EPISODE · Sep 30, 2021 · 48 MIN
The Witch Owl
from Hey Strangeness · host Hey Strangeness
It's Hispanic Heritage Month! La Lechuza is an old, old story which is deeply engrained in the oral tradition of many Latin American cultures. Is it a cryptid, spectral being, misidentified owl, or something else entirely? We don't know, but that doesn't stop us from spending almost an hour trying to figure it out. First post in the "creator" series, https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7VXbdLZBz/ NPR on La Lechuza https://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/453213510/beware-the-witch-owl-la-lechuza Creepy La Lechuza Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycXUQx9Nik Corpus Christi Caller La Lechuza hoax https://www.caller.com/story/news/special-reports/building-our-future/throwback/2020/10/21/corpus-christi-ghost-stories-did-la-lechuza-terrorize-robstown-1975/6005182002/ The Lake Michigan Mothman by Tobias Wayland https://www.amazon.com/Lake-Michigan-Mothman-Strangeness-Midwest/dp/1703441362/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lake+michigan+mothman&qid=1633012993&sr=8-1 Metroplex Monsters by Jason McLean https://www.amazon.com/Metroplex-Monsters-Goatmen-Terrors-Trinity-ebook/dp/B08GYN1JJY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=metroplex+monsters+mclean&qid=1633013037&sr=8-1
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It's Hispanic Heritage Month! La Lechuza is an old, old story which is deeply engrained in the oral tradition of many Latin American cultures. Is it a cryptid, spectral being, misidentified owl, or something else entirely? We don't know, but that doesn't stop us from spending almost an hour trying to figure it out. First post in the "creator" series, https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7VXbdLZBz/ NPR on La Lechuza https://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/453213510/beware-the-witch-owl-la-lechuza Creepy La Lechuza Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycXUQx9Nik Corpus Christi Caller La Lechuza hoax https://www.caller.com/story/news/special-reports/building-our-future/throwback/2020/10/21/corpus-christi-ghost-stories-did-la-lechuza-terrorize-robstown-1975/6005182002/ The Lake Michigan Mothman by Tobias Wayland https://www.amazon.com/Lake-Michigan-Mothman-Strangeness-Midwest/dp/1703441362/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lake+michigan+mothman&qid=1633012993&sr=8-1 Metroplex Monsters by Jason McLean https://www.amazon.com/Metroplex-Monsters-Goatmen-Terrors-Trinity-ebook/dp/B08GYN1JJY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=metroplex+monsters+mclean&qid=1633013037&sr=8-1
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