Episode 002: The Next Issue

"('Radio station days' archive) This is the very second show of the Cryptid Factor... ever! This was when we were broadcasting live from a DanceMusic station at 8am every Saturday morning - much to the dismay of ravers coming down from the night before just wanting some phat beats... what they got instead was their minds blown by the banter about hidden animals and the world of the weird." - Official episode description

Note: This episode is listed as airing October 17th, 2008, but at multiple topics from as late as October 2009 are discussed, so the true date is currently unknown.

## Weekly World Weird News

### Spider-Man director takes on the Yeti - David Farrier

Sam Raimi is announced making a movie called "Refuge" about a yeti terrorizing a remote town. As of 2022, this film has not been released.

### New cryptozoology museum opens November 1st - Rhys Darby

The International Cryptozoology Museum is opening in Portland, Maine, by renowned cryptozoologist and author Loren Coleman. David states that "we are going to go over there and broadcast live there," though this has not happened as of 2022.

### A remote controlled cyborg beetle - David Farrier

David reports on remote controlled cyborg beetle spies that run on solar power. The news article refers to them as "deadly assassin[s]" but David and Rhys note that the beetles operator in the video has a very hard time controlling it, and David has a hard time picturing them having any military use.

## Expeditions Update

The expedition team from Fortean Zoology is back from Sumatra where they have been looking for a Orang Pendek. They brought back hair and it is undergoing DNA analysis.

John Downes was on holiday in Ireland and caught a lake monster on film.

## Expert Interview

Adam Davies from Fortean Zoology is interviewed about the Sumatra expedition. He reveals that the team had a sighting of the Orang Pendek. They collected samples of things they believe the Orang Pendek was eating, as well as hair that was sent to be analyzed.

## First Time Callers

James calls in to talk about the Panama Monster. The monster came out of a cave and chased four children, who ended up killing the monster with sticks and stones. Rhys says the most prominent theory is that the monster is a shaved sloth.

John calls to give information on recently de-classified reports on special forces operations in Vietnam. One report involves a couple guys who killed a large ape-like animal.

## The Arts Hole

Don and Chris call in to read a couple of poems he wrote about the Panama Monster.

## Vocalizations

A bigfoot vocalization is played off of "The Bigfoot Recordings CD."

A couple of 9-1-1 phone call recordings are played, the first of a man whos dog had flown through the air and died, but he did not see what caused it. The next call the man had seen a bigfoot type humanoid running through his yard, and it returns to his yard as he is on the call. The humanoid is described as "big" and "all black."

## The Vault

Peter Hassal tells about a big hairy homanid (BHM) spotted from the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand in the 1940s to 1960s. It was initially believed to be a gorilla used as a mascot that escaped, but no nests were found.

Once Peter ends his report and gets off the phone, Buttons reveals that his father was the monster that had been spotted. He used to install arials on peoples houses around the Coromandel and was called "The Hairy Man of the Coromandel." He was also known to dress up as an ape from time to time. Rhys disputes this and says it is just a theory and this is not a fact.

## DVD Reviews - *Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot*

Rhys: "I found it great in a few ways and hilarious nonsense in others"

David: "The unique thing about this film is its... about an hour twenty of stock footage from nature documentaries, so there's not one original shot in there except for at the end where bigfoot may be revealed to you."

## Positive Feedback

Somebody recommends they review Harry and the Hendersons

Somebody else writes in to say "Guys, just tuned in but I'm very interested in the subject."

1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/news/ni1031904
2. ↑ https://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-09/darpa-project-releases-video-remote-controlled-cyborg-beetle/
3. ↑ https://phys.org/news/2009-07-ancient-mammal-tracks-national-monument.html