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Because there is no such things as the "Blair Witch" and there is a "Bell Witch"
The Bell Witch
In the early 1800s, handsome farmer John Bell was engaged to a beautiful woman. What he didn't know, however, was that beneath his fiancee's pretty face lay an ugly temper and even darker heart. When Bell tried to end the relationship, she fell into an angry fit. She also fell onto a stone and was knocked unconscious. Thinking she was dead, Bell locked the body in the root cellar. When the injured woman awoke the next day, she tried to claw her way out -- but no one heard her cries. Although she died locked up, her anger lived and escaped the root cellar. When Bell moved north of Nashville, married and settled down, his jilted lover avenged her death. An evil-smelling blackbird with bloody eyes dive-bombed him as he worked in the fields. Large rats could be heard gnawing at his children's beds. A foul spirit inhabited the house. The strange events occurred until Bell died in the middle of the night, just as the spirit claimed. The next morning the witch left, promising to return in the future. In the 1980s, she did just that. On the Bell Farm, the Bell Witch Cave now echoes with unearthly screams, chain rattling and ghostly footsteps.
- Lisa Galloway
Source: Guiley, R.E. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. Roundhouse Publishing Ltd., 1992.
The Bell Witch
In the early 1800s, handsome farmer John Bell was engaged to a beautiful woman. What he didn't know, however, was that beneath his fiancee's pretty face lay an ugly temper and even darker heart. When Bell tried to end the relationship, she fell into an angry fit. She also fell onto a stone and was knocked unconscious. Thinking she was dead, Bell locked the body in the root cellar. When the injured woman awoke the next day, she tried to claw her way out -- but no one heard her cries. Although she died locked up, her anger lived and escaped the root cellar. When Bell moved north of Nashville, married and settled down, his jilted lover avenged her death. An evil-smelling blackbird with bloody eyes dive-bombed him as he worked in the fields. Large rats could be heard gnawing at his children's beds. A foul spirit inhabited the house. The strange events occurred until Bell died in the middle of the night, just as the spirit claimed. The next morning the witch left, promising to return in the future. In the 1980s, she did just that. On the Bell Farm, the Bell Witch Cave now echoes with unearthly screams, chain rattling and ghostly footsteps.
- Lisa Galloway
Source: Guiley, R.E. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. Roundhouse Publishing Ltd., 1992.
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