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Appalachian Cryptids And Why The Leaves Change Color On This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, the weather is getting cooler, the days shorter, and the leaves have started changing. Briana Heaney sat down with Park Ranger Dave Bieri at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center in the New River Gorge to talk about why the leaves change colors and where to go to see some of these warm fall hues.

Also, in this show, H. Byron Ballard is a practicing witch in Asheville, North Carolina and the author of four books about the craft, including her latest, Small Magics: Practical Secrets from an Appalachian Village Witch. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Ballard about the spirits and cryptids of Appalachia.

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Caroline MacGregor produced this episode.

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