#66 Did They Just Say Mothman Romance?

Are you, dear listener, a believer? Do you look for things that go bump in the night? Do you listen for a haunting call between the trees? Well then, buckle in, Jackie's taking us on a tour of three of the most popular cryptids in North America, including the rougarou, mothman and (of course) sasquatch, and their appearances in romance novels!Questions/comments/suggestions/cryptid sightings? Email us at [email protected]!Books we mention:Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine HarrisDark Hunters series by Sherrilyn KenyonInterview with a Vampire by Anne RiceSweet Berries by CM NascostaI'm In Love With Mothman by Paige LavoieMoth Wanted by Loki RenardSubterranean by James RollinsBeverley Green's First Adventure by Andrea NeilTwice Shy by Sarah HogleOff the Map by Trish DollerHow to Be a Good Creature by Sy MontgomeryMy Life On the Road by Gloria SteinemDelilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakePictures:Mothman over bridgeEurasian Eagle OwlPatterson's photo of sasquatchTourons (instagram)Sources:American Monsters by Linda S. Godfrey“The Science Behind Bigfoot and Other Monsters” (Hartigan, 2013)“Save the Swamp: But, Beware the “Rougarou”” (Renfro, 2019)ROUGAROU - The Cajun Werewolf EXPLAINED (Freaky Folklore Podcast)"Native American Legends: Stikini" (Native Languages of the Americas, 2020)"Uncanny Georgia: The Ishkitini" (Purciful, 2015)"The Atchafalaya Basin" (Atchafalaya.org)The Atchafalaya River Basin" (The Nature Conservancy)“History of the Rougarou: Louisiana’s Werewolf” (Kerner, n.d.)“New Orleans Bayou Creature: The Rougarou" (Poulton, 2019)"Legend of Bigfoot" (Washington National Guard)“Sasquatch” (Encyclopedia Britannica)“Beyond Bigfoot” (American Museum of Natural History)“Why Bigfoot is Getting Nervous” (Blake, 2014)“Bigfoot (Sasquatch) legend” (Walls, 2022)"Halq’eméylem" (Indigenous Education, Abbotsford School District"“How the Bigfoot Legend Began” (Little, 2020)“Big Foot, 1958” (Buhs, 2009)“The Legend of Mothman – Paranormal W.Va.” (Klein, 2021)“The Terrifying Tale of West Virginia's Legendary Specter: The Mothman” (Overdeep, 2022)“An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia” (Mallow, 2021)“All About the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Bluridgemountainlife.com, 2023)"The 8 Oldest Mountain Ranges in the World and Where to Find Them" (Haase, 2023)“Geology of the Appalachian Mountains” (Britannica)“Witchcraft in West Virginia” (ToSalem, 2022)“Cherokee had high regard for owls (Ellison, 2019)