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‘Peters Mountain Roar’ continues to mystify West Virginia residents

11/28/2023

ZENITH, W.Va. — Those who have heard the haunting "Peters Mountain Roar" say it will forever stay with them. "The roar of a thousand lions," some have called it.


A meteorological phenomenon, the sound is most often experienced in the windward valleys west of Peters Mountain. Many theories have been proposed about its origin, though none have answered all questions about its magical influence.

"Grandma said it was a lonely sound," wrote Cynthia Ferguson DeVaux in a lively online discussion of the roar. "I would hear it on the farm my grandparents had in Green Valley.

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