Live From Gatorfest: The Oklahoma Alligator That Started a Festival- Part 1

This week’s episode is a special one because Mel took the podcast LIVE to a real Oklahoma festival that started after someone found a literal alligator in Claremore Lake.What started as a random small town story somehow turned into a full-blown annual festival with live music, food trucks, geckos for sale, karaoke legends, conspiracy theories about the alligator, and one very famous dog contestant named Jace.In this episode:The creators of Gatorfest explain how the festival startedThe story behind the Claremore lake alligatorWhy they believe the town shouldn’t have killed the gatorSmall town festival chaosLocal music & karaoke cultureBuckets bar loreTim becoming an honorary third host of the podcastOne wildly inappropriate joke that somehow made the final cutPLUS: next week’s Part 2 interview may be the most chaotic interview we’ve ever recorded.If your town has ridiculous local lore, send it to us.