HEYYOOO! WHAT'S UP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOKS! This episode is an exploration of the reoccurring symbolism of the much dreaded red triangle mark(s) attributed to alien abductions, cattle mutilations, and even potentially showing up in old witch BBQ party cook books of "yay olden tymesese...s"! This episode is as as close to a one stop shop for all your triple dot thoughts as one could ever possibly drop...so give it a listen and like, CHOP! CHOP! Or listen at your own damned leisure as you bask in the gravy bath of your own damned freedom! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

- Dr. X Case (Aimé Michel, Gordon Creighton, 1968)

- Cash-Landrum Incident (Texas, 1980, documented by MUFON)

- Linda Cortile Case (Budd Hopkins, "Witnessed," 1996)

- Dr. Karla Turner ("Into the Fringe," "Taken," 1992-1994)

- Betty Andreasson Luca (Raymond Fowler, "The Andreasson Affair," 1979)

- Belgian UFO Wave (1989-1990, SOBEPS documentation)

- Phoenix Lights (Arizona, 1997, multiple witness documentation)

- Judy Doraty Case (Linda Moulton Howe, "A Strange Harvest," 1980)

- Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon (Colorado, New Mexico, 1970s-1990s, FBI files)

- Witch Trial Documentation ("Malleus Maleficarum," Scottish Witchcraft Survey, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1997)

- Defense Intelligence Agency Report ("UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects," 2022)

- Medical Literature (Erythema Multiforme, NIH, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins)

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HEYYOOOOOOOOOOO! WHAT'S UP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! This episode explores the "CONTROL SYSTEM HYPOTHESIS" as formulated by the one and only UFO folk saint, JACQUES VALLEE! MY MAIN MANG! BOOYAKASHA! GET WIT' IT YO! KNOWMSAYYYNNNNN! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

- Anatomy of a Phenomenon (1965) by Jacques Vallee

- Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers (1969) by Jacques Vallee

- The Invisible College (1975) by Jacques Vallee

- Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults (1979) by Jacques Vallee

- Dimensions (1988), Confrontations (1990), and Revelations (1991) by Jacques Vallee

- Forbidden Science: Journals 1957–1988 (1992) by Jacques Vallee

- Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times (2009) by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck

- Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret (2021) by Jacques Vallee and Paola Harris

- Documentation of the 1968 Dr. X case, including medical records of triangular burns/healing anomalies

- Documentation of the 1977 Colares UFO Wave (Operation Prato), including Brazilian military investigation records

- Documentation of the 1981 Trans-en-Provence case, including French government laboratory analysis of physical trace evidence

- Records of Vallee's work at Stanford Research Institute on ARPANET development/remote viewing research

- The 1897 Great Airship Wave historical records/newspaper accounts

- Documentation of the 1917 Miracle of Fatima, including witness testimonies/historical analysis

- The 1945 Trinity Site military records/geological surveys

- Correspondence/collaboration with J. Allen Hynek, documented in Vallee's journals/published works.

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THIS IS A BIG'UN! Lot's of hypothetical craziness in this one. We got tulpas, egregores, memetic entities, pale crawlers, glimmer men, imposter entities, "tulpatronics" (yes, I'm back at it again), and the relationships we share with our fictions. It's heavy psychedelic shit...MAN-MAN-MAN-MAN-Man-man! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

• Strickler, Lon. The Meme Humanoids: Modern Myths or Real Monsters (2023/2024). The definitive treatment of pale, crawling humanoid phenomena/internet-age cryptid manifestation.

• Cutchin, Joshua. Fourth Wall Phantoms: Reflections on the Paranormal, Narrative, and Fictions Becoming Fact (2024). Explores fictional incursions/trickster phenomena/media influence on paranormal experience.

• Ramesh, Chidambaram. Embodied Imaginations (various editions). Examines autonomous characters/writer phenomena/manifestation of mental constructs.

• Geoffrey Biddle et al. Court records and psychiatric evaluations from State of Wisconsin v. Morgan E. Geyser and State of Wisconsin v. Anissa E. Weier (Waukesha County Circuit Court, 2014-2017). Primary documents from the Slenderman stabbing case.

• Hankerson, et al. "Death by Ostension: Folklore, Media, and Violence" in Journal of American Folklore (various articles on "folk crime").

• Dégh, Linda. Legend and Belief: Essays on Legend, Truth, and Reality (2001). The seminal academic treatment of ostension theory.

• Tucker, Abigail. "The Science of Slenderman" in Smithsonian Magazine (2014). Early analysis of the case.

• Ohikuare, Judith. "The Childhood Friends Who Became Killers" in New York Magazine/Vulture (various retrospective articles on the Geyser/Weier case).

• Knudsen, Eric (Victor Surge). Original Slenderman posts, Something Awful Forums, "Create Paranormal Images" thread (June 2009). The genesis of the character.

• r/HumanoidEncounters. Subreddit archives (2012-present). Primary source for contemporary crawler/humanoid reports, including imposter entity accounts.

• Strickler, Lon. Phantoms and Monsters (website and blog archives, 2008-present). Extensive database of crawler sightings/imposter entity reports.

• The Belief Hole Podcast. Episodes on "Crawler Humanoids," "Imposter Entities," and "Tulpas and Thoughtforms" (various seasons, 2018-present). Audio documentation of witness testimony.

• 4chan /x/ (Paranormal) and /b/ (Random) boards. Archives of "creepypasta" culture (2007-2015), including early Slenderman expansion.

• Creepypasta Wiki. The user-generated fiction database that served as transmission vector for Slenderman and related legends.

• Evans-Wentz, W.Y. Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines (1935/1958). Early Western exposition of tulpa creation concepts.

• Besant, Annie and Leadbeater, C.W. Thought-Forms (1901). Theosophical treatise on the materialization of mental energy.

• Jung, Carl. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1959). Foundational for understanding collective manifestation.

• Hufford, David. The Terror That Comes in the Night (1982). Academic treatment of sleep paralysis/hypnagogic hallucination (relevant to imposter entity physiology).

• Devereux, Paul. Earth Lights (1982)/Earth Lights Revelation (1989). T. B. Pawlicki-adjacent theories on geological manifestation of anomalous phenomena.

• Harpur, Patrick. Daimonic Reality (1995). The "green man" theory of cultural manifestation of entities.

• Laycock, Joseph. Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds (2015). Context for understanding panic over fictional reality.

• Robinson, James M. (ed.). The Nag Hammadi Library (1977/1990). Primary Gnostic texts, including Apocryphon of John (Demiurge cosmology).

*THERE'S WAY MORE SOURCES, BUT THIS IS ALL I CAN FIT. BUT IF YOU WANT'EM, I GOT'EM!

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