In the Field

The Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency is an organization dedicated to studying cryptids, paranormal and supernatural organisms, strange phenomena, history, and nature in general! In the Field shares its findings with you! From folklore, scary stories, and sighting reports, to interviews, scientific studies, field trips, and more–the BCWPA explores the myths and real lives of our world’s rarest creatures, visitors, places, and happenings.

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In the Field with Muddy Men (PART 1)

May 22, 2023 • Season 2 • Episode 6

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:
Another Cigarette for Gul Mohammed
B004
A Minuit, le 31 Decembre
B005
Rainbow Bomb
Hairy Fairy Hotaruna
B001
Jim Hall - Empty 32
Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi - Credo Crucifixus

SOUND EFFECTS (from Freesound)
259643__stevious42, "gentle-rain"
388884__australopithecusman, "orange-squashhead-smashgory"
390740__funwithsound, "wind-2"
244942__spoonbender, "wind-through-trees-3b"
445614__cllari__owi, "scrubbing-on-a-wooden-deck-or-floor"
452597, "kyles__door-wood-int-trailer-rv-deadbolt-flimsy-hollow-roomy-slow-thump-various"
258392__constructabeat, "stop-start-tape"
329605__inspectorj, "footsteps-light-mud-a"
475542__mirko111, "walking-through-high-grass-short"
376809__alex_hears_things, "muddy-and-wet-footsteps"
58626__kathol, "a-moaning-zombie"
144002__arrigd, "zombie-roar-8"
157027__slave2thelight, "solo-zombie-1"
321527__isaria, "zombiesequence"
377533__13fpanska_machacova_petra, "zombie"
445983__breviceps, "zombie-gargles"
464334__andron827, "rain-rws-natural-3-23-2019-151am"
25945__inchadney, "owl"
553513__popocot, "monster-sounds-2"
231536__vkproduktion, "creek-06-loop"
346046__yemimoses, "digging1"
441821__fst180081, "180081-sledge-hammer-on-mulch-01"
333832__nick121087, "demonic-woman-scream"
511282__snapssound, "nighttime-frogs_ambience_01"

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