Towering peaks. Magnetic vortexes. Phantom lights. And over 20,000 missing people. In this episode, Stormy Willow steps into the shadows of the Alaska Triangle, where disappearances outnumber explanations, and the wilderness whispers with legends older than the map itself. From Cold War flight vanishings and ghost towns swallowed by fear, to shapeshifters, spirit dogs, and a Japan Airlines UFO encounter that even the FAA couldn’t fully explain—we’re covering it all. Is it just the elements? Or is something else hunting in the permafrost?
🎧 Sources & Inspirations
📚 Missing in Alaska – Butch Dee, 2021
📑 Alaska Department of Public Safety – Missing Persons Clearinghouse
📰 Anchorage Daily News – “Japan Airlines 1628 Incident”
🎙️ FAA Official Radar Reports & Transcripts (1986, FAA.gov)
📖 Haunted Inside Passage – Bjorn Dihle, 2021
🌐 USGS & NOAA – Geomagnetic & Geological Reports
📺 Alaskan Killer Bigfoot (Discovery+ series on Portlock)
📖 Kushtaka: The Otter People of Alaska – Author: Dennis Waller
📰 National Archives – Boggs/Begich disappearance (1972)
📖 Tlingit & Inuit Oral Traditions (Sealaska Heritage Institute; Inuit Circumpolar Council)
🔬 Scientific American – Articles on pareidolia, piezoelectric effects, and swamp gas phenomena
🌊 U.S. Coast Guard Incident Reports
📺 Travel Channel – The Alaska Triangle series (2020–2022)
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