Age
All ages
Cost
Free
Free public park admission
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved park paths and natural areas
Equipment
Photos OK
Boughton Hill Park occupies a location in western New York with roots in Colonial American history. The park's development likely disturbed archaeological sites and burial areas predating modern settlement. Local folklore maintains that a woman accused of practicing witchcraft was buried just outside the park's present northern perimeter during the 1600s. Records of her trial, execution, or burial remain obscure in town historical archives.
Late-night visitors and paranormal investigators document sightings of a female apparition on or near Boughton Hill Park's grounds, primarily on the northern edge where the alleged burial occurred. The ghost is described as translucent, dressed in period clothing, and appearing distressed or animated. Some accounts suggest she paces back and forth along the park boundary, as if searching or expressing anguish. The manifestations typically occur after dark and intensify during late evening hours.
Notable Entities
Walk the grounds of Boughton Hill Park, particularly the northern perimeter where a witch is alleged to have been buried. The park offers trails and natural areas suitable for historical exploration.
Visit Boughton Hill Park during evening hours when the apparition of the witch is most frequently reported roaming the park grounds and surrounding areas.
Wappingers Falls, NY
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Gatlinburg, TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park preserves 522,427 acres of southern Appalachian terrain across Tennessee and North Carolina. The land was the heart of the Cherokee Nation before forced removal in 1838 along what became the Trail of Tears, and home to Appalachian Scots-Irish and English settler communities through the early twentieth century. Congress authorized the park in 1926; it was formally dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 2, 1940.
Springfield, MO
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