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
The weather was turning cold in mid-November 1966 when stories of a strange creature began to scatter like autumn leaves across West Virginia. Men digging a grave near Clendenin claimed to see “a brown human being” gliding through the trees above. The following night, two couples in a wood near Point Pleasant reported being chased … 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
Editor’s Note: This is the second installation in John Barton’s exploration of the Fallout 76 map of West Virginia. Here, he surveys Cranberry Bog. Go here to read the first part of Barton’s map exploration: Mapping Fallout 76: The Mire.Cranberry Bog is located in the southeast corner of the Fallout 76 map. One of the … Read more
Retro imagery featured in the Fallout video-game series is coincidentally well suited to West Virginia, says an architectural historian who expects the state’s portrayal in the Fallout 76 game will be positive.“As for the retro images in the game, I happen to love that kind of thing, and I don’t think it conflicts with West … Read more
(Editor’s Note: Over the next six issues of the FalloutWV Newsletter, contributing editor John Barton will examine the six principal areas mapped in the new Fallout 76 video game. Please feel free to add your commentaries at the end of the story.)In the Fallout 76 map, West Virginia is divided into six sections — The … Read more
An e-newsletter being published by a West Virginia online travel guide this coming week will explore the virtual landscape presented in Fallout 76, a soon-to-be-released video game set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Mountain State.According to a spokesman for the newsletter, fans awaiting the November launch of the game are combing the Web to … Read more
At 16 square miles, Fallout 76 is reported to be four times the size of Fallout 4, Bethesda Game Studio’s previous release in the Fallout series. Considering that West Virginia is 24,000 square miles, it’s clear not every beloved or unusual location will make the final release of the game, but which areas made the … 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
Fallout from the announced release of the “Fallout 76” West Virginia-based video game is driving record traffic to West Virginia Explorer, according to its publisher.The post-apoclyptic game set in West Virginia features many of the landmarks and characters about which the guide has published.“Our advertisers should certainly be happy that we’re driving numbers like this,” … Read more
