{"podcast":{"title":"Tinfoil Tales","slug":"tinfoil-tales-5662785","podcast_index_feed_id":5662785,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6147818/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales--6147818","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f88c2d035d981e50aeb511d884e83796.jpg","author":"Brandon Wright","episode_count":287,"summary":"Tinfoil Tales is a paranormal podcast featuring true eyewitness accounts of the strange, unexplained, and unknown. Each episode dives into real stories of cryptid encounters like Bigfoot and Dogman, UFO sightings, alien abductions, shadow beings, government conspiracies, and other forms of high strangeness. Hosted by Brandon Wright, the show focuses on firsthand experiences from everyday people who have witnessed something they can’t explain—as well as researchers who have spent years investigating paranormal phenomena, cryptozoology, and unexplained events across the United States. If you’re into true paranormal stories, cryptid sightings, UFO encounters, conspiracy theories, and the darker edges of reality that rarely make the news, Tinfoil Tales delivers grounded conversations without hype, ridicule, or forced conclusions. Truth comes at a cost… are you willing to pay the price? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales--6147818/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:17:18.140786+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales-5662785"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 247: My Parents Saw an Upright Dog Near the Border","slug":"ep-247-my-parents-saw-an-upright-dog-near-the-border","published_at":"2026-04-14T04:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales-5662785/ep-247-my-parents-saw-an-upright-dog-near-the-border","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales-5662785","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-247-my-parents-saw-an-upright-dog-near-the-border--69490619","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69490619/ep_254_jose.mp3","summary":"Jose joins the show to share a chilling account of what his parents witnessed near the U.S.–Mexico border in the summer of 2008. While driving through a storage facility late at night, both of them watched a hairless, upright dog-like creature walk calmly across their path and look directly at them before disappearing into a nearby preserve. The encounter left them shaken, confused, and searching for explanations that never quite fit. The conversation also explores a larger pattern of strange activity surrounding Jose’s family, including moving furniture, unexplained noises, shadow figures, and repeated sightings of lights and other unexplained phenomena over the years. Together, these experiences raise unsettling questions about why some people seem to attract high strangeness and why these events often cluster around the same places and time periods. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales--6147818/support . Want to be a Guest? If you have a paranormal encounter, conspiracy theory, or unexplained story to share, we'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us at tinfoiltalespodcast@gmail.com or use the contact button on our website. http://www.tinfoiltales.com Let's schedule you for a future episode and dive into the mysteries together! Got Weird Stuff? Have some strange physical evidence you want to share? Mail it to: Tinfoil Tales P.O. Box 302 Peru, IN 46970 📱 Follow Us on Social Media: Stay engaged on Facebook to join the conversation. http://www.facebook.com/tinfoiltales and look for Brandon Tinfoil Tales Explore mysterious visuals on Instagram and share your own experiences. https://www.instagram.com/tinfoiltalespodcast 📺 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel:","meta_description":"Jose joins the show to share a chilling account of what his parents witnessed near the U.S.–Mexico border in the summer of 2008. While driving through a s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3262,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tinfoil-tales-5662785/episodes/ep-247-my-parents-saw-an-upright-dog-near-the-border/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tinfoil-tales-5662785/ep-247-my-parents-saw-an-upright-dog-near-the-border.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}