Today we tell you two tales about strange mythical beasts that reside in Appalachia. First up, it’s the story of the Snallygaster from western Maryland. Then we head south, to North Carolina, for a love story that involves a hairy beast and a pretty girl named Annie.

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They say that on a crisp, clear fall evening, if you happen to be in the right place, you can see glowing orbs of light bobbing up and down on Brown Mountain in western North Carolina. There are several stories told to explain those strange lights, and we tell them to you on this week’s episode of the MountainLore podcast.

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Wise County, Virginia, is full of history, from the early days of the pioneers, through the coal boom after the Civil War, to the Cold War (U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers grew up there). And Wise County is also home to more than its share of Appalachian folklore, from Jack tales to spooky stories. Today Steve and Gena tell you a couple of the latter, involving a vampire that supposedly lived in Big Stone Gap and a haunted rock that lay along the route from Norton to Wise.

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In the early part of the 19th century Frederick Ross established his home along the Holston River, in what’s now Hawkins County, Tennessee. Unlike most of the other settlers in the region, though, his home was a mansion, surrounded by fields and worked by slaves. Named from the novel “Ivanhoe,” Rotherwood still exists as a historic building in Kingsport, Tennessee. It’s also the place where ghosts roam. For our lucky 13th podcast, Steve and Gena tell you about those ghosts.

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Thanks for listening. Sweet dreams…

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Today we tell about the legend of Spearfinger, or U’tlun’ta, the Cherokee witch whose diet included something very, very bad.

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Many years ago on the Virginia frontier, in what’s now West Virginia, a man sought room and board from a farmer. This man later got sick and died without benefit of the clergy of his choice. That’s when this story becomes interesting. Today Steve and Gena tell the tale of the spirit known as Wizard Clip.

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One thing you’ll find about Appalachian folklore: it’s full of stories about ghosts and the spirit world. Today, Steve and Gena share three of those stories with you.

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In the winter, after a snowfall, it’s said that if you are in the right place you can see an outline of a bride and groom on the side of Mt. Pisgah, near Asheville, North Carolina. Today Steve and Gena tell the story of that bride and groom, part of the folklore of this place we call home, Appalachia.

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