he Cryptid Files Vol 1: Bigfoot, Nessie, and Chupacabra
Added 2024-03-02 22:34:30 +0000 UTCCryptids have captured our curiosity for ages. Tales of mysterious and elusive creatures roaming the wilderness spark our imagination.
In this first installment of... quite a few, we explore three famous cryptids that have left big footprints on popular culture (ahem).
Bigfoot sightings go back centuries. We investigate theories on Gigantopithecus, hear (and see) compelling accounts from seemingly credible witnesses. And, of course, we'll discuss the famous Patterson-Gimlin Film.
The Loch Ness Monster. One of my personal favorites. There are photographs, film and video. Could Nessie be the last surviving dinosaur?
The Chupacabra. Starting in 1995, this vampiric predator terrorized Puerto Rico, massacring livestock. Theories on alien experiments and genetic mutations attempt to explain its sudden appearance.
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I would say that the Jurassic period is the fictional part of the story. Also, Paleontology wasn't invented in the 1800's. The Catholic Church accidentally invented the scientific method in about 300AD when they ordered one of their sects to start studying the giant bones that commoners were assuming were giants and saints, and classifying them. I don't like seeing the Goat Sucker labelled as a Chupacabra. The actual historic legends of the Chupacabra are of the creature that resembles nothing less than a raccoon with mange. I would note that the Goat Sucker legends would be largely explainable by a large bat. Only that one incident described the creature as something so alien. Most of the descriptions could be a large bat, or bats. That is indeed entirely possible in the South American Jungle. Even probable.
James Long
2025-07-09 05:16:36 +0000 UTCGood collection of bogie monsters. I keep an open mind because I’ve experienced some strange things I can’t explain. Great story presentation.
David Leatherman
2025-04-06 22:02:43 +0000 UTCThe reason they have so much trouble finding Loch Ness monster is it's because it's a ghost of a dinosaur 🦕.
Tommy Barnes
2024-05-15 22:30:47 +0000 UTCOk so true story. I can’t recall the date but me and a childhood friend and some of her family were camping here in southeast texas. We had a bonfire going and whatnot. I distinctly remember us walking up a road with our friends and i seen piercing red eyes in the brush on the side of the road at my eye level. They weren’t round shape but more of a sharp slant to them. I took off running and everyone followed suit. My friend still remembers that night too. It was quite scary for a 10 yr old. This has been burned in my brain ever since. For years I always referred to seeing a chupacabra but after seeing the Mothman video, I’m not so sure.
C.Hopper5
2024-03-27 15:44:36 +0000 UTCYes, I grew up here in the Michigan camping and living on quite a few "lochs".
John Seychel
2024-03-07 22:25:10 +0000 UTCI always thought big foot was real. And still do
Allen Moody
2024-03-07 15:07:33 +0000 UTCBigfoot....world record holder for Hide & Seek.....
Craig Blevins
2024-03-06 18:16:14 +0000 UTCGreat episode AJ and Hecklefish!
JE Morse
2024-03-06 06:57:36 +0000 UTCI like the cryptid stuff for fun, but the sciencey content is more compelling for me. I appreciate (what I think is) your appropriate level of debunkery and the fact that you hold that bit to the end. Well done IMO.
Ken
2024-03-06 00:00:14 +0000 UTCI live in WA state. I never believed in crytids since I’m a Christian.. but few years ago I was driving home from the base of Mt Rainier and came across this large thing in the road. I got out and asked if they needed help. It turned around and it was like a 7ft tall owl. It then flew away. The most insane thing I saw. And there are ton of reporting of things like that around there.
Jesus Martin
2024-03-05 17:12:16 +0000 UTCAJ, your research missed an explosive Loch Ness development. He is suspected to be Jack the Ripper. I saw it on an episode of “Bullshit or Not?” https://youtu.be/O2yVZCVLK3E?si=V-CaCoKBYkHw6MrZ
Matthew
2024-03-05 14:39:13 +0000 UTCyou mean Loch Inchmahome, it was named Lake of Menteith in the early 1800 due to the English and some survey they done there are documents, though sporadic showing it named as a loch :D
Shaun Baltes
2024-03-04 14:33:58 +0000 UTCTheir is one Lake in Scotland, Lake of Menteith..
Jong
2024-03-04 13:42:35 +0000 UTCLake in Scotland is called a Loch.
Jong
2024-03-04 13:17:33 +0000 UTCI loved unique perspectives on these. I also learned a lot about the chupacabra. I didn't know much about it really.
Dan Magaro
2024-03-04 10:25:42 +0000 UTCLove your work been watching for years now Thank you for the detail and quality. I'm surprised travel or discovery or history channel hasn't asked you to sign a deal and make your own show on their networks
Steven Chell
2024-03-04 09:55:04 +0000 UTCI would love to see a video about the "backrooms" which is a hit among conspiracy theorists who actually believe in it
Steven Chell
2024-03-04 09:54:23 +0000 UTCOh, how I enjoyed this...the best episode ever! 💙
Led Nicky
2024-03-04 06:24:46 +0000 UTCIt's pronounced "flo-tee-yah." Made me cackle. Great work again. Loved it.
Justin McKean
2024-03-04 03:29:23 +0000 UTCI guess there's only so much ufology and paranormal stuff to talk about. Would be cool to do some stuff on real conspiracy stuff but YouTube being YouTube would reduce you to Rumble and Patreon. Sad. This could be so much more!
h0tline.actual
2024-03-04 02:30:13 +0000 UTCWhen you're here on the other side of the ocean, make sure to visit our Great Lochs: Loch Erie, Loch Huron, Loch Michigan, Loch Ontario, and Loch Superior. :-)
MikeD
2024-03-03 20:02:41 +0000 UTCI appreciate your efforts and always look forward to new episodes. Thanks! And yes, I saw your video and don't expect a new one for a while. No sweat. If you only did one a month it's still money well spent.
Rick Tucker
2024-03-03 19:47:08 +0000 UTCloch ness isn't a lake, its a loch (sorry in Scottish comes with the territory) hehe
Shaun Baltes
2024-03-03 15:20:31 +0000 UTCThank you AJ! A huge fan of Bigfoot (nonbeliever but I love what Bigfoot stands for) We need a well rested AJ to lead TWF followers! Love what you do! Love who you are and love how hard you work but you must also enjoy the fruits of your labor
Made Broke
2024-03-03 15:08:57 +0000 UTCGreat vid again guys, the Greenland shark is also another possible contender for misidentified sightings and sonar readings of the Loch Ness monster
David Gilleard
2024-03-03 12:44:50 +0000 UTCThank You 💜💜💜💜 Sending healing vibes !!!!!
Maria Castro
2024-03-03 08:45:15 +0000 UTCI have personally studied this issue for decades. My conclusion of the big-footed men, aliens are just as allusive as the Grey's, there for visitors. No bones were found of the big footed man, none we know of anyway. Although they are seen all over the world, different colors and sizes but still seen. So the Chupacabra is not real, but then what sucked the blood out of so many animal's? Lock Ness monster was a dead tree washed into the lake, slowly petrifying. What they saw above the lake was a washed away sinking tree, root sticking out. Where I got this idea I grew up on a few different lakes, and boating in area's one needs to look out for things like decaying tree's turning petrified. One day while out fishing for gold fish, just looking for a friend, and my fishing buddy said What The f is that near the shore, and sure enough it looked like a Lock ness creature, so when we investigated got closer, it was a decaying washed away tree.
John Seychel
2024-03-03 07:16:57 +0000 UTCA great weaving of fantasy and reality. You are super.
Kazren
2024-03-03 05:29:29 +0000 UTCHow about researching Mokele Mbembe (sp?) somewhere in Africa?
Walt Dennig
2024-03-03 04:55:33 +0000 UTCYes, well said. AJ, everyone here supports you and the crew. Get some rest, take as much time as you need. A huge group hug from us all! You've always been here for us all and now it's our turn to be here for you.
Steve Haber
2024-03-03 04:51:26 +0000 UTCAJ, did you come across Dr. Melba Ketchum and The Sasquatch Genome Study in researching this episode? I write contemporary fantasy novels so I’ve read a lot of ‘high strangeness’ and cryptid research material. That story might be worthy of a future episode. It’s… odd, to say the least. Lots of controversy, an apparent hoax, conspiracies within conspiracies, the works. Many of the known players in the Bigfoot world are involved. After you’re rested up, you should take a look.
Massie
2024-03-03 04:15:33 +0000 UTCSo excited for another cryptid episode!
E.V. Everest
2024-03-03 03:59:43 +0000 UTC🐠🐟🐠🐡🎣🦦🥰🤩😘
Elena Diamond
2024-03-03 03:54:50 +0000 UTCLove it
William Lyles
2024-03-03 03:35:25 +0000 UTCYou do a show with a talking fish with pearly white teeth. Of course these cryptids are real!
Barry Barrett
2024-03-03 03:29:06 +0000 UTCLove it!!! Thank you, AJ and team!!
David Parisi
2024-03-03 03:11:55 +0000 UTCDear AJ, You got me through the days like the ones you are going through now. Thanks just doesn’t cover the enormous amount of gratitude I feel♥️ Sending you and your wife and Team love and light and SUPPORT ☺️Get good rest and be well ! ♥️
Bronwyn Allen-Kaeser
2024-03-03 03:10:29 +0000 UTCThanks so much for the episode. Take all the time you need off. We'll all be here waitin for your return, Don't worry.
Wormwood
2024-03-03 03:08:21 +0000 UTCI thought the same thing cause I was waiting for each separate gorilla gyatt ass cheek to shift but bro was so stable!!! My degenerate brain saves me from conspiracy again
Zephyrs
2024-03-03 02:44:12 +0000 UTCGreat episode and thank you AJ!! Take all of time you need. You know that all of us will be here for you no matter what. You and Jen take care.
huffman1846
2024-03-03 02:39:11 +0000 UTCAlways interesting. Always entertaining. Always fun to watch. What more is there to ask?
Jack M.
2024-03-03 02:32:19 +0000 UTCWorth the wait! Take care of your health, we'll be here whenever you're ready
Autumn Spredemann
2024-03-03 02:26:36 +0000 UTCLove this one. My eyes would send Heckle into the stratosphere (I’m an albino)
Dane Hart
2024-03-03 02:23:09 +0000 UTCLoved it!!!! Take that week off and enjoy a few days unplugged!
Melissa Clark
2024-03-03 02:10:44 +0000 UTCGreat episode, now get some rest...we'll be here
Rob Albergo
2024-03-03 02:04:14 +0000 UTChttps://www.wcnc.com/article/news/weird/sasquatch-found-avery-county/275-77677ca9-8fbb-4b99-a501-055438bd90a6
Carole H
2024-03-03 01:56:33 +0000 UTCAwesome
Brady Thompson
2024-03-03 01:47:40 +0000 UTCI'm so happy I became a patron
David Hernandez
2024-03-03 01:32:17 +0000 UTCAwesome. Now get some rest! 100 hour weeks! Yikes!
Chris Abraham
2024-03-03 01:29:27 +0000 UTCGo recharge AJ, we’ll hold this space
Michael Au
2024-03-03 01:21:32 +0000 UTCAnother home run episode!
NikkiBubblesMom
2024-03-03 01:09:56 +0000 UTCworthy the wait - and however long time you need for the next ones will worths the wait too - go and energize your soul AJ
The Neoborn Caveman Show
2024-03-03 01:04:12 +0000 UTCThanks for another wonderful and enlightening episode! I spent much of my youth researching a lot of the subjects you cover, but you dig soooo very much deeper than I ever could. Cheers to you for the exhaustive research, and the most entertaining platform on the internet!
Pete Mitchell
2024-03-03 00:41:30 +0000 UTCHere is my issue with the Bigfoot film. Human hips are designed differently than all other two legged creatures, the creatures have to shift their weight leg to leg so they all move left to right to left to right as they walk. Human hips don’t require that, and the Bigfoot film, it’s walking like a human. Great show though!
Bosco Lemonzit
2024-03-03 00:26:35 +0000 UTCI was thinking about doing the $50 just to have my name at the top of the credits for a month.
John Knox
2024-03-03 00:24:04 +0000 UTCWell done!
Richard Sanchez
2024-03-03 00:21:36 +0000 UTCI don't really like cryptids, but good video. On bigfoot I'm glad you pointed out no 💩 found and no bones there has also never been found feeding grounds or living spaces. 90 - 99% of stuff found on Bigfoot has been debunked. The Native American stories about Bigfoot typically give totally different descriptions, even one story where they are 3 foot high (1 M). So history of an American Bigfoot has been debunked as well.
John Knox
2024-03-03 00:21:05 +0000 UTCGood one. You are awesome.
Alex Kosanke
2024-03-03 00:11:37 +0000 UTCI'm with AJ on the cryptids.
Sindy Simms
2024-03-03 00:05:41 +0000 UTCHave you ever checked out the documentary DISCOVERING BIGFOOT? I'm really curious what you think of that. As always love everything you do and always look forward to every episode.
Michael Marquez
2024-03-03 00:02:31 +0000 UTCI just really love saying the word "CHUPACABRA"
Jessica Gearhart
2024-03-03 00:01:56 +0000 UTCGreat Job!!
Margie Willis
2024-03-02 23:59:50 +0000 UTCLoved it! Thanks for all your hard work. 👍
Helle
2024-03-02 23:55:07 +0000 UTCThank you for another great episode team Why Files 👌👍
MadPete
2024-03-02 23:53:34 +0000 UTCPure fun. I think Nessie is a pet, that gets out from time to time. I bet he/she is very cuddleable.
Tim Murphy
2024-03-02 23:52:47 +0000 UTCWell worth the wait.
None Yourbiz
2024-03-02 23:51:57 +0000 UTCVery fun and cool to enjoy. Mucho thankos AJ and Crew, Hecklefish too.
elMexineck
2024-03-02 23:48:14 +0000 UTCYou should have saved el chupacabra for his own episode. So much coast to coast stuff that you could comb over. Such a good episode though.
Ben and Lara Fonner
2024-03-02 23:46:59 +0000 UTCFlo-TEE-ya!
Marc Wermund
2024-03-02 23:34:15 +0000 UTCAJ that was SO GOOD!! Great job TWF team <3 Worth the wait for sure
Jon O
2024-03-02 23:32:41 +0000 UTCtopics that there is so much more current stuff with lots of info on through what we have. Classic happenings covered here and I’m glad you cleared up; but a revisit to giants in Afghanistan and lots mountain top sightings all over the world.
Island Mutt
2024-03-02 23:32:40 +0000 UTCAwesome video !!!
Jeff Pierce
2024-03-02 23:27:03 +0000 UTCGreat episode. Hugely enjoyable
rob denton
2024-03-02 23:20:18 +0000 UTCHecklefish is great. You are a genius AJ!
FuturesTrader Brian
2024-03-02 23:18:59 +0000 UTCKudos! What a great episode, it did not disappoint.
David Saul
2024-03-02 23:16:05 +0000 UTC❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️ WOOHOO❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
pheobekate
2024-03-02 23:10:20 +0000 UTCHell yeah!
CrazyBeerd
2024-03-02 23:07:06 +0000 UTCAbout to watch it now .. hoping for some Bigfoot calls such as “Yoo Hoo, Hey There, Hey There “ 😁 ifykyk I’m the only Shirley in the credits whoop 🙌
Shirley Connellan
2024-03-02 23:06:11 +0000 UTCHello & I am so looking forward to this episode...
Monica Merrem
2024-03-02 23:06:01 +0000 UTCBring it on. I'll have Hecklefish coffee ☕, plushy, and slippers when I watch in the morning.
Deb Stewart
2024-03-02 22:58:50 +0000 UTCHappy Weekend! Thank you guys, this is one anticipated episode. 🎉
Katy
2024-03-02 22:57:47 +0000 UTCGoing to watch this on repeat tonight lleggooooo 🔥🔥🙏🙏🫡🫡
Chris Conlan
2024-03-02 22:47:17 +0000 UTCBless you. You did the cryptids. I hope it ended up fun to do, and wasn't like pulling teeth. I look forward to watching, as I do all the videos. Love you xx
Paul Nurse
2024-03-02 22:43:29 +0000 UTCThanks Mike 🤘
Theo Lee
2024-03-02 22:41:28 +0000 UTCThank you! So worth the wait 💫💫
Dylan Mooney
2024-03-02 22:41:07 +0000 UTCThank you I can't wait to get this week's shirt lol
Jason troyer
2024-03-02 22:40:59 +0000 UTCI believe it will be this Thursday, but I’ll let one of TWF’s team confirm.
MikeD
2024-03-02 22:40:30 +0000 UTCOh man... This looks very good 👍 I think that Bigfoot stole my phone last time I was in the woods! Let's goooooo!!!
JIM CASTRO
2024-03-02 22:40:25 +0000 UTCWoohoo!!!!
Kathleen Dorney
2024-03-02 22:40:02 +0000 UTCBoom!
Safe and effective!
2024-03-02 22:39:59 +0000 UTCKnow you don't like to cover cryptids.... but i luv 'em!
SheerAsshattery
2024-03-02 22:39:52 +0000 UTCThis is when it’s great to be a Patreon member as I won’t be able to make tonight’s premiere. I’m not a cryptids fan, but I know I’ll enjoy this episode.
MikeD
2024-03-02 22:39:38 +0000 UTCThank you so much for this one! Just need to point out typo in the title, sorry but I know you like things perfect ❤️🐾
Ruby Sardeson
2024-03-02 22:39:08 +0000 UTC🙏🙏❤️
Kourtney Bowling
2024-03-02 22:37:27 +0000 UTC☕️🐠 Alright
1.21 LizzidWatts
2024-03-02 22:37:10 +0000 UTCYes! Made my weekend! Thank you for your amazing work!
Drew Lane
2024-03-02 22:37:00 +0000 UTCAF tonight?
Theo Lee
2024-03-02 22:36:50 +0000 UTC
