Shadow Figure Sighting St Louis Missouri December 20th 1996

Skyquakes or Trumpets are a strange new phenomenon being reported all over the world. Reports state a trumpet sounds or sonic boom coming from the sky. In some cases, a shock caused buildings to shake. The odd thing about this one is the amount of evidence there is out there. Go on social media and search “trumpet sounds coming from the sky,” and you’ll find several pages full of records and news reports about the phenomenon. It was even included in the X-Files revival.The question is, what is this?! Some who have experienced the phenomenon fear that it is a warning sign from heaven itself. In the Bible’s book of Matthew, there is a mention of trumpet sounds signaling a great disaster or the end of times. Let’s hope this isn’t the case! Here is the passage:Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.Matthew 24:29-31I myself have experienced this phenomenon. In May 2019, I was in my yard playing with my dog when I started hearing a terrible sound coming from the sky. The sound even startled my dog. Me being me, the first thing I did was pull out my phone and record it. You can view that below. The sound lasted for about half an hour before it stopped, and I have not heard it since. My friends in the area were all puzzled on what it could be.Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Apr 20222min

Perryville Kentucky, founded in 1758, appears to be a typical, quiet small town in the middle of Kentucky with a population of about 780 people, but it has something of a dark history. If you’ve heard of Perryville, it might be because Kentucky’s bloodiest Civil War battle took place there. More than 7,600 soldiers were killed, wounded, or went missing. Or you may have heard about its reputation for being haunted…Many of Perryville’s residents have stories of things they cannot explain. Residents report being on their front porch or in their yards when men dressed in Confederate soldier uniforms show up and have normal conversations, only to disappear moments later.One story that stood out to me was from a woman who lived in the town as a child. She recounted hearing footsteps coming up the stairs and then looking to see a gray figure walking up the steps. At this point, paralyzed by fear, she couldn’t move. The figure walked into her bedroom and moved toward her bed with a creepy grin on his face. She closed her eyes, hoping it would go away. She then felt something drop on her bed. When she opened her eyes, there was an arm on the bed crawling towards her. The girl screamed. After this her parents came running. By the time they arrived, the ghostly figure had vanished. When the family looked into the property’s history, they discovered that it had belonged to an officer who had lost their arm in the nearby battle. There are many stories of hauntings in Perryville, Kentucky. Tours of the battlefield and other historical locations can be booked through Perryville Battlefield.Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Apr 20222min

This week we have a story from Lori, with a possible Mothman Sighting from Southern Michigan back in 2019. It’s a pretty exciting story and I’m happy to be able to share it here. Also check out our original post on the Mothman for more information on the creature. I’ve shared this story before. I am reluctant to share again, I am sure it will sound like I’m bat shit crazy, but the truth is, this happened without a doubt.I live in Southern Michigan, USA. A couple of years ago back in 2019. I was on my way home from a friend’s house. It was about 11pm. I was alone in my F150 truck. I was sitting at a red light about a mile from home. I was completely sober. No drinking/No drugs. No other cars at the intersection, just me. As I waited for the light to turn green, something fluttering caught my eye in my rear view mirror. At first I thought a big bird, but as I continued to stare, I saw this was no bird. It was huge. Flying about 6-8 feet above the road behind me, heading directly at me. Probably a good city block behind. I saw it’s wings flapping. As it got closer, I could see each wing was about a 6 ft. span. It had a human type body. It was all black. I was frozen in fear. I may have even stopped breathing. My mind raced to try and justify what I was seeing. My eyes quickly darted around looking for flags, banners, some something that possibly created this image I was seeing on the road. There was nothing. It just about reached the bed of my truck when the light turned green, I broke my stare, and I floored it out of there. Funny how your mind races and your body freezes while trying to justify what your seeing. That was the most awful fear I ever experienced. When I got home I was trembling. Reality set in. To this day I still don’t know what the hell it was that I saw…. I searched the net to give you an idea of that I saw. I know, I know what this sounds like but, I never saw it again, and I hope I never do.This story gave me goosebumps just reading it. It’s also exciting because it’s a more recent sighting. I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about Mothman sightings in the Illinois and Michigan areas. Maybe this is where it is living these days? Let me know what you think in the comments!Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Mars 20222min

This story was emailed in by a fan named TJ. He said he really enjoyed the story I posted last week and that had one he wanted to share.June 2016, Aberdeen, Ohio. I was working the night shift at my local Taco Bell, when I had one of the scariest moments in my life that I have ever experienced. It was 10:00 at night, the place was a graveyard, I was working the drive thru that night. We hadn’t had a customer in hours so I was catching up on some cleaning. Suddenly there was a loud static sound over my drive thru headphones, so loud I had to take them off. I checked the camera, nothing there so I went about my business. I then start getting that feeling like someone is watching me. Shortly after my co-worker comes from the back and lets out a shriek, I turn to see a girl with jet black hair standing at the drive thru window facing us. My coworker and I look at each other in dis-belief. We then hear the girl speak in a voice that still chills me to this very day. “May I come in?” My coworker and I stood there for a moment not knowing what to say. I then responded, “Sorry miss, the restaurant is closed for the night. We are only taking orders through the drive thru.” Then the girl replies, “ Please let me come in?! I really need to use that bathroom.” My co-worker then looks at me and whispers, “Dude maybe we should just let her in, she’s just a kid.” I shake my head no. Something just feels off about this whole thing. I mean what is a 10 or 11 year old girl doing standing in a drive thru at 10:00PM on a Wednesday night? I responded to the girl, “I’m sorry we can’t let anyone in, we’ve closed the restaurant for the night.” After a moment of silence the girl starts banging on the window shouting, “Let me in! Let Me in!” I look at my co-worker and ask, “What should we do?!” he responded, “I don’t know, call the police?!” The girl then stops and stares at us and that’s when we see it, a set of pitch black eyes. After a few moments of silence we hear a voice that sounds like it’s coming from a thousand miles away. “…Hello?” We look in the direction it’s coming from, the drive thru headset! We walk over to it, turning our backs to the girl. I responded, “Hello?” The man on the other end responds, “Yes, can I have two 5 layer burritos?!” My co worker then shouts “Oh my god! She’s gone!” I turn to look at the girl who is nowhere to be seen. After serving the guy in the drive thru, my coworker and I began searching the internet on my phone only to find we had just had an encounter with a blacked eyed kid. I worked at that Taco Bell for another 2 years before moving from Ohio, we never saw the girl again.Thank you for the story TJ! I really enjoyed this one, it was really creepy, and it sounds like the black-eyed kids show up at restaurants as well. I hope everyone enjoyed this story and that folks continue to send these in.Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 Mars 20223min

Black-eyed kids are one of the more creepy urban legends because no one really knows what they are or what they want. Most encounters seem to take place either with a creepy duo showing up at a victim’s house asking to be let in during the middle of the night or at the window of a car asking for a ride. Witnesses always state that these kids appear to be between the ages of 5 and 15, with ragged clothes, pale skin, and big black eyes. For tonight’s story, I decided to find an earlier story, and it just so happens that it took place right here in Appalachia. This early account of black-eyed children comes from Virginia in 1950 and concerns a 16-year-old boy, known only as “Harold.”According to the story, Harold was walking home one afternoon when he came across another boy leaning against a fence, as if waiting for someone. The teenager attempted to speak to him but received no response. He was about to walk off and go on with his journey, when the strange boy suddenly stated to Harold, “I want to go to your house. You’re going to take me to your house.”It was then that Harold noticed the blackness of the boy’s eyes. There was no white in them, just solid black. Harold began to contemplate turning and running home as fast as he could when something even stranger and more chilling happened: the boy blurted out, “Now, don’t you run away from me. You’re going to walk me up to your house.”Harold turned and ran anyway, faster than his legs had ever carried him before. He later recalled to his parents that as he did so, he heard a scream behind him—a scream that sounded very similar to that of a bobcat.Interestingly, his parents believed their son’s account, so much so that his father was said to have grabbed his gun and immediately gone out looking for the menacing boy who had demanded his son take him to their family home. His mother apparently thought her son had an encounter with the Devil himself and stated that she would take him to see the local priest.I’ve always found the urban legend of the black-eyed kids equally creepy and interesting. Let me know what you think about the story in the comments section. I will more than likely be posting more stories about The Black-Eyed Kids in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Mars 20222min

If you have never heard of it, the Mothman is a creature made famous by encounters in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Several eyewitnesses have described it as a human-shaped and sized creature with bird-like wings and feathers. Its most distinguishing feature is its reflective red eyes. There have been several sightings of this creature throughout the years, even before the incidents reported in Point Pleasant. Some believe that it may even be the same creature as the Thunderbird from Native American legend.This first story is not as well known as some of the other Mothman stories. However, it is believed to be one of the first encounters with the creature. On November 1, 1966, several National Guardsmen in Point Pleasant saw what they described as a large, brown, man-shaped figure on a tree limb near the National Guard Armory.Our next story took place on November 12, 1966, in Clendenin, West Virginia – a few days before the more famous sighting on the 15th. Kenneth Duncan, along with four other men, was digging a grave for his father-in-law when he noticed a pair of red, glowing dots coming from the nearby woods. He then noticed the pair of dotted eyes that belonged to what looked like a tall brown man. Shortly after he noticed this, a set of wings spread from the man. Then, it jumped up and momentarily flew over the men’s heads before disappearing. This creature eventually became known as the Mothman.The Mothman has always been one of my favorite cryptids. I remember reading about it when I was very young and being extremely creeped out. That’s probably what started my interest in the creature. I plan on doing additional posts in the future about the Mothman and the strange occurrences in Point Pleasant.If you want to learn more about the Mothman, I recommend visiting the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant. You can also watch a 24/7 stream of The Mothman Statue on YouTube. Being the administrator of this stream, I highly recommend it.Check out Part 2 of this story!Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com.Source(s):Jeff Wamsley Director Mothman Museum and Mothman expertappalachianoddity http://www.appalachianoddity.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Mars 20222min

This story starts out in the summer of 1817, when the Bell family began seeing strange looking animals on their 320 acre farm. Soon after, they began hearing knocking sounds on their doors and the outer walls of their farm house. Shortly after the knocking started, the family began hearing chains being drug through the house, the sounds of stones being dropped on their wood floors, and gulping and choking sounds. As you might imagine, the family was terrified by these events. Fearing ridicule, they kept the strange occurrences to themselves for about a year until it became unbearable. The father, John Bell, confided in their neighbors, the Johnsons. John invited them to stay over for a few nights so that they too could witness the events. After a few nights of strange events, Mr. Johnson suggested more people be told, and a committee was formed to start an investigation. It was not long after this that people began traveling from many miles away to witness these strange occurrences, and soon this entity gained a voice. It said it was a witch named Kate Batts but soon became referred to as the Bell Witch. Kate said she wanted two things. First, she wanted John Bell dead, and, second, she wanted to prevent John’s youngest daughter, Betsy, from marrying a neighbor boy named Joshua Gardner.Over the next few years, the family was tormented almost daily. John and Betsy received the worst of it. Betsy was scratched, having her hair pulled, and even receiving beatings. John began suffering from spells of swelling, mostly in the throat, as well as physical beatings. John said that Kate would blast him with threats and curses.Finally in 1820, after drawing huge crowds, Kate seemed to accomplish her mission. On December 20, John Bell died; it was believed that he was poisoned by Kate. Then in March of the next year, Betsy broke off her engagement to Joshua Gardner. After this, Kate bid everyone farewell and said she would return in 7 years.In 1828, Kate did return for a few weeks. She visited the home of John Bell, Jr. and had several long talks with him about the past and future. She said there was a reason for stopping Betsy’s marriage and for the death of John Sr. but it was never explained. She said that she would return again in 100 years.People in the area said she never left, and there are reports of strange occurrences still happening on the Bell family’s old farm and at the Bell Witch Cave in Adams, Tennessee. I may circle back and add a few of these stories if there’s interest among you readers. Tours are available of a replica of the Bell family cabin as well as the Bell Witch Cave in Robertson County, Tennessee. Let me know what you think in the comment section!Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Mars 20223min

According to Japanese legend, Kuchisake-onna, or the Slit-Mouthed Woman, was a human woman who was mutilated during her life. Her mouth was slit from ear to ear, like The Joker in 2008’s The Dark Knight. In some versions of the story, Kuchisake-onna was the adulterous wife of a samurai during her life, and, as punishment for her infidelity, her husband sliced the corners of her mouth from ear to ear. Other versions of the lore include that her mouth was mutilated during a medical or dental procedure, that she was mutilated by another woman who was jealous of her beauty, or that her mouth is filled with numerous sharp teeth.After her death, the woman returned as a vengeful spirit, or onryō. As an onryō, she covers her mouth with a cloth mask (often specified as a surgical mask or, in some iterations, a hand fan or handkerchief). She also carries a sharp instrument with her, which has been described as a knife or a large pair of scissors. She is said to ask potential victims if they think she is pretty or attractive.. If they answer “no,” she will kill them with her weapon, and if they answer “yes,” she will reveal her mutilated mouth. She then repeats her question, “Even now?” If the individual responds with “no” or screams in fright, she will kill them with her weapon. If they respond with “yes,” she will slice the corners of their mouth from ear to ear, resembling her own disfigurement. It’s said that the only way to survive the encounter is to answer, “so-so” or “What do you think?” to confuse the spirit. I’ll be giving you one of the most commonly told stories of the Slit-Mouthed Woman from Japanese culture.Many years ago there was a young man of 20 called Kosuke, who worked at a shop called Daikokuya in Motogikucho, Edo. Being a fresh new employee, he was asked by his boss to run an errand in Ookubohyakunincho (present day Shinjuku). He was asked to deliver a letter and wait for the reply, but the reply took a considerable amount of time. By the time he was able to return, the sun was already setting, and, to top it all off, it had started to rain. Kosuke pulled out his umbrella and lit a lantern, then put the letter in his pocket and hurried along the street back to the shop.Along the way he noticed a young woman, soaked and running along the street.. He called out to the woman and told her he was returning to Motogikucho, but if she would like to share his umbrella along the way she could. The woman stopped dead in her tracks and quickly turned around. The moment she did, Kosuke screamed and fell backwards. The woman’s mouth was cut from ear to ear. Fangs jutted out, and her eyes sparkled at the sight of him.Kosuke had worried about returning to the shop late but ended up being carried back. On his arrival it was as though he had aged all at once. His teeth had fallen out, and his face had grown old. Without saying another word, he took his final breath.There were several Slit-Mouthed Woman sightings in the area at the time. It is believed that Kosuke was attacked by her based on the story he told them men who found him.Do you have a Paranormal story? Let us know we would love to feature it! Email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Mars 20223min