Patrick Baud, born June 30, 1979, in Avignon, France, is a French graphic designer, writer, presenter, folklorist and videographer.

After hosting a radio program dedicated to the strange (Exocet) at the end of the 2000s, Patrick Baud created a blog called Axolot in 2009, in which he writes about astonishing facts and various historical and scientific curiosities.

A second book, 20 inconnus au destin hors du commun dont vous n’avez jamais entendu parler avant, was published by AAARG!

François Theurel, known online as "Le Fossoyeur de Films" urged Patrick Baud, with whom he was sharing an apartment,[4] to start making videos.

[16][17] On March 31, 2017, Patrick Baud launched a crowdfunding campaign through Ulule to finance his documentary travel series Etranges Escales.