When I was growing up, Bigfoot appeared regularly on the
covers of supermarket tabloids, so I assumed he was a joke. But I’ve discovered that he’s part of a larger and even stranger world of cryptids – creatures that people believe are real but haven’t been scientifically verified. Cryptids are having a cultural moment, and they’re a vital part of folklore. Native Alaskan storyteller James Dommek Jr. discusses his podcast <a href="https://www.audible.com/podcast/Alaska-Is-the-Center-of-the-Universe/B0CLND68KW?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=podcast_show_detail&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGneLviX9zc_hWIDKUPZQsnSfMBac9Qt1-9ZYPXZsikE-fJqLlMMv-EKmYQjJw_aem_rRXB4GV1sRfRiOEVWpZzHg">Alaska Is The Center of The Universe</a> and his audiobook <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Midnight-Son-Audiobook/B07XQLXGJW?source_code=ORGGB156122118002U&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngYG139mWyJuhkLNXdDhds6ZGW-iB34gbbb8Gjklx4aY_KSVoRjD6Gg7WasI_aem_9fSFo6owmWYtK4kN2QYyzA">Midnight Son</a>. James has been collecting tribal stories about cryptids because he sees them as cultural treasures that need to be preserved. I also talk with <a href="https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/">J.W. Ocker</a>, author of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59978434-the-united-states-of-cryptids">The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters</a>, about why so many small towns in the U.S. are embracing their local cryptids as a last ditch effort to revitalize their economies. 

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