About this episode

The episode explores the accounts of children who reported seeing winged figures during the Joplin tornado, discussing themes of cryptids, trauma, and folklore.

Dozens of unrelated children said shining, winged figures stood over them as an EF5 tornado destroyed Joplin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh cryptids, trauma, folklore, and guardian angels behind the butterfly people. The post The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri appeared first on StarQuest Media .

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Akin

Guest: Dom Bettinelli

Topics covered

• cryptids
• trauma
• folklore
• guardian angels
• tornado
• children's experiences

Keywords

• butterfly people
• Joplin
• tornado
• guardian angels
• cryptids
• folklore
• children's accounts

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Joplin, Missouri

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