{"id":2744,"slug":"bluestone-river-hinton-west-virginia","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Bluestone is the carved — the '1,000 feet' that's the gorge's depth, the 'blue limestone' that's the name's source. The 'Lilly gone' is the drowned — the 'confluence' that's the town's spot, the 'dam '49' that's the water's cover. The 'turnpike walked' is the kept — the 'farmers timbered' that's the road's users, the 'visitors now' that's the trail's shift.","The 'Supreme fought' is the ruled — the 'navigable' that's the ruling's stretch, the 'too shallow' that's the river's truth. The 'families left' is the moved — the 'Lilly Meadow Farley' that's the homesteaders' names, the '1940s' that's the road's end. Bluestone is the wild — the 'scenic' that's the status's mark, the '1,000 species' that's the gorge's fill.","The file keeps Bluestone: the carved gorge, the drowned Lilly, the walked turnpike, and the fought dam.","Bluestone River is the archive's West Virginia file — the gorge where a drowned town lies under the lake."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Bluestone River is the archive's West Virginia file — the river that beat the power companies.","A river keeps its town — the file's suggestion being that Bluestone's hold is the drowned: the 'Lilly' that's the confluence's loss, the 'Supreme' that's the ruling's reach, and the 'turnpike' that's the walker's path."]}],"name":"Bluestone River","aliases":[],"type":"NATURAL","type_label":"Natural","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","NATURAL_WONDER"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The river that runs blue—through the gorge to the New.","full_desc":"Bluestone River is a natural site in Hinton, West Virginia. The river that runs blue—through the gorge to the New. HauntHunt files it with natural wonders and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Hinton","county":null,"state":"West Virginia","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":37.674595,"lon":-80.88113,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / park","research_notes":"WV2 batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2359,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence on the river. Bluestone River's reports travel the way outdoor lore does — by campfire, trailhead, and local warning. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The report is preserved in sources like 'Bluestone'. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Bluestone","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestone_River","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The river and the dam are documented. Bluestone River's documented past — geological and human — is the verified layer beneath the legends. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Bluestone' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore. The file stays open on it. The reports keep the address on the map.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Bluestone","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestone_River","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Natural site; conditions vary seasonally—check the managing agency for access.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Bluestone","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestone_River","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}