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    Lore and Legend

    McKinley Rock: The eerie stone face watching over Thurmond, West Virginia

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    THURMOND, W.Va. — High above the abandoned rail town of Thurmond, West Virginia, a weathered stone face gazes silently across the New River Gorge....

    The captivating West Virginia legend of Kanawha Falls and her daughters

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    GAULEY BRIDGE, W.Va. — Though beautiful, the following tale of Kanawha Falls in West Virginia may not have originated with the Shawnee, as its...

    The Pickens Leper: a tragic journey into isolation in the W.Va. mountains

    Lore and Legend David Sibray -
    PICKENS, W.Va. — In the remote Allegheny Mountains of northern West Virginia lies a solitary grave, marked only by...

    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...

    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...

    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...
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