Journey to the Fringe

One‑Armed Bandit of the Cosmos: Billy’s Back

Welcome to a delightfully unhinged follow‑up to our Billy Meier & FIGU saga (Season 4, Episodes 59, 61, and 63). Strap yourselves into the beamship, we're rocketing straight into Billy’s newest cosmic fever dream. This week we're doing a 'dramatic' reading of Billy's latest contact report—an intergalactic casserole of dwarf galaxies, alien refugees, population statistics from space accountants, and Quetzal’s increasingly desperate attempts to get a word in while Billy monologues like the universe’s most self‑assured improv student. We revisit some of BEAM's predictions, marvel at his galaxy‑sized confidence, and explore why the Plejaren allegedly talk only to Billy (spoiler: spiritual prerequisites, baby). It’s a return to the FIGU‑verse that proves Billy’s imagination remains the most active extraterrestrial presence in Switzerland.

Fringey Mini: Aorticulture

A tidy little lawn turns out to be a tiny green menace in this mini, where UC Davis researchers accidentally stumble into a botanical plot twist: trees soothe your heart, but grass might be quietly stressing it out. Using hundreds of millions of street‑view images and a cohort of nurses, the study hints that leafy canopies act like urban guardians while manicured turf behaves more like a petty saboteur. We’re spiraling delightfully through pesticides, lawnmower fumes, gendered yard work, and the existential question of whether your cardiologist should prescribe “plant a tree” instead of “take a walk.” It’s weird, it’s funny, it’s unsettling — it’s right up our alley.And if you care to read;https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/trees--not-grass-and-other-greenery--associated-with-lower-heart-disease-risk-in-cities/2026/01

Zana the bigfoot

A mysterious woman captured in 19th‑century Abkhazia became one of the most debated figures in cryptozoology. Was Zana a feral human, an escaped slave, or evidence of a surviving hominin species? Journey to the Fringe digs into the legends, the science, the colonial distortions, and the uncomfortable truths behind one of the strangest Bigfoot‑adjacent stories ever recorded.In the late 1800s, villagers in Abkhazia claimed to have captured a towering, powerful, non‑verbal woman they called Zana—a figure later mythologized as everything from a wild woman to a living Neanderthal to the closest thing we have to a historical Bigfoot. Her story has been retold, distorted, romanticized, and weaponized for more than a century.This episode unpacks the tangled threads behind the legend: the cultural context of the Caucasus, the colonial narratives that shaped early reports, the sensationalism that followed, and the modern genetic studies that attempted to settle the debate but only raised new questions. Along the way, we explore what Zana’s story reveals about how societies treat outsiders, how folklore grows around real people, and why cryptid communities continue to hold her up as a cornerstone case.Whether Zana was a misunderstood human, a relic hominin, or something stranger, her story forces us to confront the blurry boundary between myth and history—and the uncomfortable ways real lives become cryptid lore.

Fringey Mini: Skinwalker sale

So Skinwalker ranch changed hands a long time ago and for some reason in the last few years people decided to start talking about it. source: https://www.postapocalypticmedia.com/why-bigelow-sold-skinwalker-ranch/

Apocalypse Now… and Also Tomorrow

This week we’re diving headfirst into the wild world of Steven Quayle — the red‑haired‑giant‑obsessed, apocalypse‑is‑always‑tomorrow prophet who blends biblical Nephilim lore, conspiracy culture, prepper panic, and weather‑warfare warnings into one nonstop fear‑mongering smoothie. Chelsie is unpacking his giant theories, gold‑selling doom tactics, and AI‑opens‑portals‑to‑other‑dimensions claims, while Taylor confirms that yes, his website looks exactly like the inside of a doomsday bunker. From fallen angels to suppressed archaeology to banks collapsing “tomorrow,” we explore how Quayle helped shape modern giant mythology and why his brand of fringe Christianity‑meets‑conspiracy continues to thrive. A perfect episode for anyone fascinated by giants, Nephilim, prepper culture, or the strange ecosystem of fear‑based fringe media.