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MANY STORIES ARE TOLD ABOUT THE MONSTER OF BRAXTON COUNTY WV. ON A SEPT DAY IN 1952 I CLEARING SOME BRUSH FROM A FIELD LOADING SAME ON A FLAT BED TRUCK IN THE SMALL FARMING VILLAGE OF SILVERTON, JACKSON COUNTY WV. THE TIME OF DAY WAS NEAR TWILIGHT. AS I WAY GETTING INTO THE TRUCK I SAW SOMETHING IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE. I HAD SPOTTED A METEOR IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE ME, THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WAS EAST SOUTH EAST. USUALLY METEORS BURN OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE HOWEVER I TOOK NOTE THAT THE METEOR DISAPPEARED BELOW THE HORIZON INDICATING TO ME THAT IT HAD PROBABLY HIT THE GROUND. THE NEXT MORNING THE CHARLESTON
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NEWSPAPER REPORTED AN UNUSUAL OCCURANCE IN BRAXTON COUNTY ON THAT PARTICULAR EVENING. I BELIEVE THAT THE METEOR I SAW WAS WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SO CALLED LANDING OF THE MONSTER OF BRAXTON COUNTY.
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by anonymous
OLD NUMBER NINE. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1945 ( I WAS 9 YEARS OLD) I SPENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT MY GRANDMOTHER DAVIS' HOUSE IN HANDLEY WEST VIRGINIA. IN 1945 HANDLEY WAS A RAILROAD TOWN WITH A VERY LARGE MARSHALLING YARD. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN ENGINEER FOR THE C/O RAILROAD. THEREFORE GRANDPA AND GRANDMA LIVED IN A HOUSE VERY CLOSE TO THE RAILROAD YARD. IN 1945 RAIL TRAVEL WAS THE MAJOR CARRIER OF LONG DISTANCE PASSANGERS. THE FIRST TWO TRACKS BEHIND MY GRANDPARENTS HOME WERE USED PRIMARILY FOR PASSANGER TRAIN PASSAGE. WHEN OLD NUMBER NINE PASSED BY THE SIGHT AND SOUND WERE QUITE OBVIOUS
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INCLUDING THE SHAKING OF THE GROUND ETC. ON A PARTICULAR DAY MY GRANDMOTHER AND I WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM, GRANDMOTHER READING HER BIBLE (GRANDMOTHER VERY MUCH BELIEVED IN THE SPIRIT WORLD) AND
I WAS SITTING ON THE PLAYER PIANO STOOL TRYING TO PLAY A SONG. BETWEEN GRANDMA AND ME WAS AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR. SUDDENLY GRANDMA SAID SHE FELT THE PRESENSE OF UNCLE JOHN, HER SON AND MY MOTHER'S BROTHER.
JOHN HAD BEEN DEAD SINCE 1938. THE ROCKING CHAIR BETWEEN US COINCIDENTALLY STARTED TO ROCK ONCE MAYBE TWICE. MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK THE ROCKING AS TESTIMONY OF JOHN'S PRESENCE. I OFFERED THE POSSIBILITY
THAT PERHAPS ''OLD NUMBER NINE'' HAD JUST PASSED THROUGH AND PERHAPS SHOOK THE HOUSE, HOWEVER, GRANDMA WAS CONVINCED THAT UNCLE JOHN WAS TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT. AT MY YOUNG AGE I COULD NOT CONVINCE HER
OF WHAT I THOUGHT. WAS UNCLE JOHN PRESENT? WAS THE PASSING OF THE TRAIN JUST A COINCIDENCE? GRANDMA WAS SURE IT WAS UNCLE JOHN. I WASN''T SURE OF ANYTHING. YOU THE READER BE THE JUDGE.
Submitted by
L.KUHN
My mother was born in 1912 and for a period of time lived in London, WV. Her father, JT DAVIS was a railroad engineer and made the run between Charleston and Hinton. During the years of
I believe, 1917 and 1925 while living in London several strange ghostly visions in and around the Davis home occurred. Mom's father in order to board the train he made the run to Hinton on had to row
across the Kanawha river and pick up same. He usually left on his run on Monday and returned on Thursday. On one ocassion the Davis family observed my grandfather rowing across the Kanawha on Wednesdy
afternoon(returning home from run) a full day sooner than usual.The family observed him getting off the boat and walking towards the house. As he was walking the family was distracted by a noise of some
type and upon looking back for my grandfather, discovered he had disappeared. He did return at his usual time on Thursday.On another ocassion,while returning from a trip, my grandfather observed a very
tall man looking into the window of the Davis house. He reached to open the gate and when looking back up discovered the man had disappeared. A repeated happening was observed each evening at 9 pm.The
front door was locked each evening prior to 9pm. At precisely 9pm the door opened. I could continue the strange things observed, however I'll close for now and at some point come back to this web site
to see if other people are or have been made aware of strang happenings in and around London, WV during the years of 1912-1925.
Submitted by L. KUHN
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