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Bonus Episode 1: The Nebraska Dinosaur: How a 1920s Typewriter Fooled the World
Deep in the Nebraska Sandhills sits Walgren Lake—a quiet, 50-acre body of water where families fish for crappie and pelicans drift through the reeds. But in the 1920s, it went by another name: Alkali Lake. And for a few unhinged years, local ranchers, big-city investors, and international newspapers were utterly convinced a 40-foot prehistoric horned leviathan was dragging cattle into the muck.
In this episode, we’re unpacking the bizarre saga of the Alkali Lake Monster (known affectionately today as "Ossie"):
The Roots of the Lore: The surreal geography of the Sandhills and the ancient…
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