Green Country Magazine
and Literary Journal
Lake Legends of Green Country, Oklahoma: Submerged Towns, Strange Lights, Missing Boats, and the Silence After Dark
Come with us today to explore the eerie lake legends of Green Country, Oklahoma, from submerged towns and ghostly lights on the water to missing boats, deep coves, and the unsettling silence that settles over the lakes after dark.
The Folklore of Fireflies and Summer Evenings in Northeast Oklahoma
In Northeast Oklahoma, summer does not arrive all at once. It gathers slowly in the thick green shade of creek banks, in the rising call of cicadas, in the warm dusty breath of gravel roads after sunset, and in the first small flashes of fireflies blinking above the grass. We do not simply see summer here. We hear it, smell it, walk through it, and remember it long after childhood has passed us by.
The Roadside Diner Where Time Stands Still: A Route 66 Oklahoma Legend
Join us at a stop along a section of mysterious Route 66 at a diner in Green Country where time stands still and old conversations wait to be finished.
Bigfoot Sightings in Oklahoma: Why the Sooner State Has Become Sasquatch Country
Bigfoot Sightings in Oklahoma: Exploring the Mystery of Sasquatch in the Sooner State. Join us as we explore the mystery of Bigfoot sightings in Oklahoma, from Honobia and the Kiamichi Mountains to Hochatown, Beavers Bend, and the deep forests of southeastern Oklahoma.
The Light That Wore Sam Walker’s Face
People laughed when he talked about Dracula. Not the vampire nonsense. Sam didn’t care about capes, coffins, or women fainting in candlelit bedrooms. What interested him was one strange little detail buried in Stoker’s old story — blue flames appearing on certain nights, marking places where treasure lay hidden. Blue flames over buried treasure. Strange lights over lonely country. Old-world folklore crossing an ocean and settling into the hills, hollers, and backroads of Green Country.
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