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Spanning some 5,600-miles from east to west and 2,800-miles from north to south, Russia is a sprawling land mass that boasts a near unfathomable 2.8-million lakes. Bearing this in mind it should come as no surprise that the former Soviet Union is not only infested with lake monsters, but that those on offer are some of the craziest cryptids on the books. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube- Twitter - Facebook 

3/24/25 • 69:48

In the last days of the Vietnam War, six heavily-armed Marines—while hiking through the darkness of the DMZ—narrowly avoided a run-in with a trio of bizarre behemoths. In the moments following this near-miss, the grunts were counting their lucky stars... but little could these battle weary men have suspected that, in mere moments, all hell was about to break loose. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube- Twitter - Facebook  THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY NORDVPNEXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/hellorspace Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!

3/17/25 • 73:01

Near the end of the Vietnam War a battle hardened team of American Marines were sent on a covert mission into the dense jungles of the DMZ in order to ambush a communist convoy. But that moonless night these well-armed warriors weren’t destined to be the aggressors but the victims of an inexplicable army of unknown—and decidedly inhuman—enemies. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube- Twitter - Facebook 

3/10/25 • 62:18

In a move straight out of ‘80’s horror flick, a group of Texas teens broke into a decrepit old house owned by a pair of elderly eccentrics; spinster sisters who rarely showed their faces in public. But what began as a night of juvenile hijinks quickly devolved into a horrific Fortean flood that would haunt the unfortunate souls involved for the rest of their tragically short lives. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY NORDVPNEXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/hellorspace Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!

3/3/25 • 57:54

Lurking in the murky depths of a landlocked lake in West Africas remote Dafra region, this colossal, flesh eating aquatic anomaly was worshiped as a god by locals who—unlike skeptical christian missionary—were well aware of the dangers faced by those who strayed too close to the blood-slicked rocks at the water’s edge; as just one misstep could mean instant death.  The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

2/24/25 • 68:34

In the depths of America’s Heartland dwells a sinister beast; a bizarre amalgam of various creatures that some might assume is a classic unidentified animal. But those who’ve come face-to-face with this ferocious fiend know better—this is no mere cryptid, but a horrific curse made flesh and the toll it extracts is nothing less than human life. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY NORDVPNEXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/hellorspace Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!

2/17/25 • 66:21

After 3-hellish-years of possession had cost him everything he held dear, Jean, a once wealthy and beloved family man now found himself destitute and alone; standing on a Japanese mountaintop. But, dire as his situation was, the sudden arrival of an interdimensional craft containing a trio of incredible entities—including two Biblical superstars—would not only shatter his notion of reality but introduce him to both the living damned and his remarkable (albeit horrific) destiny. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY BETTER HELPGet started today and enjoy 10% off your first month http://betterhelp.com/hellorspace Promo Code – HELLORSPACE

2/10/25 • 72:08

While on a trip to the Holy Land in 1967, an affluent executive claimed to have been attacked and subjugated by a raging God-like force. This life altering experience would send this semi-possessed man spiraling into a dark void of secret missions, animate UFOs, magical powers and a confrontation with some of the most revered names in Western Religion. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcas The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   HELLRAISER REMASTERED:https://www.fathomentertainment.com/events/hellraiser-remastered/ 

2/3/25 • 82:09

There are few things that send chills down the spine quicker than the thought of coming into contact with an undulating, amorphous mass of living tissue. Be they from the bottom of the ocean, the depths of space, the bowels of the Earth or infinitely more arcane realms; these squirming, scummy, shriek-inducing organisms have the power to terrify even the sturdiest of souls The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   HELLRAISER REMASTERED:https://www.fathomentertainment.com/events/hellraiser-remastered/ 

1/27/25 • 77:04

On our planet inexplicable animals come in all shapes and sizes, but—for all of their diversity—rarely do they come in the form of the leafy, chlorophyll laden plant. This week we once again dive into the algae ridden, monster infested pond wherein these elusive cryptobotanical critters dwell. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

1/20/25 • 72:03

When it comes to alleged alien encounters there is no dearth of weirdness, but one of the stranger subsets of this already freaky phenomenon are those cases that deal with an unconventional array of egg-shaped entities. The ovoid anomalies are always baffling, often bizarre and, occasionally, downright terrifying. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY BETTER HELPGet started today and enjoy 10% off your first month http://betterhelp.com/hellorspace Promo Code – HELLORSPACE

1/13/25 • 65:49

The epic paranormal umbrella encompasses the full spectrum of high strangeness and this week we dive into an array of anomalous accounts sent in from our listeners, which run the gamut from demonic entities and sinister specters to interdimensional interlopers and eccentric extraterrestrials'. Buckle up for a wild ride. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

1/6/25 • 69:14

Once again we return to the not-so-sunny shores of England to induct two new crazy critters into this ancient nation’s already pervasive pantheon of the paranormal; specifically a pair of insidious invertebrates whose peculiar provenance seems to lean less toward the traditionally biological and more toward the uncannily occult…  The Highest Strangeness By Richard Freeman:https://www.amazon.com/Highest-Strangeness-Richard-Freeman/dp/1909488720/   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

12/30/24 • 81:37

Christmas encounters with a BEK, a tall pale creature and a sewer elf! Featuring special guest Super Producer Bill Reddit Links: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/aaqlg8/child_with_black_eyes_encountered_on_christmas_eve/  https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/80pue6/my_encounter_with_a_tall_pale_aggressive_creature/   https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/zpq929/i_saw_a_christmas_elf_in_a_sewer_when_i_was/ The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

12/23/24 • 53:08

For most urbanites, catching the bus is a fairly routine aspect of life. In most cases, buses take us to and from our appointments, errands and places of employment with a regularity that is almost mundane but—for an unlucky few living and dying in Liverpool, England—there’s a sinister side to this specific form of mass transit that  can be, quite literally, reality shattering. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcastl  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

12/16/24 • 65:17

Life had been crazy for the Frederick family. Though the place they called home was a typical stretch of rural West Virginia, their backyard had become ground zero in a spectacular series of run-ins with a host of bizarre beings, including a diminutive demon, a hypno-eyed stalk of blood-sucking space celery and one hella-pissy, quasi-corporeal cosmic dignitary. But, as gonzo as the situation already was, things were about to get a lot stranger (and a helluva’ lot more menacing) with a terrifying nocturnal assault by a particularly nasty contingent of the Men in Black.  The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

12/9/24 • 94:35

In the summer of ‘68, while stalking woodchuck in the West Virginia wilds, a teenage Jennings Frederick would come face-to-gargantuan-green-face with a bizarre, blood craving, botanical behemoth who he dubbed the “Vegetable Man.” Though this incredible incident was just the latest in a series of a puzzling paranormal episodes that plagued this young hunter, it would be the one that would—with the help of infamous author and ufologist Gray Barker—forever ever etch Frederick’s name in the hallowed halls of Forteana.  The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

12/2/24 • 84:45

After a series of bizarre UFO sightings, and his mother’s close encounter with a tiny, leash bound devil, it would seem that Jennings Frederick and his family had already maxed out their high strangeness quota. But it turns out that the world of weird was far from finished with this cloistered clan, as an array of eccentric entities were still waiting in the wings. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

11/18/24 • 73:15

oining the venerable ranks of West Virginia’s already extraordinary metaphysical menagerie, the Vegetable Man is a seemingly inexplicable synthesis of animal, plant and predator. But, while a young bow hunter’s run-in with this inexplicable organism is now the stuff of legend, what is less known is the supernatural s***storm that lead up to, and followed, his incredible encounter.  The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

11/11/24 • 75:17

For those who love it, camping is supposed to be an escape from the drudgery of daily life, but for one Chilean couple, their long anticipated excursion into the wild swiftly devolved into a night long odyssey of psychedelic horror; one that—to their ever accelerating dismay—seemed to be occurring against the hellish backdrop of a full-scale, destroy all humans caliber alien invasion. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

11/4/24 • 74:15

Slithering up from the viscous muck, we have a pair of curious accounts involving off-the-wall (and as yet unclassified) tentacle-bearing beasts, who were not, as one might expect, discovered by marine biologists in the briny depths, but found squirming in an industrial sludge pit as well as a hand dug cistern, both of which were—against all odds—located in the indisputably non-ocean bordering state of Indiana. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com - Cryptonautmerch.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

10/28/24 • 82:24

The world we live in is an extraordinary place full of wild wonders and odd events so strange they leave us questioning our place in the universe… but on the fringes of these already nebulous realms are anomalous entities that are so guano caliber nuts, even the most open minded  paranormal enthusiast will find themselves uttering the immortal phrase “WTF!?” The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcas The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Hellorspace.com  - Cryptonautmerch.com Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

10/21/24 • 62:38

According to scores of eyewitnesses, distinctly humanoid entities can be found anywhere from the vast, dense swathes of forests connecting Canada and the U.S. to cruising the cosmos in extraordinarily advanced interstellar vehicles. But, for all of the many mythologies dealing with these quasi-human beings, one that is often overlooked deals with those who claim to have encountered our aquatic cousins; not the renowned half-fish hybrids version known as mermaids but leg-bearing sub-aquatic citizens and their kids… The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

10/14/24 • 67:41

The wild spaces of our world are filled with myriad dangers that most of us are all-too familiar with; even if it's mostly from afar. But for even the most intrepid trekkers, there are things lurking in the unspoiled wilds that not only defy expectations… but leave those who’ve encountered them questioning the very nature of reality….. Featuring Aly from Let’s Get Haunted!  Let’s Get Haunted Podcast:https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Let’s Get Haunted on Spotify:https://bit.ly/GetHaunted The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

10/11/24 • 72:46

A familiar fixture in nearly every room of the modern house, television has forever changed the way we interact with each other and the world around us. But as profound—and arguably negative—as these alterations have been, they pale before the truly terrifying interactions that some claim to have had with an array of undeniably dangerous and utterly enigmatic entities who—as unbelievable as it may seem—are said to occupy the airwaves inside the so-called “idiot box”. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY BETTER HELPGet started today and enjoy 10% off your first month http://betterhelp.com/hellorspace Promo Code – HELLORSPACE

10/7/24 • 86:28

If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, then this wild and often wonky world we call home is chock full of enigmatic entities that both defy description and beggar belief. But—as eccentric as these evolutionary oddities may be—if there’s one thing that fellows of Fortean lore have learned to count on, it’s the fact that these bedeviling beings will always appear where and when one least expects it. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

9/30/24 • 68:28

There are few places in the world that should offer more comfort and security than the refuge known as the bedroom. As an adult, if one is lucky, it’s a place of rest, intimacy and a glorious relief from the stresses of the day. But for a child—especially in the black of night—the bedroom can be less a sanctuary and more a chamber of horrors filled with unspeakable entities; some of which are no doubt imaginary… and others that are all-too real. The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcas The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

9/23/24 • 66:42

After a series of increasingly violent interactions with a ferocious family of feral forest dwellers, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara’s once idyllic existence had spiraled into a surreal cyclone of memory manipulation, supernatural Sasquatch and a clandestine cabal of Indigenous MIBs going toe-to-toe with a rogue, well-armed faction of the KISS Army... all of which coalesced to create one of the most bats--t crazy sagas in modern paranormal lore. Art References:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008529559385&sk=photos   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

9/16/24 • 90:12

After surviving an attack by a family of diseased cow devouring monsters, 10-year-old Randy Cutrara thought the worst was behind him. But little could he have known that he was about to be sucked into an insidious conspiracy involving crazy cryptids, amateur autopsies, shallow graves and a clandestine contingent of Indigenous intelligence agents who—by all appearances—are tasked with solving North America’s burgeoning Bigfoot problem. Art References: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008529559385&sk=photos   The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcast  The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube  

9/9/24 • 66:54

10-year-old Randy and his father were bleeding and terrified; trapped in the back room of an old barn while an enraged, red-eyed, monster named “Mikey” ripped through the rotten walls searching for its human prey. Suddenly, the shrill shriek of police sirens gave the cornered family their first glimmer of hope… but, pray though they might, this night of unrelenting terror had only just begun.  Art References: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008529559385&sk=photos  The Cryptonaut Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cryptonautpodcas The Cryptonaut Podcast Merch Stores:Cryptonautmerch.com - Hellorspace.com  Stay Connected with the Cryptonaut Podcast: Website - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube   THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY BETTER HELPGet started today and enjoy 10% off your first month http://betterhelp.com/hellorspace Promo Code – HELLORSPACE

9/2/24 • 65:02