S1 Ep124: Strange Mermaid Encounters

04/13/20 • 88 min

For thousands of years mankind's relationship with the water has led to many different spectacular legends and encounters. However for many cultures, none are as common or as strange as entities known as Mermaids... Creatures that have been spotted by great explorers and adventurers alike in modern times. But could such creatures exist in the vast unknown expanses of unexplored waters?
In this episode we are joined by our good friend Dr. Shea Conger, a specialist in marine mammal behavioural ecology.. To chat sightings, stories, physical descriptions and more, as we search for evidence of Mermaids! Shea’s Deep Sea News Article, “Fishful Thinking: Five Reasons Why Mermaids Can’t Exist” Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :) Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community! Coffee is essential to podcast research! Help support ITP with some Caffeine ;) You can now buy us a Cup of Coffee! Check out be strange clothing co. at straightupstrange.com For more information and resources visit our website intotheportal.com Find more show like ours in a world of High Strangeness on straightupstrange.com Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube Official Into The Portal Storefront Have any comments, corrections or feedback for the show? Email us at [email protected]

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S1 Ep123: The Monster of Boggy Creek

Lurking in the dense forests and swamps of southern Arkansas is a massive creature left unidentified to this day. Made most famous from a now classic 1972 film titled The Legend of Boggy Creek, the Fouke monsters legacy as a menacing and elusive phenomena of cryptozoology continues to this day... ITP covers not only the 1972 classic film by Charles B Piece, we get into the 1985 sequel Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues II, the 2016 Small Town Monster's Documentary Boggy Creek Monster, as well as the history and stories of this frightening beast as it exists in the canon of Arkansas lore.
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S1 Ep125: Film Friday: Underwater (2020)

This week ITP dives into Underwater (2020) a disaster-horror-scifi film that explores the depths of the Marianna's Trench and what lies beneath... we talk humanoid creatures, hollow earth, massive deep sea monsters and more! **PLOT SPOILERS ABOUND**
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Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :) Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community! Coffee is essential to podcast research! Help support ITP with some Caffeine ;) You can now buy us a Cup of Coffee! Check out the Straight Up Strange Network & be strange clothing at straightupstrange.com For more information and resources visit our website intotheportal.com Find more show like ours in a world of High Strangeness on straightupstrange.com Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube Official Into The Portal Storefront Have any comments, corrections or feedback for the show? Email us at [email protected]