Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency

There are many strange creatures lurking in Lake Erie; all are dangerous - except one! Join us as we follow Erie's gentle giant: the shellfish-eating, Giant Mudpuppy; from waking to hibernation, and a great escape, there is much to explore!

Writing, narrating, & editing by Ballyraven.

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Grossman, Ewell, Grainger - Dubois, Sonatine for Two Bassoons

Ben Nestor - 1st Mvt_ The Lake at Noon

John Bartmann...

Join us on an adventure to Antarctica! On the first part of our expedition, we immerse ourselves in the Antarctic Peninsula's environment and follow our first cold-weather cryptid: a small, hefty-headed Ningen! Follow a newly hatched female as she searches for food to grow, evades predators, and seeks her lost Ningen herd.

Writing, narrating, & editing by Ballyraven.

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Rain, Please wake up, Fae by...

Beware the Ohio riverside after dark - or so say legends that warn of a foul, nightmarish creature that returns to life seeking vengeance! Today, we discuss the lore of the "Muddy Men," a dark, Ohio tale, and briefly uncover the creature behind the stories.

Writing, narrating, & editing by Ballyraven.

MUSIC (from Free Music Archive)
Songs by the Monroeville Music Center  in order of appearance:

In the Appalachian foothills of Ohio, there are strange tales of horrific figures that live in or near rivers; cadaverous and insatiable, they pillage cemeteries, consume unfortunate animals, and those who wander in their domains after dark. Today, however, we follow the creature behind the myth - we discover the life of a real "Muddy Man", a Mireling named Dime.

Follow Dime on a hunting trip, through hibernation...

Have you ever seen something strange in the sky? A bug that also looks not like a bug? A translucent thing that you catch only a glimpse of? A cloud that does not move like a cloud? An unsettling blip on a photo?

People once thought that the bottom of the ocean was devoid of life, too extreme for anything to exist. Too lightless, too cold, too crushing, too empty. They were wrong. Even four miles down into the ocean’s depths, life e...

The fur-bearing trout is an endangered species of fish that grows hair during the winter in the later years. Follow one such animal in this In the Field adventure!

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Snow Drift by HoliznaCC0
Three Times by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA)
Fragrant Rota by Michael Holt
Hartford by Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone (CC BY-NC-ND)
Vanlig by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA)
Pony by Gillicuddy (CC BY-NC)
Echoes Boogi...

Hop aboard the BCWPA research boat for another aquatic expedition! The Loðsilungur is one of many oceanic cryptids from Iceland; a poisonous, furry trout related to the more well-known fur-bearing trout, it has an even stranger backstory and a more grim history.

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Nocturne by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Releasing the Sculpture by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Ice Climb by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC)
Assmack by...

There's a strange creature afoot - er, ahand - in Pike Lake and the BCWPA is getting to the bottom of it!

Learn more about Path Hands (ballyraven.com)!

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         Kamelands Pond in the even...

What is In the Field? Is it real cryptozoology work? Is it art? Are you trying to trick me? Should I be mad?

In this bonus, behind-the-scenes-y episode, we talk a little about ourselves, why we want to do the show, and our vision for the future - plus how you can review all the sources used to create each episode (www.ballyraven.com).

SKEPTIC LEVEL
Ballyraven: very; believes that the Appalachian Mountain Lion ...

We ran a little short on time to get really into atmospheric beasts and the stories about them online, but, here is a short after-discussion of our thoughts on our Cloud Animal episode and the sources used to make it!

OFFICIAL FEELINGS
Lycaon (L), Ballyraven (B)

• Atmoplankton: we made it up
• Air Rods: Maybe (L), Not Real (B)
• Atmospheric Jellyfish: Yes (L), Very Likely Not (B)
• Flying Squid: Not Real (L & B)
• Cloud Whale...

There were once magical bees that told the weather and who was coming to visit; like all good things, people had to ruin it. This is the tale of Messenger Bee: glowing bumblebees with strange, precognitive abilities. Once friendly helpers, they became associated with evil spells and witchcraft, and so, as most magical things were in centuries past, they couldn't be allowed to exist.

What color of Messenger Bee do you ...

In Old Saybrook, CT on December 16, 1957, between the hours of 2 and 3 A.M., a local teacher witnessed something incredible: outside her window, Mary M. Starr saw a spaceship with aliens inside.

Her encounter was not the first. Leaving behind a trail of mysteries and murders, the Case of the Saybrook Blockheads is one of fear, greed, and secrecy.

CREDITS
Atomic Snapshots of Shared Memory.mp3 by  Geoff Keston ...

What connects a mysterious shipment from 1956 with an unsolved murder, a defunct Television network, nameless agents, and a bizarre celestial event? Ambrose Gregory Briddle, a man at the center of a perplexing cold case, decades after the dust seemed to have settled. Detective Holding is on the brink of revelation as he revisits an unusual day in 1956.

The start of an ever-worsening investigation, every answered question ...

On January 22, 2002, a tape was discovered hidden in the walls of a long abandoned home. On it was the last known words of Wesley Holding - a conman said to have posed as a detective working cold cases.

CREDITS
отдушинка by  Kosta T is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

This public broadcast is made possible thanks to these BCWPA Agents: Brandon Ruch, Colten Williams, Daniel Berry, Donovan Scherer, ...

Many dangerous creatures lurk in the Appalachian Mountains. Transmogrified animals - those transformed by magic - are some of the most threatening. All that remains of these creatures are folk stories associated with them. How much of the tales are real? How many tragedies can be attributed to them today?

SOURCES
“OTHER IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS: Mature Forest.” islandtrust. Accessed 14 June 2018.

“Barred Owl.” Sc...

Have you ever seen strange footprints in the snow? Ones made from a long, large foot and having three bulky, square-ish toes? If not, you may have known someone who has seen such a phenomenon. Known to be particularly active on snowy days, "Leaping Devils" or "Winter Bigfeet" make their visits known by leaving these strange tracks. They are a type of bigfoot only found in West Virginia.

CREDITS
This public br...

The BCWPA's Interdimensional Exploration Unit is the oldest department in the agency. The IEU’s early years were plagued not only by disaster, but illness, technical failures, and interspecies brutality. Today, missions occurring in our atmosphere and our neighboring space are consistent and mostly safe.

There is much to explore. There is much to learn. There is even more to mess up.

CREDITS
This public broadcast is made pos...