During the past two years, a local reality show in Haywood County has become a phenomenon that’s being broadcast into homes across the country and beyond. The program is Hillbilly Blood: A Hardscrabble Life, and it features Western North Carolina outdoor survival experts Spencer Bolejack and Eugene Runkis. With the second season currently hitting the airwaves, the program follows Bolejack and Runkis around the woods of Haywood County, where they cross paths with skilled craftsmen, figure out planned scenarios or get out of surprising situations. “Each episode features another member of the local community, ranging from a blacksmith to moonshiner to sawmill operator. One day, they’re making a canoe out of a burned out log; the next, they’re creating electricity with firewood or finding the ideal method to distill moonshine. “There’s a lot of perplexity in Hillbilly Blood,” Bolejack said. “On one hand, it can be silly and entertaining, and on the other is a lot of valid information on how to survive and thrive in the outdoors.” The program airs on Discovery Channel’s Destination America.