All media-reported hauntings

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Media-reported hauntings in West Virginia

16 West Virginia dossiers arrived through the press — a newspaper, a broadcast or an established publication that carried the story. The reporting is real, and the file says where it ran; what the reporting reported remains a claim, filed as such.

16 dossiers1 county covered100% open to visitorsFlatwoods Wild Man report area — deepest file

Also filed media reported:Texas11 Pennsylvania10 Virginia10 Kentucky9 Alaska8 Mississippi8 Massachusetts7 Washington7

Other West Virginia shelves:documented legends35 local folklore22 anecdotal reports14 investigation claims5 reported experiences3

High confidence

Flatwoods Wild Man report area

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Town-area setting of a reported 1919 wild-man encounter.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Dolly Sods

Laneville, West Virginia

The windswept barrens where WWII shells still sleep.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Berkeley Springs State Park

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Washington’s bathtub—the colonial spa that never stopped.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hawks Nest State Park

Ansted, West Virginia

The overlook above the New River—built on the tunnel disaster’s memory.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hawks Nest Tunnel site

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

The tunnel where silica killed—hundreds dead for water to a power plant.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hatfield-McCoy feud country

Williamson, West Virginia

The Tug Fork feud—America’s most famous family war.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chief Cornstalk monument

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

The murdered chief—killed under flag of truce, 1777.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Reported Encounter Area

Hickory Flats reported wild-man area

Rural road area appearing in a 1960 newspaper creature account.

The Mystery Hole

Ansted, West Virginia

The 1973 roadside attraction where gravity "doesn’t work."

Green Bank Observatory

Green Bank, West Virginia

The telescope in the Quiet Zone—where silence is federal law.

Former Industrial Site

TNT Area (Mothman site)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Abandoned WWII explosives complex where the Mothman was first reported.

Fairfax Stone

Davis, West Virginia

The 1746 stone that drew the colonial boundary—and still does.

Helvetia

Helvetia, West Virginia

The Swiss colony in the mountains—masked festivals and old ways.

Camden Park

Huntington, West Virginia

The 1903 trolley park that never stopped—West Virginia’s oldest.

Palace of Gold

New Vrindaban, West Virginia

Prabhupada’s golden palace in the West Virginia hills.

New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

The 876-foot arch—Bridge Day’s jumping point.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive