The mountains remember what we've tried to forget. In June 1964, two boys saw something near Grafton, West Virginia that shouldn't exist. White. Massive. No head they could see—just shoulders and arms that hung wrong. It moved toward them. They ran. They weren't the first. They won't be the last. "What Came Down" documents cryptid encounters from the Appalachian mountains—the Mothman warnings before the Silver Bridge collapse, the Grafton Monster that police couldn't explain, the Sheepsquatch that hunters refuse to discuss. These aren't campfire stories. They're witness testimonies, newspaper archives, and family accounts passed down through generations. From coal country hollers to forgotten mining towns, from the 1900s to present day, something has always lived in these mountains. The people who stayed learned to watch the treeline. To listen for sounds that don't belong. To respect what they don't understand. This is Appalachian folklore as documentation, not entertainment. Real places. Real witnesses. Real fear. The mountains keep their secrets. But sometimes, they let a few slip. "What Came Down" collects three documented cryptid encounters from West Virginia and surrounding Appalachian regions, researched from primary sources and presented as witness accounts rather than speculation. For readers interested in regional folklore, cryptozoology, and Appalachian cultural history.