Demon in the Woods
Tall Tales and True from East Tennessee

Charles Edwin Price
Have you heard about the monster fish sighted in Watauga and Boone Lakes? What about the so-called Wampas Cat that has been seen not only in remote areas of the state but in cities and towns as well? Another tale tells of a witchy horse that found a little lost girl wandering on Embreeville Mountain. Then the horse demanded payment from the girl’s deadbeat father in a most unusual, and frightening, way.
These are but a few of the stories retold in this book of East Tennessee tales. Other stories include the Cherokee legends of creation and fire, a witch who drove people mad, a personal account of a miraculous cure, lost civilizations in the middle of Cherokee National Forest, and a host of death and burial superstitions.
An exceptional writer who specializes in Appalachian folklore, Price has produced folklore segments for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
Published 1992 / 64 pages / 6" ¥ 9"
ISBN: 0-932807-82-8 / Trade Paper / $7.95