White Things: West Virginia's Weird White Monsters

by Kurt McCoy

This is a short book collecting monster sightings and stories from West Virginia with sources including internet postings, campfire tales, and newspaper accounts. In particular, these stories and sightings document the regional preponderance of incidents involving white, often hairy, monsters. Table of Contents 1. The Morgan's Ridge Monster 2. Tales of the Morgan's Ridge Monster 3. On the Trail of the Morgan's Ridge Monster 4. The Kanawha County Creature and Other Carnivores 5. Graveyard Dogs 6. The Baker's Ridge Monster and Other Tales from the Morgue 7. The Grafton Monster 8. The Ghost of Mothman 9. Other Weird White Monsters 10. Questioning the Unknown

118 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Peacegal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading like a conversation around a campfire, this is an entertaining collection of yarns about mysterious monsters who stalk the Mountain State--at least according to those who swear they encountered them! As others have noted, the author presents the tales straightforwardly. This one is a fun "spooky season" read.

[Johanna Haas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting stories, well-told

This little book is an enjoyable read, collecting and fleshing out variations of the white beast tales. White beast stories are not moral stories (most of the time). The beast appears in the dark to threaten or attack humans. McCoy obviously enjoys talking to his sources, and treats them with respect. The story belongs to each teller as well as the collector who includes himself in the searching and the telling. In the end, sometimes a monster is just a monster, but a good story is far more.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very entertaining book of anecdotes about various unexplained white creatures that have been spotted in various places in West Virginia. McCoy's style is friendly and fun to read. He relates the stories as they are told and makes no judgment about whether they are true or not.