@megzeldaexplore: 🎃 Happy Halloween from the Appalachian woods! 👻 Deep inside Bottom Creek Gorge Preserve is the remains of an entire mountain community that once called these woods home. At one time, roughly 20–30 families lived here — farming, raising children, building homes, and burying generations of loved ones in the family cemeteries scattered through the mountains. Today, old homes, chimneys, stone structures, and graves are slowly being reclaimed by the forest. The last families left in the 1950s, leaving behind a fascinating piece of Appalachian history that feels especially eerie this time of year. There’s something haunting about walking through a place where so many people once lived their everyday lives… and now, nature is taking it all back. 🌲🪦 📍 Bottom Creek Gorge Preserve | Montgomery County, Virginia Would you explore these woods? 👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃🖤 Follow Meg & Zelda Explore for more Virginia adventures, Appalachian history & places worth exploring. #Virginia #Appalachia #VirginiaHiking #AppalachianHistory #Halloween

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