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Pics of the "witches grave"
here's the tree as a whole, you can see the fence around it.
Here's showing the base of the headstone, there used to be stone on the base but it's gone now (probably vandals). It never had any writing on it that I could ever see.
The fence going into the tree.
Photo Bucket is freaking out. I've got a few more to add but I can't get them to upload for some reason. I'll try again later and post them if I can get it to work.
Here's showing the base of the headstone, there used to be stone on the base but it's gone now (probably vandals). It never had any writing on it that I could ever see.
The fence going into the tree.
Photo Bucket is freaking out. I've got a few more to add but I can't get them to upload for some reason. I'll try again later and post them if I can get it to work.
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here's the tree as a whole, you can see the fence around it.
Here's showing the base of the headstone, there used to be stone on the base but it's gone now (probably vandals). It never had any writing on it that I could ever see.
The fence going into the tree.
Photo Bucket is freaking out. I've got a few more to add but I can't get them to upload for some reason. I'll try again later and post them if I can get it to work.
Here's showing the base of the headstone, there used to be stone on the base but it's gone now (probably vandals). It never had any writing on it that I could ever see.
The fence going into the tree.
Photo Bucket is freaking out. I've got a few more to add but I can't get them to upload for some reason. I'll try again later and post them if I can get it to work.
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From: In The Corn, Illinois
No I don't, I've been going there for a number of years and the headstone was plain, no writing. Somebody has left a bouquet of artificial flowers stuck in the ground by the tree though, they didn't look to have been there for that long.
I did some research and in Wicca the Oak tree is a symbol of protection. In Christianity it was the first tree created by God. This could go either way.
Here's all I can come up with when looking for it online.
"This is the grave of a woman who turned up dead after being accused of witchcraft in the early 1900s after she challenged the conservative views of the local Amish church elders. The town planted a tree over her grave to trap her spirit inside and prevent her from taking revenge. Her ghost can still be seen from time to time hanging around the area."
Another article says there are no death records for her either. Pretty sad.
Sometimes I go there just to sit and think when I need time alone.
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