42: What the hell is that? Scientists not actually baffled.




15 Credibility Street show

Summary: Sharon and Torkel discuss some of the latest weird news stories including updates on the Hawaiian volcanic eruptions, families suing Alex Jones, a new claim of sonic attack in China, mysterious booms in Pennsylvania and superstition preventing treatment of victims of Ebola in Africa. The second half of the episode is an array of news events relating to cryptozoology - a two-headed carp, a new scientific expedition to collect DNA from Loch Ness, a mystery whale carcass misidentified as a crocodile by mad guessers on the Internet, and the Montana wolf-like carcass that went off the rails with outrageous speculation over its identity. Do people really want to know what these animals are? Or do they just want it to remain mysterious? Finally, in Apocalypse Right Now, volcanoes are a red-hot topic as scare-mongering websites erupt with more nonsense.