Veggie Man Day honors Fairmont’s own homegrown monster, an over seven foot tall blood sucking stalk of leafy green vegetable seen marauding within the dark forests of Marion County in 1968.

Upstairs on the second floor of the Frank and Jane Gabor Folklife Center, the Braxton County Monster lurked. Portrayed by Greg Popovich, the iconic green and red cryptid roamed among other visitors ...