{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62d6f02b02cc4900127f0b32/69ee8af5738b0d0aa56969d6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Shadows of the Service: 2 Appalachian Park Ranger Stories","description":"<p>The men and women who patrol the Appalachian wilderness are trained for many things—wildlife encounters, lost hikers, and harsh terrain—but nothing prepares them for the unexplainable. In this episode, we bring you two harrowing accounts from those who wore the badge in the deep woods.</p><p>First, we explore a haunting at a remote ranger station where a sudden, thick fog and a supernatural sentinel in the form of a massive deer trap a ranger within the park boundaries. Then, we dive into a chilling testimony from a forest ranger who spent 48 years in the service, finally breaking his silence on the \"Feral Families\" that inhabit the restricted zones. From spectral activity in the headquarters to the rust-stained, \"off-human\" figures watching from the tree line, these stories prove that the Appalachian mountains hold secrets that aren't quite man and aren't quite beast.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Have your own story? Send it to us:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php</a></p><p> <strong>Stay Spooky.</strong></p>","author_name":"Spooky Appalachia"}