BFRO #30596: Ginseng hunter recalls being terrified by a nighttime visitor on old mining property at the KY/VA border
π Location
KY-VA border region near Keokee, Virginia, Keokee, VA
Specific Location: Near Highway 38, below a cliff-line in deep woods on old mining property along the KY/VA border
Coordinates: 36.85000, -82.90000
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36.8500Β°, -82.9000Β°
π Description
A friend and I were camping close to the Kentucky/Virginia line in Harlan county Kentucky,we went to dig ginseng roots,we were camped below a cliff-line in deep woods and were asleep when we were awakened by howls and screams. The vocalizations started out like an owl sound, but became growls, that merged back into a howling at the end.Trees were shook and objects were thrown into our campsite. Small sapling trees were thrown, roots first, across our campsite.We would build up the fire and it would go away, but when the fire would die down it would return.This continued for hours until almost daybreak.We found sapling trees broken off and uprooted all around our camp. We tried to pull up a tree slightly smaller than the ones uprooted but both of us together couldn't pull one out of the ground.I would gladly submit to a polygraph test to prove my truthfulness.
π Circumstances
only the two of us.
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
it was around 2 am,cool weather.A strong thunderstorm had occurred earlier that day.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
it was around 2 am,cool weather.A strong thunderstorm had occurred earlier that day.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiyqj0pa01ik8fysyeza3mu0
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025