Strange Realm - Ep. 106 - April 6th, 2025

Tonight, we bring you a pleasantly surprising show as we take a look at the weirdest and wildest news stories this week, including an update on the project to de-extinct the Dodo, a rock in Romania used as a doorstop turns out to be worth a million dollars, a new study says fruit flies drink alcohol to attract mates, and we take a look at a taxidermized chupacabra located in the Chupacabra Capital of the World: Cuero, Texas. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- The Dodo is coming back!
https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2025/03/29/bringing-back-birds-and-beasts-that-slipped-into-extinction.html
- Rock used as doorstop for decades worth over $1 million
https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-a-doorstop-for-decades-found-to-be-worth-over-1-million
- Fruit flies drink alcohol to attract mates
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8e772enngo
- The taxidermied chupacabra of Cuero, Texas
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/cuero-texas-chupacabra-ranch-cryptid-sightings/
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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