an Overview of Atmospheric Beasts

12/12/23 • 50 min

Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency

Have you ever seen something strange in the sky? A bug that also looks not like a bug? A translucent thing that you catch only a glimpse of? A cloud that does not move like a cloud? An unsettling blip on a photo?

People once thought that the bottom of the ocean was devoid of life, too extreme for anything to exist. Too lightless, too cold, too crushing, too empty. They were wrong. Even four miles down into the ocean’s depths, life exists. Mirroring this mysterious place, there is a similar ecosystem high in the sky, filled with animals parallel to those marine creatures found far below.

THEME SONG
Departing Duillond at Sunrise by Hole Dweller
EPISODE SONGS (listen to and download on the Free Music Archive)
Maarten Schellekens - Just Wondering
Lobo Loco - Raining Softly (ID 1827)
Aaron Ximm - Angela Climbs a Boulder at Horn Creek, the Sun Sets, the Bat Flies By
Aaron Ximm - Sirenity
Aaron Ximm - Pole Stars
Aaron Ximm - Spring Rain
Maarten Schellekens - A Better World
Kirk Osamayo - Discovery
Kirk Osamayo - A Fleeting Thought
Kirk Osamayo - Time
Kirk Osamayo - Tired
Kirk Osamayo - Emotional Silence
Kirk Osamayo - Blinking Lights
Kirk Osamayo - Clouds
Kirk Osamayo - Twinkling Lights
Kirk Osamayo - Pray
Kirk Osamayo - Before The Light Peaks Through
Kirk Osamayo - Early Morning Self Reflection
Kirk Osamayo - Top Speed
Richard Spasoff - 2 Sci-Fi 30 sec Intro & Outro Music
SOUND EFFECTS FROM FREESOUND (in order of use)
"AutumnBlackForest" by RandomRecord19
"20150721_seagulls.01.flac" by dobroide
"Office ambience.mp3" by Nightwatcher98
Bike, Chain Spinning, Fast, 02-01.wav by InspectorJ
mounts.wav by levelclearer
CD_LUMIERE_007FX_Whale_2.wav by kevp888
Cold Breeze Ambience.wav by SiyaMahlobo
Owl Hoot by freemaster2
Party Pack, Balloons, Popping, 02-01.wav by InspectorJ
Releasing Balloon.mp3 by Percy Duke
Piano, Metal Mallet, Scrape, Full String, Damp, Short, A.wav by InspectorJ
Cthulhu growl.wav by cylon8472
Monster Screeching by MeijstroAudio
D215 Spear into Water.wav by billcutbill
Thunder, Very Close, Rain, A.wav by InspectorJ
Heavenly_Horn.mp3 by 13NHarri
Water_Spitting by orginaljun
and other works in Creative Commons 0

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Previous Episode

In the Field with Mirelings (PART 2)

In the Appalachian foothills of Ohio, there are strange tales of horrific figures that live in or near rivers; cadaverous and insatiable, they pillage cemeteries, consume unfortunate animals, and those who wander in their domains after dark. Today, however, we follow the creature behind the myth - we discover the life of a real "Muddy Man", a Mireling named Dime.
Follow Dime on a hunting trip, through hibernation, and witness the beauty of love in this cryptid documentary.
Writing, narrating, & editing by Ballyraven.
Music from Free Music Archive (in order of appearance):
AUTUMN SUNSET by Jason Shaw (some sections have pitch &/or speed change)
Doctor Talos Answers The Door by Doctor Turtle (some sections have pitch &/or speed change)
Lucky's Tune by Howie Mitchell
Dilating Times by Goji
Holiday Gift by Kai Engel
ONE FINE DAY by Jason Shaw
Decade Of Upsets (remaster) by Doctor Turtle
Love by Steve Combs
Old Molly Hare by Howie Mitchell
Sounds from Freesound (in order of appearance):
"Cardinal.wav" by CGEffex
"bubble (2).wav" by Glaneur de sons
"Bugs Chirping In Evening.wav" by AmyMarie1992
"Common Buzzard .wav" by Benboncan (added echo & reverb)
"Chewing, Breadstick, Single, A.wav" by Inspector J (pitch & speed change)
"Digging.wav" by lrobin0428 (pitch & speed change)
"walking through grass.wav" by MakedaMntuyedwa
"bush6.wav" by schademans
"Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav" by Inspector J
"WinterSolsticeNight.wav" by daveincamas
"Splash, Small, A.wav" by Inspector J (pitch & speed change, reverb added)

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Next Episode

a Complete Study of the Fur-Bearing Trout

The fur-bearing trout is an endangered species of fish that grows hair during the winter in the later years. Follow one such animal in this In the Field adventure!
MUSIC
Snow Drift by HoliznaCC0
Three Times by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA)
Fragrant Rota by Michael Holt
Hartford by Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone (CC BY-NC-ND)
Vanlig by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA)
Pony by Gillicuddy (CC BY-NC)
Echoes Boogie Dancehall (ID 278) by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA)
Good TImes Memory (ID 2037) by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED)
River Side Blues (ID 2027) by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC)
Easy Peasy by Beat Mekanik
Place on my Bonfire (ID 1170) - Remastered by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA)
Speedy Delta (ID 917) - Remastered by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA)
Vanlig
SOUND EFFECTS
Walking On Snow .wav by Benboncan
Door opening and closing 5 by JakLocke
Going up stairs in a hurry.mp3 by Taira Komori
rocky-stream calm 141015-0441.wav by klankbeeld
Trout splashing after being caught by TheFlyFishingFilmmaker
Colorado, Bright Angel Plateau Point.mp3 bu OK_Run
Bubbles Short Bursts.wav by murraysortz
Spring Peeper Frogs by TheBoatman
cars and trucks passing#2 by arnaud couta...
Aquarium Filter by ultradust

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Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency - an Overview of Atmospheric Beasts

Transcript

Just Wonderingby Maarten Schellekens
The following are dramatized accounts; sources used here and elsewhere in this episode, as well as more information, can be found on the Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency article, Atmospheric Beasts.
December 24, 1999 | Vitebsk, Belarus
High in the sky, it ominously hovered. The behemoth floated among the clouds, oblivious to those who watched below. On the ground, two people stood in awe, eyes fixated on its alien form. Not many spot s