EPISODE · Apr 5, 2026 · 59 MIN
The Enfield Horror: The 1973 Three-Legged Cryptid of Illinois
from Folkloric · host PeaPod Productions
In the spring of 1973, in a small Southern Illinois town of about 800 people, something scratched at Henry McDaniel's door. He opened it. What he described was four feet tall, three-legged, pinkish-grey skin, eyes catching the porch light. It sent him rushing for his gun and sent the rest of Enfield into chaos. Michelle and Beth dig into the 1973 Illinois cryptid sightings from the ground up, the place, the time, the people, and what Southern Illinois in economic decline might have to do with what showed up on Canal Street. They also drag in a French explorer, the Illini legend of the Piasa, the case for an escaped wallaby, and the question of what happens when a town's dread gets heavy enough to need a shape. Whazat.mp3 by macindoe1 -- https://freesound.org/s/52890/ -- License: Sampling+ evening woods Drunen NL 02 151009_0803.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/333217/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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In the spring of 1973, in a small Southern Illinois town of about 800 people, something scratched at Henry McDaniel's door. He opened it. What he described was four feet tall, three-legged, pinkish-grey skin, eyes catching the porch light. It sent him rushing for his gun and sent the rest of Enfield into chaos. Michelle and Beth dig into the 1973 Illinois cryptid sightings from the ground up, the place, the time, the people, and what Southern Illinois in economic decline might have to do with what showed up on Canal Street. They also drag in a French explorer, the Illini legend of the Piasa, the case for an escaped wallaby, and the question of what happens when a town's dread gets heavy enough to need a shape. Whazat.mp3 by macindoe1 -- https://freesound.org/s/52890/ -- License: Sampling+ evening woods Drunen NL 02 151009_0803.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/333217/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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The Enfield Horror: The 1973 Three-Legged Cryptid of Illinois
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