Winged Creature Encounter Davie County North Carolina November 2022

This week, we’re going to cover the story of the King’s Bend Tunnel, in Wetzel County, West Virginia.The King’s Bend Tunnel is located in Wetzel County, West Virginia. Also known as Porters Falls No .1 Tunnel. The tunnel is used as a shortcut between Clarksburg, West Virginia and the Ohio river. The tunnel got its name due to its adjacent location from the giant bend in the creek near it called “King’s Bend”.Over the years there have been many deaths either in or around the tunnel. Starting with the workers who built the tunnel, all the way up to present day tunnel walkers. Because the tunnels are built with a slight curve it's impossible to reach the end of the tunnel from either opening and sound echoes in a way that makes trains seem much further away, which has led to several accidents happening to foot travelers over the years. There have been several reports of phantom footsteps echoing from inside the mines, or the sounds of workers working away to complete the tunnel, but most stories involve the 'Coffin holes'. The holes are cut into the sides of the tunnel roughly 6 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide meant to accommodate anyone stuck in the tunnel with an oncoming train. People have reported hearing knocking and groans coming from behind the holes. Similar to Tommyknockers in mines.Perhaps one of the more interesting tales comes from a group of friends who camped out at the area for an overnight fishing trip. The area is well known for brewing a good fishing spot. While doing some night time fishing the group would hear a loud whooshing sound each time they turned out their spotlight accompanied by large ripples in the water. After returning to the campsite near the tunnel the group began hearing voices echoing off the hillside. At first the group wasn’t alarmed by this and brushed it off as just some people racoon hunting. However, the voices kept getting closer until it sounded like they were practically on top of the group. They could now hear the voices clear as day saying things like, “What are they doing here?” and “They need to leave” then “You shouldn’t be here…”At this point the group decided to hightail it out of there and head back to their ATVs. Then they saw something that made them freeze in their tracks, standing beside one of the ATVs under a tree was the outline of a tall man in what looked like a hat. No details of the figure could be seen, just blackness. It looked distorted and twisted. After about half a minute the figure darted back to the tunnel, and the group booked it out of there.To this day trains still run through the tunnel, and not only is it a safety hazard it’s also illegal to enter. Many folks have lost their lives in and around the tunnel. Overall this area sounds really interesting and there are a few other creepy tunnels in the area similar to this one.Thank you to the anonymous viewer that sent in this story and the photos, but remember to be careful in the future! Also if you have a creepy story you’d like to see featured you can email us at webmaster@spookyappalchia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Tammi 20238min

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This week, we have a story sent to us by our good friend Appalachian Oddity. If you’ve never heard of them, be sure to check out their site and YouTube channel. They have been an awesome resource for our content and an often contributor as well. When I was a kid, my family and I went to visit a relative’s home on Christmas Eve to open presents. This was in West Virginia, in the late 2000’s I think, and I remember it being dark at the time. On the way to our destination we were driving past what looked like a natural slope between two mountains by the roadside. This spot was also near a railroad crossing. We saw three large red floating lights and at first thought it was a new cell tower.Then the lights began moving ever so slightly and we saw that they weren’t attached to anything. My father pulled the car over and we all stared at the lights for a while trying to figure out what they were as they hovered gently back and forth over the same spot between the mountains. We could see now that it wasn’t a cell phone tower but none of us at the time jumped to the idea of it being a “UFO.” We still thought it might be part of the landscape or something.We resolved to check again on our way home to see if it was still there and headed off to my relative’s home for Christmas Eve. Of course, on the way back, the three red lights were completely gone. Therefore it couldn’t have been part of the hillside, it was most likely something flying, though it could still be something explainable in an ordinary way.It was only years later, after my interest in anomalies, that I was reminded of this when my family mentioned going to see that same relative for Christmas. For the longest time, I held off on telling the story, thinking “it doesn’t count” but when compared to most UFO reports, I’m pretty sure it counts just as much as those do.Thank you Appalachian Oddity for letting us feature your story. It’s definitely an interesting one. A lot of people I know in this area have a UFO story or two. I have one that I will one day share myself. Remember if you have a story that you’d like to see featured here, you can email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, we are going to look into a tale that has fascinated folks for decades, the story of Indrid Cold of Lanulos.Our first story occurred on a rainy Wednesday night on November 2nd 1966. A salesman named Woodrow Derenberger was driving home to Mineral Wells, West Virginia from Marietta, Ohio. At around 7:25PM, Woodrow claims that on the intersection of 77 and route 47 he spotted a strange dark gray craft, about 30 to 35 feet long and hovering about 10 inches above the ground. It passed him, then swerved in front of him blocking his path and forced him to stop. The craft had no windows or lights on it, it was charcoal colored and glistened when hit by Woodrow’s headlights.Soon after landing a figure looking like a normal human male stepped out of a door of the craft. He had dark combed back hair, deeply tanned skin, and looked to be about 35-40 in age. He wore a blue zippered overcoat made of a shiny reflective material with a dark blue button shirt underneath and navy colored pants. The man approached Woodrow’s right side of Woodrow’s car and spoke to him telepathically asking him to roll down his window. He did so, and the craft reportedly lifted off and covered about 50 feet in the air.At this point the man smiled politely and crossed his arms then asked him many questions telepathically, while maintaining his smile and standing in the rain. Woodrow said that the man asked him many questions, such as who he was and where he lived. Woodrow said that he felt frightened but the man said not to be afraid. The man told Woodrow that his name was Cold and seemed to want to know more about the human race. He later revealed that he was from the planet Lanulos in the Galaxy of Ganymede.After their conversation, the craft landed and Cold walked back to it. Before entering the door, Cold informed Woodrow that he would visit him again and he did, many times over the years. Woodrow even wrote a book about his experiences “Visitors From Lanulos” It was in a later visit that Cold let Woodrow know his full name of Indrid Cold. Our second possible sighting occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia around the same time as the first sighting. The Lilly family had been reporting poltergeist activity in their home. They had also been seeing diamond shaped lights in the skies at night over their home. One night their daughter Linda woke from sleeping to a man standing over her. This is what Linda had to say about the encounter. "It was a man, a big man. Very broad. I couldn't see his face very well, but I could see that he was grinning at me. He walked around the bed and stood right over me. I screamed again and hid under the covers, when I looked again he was gone."In early November of 1966, an elderly man reported a similar sighting to the first to Mary Hyre’s newspaper office in Point Pleasant. He claimed he and another workmen were driving home to Point Pleasant from their jobsite in Marietta Ohio. When they got near Parkersburg West Virginia on interstate 77 an elongated object appeared in the sky and descended directly in front of them, forcing them to stop their car. Soon after a normal looking man emerged from the craft. The man driving the car rolled down his window in disbelief, and the strange man approached them. He wore a black jacket, and kept a smile on his face with his arms crossed, hands hidden under his armpits just like Woodrow reported. The stranger asked who they were, where they were from, where they were going, and what time it was. He then strolled back to the dark cylinder and it rose quickly into the chill, drizzling sky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Tammi 20237min

Today’s story is a first for us. This is the first story we’ve been sent from overseas, and it’s the first Mothman story we’ve been sent from another country. The couple who witnessed the creature are from Witbank, South Africa. One sighting occurred in October of 2022 and the other right before the Christmas Holiday on December 23rd, 2022. This first sighting occurred around 9:00 PM at night, back in October. The gentleman was alone sitting in the street waiting for his wife. He said that he started to feel uneasy, he looked up and there was a figure standing in the darkness down the street from him. He looked away for a second and then it was gone when he looked back. After this he decided to stand up to go see what it was, and that’s when two dogs came charging towards him looking like they were going to attack him.When the dogs got about two meters away the dogs stopped in their tracks, then turned and ran the other way as if something scared them off. That’s when he saw the thing standing directly in front of him. It opened its wings up and took off into the sky. It looked like a cross between a bird and a man, it looked dark brown colored. The second sighting took place on December 23rd 2022. This one was sent over by the gentleman’s wife. They were walking over to a shop near their house at about 8:00PM to buy a few things when a truck with two people in the back of it stopped. They noticed that the two in the truck were looking up at something. The lady said she began to feel a feeling of dread and looked up, that’s when she noticed what she described as a creature looking like what her husband had described to her previously. A large bird-like man, with a giant wingspan. It was in the air flying in circles above them.At this point they decided to turn around and head home. Along the way they looked back a few times and noticed it was still flying in the same spot.. They swore to each other that they would not be going back outside under any circumstances for the rest of the night.This pair of sightings is obviously different in some ways than our usual encounters. They saw one of our Mothman stories on our new “Mothman Sightings” Facebook group and thought it sounded like what they saw and decided to reach out to me. Even though this story isn't exactly Appalachian, Mothman encounters are always welcome!I thought it was interesting that the gentleman thought the creature felt like it was a protector, and his wife in the second case reported that she felt a feeling of dread and that it felt evil.I’m really excited to get our first Mothman sighting in from another country and our first submission from that part of the world! I hope we get more in the future. Thank you both for sending in these sightings! Remember if you've had a paranormal encounter be sure to email us and tell your story. We may end up featuring it. You can email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Tammi 20233min

The following story is of a possible demonic attack that occurred in Clarkston, WA back in 2005. Thanks to our friends at Washington Idaho Paranormal for sending it to us. My spooky story that got us started on our journey with the paranormal and eventually helping others with theirs. About 17 years ago, maybe a little more, I was sitting in the middle of my queen size bed cross-legged. I was dozing out and I felt two "hands" shove me with such force I flew off the bed into my dresser. It was such an extreme force though. I also remember the "hands" had either really long, pointy nails or claws that's why I put hands in quotes. I had to get nine staples in my head and had a slight concussion!! There had been many happenings before that but never to me. My husband and daughter always told me they saw things and my husband has a video of a shadow figure darker than the dark peeking out at him and then ducking back. I had never had anything happen to me up until that point and in my head I kind of thought it was bs. Well it wanted my attention apparently and sure got it!! After that we had many scary experiences and moved twice and it always followed us. It would come into bed in between my husband and I, with me holding him!!! He asked me if I was fondling him and I said how?? My arm is around your waist and the other one I was laying on! This thing was very intimate acting with my husband and I only know of one thing that does that and it's not human. We have had blessings, cleansings, even an exorcism done on my husband! Not a Vatican approved one of course because that is a huge process in itself. I could go on forever about our experiences but I would fill your whole dam. Take care!!Thank you Washington Idaho Paranormal for the story! We really hope that this eventually cleared up. This sounds like something that would be rough to live with. Remember if you have a paranormal story and want to send it in for us to use send it to us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This story was sent in as a response to our haunted bridge story we posted a few weeks ago. I think this is the first time someone has sent us a story to follow up on one we posted. I hope we get more like this in the future. If you haven’t yet, check out our Haunted Bridge Story then come back and check this one out.I saw your video and story of this haunted trestle just now on YouTube and I found it very interesting! I had never heard of this and have lived in Radford since 2003. I found your videos when looking around on google after seeing something strange on a walk in the same area on Saturday, September 10th, 2022.It was later on in the evening, the sun was starting to go down around 7:00 PM. I was on a dog walk on that new trial next to the dog park with a friend of mine. I had just passed the trestle when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I turned and looked, so did my friend, then we looked at each other. My friend asked how the lady walking the other direction got behind us. There was a lady walking towards the trestle in a long white dress, we had no idea how she got behind us we never saw anyone. The area there is flat, you could probably see someone coming almost a mile away. We both shrugged and kept walking. I turned back around after about 30 seconds and she was gone! We both thought this was very strange!After looking this up and seeing if there were any deaths in the area, or buildings that had been torn down, I found your video. I took a look around and really enjoyed your stories, especially that one on The Black Sisters, Keep up the good work! - AmyThank you so much for sending us this story Amy! We were very happy to get it. Have you had a paranormal encounter? Email us and tell your story. We may end up featuring it. You can email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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