# Beware the Blood-Sucking Alien Vegetable Men of West Virginia. With link **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433 "2025-09-27T17:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/1 "2025-09-27T17:55:30Z")
Oh my dear God, there are no words for how silly this is. And in West Virginia, to boot. The only things missing are the History Channel Special and the phrase _alcohol was believed to be involved._ [{LINK} “Barker interviewed Jennings H. Frederick of Grant Town, who claimed to have encountered the Vegetable Man (as Frederick called it) in the middle of July 1968. The young man was returning to his father’s property after an unsuccessful day bow-hunting for woodchuck when he stopped to rest under some maple trees.” Because of course he was.](https://thunderbirdphoto.com/f/the-vegetable-man-of-west-virginia) > Frederick received a dishonorable discharge and, four months later, the Men In Black came calling. He was awoken in the middle of the night by a red flash, and saw a small canister the size of an apple come bouncing into the room, emitting a red vapor. Before Frederick could pull his .38 pistol out from under his pillow, he felt a needle prick his left arm. (Poor Frederick had a penchant for getting poked and prodded.) OKKAAAAYYYY….! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/2 "2025-09-27T18:41:51Z")
Paging @JaneDoe42 who lives near there. If she hasn’t been abducted or worse. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/3 "2025-09-27T18:49:19Z")
Is “bow-hunting for woodchuck” anything like “chasing the dragon” ? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/4 "2025-09-27T19:04:36Z")
Anyone who can go out woodchuck-hunting and come back empty-handed is incompetent indeed. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/5 "2025-09-27T21:37:24Z")
Hmmm: In [American folklore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folklore "American folklore"), **Mothman** is a humanoid creature that was reportedly seen around [Point Pleasant, West Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia "Point Pleasant, West Virginia"), from **November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967**. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman\\](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman%5C%5C)] Jennings H. Frederick of Grant Town, who claimed to have encountered the Vegetable Man (as Frederick called it) in the **middle of July 1968.** Clearly this cannot be a coincidence! Mothman is evolving! Or W VA should stop trying to mine coal and capitalize on the fine psychedelics that they seem to be growing. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/6 "2025-09-27T22:02:59Z")
Sounds like the Lakeview Man. _A dog disappears, a cow is found dead_ _A chicken is missing, found missing its head_ _Shotgun gone, print in the sand_ _Two toes shy, the Lakeview Man_ - The Rainmakers [Kary Mullis](https://www.davidhalperin.net/the-biochemist-and-the-raccoon-the-alien-abduction-of-dr-kary-mullis/) would’ve known how to handle these apparitions. > [@](#): > > “My D-cells cut a clean beam into the darkest part of the forest. There was a giant old hollowed bay laurel growing right out of a little waterfall full of ferns. I was fifty feet away from it. I loved it, but it had become the focus of my fears. John Wayne, at my side, wearing the same kind of hat I had donned for the occasion, said, ‘Let ’em have it, kid.’ I opened up with the AR-15 and riddled the area of the laurel. ‘Blow ’em to hell, kid!’” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/7 "2025-09-27T23:17:00Z")
I got this title confused in my head, and immediately thought _Bunnicula._ The vegetable-sucking alien rabbit of my childhood days. > **[Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281235.Bunnicula)** > > BEWARE THE HARE!Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/8 "2025-09-28T00:28:03Z")
Is that what they’re calling it these days? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/9 "2025-09-28T00:30:49Z")
Cannot worry about this critter. Got Bigfoots up in these woods.😄 (I can’t imagine bow hunting for woodchucks) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/10 "2025-09-28T00:32:38Z")
Just sic the Yeti on 'em and it’ll all be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/11 "2025-09-28T00:33:38Z")
Bigfoot is a meat eater. Vegan ain’t his style. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/12 "2025-09-28T10:01:41Z")
Hang on - how do we know anything about Bigfoot?! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/13 "2025-09-28T15:00:45Z")
I had the same thought! I _love_ Bunnicula. I recently reread the first few books and they hold up pretty well, largely because the stories don’t depend on technology and any idiocy is explained by the narrator being a dog. My son and I will often act out the horror of “what is it? Oh God, what is it…?” “It’s…. it’s…. it’s…._A WHITE ZUCCHINI!_” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/14 "2025-09-28T16:17:02Z")
Uhhhh. There’s like a million crap shows on TV that tell you all you need to know about Bigfoot. A few movies. Books. Bigfoot enthusiasts and those who’ve claimed sightings. I can’t really vouch for the veracity of any them. 😄 One never knows. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-blood-sucking-alien-vegetable-men-of-west-virginia-with-link/1023433/15 "2025-09-28T18:03:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s like a million crap shows on TV that tell you all you need to know about Bigfoot. A few movies. Books. Bigfoot enthusiasts and those who’ve claimed sightings. > > I can’t really vouch for the veracity of any them. 😄 Of course I agree. 🧐 I watched a few Bigfoot shows and find it staggering how absolutely nothing happens. 😲 No sightings, no footprints, no discarded prey (confirming that we don’t know anything about Bigfoot’s diet) - not even a single hair! There’s a load of guff like: - “this is an area where Bigfoot has been reported” - “we’ve been here a week and will stay until we find something” - “what was that noise?!” - “as an expert\* on Bigfoot…” \*words fail me! 🤢