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S03E16 - The Toronto Tunnel Monster

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1979 a man named Ernest encountered a mysterious creature in a tunnel in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Toronto. Now, four decades on, we're joined by author Jeff Dupuis to look back on this peculiar incident and ask talk about why some monsters go viral and others remain "deep cuts" of cryptozoology. LINKS: Jeff Dupuis and the TORONTO Cabbage Town Monster: Jeff Dupuis - cryptid-themed novels Additional: The UFO "Commander-X" - possibly Timothy Green Beckley (at least in part) Obit for Timothy Green Beckley Commander-X (the hacktivist) extradition from Mexico Colorful character Salako Kalfou mentioned in the interview Goldenstein's article from 1979 Freak Encounters (2010) - affiliate link Captain Midnight TV hack Vrillon 1977 "Alien" TV intrusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Toronto, Ontario, August 1978. A man known only as Ernest, is searching for a lost kitten he believes has fallen into a sewer, but instead of a kitten, he encounters what can only be described as a monster.

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After telling a few friends about the incident, Ernest was contacted by a Toronto area newspaper.

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As the newspaper investigated his story, the reporter found buried animal remains and a small chamber that could have bid the monster's layer.

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The evidence documented in the article was so alarming,

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Toronto's sewer department thoroughly inspected the city's entire tunnel system out of fear that whatever was down there may go after children. It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

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