

Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life 28 (Fall): 62-63.īall, Donald B. Traditions: A Journal of West Virginia Folk Culture and Educational Awareness 8: 51-53.īaker, Amy. Mariah of the Spirits: And Other Southern Ghost Stories . Brief biography and tribute.Īustin, Sherry.

Folklife Center News (Library of Congress) 31, no. “Two Versions of ‘Rawhead and Bloodybones’ from the Farmer-Muncy Family”. 116 pp.Īnderson, Glen Muncy, and Jane Muncy Fugate, narrators Introduction by Carl Lindahl. Legends, Stories and Ghostly Tales of Abingdon and Washington County, Virginia. Shrewsbury, TL Trevaskis, Alethea Kontis, and Preston Halcomb.Īkers, Donna Gayle.

Shipp, Maurice Broaddus, Robby Sparks, Ronald Kelly, Stephanie Lenz, Steven L. Dean, Geoffrey Girard, Jason Sizemore, Jeremy C. Twelve separately authored tales from Kentucky coal country, by the following authors: Debbie Kuhn, Earl P. Tales and the “history behind the haunts.”Īdkins, Mari, ed. Many of their final conclusions are petrifying.Legends, ghosts and witches, superstitions, storytelling and jack tales, rhymes and riddlesĪbsher, R. They have done their research and have much to say about the winged monster. Barnes, Adrian Ludens and Joseph Nassise. Hatcher, Lisa Morton, Victorya Chase, Orrin Grey, Jessie Grayson, William Meikle, John J. The stories inside this volume further this legend and are penned by some of the best storytellers in the nation, including Chandler Kaiden, Bev Vincent, S. Credible eyewitnesses abound-from every region of America and South America, from Europe to Asia-of a winged beast of mammoth proportions. The terrifying legend was birthed in the mountains, but now visitations have been documented around the world.

Most alarming, many say the strange Mothman visitations never stopped. Weird speculations among townsfolk began to emerge that have never been fully confirmed or explained. Domestic animals were found slaughtered and mutilated. Mysterious lights sparkled and moved across the winter heavens. Strange occurrences and alarming sightings in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia-including the shocking appearance of a bizarre winged apparition that became known as the Mothman-troubled the once tranquil community from November 1966 to December 1967. Most alarming, many say the strange Mothman.
