EP 121 - THE MOON EYED PEOPLE!

For this week's episode, I decided to use our great big book of cryptids to help us choose a topic. However, the one that we found may need us to put on our foil hats. It’s alleged that there was a race of people living in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina back in the 12th century. Yeah I know everything seems to go down in the Appalachian. Anyway these beings weren’t just regular settlers they were short with light skin and blue eyes and couldn’t bare to be out in the sunlight. Now with all that said I’d like to welcome you to listen to this week's episode about The Moon Eyed People.

The Appalachian Region on a Map

A Museum of the Cherokee Indian History

A Map of the state park where the wall was made by Aliens or the Welsh

The Wall made by the Aliens or the Welsh

Madog ab Owain Gwynedd

SOURCE MATERIALS:

For the story:

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For the Image:

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