Bell Witch Legend
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:26 pm
Sorry, I have not been able to post in a while, but I have been busy with my job, training, and medical treatments. Also, the computers that I set up are not working as well as I hoped. It seems that they find links to slasher movies and ghosting software as often as they get an honest result.
However, I am constantly coming up with a consistant hit when searching local legends in Tennessee. I will do my best to give you the facts as I know it, and perhaps someone can help me better understand it.
Simply put, back in the 19th century something slowly killed a man by the name of John Bell. No one knows exactly what it was, be it witch, spirit, or demon. They just know that it killed John Bell.
They said the being made itself known by little things as first. Odd noises, they things start moving, then forces harrassed the Bells. Eventually John Bell became sick. A while later, the Bell Witch began speaking. One of the phrases I found that the being said was, "I am a spirit from everywhere. Heaven, Hell, the Earth. I'm in the air, in houses, any place at any time. I've been created millions of years. That is all I will tell you."
The ghost claimed to return in seven years and did, and has more or less been quiet since. However, the townspeople when I questioned them mentioned that strange things occassionally happen near a cave that is supposed to be close to where the farm was located (the farm was burned down by the townspeople during the original events).
I have not gone near the cave, my training is not yet complete nor do I have anyone else to call on for help. I am however, like I said, curious as to what everyone things may or may not have happened there.
However, I am constantly coming up with a consistant hit when searching local legends in Tennessee. I will do my best to give you the facts as I know it, and perhaps someone can help me better understand it.
Simply put, back in the 19th century something slowly killed a man by the name of John Bell. No one knows exactly what it was, be it witch, spirit, or demon. They just know that it killed John Bell.
They said the being made itself known by little things as first. Odd noises, they things start moving, then forces harrassed the Bells. Eventually John Bell became sick. A while later, the Bell Witch began speaking. One of the phrases I found that the being said was, "I am a spirit from everywhere. Heaven, Hell, the Earth. I'm in the air, in houses, any place at any time. I've been created millions of years. That is all I will tell you."
The ghost claimed to return in seven years and did, and has more or less been quiet since. However, the townspeople when I questioned them mentioned that strange things occassionally happen near a cave that is supposed to be close to where the farm was located (the farm was burned down by the townspeople during the original events).
I have not gone near the cave, my training is not yet complete nor do I have anyone else to call on for help. I am however, like I said, curious as to what everyone things may or may not have happened there.