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So Supernatural

THE UNKNOWN: The Tunguska Event

So Supernatural

audiochuck | Crime House

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.622.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On June 30, 1908, a giant explosion shook the remote forests of Siberia, flattening millions of trees and unleashing a blast heard hundreds of miles away. The Tunguska Event remains one of the most mysterious disasters in recorded history. Despite decades of investigation, the cause of the blast continues to puzzle scientists and fuel speculation – mainly because there was no evidence or impact site to be found.

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0:00.0

I don't know about you guys, but anytime I hear on the news, like, an asteroid is going to be passing within X miles of Earth's atmosphere, I sort of feel like a doomsday prepper.

0:13.0

I'm like, all right, the end is near everyone. Kiss your loved ones goodbye, duck and cover. But in reality, meteors and asteroids hit Earth way more frequently than I care to know

0:23.0

about, and we have survived to tell the tale so far, including that time a massive piece of space

0:31.0

debris caused an explosion in Russia back in 2008. Only in that case, the possibility of an asteroid or meteor was called into question

0:43.0

due to one glaring omission.

0:46.3

There was no crater left in its wake.

0:49.4

This led many people to wonder what really caused the mysterious explosion known as the Tunguska event.

0:59.1

Because for years, people have tried and failed to figure it out.

1:05.0

Leading many to wonder was something more supernatural to blame for one of the biggest impact events in modern history.

1:14.2

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is so supernatural.

1:33.4

Aloha friends. I'm Rasha Pecorero, and I'm Yvette Jentele.

1:38.9

And today we're talking about something that's literally out of this world.

1:46.7

More than 100 years ago, something seemingly from outer space flattened 830 square miles of forest in central Siberia.

1:49.3

That's almost the size of Rhode Island.

1:52.3

And at the time, it was the biggest explosion of the millennium.

1:56.6

But when the investigators went to check it out, they couldn't figure out what caused it.

2:01.8

There was no meteorite, no crater, nothing.

2:05.8

Whatever the object was, it just seemed like it vanished without a trace.

2:10.9

To this day, people still wonder what happened in Tunguska.

2:16.1

But in this case, the best answer might really be extraterrestrial.

2:20.3

We're talking UFOs naturally.

2:23.3

And believe me, this one gets good.

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