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Re: Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

daisygirloo — 2013-02-13 19:15:48Z

I grew up hearing stories about Raw Hide and Bloody Bones. We had no real entertainment at night other than a radio and lots of imaginative tales from the old folks. My ancestry came from the Carolinas and I'm sure these stories spread to many other areas.

Re: Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

karebear313278 — 2013-01-31 23:05:46Z

Yes my mamaw and papa told me the same story in eastern ky Wolfe county...it's is really a Indian legend ... I researched it I wanted to know the whole story behind it...I was always raw hind and blood bones will get u if u go out after dark

Re: Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

bwendell48 — 2011-06-14 15:52:55Z

I have been told this story when I was a kid growing up in Eastern KY. By my dad forgot how it went or if it was a fairytale or was just made up. But it got our attention

Salem Witch Trials, Salem MA

mami121604 — 2010-10-05 22:56:29Z

I heard a rumor that someone in my family tree was hung during the Witch Trials in Salem, MA. My mothers Mitchell line goes back to Choates and through the Choate line we are related to John Prcotor and his wife Elizabeth Basset Proctor who were hung on August 19, 1692 the same day the folowing were hung:

George Burroughs
John Willard
George Jacobs Sr
REBECCA NURSE and MARTHA COREY

Re: True Story in Ohio

Mohnbauer — 2009-10-22 21:02:05Z

it´s something like "Extra Sensory Perception"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasensory_perception
http://www.skepdic.com/esp.html
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/e/esp_extrasensor...
http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta/a20.html

Re: Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

trickiharless — 2008-12-26 23:05:19Z

I wonder what the origin of the "Raw Hide and Bloody Bones" saying was??? Does anyone know if it was part of a folk tale or piece of literature?

What year was this when your granny scared you? Was she Scots-Irish? I always thought it was a very old saying, but I'm not sure.

Re: Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

Millie1954 — 2008-12-23 21:59:16Z

YES! Our great granny used to drape a white sheet, turkey feathers, and chicken blood over her head and body and scare all of her grandchildren. She'd be shrieking RAW HIDE AND BLOODY BONES the entire time! She was from eastern TN by way of Powhatan, AR (northcentral Arkansas)

Re: Oklahoma Hauntings

dstill88 — 2008-10-10 20:22:16Z

There are reports of a "spook light" where I live in NE Oklahoma. It has even been investigated by scientist and on TV.

Re: A Haunting too close to home

trickiharless — 2007-12-30 22:21:32Z

I hope you are alright. Any updates?

Raw Hide and Bloody Bones

trickiharless — 2007-12-30 22:15:35Z

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.

Re: Oklahoma Hauntings

lejeuneatheart58 — 2007-09-14 18:30:36Z

I worked at Edmond Regional Medical Center in Edmond, Ok. until 1997. On the second floor there was a report from one of the staff members( who was a patient at the time) that she woke up one night and there was a lady and two children dressed in old time clothes in her hospital room. The strange thing about this was that this staff member did not believe in ghosts.

Mad Anthony Wayne ride looking for flesh

ron_mesnard — 2007-06-08 11:48:11Z

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 — 2007-05-08 22:31:08Z

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
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Re: The Mothman of W.VA

jade261 — 2007-02-04 14:13:08Z

Melissa

I agree with you that the Mothman was one of the scariest stories I've read.

I live in Australia and almost 30 years ago I left the city to live in the country. I lived in a reasonably comfortable shed for about six months while my home was being finished.
The ceiling of the shed was lined with a silver insulating foil and my only heating was a kerosene one with a domed burner. One night after reading the Mothman till the wee hours of the morning and scaring myself silly, I put off the light and crept into bed. Next thing there were two enormous glowing saucer like eyes staring down at me from the ceiling. It took me quite a few minutes to compose myself enough to realise that I'd left the kero heater on and the glowing dome was reflecting upon itself in the dark and casting a twin reflection onto the foil ceiling.

The really scary bit however came next morning when I went outside to collect the milk. There on the doorstep were dozens of the largest moths I'd ever seen in my life. Some of them were up to four inches long with a wing span to match.

Turned out I'd come to live in a area that had regular migrations of what are known as Bogong moths, quite harmless and once regarded as a delicacy by nomadic aborigines in the old days. I laugh about it now but it freaked me out whilst reading the Mothman. Trish.

Haunted House...?

2006-10-25 16:05:41Z

The Mothman of W.VA

2006-10-25 15:42:25Z

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.

Re: A Haunting too close to home

kag426 — 2006-08-24 15:11:34Z

Info on demons...

2006-05-19 17:34:22Z

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

http://www.geocities.com/devilsindex

Re: Oklahoma Hauntings

csbarrow — 2005-08-25 00:35:26Z

You might contact Mary Haney at mary@hennessey.lib.ok.us about some hauntings in the Hennessey, OK area. One involves a family that was murdered by the father Dec. 13, 1927. That is an interesting story. Good Luck Caroline Barrow

Re: Buried Alive

mrbuck1 — 2005-08-13 16:10:22Z

THAT IS JUST SAD.

Great Grandmother Catharine Echolis Smith Husbands name Frank L Smith

renaandziggy — 2005-02-13 00:41:11Z

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.

Re: A Haunting too close to home

Melissa_Sansoucie — 2004-08-11 23:19:44Z

Go to msn message board : http://www.msnusers.com/TheHauntedII

ask for Jonathin and tell him sansoucie sent ya :)

Re: True Story in Ohio

2004-07-25 22:50:52Z

quick question what was the name of the appartment complex???

True Story in Ohio

2004-06-10 15:50:33Z

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

Re: A Haunting too close to home

2004-02-24 07:04:24Z

Hey sancoucie,Johnthn not responding. Ask him to correspond with me via email. I will be happy to talk with him.

Oklahoma Hauntings

2004-02-19 21:20:26Z

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

2004-02-18 07:53:24Z

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.

Buried Alive

2002-07-14 20:28:05Z

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.