Episode 51: Cryptid Twofer - The Ball-Tailed Cat and the Gumberoo

Our last episode of 2022 is a cryptid episode!  Lumberjacks in the 19th and early 20th century had quite a few tales of unique critters from the forests of the Pacific Northwest, so today we bring you not one, but two of them.  First, the cougar's fierce cousin, the Ball-Tailed Cat - said to wield a multipurpose bony sphere at the end of its tail.  Then, the Gumberoo - a combustible hairless bear with rubberized skin.  Into the woods! See you in 2023 - thank you so much for listening! Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumberoo https://www.tumblr.com/cryptids-of-the-world/177475809111/the-gumberoo-is-a-bear-like-creature-found-in https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/post/637078781790666752/gumberoo https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Gumberoo https://books.google.co.id/books?id=DvYWDAAAQBAJ&dq=Gumberoo&pg=PA146&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Gumberoo&f=false http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fclw/gumberoo.html https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Gumberoo https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/post/155252667786/gumberoo https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/10/29/the-pacific-northwest-is-crawling-with-cryptids-and-not-just-bigfoot-heres-how-to-dress-like-one-of-oregons-other-monsters-for-halloween/ https://quarterly.camposanto.com/these-american-woods-543880faa0fa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball-tailed_cat https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ball-Tailed_Cat https://cuddlywumps.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-mythical-ball-tailed-cat-of-north.html https://themonsterblogofmonsters.tumblr.com/post/146625424241/ball-tailed-cat-a-magical-feline-native-to-north http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fc/balltailedcat.html https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Timberdoodle http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fc/cactuscat.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26211012-fearsome-creatures-of-the-lumberwoods https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9217.phtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/27/opinion/7-things-gavrilo-princip-man-who-started-wwi/index.html https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/search/timberdoodle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar