Richmond Haunts Short

The Grey Man of the Outer Banks: A Storm-Warning Legend

August 8, 2024 00:55 Mid-Atlantic, United States

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Coastal communities often preserve stories in which an apparition warns residents before a storm. This short video presents an Outer Banks version of the Grey Man, a spectral figure associated with dangerous weather and the uncertain boundary between sea and shore. The legend belongs to a wider family of Atlantic-coast warning stories, and similar names appear in other places.