South — Legend filings

Legends filed in West Virginia

The West Virginia record holds 5 dossiers in this class — filings the archive keeps because the report is on record, not because it resolves cleanly. Legends, creatures, investigations and claims that resist a tidier drawer all land here. Each file keeps what was reported next to what the paper trail supports; the reader sorts the rest.

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

Also filed under legend:Hawaii35 Wyoming13 New Mexico8 Arizona8 Washington6 Illinois5 Oregon5 South Carolina4

Other West Virginia filings:apparitions36 named ghost legends20 historical legends11 cryptid sightings9 reported anomalies5 unspecified hauntings4

High confidence

Flatwoods Wild Man report area

Flatwoods, West Virginia

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

5 claims · 3 legends→

Seneca Rocks

Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

The Tuscarora fin where Snow Bird leaped for love—or didn’t.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Smoke Hole Canyon

Cabins, West Virginia

The mist-filled canyon where moonshiners hid—and the mist still rises.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Chief Cornstalk monument

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lost River

Lost City, West Virginia

The river that vanishes underground and returns as the Cacapon.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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