The Healing Power of Fake Creatures w/Phil W. Bayles (preview)

What if Nessie helped discover the influenza virus? Or if Bigfoot was a willing test subject on the futile quest to cure the common cold? It's a shame that mythical creatures can't really help us cure diseases...or can they?On this month's bonus Seemingly Unrelated, guest presenter Phil W. Bayles will take us to the moon and back on the quest to find one cryptid that may have already saved your life...Bibliography:Branch, M.P. (2022). On the Trail of the Jackalope. Simon and Schuster.‌Mythology.net. (2017). Jackalope - Description, History, Myths & Interpretations. [online] Available at: https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/.Native-languages.org. (2020). Native American Indian Rabbit Legends, Meaning and Symbolism from the Myths of Many Tribes. [online] Available at: https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm [Accessed 29 Apr. 2026].Shope, R.E. (1937). IMMUNIZATION OF RABBITS TO INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 65(2), pp.219–231. doi:https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219.Simon, M. (2014). Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope. [online] Wired. Available at: https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/. World Health Organization (2024). Human papillomavirus and cancer. [online] World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer.