{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67015f6828b43e96e756729c/69f23252be5ab6849c63944b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Healing Power of Fake Creatures w/Phil W. Bayles ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67015f6828b43e96e756729c/1777480188167-4edd382c-fbd7-4420-aafe-1c98feb83a73.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What if Nessie helped discover the influenza virus? Or if Bigfoot was a willing test subject on the futile quest to cure the common cold? It's a shame that mythical creatures can't really help us cure diseases...or can they?</p><p>On this month's bonus Seemingly Unrelated, guest presenter <a href=\"https://philwbayles.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Phil W. Bayles</a> will take us to the moon and back on the quest to find one cryptid that may have already saved your life...</p><p>Bibliography:</p><ul><li>Branch, M.P. (2022). <em>On the Trail of the Jackalope</em>. Simon and Schuster.</li><li>‌Mythology.net. (2017). <em>Jackalope - Description, History, Myths &amp; Interpretations</em>. [online] Available at: <a href=\"https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/</u></a>.</li><li><a href=\"https://Native-languages.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Native-languages.org</a>. (2020). <em>Native American Indian Rabbit Legends, Meaning and Symbolism from the Myths of Many Tribes</em>. [online] Available at: <a href=\"https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm</u></a> [Accessed 29 Apr. 2026].</li><li>Shope, R.E. (1937). IMMUNIZATION OF RABBITS TO INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS. <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>, 65(2), pp.219–231. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219</u></a>.</li><li>Simon, M. (2014). <em>Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope</em>. [online] Wired. Available at: <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/</u></a>.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>World Health Organization (2024). <em>Human papillomavirus and cancer</em>. [online] World Health Organization. Available at: <a href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer</u></a>.</p>","author_name":"Seemingly Unrelated Podcast"}