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The three boys drove over dirt roads from Stephenville
for what seemed like eternity before reaching the dry creek-bed south
of Dublin.
They sat awaiting the ghost for about two hours and were just about
to leave when suddenly, before their very eyes appeared a misty form
about 100 feet up the creek, near a large rock.
Michael reported the form to materialize as if out of some Hollywood
picture. “We could easily make out the form of a woman dressed in
a long pleated skirt with a long sleeve blouse,” he said. “At times
her face would almost come into complete focus.” “She looked sort
of plain and stood there as if to be curious of our intentions.”
Then she disappeared only to reappear a few minutes later on the opposite
side of the creek and a little bit closer to the truck. It was then
that the boys decided it was time to head back to town before the
ghost decided to crawl into the cab with them.
The event left Michael a bit shaken. Over the years he claims that
he hasn’t told very many people of the event because it is so un-nerving
and strange. The actual sighting of a spirit was a bit more than he
expected on his nightly adventure.
Most who have witnessed the ghost have usually been those who have
not sought her, therefore, they tend not to speak of what they have
witnessed.
Perhaps, the ghost is actually the spirit of a pioneer who came before
the Papworths or the spirits of those unfortunate enough to be hung
from the old pecan tree in the Papworth yard. There is certainly an
array of possibilities in this haunted hollow.
The
area is now posted “No Trespassing” which is probably a good
thing in that it may preserve the creek and it’s natural beauty. Perhaps,
Jenny Papworth, or whatever lingers there likes it that way.
The McDow Hole has been an eerie and tragic place over time. It is
obviously stained with the blood of many traumatic events resulting
in the senseless deaths of many innocent people.
With so many sightings over so many years coupled with documented
sightings of those who died there, it is obvious that this story far
exceeds the status of mere myth or urban legend. Thus the McDow will
always be a very peculiar place. Perhaps it is one of those places
where bad things just tend to happen.
In the event you ever find yourself at the McDow, take warning that
there is no explanation to the strange events that have taken place
on its bloodstained ground in the last 130 years or so. Nor is there
any pattern or consistency to the behavior of the spirit or spirits
that linger there. And it is certain that no one knows when or how
the ghost will make itself known or what, pray-tell, it will do to
you if it finds you there.
© Bob
Hopkins
July 17,
2005 Feature
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