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Mountain Monsters is an American cryptozoology -themed Reality television series airing on Travel Channel. It originally premiered on June 22, 2013, on Destination America. The series follows the Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings (A.I.M.S) team, a band of six native West Virginian hunters and trappers, as they research and track ...
West Virginia folklore. West Virginia has a rich tradition of folklore – including folktales, legends, and superstitions – resulting from the diverse ethnicities, religions, languages, and culture of migrants who moved there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. / 39.03861°N 80.47139°W / 39.03861; -80.47139. Constructed 1858–1881. Opened to patients 1864. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Pocahontas County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,869. [2] Its county seat is Marlinton. [3] The county was established in 1821.
The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States . The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont, almost 12 miles (19 km) away. [citation needed]
Jersey Devil [ 13] Leeds Devil. Winged bipedal horse. United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. Mothman [ 47] Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster. Winged bipedal. Mason County, West Virginia, United States.
Bickle Knob. / 38.93417°N 79.73139°W / 38.93417; -79.73139. Bickle Knob is a mountain summit located east of Elkins in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. Easily accessible during warm-weather months, Bickle Knob is also home to one of the few remaining observation towers in Monongahela National Forest .
Monongah is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States, situated where Booths Creek flows into the West Fork River. The population was 972 at the 2020 census. [2] Monongah was chartered in 1891, based on Chapter 47 of West Virginia code. Its name is derived from the nearby Monongahela River.