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IN THE APPALCHIAN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CAROLINA, A TOWN EXISTS IN WAYS THAT ARE DEEMED 'UNNATURAL', BY A MAJORITY OF THE GENERAL POPULATION ---

OFF INTERSTATE 40, MILEMARKER 144 --- THE WAY INTO 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' IS OFF 'MOUNTAIN ROAD' >> THE ROAD STRETCHES INTO THE APPALACHAIN MOUNTAINS, AND DIVIDES INTO 4 DIFFERENT BRANCHES ---

THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES ARE DIRT ROADS THAT EMPTY OUT INTO A TETRAD OF FAMILIES, WITH EACH HAVING THEIR OWN UNIQUE APPALACHIAN STYLE >>

BUT BEFORE THE DIRT ROADS EMPTY OUT INTO THE QUARTET OF LEADING FAMILIES --- THE TOWN'S CENTRE IS LOCATED IN A SIZEABLE CUL-DE-SAC, SITTING AT THE END OF 'MOUNTAIN ROAD' >> AT THE NUCLEUS OF 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' IS WHERE THE LOCALS DINE, SHOP, AND ENJOY THEIR LEISURELY APPALACHIAN ACTIVITIES >>

THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRYSIDE HAPPENED TO BE A TAVERN, CLEVERLY NAMED FOR THE LAND IT WAS SURROUNDED BY --- 'MOUNTAIN BAR' >> THIS ISN'T JUST THE LOCALS FAVORITE PLACE FOR CONSUMING INTOXICATING SPIRITS, IT WAS ALSO A POPULAR HANGOUT FOR DRINKERS TURNING THE LEGAL AGE FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. BACHELOR AND BACHORLETTE PARTIES, HONORING RETIREMENT, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER MILESTONES WERE CELEBRATED AT THE 'MOUNTAIN BAR' IN ABUNDANCE >>

THE WESTERN CAROLINA NATIVES WERE A LITTLE TOO PECULIAR FOR MOST VISITORS, BUT ONCE THE LIQUOR STARTED FLOWING >> THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS QUICKLY BECAME ONE WITH THE SIMPLE FOLK --- SOME OF THE LOCALS WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR NEW FRIENDS AND DIDN'T MIND THE COMPANY, WHILE OTHERS LOATHED THE DAY-TRIPPERS INVASION >>

THE FIRST FAMILY WE'LL DELVE INTO COMES FROM THE DIRT ROAD ON THE VERY LEFT, LEADING OFF INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE >> THIS FAMILY IS RUMORED TO BE A BUNCH OF SADISTIC CANNIBALS, DWELLING IN AN IRREGULAR PATTERN OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS, EXTENDING UP A HILL FROM THE DIRT ROAD ---

THEY OFTEN TANGLE WITH LOCAL PD DUE TO THEIR UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS OF LIFE --- MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY APPEAR TO BE HOMELESS AS THEY'LL STRETCH OUT ON THE STREETS OF MOUNTAIN TOWN, TRESPASSING, FREELOADING, AND STEALING FROM LOCAL BUSINESS' >>

THE OTHER LOCALS HAVE GIVEN THE FAMILY A NICKNAME FOR THEIR ODD BEHAVIOR >> 'THE MAD MOUNTAIN CLAN'! AT ONE TIME, THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN THESE HILLS WERE THE CENTERPIECE FOR 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' --- THERE USED TO BE A PLETHRA OF DIFFERENT FAMILIES OWNING DIFFERENT BUSINESS' IN THIS AREA >>

AFTER THE GREAT DEPRSSION, FOLKS WERE RELUCTANT TO TRAVEL THE HILLS OF 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' AND SPEND THEIR HEARD-EARNED MONEY --- SO BUSINESS' STARTED LOSING CUSTOMERS AND ENDED UP GOING UNDER, FORCING THESE FAMILIES TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORTING THEMSELVES >>

EVENTUALLY, THE FAMILIES WERE UNABLE TO PAY THE BILLS TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS' RUNNING, AND WERE FORCED TO CLOSE SHOP >> THEIR ELECTRICITY WAS CUT OFF, FAMILIES WERE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES, AND THAT PART OF TOWN BASICALLY BECAME NON-FUNCTIONAL ---

WITH NO POWER, NO WAY TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES, AND STARVING --- THE FAMILIES BECAME DESPERATE FOR SURVIVAL! SEEING THAT THE REST OF THE TOWN WAS GETTING ALONG JUST FINE WITHOIUT THEM, WITH ALL THE NEW STORES BEING CONSTRUCTED AND OPENING UP >> OPTIONS WERE RUNNING LOW FOR THE FAMILIES, AND THEY WERE GETTING TIRED OF BURYING THEIR YOUNG ---

NO SOLUTIONS WERE PRESENTED FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE HILLS, AS THE TOWN TURNED THEIR BACKS TO THE VERY SAME PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED SO MUCH, FOR SO LONG --- MANY MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT FAMILIES VENTURED INTO TOWN TO PUT IN JOB APPLICATIONS FOR THESE NEW PLACES, BUT WERE TURNED AWAY IMMEDIATELY >>

BEFORE THEY COULD THROW IN THE TOWEL AND WITHER AWAY --- IT WAS DECIDED THEY WOULD JOIN AS ONE >> THE DIFFERENT FAMILIES REMAINING PRONOUNCED THEMSELVES KIN FOR LIFE, AND PROCLAIMED THEIR NEW FAMILY NAME TO BE --- THE COSHA'S >>

DUE TO THE RUMORS OF CANNABOLISM AND CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT, LOCAL COPS AND BILL COLLECTORS BECAME AFRAID TO ENTER THE HILLS OF 'MOUNATIN TOWN' --- UNLESS IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MAKE THE TRIP, EVERYONE STAYED AWAY AS LONG AS THE COSHA'S KEPT TO THEMSELVES >>

THE CONDITIONS OF MOST OF THE BUILDINGS BECAME TOO HAZARDOUS TO CALL HOME, SO SOME OF THE BOYS FROM THE NEW FAM STARTED MAKING UNDERGROUND SHELTERS >> IN THE PROCESS, COAL WAS DISCOVERED AND SUDDENLY THE COSHA'S WERE BACK IN BUSINESS! INSTEAD OF QUICKLY CASHING IN ON THEIR DISCOVERY, THEY DECIDED TO PLAY IT ANOTHER WAY ---

THE COSHA'S STRUCK A DEAL WITH ANOTHER FAMILY AND A FEW POLITICAL LEADERS OF THE TOWN >> TO PROVIDE ENOUGH RESOURCES IN HELPING THE TOWN RUN, IN EXCHANGE FOR BEING LEFT ALONE. THE COSHA'S DECIDED THEY WOULD LIVE THEIR OWN LIFE AND THE REST OF THE TOWN COULD LIVE THEIRS, AWAY FROM THE HILLS ---

AN ARRANGEMENT WAS AGREED UPON AND THE NEW FAMILY COULD BUILD THEIR LIVES BACK, POSSIBLY EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE! AS TIME WENT ON, THE 2 MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES DEVEOPED A LITTLE JEALOUSY IN THEIR BLOOD >> THEY FELT THE COSHA'S WERE HOLDING THE TOWN BACK AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE ---

THE 2 PROMINENT FAMILIES ATTEMPTED TO COERSE THE COSHA'S INTO A BINDING COMMITMENT >> BUT THE FAMILY IN THE HILLS WASN'T HAVING IT! WITH A CIVIL WAR BREWING IN 'MOUNTAIN TOWN', LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STRIVED TO PERSUADE THE COSHA'S INTO MAKING THE DEAL --- THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE ONE FAMILY IN CAHOOTS WITH THE COSHA'S DECIDED TO STAY OUT OF IT AND REMAIN NEAUTRAL >>

THE MOUNATIN POLICE ALONG WITH THE PROMINENT FAMILIES HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF THE HILL PEOPLE'S DEFIANCE, AND DETERMINED IT WAS TIME TO TAKE OVER THE HILLS! THEY WOULD MOVE IN, TAKE OVER THE COAL MINES, AND KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THE COSHA'S IF NECESSARY >>

THE AGRESSORS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A PIECE OF CAKE AND CONSIDERED THE RUMORS OF CANNIBOLISM TO BE FALSE --- BOY, WERE THEY EVER WRONG! THE COMBINED HOUSEHOLDS OF THE HILLS NOW KNOWN AS THE COSHA'S, WERE READY >> AND WHEN THE 2 PROMINENT FAMILIES WITH THEIR CORRUPT POLICE FORCE CAME BARGING IN, THEY WERE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING!

OUT OF EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY THE HILLS HAD TO OFFER, A COSHA WAS WAITING, AND THE ENEMY STARTED DROPPING LIKE FLIES! IT WAS HARD TO FIND A COSHA KIN HIDING OUT IN AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER, AND IT PROVED MORE DIFFICULT TO COMBAT SNEAKING HILL PEOPLE POPPING OUT OF EVERY HOLE IN THE GROUND >>

EVENTUALLY, THE AGRESSING FAMILIES AND COPS COULDN'T AFFORD ANYMORE LIVES LOST, AND WERE FORCED TO TURN TAIL AND RUN! THE MOUNTAIN POLICE HAD TO ADVISE THE 2 FAMILIES IT WAS TIME FOR A RETREAT, BEFORE OTHER ENTITIES OF THE LAW WERE OBLIGATED TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION ---

THE CIVIL WAR SHOWDOWN DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED FOR THE POWERS OF 'MOUNTAIN TOWN', AS THEIR TAKEOVER AGENDA WAS CUTSHORT BY A BUNCH OF ALLEGED CANNIBALS >> LEGEND HAS IT, TO SHOW THEIR DISDAIN FOR THE INVADING FAMILIES AND THEIR POLICE CRONIES --- THE COSHA'S WOULD COURIE OVER PEACE OFFERINGS DISGUSED AS HOME COOKED MEALS, ONLY TO BE THE REMAINS OF CAPTURED ENEMIES TORTURED THEN KILLED!

TO THIS DAY, THE ONLY FAMILY THAT REMAINED NEUTRAL THROUGH IT ALL, STILL HAVE THEIR ORIGINAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION IN PLACE WITH THE COSHA'S --- COAL STILL RUNS RAMPAD IN THE HILLS OF 'MOUNTAIN TOWN', AND NO OTHER FAMILY OR COP HAS TRIED THREATENING 'THE MAD MOUNTAIN CLAN'S' WAY OF LIFE, EVER SINCE >>

THE SECOND FAMILY OF 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' MIGHT BE THE ONES WHO STARTED EVERYTHING >> AFTER A CERTAIN MOVIE BECAME POPULAR, THE OTHER LOCALS THINKING THEMSELVES TO BE BETTER, GAVE THIS FAMILY A NICKNAME --- 'THE MOUNTAIN TOWN HILLBILLY'S!' THOSE SAME LOCALS ALSO GAVE THE AREA THE HILLBILLY'S CALLED HOME A SOBRIQUET >> 'DELIVERANCE!'

THE FAMILY'S NAME WAS ACTUALLY 'CANDILVER', AND MANY WOULD SAY THE MOVIE WAS BASED OFF THEIR EXISTENCE --- THIS FAMILY KEPT TO THEMSELVES AND WERE A QUIET BUNCH. THEY WANTED NO PART OF THE CIVIL WAR AND STAYED OUT OF IT, MAKING THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILY A LITTLE UPSET >> IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE PURCHASES OF MOUNTAIN MOONSHINE FROM SAID PROMINENT FAMILY, THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN ATTACKED TO!

IT IS TRUE --- THIS FAMILY ENJOYED THEIR MOONSHINE AND REMAINED IN THE COVER OF A GRAVEYARD OF AUTOMOBILES. THE CANDILVER'S OWNED THE TOWN'S GAS STATION AND BODYSHOP, A COMBINED BUILDING THAT WAS POWERED BY THE COSHA'S COAL >>

THE LOCALS ALSO DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO CALL THE CANDILVER'S MAIN RESIDENCE, 'THE HOUSE OF BONES!' THE OLD LOG CABIN WAS SURROUNDED BY CAR PARTS, ABANDONED VEHCLES, AND TRUCKS THAT HAD DIED --- AND GONE TO AUTOHEAVEN >>

IT'S SAID THAT A MAJORITY OF THE FAMILY LIES AROUND ON BROKENDOWN VEHICLES IN THE GRAVEYARD, SIPPING ON MOONSHINE ALL DAY LONG, AND THEN EAT WHATEVER ANIMAL THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON AT NIGHT >>

THE CALDIVER'S ARE CONSIDERED NO BETTER THAN THE CANNABOLISTIC 'MAD MOUNTAIN CLAN', BUT THE PEOPLE OF MOUNTAIN TOWN HAVE TO GET THEIR GAS AND CARS FIXED SOMEWHERE ---

THE LOCAL POLICE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS FAMILY, BUT JUST ABOUT AFRAID TO ENTER THEIR DOMAIN AS THEY ARE THE COSHA'S! WHENEVER A DAY-TRIPPER, BEGGER, OR TRAVELER IS REPORTED MISSING --- THE FIRST FAMILY TO BECOME A SUSPECT ARE THE TOWN'S HILLBILLY'S >>

NO EVIDENCE HAS EVER BEEN GATHERED TO CHARGE ONE OF THE HILLBILLY'S WITH ANY WRONGDOING --- OTHER THAN ABANDONED CARS FOUND IN THE GRAVEYARD OF SAID VICTIMS. SINCE THE FAMILY OWNS THE TOWN'S ONLY REPAIR SHOP AND WRECKER SERVICE, THE CANDILVER'S ARE JUSTIFIED IN BRINGING OVER EVERY ABANDONED OR BROKENDOWN VEHICLE TO THE GRAVEYARD, THEY CAN FIND NEAR THE MOUNATINS >>

IT'S RUMORED THAT THE DELIVERANCE BUNCH WILL LURE UNSUSPECTING TRAVELERS IN, BY PUNCTURING ONE OF THEIR TIRES WITH A BOW AND ARROW! THE MOTORIST LEFT STRANDED WITH NOWHERE TO GO AND NO PHONESERVICE, WOULD BE LUCKY FOR A TOWTRUCK DRIVER TO SHOW UP AT ANY MOMENT >>

THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS --- THE HILLBILLY TOWTRUCK DRIVER WILL TAKE ONE OF THE STRANDED TO THE SHOP, SO THEY CAN CALL FOR HELP, AND LOOK FOR SPARE PARTS IN THE GRAVEYARD >> BUT THE PHONE IS OUT OF ORDER, AND THAT PERSON MAY NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN!

THE UNLUCKY TRAVELERS LEFT ABANDONED BY THEIR BROKENDOWN TRUCK, WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO GO LOOKING FO THEIR FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER >> THEY GET LOST, WIND UP IN THE MAD MOUNTAIN CLAN'S NECK OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND MAY ALSO NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN AFTER THAT MEET!

IT'S RUMORED THAT A FAMOUS WRITER GOT HER BIG BREAK AFTER SURVIVING A SIMILAR SITUATION, RIGHT HERE IN 'MOUNTAIN TOWN' >> THE GIRL WAS WITH HER PARENTS, A BOYFRIEND, AND 2 OF HER OTHER FRIENDS THAT WERE A MARRIED COUPLE --- THE STORY GOES, WHILE ATTEMPTING A SHORTCUT IN THEIR WINNEBAGO, THE TRAVELERS ENDED UP ON THE DIRT ROAD LEADING INTO THE HILLBILLY'S DOMAIN >>

THE MOTORCOACH LOST THE AIR IN ITS FRONT PASSENGER TIRE, AND THEY HAD TO PULLL OVER TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE --- THEY DID INDEED FIND AN ARROW SHOT THROUGH THE TIRE, AND THERE WAS NO FIXING THAT! WITH NO SPARE AVAILABLE, NO PHONE SERVICE, AND STUCK OFF A CREEPY DIRT ROAD >> LUCKILY FOR THEM, A TOWTRUCK APPEARED TO HELP!

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