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The Watcher in the Wheat | Just Another Tin Foil Hat
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Zelia Edgar brings us back to September of 1954. On a quiet farm in Alabama, 12-year-old John Jacob Swaim was running a tractor across his family’s fields when something caught his eye. Standing in the wheat was a small, unnerving figure — a strange entity with pointed ears and a sharp nose, crouched down, silently watching him.
In this episode, we explore one of the most chilling and overlooked encounters of the 1950s UFO wave. Was Swaim’s “Watcher in the Wheat” an alien, a folkloric trickster, or something far stranger? Join us as we peel back the layers of this eerie case and examine how it fits into the larger history of high-strangeness encounters.
If you enjoy stories of UFOs, close encounters, and strange beings in unexpected places, this episode is one you won’t want to miss.
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#UFOs #AlienEncounters #HighStrangeness #UFOHistory #ParanormalPodcast #SomewhereInTheSkies #WatcherInTheWheat #UAP
635 episodes
Manage episode 508485161 series 1425884
Zelia Edgar brings us back to September of 1954. On a quiet farm in Alabama, 12-year-old John Jacob Swaim was running a tractor across his family’s fields when something caught his eye. Standing in the wheat was a small, unnerving figure — a strange entity with pointed ears and a sharp nose, crouched down, silently watching him.
In this episode, we explore one of the most chilling and overlooked encounters of the 1950s UFO wave. Was Swaim’s “Watcher in the Wheat” an alien, a folkloric trickster, or something far stranger? Join us as we peel back the layers of this eerie case and examine how it fits into the larger history of high-strangeness encounters.
If you enjoy stories of UFOs, close encounters, and strange beings in unexpected places, this episode is one you won’t want to miss.
Subscribe to Just Another Tin Foil Hat on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustAnotherTinFoilHat
Please take a moment to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple.
Book Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DO
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies
ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ
PayPal: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SomewhereintheSkies
Discord: https://discord.gg/NTkmuwyB4F
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryansprague.bsky.social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomewhereSkies
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somewhereskiespod/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryansprague51
Order Ryan’s new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4
Order Ryan’s older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC
Store: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12U
Proud member of SpectreVision Radio: https://www.spectrevision.com/podcasts
Read Ryan’s articles at: https://medium.com/@ryan-sprague51
Opening Theme Song by Septembryo
Copyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved.
#UFOs #AlienEncounters #HighStrangeness #UFOHistory #ParanormalPodcast #SomewhereInTheSkies #WatcherInTheWheat #UAP
635 episodes
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