Monsters Among Us Podcast: Best of 2025 - Paranormal Encounters & Cryptid Sightings

Paranormal Financial Manifestations

• 💡 A caller named Ty recounts asking a "dark side" entity for financial help and subsequently receiving unexpected money on three separate occasions.
• 💰 The manifestations included finding cash in a restaurant, receiving a $50 bill pinned to a note, and an unexpected $1,700 financial aid refund.
• ✅ Ty eventually ended the experiment, and the unexpected financial windfalls ceased.

Cryptid Encounters

• 🐺 Joe shares a childhood memory of seeing a werewolf-like figure outside his window in Rubido, California, describing it as taller than a fence and hunched over.
• 🐻 Nightwolf recounts an encounter with a large, 8.5 ft tall bipedal creature resembling Bigfoot on Bertha's Pass, Colorado, which he initially mistook for a bear.
• 🦅 Russell describes seeing a pterodactyl-like creature with a 75-100 ft wingspan flying near Bowling Green, Kentucky, noting its leathery, blue-gray skin and bat-like wings.
• 👽 Annette recounts a terrifying experience while camping in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon, where three large bipedal beings with incredibly heavy footsteps surrounded her tent.

Poltergeist and Unexplained Phenomena

• 👻 Kelly shares a poltergeist experience in England, where objects were thrown, doors slammed, and she felt a physical jab in her throat, later attributed to the spirit of a former caretaker named Clarence.
• 👻 Clarence's spirit communicated through a medium, revealing messages about his will and requesting specific personal items be retrieved from his home.
• 🐞 An anonymous caller from Texas describes a terrifying encounter with a glossy, beetle-black creature with multiple legs and teeth, resembling a trilobite, that crawled onto their bedroom wall.
• 🦉 Justin recounts a bizarre experience in Moab, Utah, where a large owl transformed into a naked Native American man who walked into the desert, a phenomenon his friend described as a local Native American occurrence.
• 👻 Peter describes a recurring childhood nightmare in Washington state where a large owl would swoop down from the hallway, grab him by the legs, and drag him to another world, only to be protected by a dark-haired woman claiming to be his true mother.
• 👧 Roy shares a harrowing experience of hitting a little girl in his truck on a highway in Louisiana, only to find no trace of her or any damage to his vehicle afterward, a story that led to police questioning.
• 🍀 Sebastian recounts a peculiar incident where a leprechaun-like creature spray-painted his sister's hands white and giggled before running off.
• 👻 Chad describes seeing a tall, skinny, pale gray bipedal creature with bones poking through its skin jump from his parents' deck and disappear into the tree line in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Podcast Milestones and Closing Remarks

• 🏆 The Monsters Among Us podcast was recognized as a marathon show and one of the most talked-about and shared programs of 2025.
• 🎉 The episode concludes with a recap of the year's best stories and a look forward to the next year, encouraging listeners to stay safe and spooky.