Lorien and Jane Goodall tentatively believe in Bigfoot. Katharine definitively believes in bears.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot)
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2026/03/09/bigfoot-sightings-reported-in-mantua-ohio-bigfoot-society/89063150007/ (https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2026/03/09/bigfoot-sightings-reported-in-mantua-ohio-bigfoot-society/89063150007/)
https://www.wdtv.com/2026/08/29/bigfoot-or-human-skinny-dipping-photos-mysterious-creature-dubbed-syracuse-figure-spark-debate/ (https://www.wdtv.com/2026/08/29/bigfoot-or-human-skinny-dipping-photos-mysterious-creature-dubbed-syracuse-figure-spark-debate/)
https://nypost.com/2026/08/02/us-news/cornell-shuts-down-claims-of-60-neanderthal-ny-bigfoot-setting-off-fuming-sasquatch-hunter/ (https://nypost.com/2026/08/02/us-news/cornell-shuts-down-claims-of-60-neanderthal-ny-bigfoot-setting-off-fuming-sasquatch-hunter/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Iceman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Iceman)
https://civicscience.com/bigfoot-is-real-for-11-of-u-s-adults/ (https://civicscience.com/bigfoot-is-real-for-11-of-u-s-adults/)
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/20/archives/stalking-the-sasquatch-its-hard-to-prove-that-something-even-a.html (https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/20/archives/stalking-the-sasquatch-its-hard-to-prove-that-something-even-a.html)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210302050546/https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2018-10-26/so-why-do-people-believe-bigfoot-anyway (https://web.archive.org/web/20210302050546/https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2018-10-26/so-why-do-people-believe-bigfoot-anyway)
https://www.science.org/content/article/bigfoot-samples-analyzed-lab?referrer=https://www.science.org/content/article/bigfoot-samples-analyzed-lab (https://www.science.org/content/article/bigfoot-samples-analyzed-lab?referrer=https://www.science.org/content/article/bigfoot-samples-analyzed-lab)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Krantz)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/forensic-expert-says-bigfoot-is-real (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/forensic-expert-says-bigfoot-is-real)
https://www.newsweek.com/bigfoot-likely-bear-statistics-1776741
29 Sept 2026
161. N is for Nightmare Haunted Attractions
Katharine takes Lorien on a virtual tour of places she does not want to go.
Sources:
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/30/extreme-haunted-house-masochists-mckamey-manor (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/30/extreme-haunted-house-masochists-mckamey-manor)
https://www.cracked.com/article_44002_5-actual-deaths-in-haunted-houses.html (https://www.cracked.com/article_44002_5-actual-deaths-in-haunted-houses.html)
https://www.ranker.com/list/people-died-halloween-attractions/harrison-tenpas (https://www.ranker.com/list/people-died-halloween-attractions/harrison-tenpas)
https://www.grunge.com/245113/disturbing-things-that-actually-happened-at-haunted-houses/ (https://www.grunge.com/245113/disturbing-things-that-actually-happened-at-haunted-houses/)
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/real-life-nashville-nightmare-man-stabbed-at-haunted-house-in-madison/51-602773905 (https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/real-life-nashville-nightmare-man-stabbed-at-haunted-house-in-madison/51-602773905)
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/tn-haunted-house-owner-charged-with-attempted-murder-rape/ (https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/tn-haunted-house-owner-charged-with-attempted-murder-rape/)
https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2015/08/07/extreme-haunt-mckamey-manor-leave-san-diego (https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2015/08/07/extreme-haunt-mckamey-manor-leave-san-diego)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(horror_experience) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(horror_experience))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy)
15 Sept 2026
160. C is for Cryonics
Okay, but what if Walt Disney's head IS frozen under Pirates of the Caribbean?!
(It's not.)
Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-a-strange-rumor-of-walt-disneys-death-became-legend (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-a-strange-rumor-of-walt-disneys-death-became-legend)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suspended-animation/ (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suspended-animation/)
https://cryonics.org/cryonics-library/the-prospect-of-immortality/ (https://cryonics.org/cryonics-library/the-prospect-of-immortality/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryoprotectant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryoprotectant)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KrioRus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KrioRus)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/18/the-cryonics-dilemma-will-deep-frozen-bodies-be-fit-for-new-life (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/18/the-cryonics-dilemma-will-deep-frozen-bodies-be-fit-for-new-life)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading)
https://cryonics.org/ (https://cryonics.org/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcor_Life_Extension_Foundation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcor_Life_Extension_Foundation)
https://cryonics.org/cryonics-myths/ (https://cryonics.org/cryonics-myths/)
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/cryogenic-freezing-mouse-brain (https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/cryogenic-freezing-mouse-brain)
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/03/what-happens-to-the-bodies-if-a-cryogenic-company-goes-bankrupt/ (https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/03/what-happens-to-the-bodies-if-a-cryogenic-company-goes-bankrupt/)
https://www.independent.com/2019/04/17/in-cryonics-lawsuit-son-fights-for-fathers-frozen-head/ (https://www.independent.com/2019/04/17/in-cryonics-lawsuit-son-fights-for-fathers-frozen-head/)
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-10814587/How-TV-repairman-thousands-freezing-bodies-immortality-disastrous-results.html (https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-10814587/How-TV-repairman-thousands-freezing-bodies-immortality-disastrous-results.html)
https://cryonics.miraheze.org/wiki/Chatsworth_incident
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