"The Ozark Howler is a transcendent spirit of the American wilderness, a shaggy horned beast with glowing red eyes that is transfixed by its own reflection in a woodland pool by the light of a crescent moon, surrounded by mushrooms and fireflies." The standard depiction of the Ozark Howler is of a predatory beast that … Continue reading The Transcendent Ozark Howler
Even in the crowded landscape of 1970s counterculture, few names can rival the strange mystique of Paul Atria. While the mainstream folk revival leaned into polished harmonies and radio-friendly singer-songwriters, Atria steered his acoustic trio, Ozark Howler, into the deep, strange hinterlands of psychedelic folk. He was no Pete Seeger. Formed in the early 1970s, Ozark Howler … Continue reading The Sonic Shadow of the ’70s Psychedelic Folk Rock Band Ozark Howler
It was almost 50 years ago that the science fiction writer Timothy Godwin published his short story Hair of the Black Howler. A few years later, he was killed in a car accident. Some, including the Ozark Howler enthusiast Ralph Toller, have suggested that the accident was in fact an assassination by the Sawmen, a … Continue reading What Is Grigor Godwin Up To?
Some people worry about the scams that proliferate within cryptocurrency markets like rats in a dank sewer. It's certainly true that in crypto culture, con artists nearly outnumber their victims. The worst criminal fraud on the blockchain runs at a larger scale, however. The Ozark Howler warns us of this: There are scams within cryptocurrency … Continue reading Ozark Howler Warns Cryptocurrency Is A Scam
It's time for something spooky. 2020 didn't allow us a healthy Halloween season, but 2021 is set to make up for that and then some. In this video, the Ozark Howler reviews some recent Howler activity, namely the Horrified American Monsters cooperative board game featuring the Ozark Howler, available at a Target near you, and … Continue reading October is Ozark Howler Month
The conflict of Ozark Christianity with the horned wildness of the Howler is a theme that repeats throughout the book.
"He had great big horns and I shot him right between the f**king eyes!" Thus the host of the Creeps in the Crypt podcast paraphrases frontiersman Daniel Boone's report of his first-hand encounter with the Ozark Howler in Spanish territory west of the Mississippi River, in what is now Missouri. Creepy indeed, and a perfect … Continue reading Crypt Podcast Reveals Old-time Ozark Howler Tales
Someone at Handwiki has noticed the musicality of the Ozark Howler... and no, they're not talking about its famous scream in the dead of night. The author notes: Two popular music bands have worked under the name Ozark Howler: The Ozark Howlers from Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Ozark Howler from London, England. In addition, a band … Continue reading The Ozark Howler in Tunes
The Ozark Howler is not what most people would call a refined beast. According to the Hillbilly Horror Podcast... "The most general description that can be pieced together is a creature that's the size of a bear with a thick, stocky body, shaggy hair, and a beard like that of a billy goat, glowing red … Continue reading Ozark Howler Poetry
A report, from the Gurden Concatenation Board, of Ozark Howler activity in Arkansas in 1923; "The surveys have been conducted by the concatenations of Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Warren, Malvern, Hot Springs, and Gurden. Overall conclusion being that judging from the survey locations, there are at least eight individual Ozark Howlers who have come down … Continue reading The Ozark Howler and the Gurden Concatenation
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