Folklore and Stories
in West Virginia
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White Thing / Sheepsquatch Cluster on Morgan’s Ridge of West Virginia
Morgan’s Ridge lore centers on a white shaggy creature with fangs and a scream that can move on two or four legs; often identified with the White Thing or Sheepsquatch.
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West Virginia Bigfoot Museum of West Virginia
Museum focused on West Virginia and Appalachian Bigfoot reports, artifacts, and cryptid storytelling.
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Vegetable Man of West Virginia
Green, vegetation-like humanoid story associated with Grant Town and the wider Gray Barker/UFO culture; often treated as a probable hoax or modern legend.
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TNT Area / Point Pleasant High-Strangeness Cluster of West Virginia
Abandoned munitions site associated with repeated Mothman reports as well as rumors of UFOs, men in black, and unusual electronic disturbances during the 1966-67 Point Pleasant flap.
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Strange Creek Legend of West Virginia
William Strange was said to have become lost in the wilderness and died beneath a sycamore after carving a poem into the tree; the stream and community were later named for him.
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Snarly Yow of West Virginia
Huge shaggy dog or wolf-like apparition said to appear in the mountains around Harpers Ferry and then vanish; often described as a ghostly or supernatural hound.