{"id":159796,"date":"2020-05-26T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=159796"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:28:46","slug":"mini-monster-the-brooklyn-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/mini-monster-the-brooklyn-beast","title":{"rendered":"Mini Monster: The Brooklyn Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/e61326a0-6f42-4df1-bf9c-5dfec4df98ae?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/camp-monsters.simplecast.com\/episodes\/mini-monster-the-brooklyn-beast\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This month, we\u2019re doing something a bit different. Our friends over at West Elm\u2014you know, the ones with all the great furniture and home decor\u2014reached out and asked us if we could find out more about a creature that washed up near their corporate headquarters in Brooklyn a few years ago. We did some digging and found enough to write about, and enough to make you a little nervous the next time you hear something scurry in the dark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/brooklyn-bridge-monster-montauk-monster_n_1707903\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooklyn Bridge Monster May Be Distant Relative of Long Island Montauk Monster<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/east-river-monster-picture-2012-7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What The Heck is the Terrifying Creature Found Under the Brooklyn Bridge?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptidz.fandom.com\/wiki\/Manhattan_Monster\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manhattan Monster<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript This month, we\u2019re doing something a bit different. Our friends over at West Elm\u2014you know, the ones with all the great furniture and home decor\u2014reached out and asked us if we could find out more about a creature that washed up near their corporate headquarters in Brooklyn a few years ago. 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