by Amanda Larch Hinchman | Oct 22, 2025 | Lore and Legend
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A lesser-known encounter with an extraordinary Mountain State cryptid is still capturing the imagination of West Virginians a half century later. On a warm July day in 1968, in the hills near Grant Town, West Virginia, Jennings Frederick was hunting...
by David Sibray | Oct 3, 2025 | Lore and Legend
GREEN BANK, W.Va. — A renowned paranormal investigator says West Virginia has a remarkable association with UFO activity because of its role in the search for extraterrestrial life and because it was the location of many early alleged UFO encounters. Dave Spinks,...
by David Sibray | Sep 13, 2025 | Lore and Legend
SAULSVILLE, W.Va. — While reports of the Polk Hollow Monster haven’t reached the frequency they had in the 1970s and ’80s, there’s no doubt in the minds of a few locals that something haunts the vicinity of the hollow in Twin Falls Resort State Park. State officials...
by Clyde Craig | Jun 4, 2025 | Lore and Legend
CUNARD, W.Va. — Tales of a “monster” said to haunt the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia have surfaced in recent years, and a lodging entrepreneur who’s developed a cryptid-themed vacation rental is looking for corroborating stories. “There’s...
by David Sibray | May 27, 2025 | Lore and Legend
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — America’s quintessential Atomic Age monster, Mothman continues to attract attention in the Ohio Valley, so much so that more than 30,000 visitors attended the annual Mothman Festival in West Virginia. As much as people might know or suspect...
