Eerie Appalachia: Smiling Man Indrid Cold, the Jersey Devil, the Legend of Mothman and More

Folk deep within Appalachian hollers lean close to share stories of the inexplicable with hushed awe. Monsters rumbling in the hills. Strange lights darting through the pitch—black night sky. Horrible occurrences, almost ineffable in their bizarre tragedy. “Tall tales,” you might say. But tell that to the Flatwoods monster in Braxton County, West Virginia. Or the Goat Man of Louisville—look into his humanoid...