The bizarre tale begins with a local farmer who found two of his prize cattle dead in his backfield. Not an unusual occurrence considering the wildlife that roamed the area. But there is a twist to this gruesome story. The farmer not only found his cattle dead but the worst part was he found them dismembered and drained of their blood! The attacker only left the heads and hindquarters of the slaughtered cows.
The mystery continued when three more farmers tragically lost their cows under the same circumstances.
A few days later, a number of well known distinguished men had a meeting at the local tavern to discuss the strange occurrence. They concluded that the culprit behind the cattle killings must be one of the new Europeans that arrived to work at the coal mine. One particular suspect that was under suspicion was a very strange man who lived on the other side of the ridge in a remote cabin. Mr Rupp had moved to the area recently and it was only after he arrived in the area that the strange cattle killings began.
Peeking through the window, they saw the recluse hermit eating a large piece of raw meat by the fireplace. The citizens of the town demanded that the Sherriff arrest Mr Rupp.
A few weeks later, the town drunk went missing. The town drunk was found with his arm and leg missing and his body also had been completely drained of blood. A local salesman who traveled around the hills of southwestern Virginia and Kentucky selling odds and ends became the next victim.
He relied on the kindness of local folks in the area for room and board when traveling through the area. Soon after his disappearance, his body was discovered completely drained of his blood and dismembered. The town folks were certain the mysterious deaths had to be the work of the strange recluse newcomer, Mr. A group of people decided to gather as a mob and went to Mr.
When the angry vigilantes arrived, Mr. If Carpathian growers copy the ramp festivals held in Appalachia, Davis added, it could help them spur some economic growth as well. In the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of Carpathian natives immigrated to Appalachia to work in coal mines and steel mills, as Lou Martin, a labor historian at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, has documented. The connection matters for another reason: working together might spark some ideas for how to keep more young people from leaving both areas.
When I stopped in Cluj, the 4th-largest city in Romania, I had dinner with an economist who described the Romanian political system as one that is designed to push people out of the country. The appeal to improve their lives by leaving to earn a living for their family abroad, and dodging the corrupt bureaucracy holding back the country, is obvious.
The problems that face both regions can be extremely difficult and lack easy solutions. However, getting to know another place an ocean away might help locals see home in another light.
And find ways to make it better. Subscribe to The Patch, our newsletter , to stay up-to-date with new expatalachians articles and news from around Appalachia. Anthony Hennen is a co-founder of expatalachians and managing editor at the James G. About Home Media Newsletter. All images by Anthony Hennen unless otherwise noted. Via Wikimedia Commons. The view from a mountain pass in the Bucovina region.
Its other name, the Borgo Pass, is better-known—Bram Stoker named it so in Dracula : It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. Looking out across the hills from the Roman amphitheater of Porolissum. In its heyday, 10, spectators fit in the grandstands. More pictures can be seen here.
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