{"podcast":{"title":"Sasquatch Odyssey","slug":"sasquatch-odyssey-2992185","podcast_index_feed_id":2992185,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4839697/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.paranormalworldproductions.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4287fbee7a9711246be69d68df9a5f13.jpg","author":"Paranormal World Productions LLC","episode_count":811,"summary":"Sasquatch Odyssey is a top paranormal podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, and in-depth cryptid research. Each week, we bring you riveting interviews with eyewitnesses who have come face-to-face with the elusive Sasquatch, sharing powerful firsthand accounts of Bigfoot encounters from across North America and beyond. But Sasquatch Odyssey goes beyond the stories. We dive deep into Bigfoot research, interviewing boots-on-the-ground field investigators, wildlife experts, and independent researchers who use critical thinking, scientific methodology, and evidence-based analysis to explore the mystery of Sasquatch. From footprint casts and vocalizations to DNA studies and wilderness expeditions, we examine the hard science behind one of the world’s most debated cryptids. Whether you’re a believer, skeptic, or simply fascinated by the unknown, this show explores: Bigfoot encounters and Sasquatch sightings Cryptid investigations and field research Paranormal experiences in the wilderness Evidence analysis and scientific debate Dogman, mystery creatures, and unexplained phenomena Through compelling storytelling and thought-provoking conversations, Sasquatch Odys…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T14:17:17.711425+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey-2992185"},"episode":{"title":"Civil War Bigfoot","slug":"civil-war-bigfoot","published_at":"2026-04-12T04:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey-2992185/civil-war-bigfoot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey-2992185","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/civil-war-bigfoot--71260201","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71260201/socivilfinal.mp3","summary":"The American frontier was full of things that settlers and soldiers couldn't explain, and among the strangest were the Wild Man accounts that began appearing in newspapers decades before anyone coined the term Bigfoot. In this episode, we dig deep into the historical record and examine encounter reports from the eighteen forties through the eighteen sixties, beginning with the eighteen sixty-five Paraclifta, Arkansas account published in the Weekly Standard of Raleigh, North Carolina, and working backward to the eighteen fifty-one Greene County cattle chase first reported by the Memphis Enquirer, the eighteen forty-six Crowley's Ridge footprint discovery published in the Baltimore Sun, and the violent eighteen fifty-six pursuit and attack near the Ouachita Mountains. We examine Civil War-era accounts including the Bridgeport, Alabama wild man captured by Captain George Anderson's men near General Braxton Bragg's encampment and later identified as a traumatized Unionist named Bill Patton who'd suffered a saber wound to the head, the disputed Harper's Ferry letter attributed to Private James Moore of the Sixty-Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and the poorly sourced Brice's Cross Roads story involving an unnamed Confederate cavalryman allegedly nursed by a group of Sasquatch. Along the way, we confront the harder question that underlies all of this material: were these people encountering an undocumented primate, feral humans broken by war and injury, traumatized recluses who'd abandoned civilization, or were they transforming the fear and chaos of frontier and wartime life into folklore? The honest answer may be some combination of all four, and the willingness to sit with that uncertainty is what separates genuine research from belief. Email Brian Get Our FREE Newsletter…","meta_description":"The American frontier was full of things that settlers and soldiers couldn't explain, and among the strangest were the Wild Man accounts that began appear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3900,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sasquatch-odyssey-2992185/episodes/civil-war-bigfoot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey-2992185/civil-war-bigfoot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}