AI: Appalachian Intelligence

Send us a text The AI Guys talk about Lance's recent vacation to the Shenandoah National Park and some caverns in the area. Lance talks about the old god he encounters while down there. They guys also chop it up about their thoughts, opinions, and theories on all the recent big UFO news, including, the most recent whistle-blower and the ufo crash, police body cam footage, and 911 call in Vegas...

Send us a text In a unique situation, Justin and Lance find themselves together in Harrisonburg, VA, with the opportunity to sit and chat with a couple former teachers and coaches, Mike Owens and Brent Deel. Brent and Mike both grew up and live in the same area that Justin grew up in. An eerie place called Lick Creek. Brent has a couple weird experiences that he shares including hearing and witnes...

Send us a text Join us for another edition of the AI Siblin Kinfolk PowWow. We are joined by our awesome Siblin Patrons for a roundtable discussion. In this one we hear a lot of personal, spooky, experiences, and some other interesting topics that are brothers and sisters are diving into. Become AI Kinfolk over on Patreon at patreon.com/appalachian_intelligence Join our Discord server  https://dis...

Send us a text In this episode Lance and Ryan discuss something that has a thousand theories, but no set explanation; mysterious loud booms heard and felt all across the world. The guys discuss some of the theories and share personal experiences. The conversation broadens to encompass discussions about cloud seeding and weather manipulation, and how maybe oil isn't a fossil fuel. Is the Earth...

Send us a text With Wytheville UFO Fest right around the corner, the AI Guys decided to do a deep dive into the mysterious UFO flap of 1987 that took place in and around Wytheville, VA. We dive into the work, research, and accounts of one man, Danny Gordon, who took the mantle at this time and independently attempted to get to the bottom of what was going on. In John Keel fashion, Mr. Gordon exper...

Send us a text In a tribute to Ryan's new hometown, Charleston, SC, we talk about a lot of the spooky surrounding one of the oldest cities in the US. From ghost sightings, to famous hauntings, to serial killers, Charleston has produced a whole lot of creepy. We talk about Charlestons dark past and how that may contribute to its current hauntings.  Become AI Kinfolk over on Patreon at patreon.c...

Send us a text This is our third edition of our Kinfolk PowWow. There were so many awesome topics discussed during this round table sit down. Flannel Man, Tartarria, the dragon Bloodline, Mount Erebus in Antarctica, vanishing places, Charles Manson/CIA connections, vanishing places, and paranormal experiences just to name a few. These are such good folk and they're extremely knowledgeable. We...

Send us a text Wrapping up the current events with our dive into the boys dealing with Shadow Man, we give you the sequel. In this one we talk about all the weird that has happened as we've dove back into telling the story of Justin's experiences with the Shadow Man. Tech issues all around, listeners experiences weird glitches, and some really vulnerable moments from Justin's childhood...

Send us a text After dropping the last episode, Weaving the Web of the Shadow Man, several listeners reached out asking about my paranormal experiences with the Shadow Man. I assumed that everyone knew the story, but seeing as I talked about it in earlier episodes, it's understandable that it hasn't been heard by many. So this is a rebranded re-release of an earlier interview I did with Bo...

Send us a text This is a weird one Hillfolk. Lance hasn't told his side of Justin's paranormal encounters with the shadow man until recently. While doing just that, on two different podcasts, weird technical issues have arisen. So, the guys decided to give it a try and to explain the whole story on this show for the first time. And guess what? Weird technical difficulties the whole time. C...

Send us a text In this swapcast with our South Carolina Boys, Coon Hunting Confidentials, we get into all kinds of weird. We talked about Daniel hearing a loud metallic banging while hunting, which is eerily similar to some Missing 411 cases. We also talked about granny witches, our theory of imprisoned old gods under the Appalachian Mountains, and our treasure hunting adventures. We are extremely...

Send us a text Welcome to our second edition of the Kinfolk PowWow. We welcome some of our kinfolk from the sibling tier over on Patreon to sit down and have a round table discussion, and believe it or not, it gets weird. We talk Tartaria, ancient civilizations, the Bible, theology, biological eye glow, disappearing gold molecules, spiritual warfare, and a 1700's Werewolf in France, just to na...

Send us a text In this edition of AI, Justin and Lance talk about recent correlations and connections they've come across, involving one man's wild paranormal encounters happening in their hometown, and how the details are similar to some things Justin has experienced. The guys also get into the legends and lore of a bunch of different haunted locations in far Southwest Virginia, mainly Wi...

Send us a text In this week's edition of AI, we sit down with Leah Noel, creator, writer, producer, and voice actor, of The Innis Forgettance Podcast. Here's a little about the Innis Forgettance, "According to rumors going around the haunted town of Inniscombe, 17-year-old Porter Hollis is to blame for his mother’s crying sickness.  What’s more, he’s been bewitched by the Neverseen, sp...

Send us a text In this edition the AI Guys talk about a weird area right next door to them, Lee County, VA, and the Cumberland Gap region. The Cumberland Gap is a natural pass through the rugged mountains of Virginia and Kentucky and has been used by everyone from Daniel Boone to the Civil War armies.  Justin reads an interesting newspaper article about cave systems and mysterious creatures coming...

Send us a text We dive into the vault for this one. We are joined by Austin Stanley. Austin is a paranormal researcher and heads up the paranormal investigation team, Mountaineer Paranormal, based in Beckley, WV. Austin talks about what got him into paranormal research and investigation, some of his experiences in the field, and his thoughts on the paranormal realm. Become AI Kinfolk over on Patre...

Send us a text Welcome to the Kinfolk PowWow edition of AI. In this edition we welcome some members from our Kinfolk Sibling Tier on Patreon to sit down with us and talk about what topics they've been researching. Topics including, Bigfoot, the Dawson Wildlife Management Area, the Etowah River, Fort Mountain, and a shadowy organizational entity called the CCRU. This bunch of Kinfolk are the be...

Send us a text In this week's edition we are joined by Joel Thomas and Sean Chris from the podcast Kill The Mockingbirds. Joel and Sean always have their fingers on the pulse of what's going on in the events, headlines, and society of America. With the recent weird events (train derailments, "UFOs" shot down, and toxic chemicals spilling all over) going on all over America, we coul...

Send us a text Mark Steeves, the host of the My Family Thinks I'm Crazy and Esoteric America Podcasts, joins us for this edition to talk about the research he's come across in his hometown of New Haven, CT, and the greater New England area. This discussion goes a lot of places including giants in native folklore, secret societies, saturnian and egyptian based architecture, ancient America,...

Send us a text The AI guys sit down in this one and have a free ranging conversation about Appalachian weirdness. Lance reads a listener submission from hillfolk member ElizaBeth. A tale about Bigfoot back in the old days. The guys go on to discuss Bigfoot, women in white with birds feet, and people witnessing these two entities together. Then, Justin shares details of a conversation he had with a...

Send us a text We welcome Erick, the host of uNcomfortable Podcast in this week's edition of AI. Erick talks about several different paranormal encounters he's had throughout his life, including, being protected by presumed guardian angels during accidents, and being visited by his dad after his dad had passed on. We get into a lot of different things throughout this conversation though. W...

Send us a text Join the AI Guys as we dive into a really weird conversation about vanishing places. We cover accounts of people finding themselves in a certain place, and then never being able to rediscover that place, or it vanishing almost immediately. These accounts bring about the question, "Where do these places go?" Is it a figment of the experiencer's imagination? Did these peop...

Send us a text We welcome Harrison and Lowell Blauch from Silver Pilled Podcast on for this one. Silver Pilled is an up and coming Podcast that's taking the weirdo world by storm. This was a great conversation covering a bunch of strange topics, including, 20 and Backs, sleep paralysis, abductions, the power of consciousness, staircases in the woods, not well known cryptids, and much more.  Th...

Send us a text We sit down with a proud member of Hillfolk Nation, Joel Pharr, in this one. Joel has some extremely interesting sleep paralysis encounters that lead to him being recruited by extraterrestrial or possibly  ultraterrestrial entities that were trying to teach him certain things. We close out the conversation talking about strange places around Appalachia. Y'all are going to love t...

Send us a text Happy New Year Hillfolk! In this edition we bring you the second part of Ryan's deep dive into Roswell. Ryan wraps up a lot of loose ends in this one. We talk witnesses seeing bodies, more cover ups, and a government program that could back up the weather Ballon story.  The guys wrap up with a UFO and extraterrestrial discussion.  Please rate and review this episode wherever you...