Record #:

8771

Author(s):

Cantrell, Bertie

Abstract:

Slippery Hill Cemetery in Avery County has been the site of a number of strange occurrences since the turn of the century. Local citizens who have reported seeing a hovering light over the cemetery have died shortly after or lost someone close to them. Two men have crashed and died while driving past the cemetery. In the early 1900s, men on horses reported feeling a presence jump on the back of their horses as they rode past the cemetery. To this day, people avoiding looking at the cemetery for fear of seeing the lights.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 11, Apr 1982, p15, 31, il

Subject(s):

Ghost stories; Cemeteries--Avery County