The Buck and the Beast

About this episode

The episode discusses strange sightings and encounters with unexplained entities in various locations.

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives , the guys kick things off by talking about Kyle and Luke’s recent trip to the Texas Fright Fest, where Luke finally got the chance to meet horror icon Matthew Lillard along with several other legendary figures from the world of horror and the paranormal. Then, they dive headfirst into the strange and unexplained. First, the guys discuss the disturbing account of Homer, Alaska resident Lisa Merrell, who between 2013 and 2018 claimed to witness small crawler-like humanoids moving silently through the trees near her property. What began as fleeting glimpses through binoculars allegedly escalated into repeated sightings of numerous entities, followed by a horrifying transformation of the surrounding forest itself. Years later, when Lisa returned to the location with a television crew, they reportedly found the trees blackened, rotten, and dying. Then, a chilling encounter out of Red River, New Mexico involving a mysterious deer-like creature seen twice by the same man years apart. The story takes an even darker turn after his girlfriend witnesses the same entity for herself, leaving both of them convinced that whatever they encountered may…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle, Luke

Topics covered

• horror
• paranormal
• unexplained phenomena
• sightings
• urban legends

Keywords

• Texas Fright Fest
• horror icon
• crawler-like humanoids
• deer-like creature
• Bear Canyon

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Homer, Alaska, Red River, New Mexico, Boulder, Colorado

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