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LEGEND CHASER NASH HOOVER - Van Meter, Iowa. “Chasing Legends” host Nash Hoover takes in the surroundings at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival. Minnesotan Nash is an accomplished Legend Chasing Cryptid Hunter and speaker who has documented his research team’s numerous field expeditions seeking out Fantastic Creatures for his popular “Chasing Legends” program. Nash presented his lecture “Cryptids Across the Globe” to Visitor Visitors at this event - a topic he can speak to with experience as he has hunted numerous monsters in the field (Bigfoot, Champ, Rougarou, Pukwudgie, the Mogollon Monster and many others). The adventures of Nash and his Chasing Legends team can be seen on their official website or their YouTube channel. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @NashHoover @ChasingLegendsTV #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Cryptozoologist #Bigfoot #Sasquatch #Rougarou #Pukwudgie #Monsters #MonsterHunter #Cryptotourism #Paratravel #ChasingLegends #LegendTripping #NashHoover #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXwMFd_lkGb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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EXPLORING THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE VAN METER VISITOR - Van Meter, Iowa. (Pictured: the former Van Meter Bank where a flying cryptid was encountered in 1903. A fanciful representation of the Otherworldly Creature can be seen on the rooftop.) An intrigued crowd of cryptid curiosity seekers - attending the 2019 “Van Meter Visitor Festival” - brave the nighttime rain to hear a guided account of the strange encounters that occurred on (and above) the streets of this small Iowa town over a century ago. In September and October of 1903, the rural prairie-town of Van Meter, Iowa was terrorized by a bizarre, bat-winged, flying animal that can best be described as being “pterodactyl-like” with a beak, or horn, that projected a beam of light like a “spotlight.” This Strange Visitor was shot at, on several occasions, as it flew from rooftop-to-rooftop - with little apparent effect upon the Being. In an effort to rid the town of the Frightening Menace, townsfolk eventually formed a posse and tracked the creature to its supposed lair - an old mine on the outskirts of town. According to accounts, the monster was found near the mine entrance with a smaller creature of like-appearance that was its likely offspring. What happened next in this legend varies: the Hellish Beasts were driven deep into the dark pit from which they came, or the unwelcomed mother and young escaped into the night sky - never to return again. In any case, this fascinating tale endures to this day as the town celebrates its monstrous lore by welcoming visitors from across the country during its annual “Van Meter Visitor Festival.” A fantastic work on the “Van Meter Visitor” - written by cryptid explorers and festival organizers Chad Lewis, Kevin Nelson and Noah Voss - is available for those seeking more detailed info on this amazing cryptid tale. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2019. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #MichaelHuntington #StrangeTravels #HuntingtonAdventures #HuntingtonFamily #UnusualFamilyOutings #Cryptids #Cryptotourism #VanMeterVisitor #VanMeterCryptid #FlyingCryptid #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterVisitorFestival2019 #ChadLewis #KevinNelson #NoahVoss #BackRoadsLore #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4I0qqBlOKx/?igshid=x4dhweb7727r

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STEVE WARD’S UFO MAGAZINE RETRO HOMAGE ART - Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Some magnificent, one-of-a-kind, hand-made collage art created by noted Midwestern UFO historian, cryptid hunter, Mothman expert and Keel researcher (and friend) Steve Ward. Steve graciously gifted this to me during our last meet-up at the Van Meter Visitor Festival in Van Meter, Iowa. This groovy artistic homage to the fantastic “Old School” UFO magazines of the 70s and 80s features some hat-tips to many well-respected and up-and-coming researchers of the Strange and Unknown working here in the Midwest and Beyond. Photo by Michael Huntington - February, 2022. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #Paranormal #Cryptids #Haunted #Folklore #UFOs #UFOMagazine #UFOReview #UFOHistory #UFOArt #SteveWard #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa #CapeGirardeau #CapeGirardeauMissouri (at Cape Girardeau, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZw_g4MlsuD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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DEROS AND UFOS: RESEARCHER STEVE WARD TELLS THE TALE OF THE SHAVER MYSTERY - Van Meter, Iowa. Noted veteran UFO and Cryptid Researcher/Historian Steve Ward delivers his fascinating presentation on the infamously influential “Shaver Mystery” to the crowd at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival. Beginning in 1945, in the pages of Ray Palmer’s “Amazing Stories” magazine, writer (and likely schizophrenic) Richard Sharpe Shaver (1907-1975) shared his bizarre - and “truthful” - accounts of telepathic messages from an advanced civilization of malevolent Inner Earth Beings known as the Deros. Later dubbed “The Shaver Mystery: The Most Sensational True Story Ever Told,” this tale dominated the pages of Palmer’s sci-fi pulp and influenced popular flying saucer cultural and archetypal lore for years. One can find Steve sharing more of his extensive knowledge of strange esoteric history and personalities in his intriguing “High Strangeness Factor” podcast on Paranormal UK Radio or at UFO/Cryptid event lectures around the country. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #FlyingSaucers #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOCulture #SteveWard #ShaverMystery #RayPalmer #RichardSharpeShaver #AmazingStories #Deros #HighStrangenessFactor #ParanormalUKRadio #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXuBodOF2Q9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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CRYPTOZOOLOGIST KEN GERHARD SQUAWKS ABOUT MONSTER BIRDS - Van Meter, Iowa. Noted Cryptozoologist, Author, Lecturer and TV Personality Ken Gerhard presents his amazingly well-researched and highly informative “Strange Cases of Flying Cryptids” at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival held in Iowa. Ken is a veteran researcher who has spoken at countless cryptozoological events and has appeared on several television documentary programs, including the popular “Monster Quest” and “Monsters and Mysteries in America.” Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @TheRealKenGerhard #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #Paratravel #Cryptotourism #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Monsters #MonsterQuest #Thunderbirds #FlyingCryptids #GiantBirds #KenGerhard #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeaQVclzg2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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CRYPTOZOOLOGIST KEN GERHARD SQUAWKS ABOUT MONSTER BIRDS - Van Meter, Iowa. Noted Cryptozoologist, Author, Lecturer and TV Personality Ken Gerhard presents his amazingly well-researched and highly informative “Strange Cases of Flying Cryptids” at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival held in Iowa. Ken is a veteran researcher who has spoken at countless cryptozoological events and has appeared on several television documentary programs, including the popular “Monster Quest” and “Monsters and Mysteries in America.” Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @TheRealKenGerhard #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #Paratravel #Cryptotourism #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Monsters #MonsterQuest #Thunderbirds #FlyingCryptids #GiantBirds #KenGerhard #VanMeterVisitor #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeZYhuF7vg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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THE HODAG AND THE HOUNDS FROM HELL - Van Meter, Iowa. A fanciful representation of the fanciful creature known as the Hodag, seen guarded by some undoubtedly ferocious hell hounds, at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival in Iowa. These monstrous minions were spotted lurking around the Hodag Store’s merchandise booth throughout this cryptid-oriented event. Typically, the famously mythical beast can found in its natural environs near Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @TheHodagStore #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #UnusualFamilyOutings #HuntingtonAdventures #UrbanLegend #Folklore #Cryptid #Cryptids #Monster #Hodag #TheHodagStore #HodagStore #RhinelanderWisconsin #VanMeterVisitor #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXcAzf4lQez/?utm_medium=tumblr

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RESEARCHER ZELIA EDGAR LECTURES ON CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CLOTHING KIND - Van Meter, Iowa. Wisconsin researcher, UFO field investigator and writer Zelia Edgar presents her fascinating lecture “Knit Caps and Coveralls: A Study of UFO Occupant Clothing” at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival. Zelia has been a guest on Spaced Out Radio and the Somewhere in the Skies Podcast and regularly presents unique and oft-forgotten UFO tales/research on her highly informative “Just Another Tinfoil Hat” website and YouTube Channel. Look for more of Zelia’s eclectic research coming soon from Beyond the Fray Publishing. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #ZeliaEdgar #JustAnotherTinfoilHat #UFOOccupantClothing #ClothesEncounters #SpacedOutRadio #SomewhereInTheSkies #BeyondTheFrayPublishing #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgVFq1Fzsp/?utm_medium=tumblr

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CRYPTID CAN: HODAG ROOT BEER - Van Meter, Iowa. Some delicious Hodag Root Beer (Northwoods Brew Pub in Osseo, Wisconsin) picked up from the Hodag Store booth at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival in Van Meter, Iowa. Good stuff! The can is going in the collection! They make grown-up beer as well. Look for it! Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @TheHodagStore @Northwoods_Brewing #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #UnusualFamilyOutings #HuntingtonAdventures #UrbanLegend #Folklore #Cryptid #Cryptids #Monster #Hodag #TheHodagStore #HodagStore #RhinelanderWisconsin #NorthwoodsBrewPub #NorthwoodsBrewing #OsseoWisconsin #HodagRootBeer #HodagBeer #VanMeterVisitor #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1S_TXFCaG/?utm_medium=tumblr

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NELSON LAYS DOWN THE LORE - Van Meter, Iowa. Back Roads Lore Explorer and Cryptid Author Kevin Lee Nelson offers his lecture “Wendigo Lore: Monsters, Myths and Madness” at the 2021 Van Meter Visitor Festival. Kevin is a veteran field researcher who travels the country to document (and preserve) local folklore and legends. The author of several cryptid works - including the recent “Wendigo Lore” book with co-author Chad Lewis - Nelson has also appeared on a number of TV program and documentaries about unknown creatures and monster tales. Traveling hundreds and hundreds of miles each year seeking out lost legends, Kevin is - without a doubt - one of the most knowledgeable and accomplished of Folklore Explorers in the field today. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2021. @Huntington_Strange_Travels @KevinNelson_13 @BackRoadsLore #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Cryptozoologist #KevinLeeNelson #ChadLewis #Bigfoot #Sasquatch #Wendigo #WendigoLore #Monsters #MonsterHunter #Cryptotourism #Paratravel #LegendTripping #UrbanLegends #Folklore #FolkloreExplorer #Folklorist #BackRoadsLore #VanMeterVisitorFestival #VanMeterIowa (at Van Meter, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXy0d80l678/?utm_medium=tumblr