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FRIGHTENED IN CEMETERY
PENNY HAD HEARD A STORY ABOUT A BOY WHO DISAPPEARED
YEARS AGO NEAR HER HOME IN ENGLAND. IT SEEMS A GROUP
OF BOYS HAD BEEN PLAYING NEAR A CEMETERY UNTIL LATE
AT NIGHT. THEY HAD BEEN TELLING THOST STORIES AND
HAD ALL GOTTEN PRETTY FRIGHTENED. WHEN THE GROUP
BROKE UP, ONE YOUTH HAD TO GO THROUGH THE CEMETERY
TO GET HOME. HE STARTED TO RUN AND HIS SHIRT CAUGHT
ON A TOMBSTONE. HE NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO LOOK
BACK AND WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY DEAD BUT STILL
CAUGHT ON THE STONE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
LOGGING LEGEND
DURING THE TIMES WHEN NORTHERN MICHIGAN WAS MOSTLY VIRGIN
FORESTS, THE LOGGING COMPANIES WERE BUSY STAKING OUT
CLAIMS AND CUTTING THE TIMBER. THE LOGGING COMPANIES
WOULD HIRE CERTAIN MEN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING
THE UNCHARTED LANDS AND STAKING OUT CLAIMS. IT
APPEARS THAT OFTEN THESE MEN WOULD GET LOST AND NEVER
RETURN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THESE MEN HAD TO REVERT TO
NATURE TO SURVIVE AND IN TIME THEY BECAME ACTUAL WILD
MEN.
IF YOU'RE EVER WALKING THROUGH THE NORTHERN FORESTS AND
YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING YOU, YOU WILL KNOW
THAT IT IS ONE OF THESE WILD MEN.
MANY TIMES TRAPPERS AND EXPLORERS WOULD UNACCOUNTABLY
LOSE THINGS FROM THEIR GEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
BUT THEY KNEW WHERE IT WENT--TO THESE WILD MEN. THE
SAME IS TRUE TODAY; IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING UNACCOUNTABLY,
YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT WAS TAKEN BY ONE OF THESE WILD
MEN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
THE MAN UNDER THE TROLLEYCAR
THERE IS A LITTLE MAN WITH A LONG STICK WITH A BIG SHARP BLADE, LIKE
A SYCTHE ON THE END OF IT. HE USED TO CUT OFF PEOPLE'S HEADS
WHEN THEY STUCK THEIR HEADS OUT OF THE WINDOW.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO TELL HIM THIS STORY EVERY TIME HE
TRIED TO STICK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE MOVING TROLLEY CAR WINDOW. THE
INFORMANT SAYS HE USED TO TRY TO LOOK FOR THE LITTLE MAN WHEN THEY
GOT OFF THE TROLLEY CAR BUT HIS MOTHER SAID HE'D (THE LITTLE MAN)
TRY TO PULL ANYONE WHO BENT OVER TO LOOK AT HIM INTO THE WHEEL WITH
HIM.
THE INFORMANT THINKS HE WAS FIRST TOLD THE STORY AT AGE 2 OR 3 AND
BELIEVED IT FOR 6 OR 7 YEARS.
TOLD SEVERAL TIMES, THE LAST TIME BEING JAN. 25, 1967
AT THE WOJACK HOUSE IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEAR
James Callow Keyword(s): DECAPITATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 01-25-1967
HOOK STORY
A COUPLE WERE PARKED AND HEARD ON THE RADIO ABOUT AN ESCAPEE FROM
THE INSANE ASYLUM WITH A HOOK HAND. THE GIRL WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER
PARENTS AND SHE DIDN'T (KNOW?) WHERE THEY WERE. SO THEY FINALLY LEFT
ON HER THIRD REQUEST. HER DATE WAS MAD AND TOOK OFF FAST. AND SHE
FOUND THE HOOK ON HER DOOR WHEN THEY GOT HOME.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS STORY WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. S
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE THREE MORE HOOK STORIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
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CHARLIE SACHS OF WYANDOTTE BECAME A LEGENDARY CHARACTER IN THE
1920'S AND 1930'S. HE HAD BRIGHT YELLOW HAIR WHICH FELL BELOW HIS
EARS IN A BUSTER BROWN STYLE HAIRCUT. IT WAS KNOWN AS "SODY ASH"
HAIR AFTER THE COLOR OF SODA ASH MANUFACTURED BY THE WYANDOTTE
CHEMICALS COMPANY. CHARLIE GAINED HIS FAME BY WALKING AROUND
DOWNTOWN DETROIT IN FLAMBOYANT OUTFITS OF THE GAY NINETIES.
HE WOULD STROLL EACH DAY IN HIGH_BUTTON SHOES, CHECKED PANTS,
A BRIGHT VEST, A STRIPED BLAZER, AND A STRAW HAT ATTACHED BY
A RIBBON TO HIS LAPEL. WHEN SHIPS WERE DUE IN CHARLIE WOULD WANDER
AROUND THE
WATERFRONT IN AN 1890'S ADMIRAL'S UNIFORM. THE STRANGE OLD MAN
WOULD TALK TO NO ONE, AND HE DIED WITHOUT EVER REVEALING WHERE HE
GOT HIS MONEY OR HIS FANTASTIC COSTUMES.
Submitter comment: LEGEND ABOUT A MENTAL DEFECTIVE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
LEGENDARY ECCENTRIC
LIVING ON GROSSE ILE IN A RAMSHACKLE VICTORIAN-ERA HOUSE IS
A CHARACTER KNOWN
TO ALMOST EVERY PERSON WHO HAS ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE
DOWNRIVER AREA DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS. DIN ROONEY IS AN OLD
SENILE IRISHMAN WHO LIVES ALONE IN THE KITCHEN OF HIS HUGE HOME
AND FILLS THE REST OF THE ROOMS WITH OLD NEWSPAPERS. UNTIL A FEW
YEARS AGO, HE WELCOMED ALL VISTORS--USUALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
AND SPUN MANY STORIES FOR THEM. HOWEVER, IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT HE
CARRIED A GUN AND THAT HIS HOME HAD BEEN A BOOTLEGGING HEADQUARTERS
IN PROHIBITION DAYS. HE WAS SOMETIMES SEEN ROAMING OVER HIS VAST
GROUNDS LATE AT NIGHT WITH A LANTERN EERILY LIGHTING HIS FACE.
EVENTUALLY, THE POLICE STOPPED YOUNGSTERS FROM VISITING DIN.
HE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN THE TALK OF THIS AREA FOR YEARS, FOR A NUN
TEACHING AT ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL IN WYANDOTTE RECALLS VISITING DIN
WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT IN TRENTON, MICHIGAN. WITH A GROUP OF
FRIENDS I ONCE VENTURED AS FAR AS THE GATE OF DIN ROONEY'S GHOSTLY
ESTATE BEFORE LOSING NERVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
SIAMESE TWINS
SIAMESE TWINS WHO WERE JOINED AT THE ARM WERE SEPARATED AND LIVED
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WHEN LATER IN LIFE ONE DIED
IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT THE OTHER DIED SUDDENLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME AS A TRUE STORY WHICH BEV HAD READ ABOUT SOME YEARS (AGO).
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF TWINS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
"LUKE THE SPOOK"
THE STORY GOES THAT THERE IS A MENTAL INSTITUTION AROUND THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 37 MILE ROAD AND ROMEO PLANK ROAD. IN
THE OLD DAYS, BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S, COACHES USED TO PASS
BY, AND THEY ALWAYS HAD A LAMP SWINGING FROM THE BACK OF THE
CARRIAGE. ONE NIGHT A MAN ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTION. AS HE FLED,
A COACH CAME BY, KNOCKED HIM DOWN, AND AS IT ROLLED OVER HIM, THE
HORSES' HOOVES CUT OFF HIS HEAD, WHICH ROLLED UNDER A BRIDGE. HIS
BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. THE WEIRD PART IS IF YOU PARK BY THIS BRIDGE
(YOU WILL SEE A STRANGE)
LIGHT MOVING TOWARDS YOU. YOU'LL TRY TO START YOUR CAR, BUT IT
WON'T START, BUT YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO LIKE CRAZY.
AT THE LAST MINUTE THE CAR WILL START, AND THE LIGHT WILL
FOLLOW YOU AS YOU GO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT NOT ONLY HEARD OF THIS STORY, BUT ACTUALLY VISITED
THIS SPOT AND SHE CLAIMS THAT THE STORY OF THE LIGHT IS REALLY
TRUE, IT HAPPENED TO HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 05-14-1965
LOVER'S LEAP LEGEND THE HOOK
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A GIRL AND BOY WHO WENT TO LOVER'S LEAP
ONE NIGHT. THE RADIO WAS PLAYING IN THE CAR, AND WHILE THEY
LISTENED, THE PROGRAM TO WHICH THEY HAD BEEN LISTENING WAS
INTERRUPTED FOR A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN. IT SEEMS THAT A MAN HAD
ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY INSANE ASYLUM AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN WAS THAT HE HAD A
METAL HOOK IN THE PLACE OF HIS RIGHT HAND. ALL PEOPLE WERE
WARNED TO STAY AT HOME AND KEEP THEIR DOORS LOCKED. WHEN THE
COUPLE HEARD THIS, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE AT ONCE, AND DID. THEY
ARRIVED AT THE GIRL'S HOUSE, AND AS SHE OPENED HER DOOR, SHE
SAW A METAL HOOK FALL FROM THE DOOR HANDLE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STORY ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, BUT CANNOT
REMEMBER WHO TOLD IT TO ME.
Data entry tech comment: LOVER'S LEAP IS APPARENTLY MISTAKEN FOR LOVER'S LANE HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
LEGEND
WHILE ON MY WAY TO DANCE CLASS ONE EVENING, I NOTICED A DOLL IN THE
PICTURE WINDOW OF A HOUSE. NOT THINKING ANYTHING OF IT, IMENTIONED
IT TO MY GIRLFRIEND. SHE WAS AMAZED THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD THE STORY
ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL THAT ONCE LIVED IN THE HOUSE. IT IS BELIEVED
THAT ONE EVENING THE GIRL WAS PLAYING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THAT NOT
SEEING HER, THE FATHER RAN OVER HER AND KILLED HER. THE MOTHER OF
THE CHILD WENT CRAZY AND NOW BELIEVES THE DOLL TO BE HER DAUGHTER.
SHE TAKES CARE OF THE DOLL IN WAYS THAT A MOTHER WOULD TAKE CARE
OF A CHILD. SHE EVEN GOES SO FAR AS TO DRESS THE DOLLUP FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS SUCH AS CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN.
Submitter comment: THE HOUSE IS ON OUTER DRIVE IN DEARBORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLKTALE
A YOUNG CHILD WAS RUN OVER BY HER FATHER IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AS THE
CHILD WAS PLAYING BEHIND THE CAR. THE CHILD DIES AND THE FATHER DIES
SHORTLY AFTERWARD FROM GRIEF. THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD GOES INSANE AND
BECOMES OBSESSED WITH A DOLL WHO SHE DRESSES EVERY DAY AND PUTS IT IN
IN THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT ON THE DRIVEWAY.
Submitter comment:
HEARD THIRD HAND FROM A FRIEND. WE TRIED TO FIND THE HOUSE WHERE THE
DOLL WAS LOCATED BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND IT.
FRIENDS CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN THE DOLL AFTER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
STORY OF ROB BACKUS
I HEARD THIS STORY FROM A GUY NAMED ROB BACKUS IN 1969. HE LIVED
IN A HOUSE WHERE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME. ROB TOLD A STORY ONE TIME
ABOUT HOW HE GOT OUT OF THE U.S. NAVY. ROB WAS A SEAMAN ON A
NAVY SHIP AND HE WAS GROWING MORE DISCONTENTED WITH LIFE IN THE
NAVY. ONE DAY HE WENT TO A MUSIC STORE AND BOUGHT A SAXOPHONE.
THE NEXT DAY IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE REVILLE HE CLIMBED TO
THE TOP OF THE MAST OF THE SHIP. WHEN THE SAILORS WERE ASSEMBLED
FOR REVILLE HE STARTED BLOWING ON THE SAXOPHONE. THEY FINALLY
GOT HIM TO COME DOWN, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HE WAS DISCHARGED
FROM THE NAVY. HE HAD NEVER PLAYED A SAXOPHONE BEFORE THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY HAPPENED DURING THE VITENAM WAR ERA, AND IT WAS
GRATIFYING TO ME TO KNOW THAT ONE PERSON THAT I KNEW HAD BEEN ABLE
TO SAVE HIS LIFE FROM THE PERILS OF VIETNAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): FEIGNED INSANITY TO GET OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
A U OF D FOOTBALL TALE
TILLIE VOSS WAS THE HUGE FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
DETROIT IN THE YEAR OF ABOUT 1926. ONE DAY HE HAD A TERRIBLE
TOOTHACHE (SO THE STORY WAS TOLD FROM MY FATHER HOWARD
PHILIPPART, THE FULLBACK FOR U OF D). ASPIRIN DID NOT SEEM TO
HELP AND HE DESPERATELY NEEDED SLEEP FOR THE BIG NAVY GAME
THE FOLLOWING DAY. "I GOTTA DO SOMETHING," HE TOLD MY FATHER
AND RAN FULL TILT HEAD FIRST INTO THE CINDER BLOCK WALL. AS
THEY CARTED HIM OFF TO BED FOR A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP, THE PLAYERS
SILENTLY APPLAUDED HIS DEDICATION AND LOYALTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
THE CRAZY BROTHERS
ON THE FARM IN DAYTON, OHIO I WAS CONSTANTLY WARNED TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT FARM IN WHICH LIVED TWO VERY STRANGE
BROTHERS. ALL THE NEIGHBLRS WERE WARY OF THE BROTHERS AND
THEIR INVENTIONS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THEIR FIRST AIRPLANE FLEW
THAT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS WERE ACCEPTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY AND WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER TELLS OF THE
WARNINGS THAT SHE GOT FROM HER MOTHER SHE LAUGHS WRYLY.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
WHILE WORKING AT AN ORPHANAGE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI IN
1980, I MET A WOMAN NAMED MADAME PAPION. MADAME WAS A
DEVOUT CATHOLIC, YET ALSO A BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF THE
EVIL SPIRIT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF ONE'S BODY. SHE INFORMED
ME ABOUT HER SON WHO RECENTLY WAS POSSESSED. HE WOKE UP
DURING THE EVENING WITH HIS WHOLE BODY SHAKING AND HIS TEETH
CHATTERING AGAINST EACH OTHER. MADAME POURED HOLY WATER
OVER HIS BODY, AND IMMEDIATELY HIS SHAKING AND CHATTERING
STOPPED. HER SON KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS EVENT THE
FOLLOWING MORNING.
Submitter comment:
VOODOO BELIEFS ARE VERY PREVALENT IN HAITI, AND WATER
BLESSED BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST, HOLY WATER, IS OFTEN USED
TO CURE A PERSON FROM POSSESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1980
A MAN HAD A WIFE WHO DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE MAN KEPT A DOLL
THAT BELONGED TO HIS WIFE, IN THE
HOUSE. THE DOLL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS
WIFE. HE WOULD TAKE THE DOLL PLACES
WITH HIM, AND HE WOULD CARRY ON CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE DOLL. HE WAS EVEN KNOWN TO HAVE
ARGUMENTS WITH THE DOLL.
Submitter comment: HE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1973 ; 00-00-1985
THE LEGEND OF THUMPDRAG
A LONG TIME AGO WHEN CAMP OZANAM FIRST OPENED THERE WAS THIS
COUNSELOR NAMED SAM WHO LOVED CHILDREN VERY MUCH BUT HE DIDN'T
LIKE IT WHEN BIG KIDS PICKED ON THE LITTLE ONES. IN THE GROUP THAT
WAS ASSIGNED TO SAM THERE HAPPENED TO BE TWO BULLIES NAMED MARK
AND SEAN. THESE TWO ALWAYS USED TO PICK ON THIS ONE LITTLE GUY
JOE. WELL, ONE DAY SAM GOT TIRED OF SCOLDING MARK AND SEAN AND
DECIDED TO PUNISH THEM BY MAKING THEM CLEAN THE MESS HALL BY
THEMSELVES. SEAN AND MARK WERE FURIOUS AND PLOTTED AGAINST SAM.
ONE NIGHT LATER THAT WEEK MARK AND SEAN SNEAKED OUT OF
THE CABIN AND WAITED FOR SAM TO GET OUT OF HIS NIGHTLY
COUNSELOR MEETING. AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER SAM SAID
HIS GOOD-BYES AND HEADED BACK TO THE CABIN. WHEN SAM
WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE OTHERS SEAN AND MARK JUMPED HIM
AND KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN SAM WOKE UP HE WAS
STRAPPED TO A BENCH AND GAGGED. SEAN AND MARK HAD POURED
GASOLINE ALL OVER HIM AND WERE STANDING OVER HIM WITH LIT
MATCHES THREATENING TO SET HIM AFIRE. THE NEXT THING THAT
HAPPENED WAS THAT ANOTHER COUNSELOR FOUND SEAN AND MARK
OUTSIDE THE HALL CRYING IN THE FACE OF THE BLAZING FIRE.
THE TWO BOYS CONFESSED TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE BUT IT WAS
TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. JUST THEN THEY SAW
WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MAN LIMPING OUT OF THE FIRE DRAGGING
ONE LEG. ALL THE COUNSELORS SEARCHED EVERYWHERE FOR HIM
BUT HE RAN INTO A CORNFIELD AND COULDN'T BE FOUND. AFTER
A WHILE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND EVERYONE SETTLED BACK INTO
THEIR CABINS INCLUDING, MARK AND SEAN. THE TWO BOYS WERE
REQUIRED TO STAY AT THE CAMP FOR ONE MORE NIGHT BECAUSE
THEIR PARENTS COULDN'T COME TO GET THEM UNTIL THEN. THAT
NIGHT AS THE TWO BOYS LAY SLEEPING IN THEIR BEDS THE DOOR OF
THEIR CABIN SWUNG OPEN AND THE SOUNDS THUMP! DRAG!
WERE HEARD SCRAPING ACROSS THE FLOOR. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
MARK AND SEAN LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS THIS THING ALL BURNT
AND DEFORMED THAT GRABBED THEM BOTH AND DRAGGED THEM
SCREAMING OUT THE DOOR. THE COUNSELOR WOKE UP FROM THE SCREAMS
AND WENT RUNNING OUT THE DOOR AND TRIPPED. THE COUNSELOR
GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE THING AND FIGURED IT MUST OF BEEN SAM.
WHEN THE COUNSELOR GOT UP HE FOUND THAT WHAT HE TRIPPED OVER
WAS THE BODIES OF MARK AND SEAN. THE TWO HAD DIED OF FRIGHT.
AFTER THE AUTHORITIES GOT AHOLD OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED THEY
PUT OUT A STATE-WIDE MANHUNT FOR SAM BUT TURNED UP WITH
NOTHING.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD IN THE CAMP HALL WHICH AT ONE TIME
BURNED DOWN SOME YEARS AGO AND HAD BEEN REBUILT. THE MORAL
POINT OF THE STORY IS NOT TO PICK ON THOSE SMALLER THAN
YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP OZANAM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
"SLEEPY HOLLOW"
A MADMAN ESCAPED FROM A MENTAL INSTITUTION. HE WAS RUNNING
AND REACHED AN OLD BRIDGE ON SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD. THE MADMAN
THEN KILLED ANOTHER MAN AND HUNG HIM FROM THE BRIDGE. IF
ANYONE GOES TO THE BRIDGE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, HE WILL SEE
THE MAN HANGING FROM THE BRIDGE, AND IF HE STAYS VERY LONG,
THE MADMAN WILL APPEAR AND TRY TO KILL HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1985