A Jaunt Into the Unknown with Cliff Simon: Recap of Our Chat

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Cliff Simon in the series premiere of Into the Unknown Rougarou episode
In the series premiere of “Into the Unknown,” survivalist Cliff Simon goes deep into Louisiana’s
Atchafalaya Basin in search of a mysterious and legendary swamp monster known as the Rougarou. Courtesy Travel Channel.

I’m so grateful to Travel Channel for once again hooking me up with a chance to talk with one of their stars. In this case, we took a jaunt Into the Unknown with Cliff Simon. His new series premieres on Monday, July 27 at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

Cliff Simon takes viewers Into the Unknown on a hunt for answers to the nightmarish myths and legends that have haunted locals for millennia.

When I talked to him, here’s what he had to say about:

  1. The paranormal experience he had as a child that has intrigued him ever since. (He mentions it during Into the Unknown‘s intro and it was mentioned on Travel’s Channels announcement about the show.)
  2. The multi-faceted life he’s led and how it has prepared him for this show, something he’s always wanted to do.
  3. Life-threatening moments he’s encountered during his life and while filming episodes of Into the Unknown, including a close call with a hungry water moccasin in “The Rougarou” episode in Louisiana, and something that tracked him and his team during “The Brown Mountain Lights” episode in North Carolina. Was it Bigfoot or Dogman or…? He doesn’t know, but he readily admits he was afraid.
  4. Testing his limits and his fear of tight spaces in a gator wallow in Louisiana during “The Rougarou” episode, and when he explores a cave in California.
  5. How the only time he thought he might have gone too far and was in over his head was during “The Night Marchers” episode. The local Hawaiin people are reluctant to talk about them because they believe the Night Marchers can kill you. Cliff had a “very scary” moment that gave him pause and made him think how this is different than everything else he was investigating on Into the Unknown because it involved ghosts, which truly are an unknown.
  6. What to do and what you need to ensure you have a successful jaunt into the unknown of your own. (Basically, “Stay alive!” and “Don’t die” Also, he explains why fire is so essential and having the ability to make it can get you through anything. #FireIsLife)
My gratitude to horror writer Priscilla Bettis and A Haunt Mess Podcast co-host and Twitter #Haunted Hour hostess Deedee Jebrail who responded to my “What would you ask Cliff Simon?” post. Their questions inspired Cliff’s answers that I addressed in numbers 1 and 5 above.

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You can hear our chat by clicking on the embed below or look for it wherever you get your podcasts from.

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2 Comments

  1. Hey, that’s my name.:-) I enjoyed listening to the chat. The North Carolina growling experience sounds scary!

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    Hi! I’m so glad you heard it!!!! I was going to let you know I’d asked. My last few weeks have been cuckoo. Site issues through the ying yang that I’ve had a devil of a time trying to correct. I got behind on replying to comments but I’m SO glad you knew I got to ask your question. THANK YOU again for posing it!

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