Cryptids

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 for groundhogs when he heard a high-pitched noise that morphed into a telepathic … Read more

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 about the legendary beast, which made its first recorded appearance in 1966, three critical … Read more

FLATWOODS, W.Va. — In the annals of West Virginia lore, the Flatwoods Monster sighting of September 12, 1952, remains one of the most captivating and controversial reports of an extraterrestrial encounter—or does it?Descriptions of the event have led some to speculate that what a group of young boys encountered one night on the edge of … Read more

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Far from the city lights that shimmer about its mouth at the Golden Triangle at Pittsburgh, the Monongahela River rises more than 200 miles away in some of the most remote reaches in the Appalachian Mountains.Many of its tributaries descend from forests so old and large that only the most intrepid hunters … Read more