The Original Big-Foot

Alison shares stories of circus performers who were known as “Big Foot” long before wild men were called bigfoot. Neveah stops by to discuss her YouTube show, Neveah’s Nightmare, as well as some of her own strange experiences growing up in Tennessee. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Strange Familiars merch: https://www.strangefamiliars.com/merch Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://lostgrave.etsy.com Follow us on Whatnot: https://whatnot.com/invite/strangefamiliars Episode 484 notes and links: Strange Familiars is sponsored by BetterHelp. Check out BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/STRANGEPOD Neveah’s Nightmare: https://www.youtube.com/@nevaehsnightmare1530 Episode artwork taken from a newspaper ad from 1892: Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #128: Cobalt Blue Degenhart Glass Owl You can purchase this item in our etsy shop: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/1789316741 Please support Kiya.Life and their work at Pine Ridge. KIYA.LIFE: https://kiya.life Lancaster Conservancy: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org Protect Cuff’s Run: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/protect-cuffs-run/ Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Maynard’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/maynard-walk-again Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is Pretty Polly by Timothy from Live Alone 1: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/live-alone-1 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices