Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-02-28
Books mentioned on CLASSIC: Cryptids You've Never Heard Of
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Mentioned: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Ainu of Japan, the Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan, by the Rev. John Batchelor,... by John Batchelor, and The Ainu and Their Folk-lore by John Batchelor.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“uh in in the book Shob the the spider the evil uh Spider is in Lord of the Rings you are absolutely correct about that”
Where to get it
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The Ainu of Japan, the Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan, by the Rev. John Batchelor,...
Discussed“He was working in the area in the early 1900s and he wrote down a sighting in a book he had called the IU and their folklore and he said that a great sea monster with large staring eyes had attacked three local fishermen and their boats”
Where to get it
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The Ainu and Their Folk-lore
Discussed“He was working in the area in the early 1900s and he wrote down a sighting in a book he had called the IU and their folklore and he said that a great sea monster with large staring eyes had attacked three local fishermen and their boats”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Fellowship of the Ring
“yeah makes me it makes me think of the the scene in the The Hobbit you know with the giant spiders that the sheab”