400 Mile Yard Sale brings unique finds in Kentucky

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (WTVF) — It is a huge Kentucky custom, however organizers say it is really extra standard amongst individuals in Tennessee. Yearly, a hunt for bargains and funky finds has individuals hitting the highway.

You may journey a whole bunch of miles and never come throughout anybody fairly like Vickie Stultz. She goes by;

“The sock girl,” she smiled, sitting at a big folding desk lined with stacks of socks. “Clearly, I promote socks.”

What made Stultz grow to be the sock girl?

“Individuals must put on socks. May as effectively purchase ’em from me.”

Cannot argue with that.

In touring these a whole bunch of miles, you’ll find California Raisin coin banks, Beetle Bailey salt and pepper shakers, “Jerry Springer: Too Sizzling For TV” on VHS.

That is Kentucky’s 400 Mile Yard Sale. NewsChannel 5 made a number of stops close to downtown Hopkinsville.

“I discovered a Star Wars Micro Machines set right here,” mentioned one man wanting over a desk. “We bought Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Darth Vader. Man, these are neat. You by no means know what you will discover out right here. You actually do not.”

Occasion organizers mentioned it is arduous to know what number of yard sale stops there are throughout Kentucky via Sunday. At the very least 600 are registered, however there may very well be about 2,000 of them.

For the various who hit the highway searching for one thing particular, Marlon Brown of Let It Sno has them lined.

“I’ve bought the most effective shaved ice on the planet in my unbiased opinion,” he laughed earlier than taking a six-pound block of ice and making it into orange shaved ice. “Nothing higher on a sizzling day than a very good snow cone.”

Together with the distinctive, some discover issues from historical past, issues with a narrative.

“It is a World Battle I panoramic {photograph} of an all-Black unit,” mentioned one man, exhibiting an image at his yard sale website.

Many will inform you, this is not nearly issues It is also concerning the individuals you meet.

“The individuals. I like the individuals right here,” mentioned Stultz. “You simply grow to be pals. You say, ‘hey. I do know you.’”

“I completely find it irresistible,” Brown added. “You see individuals of all completely different ages, ethnicities, every thing.”

For just a few days this particular, the sock girl mentioned it is value touring these miles. She would not miss it.

“Not until the Lord calls me house,” Stultz smiled.

The 400 Mile Yard Sale runs via Sunday. To see the listing of web sites, go to right here.