On November 12, 1966, five men digging a grave at a cemetery near Clendenin, West Virginia purportedly encountered a seemingly supernatural creature flying amidst the nearby tree line. Little did they know that this encounter would be the first of many to transform the sleepy town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia into ground zero for one of America's most infamous monsters.
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Among the mountains of Appalachia there is said to be a creature so fierce that just a glimpse of its yellow eyes can pierce through the heart and soul of a person, leaving them teetering on the edge of insanity. Though it has many names, most know the creature as the Wampus Cat.
For several weeks during the 1950's, a small, rural town in North Carolina was held hostage by a vicious beast that many believed was vampiric. Its name was simply, the Beast of Bladenboro.
