BoA Revival - Ep 92 - 'Truth is Scarier'

·1 hr 56 min·5 clips

A secretive YouTube creator known as Truth discusses his viral cryptid videos and the eerie 'I Feel Fantastic' robot that sparked internet legends.

The episode begins with host Tim Binnall introducing Truth, a pseudonymous YouTube creator known for his channel 'Truth is Scarier Than Fiction' and the Legendary Cryptids Twitter account. Truth shares how his childhood interest in cryptids, sparked by books like 'Tales of the Cryptids', led him to create content. A key topic is the 'I Feel Fantastic' video, an eerie animatronic singing clip from the early 2000s that became an internet urban legend about a serial killer, with its creator disappearing due to harassment. The discussion shifts to lost cryptid media, including the Lucky Star Casino Bigfoot video, allegedly captured on security camera in Oklahoma but kept secret by the tribe owning the casino. Truth outlines numerous other lost pieces, such as an 18-foot lizard photo from India in 1986 and the Thunderbird photo mystery. He explains the Patterson-Gimlin film's missing reels and the conspiracy around an 1894 Bigfoot photo linked to the Hudson Bay Company. The conversation explores obscure cryptids like the Cat of Many Colors in Tennessee and the Mapinguari in South America, theorized to be a surviving giant ground sloth. Truth also touches on the Bodette Film of Lake Champlain's monster, held by a lawyer demanding six figures, and the rediscovery of the Marvin underwater creature footage. The episode examines theories about Bigfoot cover-ups by governments or corporations and concludes with thoughts on cloning extinct species and the plausibility of cryptids like Mothman.

As heard by us

A cryptid conversation with personality, shaped by curiosity, doubt, and a photo story that never fully clears up.

BOA Revival follows a young cryptid creator tied to Truth is Scarier Than Fiction and the Cryptids Twitter account, then moves into a discussion of a photo that may have come from a family house in Malaysia or China.

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Cryptid lore, a vague family photo, and a host who lives for the rabbit hole.

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