On this episode of Expanded Perspectives, Kyle dives into a collection of spine-chilling, one-off encounters that blur the line between the ordinary and the truly inexplicable.

We start in the dense woodlands of central Indiana, 1985, where a routine squirrel hunt turns into a nightmare. One man’s tranquil afternoon shatters when he witnesses something immense and ape-like descend from the treetops—a creature so enormous, so unnatural, it leaves him certain he is staring death in the face. This isn’t an isolated sighting; the region has a history of strange, upright figures and encounters that suggest the forest may hold more than just trees and wildlife.

From the shadows of the Indiana woods, we move to the sun-scorched deserts of Kelvin, Arizona, where four men searching for turquoise make an encounter stranger than science fiction. A UFO descends silently from the sky, revealing not monsters or aliens, but a family—two men, two women, and three children—dressed in casual clothes, unpacking a barbecue, toys, and a picnic in broad daylight. And when one of the men approaches the witnesses with an oddly human comment about rocks, the mystery deepens: are these beings extraterrestrial, or something far closer to home?

Finally, we step inside the quiet terror of home, with two chilling “creature-in-the-house” stories. In The Corner Man, a young boy awakens to find a shadowy, humanoid figure watching him from the darkest corner of his bedroom. In The Hallway Crawler, an eleven-year-old faces something crawling down the hall at night—its movements disturbingly human, yet painfully wrong, leaving a lasting fear of the darkness itself.All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives!

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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives, Kyle kicks things off by recounting a recent trip he and Luke took to San Antonio for a horror festival—an event packed with eerie atmosphere, strange encounters, and plenty of inspiration for the unexplained.

From there the show dives straight into a series of chilling listener stories. One woman shares a disturbing encounter deep in the woods of West Virginia, where she claims to have stumbled upon what appeared to be a clan of feral people living far from civilization. Another strange report comes out of rural Arkansas, where a witness describes a large, Bigfoot-like creature sneaking onto her property and stealing chickens in the dead of night.

After the break, Kyle explores a far more unsettling corner of folklore and legend—the terrifying side of the world’s little people.

Most people imagine these beings as harmless figures from fairy tales: gnomes beneath toadstools, fairies dancing in moonlit glades, pixies darting through the trees like sparks of light. Across many cultures, these small humanoids are said to dwell in hidden corners of the world, quietly watching from forests, caves, and ancient hillsides. But not all of the stories paint such a gentle picture.

Kyle examines darker legends of mysterious tiny beings reported across the globe. From the eerie tales of the Ebu gogoon the Indonesian island of Flores, to the clawed, nocturnal river creatures of Cuba known as the Guije, and the mysterious underground builders of Hawaii called the Menehune.

Along the way, the discussion even touches on the real-world discovery of Homo floresiensis, the tiny ancient humans uncovered on Flores—nicknamed “the Hobbits”—and the unsettling possibility that some legends may have deeper roots in reality than we once believed.

From strange sightings in Epping Forest to bizarre wartime encounters on the windswept cliffs of Orkney Islands, tonight’s episode explores the darker side of a legend most people think they understand.

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Glimmer Man Book: Cloaked Beings That Move Among Us

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives, Kyle and Cam announce the release of their brand-new book, Glimmer Man: Cloaked Beings That Move Among Us — and take you deep into the mystery that inspired it.

What would you do if you came face to face with something that shouldn’t exist? In this chilling installment, the guys explore multiple eyewitness encounters involving a bizarre, translucent, human-shaped entity often called the “Glimmer Man.” From darkened bedrooms to remote wilderness trails, from quiet apartment balconies to isolated hunting grounds, the descriptions are strikingly consistent. Witnesses report a tall humanoid figure that appears to bend light around itself — shimmering like heat waves rising off hot pavement — moving with impossible speed, agility, and near-total silence.

Spanning decades and reported across North America and even parts of Europe, the pattern is hard to ignore. Those who’ve seen it describe a being that is:

• Completely transparent, yet visibly distorted
• Cloaked like a ripple in reality
• Able to climb and leap between trees without making a sound
• Associated with missing time, sudden disorientation, or an eerie silence in the environment
• Occasionally seen with glowing yellow or red eyes
• Seemingly intelligent… aware… and watching

Is it a spirit? An interdimensional entity? Advanced extraterrestrial technology? Or something far older that has always moved just beyond the edge of our perception?

What is it — and what does it want?

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives.

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