Episode 70: The Moose
Mystery Category: Cryptids / Regional Legends
The Story: Deep in the Maine woods, reports have persisted for over a century of an uncatchable, ghostly white "immortal beast." We trace the sightings of the Specter Moose, a creature of massive proportions that seems to appear and vanish like a fog, haunting the northern wilderness and the hunters who have tried to track it.
In the woods of Maine, rumors of an uncatchable, immortal beast, the Specter Moose, have circulated for well over a century. Is this creature a hoax, a cryptid, a natural phenomenon, a spirit of the forest, or something altogether singular?
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