Following Pike Lake's Wandering Hands

04/22/24 • 20 min

Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency

There's a strange creature afoot - er, ahand - in Pike Lake and the BCWPA is getting to the bottom of it!
Learn more about Path Hands (ballyraven.com)!
Sound Effects
Attribution 4.0:
Vintage Tape Recorder Button Clunks by iainmccurdy
Woman Scream 5 by J.Zazvurek
horror ghost 23.wav by klankbeeld
CC SAMPLING+ 1.0 DEED:
Kamelands Pond in the evening.wav by cmkendall
Attribution NonCommercial 3.0:
Wood Chopping.wav by jittels
indian_creek_01_steve_bayer.mp3 by sanus_excipio

Music
Shake That Little Foot (Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA):
TheLark in the Clear Air
Western Country
Evening Car Blues (ID 1855) by Lobo Loco (Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA)
Shake That Little Foot (Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA):
Pretty Little Dog
Waterbound
I Was Different by Ov Moi Omm (Free Music Archive, CC BY)
Old Forest Lodge 2 (ID 1836) by Lobo Loco (Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA)
Shake That Little Foot (Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA)
Shady Grove

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a Complete Study of the Loðsilungur

Hop aboard the BCWPA research boat for another aquatic expedition! The Loðsilungur is one of many oceanic cryptids from Iceland; a poisonous, furry trout related to the more well-known fur-bearing trout, it has an even stranger backstory and a more grim history.
MUSIC
Nocturne by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Releasing the Sculpture by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Ice Climb by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Assmack by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
You Wasted My Time When I Was Timewasting by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Le Monstre by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)

SOUND EFFECTS
Walking On Snow .wav by Benboncan
Door opening and closing 5 by JakLocke
Processed Exuberant Yelp Howl 4.wav by be-steele
Icelandic birdsong. Mothers protecting their eggs. WAV by kimchi_shreds
Aquarium Filter by ultradust
Trout splashing after being caught by TheFlyFishingFilmmaker
Boat Launch Creaking.aif by Em_ty
Black beach birds 2nd better.wav by Owl
Fish on land.wav by Calli06
01 Morning Listening.aif by listeningtow...
Bubbles Short Bursts.wav by murraysortz

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Behind the Scenes: What & Who is In the Field?

What is In the Field? Is it real cryptozoology work? Is it art? Are you trying to trick me? Should I be mad?
In this bonus, behind-the-scenes-y episode, we talk a little about ourselves, why we want to do the show, and our vision for the future - plus how you can review all the sources used to create each episode (www.ballyraven.com).
SKEPTIC LEVEL
Ballyraven: very; believes that the Appalachian Mountain Lion might be real. Open to belief if convincing evidence is presented.

does not believe in vampires (except the bat and bug kind)
does not believe in bigfoot
really doesn't believe in fae

Lycaon: open; wants to believe and does believe in many entities.

vampires = yes
bigfoot = yes
fae = yes

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Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency - Following Pike Lake's Wandering Hands

Transcript

This is a Ghost Story from Benton, OH.

Though young Jacob Taylore was an outsider, he was a welcome outsider. Handsome, ambitious, and single, many sought his attention for themselves or their daughters.

A logrolling was in order.

Not grand events, the thrown-together affairs were nonetheless exciting. For a day, villagers put aside their own duties to gather and work as one; land would be cleared of tree, stump, and brush. But after, fires and food and dancing and plans. Ja