Local papers called it “The Thing” – but this was no science fiction monster out of a John Carpenter remake. It was a flesh-and-blood anima...

We all have weird days. Sometimes - perhaps more often than not - these days cluster together and we find ourselves looking back at a whole ...

In the news-speak of earlier days, the term "wild man" was used fairly frequently, and often quite vaguely. I come across it regul...

Advocate Weekly In an honor of the approaching Halloween holiday, I have decided to dedicate two installments of "These Mysterious Hill...

The three week period that began on June 24, 1947 was a curious time in the history of our country. Whether literal or metaphoric, there wa...

There is something about the concept of humans flying through the air that we as a species seem to have a built-in incredulity about. Long ...

The Advocate-08/18/2005 Down through the ages, the figure of the vampire has exercised a great power over the human imagination. Whether th...

There was a time, less than two centuries ago, when if you claimed that a stone fell from the sky, you could expect that at some point someo...

On Sunday evening I emailed this week’s installment of my new column for The Advocate Weekly , a print companion to this blog, a piece on od...

The roads which criss-cross southern Vermont and eastern New York are replete with stories of strange encounters. Tunic Road has its accou...

The history of Berkshire County’s involvement in the Revolutionary War is a rich one, full of noteworthy participation in some of the most i...

Bash Bish Falls According to legend, Bash Bish Falls, in the extreme southwest corner of Berkshire County, draws its name from the Indian w...

Among the most extraordinary and curious places in Berkshire County, as far as I'm concerned, is October Mountain State Forest. The nam...

Clapp Park, circa 1945 I've been collecting and tracking down strange tales and bits of lore long enough to have noticed that in searchi...