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Almost everyone has heard of the Mothman — West Virginia’s best known cryptid. But have you heard of Veggie Man? That’s another West Virginia cryptid. And it helped inspire a zine project from the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University. Producer Bill Lynch spoke with the center’s director, Lydia Warren, about the forthcoming publication, which is taking submissions.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, it’s been five years since the COVID-19 lockdowns. An album made during that time is getting a re-release on vinyl. Also, a Kentucky tattoo artist practices traditional tattooing and traditional music. He says they’re not too different. And, what keeps people so fascinated with cryptids?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, the spread of bird flu brings risks to wildlife, pets and even people, especially farm workers and hunters. Pittsburgh-based environmental public radio program The Allegheny Front brings us their latest story on the virus.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, two committee chairs discuss the most pressing issues in their committees, including foster care and the state budget. And local cryptid Veggie Man inspires a new zine.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, roughly 20,000 people traveled to Braxton County for an annual Bigfoot Festival hosted in the small town of Sutton. One of them was Reporter Briana Heaney, who spoke to festival goers about the annual celebration of cryptids.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsH. 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.”
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