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Follow the footprints through the shifting sands
Of these storied lands
With me
We’re here together in a twilight zone
Where cryptids are known to roam free
Where the stream of imagination meets the creek of reality
The trembling waters blend and they sing
Fill your lungs, breathe in the mist of mystery
Fill your lungs, breathe in the mist of mystery
Fill your lungs, breathe in the mist of mystery
Fill your lungs, breathe in the mist of mystery
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Haywire
01:32
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The Forest
02:24
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Be aware
When you venture past the treeline
You’re alone
You’re exposed
That wasn’t a deer
That wasn’t a bear
Respect the forest, you’re being watched
Be aware
When you venture past the treeline
You’re alone
You’re exposed
That wasn’t a deer
That wasn’t a bear
Respect the forest, you’re being watched
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Year of the Garuda
04:52
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They saw the thing shambling on the ground
Near bunkers and burial mounds
Glimpsed its bright red eyes
Wings outstretched, it shot into the sky
They stepped on the gas, pursued in the night
By a cryptic specter in silent flight
A buzz in the air and a chill in their bones
The thing was gone and left them alone
In the next-day newspapers, Mothman
In the next-century statues, Mothman
In the next-day newspapers, Mothman
In the next-century statues, Mothman
In the next-day newspapers, Mothman
In the next-century statues, Mothman
In the next-day newspapers, Mothman
In the next-century statues, Mothman
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Riverside Reverie
01:30
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The Loveland Frog
02:00
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They saw it in their headlights
All those years ago
Jumped over the guardrail
Near Twightwee Road
Slid on down the embankment
Into the river below
The Little Miami
Into the Ohio flows
Many years earlier
Other men had seen
The same strange creature
Froglike and green
Wide mouth without lips
Lopsided chest, leathery skin
Held up a bar device shedding blue sparks
The distinctive scent it left behind was like that of alfalfa and almonds
Now this creature is an Ohio legend known as The Loveland Frog
The Loveland Frog
The Loveland Frog
In the land of myth and dream
It’s as real as real can be
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High Strangeness
01:07
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The Dover Demon
02:17
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Three teenagers saw something they couldn't understand
A big surprise
With orange eyes
Like fireflies, gleaming
The thing had a melon-shaped head
Hands like tendrils
Molded to the rocks, gripping the trees
Will you sketch it for me please?
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
The Dover Demon
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Magic Lantern
02:14
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Phantasmagoria
03:14
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For a minute, you thought you heard a ghost in the attic
For a minute, you thought you heard a ghost in the attic
A wayward bat got in and got trapped
A wayward bat got in and got trapped
For a minute, you thought you saw a cryptid with your own eyes
For a minute, you thought you saw a cryptid with your own eyes
A trick of the light, a branch in the water
A trick of the light, a branch in the water
A trick of the light, a branch in the water
A trick of the light, a branch in the water
For a minute, you thought you traveled time and saw what dinosaurs really looked like
For a minute, you thought you traveled time and saw what dinosaurs really looked like
Then you woke up
Then you woke up
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What Lurks
01:09
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The Unknown
02:09
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You might miss it if you can't imagine it could be real at all
The shape in the forest
A wake in the water
That blurry video
Might be a hoax
Might be a delusion
Might be traces of the unknown
Who knows what we might discover that we couldn't if our minds remain closed
Most of the creatures that have ever lived
Died and left no trace
Bygone phantoms trapped in the amber of time
And we don't even know how many unknown creatures are alive in the world today
Some of them may stay hidden and go extinct before we find them one day
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In the Fullness of Time
03:38
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Folklore Creatures
02:51
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What is time?
Has it ever occurred to you that yesterday is just as out of reach as a million years ago?
What is death?
Has it ever occurred to you that we're already dead and our now is the past before we died?
What of our lives?
What of our legacies?
We'll all become folklore creatures someday
We'll all become
When all is said and done
We'll all become folklore creatures someday
We're already dead and we're folklore creatures today
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