The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-06
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A wonderful phenomenon has recent
ly made its appearance on Willow
Greek. in Bracken County. about two
miles from Brooksville, aud has been.
seen by quite number of the worthy
citizens of our County. Onr people
have been in constanb state of o.
citement since it first made its ap-
pearance. &c. w
On the 10th inst, as ele. of our
citizens, prominent tobacco uier-
chant, residing in Brooksville, was
returning home from the Southern
portion of the County, where he had
been buying some crops oe tobacco,
and, being belated, was riding along
the road, when suddenly he beheld a
frightful object in the middle of tho
road, Immediately in front of him.
l will give you the description of it
as heard it from his lips:
The object was about six feet in
height, and walked upright. The
face was at times that of u IN IN, very
pale, with curls of flames falling over
his shoulders; eyes of sulphnrons
blue, changing constantly in size, one
moment large as tin cup. and then
gradually decreasing in size until It
was almost invisible. It's arms were
those of a man, and hands deadly
pale. In one hand it held a torch,
and in the other u sword that seemed
to be about four feet in length. It's
lower extremity was that of q horse,
with legs well proportioned, and hoofs
as those of q horse. Its tail, which
was about three feet in length, was
flame. Its breath was n solid sheet
of fire, which vibrated with the heav-
ings Of its breast like the pendulum
of clock. 1t was certainly tho most
frightful object / ever beheld. 1t
walked off to the side of the road
and vanished. When it disappeared,
1 Immediately put spurs to my horse
and galloped by the spot where had
seen it. When I arrived at the sum-
NIT of the hill, about 200 yards off,
l looked back and saw the object in
the spot where I first beheld it. 1
stopped my horse and watched it for
a moment; it walked over to the left
side of the road, and mounting rail
fence that stood there, commenced
running toward me. I did not stay
to see the remainder of the drama.
He Immediately rode to town, and.
having told the adventure to some of
the citizens, they Immediately formed
q party and started out to sec the
strange visitant. Lawyers, doctors.
preachers and tradesmen, armed with
guns and pistols, made their way en-
mGSSe to the scene of this strange ad-
venture. When they arrived ut the
spot, some of them beheld the spec
tire and others could not see it. 1t
was when they saw it on the fence,
and, running rapidly along up and
down, it passed the crowd for the
distance of quarter of a mile. AS
1t passed, the crowd several times
fired at it, but with no effect.
About IL o'clock, it vanished, and
was seen no moro that night. Since
then it has been seen every night at
the same place. Hundreds of visitors
have been on hand every night, and
the excitement is at very high state
now and is increasing. The cause of
this is beyond human conjecture. 1t
has been only about year since it
was seen in this County before. The
County is astir, and the people are
eager to get rid of their unwelcome
visitant. This is the whole narrative.
Will not some philosopher explain
the cause of this wonder? Yours
truly, JOSEPH PEYTON.
Lucius Langdon. Jonathan G. Soule
and james s. Wolfe unite in certifi-
cate before justice of the peace, that
the above statement is true.