S4: SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: Terrifying Encounters with Lyle Blackburn

About this episode

Lyle Blackburn discusses his experiences and research on cryptids and terrifying encounters with unknown creatures.

“This huge thing was standing in the road. It had to be at least seven or 8 feet tall, and the arms were so long they were down to its knees. You couldn’t see the face because there was hair all over it. It was actually running toward our car. It was awful.” – from Terrifying Encounters by Lyle Blackburn No one knows more about the strange creatures that lurk the backroads, swamps and forests of America than Lyle Blackburn. You probably know him from his appearances on “Astonishing Legends”, “Finding Bigfoot” and “The UnXplained with William Shatner”. Ever since seeing The Legend of Boggy Creek as a small child, Lyle has been obsessed with unknown creatures -- and he grew up to be the world’s foremost expert on the Fouke Monster, the beast featured in the movie. Lyle has written numerous books about monsters in America and “Terrifying Encounters” is his latest. It’s the first in a series and it features fascinating and truly terrifying first-hand accounts of encounters with creatures that shouldn’t exist -- but somehow do. Our conversation covers everything from Dogmen to Goatmen, to the differences between a Devil Monkey and an Anomalous Ape, to his own terrifying encounter in…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Hatem

Guest: Lyle Blackburn

Topics covered

• cryptids
• monsters
• first-hand accounts
• Bigfoot
• Lyle Blackburn
• paranormal encounters

Keywords

• Lyle Blackburn
• Terrifying Encounters
• Bigfoot
• Dogmen
• Goatmen
• Fouke Monster
• anomalous ape
• Devil Monkey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astonishing Legends

Books & works: Terrifying Encounters, The Legend of Boggy Creek, Finding Bigfoot, The UnXplained with William Shatner

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