Dangers of the Reptilian

 Author: Jordan Dicks

Reptilian Humanoids are known through many legends. One of their known origins is from the Book of Genesis , a part of the Bible, where they were known as the scholars and the renowned men. Throughout the years, Reptilian Humanoids, or Lizard people, have been sighted. Some have even said that their blood runs through our genes today. 

One of the most well-known cases is the theory surrounding the late Queen Elizabeth. David Icke has revealed that the royal family has the blood of Lizard people. Icke also believes that beneath the Earth's crust, there is a network of tunnels inhabited by a civilization of Lizard people who receive protection from the government. Even though there is no evidence to prove this claim, many people believe in Icke and his theories. 

Another well-known case of Lizard people is the story of Christopher Davis (the godfather of the story). In a town in South Carolina called Bishopville, the teenager discovered sightings of the Carolina Lizard Man on a summer morning in July 1988. Over the years, there have been many reports, and though there have been no first-hand sightings, people have reported damaged property left after the attacks. Sightings became so common that the story ended up on television shows like Good Morning America .

When interviewed, Christopher Davis stated that while driving home from his job, he ran over

something sharp, which caused a flat tire. When he finished changing the tire, he heard a noise

next to him. He looked across the field only to be met with a figure over 7 feet tall. Davis

explained that the creature was about 25 yards away, standing strong and with visible anger. This

creature had glowing red eyes, three large fingers, long black sharp nails, and rough green skin.

As Davis tried to escape, the creature, now identified as a Humanoid Reptilian, started running

toward him, eventually jumping onto the roof of Davis's car before falling off.

When his story was reviewed, he was later questioned again out of suspicion, this time with a lie

detector in use. During the questioning, all of his answers came out true, and he later brought the

damaged car he was driving as proof. After this incident, no major sightings were documented,

and the case was buried. The story remains a known mystery with no clear evidence of where the

Lizard Man is or who the Lizard Man could be.

Works Cited: 

“Fortean Times November 2015” Fortean Times, Dsfsdfsdfhttps://archive.org/details/Fortean_Times_November_2015/page/n27/mode/2up Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

“Lizard Man of Lee County” Youtube, uploaded by ETVRoadShow, 25 Aug. 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRMcBuPnxs

“Reptilian” Cryptid Wiki, https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Reptilian Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

“Queen Lizard” The Wires Crossed, 9 Sep. 2022 https://m.mediaamazon.com/images/I/41hqhjtL7RL.jpg

Links for further information:

‘Lizard People’ Catacombs Discovered Beneath Los Angeles 

https://davidicke.com/2022/03/02/lizard-people-catacombs-discovered-beneath-los-angeles/

A discovery was made in the 1930s by mining engineer G. Warren Shufelt. Using an electrical

signal scan, he uncovered an expansive labyrinth of tunnels stretching for miles beneath the

surface of Los Angeles.

Legends: Lizard People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Me59VQpvE

A video by Lore Podcast that explains the lore and origins of Lizard people. Lore Podcast goes

in-depth about the different types and origins of these creatures.

South Carolina’s legend of Lizard Man reappears

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/south-carolinas-legend-of-lizard-man-reappears/

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This article explains the sightings of The Carolina Lizard Man in 2015. A man named, Jim

Wilson, explains the terror he experienced when meeting the Lizard Man in the woods. The

story is similar to the story of Christopher Davis.

UFO Welcome Center (SC)

 Author: Doug

In Bowman, South Carolina there is a tourist attraction called the UFO Welcome Center. It was a place created by a man name Jody Pendarvis. Pendarvis built it in 1994. UFO Welcome Center is made of wood, fiberglass and plastic. Some people may think he is crazy for the fact that he built it on his suspicions that aliens are real. He made the UFO Welcome Center in hopes that if the aliens comes that they will take him with them. 

Sightings of UFOs all over the world help the UFO Welcome Center get visitors. The people that see UFOs have a place to go to find information. Because of sightings there are lots of people that believe that aliens and UFOs are real. The UFO Welcome Center is exactly like what Jody Pendarvis thinks a UFO would look like from the inside to the outside. Even how cold he thinks it get form the inside. He Pendarvis keeps a lot of old junk like old TVs and computers to attract more people to come there.

The UFO Welcome Center also help people understand more about UFOs and Aliens. Pendarvis said that this is just a hobby that he loves, and he talks about how much money he spends on his hobby. The amount he spends twenty-two thousand dollars. The UFO Welcome Center isn’t talked about much since its in the small state of South Carolina, so most people don’t know about it or have never even heard of it. But the people that have heard of it have done research and know about aliens and UFOs.

There is a National UFO website and South Carolina is a hotspot for UFO sightings, so it makes sense to why the UFO Welcome Center is in South Carolina. So the knowledge that people have about aliens would lead them to South Carolina to get a real look on what a UFO might look like so they would know if they saw one. Also for the people who claimed they have seen one can head there and do some research to see if it was really a UFO and aliens. Pendarvis is still alive today and the UFO Welcome Center is still up in running for anyone who would be interested in aliens and UFOs. Even thought it is a mess around the area it’s a historically safe place to go and visit.

Pendarvis has so much more knowledge on UFOs and aliens then the average person. He’s spent the last Twenty-Eight years of his life on building and learning about UFOs.

Works cited:

Whitney8258. UFO Welcome Center, 2014. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ufo-welcome-center

Marcus Lowth, Best UFO Sighting Videos and Encounters of 2022, September 2022. https://www.ufoinsight.com/ufos/sightings/best-ufo-sightings-videos-encounters-of-2022

Josie Griffiths, Life On Mars Are aliens real? Sightings and conspiracy theories explained, advertised on “The U.S Sun” October 13 2021. https://www.the-sun.com/news/science/3336771/aliens-real-ufo-sightings-evidence/

Robin Jarvis, The Mysterious Hidden Gem Attraction In South Carolina You Never Even Knew Existed, November 8, 2018. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-carolina/ufo-welcome-center/

Meryl Conant, The South Carolina UFO Welcome Center, 2007 https://www.ufocasebook.com/welcomecenter.html

J Tyson, OnlyInYourState, Article. https://img-aws.ehowcdn.com/700x/cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/z5-700x430.jpg

UFO Welcome Center, March 3, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Welcome_Center

Links for Further Research: 

Whitney8258. UFO Welcome Center, 2014 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ufo-welcome-center. The article is about how the Welcome Center is built and it is built out of. It also gives bunch of facts like the tempter and where it is located. The purpose of this article is to teach people and let them know stuff about the Welcome Center that people may not know. This source is unique because it shows where the place is located on a map and has other important information that other articles don’t. This source is useful because it give information that other websites left out. This source is good for anyone that wants to learn about aliens and other fun facts.

Marcus Lowth, Best UFO Sighting Videos and Encounters of 2022, September 2022  https://www.ufoinsight.com/ufos/sightings/best-ufo-sightings-videos-encounters-of-2022. The article is about UFOs being seen and people experience. It has multiple videos of peoples proof. The purpose of the article is to show peoples experience with UFOs. The source is unique because most don’t have videos and picture proof of people encounters. This source is useful cause it shows multiple picture which seem to be real UFOs. This written is intended to show people that there is proof of aliens and UFOs.

Josie Griffiths, Life On Mars Are aliens real? Sightings and conspiracy theories explained, advertised on “The U.S Sun” October 13 2021 https://www.the-sun.com/news/science/3336771/aliens-real-ufo-sightings-evidence/. The website talks about the last sighting that they can confirm. It shows that there have been real sighting and that there were probably more that were not recorded. The purpose of this website is to prove that UFOs have been seen before. The source is unique because it’s a big website posting about aliens. The source is useful because its posted by a big known website that has lots of credibility. This source is intended for people that are looking for proof that UFOs are real.

Ghost Light Mystery: A Small Town Church’s Glowing Cross

Author: Brianna Cooper

In the small town of Cross Hill, SC  there is a church cemetery that some claim has supernatural forces at work. Bethabara Baptist Church’s cemetery is home to an iron-cross which mysteriously glows and changes colors and then it returns to its natural state. Many may not know about this unique grave marker because Cross Hill is not a very popular town in South Carolina or in general. As of July 1, 2017, it has a population of 502 (cite).I went to great lengths to unlock the truth behind this paranormal activity. Here’s the (long and hard) process I went through to find this information:

Upon googling “Old Ford’s Glowing Cross,” the amount of results that seemed relevant were minimal. The images results at the top of the page were all old, rusty Ford trucks (LOL). I only found 2 leads from Google which posed a problem. 2 articles suggested that the cross in question was the giant glowing cross standing above the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. This seemed like the more appealing and glamourous story to write about. However, there was still more evidence to be found. A book called the Weird Carolinas, written by Roger Manley, claims what was stated in the above paragraph about the glowing cross. After reading all 3 of these sources, I had to decide which of these stories was the one I was looking for. The articles on Ford Amphitheatre had a little more information, but the title of the short paragraph on the back of Manley’s book was the exact same title I had received as my topic. This gave me a gut feeling that I should do more research. I had no idea how frustrating this would be.

I searched near and far. I searched far and near. I dug a hole in my backyard and ended up in China. I couldn’t seem to find anything else about Old Ford’s Glowing Cross. I was stumped.Then Igot the bright idea to look up the church itself. Silly me. I thought this would help HAHA. I could find anything about this church as well. It led me to believe it didn’t exist anymore. All that came up were different churches in Cross Hill, SC. At this point, I was desperate. Maybe the church was renamed? I googled each church with this search term glowing cross. One church made me jump for joy when I found 2 sources (both sites dedicated to haunted places) that matched the same description from the bookI found. Additionally, one of the websites Haunted Places  brought new information that made this glowing cross even more interesting. It claimed that the marker belonged to a Civil War Soldier’s ghost. Although I felt pretty satisfied with this newfound knowledge, I still couldn’t piece together what happened to Old Ford’s Baptist Church and how it was connected Bethabara Baptist Church. The whole small-town thing definitely did not make this search easy. No one was reporting church name changes in Cross Hill, SC. Who cares? Well I cared at the moment, so I had to dig that whole to China again. I used an academic database to search the church but nothing relevant came up (of course). Luckily, I didn’t give up and decided to just search “bethabara.” To my advantage, I found an encyclopedia article that explained that Bethabara was a place in biblical times that was located above the Dead Sea at a ford. YES!IT ALL MAKES SENSE!I never got any actual confirmation that Old Ford Baptist Church is now Bethabara Baptist Church, but just go with it *wink wink*.

Is this glowing cross a confusing, hard-to-find, and somewhat unbelievable conspiracy? Yes. Should you go look and see for yourself? Yes. Will I go look and see for myself? No. I love my life and I want to keep it. Happy ghost hunting! 😊

Works Cited:

“Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017.”American FactFinder, 5 Oct. 2010,factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk.

“Bethabara.” Academic Search Premier, Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2019, pp. 1.ezproxy.usca.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=134504652&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

“Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery.” Haunted Places, www.hauntedplaces.org/item/bethabara-baptist-church-cemetery/.

Manley, Roger. Weird Carolinas. Sterling Publishing, 2007.

“Tantrum Not In The Mood GIF.” Tenor, Tenor, 18 Mar. 2017, tenor.com/view/tantrum-gif-
8034080.

Links for further research:
Ghost Lights: Believe them if you
darehttps://earthsky.org/human-world/ghost-lights-believe-in-them-if-you-dare.
This site gives the reader background information on ghost lights and the history of these supernatural entitiesas well as different locations that ghost lights can be seen in the United States.

Ghost Lights: Origins, Legends, Well Known Sightings and Science
https://www.trueghosttales.com/ghost-lights.php.
This site also gives background information on ghost lights and accounts of sightings.

Lismore’s Glowing Cross
http://www.unexplainedaustralia.com/30-unexplained-phenomena/77-lismore-s-glowing-cross
This site is a report of another glowing cross in a cemetery located in Australia.

Alice of the Hermitage

Janee McCarthy

Among many other ghost legends in South Carolina, the legend of Alice of the Hermitage approaches a calmer, innocent ghost story, rather than a terrifying ghost story like we are used to hearing about. Alice was a young girl who lived on a rice plantation with her arrogant brother, whom she was not too happy with, and her mother.  The home was more of a beach home to them, surrounded by trees and marshes.



The Hermitage at Murrell’s Inlet


On the website The Moonlit Road, Cathy Kaemmerien and Craig Dominey wrote an article on the legend of Alice of the Hermitage, where they talked about her family’s traditions. Growing up, Alice Flagg’s family has always had strong beliefs of marrying the right person depending on the social class aspect. Living on the Hermitage, Alice met a young man that she fell in love with. Her family was not happy with this and her brother forbade Alice to see the boy. “The story goes on to say that in an effort to keep the two apart, Alice was sent away to boarding school in Charleston.” (The Hermitage- Murrell’s Inlet, SC). But that didn’t stop her, Alice decided that she could keep it a secret from her brother. One night, Alice’s beloved gave her a ring, which he engraved in the band, “love never fails.” Alice kept the ring on a ribbon around her neck, making sure to keep it from her brother.
 
Alice’s brother sent Alice off to school in Charleston, punishing her for going against her family’s beliefs and traditions. A couple weeks later, Alice was rushed home by her brother because of an unexpected sickness. She had high fever and laid in bed for weeks. While lying in bed, her brother snatched the ring from around her neck and threw it in the nearby marsh. Alice woke up frantically looking for the ring and died shortly after realizing it was gone.

It is believed that Alice Flagg still haunts the grounds of The Hermitage looking for her ring.“For I have never found my ring, though sometimes I still search the grounds at what is now called Wachesaw Plantation.”(Alice Flagg in her own words). Her grave is still at the Hermitage. People can go to the land and visit the grounds that Alice still walks around. Some people say they have seen her, and even talked to her. People lay flowers on her grave and pass on their stories about their visit to the Hermitage.



Alice Flagg’s Grave



Works Cited:
”Alice Flagg in Her Own Words; The Area’s Most Beloved Ghost Tells Her Story.” MyrtleBeach Online. N.d. Web. 13 Oct.

“The Hermitage-Murrell’s Inlet, South Carolina.” 2015 SCIWAY. Web. 12 Oct.
Kaemmerien, Cathy. “Alice.” The Moonlit Road. The Moonlit Road, 1997 LLC. Web. 12. Oct.
Roberts, Nancy. “South Carolina Ghosts; From the Coast to the Mountains.” Columbia. University of South Carolina, 1983. Print.
Ross, L. Woodrow. “Ghosts of South Carolina: Two stories of lost love and tragic death.” Independent Mail. Journal Media Group, 2015. Web. 13 Oct.
Links for further research:https://www.google.com/search?q=alice+of+the+hermitage

Mysterious Monsters of the Deep: Messie and Nessie

Peyton Smith

 

We’ve all heard the fictional stories of creatures that live in the deep, but have you ever considered where those theories and stories originated? According to Stephen Lyons, in his article “The Legend of Loch Ness”, the earliest evidence of the Loch Ness monster is dated back to the first century A.D., “when the Romans first came to Scotland and found it occupied by fierce, tattoo-covered tribes they called the Picts, or painted people.” The Picts had many animal statues carved in stone, all of which were recognizable except for one which was “a strange beast with an elongated beak or muzzle, a head locket or spout, and flippers instead of feet” (Lyons). It was described by many as a “swimming elephant.” Even though the Pictish statues were the first real evidence, “the earliest written evidence can be found in the biography of Saint Columba, in 565 A.D. when he saw a giant beast about to attack a swimmer in the lake” (Lyons). However, Lyons said the Loch Ness legend we all know about today arose in 1933, when a couple driving home passed the loch and saw “an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.” Based on this sighting the first real description of the beast was created, and this description is still how we depict the creature today. The beast was said to have a long slender neck, distinct humps along its back, and fins. Does this monster seem believable to you?

In Bejnamin Radford’s book Lake Monster Mysteries, he discusses some of the most iconic photos of the Loch Ness monster, one of which was photographed by a London doctor named R. Kenneth Wilson. This photo became the most popular form of evidence to many because it came from someone as credible as a doctor, who was believed to be too well respected to lie about a monster. This photo was later falsified and the story behind the hoax was recorded in Radford’s book, it was also recorded in Stephen Lyons’ article “The Legend of Loch Ness”

Hearing about the Loch Ness monster can be terrifying for some, but many people don’t care about the urban legend since it is so far away in a loch in the middle of Scotland. But what if I were to tell you that there have been sightings of a similar beast in a lake many people in South Carolina visit frequently. In 1933, the first sighting of Messie the Lake Murray monster appeared. Lake Murray is a manmade lake located near Irmo, South Carolina, it is over 41 miles in length, 14 miles in width and about 200 feet in depth. The creature was first spotted by a husband and wife, who were out in a boat fishing on the lake, when they said the beast attacked their boat and they had to fight it off with oars to avoid sinking (SC Lakes). Over the years many Messie sightings have occurred, each time “it is always noted as being a giant snake with fins and has been calculated as being 40 to 60 feet long” (SC Lakes). Now next time you decide to go for a swim, beware of what could be lurking just under the surface.

Works Cited:
Lyons, Stephen. “The Legend of the Loch Ness.” pbs.org. PBS-NOVA, 12 Jan. 1999. Web. 7 October 2015.

Radford, Benjamin. Lake Monster Mysteries. Lexington: The UP of Kentucky, 2006. Print

SC Lakes. “Lake Murray Monster.” sclakes.com. SC Lakes, 17 Sept. 2009. Web. 14 October 2015.
Wilson, R. Kenneth. Surgeon’s Photo. 1934. American Museum of Natural History. amnh.org. Web. 14 October 2015.

Links for Further Research:
Can of Mystery: Lake Monsters: Messie and Nessiehttp://canofmystery.blogspot.com/2012/10/lake-monsters-messie-and-nessie.html
This website is a blog post about the Loch Ness Monster and the Lake Murray Monster, it gives a lot of background information about the two creatures.

American Museum of Natural History: Sea Monstershttp://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water-creatures-of-the-deep/sea-monsters
This website explains the theory behind why people believe in sea monsters and discusses many sea monsters such as the loch ness monster, giant squids/kraken, and sea serpents.

Metro News… But Not As You Know Ithttp://metro.co.uk/2015/04/18/loch-ness-monster-really-does-exists-natural-history-museum-scientist-said-5156146/
This news article describes a scientist’s first hand encounter with a loch ness monster sighting and his theory that the beast is an aquatic dinosaur thought to be long ago extinct.

Charleston’s Paranormal Theater

Author: Sara Nichols

     
 Two hundred seventy-eight years ago Charleston, South Carolina became the home to America’s first theatrical-only-performance theater.  On February 12, 1735, The Dock Street Theater was opened on the corner of Dock Street (currently Church Street).  The first play performed in the theater was The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar. (Brown) For the next few years, many different operas and plays were performed in this new American theater.

        Five years after its opening, in the Great Fire of 1740, the theater was destroyed, along with many other buildings in Charleston.  Nothing was done with demolished building until 1809, when the Calder’s bought the property and built Planter’s Inn or Planter’s Hotel in place of the theater. According to two articles, Brown and Wordpress, Planter’s Hotel was a place for wealthy men to gamble, drink, and encounter prostitutes. (Brown) (Wordpress)  Planter’s Hotel was owned by the Calder’s until 1852, when John C. O'Hanlon  took over management and renovated the hotel and advertised a new wine room.  In 1855, it was renovated, as a hotel, for the last time, adding a recessed porch, carved wooden brackets, banded brownstone columns, and an iron balcony (Preservation Society).  

        During the Civil War the purpose of the hotel was mute, due to the enlistment of many of the men who previously stayed at the hotel, and it was shut down.  Following the Civil War, the hotel reopened in 1884 mainly as apartments for tenements.  (Preservation Society)

        The Works Progress Administration (WPA) recreated the Dock Street Theater in 1935. On November 26, 1937, Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer opened the rebuilt theater.  The theater was now accompanied by a performing company, the Footlight Players, who performed regularly in the Dock Street Theater.
In 2007, the theater begun a third renovation and was made more luxurious and handicap accessible. This renovation was completed in 2010. Currently about 600 shows are performed each year at the Dock Street Theater (Hollings).
        Junius Brutus Booth was a known traveling actor who stayed in Planter’s Hotel often and partook in drinking, gambling, and rendezvousing with prostitutes. Nettie Dickerson was a prostitute who worked in the Planter’s Hotel in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Over the past one hundred years, locals have told the mysterious tales of these two lingering residents said to have been spotted at the Dock Street Theater.

        Many spectators and actors have expressed seeing Booth on the balcony level of the theater.  However, no one really knows who lurks in the balcony people just assume it is Booth because he was a regular guest at the hotel.
        It is said that Nettie was stationed out on the second floor balcony of the hotel every night, after the wealthy men started avoiding her and she stopped making money. One night she was ridiculing someone over the edge of the balcony and the balcony rod was struck by lightning and she was killed instantly. Legend says that her ghost still haunts men at night, and even chases them down hallways.
        Junius Booth and Nettie Dickerson’s spirits still lurk the property of the Dock Street Theater, however don’t be afraid, they probably won’t bother you.  Unless you’re a wealthy white man, resembling those that started avoiding Nettie as a prostitute.


Works cited:
Brown, Alan. Haunted South Carolina: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Palmetto State. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 2010. Print.
Hollings, Ernest F. “The Dock Street Theater.” The Library of Congress. The American Folklore Center. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
The Dock Street Theater. Wordpress.com. N.p., 13 Mar. 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2013.
“30. Dock Street Theater, 1736.” Preservation Society of Charleston. Preservation Society of  Charleston. n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.


Links for further research:
1740 (November 18) Fire
http://www.preservationsociety.org/halseymap/flash/window.asp?HMID=37
A brief summary of the Great Fire of 1740, which destroyed the Dock Street Theater.
The Dock Street Theater
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/SC/200003498.html
A history of the Dock Street Theater without any paranormal information involved.
A guide to three of Charleston's haunted places
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/a-guide-to-three-of-charlestons-haunted-places/Content?oid=3632921
A guide to several places in Charleston, SC where a tourist could go to be spooked and potentially sight ghosts.

The Hampton Lillibridge House

Author: Kaiyla Oliver



Hampton Lillibridge from Crime Library on Vimeo.

There have been stories about the Hampton Lillibridge House, and how it is haunted. A man named Jim moved into that house, and had workers to work on things that needed to be. They were reportedly working the house, and heard many noises. Along with strange activity happening. One man was working upstairs and had a strange force that tried to move him into a deep hole in the floor. So to try and save himself he laid down on his back. Not only was this going on. But they heard loud sounds that sounded like furniture moving around, along with tools going missing. 

After hearing what the workers had told him. Jim decided to move into the house anyway. While staying the night there, he admitted that he heard strange noises, and felt strange forces among him.

Some say that when you look up at the third floor window. You see an old man dressed in black looking right back at you. That sounds creepy right?

This article tells the history of the house, and where all of the hauntings all started. There is a sailor who committed suicide. By hanging himself in the bathroom. Neighbors reported hearing the voice of a woman singing while the house was empty. They also reported strange figures of people dancing in the windows upstairs.

Work Cited

(n.p, Friday February 20, 2009) savannahspecters.blogspot.com

Ramsland, Katherine (Ramsland, 2011) http://vimeo.com/19534164

Three other sites to visit:

http://ghosttoursinsavannah.com/2013/02/12/the-hampton-lillibridge-house/

http://spectresavannah.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-hampton-lillibridge-house.html

http://www.rottenworks.com/index.php/2012/01/26/the-most-haunted-house-in-america-hampton-lillibridge-house/

The Legend of Alice Flagg

Author: Disaiah Whack

Why do ghosts roam the Earth afterlife? I believe that a spirit cannot leave this Earth if it is holding on to someone or something. In Alice Flagg’s case she holds on to something a special someone gave her. Love is one of the strongest emotions that humans hold on to, and in this case so do ghosts.

            Alice Flagg grew up in a wealthy family consisting of a long line of doctors. Her family lived in The Hermitage on  Murrells, Inlet. The Hermitage still stands and is now a tourist attraction. Traditionally, it would only make sense for her to find love in a young man from a wealthy family. Unfortunately, Alice found true love in a local lumberman, which her family disapproved of. During this time (mid 1800s) it was unpopular for women of a wealthy family to marry someone outside of their social status. Alice, being in love, decided to continued her relationship with the lumberman. Over a period of time her lover gave her the gift of a ring tied on a ribbon, which she wore around her neck underneath her clothes so that her family could not see.  She kept her relationship with the lumberman a secret from her family for months. Using the ring as a reminder and symbol of her love. Once her mother discovered the hidden ring, Alice was shipped off to a boarding school in Charleston, South Carolina.  Her brother took the ring and through it into the marsh so she could not wear it anymore.

While away at the boarding school Alice became sick from a terrible fever. Once her brother found out about her illness, he rushed to Charleston to retrieve his sister from the boarding school and bring her home. Unfortunately, Alice died by the next day. Some say as Alice was on her death bed she reached and grabbed for the ring on a ribbon that had been snatched from her neck. The tale tellers say that Alice’s ghost, to this day, still roams the land where The Hermitage once stood in search of her ring on a ribbon.

Many people travel to see Alice Flagg’s grave, and some locals pay a monthly visit to her grave site. Sometimes, local schools take field trips to her grave in search for the ghost. They leave rings, flowers, and money. They say if you walk backwards around Alice Flagg’s grave 13 times her ghost will appear unto you. What would you do if you came in contact with the ghost of Alice Flagg? Could you relate to her story? Do you feel as though her sickness could have been prevented if her family would have let her make her own decisions about dating?

Further Research

AngelFire. http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/mytrip/alice.html

This website provide further research of the life of Alice Flagg not listed in the article.

The Digitel. http://www.thedigitel.com/business/charleston-area-ghosts-alice-flagg-1833-1849-38942-0415

This website provides further information on Charleston area ghosts.

Georgetown Paranormal. http://www.georgetownparanormal.com/alice-flagg.html

This website provides further research on ghost hunts. 

The Gray Man of Pawley’s Island

Author: Randall Sullivan

Image from hauntedlowcountry.com

The gray man of Pawley’s Island in South Carolina has hiked the shoreline for nearly 200 years. In addition, a lot like the Gray man of Hatteras, his existence predicts approaching jeopardy for the tiny island and the community that reside there. It appears that although he is accountable for saving people’s lives, he was incapable of saving his own life. There are few stories concerning the origin of the Gray Man. One of the stories illustrate that, in 1822, a youthful woman was living on the island with her relatives. One day she received information that her fiancée was going to unite her on the island subsequent to going to see his relatives.

Overjoyed with the message, she told the servants to cook all his preferred dishes and embellish the house in expectation for his coming. A time came for him to turn up, but no one showed. She waited for her fiancée for hours and only the fiancées servant visited with heartbreaking news.

As the two were roving down the path, her fiancée was in tremendous spirits and confronted his servant to a contest on their horses. They contested down the strand, and when he spotted a shortcut through a swamp, he determined to take it. Providence got involved and caused his horse to trip up, throwing him off. When he struggled to stand, he found himself

plummeting in quicksand. Regardless of his best attempts, neither he nor his servant was competent to free him, and the man submerged underneath the sand.

The reports nearly drove the girl crazy. She depleted hours hiking down the Pawley’s Island coastline. One day she was not at home on foot when she noticed a man paying attention over the ocean water. While she got nearer, she sensed that her stomach was tightening. She could not believe what she saw. When she got closer to the man, she was in no doubt that it was her fiancée. All of a sudden, a wave ruptured from the ocean, encompassing him. When the wave diminished, the man was not there. The girl told her relatives of what she had observed. Her family, certainly, thought that losing her fiancée started to take her mentality. That night, she had a terrible nightmare of being in a tiny boat in the ocean hurled by the ocean waves causing wreckage everywhere around her. All that time, her fiancée stood on a sandbank trying to signal her to him. The nightmare really frightened her. Hence, her dad took her and the entire family to Charleston to see a medical doctor.

That was providential. In hours of their departure, a typhoon smacked the coastline. When it ended, nearly all the residents of the North Inlet died. Becoming conscious that her fiancée had come back to save her from a horrific destiny, the girl returned to her ordinary self. Inhabitants of the Pawley’s Island assert that they still see the Gray Man. In 1954, a grandmother on holiday with her family noticed a man fully clad totally in gray fade to a twist before vanishing. The following day hurricanes shred through the region. One individual attempted to pursue the Gray Man barely to have him vanish before their eyes. Often when people see the Gray Man, the hurricanes leave their homes completely without a scratch whereas it decimates

the nearby homes. For natives who have spotted the Gray Man it is certainly that he came to caution them. 

Works Cited

Clary, Margie. The Gray Man of Pawley’s Island. Orangeburg: Written in Stone. 2004. Print.

            Katie, Harrison. “Haunted Low country: The Gray Man – Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.” Haunted             Lowcountry: Haunted Legends and Ghost Stories from Coastal South Carolina. Lowcountry    Paranormal, 18 June 2010. Web. 19 Oct. 2013.

            

Links for Further Research:

The Gray Man

http://themoonlitroad.com/the-gray-man/

Gives a small summary on a famed story of The Gray Man

Pawley’s Islands Ghosts

http://hauntedstories.net/ghost-stories/south-carolina/gray-man-pawleys-island

Gives one of the myths about The Gray Man