Wild women in Burke County My husband in his youthful years enjoyed camping and hiking. He would often go camping to Short Off Mountain in western Burke County. He would tease me and say that there were “wild women” that ran through the woods. Of course, I did not believe a word of this. He invited me to go along with him on one of those outings. After a long, tiring climb up the mountain we set up camp and hiked off to get water from a nearby stream. We had just returned to camp and began cooking our supper when I looked up to see the roughest, most rugged, wildest-looking female coming our way with a backpack slung over her shoulders. She passed by, spoke pleasantly and headed off in the direction of the stream. My husband then turned to me and said, “I told you there were wild women in these woods.” Melody
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