Cryptid Files

About Cryptid Files

Cryptid Files investigates reports of creatures that defy explanation, from Bigfoot and Mothman to Chupacabra, Dogman, and other unexplained entities. Hosted by Paige Carter, each episode examines eyewitness accounts, physical evidence, and historical records through a structured, documentary-style approach. Exploring patterns across cultures and regions, the series investigates encounters often connected to hidden truths and phenomena beyond conventional understanding. Unlock bonus content and full video episodes: https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Publisher

Forbidden Knowledge Network

Category

society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Oct 2025

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   The Beast of Gévaudan: What Slaughtered Villagers Across 18th-Century France?

   Between 1764 and 1767, a series of fatal animal attacks shook Gévaudan, a mountainous former province in south-central France. The victims were often children, young people, and women tending livestock in exposed country. The case became one of the most famous predator mysteries in European history, but its strongest records are not monster stories. They are parish burial entries, hunting accounts, reward documents, expense ledgers, newspapers, and two examinations of dead animals. This episode begins with Jacques Portefaix and six other children, who reportedly resisted an attacking animal near Le Villaret in January 1765. Their survival entered official proceedings and brought Portefaix royal support for his education. The story then returns to the parish record of fourteen-year-old Jeanne Boulet, whose death in June 1764 was attributed to a ferocious beast. Soldiers searched. Professional wolf hunters failed. François Antoine, the king’s hunter, killed a large wolf in September 1765, and the court treated it as the Beast. Yet attacks continued. In June 1767, Jean Chastel killed another wolf-like animal, examined the next day by a royal notary. Was Gévaudan attacked by one extraordinary predator, several wolves, an unusual canid, or an escaped exotic animal? The surviving evidence establishes a real human tragedy and two official kills. It does not securely identify every attacker. This podcast uses artificial intelligence in its research, writing, production, and narration. Episodes are editorially reviewed before publication. #CryptidFiles #BeastOfGVaudan #BTeDuGVaudan #Topic1764France #JeanneBoulet YES OR NO: Did one unusual animal cause most of the Gévaudan attacks??????? Explore more original podcasts from the Forbidden Knowledge Network at www.FKNpods.com (http://www.FKNpods.com).

2. 

   29 Oct 2026

   The Púca: The Shapeshifting Creature of Ancient Celtic Folklore

   The púca, or pooka, is often described as Ireland’s shapeshifting creature: a horse on a dark road, a goat in the trees, a bird, a household spirit, or something that carries a traveler beyond the ordinary world. But the surviving record does not describe one stable animal, one consistent appearance, or one documented encounter. This episode follows the púca through the texts that helped define it. It begins with Patrick Kennedy’s nineteenth-century account of a man near Murroe who reportedly saw a goat-shaped presence moving above him in the branches before collapsing. The story is dramatic, but its witness is unnamed, its date is absent, and Kennedy received it through an intermediary. From there, the investigation moves to Thomas Crofton Croker’s early printed folklore collection, W. B. Yeats’s 1888 anthology and Douglas Hyde’s translated material, and a 1936 County Kerry school record preserved by the National Folklore Collection. These accounts preserve a durable tradition, but they also reveal striking variation. The púca can be dangerous, helpful, comic, mournful, animal-like, human-like, and dead. Was it once understood as a real being encountered in particular Irish places, or did collectors and editors bring many different supernatural stories under one memorable name? The records document the stories clearly. The creature itself remains unverified. This podcast uses artificial intelligence in its research, writing, production, and narration. Episodes are editorially reviewed before publication. #CryptidFiles #PCa #Pooka #IrishFolklore #CelticFolklore YES OR NO: Do the surviving púca accounts describe one underlying creature??????? Explore more original podcasts from the Forbidden Knowledge Network at www.FKNpods.com (http://www.FKNpods.com).

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   The Devil Monkey: The Kangaroo-Like Predator Reported Across Appalachia

   The Devil Monkey is said to be a strange, monkey-like predator reported on Appalachian roads: powerful hind legs, short forelimbs, unusual speed, and an appearance witnesses struggled to compare with any known animal. But the Virginia record behind that name is much thinner, and more complicated, than later retellings suggest. This episode begins with the strongest Saltville claim: a reported early-morning encounter in 1959, when the parents of Southwest Virginia woman Paulette Boyd were said to have been driving toward town when an animal sprang from a ditch and struck their passenger-side window. The creature was later described as tawny, white-blazed, powerful in the hindquarters, and apparently tailless. The alleged scratch on the vehicle is the only physical trace associated with the story, but no photograph, inspection, repair record, police report, or contemporaneous account has been located. The investigation then follows a separate report published in 2000: an Ohio woman’s firsthand letter describing a black, sleek, long-tailed figure crossing a road near Roanoke. Her account was later grouped with Saltville under the Devil Monkey label, despite major differences in color, tail, body shape, and setting. Were these reports evidence of an unrecognized animal, escaped exotic pets, brief misidentifications on dark roads, or stories later combined into a single Appalachian creature? The surviving record documents the reports and the growth of the label. It does not yet identify the animal behind them. This podcast uses artificial intelligence in its research, writing, production, and narration. Episodes are editorially reviewed before publication. #CryptidFiles #DevilMonkey #SaltvilleVirginia #AppalachianCryptid #PauletteBoyd YES OR NO: Do the Saltville and Roanoke reports describe the same animal??????? Explore more original podcasts from the Forbidden Knowledge Network at www.FKNpods.com (http://www.FKNpods.com).

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2.8 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

2.7 / 5

15 ratings

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