![<description><html><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/" 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></p><p>Bibliography:</p><ul><li><p>Branch, M.P. (2022). <em>On the Trail of the Jackalope</em>. Simon and Schuster.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://Mythology.net" target="_blank">Mythology.net</a>. (2017). <em>Jackalope - Description, History, Myths &amp; Interpretations</em>. [online] Available at: <u><a href="https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/" target="_blank">https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/</a></u>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://Native-languages.org" 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: <u><a href="https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm" target="_blank">https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm</a></u> [Accessed 29 Apr. 2026].</p></li><li><p>Shope, R.E. (1937). IMMUNIZATION OF RABBITS TO INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS. <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>, 65(2), pp.219–231. doi:<u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219</a></u>.</p></li><li><p>Simon, M. (2014). <em>Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope</em>. [online] Wired. Available at: <u><a href="https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/</a></u>. </p></li></ul><p>World Health Organization (2024). <em>Human papillomavirus and cancer</em>. [online] World Health Organization. Available at: <u><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer</a></u>.</p></html></description>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/10/53/43/105343bc-4093-92bc-ff49-73ce642b3c78/mza_7423755265613640611.jpg/600x600bb.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
Seemingly Unrelated Podcast
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The Healing Power of Fake Creatures w/Phil W. Bayles (preview)
APR 30, 202618 MIN
The Healing Power of Fake Creatures w/Phil W. Bayles (preview)
APR 30, 202618 MIN
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<html><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/" 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></p><p>Bibliography:</p><ul><li><p>Branch, M.P. (2022). <em>On the Trail of the Jackalope</em>. Simon and Schuster.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://Mythology.net" target="_blank">Mythology.net</a>. (2017). <em>Jackalope - Description, History, Myths & Interpretations</em>. [online] Available at: <u><a href="https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/" target="_blank">https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/</a></u>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://Native-languages.org" 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: <u><a href="https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm" target="_blank">https://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm</a></u> [Accessed 29 Apr. 2026].</p></li><li><p>Shope, R.E. (1937). IMMUNIZATION OF RABBITS TO INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS. <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>, 65(2), pp.219–231. doi:<u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.65.2.219</a></u>.</p></li><li><p>Simon, M. (2014). <em>Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope</em>. [online] Wired. Available at: <u><a href="https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/</a></u>. </p></li></ul><p>World Health Organization (2024). <em>Human papillomavirus and cancer</em>. [online] World Health Organization. Available at: <u><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papilloma-virus-and-cancer</a></u>.</p></html>