Strange Realm - Ep. 147 - Jan. 11th, 2026

On this week's show we bring you an undiscovered and unsettling episode as we take a look into the weirdest and wildest news we could find, including a suggestion that the capture of Maudro in Venezuela was connected to the recent discovery of a prehistoric rock art, news that astronauts aboard the ISS are making an emergency return trip due to a mysterious medical issue, a new study suggests Europa the icy moon of Jupiter might not have life on it afterall, and recents tests on ancient Egyptian jars found they contained opium, and the same kinds of jars were found in King Tut's tomb. All of this and then, after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher continues with "The Cryptoterrestrials," by Mac Tonnies.

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Notes:
- Was Maduro's capture related to Ancient artifacts?
https://phillippresswood.medium.com/the-gilgamesh-protocol-reading-the-subtext-of-the-venezuela-raid-d740f7ed1e68
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/130-foot-snake-carving-found-among-2000-year-old-rock-art-along-south-american-river-180984469/
https://www.science.org/content/article/gigantic-snake-carvings-may-have-been-ancient-road-signs
https://www.amazonconservation.org/new-maap-report-shows-before-and-after-photos-of-venezuelan-mining-raid/
- ISS astronauts on emergency return trip
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/space-skeleton-crew-just-3-astronauts-will-run-the-iss-after-crew-11s-medical-evacuation
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/watch-astronaut-mike-fincke-tie-nasa-spacewalking-record-on-jan-8
- Europa might not have any life at all
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-study-doubts-there-s-life-beneath-europa-s-ice/ar-AA1TXSmB
- Opium jars found similar to jars in King Tut's tomb
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69810777/opium-king-tut/
- The Cryptoterrestrials
https://www.amazon.com/Cryptoterrestrials-Meditation-Indigenous-Humanoids-Aliens/dp/1933665467
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptoterrestrials-mac-tonnies/1116293428

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Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
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