Mythical Monsters - Parcast Network

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Indonesia’s Gigantic Ahool Jul 11, 2022

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The hunter becomes the hunted in this story about a screeching cryptid in the forests of Indonesia. With a 10-foot wingspan, the Ahool invites the awe and terror of a scientist determined to get out from under his father’s shadow, and make his own name.

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Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster Jul 04, 2022

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A Ph.D. student named Cat is accompanied by their mother on a research expedition in Loch Ness. They aren’t there to find the ancient creature rumored to be lurking beneath the water… but they find it nonetheless. And it’s a full-blown predator.

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Aboriginal Monsters: Pangkarlangu Jun 27, 2022

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He’s hairy, deadly, and maybe even prehistoric. The Pangkarlangu strikes a fearsome image with a tangle of heads hanging from his belt. But in today’s story, we see a softer side. Instead of eating one of the children that toddled away from its camp, he raises it as his own. What could go wrong?

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Aboriginal Monsters: Yara-ma-yha-who Jun 20, 2022

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A blood-sucking maneater lurks in the treetop, waiting for the unfortunate lone child it can swallow whole, digest, regurgitate, and swallow up again.

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Aboriginal Monsters: Ngayurnangalku Jun 13, 2022

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In the outback, the sands sizzle with heat... and hide a cannibalistic society that can make monsters out of men.

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Aboriginal Monsters: Bunyip Jun 06, 2022

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An evil aquatic predator lurks in the swamps and billabongs of Australia, said by Aboriginal Australians to lie in wait for its prey: humans.

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Mischievous Monsters: Maximón May 30, 2022

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An unorthodox folk saint named Maximón is always up for debauchery, even if he has to create a ruckus himself. In today’s story, a puritanical missionary vandalizes Maximon’s effigy and meets the wily figure face to face — along with some of his guiltiest fantasies.

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Mischievous Monsters: Nain Rouge May 23, 2022

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Legend goes, a scarlet-faced imp appears before misfortune strikes in Detroit. It might be a fire, blizzard, or riot that he attends, reveling in the unfolding disaster. In August 1812, it was the incredible military blunder of the Siege of Detroit that drew his cackling countenance.

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Mischievous Monsters: Boggart May 16, 2022

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Flying knives. Exploding flower pots. A boggart’s mischief can get deadly — fast. But how do you subdue a monster that can’t be killed, banished, or bribed?

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Mischievous Monsters: Curupira May 09, 2022

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A grotesque demon in the Amazon is a powerful defender of the jungle, and a wily shapeshifter with two simple rules. Disobey them, and you’ll lose much more than your path.

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