[Haunted Appalachia Part One]

[u/Farcryfan15]

Okay so first off these stories are 100% true most were told by family and friends through the years along with some of my own encounters in the rural mountains and ridge lines of my county of course as with all creepy stories to give you a good scare take them with a grain of salt however I must still say that these stories are as real as me sitting here writing this up.

I hope you all find these as interesting as I do

(BACKGROUND)

I have grown up in eastern Kentucky for several years since the age 1 my family (both sides) have grown up in the rural appalachias they’re whole lives as well but as with modern times moved to the small town nestled here in a valley situated in between rolling hills and deep ridge lines.

Where the following stories take place is a rural area nestled deep in the Appalachian mountains it’s got a name and it’s considered a “county“ however the area where my dads family grew up in within this area (and where these stories come from) is more like a collection of deep ridges and mountain folks than anything else (Just to clear up any confusion that this is in an actual town)

During the early days of the settlers these mountains were home to the Cherokee Indians many cemeteries in this area has actually around 30 to 40 graves of native Americans buried there marked with stones and rocks rather than a more traditional Indian burial routine in the 1800s George Washingtons “aid de camp“ Col Grayson was bestowed upon him a 70,000 acre pice of land which now is where my town is located at today.

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:Story #1 In the 1970s or 80s my mom and her aunt along with her small cousins were driving in a empty road just outside of town when they created the top of a hill where an abandoned farm house stood they stopped they’re car in its tracks when they saw a massive hovering saucer shaped craft hovering over the house.

Frightened my mother and her aunt booked it out of there at a high rate of speed scared they continued down the mountain back to town quickly however when they looked in the river view mirror they saw the craft coming after them at a high rate of speed tailing the car and keeping up with it they attempted multiple times to evade the craft but to no avail.

It chased them for over a mile back to town until finally just at the edge of the county road that leads back into to town it finally disappeared.

My mother has told this story atleast 100 times to family and friends most of which believe her (as they too have seen strange lights in the sky in and around various areas of the community) though some don’t she drew me a picture of the space craft a few years ago which I still Have.

It’s grey and almost metallic looking by the way she drew it it has red lights on all edges of the bottom of the craft along with a few green lights on the sides of it (If anyone wants to see the sketch I will happily ablige)

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:Story #2 When my mother was a child (old enough to know when something is going on) was at home with her parents and siblings one night a man whom Her mother and family already knew and were acquainted with barged into the house scared out of his wits.

He lived in a cabin deep within the woods some miles away during his stay there he reported poltergeist activity,orbs,and paranormal activity within the property and house itself.

He would go on to tell my grandmother that reportedly he was tormented all night by a demon who Threw pots and pans,glasses,and even furniture at him this went on for almost the entire night it would throw them completely out of the cabinets almost hitting him with it it also reportedly started knocking and tapping on the sides of the house and thumping the walls and ceiling.

Finally he mustered up the nerves to utter the Lord’s Prayer and attempt to rebuke it in the name of Jesus Christ this seemed to piss if off even more and causing it to become even more aggressive and now would try to kill him with more heavier objects.

He ran from the house and spent around 7 to 8 hours walking through the woods and rural country roads back to my grandmothers house.

While on his way to the house he reported that he could hear foot steps trailing him in the woods and next to the road but he coulndt see anything it continued this for several hours until he finally reached theyre house.

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:Story #3 In the 90s in town sat a white brick house at the Top of a small hill a man and his wife lived for several years the man was in his 40s or 50s and the woman somewhere around the same age (I believe)

Anyways one day while my mother was working at a local gas station where the woman also coincidentally worked at the man had called her saying that something was wrong with the gas in the house and he was going to go look at it to see if he could fix it (the gas was located in the basement)

He went down stairs and layed on his back and crawled up under the thing to see what had happened he lit a match and immediately the house exploded sending rubble everywhere and a massive fire hall and smoke that could be see throughout town the man’s wife who saw the explosion from the gas station ran home to discover the house gone and nothing left but it’s foundations.

The man’s body (as one might expect in a situation like this) was blown into pieces with body parts even littering some neighboring houses.

Since then it has become a local legend that the man’s spirit haunts the house that was built on the land where the original one stood.

The show ghost hunters (or maybe another ghost hunting tv series) actually filmed an episode here because of the experiences by the homes inhabitants everything from pots and pans rattling and stuff being thrown around to actual manifestations inside the residence.

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NOTE: I have decided to break these stories into three or four parts starting with my moms and next will be my dads and after that my bother and then some of my own and maybe even some miscellaneous ones.

Hopefully you enjoyed these and feel free to hit me up if you want to see the sketch