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Lore and Legend

Welcome to the Lore and Legend news category at West Virginia Explorer, where you'll find news of the paranormal, supernatural, and uncanny in West Virginia.

Do three legendary monsters inhabit the Monongahela River in W.Va.?

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Far from the city lights that shimmer about its mouth at the Golden Triangle at Pittsburgh, the Monongahela River rises more...

Storyteller recounts her five favorite West Virginia ghost stories

Houses that would appear to be haunted are common across West Virginia.
Few hills and hollers in West Virginia exist without a ghost around to haunt them. Mountaineers love their lore and find plenty of places...

Bigfoot sightings have clustered in New River Gorge region

New River at Grandview, Raleigh County, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, New River Gorge Region
BECKLEY, W.Va. — While recent bigfoot sightings in southern West Virginia have gained national attention, one investigator says it's no surprise, given the number...

Legend of beast resurfaces in the mountains near Fireco, West Virginia

Fireco, West Virginia, in Raleigh County, as it appeared in the 1960s.
BECKLEY, W.Va. — In almost every respect, the coal camp at Fireco was the end of the line. It was as far up the...

Couple claim to photograph bigfoot near New River Gorge

Does this cell-phone photo show a bigfoot in the woods near Danese, West Virginia, east of the New River Gorge?
A husband and wife living in a remote corner of Fayette County in southern West Virginia claim to have encountered and photographed a bigfoot...

Bizarre tale of the W.Va. woman whose feet never touched the...

CANVAS, W.Va. — Mountainous and often remote, West Virginia may enjoy more than its fair share of strange stories. Still, the tale of the...

Did a lunatic first discover what would become West Virginia?

The unnamed eccentric who first saw West Virginia soon inspired others to follow.
Improbable as it might seem, one enduring West Virginia legend posits that the first European to visit the land now within the boundaries of...

West Virginia ghost linked to Country music's "Big Bad John"

Company houses and backyard gardens climb the hillsides at Grant Town in northern West Virginia.
GRANT TOWN, W.Va. — If you've ever had the opportunity to descend into a West Virginia coal mine, you might have come away with...

Windy nights recall legend of Sam Hart and his race with...

Old Stone Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, West Virginia (WV)
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Windy nights such as those that sweep through the hollows in West Virginia may put residents of Lewisburg in mind of...

WVExplorer lists top 10 Halloween venues for 2018

Spooky any time of year, the old West Virginia State Penitentiary becomes one of the top destinations for Halloween in West Virginia.
Looking for the ideal spooky venue for Halloween in West Virginia? West Virginia Explorer, in cooperation with WVGhosts.com, Saturday unleashed its list of the...

New podcast series revisits gruesome murder of WVU co-eds

Hitchhikers at WVU, c. 1970s
Even after half a century, new information is coming to light regarding the gruesome murders of two hitch-hiking students who disappeared from the campus of West...

Ghost in the Machine: Moore returns after 14 years

Jonathan Moore
The 2014 relaunch of West Virginia Explorer has been deputied not by a jet-setting newcomer to the industry, but by our publication's first webmaster....

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