Beastly Theories (Ep. 85) Iberian Wodewose - with Rui Caratao

Join me as I chat with Portuguese Wildman Researcher and YouTuber, Rui Caratao, to discuss his investigations into sasquatch phenomena in South West Europe.

Rui, shares his strange experiences as a wildlife and forestry conservation officer travelling throughout Portugal and Spain, as well as the continuity between wildman signs and behaviour reported worldwide that he has also observed in his own region.

Later, we discuss his recent trip to the Basque Region of Spain, where a local folk legend named the Basa-Juan (forest man) has come to life in recent years, with several eyewitnesses reporting a large, bipedal, man-like creature that is covered in long, reddish/dark brown hair, that hangs down to its knees, and that is reputed to live in caves, deep in the woods of Navarre.

Rui, who describes himself as: "Just a normal guy trying to get some answers about wildman phenomena in Europe." Says that he believes that these now folkloric creatures of our yesterday do still inhabit our ancient forests, and that he has even heard howls and calls in these wild areas that he has not been able to identify and that he feels that the wildman represents a call from nature itself., saying: "The magic that forest people bring to our lives, gives back our ability to daydream, and believe again that the world its much more than the sick society based on fear and war that we are living in..."

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rliWpKeXwsfIxZVpfqupT?si=bkaiOhYNQGSMq3wVcPLNiQ

https://youtu.be/fd1tGbKN_jU