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Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be disturbing, frightening and in some cases offensive. Listener Discretion is advised – there is very adult content ahead and you have been warned.
Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....
And on today’s Dark enigma… we have a listener request, so I hope I do it justice… So, with that said, let’s get straight to it; as always we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. The choice of libation is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say Slavic that will be a single shot and every time I say Demons, that will be a double shot. Alright, now the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… and Evil Swamp Demons of Slavic Lore! And just a note, it’s going to be a short one again, but hopefully you guys like it
Throughout the world there have always been legends and lore associated with the dim wilds of our landscape. Dark and forbidding, swamps in particular have attracted such tales since time unremembered, and it seems as if every such murky wetland has its share of spooky lore orbiting it. This is especially prevalent in Slavic cultures, and here the swamps have taken on a whole new level of surreal terror as the haunts of various demons and evil spirits.
A very prominent swamp demon in Slavic folklore is the one called Bolotnik, who appears typically as a hunched over, disheveled looking old man with scales, frog-like arms, a green beard and hair, an over sized mouth, a tail in some traditions, and the whole of him caked in mud, muck, and algae. Bolotnik prowls through the sludge of the swamps and marshlands looking to lure people and animals to their doom using a variety of wicked methods. One of his favorite ways is said to be to mimic the calls of animals or create will o’ wisps, floating, dancing balls of light, which entrance and draw in the curious until they are stuck in the quagmire of mud and reeds, after which the demon will viciously drag them to their death. He also in some traditions is said to grow alluring herbs or beautiful flowers, where he lies in wait for someone to come along and try to pick them. He will also occasionally use his shape-changing powers to become a stepping stone, latching onto whoever is foolish enough to step upon him.
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