Alaska's Otterman/Kushtaka

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about a recent Texas witness at Hutto who reported watching a sphere shaped UFO near ground level emitting a green light that appeared to be searching for something, then how scientist's still don't know what causes that knuckle cracking sound. After the break Cam gets into the unusual Alaska legend of the Kushtaka or Otterman! The Tlingit and Tsimshian peoples, indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States and Southeastern Alaska, have a robust folklore surrounding a mythical and maniacal trickster race called the Kushtaka, which roughly translates as “land otter people”, a shape-shifting species of otter that is rumored to spend a lot of its time trying to lure unsuspecting humans away from their homes in order to turn them into more Kushtaka. Finally, after the second break Kyle brings up the latest information regarding a missing Nazi Ghost Train found in Poland. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives. Please Rate and Write us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to tell a friend about Expanded Perspectives. You can email the show with your own thoughts at expandedperspectives@yahoo.com or call us at 817-945-3828. Have a great week!!

Show Notes:

• Texas Sphere UFO Described as Searching at Ground Level
• We Still Don't Know What Causes That Knuckle Cracking Sound
• The Kushtaka/Alaska Otterman
• The Otterman
• Images of a People: Tlingit Myths and Legends by Mary Pelton and Jacquelle DiGennaro
• Tlingit Myths and Texts by John R. Swanton
• In Search of the Kushtaka, Alaska's Other Bigfoot: The Land-Otter Man of the Tlingit Indians by Dennis Waller
• Kushtaka: The Legend of the Bay of Death by Jay Border
• Kushtaka by David Pierdomenico
• The Strangest Story Ever Told by Harry D. Colp
• Poland Expects to Know More About the Rumored Nazi Ghost Train This Month

Music:

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Songs Used:

• Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin
• Up and Down I Go
• Out of Time
• Lost and Found