Matchbook Flashback

Matchbook Flashback

Firsthand stories of unusual phenomena held like memories in a collection of old matchbooks.

Episodes

December 18, 2024 55 mins

A thirteen-year-old encounters Skunk Apes in Estero, Florida in 1978.

Special thanks to Henry for sharing his experiences, and to my brother Charlie Ogg for investigating the Florida property.

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A child sees a bigfoot through his bedroom window. Plus bonus lore about sasquatch related to the Mount Saint Helens eruption. 

Special thanks to Rich for sharing his experiences.

Witness reference image and Alec's revised photoshop

Area near original encounter where Rich...

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June 22, 2024 137 mins

A nurse and her boyfriend encounter a Dogman in Iola, Kansas in 1978. Plus bonus near-death experience.

Special thanks to Jo and Stephanie for sharing their experience.

This episode is dedicated to Dale.

 Newspaper Clippings: https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/b/8/9/ab89b22d3677f2d127a2322813b393ee/MBFB_22_Newspaper.jpg

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A husband and wife encounter a bigfoot while kayaking the North Canadian River in Oklahoma City in 2009. Plus a bonus Dogman encounter!


Special thanks to Jim for sharing his experiences.

Link to additional BFRO report "Hiker’s dusk sighting in Stinchcomb Wilfdlife Refuge 2019"

Also referenced: Finding Bigfoot Season 3 Episode 3 ...

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April 29, 2024 84 mins

Quinn (MD, PhD, Master's in Psychology, Master of Divinity) recounts his near-death experience when he was 11 years old in East Memphis in 1967. 

Picture Quinn drew to reference his NDE visual

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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April 3, 2024 56 mins

A 13-year-old girl witnesses an upright wolf on Old 2 Road in Watersmeet, Michigan in 1999.

Special thanks to Casey for sharing her experience.

Picture of Booker our new dog mascot. Alec found him, and Keith (from episode 2 of Matchbook Flashback) adopted him. Thank you Keith!

 

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March 20, 2024 62 mins

A boy witnesses a bigfoot creature while riding in the back of his dad’s truck in 1977 Mississippi. Plus, bonus UFO and Shadow Man stories.

Special thanks to Lavell for sharing his experiences.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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March 5, 2024 69 mins

A blood donor has a Near-Death Experience in Mesa, Arizona in 1985.

Special thanks to John Kelley for sharing his experience.

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February 28, 2024 46 mins

A hunter in Western Massachusetts has a communicative encounter with Bigfoot in the late 1980s on Drake Mountain.

Special thanks to Ernie for sharing his experience. 

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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February 21, 2024 40 mins

A hunter encounters Bigfoot in Northern Minnesota in 1971.

Special thanks to Mike for sharing his experiences. And check out his Facebook group “Pop’s Bigfoot Hunter” https://www.facebook.com/groups/185707914559159/

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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February 14, 2024 23 mins

A mother of three encounters a 9-foot Sasquatch while camping with her family in Montana in 2013.

Special thanks to Shea for sharing her experience.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

 

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February 7, 2024 67 mins

A mental health paraprofessional encounters a possible bigfoot in Northern New Mexico in 2013. Plus bonus stories from Maryland, the Four Corners region of Colorado, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Special thanks to Rich Daniels for sharing his experiences. Here's a link to his research PDF

And keep an eye out for his book, Footprints in the Mind: The Bigfoot Witness Experience by Rich Daniels

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January 30, 2024 60 mins

A group of 14-year-olds encounter a dogman in an abandoned steel mill in Youngstown, Ohio 1987.

Link to see Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Blast Furnace "Jeanette"

https://matchbookflashback.libsyn.com/site/12-youngstown-dogman

 

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Blast Furnace

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January 24, 2024 36 mins

Campers encounter possible Bigfoot at Sullivan Lake, Washington in 2009.

Special thanks to Randy for sharing his encounter.

Other Sullivan Lake Bigfoot reports courtesy of the BFRO:

BFRO Report 6303: Woman kayaking with family at Sullivan lake sees bigfoot

BFRO Report 11186: Possible sighting near Sullivan Lake

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

 

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January 16, 2024 55 mins

An amateur bodybuilder has a near-death experience after dying in a Dairy Queen bathroom in 2003.

Special thanks to Vinney Tolman for sharing his experience.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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December 26, 2023 24 mins

A park ranger encounters fairy lights in Oregon in 2020. Plus bonus UFO encounter and park ranger mysteries.

Special thanks to Shannon for sharing her experience.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

 

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December 19, 2023 137 mins

A group of neighboorhood basketball players encounter a werewolf in New Orleans in 1981.

Special thanks to Roy "Stubs" Stubblefield for sharing his experience.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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December 12, 2023 64 mins

A soldier encounters a bigfoot at his girlfriend’s family farm in 1975. Plus mysteries from years in the army and law enforcement. 

Special thanks to Steve for sharing your experience, and for your service.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

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December 5, 2023 46 mins

A mechanic has a strange camping experience in Northern Michigan. Plus a bonus UFO encounter! Special thanks to Mitch for sharing his experience.

If you have an unusual story you'd like to share on the show, please email alec@parasaur.co

 

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November 28, 2023 37 mins

A U.S. Marine encounters UFOs outside his Colorado apartment in 2017.

Special thanks to Baker for sharing his experience and illustrations.

View illustrations here: https://matchbookflashback.libsyn.com/5-hampden-ufos

 

 

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