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Other / Unknown reports in West Virginia

15 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.

We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

  1. Other / Unknown · New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia · 2025

    New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing dogs yelp and scream at an unseen entity in a field, followed by localized buzzing sounds detected with a parabolic mic.

  2. Other / Unknown · Mercer County, West Virginia

    Mercer County, West Virginia1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a hairless, white creature with frog-like hands and stretchable limbs that squealed at him from across a creek.

  3. Other / Unknown · West Virginia · 2025

    West Virginia1 independent source

    Witness reports feeling a piercing stare from the treeine near their tent at a summer camp in West Virginia.

  4. Other / Unknown · West Virginia · 2014

    West Virginia1 independent source

    The narrator reported seeing the same large bird flying directly overhead away from them.

  5. Other / Unknown · West Virginia · 2014

    West Virginia1 independent source

    The narrator and their father reported seeing a huge bird with bright red hair and yellow eyes in their neighbor's yard.

  6. Other / Unknown · Colfax, West Virginia · 1921

    Colfax, West Virginia1 independent source

    A tale is reported about a monster turtle that dragged Brakeman Roy Sapp into the river at Colfax.

  7. Other / Unknown · Boone County, West Virginia · 1994

    Boone County, West Virginia1 independent source

    Two children in Boone County saw a large white creature stand on its hind legs over six feet tall before fleeing.

  8. Other / Unknown · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · 1932

    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia1 independent source

    Natural scientists in Harpers Ferry are unable to identify a family of strange animals unearthed in a cave on Maryland Heights, described as having features of a dog, bear, and cat.

  9. Other / Unknown · Boone County, West Virginia · 1995

    Boone County, West Virginia1 independent source

    A couple driving in Boone County saw a white beast with four eyes attack their car and left large scratches on it.

  10. Other / Unknown · Opequon Creek, West Virginia · 1945

    Opequon Creek, West Virginia1 independent source

    Witnesses report a strange animal causing consternation in the Opequon Creek area, with claims of eighteen-inch-high footprints and a creature eight feet long.

  11. Other / Unknown · Mason County, West Virginia

    Mason County, West Virginia1 independent source

    [name] spotted a large, brownish-white creature with two pointed horns drinking at a creek in Mason County.

  12. Other / Unknown · Boone County, West Virginia · 1999

    Boone County, West Virginia1 independent source

    Campers in Boone County were charged by the creature which screamed and tilled up the ground at their site.

  13. Other / Unknown · Frametown, West Virginia · 1952

    Frametown, West Virginia1 independent source

    A couple driving through Frametown at dusk encountered a creature with reptilian humanoid upper body and metallic lower body.

  14. Other / Unknown · Flatwoods, West Virginia · 1952

    Flatwoods, West Virginia1 independent source

    A group of locals saw a large pulsating ball of fire and a mist that made their eyes burn, revealing a creature with metallic armor.

  15. Other / Unknown · West Virginia

    West Virginia1 independent source

    Witness reports a man saw a huge buglike creature dig up a grave in West Virginia.