The Blue People of Kentucky

The Blue People of Kentucky

Introduction

The Blue People of Kentucky are the Six generations after a French orphan named Martin Fugate settled on the banks of eastern Kentucky's Troublesome Creek with his redheaded American bride, his great-great-great great grandson was born in a modern hospital not far from where the creek still runs.

Discussion

From at least the year 1800 to the 1960s, multiple families of blue-skinned people made their home along Troublesome Creek near Hazard, KY. Local superstitions and gossip about them were rampant, and included theories that they were either aliens, angels, or a separate race of humans ...