She defied them, but her date was late because of the raging storm. She cursed God, and was struck by lightning. Her image was etched into the glass. By the 1920s, the story had spread, and the house and window had become a tourist attraction. What lingers today are conflicting accounts, and a dwindling number of elderly eyewitnesses claiming to have viewed the window as kids.
Older people swear on a stack of Bibles they've seen it.
I got some paint remover a few years ago and started to scrape the glass clean. It was a big job, though, so I only got so far. One theory is that the pane is photographic glass, such as used in photo plates at the time. Nobody can tell exactly what year it happened, there are no news accounts, no name of the family, and no grave. Send us mail .