Figments of Ocracoke

By Chester Lynn (Ocracoke native)
 
Chester Lynn is an O'cocker through and through.  His family has lived on Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands in North Carolina's Outer Banks for ten generations and he represents the quintessential  islander.  He is an amateur historian, antique collector, and local fig expert who is well known for his ability to "say a word" in the endangered brogue that has characterized this community for centuries.