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

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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15 December 2024

Ep 15: Hunting as Custodianship of a Living Cosmos

In this episode, Sarah and Matt chat with Gordon White, a Tasmanian chaos magician, about the connection of hunting and animism, and his personal experiences with the supernatural in the wild. Gordon's books have been hugely influential in the magical community worldwide, and Matt has been a longtime member of Gordon's RSPM community. You can find all of Gordon's information at Rune Soup. Check out TheCampfiresEdge.com for episode art and extras. This episode's art is a mono-print by Matt featuring a deer-skull wreath we created for our solstice ritual.

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27 November 2024

Ep 14: White-pelted Bigfoot of the Upper Midwest

In this episode, Matt and Sarah interview Jason Carbajal, snowboarder and angler, about his experience meeting a white-pelt bigfoot on a quiet street in rural Illinois in a summer lightning storm. Email info@thecampfiresedge.com to share your hiking, hunting and fishing paranormal experiences and visit TheCampfiresEdge.com for show art and more information.

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15 November 2024

EP 13: Ghost Lights over Haw River - Orbs Part 2

In this episode, Matt and Sarah describe their experience with orbs - lights in the sky over the Haw River in North Carolina in the fall of 2023 to researchers Joshua Cutcheon and Barbara Fisher, coauthors of a forthcoming book about anomalous lights. The second part of the episode, Sarah continues her discussion with Barbara from Episode 11 (Orbs, Pondered) about what these orbs might be. Email info@thecampfiresedge.com to share your hunting and fishing experiences and check out www.thecampfiresedge.com for original art and show notes.

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