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@@trophywatersfishing9524 can you send me a link to this story to theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com if I make a video of it, ill send you a free t-shirt
I was friends with an Appalachian folk witch who lived to be 93. She was the sweetest, kindest, and strongest person you could imagine. She healed, never cursed, people. She was absolutely not anti Christian despite anything you might say, as she put it she was raised a Baptist and would die a Baptist. She taught me a great deal about patience and compassion. She used herbs, ect. To heal people.
And Yeshua said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all things came forth, and to Me all attain. Split a piece of wood and you will find me. Overturn a moss covered stone and I am there." A scriptural verse from the Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas. Wiccanism is white witchcraft and recognizes the spiritual connection between nature and the Almighty himself. The old homemade holistic remedies used by the women of the mountains have made a dramatic comeback in the last decade or so. In this world of high-tech modern medicine and all its pharmaceutical cures, the vast availability of nature's own medicines are very abundant in these magical oldest mountains in the world.
@@jeromedavid7944when you say “white witchcraft”, what exactly does that mean? I’ve never been one to mess around with any kind of witchcraft bc from what I’ve been told it was from the devil. Can you elaborate more on this?
Every 5 years I have have the boring long haul job of staining my log cabin with a brush. This time around the job flew by and was really enjoyable,because I was able to put on my ear phones and listen to your stories.
Thanks for noticing that! This story took me 2 days of researching, three days to write the story, and 40 hours to produce the video. I do my best to focus on quality of videos- not quantity
Howdy from southern WV! Of course it really happened. Just like the Apostle Paul said. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers............."
My mountain family has told stories like this for as long as I can remember, I don"t know what to make of them but JD you have a wonderful way of keeping us on the edge of our seats while you share them.
I think it was past down from family member to family member. These things can attach themselves to Anything. My mamaws house was haunted by the lady that was shot and killed in the doorway of the house. The hauntings didn't stop until the house one day just caught fire and burned down. You can walk onto the property though and you can feel the change in the environment still to this day. You can feel being watched. Thank you for another awesome True story!
Goodness, storyteller, that’s quite a chilling story. Had several chills and goosebumps on my neck and shoulders. I do believe in the heavenly goodness, the miracles, and peaceful angelic existence. And also believe in the worst evil that can be in our midst, just ignore and don’t let into your heart. I think these occurrences on that mountain were real. Really nice photos, sound effects and music. 🙋♂️🐈🐈
This one is fantastic! That poor child. I suppose it was good for her that those “educated” men said it was a hoax. Even though they were full of chicken poop! Her family knew better and she was able to live her life. Loved it!❤
I believe the grandma i believe that some mountain folks have a different opinion of what they see and hear because they haven't been tainted by outside influence and know BS when they see it and know the difference between lies and reality. Thank you for your videos and narration one of my favorite things to do is listen to you tell the story
Thanks so much Michael! This story was quite a bit of research and about 40 hours of video production, yet I felt the story needed to be told and preserved, since there is nothing out there on this story that does it justice.
@@Paulftate - Thank you. It was the use of the pronoun minus a name that threw me. :) And I often ask for clarification when I don't understand what someone means, since anyone's assumptions are liable to be wildly inaccurate.
This story would be great to tell around a campfire. It does put a tingle down your spine. I have no doubt myself that this did happen. Strange things do happen. Have a great weekend JD.
I believe... I've felt the evil from the dark side and will never forget the terror that made me run out of a house! I know you don't play with fire because you will get burned... Great story JD! Have a wonderful weekend 😎👍👍
I have never heard this story or song before. I can't think of any way to explain what happened. I had some strange things happen to me when I was a child, sleeping in the blue bedroom, on the second floor of my parents house. No one believed me until my youngest brother started sleeping in that room. He saw things that scared him out of that room. Years later I learned what the problem was. There is a chimney that was built from the bedrock floor in the basement, it goes up inside the wall between the kitchen and living room on the second floor, up through almost the center of the floor of the blue bedroom, and through the roof. There had been a small wood burning stove used in that room. When the stove was removed, an old, empty, metal, one gallon, paint bucket was used to fill the hole in the chimney. No mud, mortar, or glaze was ever used to seal the gap around the bucket. When my parents put in a natural gas floor furnace, the natural gas furnace was vented through the chimney in the basement. Daddy sealed the chimney holes in the living room and kitchen properly. These things only happened to me during the winters, when the windows were closed, and the gas furnace was in use. Some of the carbon monoxide fumes were coming into the room where I (and later my brother) was sleeping. It did not poison us enough to kill us; but, it did sicken us and made us think we were seeing things.
I’m just glad y’all survived! It’s a thousand wonders it didn’t kill ya both. I’ve heard others say carbon monoxide fumes can make you see scary things.
I was married to the baby brother David Sybert and he told me this story and said it was absolutely true. I had never heard of it before from anyone else until now. You told it so very well. Thank you
Watching from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the very end of the Appalachian Mountains the same people live here as lived there we came from Scotland and 1783. I love the stories reminds me of my people.
Very interesting story and you done a fantastic job. Me as a holiness pentecostal preacher have seen these things throughout my 30+ years of ministry I've cast out devil's from people and saw things that would curl your toe nails.. One instance was a young girl who would slither like a snake across the family sofa and flick her tongue.. The worse I've ever seen was a woman about 35 years old levitate about 2 feet off the floor and glide down the hallway.. As she floated down the hallway I felt the temperature drop probably 30 to 40° a pastor friend and I as we was casting out those devils saw 3 huge spiders run out of her mouth and as we prayed the demons would make her scream and fall to the floor and curl up in a fetal position then levitate straight up off the floor and would spit into his face and roll her eyes back into her head, after about 3 hours of deliverance those demons came out screaming and praise God she was free. Here is scripture on these accountsMatthew 10:1 KJV And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.Mark 1:23-26 KJV And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, [24] Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. [25] And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. [26] And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.Luke 10:19 KJV Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I have seen things like this also. I had a young lady reach out to me that I went to school with. She felt she was possessed by evil. Several different things happen to her. I met with this young lady. I prayed read scripture over her. Used holy water from Jerusalem and oil. It wasn't long before she was trembling and sweating. The more I prayed and demanded those evil spirits to leave her body the worse she got. She opened her mouth and thick fog came out. She accepted Jesus as her Savior that day. She has lived a peaceful life since.
Great storytelling as usual but I'd like to also show my appreciation for the preacher's tone & inflection. That was a great old-timey Southern accent!
What a wonderfully told tale. I'm mountain born and bred so I believe it happened as told. Thank you for all the time you put into creating these stories and I loved the music. I haven't heard that song before. Blessings!
Man oh man! Cold chills listening to this one, JD! Most God fearing Christians will agree theys a hell thats just as real as heaven and Satan is kept on a leash but theys still mischief afoot that reside with the lord of flies. I wholly believe in Demons myselt also. I really enjoyed this weeks tale and I'll see ya next time friend!
My sixth great Grandmother was Martha Jane Husky Ogle. Her cabin was the first built in what is now Gatlinburg Tennessee. I love to here all the stories all the old folklore and legends. Thank you for the amazing stories. I love the pics and your realistic narrations.
One important note: Science IS real, but not all scientists are honest either. 'Supernatural' or 'paranormal' doesn't really exist, because there are simply *normal* things we don't yet understand and perhaps never will. But remember, space flight and tv would've scared the socks off people in the 1800's or earlier. .... That said, I do have a question about Bertha's grandma. If she kept living at the cabin, did she still sleep in the same bed by herself and did it keep bouncing, or was the apparition primarily interested in just Bertha? .... One reason I have less skepticism than some others who might love science as I do is because I spent a great deal of my healthcare career working with hospice patients. Saw and heard some pretty amazing things myself. Anyway, readers may be aware of how many terminal patients start to 'see' things that supposedly aren't really there shortly before death. I have a feeling however that they see what they see because as the soul disengages from the body, the veil between this world and the next grows especially thin. One of my nurse friends told me about sitting with her own granny at that time. Not having spoken for several days, Granny suddenly saw her deceased husband approaching; she shouted "There comes Charlie and he's got that damn dog with him!" Obviously she wasn't really a dog lover and had especially disliked Charlie's favorite coon hound. Anyway, life on earth is quite likely a human's cocoon stage where we're simply preparing for a much fuller - and perhaps more challenging in some ways - life ahead. I've seen too much myself to 'believe' in an afterlife. I know there's one. And if it has Charlie's dog in it, it's probably going to be better than the preparation phase.
Charlie and the damn dog- that’s beautiful. My wife is a nurse and has shared similar stories. Yes- much “science” is predetermined by the financial sponsor backing the research, and yes , there are many things we don’t understand yet. Well said
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - As a member of a military family the first 50 years of my life, you can bet I moved around a lot. But in my adult years, the first night in a different house, I'd always sit quietly in as nearly the center as possible and introduce myself to "Any unseen residents". explaining that I sympathized with whatever trials anyone might've suffered in life and that I meant no disrespect but I did need to share the space for a time, and I meant them no harm. ......... I honestly believe that's one reason I've never had a minute's worth of trouble. But I've also had my DNA tested twice by 2 different companies who both reported the same results: apparently it's not just family lore that I'm genetically 100% Irish, something incredibly rare today even back home, and my ancient Celtic roots run deep. We do have a tendency toward second sight and so on. I've never had visions or anything, but I learned early on to listen to my gut; and I have indeed escaped death half a dozen times through ways that can only be called miracles. People who knew me as a little kid would sometimes declare I'd never live to be old enough to vote. Well, I'm 78 now and still kickin', glory be.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Only natural, my friend. You're attuned to the unfamiliar and perhaps subtly aware of examination. Once you're all subconsciously acquainted well enough, sleep comes easier. I blame Hollywood for much of the bad press spooks get. It's a reliable way for the box office to cash in.
I love your stories. Thank you for bringing the Appalachian culture and legends to the world. I believe that there are things in the mountains that cannot be explained by science. The elders understand this. 💗
I just found your channel & love your stories! I grew up in rural South Mississippi, & your preacher voice was spot on lol! It reminded me of a visit to the one room, old time Baptist church as a kid which terrified me. Our usual preacher was soft spoken, & I was disturbed by the screaming preacher. I thought I was in trouble. I have visited the Great Smokey Mountains all of my life, & I am in love with this area. My dream is to live in a small town near the national park someday & spend my life hiking. Thank you for sharing your stories!
I heard this story back in 1964 as a young child. It scared me real bad. I believe it could very well have been something preternatural, like a family curse passed to the most vulnerable member. I hope Bertha was delivered of the evil spirits, whatever they were. They should have burned the bed and cleansed the house of all malevolent entities. Yes, I do believe sometimes evil spirits attach themselves to places and to vulnerable innocent souls.
I agree with you. My maternal grandmother told me a story of milk going bad as soon as it hit the pail. Had to make a iron in the form of a cross to be made red hot and placed on the foul smelling milk , the odour like a rotting meat. There was a neighbour who was a dark witch who had been causing chaos, dead animals, hay full of rot and 17:02 such to farms in the area. The farmers with the Elders of the Church and the Minister went to that farm and drove the family out , burning all the buildings and shot all the animals , burned the bodies afterwards. After that, the bad things happening stopped.
Thanks for all these interesting stories, I love these Appalachian stories, those people were strong and enduring, remarkable for people of today to comprehend. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Yes sir you know I have heard of this before, not this one but I have from my grandmother and grandfather he was an old-timey Baptist minister and he did love our God. God bless you
Hey JD I’m glad you don’t make many of them short videos I get so aggravated at the Short stories i don’t care about them short stories I get interested in the short ones but I’d much rather listen and watch a longer video myself and trust me I don’t watch but very little
Im from the area's you speak of often in your stories, thank you for bringing these old stories to everyone it takes a special story teller to tell these!!
My daddy and granny lived near there back when my dad was a young man. I grew up hearing a story about how my daddy got so sick they thought he would die. They took him to all kinds of docs but they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. Granny said the old witch that lived up on the mountain told her that a hex had been put on my daddy and that no doctor could fix him. She then told granny what herbs and roots to get and how to prepare and give to him. He got better . And in later years my granny would go up the mountain and take care of the old lady when she was having one of her spells. I guess during her spells she wouldn't keep her clothes on, would eat nor take care of herself n any way so my granny did what was needed. My mommy said that welts that looked like tattoos would raise up on the old lady's body during her spells . She said if she hadnt seen with her own eyes she would not have believed any of it. My daddy was born in 1916, so im guessing he had the hex on him in late 20's or early 30's. My momma met the old witch in late 40's. Never heard whatsoever happened to her or if I did I've forgotten. But my daddy raised me to be kind to the ones that most are afraid of or just plain dont care for( unless theres a legitimate reason) because you never know who or what you are truly seeing. So ive lived my 61 yrs doing what he said and taught my six kids the same. Over the years ive seen and experienced things that most up north here would deny. But i know theres more to this world then what most are meant to see.
I watched to many episodes of Dukes of Hazard when i was a kid. Im reliving my Appalachian former life with these stories. So much entertainment. Keep them coming comin on uncle Jesse.
Oooooh love, love, love these stories! Keep em comin, please! Yes, I most definitely do believe it was true!!!! So, it had something to do with what grandpaw was tryin to tell her, I'm thinkin! 🤔 VERY interesting
Hi from England. I love listening to these. They’re interesting and your voice is relaxing. You paint a picture in my mind. Thank you 🙏 Maybe another of this type for Halloween 🎃?
I believe it . Strange things have happened to me. I ve seen ghosts and smelled perfume when I was the only one here. But I believe they're friendly cause all they've done is move things around and hide stuff and then it would reappear later on.
@donnabartels2682 and JD (and anyone else): With so many eyewitnesses, I don't see how anyone disbelieves this particular incident. But I agree, there's seldom malevolence involved. The Vic I bought and restored for retirement is built around an 1845 sturdy log cabin that had been a stop on the Underground. It's widely believed to be 'haunted', which I don't dismiss in the least. But it's nothing to be afraid of. I'm far more concerned about the number of people around here who are convinced that *I* have to be some kind of suspicious person bc I'm the only owner who's been able to live here any length of time after a family was murdered in the Vic built around the cabin after 1900. Superstition can take nasty turns. Anyway, the average stay since the murders has only been a few months. That's why the house was cheap enough for me to afford, and it was almost irretrievable from decades of neglect at that point. But I've been here almost 20 years now and I've weathered some pretty serious efforts by various townfolk - especially the local militia - to get me out of here. So I must be the bad guy if I have such immense 'powers' of protection, right? SMH. Such is the level of fear of outsiders. The last vestiges of this town are slowly dying, and they blame the outside world rather than realizing it's suicide instead.
I love hearing stories about Appalachia but it makes it even better and more interesting when you ran the same ridges and hollers as a kid. I mean if it was a curse it was kinda lame ah I'm gonna curse you to never get a good night's sleep again 30 years from now, na just some haint an ol Granny witch had turned loose. Love the content!!
Great Story JD! My Ancestors are all from Green Cove, VA. White Top Mnt. Home of the infamous Creeper Trail In Washington County VA. Not sure if you’ve been up there yet. I encourage you to go sometime! When I go I’m still welcomed very much as I am Doris & Bobby Lees Granddaughter. Although I do not know them as family, we are and they’re always quick to tell a story or two.
I'm glad I found this channel. I know the Appalachian trail. Well my portion of it anyway. I live in Central Virginia 15 mins from the New River Valley where the trail runs right though. Our link to the trail is Daleville VA outside of Roanoke. I wonder how it would be listening to these stories on the trail
I am willing to believe it to be real. I spent years listening to my grandmother’s stories from when she was a kid growing up in NC and of what she knew to be spirits and bad omens and of the latter what she had experienced herself. My paternal grandparents who grew up in WV who would not speak in as much detail of the spirits but who refer to them when they talked and would say that often that there were all kind of things in their mountains that they’d never seen but knew to be there. And I know I’ve had more than a few peculiar feelings when I trek through the mountains. I suppose best to say if you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it; if you know it, you know it; and if you haven’t seen it and don’t know it, best the mountains never enlighten you to it.
My family came from the mountains of North Carolina as well. By the time I came along my grandparents had moved and raised their families down near the ocean of Emerald Isle. However, I used to go visit my great grandparents up in the mountains for a week every summer before coming down the mountain and spending the rest of my summer on the beach. Those weeks spent in the mountains every summer I will never forget. I’ve heard tale of many a ghost story and paranormal happenings up in those mountains and I believe every story told to me by my great grandparents. Some had morals to learn with them and some were just plain scary. I’ve heard those false and seen things I can’t explain up in the mountains at the old cabin and I believe them to be true. This channel has got me to wanting to go visit the old cabin. Not much of it’s left but it’s still a part of our family as we still own the property and cabin. I think I’ll go this fall and camp out and reminisce on those old stories and see what kind of ghosts I can stir up.
My family as well as I can smell cigarette smoke in our house. And although I smoke, I never smoke inside. I travel to work a lot and they smell it while I’m not here. I just always laughed. Until I was laying in bed one night and the smell of cigarette smoke woke me up. But once I passed a ghostly figure one night going to bed, I then believed our house might have a visitor.
My house has had several supernatural events in the past 10 years I’ve lived in it that both me and my wife witnessed and looked at each other with wide eyes and ghastly blank faces like what in the world was that !
The day we buried my Grandfather I smelled cigar smoke in my house. This was a house he had never been to. And the strange thing was, I had a bad sinus infection and had been crying because we had just buried my Grandpa, so I shouldn't have been able to smell anything because my nose and sinuses were either running or clogged ect. I even went down the hall and asked my housemate if he had lit a candle or incense (because I knew he didn't smoke) and he said no he hadn't. I told him what I smelled and he just shrugged it off, and so did I. A few minutes later he came out of his room, called me and told me he now smelled it as well. There's no doubt in my mind that it wasn't my Grandpa saying his goodbyes. It was so strange, I did a video about it, probably my 2nd or 3rd video I posted after starting my channel. I would love to hear your story/stories...
Really love listening to your stories of the old mountain people. A suggestion for a future video.....the Hooper-Watson Feud of Jackson county, NC that took place in the 1860's-70's.
Thank you Sarah! I take pride in the QUALITY of each story, not the QUANTITY. Be assured every time you see an Appalachian Storyteller video on your feed, there has been nearly 40 hours of work behind that 20 minute video. Thanks for your support!
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Did you look into my family's history of the Shelton laural massacre? Hell of a story.
@@trophywatersfishing9524 can you send me a link to this story to theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com if I make a video of it, ill send you a free t-shirt
Have you did a video on The Bell Witch, of Tennessee?
@@carvinlambert6899 not yet, I will one day, but I try to focus on stories most have never heard of
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller thank you, sounds great!
I was friends with an Appalachian folk witch who lived to be 93. She was the sweetest, kindest, and strongest person you could imagine. She healed, never cursed, people. She was absolutely not anti Christian despite anything you might say, as she put it she was raised a Baptist and would die a Baptist.
She taught me a great deal about patience and compassion. She used herbs, ect. To heal people.
Wow, that’s amazing
And Yeshua said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all things came forth, and to Me all attain. Split a piece of wood and you will find me. Overturn a moss covered stone and I am there." A scriptural verse from the Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas. Wiccanism is white witchcraft and recognizes the spiritual connection between nature and the Almighty himself. The old homemade holistic remedies used by the women of the mountains have made a dramatic comeback in the last decade or so. In this world of high-tech modern medicine and all its pharmaceutical cures, the vast availability of nature's own medicines are very abundant in these magical oldest mountains in the world.
@@jeromedavid7944when you say “white witchcraft”, what exactly does that mean? I’ve never been one to mess around with any kind of witchcraft bc from what I’ve been told it was from the devil. Can you elaborate more on this?
Why Netflix or Amazon Prime doesn’t pick up all your stories and make a series out of them is beyond me. With you narrating, of course! ; )
I would absolutely love to do something like that!
@@TheAppalachianStorytelleryou deserve it these stories and you story telling are amazing
It would be the best thing on Netflix for certain.
I hope they don't. I can't afford those services.
Every 5 years I have have the boring long haul job of staining my log cabin with a brush. This time around the job flew by and was really enjoyable,because I was able to put on my ear phones and listen to your stories.
The amount of effort and time you put into creating your videos is very impressive. I could listen to you all day, every day! 👍🏻❤️
Thanks for noticing that! This story took me 2 days of researching, three days to write the story, and 40 hours to produce the video. I do my best to focus on quality of videos- not quantity
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You’re welcome! I look forward to every story! Thank you.
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Howdy from southern WV!
Of course it really happened. Just like the Apostle Paul said. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers............."
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My mountain family has told stories like this for as long as I can remember, I don"t know what to make of them but JD you have a wonderful way of keeping us on the edge of our seats while you share them.
Thanks Frank, I try to tell em the same way my dad used to tell em, as all us kids sat on the floor around his recliner after supper
I think it was past down from family member to family member. These things can attach themselves to Anything. My mamaws house was haunted by the lady that was shot and killed in the doorway of the house. The hauntings didn't stop until the house one day just caught fire and burned down. You can walk onto the property though and you can feel the change in the environment still to this day. You can feel being watched. Thank you for another awesome True story!
Thanks for sharing Leslie!
Goodness, storyteller, that’s quite a chilling story. Had several chills and goosebumps on my neck and shoulders.
I do believe in the heavenly goodness, the miracles, and peaceful angelic existence.
And also believe in the worst evil that can be in our midst, just ignore and don’t let into your heart. I think these occurrences on that mountain were real.
Really nice photos, sound effects and music.
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Thank you! Have a blessed day
This one is fantastic! That poor child. I suppose it was good for her that those “educated” men said it was a hoax. Even though they were full of chicken poop! Her family knew better and she was able to live her life. Loved it!❤
Thank you Libby ❤️
You have an amazing channel. We enjoy your old time story’s. It brings back the past we all forget.
Thanks so much Willie, Preciate you supporting the channel
What Great Music accompaniment! The song telling that story is Incredible
Thanks so much for noticing that! As a professional musician, I put as much thought in the music as I do the words to the story
I believe the grandma i believe that some mountain folks have a different opinion of what they see and hear because they haven't been tainted by outside influence and know BS when they see it and know the difference between lies and reality. Thank you for your videos and narration one of my favorite things to do is listen to you tell the story
Thanks so much Michael! This story was quite a bit of research and about 40 hours of video production, yet I felt the story needed to be told and preserved, since there is nothing out there on this story that does it justice.
Take it you never been back in the mountains
@@Paulftate - Why do you ask and which person are you asking? If you're new on this channel, I can assure you JD knows whereof he speaks.
@@frostyfrances4700 not speaking to no one directly... just making an imperative statement and trying to Enlighten my field of thought.👍👌🤙✌😎
@@Paulftate - Thank you. It was the use of the pronoun minus a name that threw me. :) And I often ask for clarification when I don't understand what someone means, since anyone's assumptions are liable to be wildly inaccurate.
Thanks for all the time you put into each story. Your stories are captivating ,leaving a person ready to hear the next one .
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!
This story would be great to tell around a campfire. It does put a tingle down your spine. I have no doubt myself that this did happen. Strange things do happen. Have a great weekend JD.
Thanks Edward, have a great one brother
I believe... I've felt the evil from the dark side and will never forget the terror that made me run out of a house! I know you don't play with fire because you will get burned...
Great story JD! Have a wonderful weekend 😎👍👍
Thank you Kathy! Have a good en
I am a believer in such things. I have experienced the super national many times in my own life.
No way would I ever be convinced differently
I’m with you, I’ve seen things that are not of this physical world
Pssst.......the word is...."SUPERNATURAL"....!
@@uriahpeep9008 thanks for watching my friend
@@uriahpeep9008 thank you... supernatural it is
I agree with you 100 percent! I've seen many supernatural things.
I have never heard this story or song before. I can't think of any way to explain what happened.
I had some strange things happen to me when I was a child, sleeping in the blue bedroom, on the second floor of my parents house. No one believed me until my youngest brother started sleeping in that room. He saw things that scared him out of that room. Years later I learned what the problem was. There is a chimney that was built from the bedrock floor in the basement, it goes up inside the wall between the kitchen and living room on the second floor, up through almost the center of the floor of the blue bedroom, and through the roof. There had been a small wood burning stove used in that room. When the stove was removed, an old, empty, metal, one gallon, paint bucket was used to fill the hole in the chimney. No mud, mortar, or glaze was ever used to seal the gap around the bucket. When my parents put in a natural gas floor furnace, the natural gas furnace was vented through the chimney in the basement. Daddy sealed the chimney holes in the living room and kitchen properly. These things only happened to me during the winters, when the windows were closed, and the gas furnace was in use. Some of the carbon monoxide fumes were coming into the room where I (and later my brother) was sleeping. It did not poison us enough to kill us; but, it did sicken us and made us think we were seeing things.
Wow!!!!!
I’m just glad y’all survived! It’s a thousand wonders it didn’t kill ya both. I’ve heard others say carbon monoxide fumes can make you see scary things.
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I love these old mountain stories! You're a great story teller. An almost lost art.👏☺️
Thank you so much Robin! I put tons of work into these stories to do them the justice they deserve. Have a good en my friend!
I was married to the baby brother David Sybert and he told me this story and said it was absolutely true. I had never heard of it before from anyone else until now. You told it so very well. Thank you
Wow, another eye witness!
I love history like this like the green briar ghost i have that story coming out myself
That's awesome! That's a great story!
Watching from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the very end of the Appalachian Mountains the same people live here as lived there we came from Scotland and 1783. I love the stories reminds me of my people.
Very interesting story and you done a fantastic job. Me as a holiness pentecostal preacher have seen these things throughout my 30+ years of ministry I've cast out devil's from people and saw things that would curl your toe nails.. One instance was a young girl who would slither like a snake across the family sofa and flick her tongue.. The worse I've ever seen was a woman about 35 years old levitate about 2 feet off the floor and glide down the hallway.. As she floated down the hallway I felt the temperature drop probably 30 to 40° a pastor friend and I as we was casting out those devils saw 3 huge spiders run out of her mouth and as we prayed the demons would make her scream and fall to the floor and curl up in a fetal position then levitate straight up off the floor and would spit into his face and roll her eyes back into her head, after about 3 hours of deliverance those demons came out screaming and praise God she was free. Here is scripture on these accountsMatthew 10:1 KJV
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.Mark 1:23-26 KJV
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, [24] Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. [25] And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. [26] And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.Luke 10:19 KJV
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
wow, I bet that was something to see!
I have seen things like this also. I had a young lady reach out to me that I went to school with. She felt she was possessed by evil. Several different things happen to her.
I met with this young lady. I prayed read scripture over her. Used holy water from Jerusalem and oil. It wasn't long before she was trembling and sweating. The more I prayed and demanded those evil spirits to leave her body the worse she got. She opened her mouth and thick fog came out. She accepted Jesus as her Savior that day. She has lived a peaceful life since.
@@shelleywilliams8201 That's awesome
@@holinessorhell1964truth ❤️
Great storytelling as usual but I'd like to also show my appreciation for the preacher's tone & inflection. That was a great old-timey Southern accent!
Trust me, I sat thru countless sermons like that, I could easily have been a preacher
What a wonderfully told tale. I'm mountain born and bred so I believe it happened as told. Thank you for all the time you put into creating these stories and I loved the music. I haven't heard that song before. Blessings!
Thank you so much TennValleyGal! Hope you are doing well!
Man oh man! Cold chills listening to this one, JD! Most God fearing Christians will agree theys a hell thats just as real as heaven and Satan is kept on a leash but theys still mischief afoot that reside with the lord of flies. I wholly believe in Demons myselt also. I really enjoyed this weeks tale and I'll see ya next time friend!
Thanks so much ! I try to mix the stories up from time to time to keep it interesting
Well, i'm up at 2:17 in the morning and i ain't about to go back to sleep now...Thanks a lot.....lol.
😂 😆
You NEVER disappoint ❤️
Thanks so much Ruth! This was a crazy story, was it not?
@TheAppalachianStoryteller I've seen some "stuff," and I dont... for 1 minute doubt this!
Oh snap! This should be a good one
buckle up...
My sixth great Grandmother was Martha Jane Husky Ogle. Her cabin was the first built in what is now Gatlinburg Tennessee. I love to here all the stories all the old folklore and legends. Thank you for the amazing stories. I love the pics and your realistic narrations.
Thank you so much! I’m very familiar with the Ogle cabin and history behind it, thanks for your comments, glad you are here
These stories are the best...❤
Thank you ❤️
One important note: Science IS real, but not all scientists are honest either. 'Supernatural' or 'paranormal' doesn't really exist, because there are simply *normal* things we don't yet understand and perhaps never will. But remember, space flight and tv would've scared the socks off people in the 1800's or earlier. .... That said, I do have a question about Bertha's grandma. If she kept living at the cabin, did she still sleep in the same bed by herself and did it keep bouncing, or was the apparition primarily interested in just Bertha? .... One reason I have less skepticism than some others who might love science as I do is because I spent a great deal of my healthcare career working with hospice patients. Saw and heard some pretty amazing things myself. Anyway, readers may be aware of how many terminal patients start to 'see' things that supposedly aren't really there shortly before death. I have a feeling however that they see what they see because as the soul disengages from the body, the veil between this world and the next grows especially thin. One of my nurse friends told me about sitting with her own granny at that time. Not having spoken for several days, Granny suddenly saw her deceased husband approaching; she shouted "There comes Charlie and he's got that damn dog with him!" Obviously she wasn't really a dog lover and had especially disliked Charlie's favorite coon hound. Anyway, life on earth is quite likely a human's cocoon stage where we're simply preparing for a much fuller - and perhaps more challenging in some ways - life ahead. I've seen too much myself to 'believe' in an afterlife. I know there's one. And if it has Charlie's dog in it, it's probably going to be better than the preparation phase.
Charlie and the damn dog- that’s beautiful. My wife is a nurse and has shared similar stories. Yes- much “science” is predetermined by the financial sponsor backing the research, and yes , there are many things we don’t understand yet. Well said
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - As a member of a military family the first 50 years of my life, you can bet I moved around a lot. But in my adult years, the first night in a different house, I'd always sit quietly in as nearly the center as possible and introduce myself to "Any unseen residents". explaining that I sympathized with whatever trials anyone might've suffered in life and that I meant no disrespect but I did need to share the space for a time, and I meant them no harm. ......... I honestly believe that's one reason I've never had a minute's worth of trouble. But I've also had my DNA tested twice by 2 different companies who both reported the same results: apparently it's not just family lore that I'm genetically 100% Irish, something incredibly rare today even back home, and my ancient Celtic roots run deep. We do have a tendency toward second sight and so on. I've never had visions or anything, but I learned early on to listen to my gut; and I have indeed escaped death half a dozen times through ways that can only be called miracles. People who knew me as a little kid would sometimes declare I'd never live to be old enough to vote. Well, I'm 78 now and still kickin', glory be.
@@frostyfrances4700 I still have problems sleeping in any house im not familiar with
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Only natural, my friend. You're attuned to the unfamiliar and perhaps subtly aware of examination. Once you're all subconsciously acquainted well enough, sleep comes easier. I blame Hollywood for much of the bad press spooks get. It's a reliable way for the box office to cash in.
This is a wonderful story. Always so well spun.
Every story you tell is about a cousin through my family. They came through Jamestown and Tennessee.
I love your stories. Thank you for bringing the Appalachian culture and legends to the world. I believe that there are things in the mountains that cannot be explained by science. The elders understand this. 💗
Thank you Tarah!
thanks for another story JD,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Preciate you Brother!
Great story JD. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
Thank you Donnie, Hope all is well, have a blessed day my friend
Great music
Thanks so much for that comment, I work as hard on the music as I do the visuals
I just found your channel & love your stories! I grew up in rural South Mississippi, & your preacher voice was spot on lol! It reminded me of a visit to the one room, old time Baptist church as a kid which terrified me. Our usual preacher was soft spoken, & I was disturbed by the screaming preacher. I thought I was in trouble. I have visited the Great Smokey Mountains all of my life, & I am in love with this area. My dream is to live in a small town near the national park someday & spend my life hiking. Thank you for sharing your stories!
If you like the preacher voice- be sure to check out my video Trouble on Thunderhead Mountain
I heard this story back in 1964 as a young child. It scared me real bad. I believe it could very well have been something preternatural, like a family curse passed to the most vulnerable member. I hope Bertha was delivered of the evil spirits, whatever they were. They should have burned the bed and cleansed the house of all malevolent entities. Yes, I do believe sometimes evil spirits attach themselves to places and to vulnerable innocent souls.
I agree with you. My maternal grandmother told me a story of milk going bad as soon as it hit the pail. Had to make a iron in the form of a cross to be made red hot and placed on the foul smelling milk , the odour like a rotting meat. There was a neighbour who was a dark witch who had been causing chaos, dead animals, hay full of rot and 17:02 such to farms in the area. The farmers with the Elders of the Church and the Minister went to that farm and drove the family out , burning all the buildings and shot all the animals , burned the bodies afterwards. After that, the bad things happening stopped.
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
I love these stories
Thanks so much! I appreciate you!
Excellent JD my friend ❤
Thank you Larry! preciate you brother
Thanks for all these interesting stories, I love these Appalachian stories, those people were strong and enduring, remarkable for people of today to comprehend. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
I'm glad you appreciate the stories. Appalachian people certainly endured a lot!
Yes sir you know I have heard of this before, not this one but I have from my grandmother and grandfather he was an old-timey Baptist minister and he did love our God. God bless you
Thanks so much Dorene, have a blessed night my friend
You told this like no other! Well done!
Thanks Beth, I worked hard to bring it to life
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller you nailed it !
Hey JD I’m glad you don’t make many of them short videos I get so aggravated at the Short stories i don’t care about them short stories I get interested in the short ones but I’d much rather listen and watch a longer video myself and trust me I don’t watch but very little
Thanks so much
Love love your channel.
Thank you my friend ❤️
You sure know how to tell a good story Love hearing them
Thank you so much Bessie! Hope you don't have any problems sleeping tonight ;)
Im from the area's you speak of often in your stories, thank you for bringing these old stories to everyone it takes a special story teller to tell these!!
Thank you so much!
You have got the right voice for storytelling. I enjoy listening (& learning) about these kind of stories.
Thank you so much my friend!
Ohhhh a Friday drop. I’m in. Morning!
Figured this one would be better at night
What a wonderful story. Thank you. I just love your voice & story telling.
Thank you ❤️
Love your stories so
thank you so much!
Great story JD. Sounds true to me.
Thank you Tom!
Awesome video, as always friend.
Thanks so much! Have a good en
My daddy and granny lived near there back when my dad was a young man. I grew up hearing a story about how my daddy got so sick they thought he would die. They took him to all kinds of docs but they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. Granny said the old witch that lived up on the mountain told her that a hex had been put on my daddy and that no doctor could fix him. She then told granny what herbs and roots to get and how to prepare and give to him. He got better . And in later years my granny would go up the mountain and take care of the old lady when she was having one of her spells. I guess during her spells she wouldn't keep her clothes on, would eat nor take care of herself n any way so my granny did what was needed. My mommy said that welts that looked like tattoos would raise up on the old lady's body during her spells . She said if she hadnt seen with her own eyes she would not have believed any of it.
My daddy was born in 1916, so im guessing he had the hex on him in late 20's or early 30's. My momma met the old witch in late 40's. Never heard whatsoever happened to her or if I did I've forgotten. But my daddy raised me to be kind to the ones that most are afraid of or just plain dont care for( unless theres a legitimate reason) because you never know who or what you are truly seeing. So ive lived my 61 yrs doing what he said and taught my six kids the same. Over the years ive seen and experienced things that most up north here would deny. But i know theres more to this world then what most are meant to see.
wow Loretta, thanks so much for sharing your story, very insightful and interesting
Love your storytelling. Ty
You are so welcome!
I watched to many episodes of Dukes of Hazard when i was a kid. Im reliving my Appalachian former life with these stories. So much entertainment. Keep them coming comin on uncle Jesse.
preciare ya!
Oooooh love, love, love these stories! Keep em comin, please! Yes, I most definitely do believe it was true!!!! So, it had something to do with what grandpaw was tryin to tell her, I'm thinkin! 🤔 VERY interesting
Yup you got it, it went all the way back to 1794 when their ancestors farmed on the mountain witches side of the mountain and unleashed the curse
Cant stop listening have listened to four straight now its addictive thank you
Thanks so much my friend
I really enjoy your storys
Thanks so much my friend!
Wow 😳 this is so beautiful and amazing and awesome and wonderful ❤️💓 I really love these precious stories 😊😊
Thank you so much!
New favorite channel, binging day n night!
Glad to have you here!
Best channel ever! I can’t wait until more subscribe because these stories need to go viral!
Thanks so much for that Bee!
I just can’t stop watching ur videos love them just great 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Beautiful relaxing voice. I love your videos.
Thank you Diana! send me your address to theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com and ill send you a free Appalachian Storyteller sticker.
Hi from England. I love listening to these. They’re interesting and your voice is relaxing. You paint a picture in my mind. Thank you 🙏
Maybe another of this type for Halloween 🎃?
You can count on it!
Awesome new intro!
Thanks so much for noticing that! Im working hard on improving production of these stories. Im doing my best!
Hi JD! I don’t doubt that didn’t happen, just from what I have witnessed in my lifetime. I hope you and your family have a blessed weekend!
Thanks Willow! Hopefully, this one won't mess with your sleep tonight
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller no, I’ll be fine, lol.
Keeping the stories of yesteryear alive! ❤❤❤❤
I’m doing my best ❤️
Best 4:00 minutes of my day!! Thankyou!!!!!
happy you enjoyed!
You have very interesting videos. I'm especially fond of your grasps of history. Keep up your work JD!
Well, if this storyteller thing doesn’t work out for you I think preaching comes naturally to you 😊. Enjoyed
Thank you!
Fantastic story!!
My family comes from the Harlan hazard and Cumberland area so stumbling across your channel was so awesome ❤
glad to have you here!
@Surviving The Storms ❤ interesting history in W Virginia. Love 💕 Virginia . Hope your mind is calm , Love history.❤
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You are a really good story teller!
Thank you so much!
JUST IMAGINE ALL THESE MIND BOGELING STORIES PUT ON FILM TO SEE ON DISCOVERY CHANEL ANOTHER CLASSIC JD
Thank you!
I believe it . Strange things have happened to me. I ve seen ghosts and smelled perfume when I was the only one here. But I believe they're friendly cause all they've done is move things around and hide stuff and then it would reappear later on.
im with you, I believe. Ive seen things before that ive never shared with but only a few people. I am positive it is real.
@donnabartels2682 and JD (and anyone else): With so many eyewitnesses, I don't see how anyone disbelieves this particular incident. But I agree, there's seldom malevolence involved. The Vic I bought and restored for retirement is built around an 1845 sturdy log cabin that had been a stop on the Underground. It's widely believed to be 'haunted', which I don't dismiss in the least. But it's nothing to be afraid of. I'm far more concerned about the number of people around here who are convinced that *I* have to be some kind of suspicious person bc I'm the only owner who's been able to live here any length of time after a family was murdered in the Vic built around the cabin after 1900. Superstition can take nasty turns. Anyway, the average stay since the murders has only been a few months. That's why the house was cheap enough for me to afford, and it was almost irretrievable from decades of neglect at that point. But I've been here almost 20 years now and I've weathered some pretty serious efforts by various townfolk - especially the local militia - to get me out of here. So I must be the bad guy if I have such immense 'powers' of protection, right? SMH. Such is the level of fear of outsiders. The last vestiges of this town are slowly dying, and they blame the outside world rather than realizing it's suicide instead.
I have an aunt in Wisconsin named Donna Bartels.
I love hearing stories about Appalachia but it makes it even better and more interesting when you ran the same ridges and hollers as a kid. I mean if it was a curse it was kinda lame ah I'm gonna curse you to never get a good night's sleep again 30 years from now, na just some haint an ol Granny witch had turned loose. Love the content!!
Thanks so much!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller no thank you!! You fill my board nights working in this plant!
Great Story JD! My Ancestors are all from Green Cove, VA. White Top Mnt. Home of the infamous Creeper Trail In Washington County VA. Not sure if you’ve been up there yet. I encourage you to go sometime! When I go I’m still welcomed very much as I am Doris & Bobby Lees Granddaughter. Although I do not know them as family, we are and they’re always quick to tell a story or two.
Have to get there some day
Thanks for the great video amazing
Thank you!
I LOVE THESE STORIES
Thank you 😊
I love these stories
Thank you 😊
Mighty goodn hope ur trip was good and not much rain
man, it rained nearly every single day... many tornado warnings, even hail twice...
I'm glad I found this channel. I know the Appalachian trail. Well my portion of it anyway. I live in Central Virginia 15 mins from the New River Valley where the trail runs right though.
Our link to the trail is Daleville VA outside of Roanoke.
I wonder how it would be listening to these stories on the trail
I don't know if I would listen to these stories on that trail, to be honest. Some of them are the darkest areas of evil
I really love the stories. Keep them coming.❤️
Thank you so much!
I am willing to believe it to be real. I spent years listening to my grandmother’s stories from when she was a kid growing up in NC and of what she knew to be spirits and bad omens and of the latter what she had experienced herself. My paternal grandparents who grew up in WV who would not speak in as much detail of the spirits but who refer to them when they talked and would say that often that there were all kind of things in their mountains that they’d never seen but knew to be there. And I know I’ve had more than a few peculiar feelings when I trek through the mountains. I suppose best to say if you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it; if you know it, you know it; and if you haven’t seen it and don’t know it, best the mountains never enlighten you to it.
thats right "if you've seen it, you've seen it and you know.."
My family came from the mountains of North Carolina as well. By the time I came along my grandparents had moved and raised their families down near the ocean of Emerald Isle. However, I used to go visit my great grandparents up in the mountains for a week every summer before coming down the mountain and spending the rest of my summer on the beach. Those weeks spent in the mountains every summer I will never forget. I’ve heard tale of many a ghost story and paranormal happenings up in those mountains and I believe every story told to me by my great grandparents. Some had morals to learn with them and some were just plain scary. I’ve heard those false and seen things I can’t explain up in the mountains at the old cabin and I believe them to be true. This channel has got me to wanting to go visit the old cabin. Not much of it’s left but it’s still a part of our family as we still own the property and cabin. I think I’ll go this fall and camp out and reminisce on those old stories and see what kind of ghosts I can stir up.
Thank u for the story
Thank you
I have no doubt that it happened. I have witnessed some things that I don't talk about, and I do a lot of praying 🙏 ❤
Me too! I don’t talk about it either
Same🙏🙏🙏
Very interesting story.
thank you!
I love the history and storyteller. I would love to take a tour there
Great story J.D. makes me want to research it further. Y'all stay cool out there my friends 😎
Thanks BigIron, ill see ya on the next one! Have a good en!
Cup of coffee, watching wild turkeys, good stories…these are the days! ❤
Thank you, my friend. Have a blessed day.
My new favorite channel❤
Yeah! Welcome!
My family as well as I can smell cigarette smoke in our house. And although I smoke, I never smoke inside. I travel to work a lot and they smell it while I’m not here. I just always laughed. Until I was laying in bed one night and the smell of cigarette smoke woke me up. But once I passed a ghostly figure one night going to bed, I then believed our house might have a visitor.
My house has had several supernatural events in the past 10 years I’ve lived in it that both me and my wife witnessed and looked at each other with wide eyes and ghastly blank faces like what in the world was that !
The day we buried my Grandfather I smelled cigar smoke in my house. This was a house he had never been to. And the strange thing was, I had a bad sinus infection and had been crying because we had just buried my Grandpa, so I shouldn't have been able to smell anything because my nose and sinuses were either running or clogged ect. I even went down the hall and asked my housemate if he had lit a candle or incense (because I knew he didn't smoke) and he said no he hadn't. I told him what I smelled and he just shrugged it off, and so did I.
A few minutes later he came out of his room, called me and told me he now smelled it as well. There's no doubt in my mind that it wasn't my Grandpa saying his goodbyes. It was so strange, I did a video about it, probably my 2nd or 3rd video I posted after starting my channel. I would love to hear your story/stories...
I just found the application stories today, and they are very interesting i have found myself listening to story after story even looking for them
Glad to have you here, thank you for your email, I will be responding soon. Have a great day!
Really love listening to your stories of the old mountain people. A suggestion for a future video.....the Hooper-Watson Feud of Jackson county, NC that took place in the 1860's-70's.
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These are seriously so well done!! ❤
Thank you Sarah! I take pride in the QUALITY of each story, not the QUANTITY. Be assured every time you see an Appalachian Storyteller video on your feed, there has been nearly 40 hours of work behind that 20 minute video. Thanks for your support!
I really enjoyed this story and I believe it was real. I never saw a bed bounce but I have seen many unexplainable things happen.
Thanks so much , I believe there was something to it
This is awesome!!!!
Thank you Elizabeth
Yay! Another story!!!!