The Campfire's Edge

The Campfire's Edge is a media project to collect the paranormal experiences of hunters, anglers and others encountering the more-than-human in wild places. Hosted by Sarah Rose and Matt Stansberry. Sarah is an outdoorswoman, mother and artist documenting the physical interaction of humans and animals in the landscape. Matt is a writer, fly fisherman, father, deer hunter and magician. They live in the Haw River watershed in North Carolina.

Latest episodes

01 April 2025

Crossing the Dark Divide: Q&A with Dr. Robert Michael Pyle

Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a naturalist and the author of 28 books, including Chasing Monarchs, Where Bigfoot Walks, Wintergreen, Nature Matrix, Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest, the novel Magdalena Mountain, and four collections of poetry. In this episode, we talk about his 2022 bigfoot sighting, what it's like playing in a band with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, and his experience as a naturalist and scientist writing about sasquatch. For more episodes and original art, go to TheCampfiresEdge.com.

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25 March 2025

Experiencer Interview: Faeries, UFOs, Land Spirits and Chaos Magic

In this episode, our friend Jason describes his experiences growing up in Ohio with fairy phenomenon, ghost trains, UFO dreams and his practice of chaos magic. Be sure to check out TheCampFiresEdge.com for original show art and other episodes.

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22 February 2025

Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt: Bird Synchronicities, Saints and True-Names

Nature writer Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt joins us to talk about bird synchronicities, the communion of saints, and love for Earthsea, etymology and corvid culture. Lyanda is the author of six incredible books, including most recently, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature and Spirit. You can find all of Lyanda's books here. You can find episode art and extras at TheCampfiresEdge.com.

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10 February 2025

Corpse Lights in the Cowee Valley

In this Episode, we visit Little Tennessee River guides Brent Martin and Angela Faye Martin of Alarka Expeditions in Cowee, North Carolina. Brent is the Director of the William Bartram Trail Conservancy and Angela is a musician. They share stories about supernatural incidents that occured in and around their old house on in the mountainside, and offer some perspective on how this place's layered history weighs on the atmosphere and mindset of the people who live and experience this area. Then we interview Brent and Angela's friend Dallas, who witnessed a light in the sky and experienced four hours of missing time. You can see original art and show notes at TheCampfiresEdge.com and if you're interested in Brent and Angela's work be sure to check out Alarka Expeditions.

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30 January 2025

Season Two: Whitetail Winter

Season Two of The Campfire's Edge podcast. Sarah and I review our whitetail deer hunting season and our relationship with the Piedmont forest. You can find bonus material and original episode art at TheCampFiresEdge.com.

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23 December 2024

Ep 16: Ghostly cougars and Bigfoot boardgames with Timothy Renner

Sarah and Matt interview paranormal adventurer and podcast host Timothy Renner from Strange Familiars. Tim is an author of several paranormal books, and co-author of Where the Footprints End with Joshua Cutchin. In this episode we talk about mountain lion encounters, playful entities in the forest, and talk about Tim's outdoors experiences and his perspective on hunters and anglers who've been on his show, which just reached the 500 episode milestone last month. This episode's cougar art is pen and ink by Sarah Rose. If you'd like to see more episodes and original art, check out TheCampfiresEdge.com.

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