The Megalodon

How did an extinct shark become a modern-day cryptid? Eddie explains.

Digressions include: U-Haul SuperGraphics, Yeti nomenclature, and 1990s Bin Laden.

Citations/links:

Edward Guimont, "The Megalodon: A Monster of the New Mythology," M/C (2021): https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/2793

Michael J. Gaynor, "The Town without Wi-Fi," Washingtonian (2015): https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/01/04/the-town-without-wi-fi/

Harry Turtledove's "State of Jefferson" stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove_bibliography#State_of_Jefferson_Stories

Steve Alten, "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror" (1997)

Steve Alten, "The Trench" (1999)

Darrin Lowery et al., "Integrated Geology, Paleontology, and Archaeology: Native American Use of Fossil Shark Teeth in the Chesapeake Bay Region," Archaeology of Eastern North America (2011): https://www.jstor.org/stable/23265116

David G. Stead, "Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas" (1963)

Ben S. Roesch, “A Critical Evaluation of the Supposed Contemporary Existence of Carcharodon Megalodon," Cryptozoology Review (1998): https://web.archive.org/web/20131021005820/http:/web.ncf.ca/bz050/megalodon.html

Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle, eds., "Maneaters: Killer Sharks in Men's Adventure Magazines" (2021)