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Chatawa Monster: the History Behind Mississippi's Circus Man-Ape
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Up until just a few years ago, performers and creatures alike would hop aboard their private coaches and wind their way across the country to perform spectacles for audiences young and old. The circus was designed to bring the extraordinary into our ordinary lives. One minute we are tending to our daily grind, and the next, oddities and athletes alike arrive and show us that our bubble is not as small as we once thought. Sword swallowers, fire jugglers, and contortionists wow us with their superhuman feats. Lions, tigers, and elephants dazzled us with their exotic showmanship. But as the circus became more mainstream, they began looking for new acts to fill their onlookers with wonder - and, of course, their wallets with cash. That brings us to Chatawa, a small town on the Mississippi-Louisiana border where one fate-filled evening, a circus train on its way from Chicago to New Orleans hopped the tracks and inadvertently released a ferocious, unknown monster from its cage thatโs said to still terrorize the Mississippi swamps to this day. --------
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๐ Story researched and written by: Cody Johnston ๐๐ป links.brailleatlas.com
๐ถ Music written and performed by:
Cody Johnston ๐๐ป links.brailleatlas.com
51 episodes
Manage episode 338213876 series 3376480
Up until just a few years ago, performers and creatures alike would hop aboard their private coaches and wind their way across the country to perform spectacles for audiences young and old. The circus was designed to bring the extraordinary into our ordinary lives. One minute we are tending to our daily grind, and the next, oddities and athletes alike arrive and show us that our bubble is not as small as we once thought. Sword swallowers, fire jugglers, and contortionists wow us with their superhuman feats. Lions, tigers, and elephants dazzled us with their exotic showmanship. But as the circus became more mainstream, they began looking for new acts to fill their onlookers with wonder - and, of course, their wallets with cash. That brings us to Chatawa, a small town on the Mississippi-Louisiana border where one fate-filled evening, a circus train on its way from Chicago to New Orleans hopped the tracks and inadvertently released a ferocious, unknown monster from its cage thatโs said to still terrorize the Mississippi swamps to this day. --------
All links ๐๐ป drum.io/thecryptidatlas
Interactive Cryptid Map ๐๐ป thecryptidatlas.com
To listen or watch our weekly episodes, check out โCryptids Across the Atlas,โ available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else you get your podcast! (Links below)๐๐ป
๐Podcast Links:
Youtube ๐๐ป youtube.com/channel/UC_jNAyvRZWNGupX17-K3iVA
Spotify ๐๐ป https://open.spotify.com/show/5gtFwX6OPYYxoFPxCsBS1L
Apple Podcast ๐๐ป https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptids-across-the-atlas/id1634999390
For daily cryptid content, you can follow us on Instagram and TikTok! (Links below) ๐๐ป
๐ฒSocial Links:
Instagram ๐๐ป https://www.instagram.com/thecryptidatlas/
TikTok ๐๐ป https://www.tiktok.com/@thecryptidatlas?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
๐ Story researched and written by: Cody Johnston ๐๐ป links.brailleatlas.com
๐ถ Music written and performed by:
Cody Johnston ๐๐ป links.brailleatlas.com
51 episodes
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