Post by "Mysti" on Jul 4, 2005 12:20:38 GMT -5
On the back roads in between the towns of Belmond and Goodell is the area known as Hickory Grove. It was once the site of an old 1 room school house and also a unsolved tragedy.
The stories of the tragedy are not openly shared and to most are actually considered a secret best not discussed. However their are a few who will tell of that day.
Apparently at one time there was a male teacher who for reasons that no-one still to this day understands went mad, and he killed all the students of his class then afterwards killed himself.
The schoolhouse was torn down a few years ago and there is now a cornfield growing over what remains of the foundation. But the cemetery where most of the children and the teacher were buried still remains, and the bridge where the teacher died is still there.
There is also a trail behind where the schoolhouse was that still remains, however it it closed off from the public and posted with signs. Also on certain nights there is a mysterious path that appears in the cemetery leading out into the woods behind it. But this path is only there at night.
There has been times when a dark mist appears infront of your vehicle as your approaching the area, or a dark shadow figure runs out infront of you as you round the corner before getting to the site, only to vanish into the darkness completely at the mouth of the old school path.
S.A.R. (GREEN)
The stories of the tragedy are not openly shared and to most are actually considered a secret best not discussed. However their are a few who will tell of that day.
Apparently at one time there was a male teacher who for reasons that no-one still to this day understands went mad, and he killed all the students of his class then afterwards killed himself.
The schoolhouse was torn down a few years ago and there is now a cornfield growing over what remains of the foundation. But the cemetery where most of the children and the teacher were buried still remains, and the bridge where the teacher died is still there.
There is also a trail behind where the schoolhouse was that still remains, however it it closed off from the public and posted with signs. Also on certain nights there is a mysterious path that appears in the cemetery leading out into the woods behind it. But this path is only there at night.
There has been times when a dark mist appears infront of your vehicle as your approaching the area, or a dark shadow figure runs out infront of you as you round the corner before getting to the site, only to vanish into the darkness completely at the mouth of the old school path.
S.A.R. (GREEN)
