1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,400 Hey fellow truth seekers, I'm Justin and I'm Brandi and together we'll be your 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,000 guides on this spine tingling journey through the unknown. We dive headfirst 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,920 into the eerie realms of cryptids from Bigfoot to Loch Ness Monster and hold on 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,680 tight because we'll explore spine-chilling encounters with 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,040 extraterrestrial beings and UFO sightings that will leave you questioning 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,640 what's really out there. Beyond the Shadows is not your average paranormal 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:28,160 podcast. Our goal is simple to shed light on the shadows that haunt our world and 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,560 confront the unexplained with an open mind. And for the skeptics don't worry 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,040 we have something for you too. Our conspiracy theories will challenge your 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,960 beliefs and make you question everything. So if you're fascinated by the paranormal 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,000 yearn for chilling true crime stories or crave the adrenaline rush of uncovering 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,160 conspiracies, join us on this hair-raising adventure as we journey Beyond 13 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,160 the Shadows. 14 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:58,160 Find other great podcasts like this one at podmoth.network 15 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:29,200 Hello everybody! Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party, a show 16 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,920 where we have a few drinks, share a few laughs, take a dive into the unknown. I'm 17 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,560 your host Dave and I'm joined once again by the beautifully bearded, glass- 18 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:43,160 glasses-faced Luke Farris. Call me four eyes bitch, I don't know dude. 19 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,440 They don't need to know that I am bespectacled. I was trying to do like an 20 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,840 alliteration and then I lost it as soon as it came out of my mouth. It was 21 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,120 immediately. I had no idea where you- I didn't even know you were trying to do 22 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:58,800 alliteration. That too- well clearly I lost it. What's going on bud? Same shit as 23 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,360 last time. Just got out of work kind of toasty. You're looking good. I know you 24 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,360 were a little late recording today because you had to attempt to beat your 25 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,920 high score at pinball. What game were you playing? That was on Medieval Madness. 26 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:16,920 Oh. Classic Williams game. Obviously. You're a fool if you don't know what- what is it? 27 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:20,040 Medieval Madness? What even- Medieval Madness is? Medieval Madness. Yeah. Honestly if you're 28 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,760 into pinball like that's like the Metallica. It was like have you ever 29 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,720 heard of Metallica? And like you're wearing like a metal band shirt. You get 30 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,800 to punch that man. Oh gotcha. Of course I fucking played Medieval Madness asshole 31 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,760 like that's like a basic bitch game. Yeah name four obstacles. 32 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:45,240 Joust, Peasant Revolt, The King of Pain, and Catapult. I did not think this. I was just trying to make a 33 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:50,920 riff off the gatekeeping thing but no all right I was- no I got it. I'm glad you're 34 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,880 doing good dude. I ate a bunch of Chinese food for lunch before we started 35 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,880 recording and now I'm like out of breath. I don't know if that's like like a 36 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,040 diabetes thing. Are you allergic to soy sauce? No I'm not like out of breath like I 37 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,400 can't like my throat's closing it's like I'm just winded because I ate so much 38 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:11,520 food. No I get that. Yeah. Yeah during the summer I have no motivation to eat so I 39 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,880 was called charcuterie summer and I always have a charcuterie board going 40 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,760 through. Cheese can take your breath away. I would like I will let you know. What I 41 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,040 mean like it takes your breath away in the same way that like I don't know 42 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:31,560 seeing a sunset takes your breath away. No it's different. I lie on my couch with 43 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:38,640 my shirt off just going for like a while. That's fair. All right well Luke I teased 44 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:43,760 you earlier about what our episode is gonna be. Now for those of you 45 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,800 listening today's episode is not a it's not a cryptid it's not a monster it's 46 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:52,560 not an alien it's not a ghost it's not interdimensional it is a theory. It's 47 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:59,320 ultranauts. No am I correct? No. No Luke today we're gonna delve into the world 48 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:08,600 of completely insane. It's a theory that people just decided hey centuries of 49 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:15,880 science be gone. I'm gonna believe in what I want to believe in. Do you know 50 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:21,660 what it is now? Flat Earth. No close we're gonna talk about Admiral Bird and the 51 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:29,920 Hollow Earth theory. Oh man. You're so close. All right you ready to dive into 52 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:35,360 this man? Oh 100%. Okay so much like Flat Earth the Hollow Earth theory isn't a new 53 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,320 concept. Ancient cultures and mythologies around the world have some sort of 54 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,760 variant of it in their belief system. The Greeks and the Romans had Hades. The 55 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,000 Christians have Hell. Tibetan Buddhists had a belief that there's an ancient 56 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,080 city located inside the earth that is called Shambhala. I don't know if I'm 57 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,240 pronouncing that right but I'm just gonna go phonetically with it because 58 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Shambhala sounds like a vibe to be honest. If someone was like on vacationing 59 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,440 on Shambhala I'd be like dude fuck yeah buddy. Yeah that's like an Instagram 60 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:08,400 influencer's like bitches we in Shambhala look at this yacht. Yeah Abiza first and 61 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:13,920 then Shambhala for the last couple days. I made sure to order my white linens 62 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:19,560 when we go to Shambhala because it gets it's warm there it's breezy. So during 63 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,360 the Middle Ages both the Germans and the Russians had stories of portals that 64 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,440 led to the center of the earth. Even the Native Americans believed the earth was 65 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,520 hollow and was accessible through tunnels and caves across America whose 66 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,680 locations would depend on which tribes beliefs that were being 67 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,400 referenced at the time. So like I said it's nothing new and it's completely 68 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,680 understandable that ancient cultures would have believed the earth was hollow 69 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,120 because science hadn't been able to prove it otherwise or you know like 70 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:56,200 really exist. Much. Yeah so but knowing what we know now with a wealth of 71 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,400 knowledge at our fingertips and centuries of science and data to back it 72 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,820 up just like flat earth theories there has been like a resurgence in belief for 73 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:08,960 some reason of the hollow earth theory. Now I assume it's either because of like 74 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,400 social media like TikTok or pop culture like the recent Godzilla, King Kong, like 75 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,460 the monster verse like make really big references to it as well as the 76 00:06:18,460 --> 00:06:24,960 Aquaman movies which I've never seen because fuck DC movies. Well I mean 77 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,360 depends the Batman was sick. The Batman was sick. The new Suicide Squad. 78 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:36,800 The new Suicide Squad was good. No? So how am I saying that the DC movies are bad? 79 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,400 Oh no. I agree with you but you're trying to get people to listen you 80 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,600 just made a bunch of nerds mad. That's fine. 81 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,360 But honestly Marvel sucks too. It's all just kind of they're all the same movie 82 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,840 at this point now. Yeah I'm over it. So Luke what what happened? What happened to 83 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:03,320 make people decide to just negate years and centuries of science and be like 84 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,240 nah this is this can't be right. What happened here? So here's exactly what 85 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:15,160 happened. So right when personal computers started gaining access to the 86 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:21,120 internet yeah the first people to get that were nerds and they did for fun 87 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:26,040 they had message boards and there were two sides you get assigned a side it's 88 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:31,840 like a nerdy debate club that mostly the Flat Earth one was bigger but there was 89 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:36,480 also Hollow Earth and that this one is two sided with Hollow Earth and also 90 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,720 comes down to Hollow Moon. Hollow Moon is almost the topic of this episode. I could 91 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:51,080 have taught this episode if it was on Hollow Moon but boomers essentially. 92 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:56,480 Because then after these message boards were fully established yes boomers 93 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,200 ended up finding them and they didn't get the joke. True. They did not know that 94 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,960 they were supposed to like they're using like these bullshit like things to keep 95 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:11,080 a debate going. Yeah well it was and like message boards back then like 96 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,760 especially like the Flat Earth stuff is that like it was nerds they didn't 97 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,280 really believe in what they were talking about but what you were right they chose 98 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,520 a side and it wasn't trolling it was light-hearted ribbing like I believe 99 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:26,760 everyone knew that everyone was in on the joke yes and then a bunch of 100 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:31,000 dum-dums found those and were like oh man these Flat Earthers are making like 101 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,360 a lot of sense. Same thing with Hollow Earth which spoiler for the rest of the 102 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,400 episode they they were not making sense they were just smarter than you talking 103 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:47,000 about something and you got tricked. That's right. That is so that was one part of it 104 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,080 and then it also comes down to Hollow Moon where technically if you look at the 105 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,040 math our moon shouldn't be no we're not gonna do that now we're not gonna do 106 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:59,200 okay let's make this a three hour episode come on no just wait Luke all 107 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:04,720 right well you are partially right on where the modern concept of Hollow Moon 108 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,080 came from it actually started in the 1600s if you want to call that modern 109 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,680 it's not ancient it's closer to where we are now than fucking cell phones right 110 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:18,080 yeah it's with it with a book called the Mundus Subterranius which was a 111 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:23,960 straight-up textbook written by Athanasius Kircher which made the claim 112 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,400 that the North and South Poles were connected by like a big old tunnel that 113 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:32,880 fed water through to either side I think maybe I couldn't find an English version 114 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,760 of the book so I just went off of what Wikipedia had to say on it and even then 115 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,520 it was very minimal because I think that's basically the gist of it is that 116 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,560 in the middle of the world this is hollow it's a giant tube connecting the 117 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,840 North and South Pole that's how the water circulates around the earth I don't 118 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:55,520 know then in 1692 a dude named Edmund Haley trying to understand why the 119 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,640 Earth's magnetic field was acting all like caddywampus concluded that the 120 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:05,160 earth must be hollow sort of it wasn't so much like a hollow ball but consisted 121 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:11,160 of three like three shells the outer shell the one that we're on and it's 122 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:16,520 only 500 miles thick two inner consent concentric shells and then a core now 123 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,560 these three shells had their own standard right had their own magnetic 124 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:23,800 poles and rotated at different speeds which explained why the earth's magnetic 125 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,720 field would shift which I mean he is kind of right about like it does shift 126 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,960 because the mag like the core moves around but not so much in the fact that 127 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,520 there's just a bunch of different rings it kind of reminds me of like the 128 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,040 Time Turner from Harry Potter is what he's picturing opening of Game of Thrones 129 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:45,640 or the opening of Game of yeah that's exactly it that is exactly it one guy in 130 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:50,720 1780 proposed that caves near the Mississippi River was an entrance to 131 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:56,600 Hollow Earth and then I'll buy into that just because of hellier and then in 1818 132 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:01,680 a guy named John Cleaves Sims jr. came up with the idea that the earth is made up 133 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:08,400 of a single 810 mile thick shell with openings at the poles that were 1400 134 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:13,960 1400 miles wide and then inside there were four more inner shells with their 135 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:19,000 own openings at the pole I don't know man this all just sounds like just 136 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:25,200 like grifter Alex Jones theater like bullshit oh man dude sims got a 137 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:31,160 statue erected of him in Ohio for just like making shit up but you get the idea 138 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,680 that Hollow Earth is stupid and boring but it's also been around forever 139 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:43,400 yeah so do you want to get to like a good story about it yeah no Dave no 140 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,240 actually let's skip that one well this is gonna be the rest of the episode so 141 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:52,360 I'm sorry where are we at right now in Hollow Earth are we are we bored yet 142 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,960 uh there's so much there's so much more other shit like putting my Alex Jones 143 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:03,560 hat on I'm very mad at the picture of a woman I have near my computer but no 144 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:10,200 one's been there so no one's been where in the center of the earth yeah cuz 145 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,400 it's that's the that's the hat that I'm wearing right now okay just let it go 146 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:19,160 cuz it's full of lava I guess magma lava is when it's on magma yeah you were so 147 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:24,920 ready to fucking correct me you asshole oh man all right um sorry I'm just 148 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,000 trying to decide what beer I'm gonna drink next I got a rye ale IPA called 149 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:34,360 green weenie or that one I know I'm choosing for you green weenie green weenie 150 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:39,560 unless the next episode no you already did the hopskin Hopkins ditto goblins 151 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:45,600 yeah you should have a stroke a little bit all right this is not my first drink 152 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,200 so the story that made the hollow earth theory really jump back into the 153 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,640 mainstream and give it a push on the smooth brain conspiracy theorists was 154 00:12:54,640 --> 00:13:00,360 when in 1997 the flight journal and quote-unquote secret diary of Admiral 155 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:06,520 Richard B bird detailing his February 19th 1947 flyover of the North Pole got 156 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:12,280 published his quote-unquote secret diary I'm putting this in quotes because okay 157 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,640 wait first up I think every diary should be a secret diary unless it's on live 158 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:23,360 journal this that is true the thing I got is that his apparently what after he 159 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:30,880 died his son released his journal and then some college published it something 160 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:35,460 I don't know all I know is that move nothing I'm gonna go right there it's a 161 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:40,840 dick move yeah for your own son just put your shit out on the streets like that 162 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,780 dude you ever read the diary of Anne Frank mm-hmm they should have you 163 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:49,400 should cut a lot of a lot of that out well I get the historical importance but 164 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,080 like what parts Luke I know the parts you're thinking like parts the 12 year 165 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:59,080 old girl was finding out about genitals yeah that is fair yeah go to cut that one 166 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:05,080 out okay I came to the same realization at a certain age as well but we didn't 167 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:10,280 blast it into common practice reading for schools but a hum it I mean it was 168 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:15,320 already a very humanizing diary but I mean I guess it kind of humanize was but 169 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,960 you could have left that out fair enough all right but anyways let's get back to 170 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:23,560 you want to read about a 12 year old girl talking about penises I didn't Luke 171 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:28,560 let's get back to Admiral Byrd and his secret I like where we're going his 172 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:34,160 secret diary starts out like this quote I must write this diary in secret and 173 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:39,200 obscurity it concerns my Arctic flight of the 19th day February in the year of 174 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:44,240 19 and 7 1947 there comes a time when the rationality of men must fade into 175 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,280 insignificance and one must accept the inevitability of truth I'm not at 176 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,960 liberty to discuss the following documentation at the time of this 177 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,640 writing perhaps it shall never see the light of public scrutiny but I must do 178 00:14:54,640 --> 00:15:05,000 my duty and record here for all the read one little did you know that his shit 179 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:11,600 fuck of a son is like yo he didn't want anyone to see this hey I got this thing 180 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:20,320 now now from here he details his flight at 6 a.m. Byrd takes off from the Arctic 181 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:26,360 base camp around 730 he radios back to camp to check in all is normal besides a 182 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,600 few run ins with some turbulence everything is smooth sailing that is 183 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:34,640 until a little after three hours into the flight he notices some discoloration 184 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:39,160 in the snow with some it's yellow with some reds and purples mixed in they seem 185 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,640 to go in a linear pattern now he circles the air a few times to get a better look 186 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,920 when both of his onboard compasses start spinning and wobbling and he's unable to 187 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,320 keep them steady so they're just going ape shit they're just fucking twirling 188 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,280 all around and wait he's near the pole right he's flying over the North Pole 189 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:04,840 that's what happens yes I know but he also notes that his controls feel slow 190 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,520 and sluggish as if something is slowly moving his plane for him now only five 191 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:14,120 minutes later at 915 he sees a mountain range in the distance that he has never 192 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,920 noticed before and heads for them when his aircraft finally gets to this 193 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,520 mysterious mountain range 45 minutes later he sees a lush green valley with 194 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,560 a running river flowing through it the mountain sides are covered in thick 195 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,960 forests he lowers his altitude and makes a sharp turn to better examine the 196 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:34,280 valley and noting that quote the light here seems different I cannot see the 197 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:39,000 Sun anymore and quote where are we at Luke I don't believe them you don't 198 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,720 believe them oh you froze you froze there for a second so I didn't know what 199 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:49,560 was happening yeah the audio was fine though um maybe you shouldn't be able to 200 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:55,480 fly anymore just saying because you can't see the Sun because he doesn't know 201 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,720 how instruments work well I don't think anyone has flown over the Arctic before 202 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,520 I think this is like a new thing was this like the first flight to the Arctic 203 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:10,720 I have no idea I don't look into that much because I feel like we always 204 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:18,760 knew how compasses worked true magnet it is a magnet and it points at one thing 205 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:23,520 this is fair but I guess yeah you are you are at the highest point of north 206 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:31,360 you can get what else is it gonna do you go over it and all of a sudden it 207 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:36,120 switches around like yeah you crossed it so like I said he lowers his altitude 208 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,560 makes a sharp turn to better examine the valley noting that the light there is 209 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,840 different he can't see the Sun anymore he makes another left turn so you know 210 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:51,520 the circle when he spots an animal moving my compass is spinning when he 211 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:56,640 spots an animal moving in the distance he drops his altitude to a thousand feet 212 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,600 and whips out his trusty binoculars and what does he see I want to give you a 213 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,400 guess what does he see when he pulls out his binoculars what is the animal that 214 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:14,880 he's seeing the jackalope it's a fucking woolly mammoth ah yeah of course the 215 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:20,520 ancestor of the jackal it tracks I was I was close you were just a couple you 216 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,480 know but all right so he keeps flying and observing his surroundings and his 217 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:30,080 instruments which are now telling him that it's 74 degrees outside now mind 218 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,440 you he's supposed to be in the North Pole now it's about around 1130 and he's 219 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:39,760 now over what appears to be just a beautiful countryside just amber waves 220 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:45,920 of grain and spots what he believes is a city in states that his plane feels 221 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,680 light and oddly buoyant and the aircraft's controls refuse to respond and 222 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:56,440 it was pretty much flying on its own so he felt like he should tell a ground 223 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,720 control that he thinks his plane knows what to do yeah pretty much it's a major 224 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:08,280 time it's then that he notices a strange type of aircraft closing in at a very 225 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:13,360 rapid rate he states they are disk shape and have a radiant quality to them he 226 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:17,040 then goes on to write quote they're close enough now to see the markings on 227 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:25,520 them it is a type of swastika this is fantastic you know what never mind no 228 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:31,680 and Frank I want to hear everything she has to learn about any more pages to 229 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:37,660 that book I want it well some people I know your mind immediately went to 230 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:41,760 Nazis and that the tool society there is a theory that they did enter Hollow 231 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,800 Earth and took refuge there I don't think that's what he's referencing I 232 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,800 remember at the top I mentioned the mythological Buddhist city Shambhala oh 233 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:56,400 what year was this again 1947 I'm yep no I should hold on so I think that's what 234 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,440 he's talking about considering the swastika was a Buddhist symbol long 235 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,120 before the Nazis or at least that's what I hope considering that bird was a 236 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:08,120 World War two vet and this is not long after so I consider just like all my 237 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,960 boys I honestly hope you wouldn't be like that stuck to see not he's like oh shit 238 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:22,360 thank God an ally is here anyways continuing on now after noticing the 239 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:26,320 craft your ports your reports of voice coming through the radio and he 240 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:32,160 described it as having a slight Nordic or German accent oh okay oh no all right 241 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:39,040 so maybe it's attention calm down I'm just saying is ahead of Germanic or 242 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:43,120 Nordic accent maybe it's not the Buddhist city that we're all thinking oh 243 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:48,440 yeah no cuz like I lived in Nepal for a little bit and there was swastikas 244 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:54,960 everywhere but they did not have Nordic and or German accents no I think so 245 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,040 they're all four and a half feet tall and had the accent you would imagine I 246 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:05,080 think but so the voice relayed the message should I try and do like an 247 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,680 alien like I'm not gonna try and do a German accent no no no yes you are not 248 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:16,280 that no okay I will I will end this podcast ready yep welcome Admiral to our 249 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,480 domain we shall land you on exactly seven minutes 250 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:26,160 relax Admiral you are in good hands yeah I loved that because I couldn't tell if 251 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:31,040 you're trying to do alien or German as combo it was right in the middle I love 252 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:37,320 that sweet spot if I saw an alien with a swastika on his arm that's I know it's 253 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,920 gonna sound that's exact all right now it's then when he realizes that the 254 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,280 engines to the plane aren't even on and that the plane is moving on its own 255 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,560 completely now at this point the mysterious now controller of Bird's 256 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,440 plane starts starts the landing process Bird describes the descent as though 257 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,960 caught in some great unseen elevator and they touched down with no more than a 258 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:06,360 slight jolt now it's only 1145 only five hours and 45 minutes from the time it 259 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:10,120 took to take off from when they ended up touching down in this mysterious 260 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:19,080 possibly Nazi occupied world now here is what Admiral Bird writes in the planes 261 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:24,720 flight log just after touchdown quote I am making a hasty last entry in the 262 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,800 flight log several men are approaching on foot towards our aircraft they are 263 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:34,140 tall with blonde hair in the distance is a large shimmering city pulsating with 264 00:22:34,140 --> 00:22:39,320 rainbow hues of color I do not know what is going to happen now but I see no 265 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,120 signs of weapons on those approaching I hear now a voice ordering me by name to 266 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:52,240 open the cargo door I comply and log and that is where we will return next week 267 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:56,400 oh what happened next with Admiral Bird and his adventures into Hollow Earth 268 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:02,160 because there's so much going on smash that like button hit that Bell there was 269 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,680 so much to cover on this because like after the flight log ends it goes into 270 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:12,560 him just recounting what happened through memory and it gets fucking wild 271 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,160 and I could not fit it into a half hour long episode so I'm gonna break it down 272 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,360 into segments so I'm saying through new format three hours long this is a 273 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:26,400 knowledge fight I can't this isn't Dan Carlin's hardcore history I can't have 274 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,600 oh I'm not even thinking hardcore history I'm thinking like astonishing 275 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,160 legends each this is still part one it's just gonna be three hours long we're 276 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:39,440 gonna delve and go now like they did nine hours on a whole a whole I don't 277 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,520 know how they did it but it was great was it a sinkhole or just just a hole oh 278 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:48,520 no sir was called Mel's hole it was uh I think I saw that documentary on Pornhub 279 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:55,840 I found it on Pornhub but yeah 280 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:04,960 oh shit Luke well here's the thing so we have the rest of Admiral Bird story that 281 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,680 will cover that will cover recover next week but after that this is gonna be a 282 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:14,920 series because I found out about con convex earth which is that is that we 283 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,600 are not we are actually living we are living inside the Hollow Earth we're on 284 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:26,640 the outside of the rim baby on the world we're on the inside of the rim 285 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:33,200 thing imagine yeah yeah it's a whole no no I get you it's a you sounded like you 286 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:39,080 were making like something a very hard to understand argument no I get it it's 287 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,240 not a but thing I promise yeah like if I look up I can see China which spoiler 288 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,960 alert I can't and also the Sun goes down sometimes but well no so you do you 289 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:52,080 think about it all wrong oh I think I have no idea but it turns the whole 290 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,600 thing Hollow Earth goes way way beyond what I thought I could fit into a whole 291 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,400 half-hour episode so we're just gonna do that next week oh the level of dumb 292 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:05,560 dumbest just keeps going my man it's absurd can part 7 be us on a bunch of 293 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:15,000 turtles well that's what I believe is that we do live on the back of a giant 294 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:20,120 turtle obviously that goes against my religion of believing Ouroboros holds 295 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:28,720 the oceans together oh shit well Luke you're coming some turtles aren't friends 296 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,000 you fucking idiot you're coming back next week we're gonna finish this off 297 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,720 and we're not well no because this will happen for probably the next month 298 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:41,040 because there's gonna be so much of it but if you want to go hollow Earth for 299 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:46,560 the last our hollow moon for the last one I implore you to write an episode of 300 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,080 high what I will take the reins for that one well we'll percent down we'll finish 301 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,160 it up with hollow moon so everyone get ready for the next month and a half 302 00:25:53,160 --> 00:26:00,520 basically of Luke being on the show and then bonus patreon do the moon tunnel the 303 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:05,720 fuck is the moon tunnel oh boy I'm working it in don't worry I don't know 304 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,920 the moose out whatever well Luke thank you so much if you want to talk about 305 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:17,120 weird journals found by weird men the moon tunnel is where it's at I bet there 306 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,360 are a lot weirder journals from a lot weirder madden there's worse things 307 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:23,960 written by worse people I fucking know that for sure but there's probably worse 308 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:31,400 things written by better people but either way I mean thank you so much for coming on 309 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:38,160 make sure everyone who is listening sticks around to next week to hear how 310 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,840 this ends Luke I don't know if you have anything you want to plug I don't know 311 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