CW: ableist language   In which we take flight with the stories of the Alan, a creature of the Itneg people's folklore. Also, the unexpected benefits of child fostering, giant bats, and capitalist X-men.   Of course, a giant thank you to our patrons Lee, Ellie, Kenneth and Erwin! May your eventual children (should you decide to have one) also bring you gold and valuables! If you don't want to have one, we hope you get gold and valuables anyway!   If you'd also like to support the show, you can consider being our patron at patreon.com/meloredrama . You can also follow us at Twitter (@meloredramapod) and Facebook (/meloredramapod) or join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/g8EC8Mxj94 . Our episodes are also up on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and anywhere you get your podcasts.   Theme Music:    As I Figure Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Music Bed:   Stay The Course Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   "We're The Rats" meme is from the Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure by Jerma985: https://youtu.be/jAXioRNYy4s     Want to read more about Itneg folklore? Here are some of our references for this episode:   Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folklore by Fay-Cooper Cole*, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12545/12545-h/12545-h.htm#d0e4778   The Creatures of Midnight by Maximo D. Ramos, available at https://www.bookdepository.com/Creatures-Midnight-Maximo-D-Ramos/9781981837762   Alan, The Deformed Humanoid/Avian Creature of the Philippines, written by Jordan Clark for AswangProject.com: https://www.aswangproject.com/alan-creature-philippines/ *Erratum: we may have unintentionally misgendered Fay-Cooper Cole in the audio. Our apologies.