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The year 1897 was a hotbed of news reports of encounters with bizarre and unexpected animals and other wild creatures, in random places in Ohio.     HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   Akron Beacon and Republican, April 28, 1897.   Akron Times-Democrat, May 26, 1897.   Bluffton News, May 6, 1897.   Cadiz Sentinel, May 9, 1897.   Cincinnati Enquirer, April 27 & May 9, 1897.   Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 26, April 29, May 16 & 27, June 10.    Logan County-Index. April 8, 1897.   Marietta Register, June 7, 1897.   Portsmouth Blade, April 28, 1897.   For examples of fish and other random creatures and objects falling from the sky:   Its Raining Fish And Frogs: Mysterious Falls from the Sky   Corliss, William R, Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena (1986).       GUEST VOICES:   Newspaper Reporter:  Nick Alexander from the BroOhio podcast   Foraker Village [Ohio] Mother: Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals podcast   Adams County [Ohio] teen-age girl: Emily Peck Prokop from The Story Behind podcast   Emanuel Hendrick, Jr: Dennis Serra from the Evil podcast.   Host Intro, “Listener Non-Warning” & Extro Aphorism: Anabelle D-C of AnabelleAudios     EPISODE MUSIC:   Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses /by/3.0   The following pieces of music by Kevin MacLeod were used - in whole, or in part - within this episode:   At Rest   Comfortable Mystery   Dark Walk   Gaslamp Funworks   I Knew a Guy   Montauk Point   The Curtain Rises   EXTRO APHORISM – Source: Black and White, by G.K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, April 18, 1903, reprinted in reprinted in The Man Who Was Orthodox, by A.L. Maycock (1963). See also: Lecture 83 by Dale Ahlquist,(about Mayock and his book).   CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com   Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast   Facebook discussion group (discontinued - sorry). Twitter: @NewsForgotten   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   Any donation - even a dollar - would really help us out!     Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute.    Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!