3 Smells The Old Folks Never Ignored (Old Mountain Warning Signs)

The same Appalachian stories, warnings and old mountain knowledge finally collected in one place: www.otisboone.com There's a smell in these mountains that means something is coiled a few feet from you, and by the time you catch it, it has most likely already seen you. The old folks never ignored that smell, or two others like it. One told them what the sky was about to do before a single cloud showed. And the last one, you may have smelled in your own house. People call these old wives' tales. But science has caught up with the first two, at least partway. The third, nobody has ever explained. In this video I'll tell you what each smell meant to the old people up here, why they trusted their noses with their lives, and what to do if you ever catch one yourself. The Appalachian Book of the Living and the Lost, Surviving the Appalachian Mountains. The real cases, the hard skills, and the old rules that kept folks breathing. Get it at Otisboone.com If you want more of what the old people in these mountains knew, subscribe. There's a whole lot of it left to tell. #Appalachia #AppalachianFolklore #Appalachian #OldWivesTales #AppalachianMountains #Folklore #Superstitions #GhostStories #MountainLore #SmokyMountains #Haunted #OldWays