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    Lore and Legend

    Appalachia's haunted highway: legends of West Virginia Turnpike ghosts

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Completed in 1954, the West Virginia Turnpike, twisting like a ribbon through 88 miles of the Appalachian Mountains, is not just...

    Tales of the Sliding Hill Ghosts are not forgotten by an older generation

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    HARTFORD CITY, W.Va. — Old-timers still tell of the ghosts that are said to haunt Sliding Hill in Mason County, though only the very...

    Does a monster lurk in the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia?

    Lore and Legend Clyde Craig -
    CUNARD, W.Va. — Tales of a "monster" said to haunt the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in...

    Three facts about the Mothman legend few monster hunters know

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — America's quintessential Atomic Age monster, Mothman continues to attract attention in the Ohio Valley, so...

    Tale of Kanawha County monster may have first been documented in 1950s

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    PINCH, W.Va. — The legend of a now well-publicized West Virginia monster known regionally as the "White Thing" may...

    Bigfoot sightings near Sutton, West Virginia, have historic precedent

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    SUTTON, W.Va. — Sightings of a bigfoot alleged in the wilderness surrounding Sutton Lake in central West Virginia may...

    The secret origins of Twistabout Creek’s twisting W.Va. name

    Lore and Legend Clyde Craig -
    PROCIOUS, W.Va. — The strange name of Twistabout Creek in the mountains of central West Virginia may still be...

    Was mysterious "lunatic" first to discover what would become W.Va.?

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One enduring West Virginia legend posits that the first person of European descent to visit the...
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    MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The iconic LOVE-HATE tattoos that adorn...

    Islands in the Ohio River in West Virginia are a Noah's Ark for wildlife

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    WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — Hidden in plain sight, the islands...

    Remote monument recalls origins of Farley family in New River valley

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    PIPESTEM, W.Va. — Many of the thousands of people...

    Tale of historic tragedy haunts the hills of northern Putnam County

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    LIBERTY, W.Va. — Eighteenmile Creek wanders quietly through the...

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