i know that over 1000 people are reported missing in westvirginia each year, and i deeply think that the mountain men are responsible after watching wrong turn has any one heard of this and have any info reguarding it? me an my friends want to hike the virginian mountains and document our findings
thnx

I live in Virginia. And go to WV for good hiking, rock climbing, and white water (New River Gorge, baby!) And here's the truth. Not that many people go missing. And the ones that do go missing do so because of hiking and backpacking incidents. When inexperienced hikers go into the mountains, they don't know what they're getting into. And they get in trouble when they go off the trail. They get lost in the woods and die. It's a sad fact. And yes, some of those may be due to murder. If I remember correctly there was a duo of women who were killed by a West Virginian because he thought they were lesbians; they weren't. But most dissapearances are due to human error and inexperienced hikers.

Don't believe everything you see in the movies. I have family that lives in West Virginia and while it is a little backwards and lost in time it is nothing like the movie Wrong Turn.

wats wrong with lesbians? gay people don make inbreds straight people do

I don't think that (she?) was saying that homosexuals were bad, I believe rather (she?) was referring to the motive of their murders. ( Some whack jobs will kill over tiny things like that )

well i think that mountain men are creepy and i still am gonna go to west virginia in an attempt to be attacked and survive

Gigantickitten is correct. The man in West Virginia killed the women because he thought they were lesbains. That land is very conservative in thier thinking.

And yes I am a woman. Maybe not a lady, but a female notheless.

so if my gay frindz go2 virginia they would kill us?

u betta tell me hell i don wanna die by some hillbilly jus for preferences

Not a bright idea. People like that are few and far between. If you want adrenaline in WV try white water rafting the Gauly River. Class 6, oh yeah!!

Actually there is a chance if you flaunt it. But in the larger cities, you're fine. In the back woods, you might get into trouble (possibly with the Law).

wats the backwoods?where the mountain men live? you all do no wat i meen by mountain men rite?

Theres always a chance that you'll come across some racist bigot that can't see past their own ignorance to accept others for what and who they are, but should you expect it? Probably not.. I would keep aware for the sake of being aware.. And like rosenrot suggested, not flaunt it around. But other than that? Probably not, again.

Unfortunately there are and probably always will be those that will commit hate crimes and things as horrible as murders over things like race, sexual preference, or otherwise. - If it exists, theres someone that will hate it. Logic and common civility doesn't matter to these people.

Bring us back a video, please!

lol according to them we might not survive the documentary
lol

By backwoods I mean not in large cities. Small towns and the like.

have you ever encountered a mountain man? or went to ther house? like a secluded ones house?

Well, yes and no. My friends for WV are what we like to call "River Hippies." They guide white water. They're hippies; they don't care. But as far as backwards, backwoods, people from WV, not really. I have seen them, but never encountered them. And no, I never go to someone's house if I have not been well aquainted with them for a while. And usually then, I go with other people. You see I am small. 5'1" and about 100lbs. I am not very trusting because I know larger people can take advatage of my size and overpower me.

found it i think
SUTTON, W. Va.(Court TV)—Jacob Beard was convicted of murdering two women in 1993. But after a judge learned that an infamous serial killer allegedly confessed to the killings, Beard was given a second chance to convince a jury of his claims of innocence.

Beard had been convicted for first degree murder in the shooting deaths of Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero. The trial was dubbed "The Rainbow Murders Trial" because the two victims were killed while hitch-hiking their way to an annual gathering of hippies called "The Rainbow Family Festival " in West Virginia.

Four years later, Beard's lawyers argued that he should be granted a new trial because Joseph Franklin, a convicted serial killer indicted in the shooting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in 1978, allegedly said he's the real killer.

The Serial Killer
Franklin, a white supremicist on death row in Tennessee, reportedly claimed that he killed the women in 1980 because they said they did not oppose interracial relationships.

Joseph Paul Franklin
He first admitted to the Rainbow Murders in 1974, at the same time he was providing a confession to another hitchhiker murderin Wisconsin.

According to his story, Franklin was traveling through West Virginia when he picked up the two hitchhiking women, and soon after decided murder them after learning of their racial views. Franklin then said he drove to a remote location, shot them as they sat inside his car, and dumped their bodies in a remote area called Briery Knob where they were later discovered.

Franklin is currently serving six life sentences for four murders he committed in Wisconsin and Utah in 1977 and 1980. He also is on death row for a sniper killing outside a synagogue in Missouri in 1977.

Franklin still must face trial for murder in Tennessee. In a videotaped interview this year with a reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio, Franklin confessed to Beard's crimes and described the murders with details Beard's defense claimed only the true killer would know about. Franklin reportedly does not want another person getting credit for a crime he committed.

Nonetheless, the judge in Beard's 1993 trial did not allow Franklin's confession to be admitted as evidence, claiming that it was merely hearsay. The prosecutors who sent Beard to prison have claimed that Franklin's account of the murder of Durian and Santomero had several inconsistencies and that his confession is bogus.

But Beard's defense lawyers successfully argued that Beard should be granted a new trial because newly discovered evidence suggested that another man killed the victims.

That could very well be it, but I'm pretty sure the women were murdered because the man thought they were lesbians, not because they were hippies.

hold on then lol ill search somemore

yea i cant find it srry

No worries. Maybe someone else will come along and have better luck.

so basically there are no cannabalistic mountain men? that sux even in the backwoods?

Nope. No cannabals in WV. However, there are other cases of cannabalism around the world.

West Virginia isn't very different from most of the other States. Granted, the people are a little more conserved in thier thinking, but there is the same percentage of weirdos in WV as there is in the rest of the US. And not all of them are inbreed. I had a teacher from WV who debunked that. It's a sterotype that we use to poke fun at them.

so there are no inbredly deformed people that seclude to the mountains
i heard thats where they go, to live in the mountains

mmmmmmmmm No. As far as I know, there might be some married second cousins, but that's as close as the law lets inbreeding get. And usually people who are inbreed come out with mental defects (Down's syndrome and the like) as oppossed to physical deformities. But sence the invention of easy travil, they don't have to look for mates at the family reunion any more. Do you know it used to be very common for people to marry thier cousins? Especially in the eras leading up to the Victorian Era. Charles Darwin was married to his cousin, if I remember correctly.

well im stumped it sounds like now there is nothing interesting to document there

West Virginia not having inbreed, cannabalistic mountain men doesn't mean that there is nothing interesting there to "investigate." There are hundreds of ghost stories and tale of cryptids. Such as Mothman and that other weird alien-related one which I can't seem to remember. People have died investigating Mothman, the Men in Black, and Piont Pleasant.

Piont Pleasant? whats that?

and btw i don think that is as interesting seeing as how i see enough ghosts already
i can only hope that you are wrong about this

Look here. It will explain it better than I can. Or ask the people in the Cryptozoology forum. There are some guys there who are experts (or at least they know more than I do) on Mothman.


So you want there to be cannabalistic, inbreed people living in the mountains of West Virginia? Sorry, but that's not the truth. There are no cannabalistic, inbreed people from West Virginia. It's just a sterotype.

yea well never say none because im sure that there is at least one

btw thnx for the link its awesum
see now im interested in other monster
darn you lol

You're right. There is maybe one out of the millions of people that live in that state. But cannabalism isn't that common. There are probably more actual inbreds than cannabals. And even then, the inbreds would more than likey be mentally handicapped and living with thier families. Or inbreds might just be normal people. I don't know. I've been to WV many times and never met one. Actually I've never met one at all. Or not that I know of.

You'll probably find some threads on mothman in the cryptozoology section.

lmao! We don't have the killer type mountain men. I don't think so anyway . I did know a guy once who got so tired of everyone around him he built him a cabin in the middle of nowhere up in the mountains and only came down once a month for groceries and such.

Thanks for conferming! People aren't all sterotypes.

Iv lived here in the mnts of Wv for a long while..if theres anything unique about the "moutain men" is their kindness..youll met some of the most down to earth kind hearted ppl youll ever met here in Wv...Its a great place to live, to rise children, to grow old..(not be eaten) only worries is the bears and wild boars..they might eat ya but honestly its a great place..I live an hour to the closest city/town . there are small towns if youd like to call them that that have 1 bank 1 gas station maybe 2 if your lucky a grocery store and cant forget the car lot..just the basics ...If your in search for peace, action, and fun youll find it here in Wv..As some mentioned White water rafting is the #1 attraction and its awsome...and bridge day is another...ppl from all over the world come to faytivlle bridge just to jump off into the New River gorge...But ppl dont usually come here to attemp to be attacked by some mnt man and all... ..but ppl are steadfast in their ways you just gotta respect em and go on.. Its a great place but Im forsure if you come in search for those things , It wont happen..

Weren't the mountain folks in that movie supposed to be nearly unstoppable mutants? That doesn't seem so likely to find in WVa. Besides, all the tales of really bad mountain men come from out west in the Rockies, and the Badlands ... Head out there, and maybe you can visit the site of the Donner party.

where are these rockies? and badlands?what happens there?

Aww, now I know you've been putting us on, if you don't even know where the Rocky Mountains are. What happen's there? There's real cases like the Kari Swenson abduction, and worse, instead of the stuff they make movies from. You must have heard of the Donner party. They were pioneers back in 1847, heading to California. The movie "Ravenous" was trying to be a dark humor version of the truth.
And then there's the badlands ...

The Donner party was a group of travilers going west. They became stranded in a mountain pass by the harsh Rocky Mountain winters. In order to survive, they ate thier dead. You can find more info here. Cannabalism for survival is actually rather common. More reciently (in the 70's), a plane carrying rugby players and thier families went down in the Andes. In order to survive, they ate the dead. There is a rather powerful movie about thier experience entitled Alive. Here is more info about the crash.

EDIT: if you want more cannabalism, look up the Rammstein song "Mein Teil."

I've been to a little town called logan in WV to visit some friends! Nothing much really goes on there people are pretty layed back. Believe it or not some of them find it interesting when big city dwellers come through! Lots of nice people and, great stories.

There are little towns through WV where the cops don't really like people coming through late at night and, when the speed limit through these little towns have a posted speed limit of 5mph. you best abide by it, because the cops will follow you through that whole section of the town. Other than that I can't really say anything bad about WV.

well my moms friend lived there when she was younger and said that she was afraid to go out at night to her cousins house which they often had to do
they would hear people screaming and other strange noises, and she said it was not a panther she can tell the difference and sometimes there were voices and freaky creepy hillbillys there too

Your English makes my eyes bleed uncontrollably. No offense, but please... use proper grammar and capitalization.

Either your mom's friend was lying, being a scared child and hearing noises and making them to be something they are not, or she heard a bobcat. They are more common in West Virginia than cougars are.

And once again, after numerous people have backed me up... there are no inbreed cannibals in West Virginia. There has never been a documented case. All the fears that people have comes from from fictional movies and sterotypes. And once again, Wrong Turn was a fictional movie.

Maybe this one?

http://www.aldha.org/arrest02.htm

They were hiking the Appalachian trail.

That sounds about right. What a sad world we live in.

You want this to be true? You actually like the Idea of some guy murdering and eating people?

Bobcats sound like a woman screaming. Trust me, I've heard them !