378 - Mike Mayes: Shadow Cats & Other Cryptids!

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Mike Mayes discussing shadow cats and other cryptids.

Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt bring author, researcher, and friend Mike Mayes back to the podcast! Mike is the author of such excellent books as Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America and Valley of the Apes: The Search for Sasquatch in Area X ! His newest book for young readers is called Beware the Pink Gorilla . Read a blog post about the Guelph, Ontario jaguar photo . Watch Luke Caverns' Appalachian jaguar documentary. Get Tickets for the Alaska Bigfoot Cruise (September 11-18) featuring Pruitt! See Cliff and Pruitt at Cryptid Con in Florence, IN, November 21-22! Sign up for our weekly bonus podcast "Beyond Bigfoot & Beyond" and ad-free episodes!

People in this episode

Hosts: Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, Matt Pruitt

Guest: Mike Mayes

Topics covered

• cryptids
• shadow cats
• Bigfoot
• research
• interview

Keywords

• Bigfoot
• shadow cats
• cryptids
• Mike Mayes
• Alaska Bigfoot Cruise
• Cryptid Con
• books

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America, Valley of the Apes: The Search for Sasquatch in Area X, Beware the Pink Gorilla

Places: Guelph, Ontario, Florence, IN

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