Episode 36 - La Mala Cosa

The Nowhere Dispatch

When you look into the woods...what looks back at you?Is there something out there, stalking through the pines? Since the beginning of history, mankind has given many names to a specific kind of beast that waits in the woods. The wild man. Sasquatch. Bigfoot.But there are other names. Names you might not know. Some of them come from right here, in my part of the world.I'll tell you all about them in this episode. Consider it my own personal take on one of the most famous cryptid legends in existence. It's true, listeners, there are strange creatures here in the middle of nowhere and one of the most famous, written about in the first printed document concerning what was once called The New World, is known as la mala cosa.