We have captured the most elusive cryptid: fortean researcher Cole Herrold! He sat down with us to discuss.. well... everything essentially! We go deep into the Ljubovija Phantom, mistakenly referred to as a Serbian Mothman, exploring the cultural context and sociological intricacies of the flying humanoid enigma which has been plaguing every continent for the past century. We share our views and perceptions of this entity, why helium balloons make us shit our pants, why horrific war crimes cause caped crusaders to fly around the skies of Serbia, and finally why bat-winged deities possess humongous erections (a topic we should go back to in another episode).


Oh yeah... tangents! Old Saybrook Blockeheads! Veggieman! La Lechuza! Aswang! The Jersey Devil! Popobawa! We cannot possibly fill 2 hours with just the Ljubovija Phantom... so we teamed it up Avegers-style with every possible flying humanoid (and other random crap entities) out there so they may join forces and unite their amazing powers of... causing mass hysteria!


Artwork by: Cole Herrold


Penciller: Cole Herrold


Colorist: Darwin (like all colorists, I fucked it)


Letterer: If I wanted text, I wouldn't be reading comic books!


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Huge THANK YOU!!! to Cole Herrold from New World Explorers Society for researching and writing his article on the Ljubovija Phantom!


Check out his work for New World Explorers Society at newworldexplorerssociety.blogspot.com


Follow him on Instagram @coleherroldresearcher or via his Facebook Group


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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)


Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com


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FURTHER READING:


Cole Herrold's article on Ljubovija Phantom | New World Explorers Society


1966: The Shadow's Ghost | Anomaly Info


How the CIA Used the Aswang to Win a War in the Philippines


Tokoloshe, the demon that has been sleeping with Mozambique women, finally apprehended


POPOBAWA IS DEAD! | Britain-Tanzanian Society


Albert S. Rosales (2021): Humanoid Encounters 2000-2009: The Others amongst Us.


B. Regal, F. J. Esposito (2018): The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster. Johns Hopkins University Press


Brad Steiger (1978): Alien Meetings. Ace


Jacques Vallee (1969): Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers. Regnery; 1st edition