What The Cryptid? — Witness File WITNESS INTERVIEW — FILE #0529 INTERNAL — NOT FOR RELEASE Location: Pike Road turnoff, approx. 0.4 miles east of the Harlan’s Creek / Grundy County lineWitness: Darlene Futch, 61 — Rural mail carrier (retired), occasional substitute driver for Harlan’s Creek Unified School DistrictInterviewer: Rico ValezDCA Case Reference: DCA-HC-2024-0529 INTERVIEWER: Okay, we are rolling. Rico Valez, WTC Frontline, I am standing — I am sitting, correction, I am sitting in the parking lot of the Pike Road Exxon with retired mail carrier and current substitute bus driver Darlene Futch, who has agreed to speak with us about an incident at the Pike Road turnoff, which I am told occurred this past — Darlene, when was this? WITNESS: Thursday. Around quarter to seven in the morning. I had a substitute run, I wasn’t even supposed to be on that road. INTERVIEWER: Thursday morning, quarter to seven, Pike Road turnoff. Darlene, describe what you saw. WITNESS: Well. It was standing right at the gravel break, where the turnoff starts. Big. Taller than tall, if you know what I mean. And it had the antlers. INTERVIEWER: Antlers. You are confirming antlers. WITNESS: Oh, a full rack. Spread like — I don’t know, wider than my bus, and I was driving the long bus that day. And it was standing upright. Two legs. Like a person stands. But the head was a moose head, absolutely no question. I have seen moose on television and it was that. [DCA NOTE: West Virginia has no established wild moose population. Nearest confirmed...