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Creepy Crawleys Haunt The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia

WVGhosts.com launches 2018 Halloween attractions directory

September 14, 2018 by David Sibray

WVGhosts.com, a website that archives paranormal encounters from throughout West Virginia, announced today the launch of its 2018 Halloween attractions directory for the Mountain State. The directory includes kid-friendly venues as well as attractions that could cause adults to have nightmares, according to Jonathan Moore, founder of West Virginia Ghosts. “We currently cover 28 venues hosting … Read more

Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster will be featured in a two-part film night at The Elk in Sutton West Virginia, Sept. 14 and 15, 2018.

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Monster weekend double-feature drawing fans to Sutton

September 13, 2018 by David Sibray

West Virginans love their lore, so it should be no surprise on this most-monstrous-of-weekends that the crowd at the double-feature at The Elk in rural Sutton will likely fill much of the historic 250-seat theater. “The Mothman of Point Pleasant” and “The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear” will be shown back-to-back Sept. 14 and … Read more

The headless Grafton Monster as rendered in Fallout 76 haunts the hills of northern West Virginia.

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The Grafton Monster: WVExplorer issues third Fallout 76 video

August 29, 2018 by Will Reedy

Do you believe in monsters? David Sibray hasn’t come clean on whether he does but admits the legend of the Grafton Monster of northern West Virginia is a subject that deserves investigation, at least where folklore is concerned. West Virginia Explorer has released the third in a series of video interviews that regard the lore … Read more

David Sibray At Youngs Monument in West Virginia

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Young’s Monument recalls ambush, ghost on Powell Mountain

August 22, 2018 by David Sibray

I hardly remember a time when the U.S. 19 expressway didn’t climb Powell Mountain on its journey between Sutton and Beckley in southern West Virginia. Raised in Beckley by parents who hailed from the Monongahela Valley, I spent countless hours on the route visiting grandparents, and later, while attending West Virginia University, spent many more … Read more

The Silver Memorial Bridge spans the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Mason County.

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Mothman Museum a highlight of Point Pleasant visit

August 7, 2018 by David Sibray

The weather was turning cold in mid-November 1966 when stories of a strange creature began to scatter like autumn leaves across West Virginia. Men digging a grave near Clendenin claimed to see “a brown human being” gliding through the trees above. The following night, two couples in a wood near Point Pleasant reported being chased … Read more

Al Clark interviews David Sibray regarding the Snarly Yowl, one of five legendary monsters alleged to haunt the West Virginia hills.

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WVExplorer publishes first series video featuring W.Va. monsters

August 3, 2018 by Will Reedy

WVExplorer.com has published the first of five videos that discuss the backstories for legendary monsters apparently featured in the soon-to-be-released video game Fallout 76. According to publisher David Sibray, who is interviewed by Alfred Clark throughout the series, the strange beasts are among those introduced in 2014 by author Ted Fauster in “The top five … Read more

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Cacapon State Park to host ghost-story campfire Aug. 11

July 27, 2018 by David Sibray

Cacapon Resort State Park will host West Virginia native and professional storyteller Adam Booth Aug. 11 for a family friendly evening of campfire ghost stories and tall tales. Booth has been professionally telling stories for more than 12 years, has performed across the country, and was featured in Wonderful West Virginia magazine’s May 2018 issue, … Read more

Forest near Grafton, West Virginia, out of which the Grafton Monster allegedly appeared.

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June 16 marks anniversary of Grafton Monster sightings

June 13, 2018 by David Sibray

On June 16, 1964, hell broke loose in Grafton, West Virginia, a sleepy town on the Tygart Valley River. Excitement here normally came by railroad rather than lurching out of the forest. Though the Grafton Monster, or “Beast of Grafton,” as it came to be called, left not so much as a footprint, folks still … Read more

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“Fallout 76” driving record traffic to West Virginia Explorer

June 11, 2018 by Will Reedy

Fallout from the announced release of the “Fallout 76” West Virginia-based video game is driving record traffic to West Virginia Explorer, according to its publisher. The post-apoclyptic game set in West Virginia features many of the landmarks and characters about which the guide has published. “Our advertisers should certainly be happy that we’re driving numbers … Read more

A screenshot from the new game Fallout 76 appears to show a ruined New River Gorge in the background.

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Fallout 76: Which West Virginia landmarks can you find?

June 11, 2018 by David Sibray

In time for Christmas 2018, Bethesda it will unleash “Fallout 76,” a video game of enormous proportions that appears to be entirely centered in a post-apocalyptic West Virginia set in the 2076. The trailer for the video begins to pay homage to the Mountain State from the state, invoking the state song “Country Roads, Take … Read more

Inside West Virginia’s National Radio Quiet Zone, where scientists listen to the universe

West Virginia State Parks Foundation launches online merchandise store

West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Museum to open this spring in Fayetteville

West Virginia state parks, Smooth Ambler expand branded bourbon partnership statewide

Nightfall’s Value: Light pollution can diminish real estate worth in W.Va.

Inside Appalachian Escapes: Themed rentals, escape rooms, and a love letter to West Virginia

West Virginia uniquely prepared to dominate 21st-century outdoor economy

We asked AI how its own data centers could pollute West Virginia. Here’s what it had to say

West Virginia bottler wins silver award at international water competition

Did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis secretly meet in West Virginia?

Here are the top 10 winter snows that shaped West Virginia history

The house that vanished overnight: West Virginia’s Neerly House haunting

Black bear harvest remained steady in West Virginia in 2025 as predicted

West Virginia announces winners of 2025 West Virginia Big Buck Photo Contest

W.Va. DNR to sponsor West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show in Charleston

West Virginia trout stocking Jan. 5: biologists stock 46 waters statewide

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WVGhosts.com launches 2018 Halloween attractions directory

Monster weekend double-feature drawing fans to Sutton

The Grafton Monster: WVExplorer issues third Fallout 76 video

Young’s Monument recalls ambush, ghost on Powell Mountain

Mothman Museum a highlight of Point Pleasant visit

WVExplorer publishes first series video featuring W.Va. monsters

Cacapon State Park to host ghost-story campfire Aug. 11

June 16 marks anniversary of Grafton Monster sightings

“Fallout 76” driving record traffic to West Virginia Explorer

Fallout 76: Which West Virginia landmarks can you find?