back in the civil war my great great grand pa came home to be with his sick wife the locals around there got drunk and decided he was a derserter the got together and hung him but he was so tall the rope let his feet drag a cripple in the group used his crutch to dig a hole under his feet after the hanging was over the men involved all died by accidents that involved wood one was even killed when a branch from the hanging tree fell on him as he rode under it to this day the hole is still there nothing will stay in it the hole is by the new bridge in newton al
hole that will not stay filled
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Posted 29 June 2006 - 05:03 AM
That's a great ghost legend. Have you seen the hole yourself?
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Posted 29 June 2006 - 06:10 AM
that is a pretty good legend.
you should write it somewhere for posterity...
you should write it somewhere for posterity...
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Posted 29 June 2006 - 07:30 AM
~WOW!!! Is there any way you can go there and take a few pictures??? Maybe you'll catch something? I liked the story...very interesting!!!!
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Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:45 PM
I would like to see pics of the hole and tree as well. oh and the graves of those who were killed there after the incident as well!
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Posted 30 June 2006 - 10:32 PM
i have seen the hole and graves ill be back there in aug or sept ill take pics and see what happens this story is also in a book called 13 alabama ghosts and jeffery
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Posted 17 August 2006 - 05:47 PM
well its august i went to the hole today and i found the gravesite of my great great grandpa ill post the pics this weekend i have a few more places to go b4 i delolp all the film
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Posted 17 August 2006 - 06:26 PM
Cool. I look forward to seeing the pics!
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Posted 17 August 2006 - 10:20 PM
Wow, what a cool story! Can't wait to see the pictures you have!
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Posted 17 August 2006 - 11:38 PM
You shoulda tried to fill it. There's hole in Pa that won't stay filled either. We call it Centralia. There's a mine fire underneath and they try to fill it to stop the fire, but it just burns through everyhting. It sucks because it's gonna soon enough consume my town too.
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Posted 24 August 2006 - 10:04 PM
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here are the pics the hole is under the new bridge my great great grandpas stone and my great great grandmas stone who he was going home too when i can find the stones of the people that hung him ill post them
[/URL] here are the pics the hole is under the new bridge my great great grandpas stone and my great great grandmas stone who he was going home too when i can find the stones of the people that hung him ill post them
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Posted 26 August 2006 - 07:57 AM
I was really hoping for a better picture of the hole....is it like just an indentation now?
Great story though...interesting that it happened within your own family.
Great story though...interesting that it happened within your own family.
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Posted 26 August 2006 - 11:26 AM
very interesting story, can`t wait to see more pictures ...when you put them up..
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Posted 26 August 2006 - 11:03 PM
yes just a small scraping not deep at all sorry
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Posted 27 August 2006 - 08:16 AM
yes just a small scraping not deep at all sorry
~Heck, don't be sorrry!!! Gee, at least you went out of your way and took pics for us!! I wasn't expecting anything like a trench, I got to see exactly what I'd expected, under your Grandpa's unfortunate circumstances. I'm sorry to hear the tragedy behind his passing & thank you for not only sharing your story, but posting pics as well.
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