Strange Realm - Ep. 115 - June 8th, 2025

Tonight, we bring you a well-produced but probable hoax of an episode as we dig into the weirdest and wildest stories we could find, including the Buga Sphere from Colombia, bad news for Japan's latest moon mission, AI researchers suggest we may in the future become AI-controlled "meat robots", and we look at Alexander the Great's historical encounters with sea monsters! All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher begins reading from "Beware of the Woods," by Tony Urban.

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Notes:
- The Buga Sphere
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/mystery-metal-sphere-falls-in-colombia-stirs-alien-buzz/
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/386917/controversy-surrounds-alleged-finding-of-an-alien-sphere-in-colombia
- Japan continues its bad luck on the Moon
https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/06/japan-spacecraft-goes-dark-before-landing/
- Will we become AI-controlled "meat robots"?
https://futurism.com/anthropic-meat-robots
- Alexander the Great's encounters with sea monsters
https://greekreporter.com/2025/06/05/alexander-the-great-sea-monsters/
- Beware of the Woods
https://www.amazon.com/Beware-Woods-Stories-Unexplained-Encounters/dp/B0C63RJ77H

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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