UNEXPLAINED WEST VIRGINIA: Mothman Lore, Mountain Monsters, & Appalachian High Strangeness

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Now, West Virginia has always occupied a
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strange place in America's paranormal
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landscape.
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It is a state of deep valleys, isolated
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mountain roads, old coal towns,
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abandoned rail lines, dark forest, and
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ridges that seem to hold memory.
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It is a place where history and hardship
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are pressed into the land itself, where
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generations of witnesses had described
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things that do not fit comfortably in
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any single category.
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Now, most people know West Virginia
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because of Moth Man. Point Pleasant
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became part of the American folklore
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after the strange sightings of winged
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humanoids in the 1960s, but Moth Man is
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only one chapter in a much larger book.
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Now across the state,
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people have reported towering figures in
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the woods, strange blackeyed children at
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doors,
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collo beings, impossible animals, winged
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omens, and entities that seem to exist
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somewhere between alien crypted spirit
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and something far older. Now, tonight
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we're going deep into these reports.
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These are accounts from the mountains,
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back roads, forest, mining communities,
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and quiet neighborhoods of West Virginia
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and the greater Appalachin borderline.
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This is unexplained West Virginia.
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Now, what do you do when the thing
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reaching out to you in the forest is not
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entirely human, not entirely animal, and
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not quite alien in the usual sense, but
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something thin, green, and plantlike
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with needle-shaped figure fingers that
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seem to draw strength from your body.
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Now, in August 1968,
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28-year-old Jennings Frederick of
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Fairmont, West Virginia, claimed that he
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encountered one of the strangest
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humanoid entities ever reported in
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American UFO folklore.
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The case would later become known as the
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legend of the vegetable man. A bizarre
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encounter that blends alien contact,
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energy vampireism,
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appalachin weirdness, and the unsettling
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possibility of a biological or
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plant-like intelligence.
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The incident reportedly recurred near
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Grant Town, West Virginia, rural Marian
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County community surrounded by wooded
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hills and thick Appalachin forest.
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Frederick said he had been out hunting
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when he suddenly heard a sharp
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high-pitched sound in the woods. It was
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unlike any animal call he recognized,
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and it seemed to pull his attention
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deeper into the trees.
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And as he moved toward the source of the
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sound, Frederick claimed he came face to
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face with something extraordinary.
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Now the being was described as thin and
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humanoid with an own elongated body and
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greenish skin. It did not resemble the
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metallic suited space beings often
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described in UF reports of that period.
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Instead this entity seemed organic,
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almost vegetable.
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Its body appeared narrow and plantlike
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with long slender arms and hands tipped
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with needle-like fingers. Its eyes were
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large and unsettling, giving the witness
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the impression that this was an
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intelligent creature, though not one
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that belonged in the familiar natural
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order. Now, before Frederick could fully
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react, the entity allegedly reached
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towards him. Its long fingers fastened
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onto its hand like living syringes.
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Frederick said he felt them pierce or
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latch into him and almost immediately a
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voice entered his mind. The
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communication was not spoken aloud. It
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was telepathic.
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So according to Frederick, the entity's
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message was calm and almost apologetic.
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It allegedly told him that it did not
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intend to harm him, but that it needed
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substance. That substance, according to
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the being, was energy drawn directly
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from Frederick's body.
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Now, Frederick later described the
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sensation as if the creature was
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draining his life force. He felt weak,
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dazed, and physically depleted as the
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needle fingers remained attached to his
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hand. Now, the encounter lasted only
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moments, but to Frederick, the
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experience was overwhelming.
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Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the
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entity released him. The high-pitched
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sound faded. The strange green humanoid
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withdrew into the forest.
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Frederick was left alone. The West
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Virginia woods, shaken by an encounter
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that defied every ordinary explanation.
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For a time, Frederick reportedly kept
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the experience to himself, fearing
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ridicule and disbelief. Now, the account
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eventually reached Gray Barker, the
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well-known West Virginia UFO writer and
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promoter, whose work helped shape much
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of the re region's mid 20th century UFO
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folklore.
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Barker circulated the story through UFO
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circles, and over time, the Grant Town
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encounter took on a life of its own.
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Now, unlike Moth Man, Bigfoot, or other
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recurring West Virginia anomalies, the
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Vegetable Man does not appear to have
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generated a wave of matching reports. It
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remained largely a singular case, a
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one-off encounter, so bizarre that it
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stands apart even within 14 history.
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That singularity is part of what makes
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it so compelling.
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The vegetable man seems to occupy a
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strange border land between several
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categories. It als it has elements of a
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close encounter. But the being does not
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fit the usual extraterrestrial template.
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It has elements of psychic attack or
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energy vampireism. Yet the entity
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reportedly communicated with a strange
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sense of necessity rather than malice.
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It also carries the flavor of old
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Appalachian forest lure where the
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wilderness is never entirely passive and
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the things that live within it may not
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always be known to us. Now, was Jennings
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Frederick the victim of a hoax,
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hallucination, misidentification,
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or an authentic encounter with something
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truly anomalous?
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There's no final answer, but the image
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remains disturbing. A lone hunter in the
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West Virginia woods, a high-pitched cry
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pulling him through the trees, and a
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thin green humanoid reaching out with n
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needlelike fingers to feed on human
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energy.
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Whatever the vegetable man was, his
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place in West Virginia's paranormal
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history is secure. It is one of the
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state's strangest and most eccentric
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fortian legends. A case that continues
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to trouble the boundary between alien
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visitation, psychic paraticism, and
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deeper mysteries of the Appalachian
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wilderness.
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Now, the vegetable man is one of those
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cases that seems to come from nowhere,
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leaving no clear pattern behind it. But
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West Virginia's strange history is not
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limited to humanoids in the forest.
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Sometimes the unexplained appears as a
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warning, something seen just before
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tragedy and remembered for a lifetime.
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Our next account takes us back to
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December 1934
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to the coal fields of Fyad County where
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a young girl's father saw something
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enormous in the sky just days before
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disaster struck.
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So she wrote, "Hello, sir. A friend
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referred me to your articles about
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strange occurrences in West Virginia.
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The Moth Man encounters stir memories of
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an incident from when I was a girl.
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The strangest incident took place near
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Palton, West Virginia in December 1934.
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I was 8 years old at the time. My father
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worked for Elhorn Pine Coal in Mcdun.
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He and the other miners would take a
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train to the mine each day.
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The day before Christmas Eve, my father
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mentioned an unusual sighting that he
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and other men on the train had witnessed
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while traveling back to Pton from the
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mine that evening. And as they looked
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east, they noticed a very large bird
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flying above the trees.
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Now, my father was a very simple man,
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did not believe in nonsense. But this
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large bird really caught his attention.
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He described it as a freaksized
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owl, very dark in color. Now, the sky
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was getting dark, but they could still
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make out the large form.
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He said it looked toward the train as it
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flew over the trees. Nobody in the train
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could figure out what it was. The mere
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fact that my father even mentioned it
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suggested that it must have been
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something very unusual.
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Now, my father was scheduled to be off
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work for three days during the Christmas
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holiday. On December 27th, he was
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getting ready for work, but he said he
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felt poorly. My mother became concerned
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because he had a high fever and awful
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chills. She insisted that he stay home
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and telephone the doctor. Now, my father
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was reluctant to stay home and put up a
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good argument, but my mother was not
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going to back down. She put him to bed
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and waited for the doctor.
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We waited for hours. Then the phone
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rang.
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The operator told my mother that the
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doctor was at McDunn. There had been a
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horrible train explosion.
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She could not talk long, but said the
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doctor's wife had asked her to contact
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us.
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My mother was pale when she told my
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father what had happened. I remember
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they both started praying and crying.
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Now for years both believed that the
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large bird was an angel sent by God as a
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warning and that my father's life had
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been saved for a reason.
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My father never went back to the mine.
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It turned out that he had contracted
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polio, though he was very lucky and
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survived it with only a slight limp.
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We soon moved away to a small town in
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Kentucky where my father found his
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calling and became a Pentecostal
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preacher. He told a story of survival to
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anyone who would listen to take until
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the day he died.
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I happened to read your stories while
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looking online with my great grandson. I
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always assumed my father saw something
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more divine.
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That is what he always believed. I'm not
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so sure now. Thank you, sir. Emma.
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Now, the disaster Emma referred to was
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the locomotive bowlard explosion in
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Mcdun, West Virginia. On December 27th,
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1934, a boiler boiler on the locomotive
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hauling mine workers exploded, resulting
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in the death of 18 miners.
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The strange part of the story is not
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simply that a large wing creature was
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seen. it is that it was seen by multiple
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men on a train shortly before the
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tragedy and that one of these men who
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might otherwise have been on that train
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was prevented from going to work by
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sudden illness.
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Now to Emma's family, the answer was
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clear. The creature was not a monster.
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It was not a bad omen. It was an angelic
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warning.
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Others may have may see echoes of the
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moth man pattern, a huge dark winged
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form seen before catastrophe linked to
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memory of death, fate, and survival.
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Whether an angel, an omen, or unknown
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bird, or something else entirely,
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the sighting stayed with the family for
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generations.
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Now, West Virginia's winged mysteries
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have often carry an emotional charge.
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They're not always described as attacks
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or threats. Sometimes they're remembered
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as warnings.
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But the next account is very different.
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This one comes from Jefferson County
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near Harper's Ferry. It involves
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teenagers, a bonfire, a mountain
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clearing, and a tall motionless figure
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standing at the edge of the trees.
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The witness wrote, "Hi, I live in
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Jefferson County, West Virginia, near
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Harper's Ferry. When I was a teenager in
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high school, we used to throw parties on
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top of a mountain in a big clearing in
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the woods.
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There were about 12 to 15 of us there
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one night with a goodsized bonfire. Our
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vehicles were parked around it, forming
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a kind of a semiircle.
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My friend and I were sitting in his car
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when the event happened. Before I get
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into it, understand that we were about
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16 to 18 years old. Just typical young
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and dumb West Virginia teenagers.
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Now, I was in the passenger seat and my
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friend was in the driver's seat. He
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happened to look up and something caught
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his eye in the tree line in front of us
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past the bonfire about 15 foot away.
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I was looking down at the time when I
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heard him say, "Dude, what is that?" I
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looked up and asked where? At first, I
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didn't see anything. He pointed it out
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to me and then I instantly made out the
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silhouette of something unnatural.
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It was a dark night, but the shape stood
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out against the fire light. I said,
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"What is that?" Then he turned on his
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car headlights. I still remember the
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thing vividly.
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It appeared to be about 7 to 8t tall,
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humanoid, and extremely skinny. I could
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see its bone structure. It had long
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skinny legs and long arms. I couldn't
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see its eyes. It was as if they were
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sunken in and covered by grayish
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ashencoled skin.
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When I looked at this thing, I felt a
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sense of fear I had never felt before.
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And to this day, I never felt anything
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like it again. I was speechless.
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My friend somehow managed to roll down
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his window and alert everyone else who
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was there. All we heard were girls
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screaming and kids scattering. Everyone
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ran back to the vehicles and peeled out.
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The thing never moved. It stood there
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the whole time.
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Now, as I said before, we were not the
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type to get scared. Most of us were
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armed, but not one single person wanted
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any part of that thing.
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So, at school, we told the story and
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nickname it stickman. I did some
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research online, Googled the
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description, and thought that we saw
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what we saw looked like a Wendigo.
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I was honestly shocked when I saw some
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drawings of windos because a few of them
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closely resembled that thing. I had
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never seen or ever heard the word windo
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before this happened.
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In my opinion, I doubt that this was a
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windo in the traditional sense. The
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description sounds closer to what many
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witness today referred to as crawler
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type humanoids. tall, pale, or grayish,
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extremely thin with elongated limbs and
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a present that triggers immediate prime
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and primal fear.
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What stands out in this report is the
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number of witnesses. This was not one
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person alone in the woods. There were
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multiple teenagers present, vehicles,
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fire lights, and even visibility for the
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figure to be seen against the tree line.
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The entity did not chase him. It did not
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focalize.
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It did not move.
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It simply it simply stood there and
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watched. And sometimes that's even more
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disturbing.
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Now, the Stickman case presents the
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woods as a place where humanoid forms
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can appear without warning, silent, and
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almost deliberately positioned to be
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seen.
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Now, the next report moves into stranger
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territory. involves a hunter, a buck
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that seemed too intelligent, and a
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firearm that refused to fire and an
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animal that allegedly rose onto its hind
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legs and charged like something out of
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ancient folklore.
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Now, the witness writes, "This happened
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in West Virginia about 10 years ago. I
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have done my best to stuff the memory it
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deep down, but I accidentally watched a
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video on YouTube that basically
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retraumatized me." What the presenter
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said really freaked me out and brought
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this memory back. She discussed deer
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gods and encounters with
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interdimensional beings.
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Now, when I was 22, I went hunting with
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my dad and uncle. We each had our own
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deer stand in blind on private hunting
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ground that my uncle owned.
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About halfway through the morning hunt,
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a big buck strode into my view, but it
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did not look quite right.
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Not in a sick way, not in a mentally ill
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way. His eyes were more humanlike. They
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looked as if they contained far more
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intelligence than they should have.
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I put my gun to my eye to aim and the
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buck stopped cold. I swear he was
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looking directly at me. He knew. Then
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when I took the shot, my trusty gun
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wouldn't fire.
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In a scramble, I checked my gun. It was
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fine, but it would not shoot. The deer
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just stood there and kept staring at me.
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Then on my second check of the gun, I
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got a weird and eerie feeling. When I
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looked back up, the thing was standing
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on its hind legs and staring at me. I
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froze.
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It started charging, running on its hind
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legs at full speed directly towards my
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stand.
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I left everything and fell about halfway
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down the ladder.
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I know I messed up my ankle that day and
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I didn't care. I was terrified. I would
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hear the footsteps running toward me and
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I ran as fast as I could.
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Maybe about a fourth of the way to my
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dad's blind, I looked behind me because
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I could still hear the footsteps right
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on my heels, but there was nothing
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there.
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The running steps chased me almost until
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I reached the blind.
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My f my dad thought I had been shot or
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something because of how I was acting
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and breathing. He carried me to the
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truck and when I calmed down, he told me
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that he had heard other similar stories
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in the area.
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Now, I have not gone into the woods or
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hunted since. That was 10 years ago. And
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until now, I hadn't known what to do
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with the experience. I have been
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watching and listening to paranormal
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shows since then, trying to make sense
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of it. But just last week, I watched the
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YouTube video about deer and their
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relation to death, gods, 14 theories,
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and the like. Since watching that
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episode, I have been I've been messing
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up things that had I was trying to kill
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a deer god, and that why the buck chased
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me. The presenter had some interesting
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points in an interdimensional theory.
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It might have been put in some pieces
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together for me. But should I go to
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those woods and apologize?
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I'm still paralyzed with fear about it.
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And I'm not trying to make enemies,
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especially with some wild god. What
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should I do? This is a very unusual
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account. Deer have deep symbolic meaning
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across many cultures and folk
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traditions. They can represent the
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forest, the hunt, transformation, death,
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spirit messengers, and boundary crossing
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between worlds. But from a 14
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standpoint, this case has several
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details worth noting. First, the witness
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describes the animal's eyes as unusually
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intelligent and almost human. Second,
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the firearm did not discharge despite
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the witness's belief that it was
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functioning properly. Third, the deer
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allegedly rose on its hind legs and
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charged in a manner that should not have
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been physically normal. Fourth, the
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witness heard footsteps in pursuit even
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after the animal could no longer be
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seen.
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Now, that last detail is important. In
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many anomalous encounters, the sound
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continues after the visible form
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disappears.
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footsteps, breathing, movement through
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the brush, or pursuit sounds continued
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beyond what the witness could physically
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account for. Was this a misperceived
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deer encounter amplified by fear?
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Was there another animal involved? Was
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it a neurological or psychological
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response to the stressful moment? Or did
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the witness encounter something using
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the form of a deer? Something tied to
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older Appalachian wilderness lore? I
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can't say. But I do do not believe the
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witness needs to return to the woods in
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fear or seek forgiveness from the
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entity. If this was an anomalous
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encounter, the message may have already
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been delivered.
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The witness was warned away and they
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listened.
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Now, from strange deer to unseen
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presences, the West Virginia woods often
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seem to produce encounters that are not
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only visual, but also psychological.
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People feel watched. They hear movement.
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They sense intention.
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Now, our next report comes from the
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Senica Creek and Spruce Nom back country
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in Managahilo National Forest where two
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hikers endured terrible weather,
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darkness, and the unnerving sense that
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something was following them through the
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woods.
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So, the witness wrote to me, "August
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10th to the 11th, 2020. I was on a
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backpacking excursion with one other
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person in Sen Senica Creek in Spruce
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Knob back country in West Virginia. Now,
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what's was supposed to be a 3-day, two
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night, 16-mi outing turned into a day
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and a half, 20 mile mistake because of
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terrible weather and admittedly some
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poor decision-making on our part. That
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Sunday, we ended up hiking 18 miles to
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get back to the trail head. The last
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five miles were in torrential rain and
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darkness on the Huckleberry Trail.
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Now, about three miles before we reached
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the trail head, I started hearing loud
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branches cracking to my left. I was
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leading, if that matters. It was easy to
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blame it on the weather, but the farther
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we walked, the louder and closer it
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seemed to get. It was almost as though I
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could hear heavy footsteps, but the wind
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and rain were torrential, so who knows.
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I kept quickly turning toward the trees
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with my headlamp illuminating the thick
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spruce, hoping I would see something,
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but I never caught sight of anything.
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Now, about half a mile from the trail
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head, I suddenly realized I no longer
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felt watched, and the noises I had been
25:39
hearing just stopped.
25:42
If anything, the weather had gotten
25:44
worse. So, at that point, I felt even
25:46
more like it was not weather related.
25:51
If I had to guess, the feeling of being
25:53
followed lasted a little over two miles.
25:57
Now, for context, I'm an avid hunter in
26:00
Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland,
26:02
and Pennsylvania, and I've been for
26:03
years. Almost all the time I hook hike
26:06
alone. This was the first time in years
26:08
of hiking that I ever felt like I was
26:10
being watched or followed.
26:13
Now, the next day after I was home and
26:16
had time to process how terrible the
26:18
whole trip had been, it hit me that I
26:20
felt we were being escorted out of the
26:23
woods.
26:25
Given the terrible weather, we had not
26:27
passed anyone for miles.
26:29
Not another soul seemed to be out there,
26:31
and all the campsites we passed were
26:34
vacant.
26:36
I never felt like we were in danger.
26:38
Exactly. But I felt that something
26:40
wanted to make sure we left the back
26:43
country. Again, I never actually saw or
26:46
smelled anything. It was all noise and
26:48
feelings. And I never felt like we were
26:51
in any danger. I just felt uneasing.
26:55
Now, I did not mention this in my hike
26:58
to my hiking partner, mostly because I
27:00
had made an off-hand joke about Bigfoot
27:03
hours earlier, and she became very
27:06
serious in criticizing people who think
27:08
Bigfoot is real.
27:11
I knew there would be no support there.
27:14
So, I made the joke when she said she
27:16
heard bongo drums out of nowhere.
27:19
I didn't hear that sound, although a few
27:21
times I did hear what I thought were
27:23
wood knocks.
27:25
One final thing to note is that I had an
27:28
experience about 30 miles north of here
27:30
in Davis, West Virginia back in 2013.
27:34
I was driving with someone around 1:00
27:36
a.m. on our way to a cabin. And as we
27:39
rounded a curve, I swear I saw a Bigfoot
27:42
on the side of the road heading up the
27:44
embankment into the woods. It stopped
27:47
briefly when illuminated by the
27:48
headlights. I remember thinking it
27:51
looked startled. I also remember
27:52
immediately thinking, "Wow, he's a lot
27:54
shaggier than I thought he would be."
27:56
The hair or fur was deep auburn color.
28:01
My friend happened to be looking down at
28:03
her phone, but I screamed and slammed on
28:04
my brakes. I remember shaking and being
28:08
unable to explain to her what I had
28:09
seen. I could not believe what I thought
28:12
I saw. That encounter lasts no more than
28:15
3 seconds. These are the only two
28:18
instances of a potential encounter that
28:20
I've had in my life. I'm wondering if
28:23
anyone had had similar experiences in
28:25
Senica Creek and Spruce Knob area or
28:27
anywhere in the Manonga National Forest
28:31
or if you think this is possible that it
28:34
could have been a Bigfoot making sure we
28:36
left the woods.
28:38
Now, this is one of those reports where
28:40
the witness is careful, grounded, and
28:42
reluctant to overstate the case. She
28:44
does not claim to have seen the creature
28:46
during the 2020 background, I mean
28:48
backcountry incident. She does not claim
28:51
an attack and she does not embellish,
28:54
but several details are significant.
28:57
The noises were described as heavy,
29:00
close, and persistent. The feeling of
29:02
being watched or followed last for over
29:04
two miles. The sensation ended before
29:07
reaching the trail head, almost as if
29:09
whatever was nearby had reached a
29:11
boundary or completed a task.
29:14
The witness's interpretation of at
29:17
reflection was not that she was hunted
29:19
but that she was escorted out. That is a
29:23
recurring theme in some Bigfoot and
29:25
forest entity encounters or reports.
29:29
The presence does not always behave like
29:32
a you know like a predator. Sometimes it
29:34
behaves like a guardian and a
29:36
territorial intelligence or something
29:38
attempting to move people away from a
29:39
particular area. The mention of
29:42
bongo-like sounds, possibly wood knocks
29:45
in the earlier Davis, West Virginia
29:47
sighting of a shaggy allurn figure gives
29:50
this account added context. Now, Managa
29:54
National Forest has long been a region
29:56
of strange reports. Now, whether this
29:58
was a Bigfoot activity, environmental
30:00
misinterpretation, and extreme weather,
30:03
or something else entirely, the witness
30:05
came away with the impression that the
30:07
force itself had made a decision. It
30:10
wanted them out.
30:14
Now, the Managa region appears again in
30:16
the next account, but this time the
30:18
witness and his brother saw something
30:20
directly.
30:22
What began as an overnight backpacking
30:24
trip near a mountain lake became a
30:27
terrifying encounter with a towering
30:28
figure, glowing golden eyes, and a
30:31
scream that drove both men out of the
30:33
woods.
30:35
So the witness wrote, "In 2017, I was
30:39
backpacking with my brother in the
30:40
mountains of West Virginia.
30:43
To get to our destination, we had to
30:44
drive for about 2 hours along a very
30:47
long deep ditched road. After reaching
30:50
the mountain, we got all our gear out of
30:52
the car and started our hour-long hike
30:55
into the woods.
30:58
Now, our destination was at the edge of
31:00
a small lake. Behind us was a long path
31:03
back to the car, covered by fallen
31:05
trees, thick brush. The area was
31:08
surrounded by high, jagged cliffs.
31:11
After about an hour of resting, we set
31:13
up camp and started a fire.
31:16
We cooked as the sun set over the large
31:18
rock walls across the lake from us.
31:21
Just after the sun went down, the
31:23
strangest began.
31:26
Every half hour or so, my brother would
31:28
hear what he said was soft footsteps
31:31
coming from the trail behind us. I was
31:34
tired and keep blowing it off as a joke.
31:36
However, as the night passed, he refused
31:39
to stop talking about what he was
31:41
hearing. I told him to shut up because I
31:43
was tired of hearing it.
31:46
At around 11 p.m., the situation became
31:48
more bizarre. I had nodded off with my
31:51
head propped on the log. Suddenly, a
31:53
large crash could be heard from across
31:55
the lake.
31:57
My brother and I both got to our feet,
31:59
grabbed our shotgun and a 44 Magnum, and
32:01
walked to the edge of the lake to see if
32:03
we could spot what had made the noise.
32:07
Now, after a minute of staring into the
32:09
pitch black night, we decided to go back
32:11
and lie down. We both thought it must
32:14
have been a loose boulder that had
32:16
fallen off the face of the ridge.
32:19
That was until my brother told me to
32:20
stop in an abrupt whisper. "Look there,"
32:24
he said, pointing toward the ridge to
32:26
our left.
32:28
That was when I realized my brother
32:30
really had been hearing things all
32:31
night. About a 100 yards away from us in
32:35
the treeine stood a figure that appeared
32:37
to be at least 10t tall with golden
32:39
glowing eyes.
32:42
Paralyzed with fear, my brother and I
32:44
watched as the large figure swayed back
32:46
and forth, never taking its eyes off us.
32:51
"Let's get the hell out of here," my
32:52
brother yelled while shooting around
32:54
from his 44 Magnum into the lake. At
32:57
that point, the figure stopped and
32:59
stared. Its eyes seemed to get larger
33:02
and brighter. Then, just as quickly, the
33:05
eyes were gone. We immediately started
33:08
stroking stoking the fire as fast as we
33:10
could, not knowing that the figure would
33:11
return. We decided to stay up all night,
33:14
taking turns adding logs to the fire.
33:17
After an hour or so, we heard a faint
33:19
rustling in the brush. Then the rustling
33:22
stopped. Then all of a sudden, this
33:25
thing roared out. The most terrible
33:27
scream I'd ever heard. We grabbed our
33:30
guns and gears. It was time to leave. We
33:33
both sprinted into the darkness with our
33:35
lights off. We ran into the woods for at
33:37
least 10 minutes until both of us were
33:39
out of breath and had to stop. We turned
33:41
on our lights to find a path and
33:43
listened for the creature. It was moving
33:45
towards us. We could hear the pounding
33:48
of footsteps and the snapping snapping
33:50
of branches. This time, the lights
33:53
stayed on as we ran non-stop, tripping
33:57
over obstacles until we reached the car.
34:00
We threw our gear into the vehicle and
34:02
locked the doors behind us. My brother
34:05
was shaking with fear and fumbling with
34:06
his keys. Just as we got the keys in the
34:10
ignition, a loud scream blasted from the
34:12
darkness. He started the car and gunned
34:14
it. I do not know what this thing was.
34:18
All I can say is that I will never
34:20
return to this woods to find out.
34:24
Now, I was eventually able to contact
34:26
the witness and based on the information
34:28
he provided, I believe the area was in
34:30
the higher regions of Banga uh National
34:33
Forest, possibly near Girard Knob or
34:37
Bald Knob. The incident occurred in the
34:39
summer of 2017.
34:42
My initial impression is that this may
34:44
have been a Bigfoot encounter, though I
34:46
would not completely rule out an upright
34:48
canine because of the reported eye color
34:50
and aggressive uh pursuit behavior.
34:53
There are hysterical reports of both in
34:55
the general region. Several details
34:58
stand out. The footsteps began before
35:00
the visual sightings suggesting the
35:02
brothers may have been observed or
35:04
followed from the beginning. The figure
35:07
was extremely tall, approximately 10
35:08
foot and positioned at a treeine.
35:11
The swaying motion appears in several
35:14
Sasquatch related accounts, though it's
35:17
not exclusive to them. Now, the scream
35:19
and the sound of pursuit and the timing
35:21
of the final roar near the vehicle all
35:23
suggest either territorial intimidation
35:26
or a deliberate attempt to drive the
35:27
witnesses out. This was not a passive
35:30
sighting. This was an encounter where
35:32
the witnesses felt forced to flee.
35:37
Now, the Managa
35:39
reports give us a classic Appalachin
35:41
wilderness pattern. Footsteps, watching
35:44
large figures, screams, and territorial
35:47
behavior. But the next account comes
35:49
from a broader Appalachin borderland in
35:52
rural southwest Virginia
35:55
uh rural southwest Virginia near West
35:57
Virginia. I'm including it because it
36:00
fits the same mountain corridor and
36:02
because the witness describes something
36:04
that may connect to a much older fear,
36:07
the full moon, the humanlike scream, and
36:10
a massive black wolflike creature that
36:13
did not move like an ordinary dog.
36:17
So the witness writes, "These two
36:20
incidents happened almost a decade
36:22
apart, and for obvious reasons, I cannot
36:24
guarantee they are related at all, but
36:27
it seems reasonable to at least
36:29
entertain the idea.
36:32
Now, the first story takes place at my
36:34
cousin's trailer, a couple houses down
36:36
from mine. We live in a rural town at
36:39
the foot of the Appalachian region in
36:41
southwest Virginia, so there's plenty of
36:43
forest coverage around us.
36:46
We were playing hide-and-seek and all
36:48
was well until I tagged my cousin,
36:51
making him the seeker. He hated seeking,
36:54
so in instead of playing the game, he
36:56
decided to quit and sit on the front
36:58
porch.
36:59
It was around midnight, maybe a little
37:01
earlier, so naturally, it was a pitch
37:04
black outside, perfect for scaring
37:05
someone. Now, my cousin's friend, my
37:09
brother, and I came up with a plan to
37:11
get revenge on my cousin for being a
37:12
sore loser. We would lure him to the
37:16
edge of the forest and my brother would
37:17
jump out at him. It was a very simple
37:20
plan for a couple of dumb 13-year-old
37:22
kids.
37:24
We managed to convince them that
37:26
something was making noises in the
37:28
woods. So, he came with us to
37:30
investigate. And as we walked along the
37:33
edge of the forest, we heard something
37:35
inside walking with us. I looked at my
37:38
cousin's friend and we were both
37:40
grinning, thinking it was my brother
37:42
beyond the trees.
37:45
But then out of nowhere, my brother
37:46
burst from the out from the side of my
37:48
cousin's trail, screaming and roaring,
37:50
sending us all into a fearful panic.
37:54
He got us good. So good, in fact, that
37:58
we forgot about the noise coming from
38:00
the forest, which could no longer be
38:02
blamed on my brother.
38:05
As we were all laughing about the scare,
38:07
we heard a horrifying noise coming from
38:10
the depths of the forest behind us. It
38:12
was a scream like a man screaming for
38:14
help. It slowly changed pitch and to
38:17
this day I swear it said help.
38:20
After about 5 seconds of human sounding
38:23
screams, it turned into the most
38:25
guttural roar I had ever personally
38:27
heard. It was chilling. We ran inside
38:30
and my cousin opened the blinds to the
38:32
windows.
38:34
That was when we noticed the obvious and
38:36
haunting sight of the full moon. Yes, we
38:39
do not know what could have made that
38:41
noise. Yes, there are farms around. It
38:45
could have been a cow being attacked by
38:46
co or pretty much anything that happens
38:48
in rural America.
38:51
But I have also heard but I've never
38:54
heard anything like it before or since.
38:56
Now, fast forward about 9 years to 2013.
39:00
I was coming home late from work. As I
39:03
was driving, I saw two bright orange
39:04
eyes peering at me from the side of a
39:06
dark road. I thought it might have been
39:08
a fox or a dog, but as I got closer, I
39:11
realized it was no average fox or dog.
39:14
It was a massive black wolflike dog.
39:17
This animal was so tall on all fours
39:20
that it seemed almost as tall as my car.
39:23
Its back legs were almost kangarooike,
39:26
very long and muscular, while the front
39:28
legs were short and thin. It dashed
39:31
across the road and in front of my car,
39:33
then jumped the fence to the left of the
39:35
road without much struggle.
39:38
When I got home, I nonchalantly told my
39:40
family that I had finally seen the
39:42
werewolf that made that noise so many
39:45
years previous.
39:47
Now, I do not necessarily believe it was
39:49
the actual werewolf, but I cannot
39:51
honestly say it wasn't. Keep a keen out
39:54
keen eye out on full moon nights.
39:58
So, this account outside West Virginia
40:00
proper, but it belongs in the greater
40:02
Appalachian borderland pattern.
40:05
The first event is primarily auditory, a
40:08
human-like cry that allegedly sounded
40:10
like a plea for help, transforming into
40:12
a guttural roar. The second event, nine
40:15
years later, involved a large black
40:17
wolf-like animal with abnormal
40:19
proportions, orange eyes, and powerful
40:22
fence clearing leaps.
40:25
There are possible mundane explanations
40:27
for parts of this report. Roll sounds
40:29
carry strange at night. Injured animals
40:32
can produce shocking vocalizations.
40:35
Foxes, coyote, cattle, and predators can
40:37
create sounds that seem human under
40:39
certain conditions.
40:41
But the latter sighting complicates the
40:43
story. The witness does not describe a
40:46
normal wolf, dog, coyote, or fox. The
40:48
body proportions sound unusual. very
40:51
tall on all fours with powerful rear
40:53
rear legs and shorter front legs. That
40:56
configuration appears in some upright
40:58
canine and dog man reports particularly
41:01
when the witness sees the creature in a
41:03
quad quadripedal position before it
41:07
moves away.
41:09
Now the full man the full moon detail
41:11
lends the account as a folkloruric
41:13
charge but the more important elements
41:15
are the witness's memory the unusual
41:18
vocalization in the later sightings of a
41:21
massive black canadlike
41:23
creature in the same general area.
41:26
Whether the two events were connected or
41:28
not the report captures something that
41:31
reoccurs in Appalachin creature lore.
41:34
The voice from the woods that sounds
41:36
almost human follows years later by the
41:39
sound of something that shouldn't exist.
41:44
Now from wolflike creatures and mountain
41:47
screens, we now move to a different kind
41:48
of anomaly. Not large, not aggressive,
41:51
and not easy to characterize.
41:55
This next report comes from Beaver, West
41:57
Virginia, where a witness saw something
41:59
only a few inches tall crossing the
42:01
road. something cloaked, stick-like, and
42:03
shimmering in a way that reminded her of
42:05
the predator effect.
42:09
So, the witness wrote, "I recently found
42:11
your blog and was curious about the
42:13
Glimmerman instance you have written
42:14
about. I had a similar encounter several
42:17
years ago. I'm curious what you think.
42:20
The date was Thursday, September 8th,
42:23
2016. I was on a trip from Northwest
42:26
Pennsylvania to visit a friend in North
42:28
Carolina. I had been driving for about 5
42:30
and a half hours when I left Route 64,
42:33
drove onto Airport Road, and came down
42:35
to a little town called Beaver, West
42:37
Virginia. I stopped at KFC to grab
42:40
something to eat. And when I left, I
42:42
made a right out of the parking lot onto
42:44
Route 19. I was driving slowly because I
42:48
had not picked up speed after pulling
42:49
out. Because I was driving slowly, I am
42:52
sure I would not have noticed this
42:54
otherwise.
42:56
I was approaching some leaves spread
42:58
across the road when I noticed they were
42:59
moving, but there was no wind. I slowed
43:02
down thinking there might be an animal
43:04
in the leaves and I did not want to hit
43:07
it. I looked hard because I could see
43:09
the leaves moving, but I could not see
43:11
an animal. Then I made out a small
43:14
bipedal figure about seven or eight
43:16
inches tall that seemed to be trying to
43:18
hide in the leaves. As it tried to cross
43:21
the road, it looked as if I could see a
43:24
line around each part of the creature,
43:26
but it seemed to be cloaked kind of like
43:29
what a chameleon does, but not quite the
43:32
same. It moved with a ratchet type
43:35
movement, very jerky. I do not know if
43:38
that was normal gate or if it was
43:39
injured. Now, I was driving on a crawl
43:42
by this time because what I was
43:43
observing was so bizarre and I was
43:45
trying to make sense of it. I kept
43:47
thinking, "What in the world is this
43:49
thing?"
43:50
It almost looked like a frail stick
43:52
figure, but I could only make out some
43:54
of it. I thought maybe it was an
43:56
emaciated squirrel, but squirrels do not
43:59
walk on two feet. And if I had been if
44:02
it had been that skinny, I would have
44:04
been dead. Not jerking around on the
44:06
road. I was not It was not a featherless
44:09
bird either. It reached the center line.
44:12
It was attempting to cross the rest of
44:14
the road when a pickup from the other
44:15
side came speeding along. It just missed
44:17
it with it its driver side tires. I saw
44:21
the leaves being thrown. I do not know
44:24
if it made it or not because the cars
44:26
behind me were honking at me to keep
44:28
moving.
44:29
I thought about turning around to see if
44:31
I could find it because that is what I
44:34
do for an animal. But this was not an
44:36
animal and I never heard or ever heard
44:39
or seen anything before like that. The
44:42
more I thought about it, the more I
44:43
realized it had been cloaked and was
44:46
taking on the color of the leaves to
44:47
disguise itself. It reminded me of the
44:50
cloaked alien in the movie Predator. I
44:52
could see it, but I could not make out
44:54
exactly what it was. As I tried to
44:57
rationalize it, I thought maybe it was a
44:59
reptile or lizard of some kind, like a
45:02
chameleon that would change color to
45:03
hot. An octopus can do the same thing.
45:06
And maybe we just have never seen them
45:09
and do not know what they are.
45:11
So when I arrived at my friend's house
45:13
that night, I told her about it. She
45:15
never doubted me as I am not prone to
45:18
making up stories. Now I'm very rational
45:20
person. I I still wonder what the thing
45:22
was and if this predator-like entities
45:25
exist all around us.
45:27
I contacted the witness and we discussed
45:29
the incident. Now during that
45:31
conversation, she described the
45:32
shimmering effect as often associated
45:35
with the glimmerman sightings. I have no
45:37
definitive explanation for what this
45:39
cloaked being may have been, but the
45:41
description of the small stick-like
45:43
figure is especially interesting.
45:45
Most Glimmerman reports involve human
45:48
size or larger figures, even often seen
45:50
in forest or near uh tree lines.
45:54
This case is different because of the
45:55
scale. The entity was described as only
45:58
7 to 8 in tall, bipedal, partially
46:00
cloaked, and moving in a jerkier
46:02
mechanical way.
46:04
The witness's comparison to a chameleon
46:06
or predator-like cloaking effect is
46:08
consistent with many reports of
46:10
translucent or refractive entities.
46:13
These beings are often described as not
46:15
fully invisible but vis visibly
46:19
distorted like heat shimmer, glass,
46:22
water or active camouflage.
46:24
Now was this a small animal seen under
46:27
unusual condition? Possibly.
46:30
But the witness had time to observe it
46:32
at slow speed, compare it with several
46:34
mundane possibilities, and still
46:36
concluded that it did not match any
46:37
ordinary creature.
46:39
Now, the most striking point may be
46:41
this. She only saw it because she was
46:43
driving slowly, and because the leaves
46:45
move when there was no wind.
46:49
Now, she she had been moving faster, she
46:53
would have passed it without even
46:54
knowing anything was there. And that
46:56
raises an unsettling question. How often
46:59
do people pass by things like this and
47:01
simply never notice?
47:03
Now, the tiny cloaked figure raises the
47:05
possibility that anomalous beings may be
47:07
present around us, hidden in plain
47:10
sight, noticed only when conditions
47:12
align perfectly. Now, our final case
47:15
moves from the roadside to the front
47:17
door of a private home.
47:20
It is one of the most disturbing modern
47:22
paranormal patterns, blackeyed kids.
47:25
This report comes from Glade Spring, a
47:27
gated community in southern West
47:29
Virginia where a man who awakened at
47:31
2:30 in the morning by two boys who
47:34
wanted to come inside.
47:36
So the witness tells me I had never
47:38
heard of the blackeyed kids until I
47:40
encountered them. Still not knowing who
47:43
or what they were, I did what any modern
47:45
young man would do. I Googled them. I
47:48
was shocked that I was not the only one.
47:52
Had I not seen them for myself, I would
47:54
have thought it was just another urban
47:56
legend gone viral. Besides my
47:59
girlfriend, I have only told my brother
48:01
who is into everything creepy and
48:03
horror.
48:05
I am an accountant. My girlfriend and I
48:08
live in a small gated community in
48:09
southern West Virginia called Glade
48:11
Springs. Now, the community has about
48:13
150 houses, a country club, and a
48:15
steakhouse bar called Bunkers.
48:18
Anyone can come through the gate during
48:20
business hours, but after they close,
48:22
the front security gate stops all
48:24
traffic and verifies their residency.
48:28
If you are a visitor, they call the
48:30
house so you can verify that you're
48:32
expecting them.
48:34
Sometime it is a hassle, but you don't
48:36
have to worry about a robbery. So,
48:39
imagine my surprise when my doorbell
48:41
chimed at 2:30 in the morning. I was
48:44
jarred awake and not sure if it was a
48:46
dream considering I had just gone to
48:48
bed. I rolled over and looked at the
48:51
clock, noticing the time. And when my
48:53
doorbell chimed again, I felt a cold
48:55
chill run through my body. I tried not
48:58
to read too much into it. It could have
49:00
been one of my neighbors having an
49:02
emergency, right? I made my way to the
49:05
door and opened it. Luckily, the row
49:07
iron storm door was still locked because
49:09
whoever whatever stood before me was not
49:11
a resident of the community.
49:14
Two young boys stood stood at my
49:16
doorstep. One looked about 17. The other
49:19
looked about 10. They were wearing dark
49:22
hooded sweatshirts and jeans. The
49:24
younger one had a shaggy, dirty blonde
49:26
hair and only looked down at the stone
49:29
steps. The older one had his hood pulled
49:32
up and his head tipped so I could only
49:35
see him from half his nose down.
49:39
His voice caught in my throat. My voice
49:42
caught in my throat and before I could
49:43
even ask what they wanted, the older one
49:46
spoke. His voice sounded forced and dry.
49:50
There was no emotion or sincerity in
49:52
what he said. I'm sorry to bother you
49:55
and your girlfriend, but we need to come
49:57
in and use your phone. We've been in an
50:00
accident. I felt the familiar chill
50:03
return through my whole body. How did he
50:06
know my girlfriend was there? I wrote it
50:09
off at first, thinking my Tahoe and her
50:11
Volkswagen were both in the driveway,
50:13
and they may have assumed it.
50:15
I tripped over my words. Something about
50:17
these kids just wasn't right. Not
50:19
normal, not human. Uh, I can bring you
50:23
my cell phone and you can call. I don't
50:26
get service inside here, so you have to
50:29
stand on the sidewalk to call, I said
50:31
nervously.
50:33
Now, of course, I was lying through my
50:34
teeth. I didn't want these kids in the
50:36
house. Then the older one said, "Well,
50:38
my brother really needs to use your
50:40
bathroom, Chuck. We have to come in."
50:45
That was when I went into complete
50:46
panic. He knew my name.
50:49
I'm sorry. Are you from here? How did
50:52
you know my name? The word shook out of
50:55
my mouth.
50:57
That was when I became slightly hostile
50:59
and demanded to be let he that's when he
51:02
became slightly hostile and demanded to
51:04
be left inside. I told him I was sorry,
51:07
but I I just could not help them. And
51:09
just as I was about to close the main
51:11
door, it happened. Both of them snapped
51:13
their heads upward and looked me
51:16
straight in the eyes. Black. No irises,
51:19
no pupils, no retina, just pure deep
51:23
black. I was paralyzed with fear. For a
51:26
second, I thought maybe these kids were
51:28
playing a cruel joke and had snuck in
51:30
the community somehow wearing those
51:31
black scaleric contacts used in horror
51:33
movies.
51:36
That was until I heard the ringing sound
51:38
like a sound you hear during a hearing
51:41
test. A digital high-pitch shrill
51:43
ringing.
51:45
Then the flashback started. That was
51:47
when everything went black. The next
51:50
thing I knew, I was being shaken awake.
51:53
I was lying in the mudroom floor and my
51:55
girlfriend was standing over me with
51:56
worried look. "What the hell, Chucky?"
51:58
she said. I had no idea how to answer.
52:02
My head had taken a hard hit against the
52:04
slate floor and there was dry blood on
52:07
my hair, but other than that, I was fine
52:09
physically. I slowly remembered
52:12
everything that had happened and looked
52:13
at the door. daylight. I had never been
52:17
so happy to see morning in my life. I
52:20
told my girlfriend everything that had
52:22
happened and I honestly think she
52:23
thought I had brain damage from hitting
52:25
the floor, but she insisted that she
52:27
believed me. Then we Googled it and I
52:30
believe that was when she started to
52:32
realize and started to believe me. I do
52:36
not know who or what they are or where
52:39
they came from, but they're not of this
52:41
world. I know that for a fact. For some
52:44
reason, I had a lingering thought and
52:46
I'm still not sure if they put the
52:48
thought in my head or not that they
52:50
wanted me to know that even my memories
52:52
are not safe.
52:55
They are not very strong and seem to be
52:57
growing in numbers. For some reason,
52:59
they seem not to be able to hurt you
53:01
physically unless you invite them in.
53:04
I don't know if that's true since either
53:06
no one has ever let them in or the ones
53:08
that have are not around to tell the
53:10
story anymore,
53:13
but they can get into your mind. And
53:15
since that night, I feel as though I've
53:16
been watched. I see them out of the
53:19
corner of my eye occasionally. I will
53:21
look at my girlfriend while we're at the
53:23
movies or at a diner, and her eyes will
53:27
be solid black for a split second. And
53:30
worst of all,
53:33
they took one of my most precious
53:34
memories and turned it into something
53:36
sinister. Something that is now a
53:39
constant reminder of black eyed kids.
53:43
Now, this is a deeply disturbing report
53:45
that contains several classic elements
53:47
of the black eyed kid encounters. Now,
53:49
there is a late night knock at the door
53:51
or doorbell. Um, there's requests to
53:54
come in. There's unusual speech pattern,
53:56
emotional flatness, escalating
53:59
insistence.
54:01
There's a sudden revelation completely
54:03
back eyes, and in this case has
54:05
additional layers. The older boy knew
54:07
the witness's girlfriend was inside. He
54:09
also knew the witness's name. The
54:12
encounter took place in a gated
54:13
community where strangers should not be
54:15
able to reach the front door at 2:30 in
54:17
the morning without explanation.
54:20
Then there is the high-pitched ringing
54:22
in the blackout followed by the witness
54:24
waking on the floor hours later. The
54:26
most disturbing part may be the
54:28
aftermath. The witness believed the
54:30
entities had affected his memories and
54:32
continued to intrude into his perception
54:34
causing him to see black eyes and others
54:37
for brief moments afterwards.
54:40
Whether one interprets black eyed kids
54:42
as supernatural entities, psychological
54:44
projection, interdimensional intruders,
54:46
modern folklore, or something else
54:47
entirely, the core pattern remains
54:50
remarkably consistent. They ask to
54:52
enter. They create dread. They seem to
54:55
understand personal details they should
54:57
not know. And the witness almost always
55:00
understands at a primal level that
55:03
letting them in would be a terrible
55:05
mistake.
55:08
Now, West Virginia's paranormal history
55:10
and also reduced to one name, Moth Man.
55:13
But as these reports show, the state's
55:15
unexplained landscape is much broader
55:17
and much stranger. In Grant Town, a
55:20
hunter reportedly encountered a green
55:21
plant-like humanoid that fed on human
55:23
energy. Near Poutton, a huge dark winged
55:27
figure appeared shortly before a deadly
55:30
mine train explosion. Near Harper's
55:32
Ferry, a teenager saw a tall skeletal
55:35
humanoid standing d silently at the edge
55:37
of a bonfire lit clearing.
55:40
In the private hunting woods, a deer
55:42
seemed to become something else
55:44
entirely. In the Managa Hale of Back
55:46
Country, hikers felt followed, watched,
55:49
and possibly escorted from the woods. In
55:52
the high mountain regions, two brothers
55:53
fled from a towering figure with golden
55:55
eyes and a scream that followed them all
55:57
the way back to their vehicle. In the
56:00
Appalachian borderland, a humanlike crow
56:03
from the woods later seemed to connect
56:04
to the massive black wolf creature. In
56:07
Beaver, West Virginia, driver watched a
56:09
tiny cloak figure move through the
56:11
leaves on the road. And in Glade
56:13
Springs, two blackeyed children came to
56:15
a man's door in the middle of the night
56:16
asking to be left in let inside.
56:21
The cases are very different, but there
56:23
are patterns. The force is often staged.
56:26
The witness is often isolated even when
56:28
others are nearby.
56:30
Many entities appear at thresholds. The
56:33
edge of the woods, the side of a road,
56:35
the front door, the boundary between
56:36
campfire light and darkness are thin
56:38
line between safety and the unknown.
56:41
Some seem predatory. Some seem
56:43
territorial. Some seem curious. Some
56:46
seem like warnings.
56:48
And some seem to know far more about the
56:50
witness than they should. That may be
56:53
the defining character of West Virginia
56:55
high strangers.
56:57
The phenomena does not always behave
56:59
like random animals or simple ghosts.
57:01
They often appear with intention,
57:03
timing, and an emotional force that
57:05
stays with the witness for years. Maybe
57:08
the mountains preserve these encounters
57:10
because the land itself is old. Maybe
57:12
the ridges, hollows, coal fields,
57:14
rivers, and abandoned places act as
57:16
corridors for things that we do not
57:18
fully understand.
57:20
Or maybe West V Virginia is simply one
57:23
of those places where the veil is
57:25
thinner, where the old stories never
57:27
really left, and where the darkness
57:29
beyond the tree line still watches back.
57:32
For now, the answer remains hidden in
57:33
the mountains.
57:35
And that's why West Virginia remains one
57:37
of the most mysterious states in
57:39
America. This has been unexplained West
57:42
Virginia.
57:44
Now, if you had an unexplained encounter
57:46
in West Virginia or any place else,
57:47
please contact me at Fams and Monsters.
57:49
Your report may help identify a pattern
57:52
that has been pl hiding in plain sight
57:54
for years. And as always, thank you for
57:57
listening.
57:58
Now, we'll take your questions. All
58:01
caps, please
58:17
Marlo. Oh, okay. Sir Wolf, hi Lon. Have
58:22
you had reports like from that series
58:24
Helier underground caves in the
58:25
Appalachian region with goblin-like
58:27
cryptids? Uh, for the most part, we've
58:30
had
58:32
the in caves. We've had a couple
58:34
incidents of humanoid like creatures
58:36
basically like the pale crawler
58:38
humanoids.
58:39
Um,
58:43
I can't remember a goblin-like being,
58:46
but I do remember several of the the
58:49
pale crawler like humanoid sightings.
58:52
Um, and there have been different
58:54
reactions to them. It's very rarely that
58:58
they're aggressive, but they are there.
59:00
And, you know, the the witnesses usually
59:03
do rem
59:05
uh remember them for quite a long time.
59:07
And occasionally I will get a report
59:09
come in.
59:13
Sir Wolf, settlers from Cornwall,
59:15
England brought old folklore magic with
59:18
them to the Appalachia.
59:20
Uh, it has survived there more than
59:23
here. Is it main reason for how
59:25
strangers are just added to it? Um, I
59:28
think it adds to it. You know, the
59:29
Cornish people who came to Appalachia
59:32
and up in the upper Midwest
59:34
for the most part were minors.
59:37
So, and some of the the the Tommy
59:39
Knocker stories come from the Cornwall
59:42
people who did come to America.
59:45
Um, I don't know if it adds to it and I
59:49
don't know if it's really part of the
59:51
actual lore itself,
59:53
but there there are a lot of stories
59:55
that come out of those communities.
1:00:03
Damn it. The Flatwoods monster also seen
1:00:06
in West Virginia in 1952. Yes, it was.
1:00:09
And we still don't know what it was. Was
1:00:11
a UFO? Was it an alien being? We have no
1:00:14
idea.
1:00:18
Uh Yans Roost. Uh what does the
1:00:21
vegetable man look like? Well, it it
1:00:25
looked like it was a walking humanoid
1:00:28
with that had vegetable like
1:00:30
characteristics to it. Was green. It had
1:00:33
needleike fingers. It had a head
1:00:36
supposedly that looked like maybe a
1:00:38
vegetable itself.
1:00:40
But um that was the description.
1:00:43
I have looked for other
1:00:46
similar reports and I haven't found any
1:00:48
anywhere. So uh we honestly don't know
1:00:52
what it was.
1:00:57
Damn it. Has there been any malt man
1:00:58
sightings lately in West Virginia?
1:01:01
lately?
1:01:02
Uh,
1:01:04
no. Uh, I have I have received reports
1:01:09
from people who maybe saw one or saw
1:01:12
something similar. I think the last one
1:01:14
I had was on the Senica on the Senica
1:01:17
Highway where one of my clients had had
1:01:20
an encounter, but that was about 10
1:01:22
years ago. There have been few small
1:01:25
reports, but not in or around Point
1:01:28
Pleasant. Most of them do run up and
1:01:31
down the Ohio River Valley on both
1:01:33
sides. So, um I've had them in Ohio, in
1:01:36
Kentucky, and I've had them in West
1:01:38
Virginia and as far north as up into
1:01:40
Pennsylvania up into near the Pittsburgh
1:01:42
area.
1:01:48
Anything else?
1:01:53
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