Assault and Giant Battery

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Assault and Giant Battery

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Aug 8, 2012

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For decades, legends of a giant sexually-assaulting bat-creature have trickled out of Zanzibar. In this episode of MonsterTalk we interview Ben Radford about his investigation of the creature and the role that the monster called Popabawa has played in culture and politics in the United States.
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Aug 8, 2012

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