West Virginia (WV)

  • [1870] [08/18]: Mysterious White Creature In The River [WV]

    The Wheeling daily intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.), August 18th 1870 The Conservative says Clarksburg, W. Va., is excited over some kind of a mysterious creature which disports itself in the river there at night – “a big white something, which splashes around and makes a noise, to the dismay of the neighboring dogs” – the… Read More

  • [1871] [06/22]: Moundsville Shower of Tiny Frogs [WV]

    The Wheeling Daily Register (Wheeling, W. Va.), June 22th 1871 Shower of Frogs. – We are informed that during the shower that visited Moundsville on Tuesday evening, vast number of tiny frogs fell with the rain. They were so thick on the ground in some places, says our informant, that it was almost impossible to… Read More

  • [1873] [11/27]: Wild Man Sensation Story [Hoax] [WV]

    This post contains two newspaper articles, one being a supposed Wild Man story and the other being it’s purported unraveling, with the supposed Wild Man reportedly being identified. They are both presented here together for a complete context. The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), November 27th 1873 A Sensation! – A wild man… Read More

  • [1883] [05/09]: “Black Dog Ghost” [WV]

    The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), May 9th 1883 Ghost. – The people living along the Clarksburg road, in the neighborhood of Hickory Chapel, are very much exercised by the re-appearance of a ghost in the shape of a big black dog. They all assert that it is a veritable ghost, and it… Read More

  • [1897] [06/11]: “Wild Woman In The Woods” [WV]

    The Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, Pa.), June 11th 1897 Wild Woman In The Woods. Elkins, W. Va., June 7 – Farmers living near Lick, three miles from here, claim to have seen a wild woman running through their fields. On several occasions she has been pursued and escaped. It is claimed she leaps fences like a… Read More

  • [1897] [06/18]: Wild Woman Seen Near Elkins [WV]

    The Clarksburg Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), June 18th 1897 Wild Woman Seen Near Elkins Some farmers near Elkins have seen a wild woman in the woods. She leaps fences like a deer, and at night can be heard making the most hideous noises. Disclaimer: This 1897 newspaper article was published prior to 1931. Under United… Read More

  • [1898] [06/22]: Thick Shower of Frogs [WV]

    The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), June 22th 1898 We have often read about showers of frogs being dropped from the sky, in big rains, but never more than half believed it. A Guyan citizen however comes to the front to say to the Huntington Advertiser that they had a frog rain the… Read More

  • [1903] [3/14]: “Wild Man Near Weston” [WV]

    The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), March 14th 1903 Wild Man Near Weston People of Lewis County Very Much Agitated Over Appearance of Strange Man. May Be an Escaped Lunatic, as He Appears to Be Perfectly Harmless and Inoffensive. Weston, W. Va., March 14. – On the water of Sugar Camp run, a branch of… Read More

  • [1903] [9/17]: “Wild Man Seen” [WV]

    Daily New Dominion (Morgantown, W. Va.), September 17th 1903 Wild Man Seen. Residents of Fairmont Report That Uncouth Giant Inhabits Neighboring Woods. Fairmont, W. Va. Sept. 17. – The woods in the close vicinity of Fairmont contain the den of a wild man. This fact has been fully established by the tales told by responsible… Read More

  • [1905] [3/3]: “Wild Man Attacks Train” [WV]

    The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), March 3rd 1905 Wild Man Attacks Train Giant Creature In Human Form With Bristles On Face Is At Large Near Morgantown The citizens of Monongalia county are thoroughly aroused over the strange and murderous actions of a man in that country, whose identity has not been established so far… Read More

  • [1906] [07/09]: Rain of Frogs [WV]

    The Fairmont West Virginian (Fairmont, W. Va.), July 9th 1906 The Fairmont West Virginia and Morgantown Chronicle are discussing a rain of frogs and seeking an explanation. Probably the explanation is they didn’t rain. – Parkersburg State Journal. Our frog expert is out of town just now but as soon as he returns he will… Read More

  • [1909] [07/21]: “Minnows Fell From Clouds” [WV]

    The Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, W. Va.), July 21st 1909 Minnows Fell From Clouds. A report comes from Camp Creek, in Mercer county, to the effect that during the hard rainstorm a few days ago good sized minnows fell from the clouds. The minnows were unlike the native species, and the belief is that… Read More

  • [1916] [02/09]: “Brooke Co. Wild Man Is Now Normal” [WV]

    Martinsburg W.Va. Evening Journal (Martinsburg, W. Va.), February 9th 1916 Brooke Co. Wild Man Is Now Normal John Munkers the wild man of Brooke county, who had his habitat for years in a cave near Follamsbee, is a sane, normal person, employed in one of the mills of Wheeling. Munkers, who for years lived the… Read More

  • [1919] [3/8]: “Return of Wild Man Revives Old Terrors” [WV]

    The Lakeland Evening telegram (Lakeland, Fla.), March 8th 1919 Return of Wild Man Revives Old Terrors Flatwoods, W. Va., March 6. – The belief that a wild man is still lurking in this vicinity, stealing and killing chickens and young pigs, is stronger than ever just now. A story related by Luther C. Douglas has… Read More

  • [1920] [10/28]: “The Horror of The Woods” [WV]

    Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), October 28th 1920 The Horror of the Woods. Following the accounts that have persisted for some months the ape, babboon, gorilla, wild man, or terror that has been reported at various points from Pittsburg south, has appeared and taken his habitation in the dismal fastness of Black Mountain and… Read More

  • [1920] [11/26]: “Saw A ‘What Is It’” [WV]

    Greenbrier Independent (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]), November 26th 1920 Saw A ‘What Is It.’ A strange beast is said to have been seen roaming around on Flat Mountain within the past week. It is said to stand about 6 feet high apparently weighs 350 pounds, and is of a reddish and blackish color. The beast,… Read More

  • [1923] [07/21]: “The Tyler County Ape” [WV]

    The West Virginia News (Ronceverte, W. Va.), July 21st 1923 The Tyler County Ape. The Tyler county ape story, buried two years ago, has been revived. The mysterious brute which stalked thru dark places in the wilder sections of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, is still stalking, two citizens of Tyler county say. The yarn… Read More

  • [1923] [08/05]: “Posse Hunt Ape; Footprints Clue” [WV]

    South Bend News Times (South Bend, Ind.), August 5th 1923 Posse Hunt Ape; Footprints Clue Two Declares They Saw Mother Ape and Seven Little Cubs. XXSUNDAY –  By International News Service: SISTERVILLE, W. Va., Aug. 4. – Reports received here declare a mysterious ape is roaming the wilds of Tyler county, in the region of… Read More

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