Halloween - The Bell Witch 0f Adams, TN

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Hey y'all,

 

Since its getting around Halloween and such .. lemme tell y'all about a

gal I still believe in today .. a gal I have never feared .. a gal who

us younguns used to hold in great awe .. Kate .. the Bell Witch.

 

Is Kate evil .. or is Kate just a spirit seeking justice? I have never

thought of her as being evil.

 

Kate haunted the little town of Adams, TN .. population around 250 or so

even today .. its 7 miles down the road from my hometown of Guthrie, KY.

 

The Bell Farm and the Bell Witch Cave are on the Red River in Adams ..

and when I was a yonker me and my buddies would often spend the night on

the Red River catfeeshing .. and when it rained .. we'd all run up the

hill and sleep in the Bell Witch Cave. Not one time did we ever talk

with disrespect while there .. and not one time did we ever have any

problems with Kate.

 

But .. in the summer of 1975 .. something strange happened .. and this

tale is a fact .. if I'm lying .. I'm dying. I had just come back from

an assignment in Hawaii .. and my old buddy and boss (Don) and his wife

and two girls decided to take a trip from Texas up to Kentucky to visit

with me and my family. Don was known to have a drink or three now and

then .. and he was also an adventurous feller fer'shur. First day in

town Don wanted to visit the Bell Witch Cave .. so I took him. Don was

having a few nips at the time. ;-)

 

When we arrived on site I told the present owners (who I've know for a

long time) that my buddy had traveled from Texas to see the cave .. and

since we were both military they took no fees .. but .. they did warn us

to be respectful while in the cave. I knew that .. and when we were

walking down the hill to the cave I told Don why it was important to not

show disrespect to Kate.

 

When we arrived in the cave .. all went well for a while .. then Don

started laughing and made a remark about Kate that would get a man

punched out if he made it to a live person. I was uncomfortable and

told him so .. and demanded we leave .. which we did. When we got to

the top of the hill .. Don opened his car and as he slide the keys into

the ignition .. somehow he sliced his hand open badly .. we could not

find anything there that could have done this .. but it happened.

 

We wrapped the hand with a handkerchief and started to drive out the

gravel road leading to the main road. The gravel road ran through an

open pasture .. no trees and the grass was not more than a few inches

tall. A few hundred yards up the road .. we see a young gal .. maybe

12-14 or so .. barefoot and in a plain print dress .. walking down the

gravel road .. which gotta be tough even for a kuntry youngun. So Don

stops and asks the gal if she wants a ride. " No Sir " , says she. " I'm

not going very far " . But there is nowhere to go there.

 

We start up again and haven't traveled more than 100 feet when I look

into the rear view mirror .. and there is nobody there. I tell Don to

stop the car .. he does .. and he looks .. and there is nobody on the

road or in the field .. its flat ground there .. no dips and rises.

 

Make what you will of this .. but it happened. I have many photos of

the cave and surrounding property .. there are two Tennessee Highway

Historical Markers in Adams .. both discuss the Bell Witch and Andrew

Jackson .. and some other events that occurred in and around the area.

Even the local Baptist Church is named the Bell Witch Baptist .. the

school (now closed due to the new county central school system) was

called the Bell Witch Elementary School .. the town cemetery is named

" Bellwood " .. everything in the town of Adams, TN is Bell Witch this and

that and the sign showing population and such entering and leaving has a

witch on a broomstick on it. Hard it is to find someone in that town

who will show disrespect for Kate.

 

Andy Jackson wrote:

" I would rather fight the entire British army single handed than face

the Bell Witch again! " Andrew Jackson, seventh President Of The United

States.

 

http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm

 

More on the Bell Witch .. this is but a few URLs .. there are many.

 

http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa101399.htm

 

http://www.bellwitch.org/

 

http://www.bellwitch.org/story.htm

 

http://nashville.about.com/od/historyandsites/a/bellwitch_2.htm

 

http://www.prairieghosts.com/chris.html

 

http://www.prairieghosts.com/b-cave.html

 

A tale .. probably not true.

http://www.themoonlitroad.com/bellwitch/intro_bellwitch.asp

 

http://www.bellwitchcave.com/

 

http://www.ghosts.org/bell/bellwitch.html

 

Happy Haunting Y'all. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

[Guest guest]

This was COOL! Thanks Butch and yes, I KNOW I'm 4 months late, but I'm

catching up! LOL!

 

 

 

On 10/30/05, Butch Owen <butchbsi wrote:

>

> Hey y'all,

>

> Since its getting around Halloween and such .. lemme tell y'all about a

> gal I still believe in today .. a gal I have never feared .. a gal who

> us younguns used to hold in great awe .. Kate .. the Bell Witch.

>

> --

> Cheers!

> Kathleen Petrides

> The Woobey Queen

> Http://www.woobeyworld.com