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Dec 2024
55m 4s

The Great Glawackus Hoax with Pat and Va...

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
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Patrick Scalisi and Valerie Ruby-Omen are the creators of the 2023 book Connecticut Cryptids: A Field Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Creatures of the Nutmeg State. Together they have documented Connecticut's most important cryptids, those elusive, folkloric creatures that have not been proven to actually exist but that pop up in different forms throughout ... Show More
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