A Galax Virginia sighting October 26th, 1987, is a date that sits in my memory with absolute clarity, anchored by a moment that defied everything I understood about the sky. We were driving back home to Galax after a birthday visit with my grandmother. When we were nearing Wytheville, the conversation simply stopped. It wasn’t…
When I was a kid, my Big Mama used to tell us stories about the monsters that roamed the woods at night. She said it was to keep my brother and me from sneaking out after dark—especially since we lived deep in the woods—but she swore some of those stories were true. The one that…
Security Guard Story: Night patrols in the mountains are usually quiet. Too quiet, most nights. Same roads, same gates, same beam of my flashlight cutting through the same dark trees. There’s one spot near the ridge where I’m required to stop—kill the lights, sit for a while, watch, listen, and report anything strange. We don’t…