mystmidwestWe start out this week recapping our March du Nain Rouge experience and a recent field trip to Cleveland. Get ready for some cacklin’ as Danielle then graces us with the magnificent legend of the infamous Beast of Busco, the a gigantic turtle that made national headlines when it rocked the small town of Churubusco, IN in 1949.
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The Town Welcome Sign with the Beast of Busco featured on it
Churubusco Community Park
Artist rendition of the Beast
Diver about to head into the lake
Gale Harris
The home-made net to try and catch Oscar
Ora and Charley search for Oscar
Turtletown Float
Turtle expert Rusty Reed with Crunch
Crunch’s turtle toes
Resources: Unknownexplorers.com,The Hunt for Oscar Documentary, Turtledays.com, Denvermichaels.net,Crunch the Turtle
This week we have to give a shout out to our friends at Folklore on the Rocks! An entertaining, booze fueled, informative podcast about lesser known monsters, cryptids, creatures, and general folklore from around the world. Pour a drink and give them a listen here today!