Ep 264: The Van Meter Monster Part 2
Description:
In the second part of our series on the mysterious visitor to Van Meter, Iowa, it’s time to wonder how so many credible people could see a creature so incredible and what that creature could be. An extant pterosaur, your run-of-the-mill cryptid, a Keel-like “uttraterrestrial,” something like a tulpa or an egregore, or simply a transdimensional interloper from the sacred and mystical bowels of the earth? Does a hoax that a whole town would have to be in on even make sense? Could the gestalt be a little from all of these things? We may never know precisely what the Van Meter Monster was, but we can learn how something clinically described as an unusual sensory experience affects the people who see it. Something else we can bet on is that, like it or not, we must share our reality with the surreal, and as rare as it is, people will continue to see the impossible.
Reference Links:
BBC documentary: “Walking With Dinosaurs S1 Ep4 Giant of the Skies” on DailyMotion.com
“Footprint Find Could Be a “Holy Grail” of Pterosaur Research” on ScientificAmerican.com
“Did Formula 1 CGI a Giant Vulture Shadow Into the U.S. Grand Prix Live Feed?” on TheDrive.com
“Was The 2002 Kentucky UFO Train Collision Genuine Or A Hoax?” on UFOInsight.com
“The Twisted Strange Tale of the Van Meter Visitor” from the BFD blog
The City of Van Meter, Iowa’s official website, vanmeteria.gov
Van Meter’s local history page, from their website, vanmeteria.gov
“Van Meter Visitor Tour 2021” from the Redroom Creative Media YouTube channel
“Creature Feature Van Meter Visitor” from R. A. Brewster’s YouTube channel
The Van Meter Visitor on the Cryptid Wiki on the cryptidz.fandom.com website
“PTERODACTYL OR PTEROSAUR?” from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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CREDITS:
Episode 264: The Van Meter Monster Part 2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2023 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.