It’s hardly surprising Sutton Lake is attracting attention among bigfoot hunters. Amid one of the most forested regions in West Virginia, the rumor of sightings has been making the rounds on the Internet wherever bigfoot hunters gather.Now the owners of the lake’s marina say they’re open to guiding bigfoot tours into the lake’s remote reaches … Read more
Many monsters featured in the Fallout 76 video game are based on real-world West Virginia legends, about which David Sibray, publisher of West Virginia Explorer, has had much to say. A folklorist and historian, Sibray has been featured on many interviews since news of the game’s release was announced in early 2018.What are the legends … Read more
The potential economic impact of the newly released Fallout 76 video game in West Virginia is all-too-obvious to a graphic designer who has recently returned to invest in the Mountain State.Bowski Calhoun, who today launched several new lines of T-shirts for fans of Fallout 76 and West Virginia, says the video game set in an … Read more
Five nationally recognized authors who specialize in paranormal investigations will gather November 17 in Braxton County—home of the legendary Flatwoods Monster—for a public discussion of UFOs, hauntings, and the paranormal.Dave Spinks, Stan Gordan, George Dudding, Seth Breedlove, and Eric Altman will be speakers at the forum and meet-and-greet to be hosted from noon until 4 … Read more
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 10 most popular Halloween attractions in the Mountain State for 2018.Traffic at both websites was increased this year by interest in spooky West Virginia folklore brought on by the Fallout 76 … Read more
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 15 … Read more
The “White Thing” or “White Creature” of southwestern West Virginia may be the most ferocious of monsters alleged to haunt the Mountain State and is one of several believed to appear in a soon-to-be-released video-game Fallout 76.David Sibray, publisher of West Virginia Explorer, revealed in a video interview with Al Clark that the legendary monster … Read more
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 monsters … Read more
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 talk … Read more
A new film aims to tell the true story behind what happened in a rural West Virginia town when a group of locals encountered a monstrous being moments after seeing strange objects in the sky.“The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear” is a new documentary from director Seth Breedlove, which will unlock a decades-old mystery … Read more
