Someone Marked My Trail With Orange Ribbons While I Walked It

Strip of orange surveyor ribbon tied to a branch in a foggy Appalachian forest, appalachian mountain scary stories

Growing up in West Virginia, I heard a lot of Appalachian mountain scary stories. Lights on the ridge, voices that call your name, things you don’t whistle at after dark. I never believed any of them. Then I went mushroom hunting alone in the Monongahela National Forest, and somebody marked my trail behind me with … Read more