Episode

138: No Such Thing As Fluff Island

2016-11-04 · 3 places on the map · episode transcript

1. Maria Theresa Reef (phantom reef)One-offPitcairn Islands

   On a cloud. Yeah. There was a radio DJ in the 60s who claimed to have broadcast a radio show from a reef called the Maria Tereza Reef that no one has ever been able to find. He swore to his friends that he was there and…

   mentioned at 00:03:11 · See it on the map →

2. PatagoniaOne-offArgentina

   It got to the point in 18th century London where they really believed there was a race of eight-foot giants that stalked the landscape in Patagonia, to the extent that the Secretary of the British Royal Society sent a…

   mentioned at 00:05:27 · See it on the map →

3. HeathrowOne-offUnited Kingdom

   In 2005, there was a passenger coming through Heathrow who said she had something small to declare and she walked through the red lane. They looked in her luggage. She had 104 kilos, 16 stone of snails in her luggage.

   mentioned at 00:31:02 · See it on the map →

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