{"id":763,"date":"2025-09-22T18:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessayrogers.com\/fabricoffolklore\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=763"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:17:28","slug":"ep-21-all-about-mythical-creatures-of-maine-with-christopher-packard","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/vanessayrogers.com\/fabricoffolklore\/podcast\/ep-21-all-about-mythical-creatures-of-maine-with-christopher-packard\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 21: All About Mythical Creatures of Maine with Christopher Packard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you believe in creatures that live at the edge of our reality? In this episode, we discuss fearsome critters both wonderful and terrifying. Strange beasts found in the Maine wilderness and told of by European settlers, the Abenaki or &#8220;first people&#8221;, and loggers as well of others. 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