Wartime Stories

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Across the American Southwest, stories of skinwalkers and other strange humanoid creatures have circulated for generations. From the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico to the remote forests of Colorado, military personnel and civilians alike have described encounters with things that seem to defy any familiar explanation.

Drawn from firsthand accounts, including those of a former Royal Marine Commando and U.S. Army soldiers, these stories explore disturbing encounters with mysterious figures, creatures that appear to mimic human voices, and animals behaving in seemingly impossible ways. From an isolated desert road outside Phoenix to the forests near Fort Carson and the training grounds of Fort Bliss, these experiences left witnesses questioning what they had actually seen.

0:00 Introduction
01:35 Arizona Encounter
15:08 The San Isabel Crawler
29:45 The Man in the Desert
36:30 The Oryx on Thermal
50:36 Final Thoughts
54:38 Credits
55:09 After Action

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For sailors standing watch in dark passageways or working deep inside a submarine, the ocean can feel a long way from the familiar world ashore. Some return with accounts of footsteps in empty compartments, unexplained voices, and figures that seem to disappear before their eyes.

This compilation brings together naval and maritime encounters involving warships, nuclear submarines, enormous sharks, and an apparent time slip in Bermuda. Drawing from sailors’ accounts, civilian testimony, and maritime legends, these stories range from disturbances aboard USS Bonhomme Richard and USS Constitution to the haunting associated with the German submarine UB-65.
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For sailors standing watch in dark passageways or working deep inside a submarine, the ocean can feel a long way from the familiar world ashore. Some return with accounts of footsteps in empty compartments, unexplained voices, and figures that seem to disappear before their eyes.

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For centuries, sailors have returned from the open ocean with stories of enormous creatures lurking beneath their ships. Among the most enduring are accounts of giant squid, animals once dismissed as maritime legends but now known to inhabit the deepest reaches of the world's oceans. Yet some historical encounters suggest that these creatures may have been far more dangerous than we understand.

Drawing from firsthand naval accounts, historical newspaper reports, and scientific investigations spanning more than a century, this episode explores terrifying encounters with giant squid in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans — from shipwrecked survivors allegedly dragged beneath the waves to naval vessels attacked by enormous tentacled creatures, including a mysterious incident involving a U.S. Navy warship during the Cold War.

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Throughout military history, servicemembers have encountered strange things in some of the world's most remote and unforgiving environments. From isolated desert training grounds and military installations to the battlefields of World War II, these places have become the settings for stories involving unexplained disappearances, mysterious figures, and encounters that defy conventional explanation.

Drawing from firsthand military accounts, historical investigations, and wartime legends, this compilation explores bizarre incidents spanning the American Southwest, the deserts of North Africa, and the U.S.–Mexico border — including alleged Sasquatch sightings, unidentified aircraft, ghostly soldiers, mysterious military vehicles, and unsettling encounters with creatures and spirits rooted in local folklore.
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