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Oklahoma Hauntings

Marilyn — 19 Feb 2004 9:20:26 GMT

I am a storyteller looking for some authentic (told as true legends or tales of Halloween. Would love to hear yours.

Also, any tales about Oklahoma - we will be celebrating our centennial (yup, one hundred whole years!) in 2007. I travel around to libraries sharing stories with kids and adults.

Let me hear from you.

A Haunting too close to home

Bill Pfitzer — 18 Feb 2004 7:53:24 GMT

I live in the Central Florida area,& I am experiencing a haunting,matter of fact,a very disturbing haunting. This is something that really is becoming somewhat troublesome,& it involves a presence.Several months ago,this presence became more pronounced in my life.A strange,but,very strong recurring experience.I am walking down the hallway,& this presence suddenly makes itself very well known. It doesn't materialize,it just makes itself very well known.It began after a recent study into near death experiences.Several times in my life,I came very close to the end.Once,I narrowly escaped being transported to the morgue,& several times people stated I had been declared deceased.Once,someone even showed me my obituary,which had been published in a widely distributed publication,not my regular daily paper,but almost as widely circulated.The retraction was later printed,but,it was unusual to see it none the less.Anyway,this presence has made itself quite known,& some nights it tries to materialize.The scent of burning incense sometimes accompanies it. Sometimes,it just feels like it is trying to communicate.It becomes very strong,it sometimes doesn't want me to walk past it,so it will block my escape,until I acknowledge it is there.Recently,the smell of decay has accompanied it.A stench that can sometimes be very strong.I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing similar phenomena,& how they are handling the situation.

Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

trickiharless — 30 Dec 2007 10:15:35 GMT

When I was a child in east Ky. and my Grandma didn't want to argue with me about going outside where she couldn't watch me, she would scare me by saying, "Don't go out there! Raw Hide and Bloody Bones will get you!" I don't know where this saying originated. Anybody else ever heard it? She was Scots-Irish.

Mad Anthony Wayne ride looking for flesh

ron_mesnard — 8 Jun 2007 11:48:11 GMT

This was local to my childhood home. On our block was a pre-revolutionary church. The very prominent Wayne family was church members. They founded Wayne PA and Ft Wayne IN. Anthony was a general under George Washington. They nick named him mad Anthony. He performed his own reconnaissance behind enemy lines at night using a reversible jacket. The inside of his jacket looked like a British officer’s jacket. After the wars he moved west and founded Ft. Wayne IN where he died. His will stated his bones were to rest in the family plot in Wayne PA. They figured his flesh would rot off by the time the body got to PA so the boiled the flesh off and buried that in a grave in IN while his bones were sent back in a casket to be buried in PA. On All Hollows Eve, the skeleton rides a skeleton horse down Church Road then rides down Darby Paoli Road looking for flesh. If he finds it he takes it from the living. He is like the Headless Horseman of Tarrytown NY.

Looking for Hauntings in the Christian County IL area

traciehicks1973 — 8 May 2007 10:31:08 GMT

CCGHS is researching the folklore of the Christian County Illinois area.

We are researching the areas:

Cities, Towns and Villages CCGHS Covers:

Assumption / Bolivia / Bulpitt / Clarksdale / Dunkel / Edinburg / Grove City / Harvel / Hewittville / Jeisyville / Kincaid/ Langleyville / Millersville / Morrisonville / Mount Auburn / Osbernville / Owaneco / Palmer / Pana / Radford / Roby / Rosamond / Sharpsburg / Stonington / Taylorville / Tovey / Willeys /

Townships CCGHS Covers:

Assumption | Bear Creek | Buckhart | Greenwood | Johnson | King | Locust | May | Mosquito | Mount Auburn | Pana | Prairieton | Ricks | Rosamond | South Fork | Stonington | Taylorville

If you know of any folklore, ghost sightings, mysterious creature sightings, ufo/alien sightings, occult activity or anything else please feel free to email us at ccghs@charter.net .

We are building a database of the Christian County area. We have a special section just for Christian County IL. For photos, audio and video evidence, along with stories and sightings.

Please feel free to pass (repost) this along to your friends and family.

We have been researching the Christian County Illinois area since 2002. We do have a main site,this is were the database and most of the research is at.

Thank you for all your help,
CCGHS Team
http://www.parastudies.com

The Mothman of W.VA

melissa — 25 Oct 2006 3:42:25 GMT

I think one of the scariest stories is that of the Mothman!!
I don't know how close to fact that Hollywood movie with Richard Gere was about it, but it scared the wits out of me.
I've Always loved scary movies though...The Shining, anything Alfred Hitchcock, Edgar Allen Poe was a favorite author when I was younger etc. Dracula, The Mummy (the old ones). They are all fun to watch this time of year.
I know the Mothman stories aren't Halloween stories but I think this time of year is as good as time as any to bring it up.

Haunted House...?

melissa — 25 Oct 2006 4:05:41 GMT

Info on demons...

Mythman — 19 May 2006 5:34:22 GMT

Here is a nice website with some info on demons and spirits....

http://www.geocities.com/devilsindex

Great Grandmother Catharine Echolis Smith Husbands name Frank L Smith

renaandziggy — 13 Feb 2005 12:41:11 GMT

I. looking for any one who might be able to help me .

Catharine Echolis could be spelled diffrent who was married to Frank L Smith.Catharine is said to be an Indian.

True Story in Ohio

Tammy — 10 Jun 2004 3:50:33 GMT

I had a small problem but has since went away.I would really like to know why it happened.
When I first moved into my apt in Huber Heights with my 2 boys.I was single.The first week was a little freaky.I slept on the couch the first week b/c I had`nt had my bedroom finished yet,and there were three different nights,that I heard a voice keep calling out my name.Now when I went to the doors & windows,there was nobody there.I have never been able to figure out what or who that could have been.And why it called my name but never let me know what it wanted.
I`d appreciate some input.
Thank you ,Tammy

Buried Alive

Carol Reid — 14 Jul 2002 8:28:05 GMT

My Grandmother grew up on a mountain in Wilkes County, North Carolina. This either happened to a family there, or in neighboring Iredell County, where my GreatGrandmother grew up.

There was a family there who had 9 boys, and their 10th child was a little girl. The little girl was beautiful, and very much doted on by her mother and father and all her brothers. When the little girl was about 9 years old, she caught pneumonia and died, and her family buried her on their land underneath a grape arbor, where she had always loved to play. The child had been dead for about six weeks, and her mother was inconsolable. She couldn't eat or sleep because of her grief. She told her husband if she could just see the little girl one more time she thought she could get better. After much serious thought, and with many misgivings, her husband decided that his wife should see her little girl one last time, to see if that would help her get over her grief. So he took a couple of his sons, and they went to the grape arbor and disinterred the little girl's body. When they opened the burial box, they found the little girl had turned over inside it, and was now lying on her stomach. Several of her fingers had molded together. It was said that the little girl's mother never spoke another word to anyone from that day onward.