The Vegetable Man: The West Virginia Creature Said to Drain Blood Through Its Fingers

Cryptid Files · Sep 2, 2026 · 27m · transcript

In mid-July 1968, Jennings H. Frederick reportedly returned from an unsuccessful groundhog hunt near Grant Town in Marion County, West Virginia, when he stopped beneath maple trees and heard rapid, high-pitched speech. According to the account Gray Barker published years later, Frederick could not tell whether the message was audible or somehow perceived mentally. Barker rendered it as a plea for medical assistance and an assurance of peaceful intentions.

Then Frederick said he felt pain in his arm. He initially believed briars had caught him. Looking down, he reportedly found an extremely…