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SUPERNATURAL STORY CONCERNING DEATH

IN 1935 , MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO HAD BEEN CARING FOR MY SICK GRANDFATHER
WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR OF HER HOME
IN GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, TO PUMP
SOME WATER. SHE SAW A TALL YOUNG MAN WITH SHOULDER_LENGTH HAIR, LONG
ROBES, AND A STRANGE GLOW ABOUT HIM,
WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SHE FOLLOWED HIM BUT HE DISAPPEARED. THAT SAME DAY MY GRANDFATHER
DIED. SINCE THAT DAY,SHE HAS REPEATED THE STORY TO MEMBERS OF OUR
FAMILY, REFERRING TO THE YOUNG MAN AS THE "ANGEL OF DEATH."

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Greenville

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Angel
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1957

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