In the Field

The BCWPA captured and befriended a Squonk (without it dissolving into tears)! Help name the Squonk by voting on your favorite suggestion at patreon.com/ballyraven

Squonk prints will debut on Aug 10 Squonkapalooza: Part 2 ! Hope to see you all there!

Have you heard of the Lake Erie Chomper? I'll be posting more on this 6-toothed fish this month!

Read about: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108988970?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

Do you know this ghost story? https://spotify.link/mX5Tqt2u0Ib

There's a strange creature afoot - er, ahand - in Pike Lake and the BCWPA is getting to the bottom of it!

https://spotify.link/mX5Tqt2u0Ib

Listen to the episode on ballyraven.com/podcast or learn more about Path Hands on ballyraven.com/path-hands!

Bally & Lycaon study atmospheric beasts in this edition of the In the Field Journal!

Climbing Mt. Chimborazo Lately, we've been studying stories of tiny, seemingly invisible creatures that float in the air, said to live only in the sky. As they are supposedly incredibly difficult to see, they should be tough to research (if they even exist). The BCWPA has decided to set up a temporary research center dedic...

One of two stickers that will be 2024's free sticker (freebies are included with your purchase of postcards, stickers, magnets, originals online and all in-person orders) next month!

Still don't know what a fur-bearing fish is? Don't worry, we have you covered!

Icelandic Furry Trout: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lYEsTHGoY2zzk3eElX8lW?si=5a77244da5c24c32
Fur-Bearing Fish: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VhubGCxQLdq3CcUB5zE96?si=7d925e36f4d847f1

The fur-bearing trout is an endangered species of fish that grows hair during the winter. Follow Dory, a fur-bearing fish that the BCWPA is studying, in this In the Field adventure!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VhubGCxQLdq3CcUB5zE96?si=WX1BBmreSYqDNMOtRppGlg&fbclid=IwAR0x52YN7sgddMlx0KrSUxt_B3eKsK8p7dyQ1XprtZTzMgXo83kS6ZPFREg

Are you ready to learn about fur-bearing fish?

The BCWPA is caring for a new cryptid: a giant amphibian from Ohio! Help us give our new resident a more personal name!
(This name will be used in the upcoming Popfrog In the Field episode and referenced in the BCWPA textbook)

We will release 2 new episodes of In the Field soon: one on the Fur-Bearing Trout, and one on Ohio's Path Hands (a paranormal entity). Feel free to add your ideas, commentary, and expertise to the mix - we may add it to the show and official BCWPA book!

You can get a behind-the-scenes look and see the scripts in progress here:

Path Hands: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ANv9i4BpKSxMwVMrfwOeYJFRrkn5AQKFKyKYXBgDwFM/edit?usp=sharing

Fur-Bearing Trout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dbQyo6KNVo-21dkciiO-0WYASEVOEof6Sd5Zr8Ii0e0/edit?usp=sharing

Above is an in-progress picture of the Fur-Bearing Trout chapter.

In February, we will release an episode on House Bats, and the Sherman Giant Sloths in March. We hope to work up to publishing three episodes per month!

What creatures, entities, and strange things would you like covered this year?

Any people we should interview?

We would like to have the group start naming the creatures we follow once more - and give backstory ideas! Have any ideas for House Bats or Giant Sloths?

House Bat info: https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/house-bats

Sherman Giant Sloth info: Sherman Giant Sloth https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/sherman-giant-sloth

Animals of the High Sky! Learn more by listening to this edition of In the Field (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1678525/14123368) or wait for more educational pamphlets to release!

December 24, 1999 | Vitebsk, Belarus
"the Belorussian Flying Squid"

High in the sky, it ominously hovered. The behemoth floated among the clouds, oblivious to those who watched below. On the ground, two people stood in awe, eyes fixated on its alien form. Not many spot the sky squid when it has descended this low, though during breeding season, they are more bright and colorful even to the human eye. Amorous, its skin shone the colors of a late sunset, blues, reds, and oranges. Still and cloud-shaped, it would have gone unnoticed had it not stretched out its head and arms. Semi-transparent, the clouds it drifted in front of shone through its body, obscured more by bands and balls of organs. Bewildering to those unfamiliar with cryptids, the Belarussian Squid was believed to be some sort of sharp, wingless, and asymmetrical aircraft with a bulbous backside - an unidentified flying craft. The sighting was a brief 3 or 4 seconds, the viewing ending with the Atmo Beast seemingly dissolving into nothingness.

[Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Belorussian_Sky_Squid}

Belorussian Sky Squid In 1985, an Aeroflot plane reported sighting a bright light while flying over Minsk en route from Tbilisi to Tallinn. The mysterious light was sighted again on December 24, 1999; revealing itself to be a cigar-shaped UFO (Also known as an Air Rod) that was sighted in the skies above Vitebsk, Belarus...

INTO THE FIELD: EPISODE ONE

The BCWPA's missions!

What do you know about atmospheric beasts and air rods?

On an Adventure!

Some bats hunt frogs, but did you know some bats and frogs are good friends, like the Strongman Frog and Flightless Bat? Unable to fly, the frog carried the bat so that it could feed - and the bat scared away (or captured) the frog's predators. Unfortunately, both are now extinct.

What's your favorite living animal? What's your favorite extinct animal?

🔥ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATE🔥
New information available on the Phoenix!
https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/phoenix

🦇ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATE🦇
New information is available on the Coalsparry!
https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/coalsparry

⚠️Online Database Update⚠️
THE ATARGATIS MERMAID has new information available!

https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/atargatis-mermaid

🌱ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATE🌱
The Grassman has new information available to read!
https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/bestiary-1/ohio-grassman

A final member feature before the BCWPA opens for visitors!

Keep up to date on our members via the online roster: https://knegerton.wixsite.com/ballyraven/agents-1

Tag along as Ballyraven & Lycaon explore the myths and real lives of our worlds rarest creatures,visitors, and happenings. Follow The Ballyraven Cryptid Wilderness Protection Agency as we take you on an adventure unlike any other.

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