Almost Canon

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By: Nick

     Nick Willard presents Almost Canon. A podcast about strange, unknown, and down right mysterious things. Every episode we investigate something considered ‘Almost Canon’ through recounting it’s story or interviewing someone with first hand knowledge of the Unknown.     Whether it’s a frightening first hand account; a historical figure shrouded in mystery; a lost treasure recorded within the chapters of a dusty tome; an ancient city lost in the uncharted jungles of a far away land; or a hulking, beast rumored to lurk within the thick timber; We are here to discuss anything and everything almost canon.If you've experienced the Unknown or...

The Valley of the Headless Men
#170
Last Tuesday at 11:21 AM

This week we do a deep dive into the Nahanni Valley otherwise known as the Valley of the Headless Men. We look at several different legends from this lost world including why it's called the Valley of the Headless Men as well as the different of cryptids and prehistorical monsters that are said to exist there. We also look into the story behind the White Queen and if there actually is a tropical valley somewhere within the Nahanni and its possible connection to Inner Earth To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an...


Fae Fix: The Fae Wood
03/13/2026

We wanted to make sure you got your Fae fix before the big day next week! listen to Alice tell the story of how her and her sister saw what can only be described as a fae folk watching them from behind a tree in the woods behind their house. This story was taken from our The Fae Wood episode but it remains one of the best fae stories i've ever heard. Its creepy. Its mysterious. It's from my own backyard. And its believable! Also check out the full "The Fae Wood" epiosde for more stories told by Alice! To...


Recast: The Tuatha Dé
03/06/2026

As my notes ran long as the original episode I was going to drop today I figured id fill the slot with a recast of the Tuatha De Danann part 1 episode I did way back when, so that way we can at least prepare for Saint Patricks Day while we wait for the original episode to drop.
The Tuatha De are a great topic to get into when talk about the Watchers or Nephilim due to the fact that these mythical beings from Irish folklore were originally know as the People of God before their name was changed to...


The Partridge Creek Monster
#169
02/27/2026

This week we head deep into the Yukon, not for gold but for monsters! We take a look at the Partridge Creek Monster story, which is about a hunting party that came face to face with a prehistoric beast, 65 million years old!
We also take a look at other living dinosaur and lake monster stories from the north and ask the question: could these be physical projections due to a scientific theory called the 'stone tape theory'?To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a community...


The Ariel School UFO Incident
#168
02/20/2026

This week we take a look at the Ariel School UFO incident, which happened in September of 1994. On the morning of September 16th, 1994, 62 children, while playing out at recess, witnessed a mysterious object fall from the sky and land in the field near their playground. What happened from there is something straight out of a Spielberg or Cameron film. Four entities exited the craft and began psychically communicating with the students, showing these 10 years olds, all sorts of images of a dying world. The encounter was heavily investigated and is widely considered to be one of the best documented UFO...


Project: Tabaldak and the Bennington Triangle
#167
02/13/2026

As i was recently on another show, sharing what i know about the Bennington Triangle, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the Tabaldak Connection, but in a much more refined way. This story is the culmination of a years' worth of research and deals with secret government projects, sleeping Nephilim giants, pre-Columbian contact, cursed mountains and missing people. If you want answers as to what's going on in the Bennington Triangle then this is an episode you won't want to miss! To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an...


Hunted By A Dogman While Bow Hunting
#166
02/06/2026

This week we talk with W. Boyd, who came face to face with a dogman one morning, while bow hunting with his father. The two had started their trip by parking in a lot near a piece of property they owned and began walking into the woods. It wasn't long until Boyd began hearing something something them. It would walk when they walked and stopped when they stopped. He pointed this out to his father, who couldn't hear that good, but they continued on to their hunt. But it didn't take long for Boyd to figure out what was following...


Bigfoot From Around The World
#165
01/30/2026

This week Nick dives into the world of bigfoot and digs into the many different types that are reported world wide. from the Almas to the Yeren to several other, lesser known, bigfoot found deep in the Siberian wilderness to high in the Andes Mountains, it would seem that while the name is different and descriptions may vary, bigfoot and bigfoot-like beings can be found all over the world. To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a community from the ground up and we need all the...


Investigating The Unknown With The Unknown Project
#164
01/22/2026

This week we talk with the husband and wife team behind The Unknown Project.These paranormal investigators have travel across the US, investigating all sorts of paranormal hotspots and have uncovered some very interesting and unnerving evidence, including what I believe is a portal being opened and the singing of a ghostly entity!To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a community from the ground up and we need all the support we can get to make this thing work!
With your monetary support we can...


A History of the Yeti
#163
01/16/2026

This week we dive into the history behind one of cryptozoologies oldest cryptids....the yeti! To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a community from the ground up and we need all the support we can get to make this thing work!
With your monetary support we can purchase new equipment as well as take Almost Canon on the road. There are several haunted hotels we'd like to investigate and podcast from like the Omni Mount Washington Resort, home of the infamous Bretton Woods Confrence and...


Bigfoot in the Green Mountain State
#162
01/08/2026

This week we talk about Bigfoot in Vermont otherwise known as the Green Mountain State. Vermont is one of the smallest states in the Union but it is incredibly wooded. At 4.5 million acres of forested land and about 78% of the state, it's no doubt Sasquatch have been reported in Vermont for hundreds of years. we'll start by going over some of the more well known encounters and then dive into a book by Jason Lorefice called Vermont Bigfoot Encounters and Beyond, where we find some pretty interesting information even I didn't know about.To help Almost Canon grow, please leave...


Hunted By The Wendigo
#161
01/01/2026

As winter firmly wraps it's icy fingers around us, I thought it would be more than appropriate to dive into three first hand encounters that deal with one of cryptozoologies most misunderstood entities....the Wendigo.So this week, as we come back from our hiatus, we kick the new year off with three incredibly chilling stories. The first deals with a hunter, who is in turn, hunted by the creature, while hunting deer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The second is a story about a stranded snowmobiler who comes face to face with something he had heard about since...


Re-Post: The Dark History of Christmas
12/23/2025

Things have been crazy but the holiday season is just above over and we'll be able to return to our regular scheduled programming! Until then, here's a re-release of our fan favorite Christmas episode, which goes all the way back to the first year of Almost Canon. We cover all sorts of Christmas related traditions. Traditions that date back to Roman and Greek festivals, Saint Nick, even how ancient pagans tripped out on red and white mushrooms and had to enter their homes through the chimneys! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


Portals in the Peaks: The Mysterious Disappearances of Erik Lewis and Carl Landers
#158
11/19/2025


After hearing from friend of the show, Thom Pollard, and being told about an abandoned campsite found not too far from me, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I decided to cover two Missing 411 cases that have fascinated me for 15 years. Our first case takes place in Washington State and involves a climber who seemingly disappeared from the end of a climbing rope, almost as though he unclipped and stepped out into the sky. The second case involves a climber in California who vanished in broad daylight from the middle of an empty snow field on one of...


Re-Post: Terror in the Gulf
11/13/2025

You'll be getting two episodes this week. One is a re-post in honor of hunting season, a time of year where unsuspecting, non-believers, find out the hard way that there are things out there we can't explain. Just like the main subject in this episode. So our guest tonight has hunted a family plot for years and on this particular year, he and his daughter came face to face with a beast, they could only describe as Bigfoot. They then ran for their lives, out of this area locally known as 'the Gulf' and back to the safety of their...


Re-post: Demon Downing
11/07/2025

I wasn't able to finish all my notes for this weeks episodes. So while I finish whipping that up, here's a repost of an encounter a woman had with a patient who was often seen at the hospital she worked at. Except this time, she had a front row seat, sitting just in front of the woman's room. Now, she wasn't a nurse, but she did witness some very strange activity coming from the room, activities that would suggest the woman was possessed....
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The Strangest Missing 411 Case You've Never Heard
#159
10/31/2025

This week we take a look at one of the strangest Missing 411 case you've probably never heard of, I know I hadn't up until this point. We heard a lot about Dennis Martin, Stacy Arras, or Sammy Boehlke, but there are so many missing children within the page of the Missing 411 book series its not surprising there are cases that don't seem to get a lot of attention. And the Case of Douglas or "Dougie" Legg is one of those cases. So sit back, relax and enjoy this weeks episode.
Happy Halloween Everyone! Officially, Spooky Season is coming to...


Ghostly Signals with Nathan Elwell
#158
10/24/2025

This week we talk with paranormal author and investigator/researcher Nathan Elwell about his adventures into the paranormal.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Beast of Gévaudan with Cryptozoology Facts
#157
10/17/2025

This week we take a trip back to 18th century France and investigate the Beast of Gévaudan. Was it a werewolf? Maybe a rouge wolf or some exotic creature. I mean, the reign of terror brought on by the beast was well documented and still we have no idea what exactly the beast was! So on this episode we'll talk with Wen from Cryptozoology Facts, who just so happens to be somewhat of an expert on this topic and maybe she can help bring a little more clarity to the mystery that has been dubbed....The beast of Géva...


Columbus Day Special: Vikings in America 2.0
10/13/2025

On this Columbus Day we figured it would be a good idea to remind people that Columbus certainly didn't discover 'America'. Nor did he even make it to main land North America. However there was a group of Europeans who did! and they did it almost 500 years before Columbus set sail from Spain. These Europeans were the Greenlandic Vikings and according to their sagas of old, They may have made it as far south as Massachusetts and as far west as Minnesota In this episode Nick goes over several Viking artifact discovered over the last couple hundred years, some of...


Black Eyed Kids, The Ultimate Trick 'r Treater.
#156
10/08/2025

We revisit BEKs once again to tell a collection of all new stories! Nick starts out by going over what Black Eyed Kids possibly are, and taking a trip down memory lane, before unloading his wild theory behind the BEK creation. Then Nick dives into a handful of creepy stories including a boy from the 1950's who met a BEK on the road; a couple campers who had two mysterious guests show up; and a two brothers who almost them inside. if BEK are your thing then this is an episode you wont want to miss! Hosted on Acast. See...


Re-Play:Pinewood Cemetery's Portal to Hell
10/03/2025

This week we kick off the official spooky season by revising one of our more mysterious episodes, which just so happens to be about a gateway to hell, located in upstate New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Thompson Street Mimic
#155
09/26/2025

This week Nick kicks off Spooky Season with his own haunting! He tells the story of a spirit who could mimic the voices of others and was intelligent enough to hold complete conversations. This was something Nick experienced while living in Northern NH in an old, house that even looked haunted to the casual passerby. After that we re-listen to another story of a haunted house in New Hampshire. This is one of the best ghost stories we've heard on the show and stands several generations, going all the way back to the 1870's, where an assault on a young...


Ancient American Giants with Human Origins Revealed
#154
09/19/2025

This week we bring on Human Origins Revealed, a TikToker who's uncovered a treasure trove of ancient giant relics and quite possibly the origins of giants themselves! We get the low down on what HOR has discovered, why he believes it's so important. He also talks about something fairly familiar things which seem to align with our past guests when it comes to our ancient past. Is it possible that the heart of the ancient world was in Egypt or Sumer but at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay? listen to find out more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...


Antediluvian Answers
#153
09/12/2025

After exploring the topic of our ancient past we bring Antediluvian Landfill back on and go over some of the questions that arose during his last episode. Questions like: who could have had the power to create these massive earthworks we see throughout the world? What sort of Technology did they possess? Where did they come from? and most importantly, are they still around and if so what do they want? This episode is another deep dive into our ancient past where we take a closer look at how it connects to the here and now. Hosted on Acast. See...


Mysteries of our Ancient Past with AlienCarvings
#152
09/04/2025

This week we dive back into our ancient past with host of the YouTube channel AlienCarvings. We go over several interesting discoveries as well as take a trip through the occult, starting with the ancient Sumerian like the mysteries of Tiamat and the Anunnaki and going straight through into the modern day. Michael, is a wealth of knowledge who fires off ancient facts like little esoteric bullets and if 'ancient aliens' is your thing or if you've ever been intrigued by strange artifacts that should be there, then this episode is for you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...


Mysteries of our Ancient Past with Antediluvian Landfill
#151
08/26/2025

This week we talk with Antediluvian Landfill, an Instagramer who's uncovered something incredible! This guy has uncovered something that I think most people who talk about this kind of stuff only scratch the surface of. We're talking extremely ancient, extremely large earthworks, strange serpent head iconography, as well as stone fragments that scatter the wilderness, not only around him but the world! There is something big here. Like a giant piece of the puzzle has been uncovered. So if ancient history and forgotten civilizations like Atlantis or Lemuria is your thing then this is an episode you won't want to...


Merfolk: Cryptids of the Abyss
#150
08/21/2025

This week we dive deep and investigate Merfolk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


Project Olgui: Russia's Ancient Astroid Killers and the Tunguska Event
#149
08/07/2025

This week we venture deep into the Siberian Taiga and investigate one of the greatest natural mysterious of the world...the Tunguska event, but we don't stop there we dig into several other locations that could have something to do with the mysterious explosion and ask our selves was the Tunguska meteor shot down by ancient technology? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Giza Code: Ancient Technology and the Hall of Records
#148
07/30/2025

This week we take a trip round the world to the Giza Plateau and dig below the sands. We look at several of ancient Egypts great mysteries including the newly discovered chambers below the great pyramid, the Osiris Chamber, the Great Sphinx and investigate whether the Hall of Records is there and if it is who built it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


Hunting Monsters with Heather Moser from Small Town Monsters
#147
07/22/2025

On this episode we talk with Heather Moser, producer and chief creative officer for Small Town Monsters. I had met Heather during their expedition into the Bennington Triangle and was able to bring her on tonight to talk about her paranormal adventures throughout the wider United States. As the member of Small Town Monsters whose job it is to not only collect local stories from countless small town locations but also look into local llore, you can be sure Heather is well versed in America's greatest mysteries. So sit back, relax and enjoy today episode of Almost Canon! Hosted on...


Time Slip In The Bennington Triangle and Its Connection To The Mountain That Swallows People
#146
07/18/2025

This week we venture back into the Bennington Triangle and hear from a caller about a strange time slip-like event that happened to her and her mother, when she was a child. We also take a look at a couple other stories from the triangle as well as another mountain, half way around the world, with very similar supernatural happenings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


Giant Sea Cryptids: The Kraken
#145
07/11/2025

We often hear that 'we know more about the surface of Mars than we do of our own oceans'. So is it possible that there are still large undiscovered species out there to find? After all, we have hundreds, if not thousands, of years worth of sailing stories that tell of the monstrous kraken, a creature so large its arms could reach the tallest sail and pull ships beneath the waves. But is there any evidence of their existence? Check out this weeks episode for more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Real Jurassic World
#144
07/03/2025

In honor of Jurassic World: Rebirth, we're sticking with Dinosaurs this week. We start out by digging deep into history and visiting the ancient city of Babylon, where it's believed by some that the priests kept a dinosaur in the great temple to be worshipped as a Sirrush. Then we venture back to Africa and check out some modern day expeditions into the swamps and rivers of the Congo as well as the Amazon rainforest where a few reports of dinosaur-like creatures have come from, including reports by explorer Percy Fawcett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...


Do Dinosaurs Still Exist Within the Heart of Darkness?
#138
06/27/2025

This week we open the pages of 'Monsters and Mythic Beasts' and delve deep into swamps and rivers of the Congo and Cameroon as we search for the existence of dinosaurs. We'll look at a handful of encounters from the turn of the century and ask ourselves, could dinosaurs still exist? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


*Blast From The Past* Did the Knights of the Golden Circle Hide the Lost Confederate Gold?
#142
06/20/2025

This week we take our second episode ever, re-cut it so its actually listenable and try to tell the story of the lost Confederate gold and how a secret southern society called the Knights of the Golden Circle more than likely took control of it and stashed it away for a time when the south could rise again. This episode is a departure from our regular coverage. if your down for a wild and funny ride then buckle up because this episode is out of control!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Strangest Missing 411 Cases
#141
06/13/2025

ON this weeks episode we look at several Missing 411 cases which we believe are the strangest and most perplexing. these cases would include: Stacy Arras 1981, Yosemite; Samuel Boehlke 2006 Crater Lake; Tom Messick 2015, Lily Pond, New York; Bart Schleyer 2004, the Yukon. These cases are extremely strange and may even hold some hints as to what happened or what is happening to people who go missing in National Parks. Please leave a rating and review! The system’s algorithm loves ratings and reviews and we greatly appreciate them!! Also, don’t forget to subscribe and while you’re at it join the Almost...


An American Werewolf in London, Ohio
#140
06/06/2025

This week we look at suspected werewolf encounter that comes out of London, Ohio between 1981 and 1982. It focuses around the Williams family and a new house they moved into that was just out of town. now, not long after moving in Dianne Williams, begins to feel as though she's being watched and it doesn't take long for her suspicions to be realized. Her Husband Keith, doesn't believe her at first but he also end up having his own encounter which leads him on a wild chase through the woods to a mysterious cabin in the forest. This isn't a dogman...


When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted
05/30/2025

This week we talk with Shadoe, who had an interesting dogman encounter in 2018 while prepping for the 2018 rifle season. But it doesn't stop there. Shadoe would encounter this same dogman on opening day after his hunting partner had shot the creature. Please leave a rating and review! The system’s algorithm loves ratings and reviews and we greatly appreciate them!! Also, don’t forget to subscribe and while you’re at it join the Almost Canon Family at https://www.patreon.com/almostcanonpodcast https://plus.acast.com/s/almost-canon-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


The Giant Connection
#138
05/23/2025

On this weeks episode we look through the historical record at a handful of giant races and ask the question: "could they be Nephilim?" There certainly seems to be certain traits that these giant races share even though they are often separated by thousands of miles. Could it all be a coincidence? We don't think so. After all, all myths and legends have some sort of truth. Nick also gives his short review on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a video game that was recently released on the PS5 and has some surprising connections to the wolf of Giants...