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Podcast: Skeptics in the Pub Online Podcast
Episode: Skepticamp 2024 - Talk 10 - A priest, a viking, and a seamonster walked into a lake - Fredrik Trusohamn
Description: This audio is a part of the Skepticamp 2024 event, that happened on October 18th 2024 in Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester and was livestreamed at https://www.twitch.tv/sitp
About the talk:
From where do the stories about sea serpents, draugr, and trolls originate? In the case of one of Europe's oldest lake monster, the story seems to originate from misinterpreting a historical artifact. So what happens when the church, king, and bureaucracy get involved in a monster hunt, and does the monster really exist?
About the speaker:
Fredrik is an archaeologist who investigates Ancient Aliens...