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"I would rather fight the entire British army single handed than face the Bell Witch again!" - something Andrew
Jackson, seventh President Of The United State may or may not have ever said.
HISTORY
One
of
the
strangest
"ghost
stories"
ever
written
was
not
based
in
fiction,
but
on
real
events
and
deals
with
the
legend
of
the
Bell
Witch.
Over
a
four-year
period
beginning
in
1817,
a
Tennessee
family
endured
a
series
of
shocking
events
that
surpassed
even
the
most
imaginative
creations
of
modern
horror.
This
then,
is
the story of the Bell Witch.
A
barrel-maker
named
John
Bell
moved
his
wife
Lucy
and
their
six
children
from
their
previous
home
in
North
Carolina
to
Robertson
County,
Tennessee
in
1804.
John
intended
to
farm
the
1,000
acres
he
had
purchased
and
set
about
building
a
rather
good-sized
log
cabin
on
the
site
complete
with
smaller,
functional
structures
and
slave
quarters.
They
soon
immersed
themselves
into
the
community
and
John
eventually
became
a
deacon
at
the
local
Red
River
Baptist
Church.
They
were
a
God-fearing
clan
who
worked
the
land
and
experienced
a
period
of
fine
prosperity.
John
and
Lucy
Bell's
family
eventually
grew
to
nine
children
and
their
lives
seemed
to
be
a
model
for
the
times.
In
short,
they
were
close-knit,
industrious
and
unassuming
people. This was about to change dramatically and for all times.
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Depending
on
the
version
of
the
story
presented,
John
Bell
had
a
falling
out
with
a
woman
named
Kate
Batts
over
either
a
land
purchase
or
slave
dealings.
(The
original
dispute
might
actually
have
been
with
a
distant
relative,
Benjamin
Batts.)
In
either
event
Kate
proclaimed
her
displeasure
with
Bell
to
many
in
the
community.
In
time,
the
church
would
support
Bell's
position
-
unlike
the
Tennessee
courts
who
would
find
him
guilty.
That
decision
would
turn
popular
opinion
against
Bell,
and
the
church
-
not
wishing
to
appear
sympathetic
with
a
convicted
criminal
-
reversed
their
position
and
subsequently
took
steps
to
excommunicate
Bell
from
the
church
on
January
13,
1818
(text
below).
When
it
became
apparent
that
no
actual
restitution
would
be
forthcoming,
the
incensed
woman
swore
she
would
eventually
exact
her
revenge
on Bell for cheating her.
"On
motion
the
case
of
Bro.
Bell
was
taken
up
(which
is
as
follows)
whereas,
the
jury
of
the
Circuit
Court
for
Robertson
County
found
Bro.
Bell
guilty
of
violating
the
law
of
usury,
as
such
we
think
the
cause
of
Christ
and
Religion
in
the
hands
of
Bro.
Bell,
and
agreed
at
our
November
meeting
to
reconsider
the
business
which
was
investigated
and
postponed
from
time
to
time
until
now.
Now,
although
we
cannot
clearly
see
that
Bro.
Bell
was
guilty
of
taking
usury,
yet
for
the
veneration,
we
have
for
the
courts
and
have
for
our
country,
we
publicly
reprobate
the
idea
of
any
of
our
members
violating
the
statute
laws
of
our
country.
As
such
we
reprove
Bro.
Bell
for
giving
cause
of
offence.
Bro.
Sugg
Fort
then
preferred
two
charges
with
their
specifications,
that
is
to
say,
covetousness
and
treating
the
church
with
contempt
on
Sunday
of
our
last
meeting.
"Specification
to
the
first
charge.
That
Bro.
Bell
coveted
and
because
he
had
it
in
his
power,
took
$20
or
thereabouts more than he let Batts have as stated by Bro. Bell in July 1816.
"Charge
second.
Specification.
First,
in
saying
we
received
a
member
yesterday
(i.e.)
our
last
meeting,
who
did
not
walk
according
to
the
Apostolic
Order.
Second,
in
saying
hard
contemptuous
words
against
the
church. Third, in attempting to withdraw his fellowship from us.
"Bro.
Bell
was
found
guilty
of
the
first
charge,
but
gave
satisfaction
for
the
second
charge
and
the
specification.
"The
question
was
taken
whether
Bell's
acknowledgement
were
satisfactory
for
the
first
charge?
Answer.
No. Whereupon, the vote was taken and he, the said John Bell, was excommunicated from our fellowship."
In
1817,
John
Bell
was
in
his
corn
field
when
he
witnessed
what
looked
like
a
creature
with
the
body
of
a
dog
and
the
head
of
a
rabbit
growling
at
him.
Firing
a
weapon
he
had
on
him
at
that
time,
the
dog
ran
off
apparently
unscathed.
saw
an
unusual-looking
bird
which
he
claimed
looked
almost
human
in
appearance.
On
another
occasion,
his
son
Drew
witnessed
what
he
described
as
an
extraordinarily
large
bird
on
the
property.
Rushing
inside
to
grab
a
shotgun,
he
fired
at
the
bird
but
was
unsure
if
the
bullet
found
its
mark
or
not,
because
the
creature
could
not
be
found
again.
Within
a
matter
of
days
of
these
incidents,
the
Bell
children began to report seeing strange beings in the woods nearby.
Two
of
Bell's
children
-
Drew
and
Betsy
-
once
saw
an
old
woman
walking
through
the
family's
orchard,
but
when
they
approached
her
to
speak
with
her,
she
seemed
to
vanish
before
their
eyes.
Yet
another
time,
the
children
saw
what
they
thought
was
a
young
girl
hanging
from
a
tree.
Upon
approaching
her,
the
girl
seemed
to
dissipate
into
thin
air.
More
unsettling
experiences
came
in
the
form
of
the
house
shaking
on
its
foundations
and
sounds
emanating
from
outside
their
home.
On
first
impression,
the
scratching
and
banging
appeared
to
resemble
someone
or
something
trying
to
get
inside
the
house.
It
was
not
long,
though
before
the
rapping
and
scraping
sounds
were
heard
moving
from
room
to
room
inside
their
home,
waking
them
from
their
sleep
only
to
cease
when
the
family
went
to
investigate.
One
particularly
disturbing
sound
was
that
of
wings
flapping
against
the
ceiling.
Even
more
disconcerting
was
the
sound
of
sinister
laughter
and
whispers
seemingly
coming
from
the
atmosphere
itself
inside
the
home.
Some
of
the
whispers
appeared
to
be
in
the
form
of
an
old
woman
singing
hymns.
Soon
thereafter,
growls
and
guttural
noises
began
to
manifest
and
fill
the
home.
during the night.
One
year
later
John
Bell
(l.)
contracted
a
mysterious
illness
which
affected
his
jaw
and
tongue.
Simply
eating
became
an
exercise
in
futility
as
did
the
treatments
prescribed
to
him
by
the
family
physician.
Soon
thereafter,
other
members
of
the
family
felt
like
they
were
being
scratched
or
hit,
or
having
their
hair
pulled.
Youngest
daughter
Betsy
seemed
to
be
singled
out
as
the
most
frequent
recipient
of
these
assaults.
On
occasion,
she
would
feel
her
face
being
slapped
or
her
body
being
stuck
with
pins.
Bruises
on
the
young
girl
would
appear
after
such
an
attack.
When
she
would
entertain
a
suitor
named
Joshua
Gardner,
the
attacks
would
step
up
in
intensity
after
he
left
for
the
evening.
It
was
then
that
Bell,
who
had
until
now
told
no
one
outside
the
family
of
these
events,
called
upon
a
close
friend
named
James
Johnston
for
help.
Johnson,
a
deeply
religious
man,
appeared
fearless
in
the
face
of
what increasingly appeared to be some form of angry spirit.
Deciding
to
stay
the
night
in
an
effort
to
dispel
the
force
from
the
house,
Johnston
read
a
passage
from
the
Bible,
prayed
with
the
family
and
addressed
the
entity
before
finally
settling
into
bed.
At
first
it
appeared
his
challenge
silenced
the
being,
but
soon
the
noises
began
again,
this
time
even
worse
than
before.
Johnson
continuously
had
the
covers
pulled
from
his
bed
and
then
was
slapped
repeatedly.
Bolting
from
his
bed,
he
again
addressed
whatever
or
whomever
was
in
the
house,
but
received
no
response
except
for
menacing
laughter.
Worse,
young
Betsy
again
bore
the
brunt
of
the
violence,
being
slapped repeatedly
It
was
not
long
before
the
entire
community
heard
of
the
Bell's
situation
and
one
organized
group
responded
not
by
offering
scorn
and
skepticism,
but
support
to
a
man
they
looked
upon
with
respect.
This
assemblage
of
men
would
come
by
quite
often
to
investigate
the
situation
and
offer
advice
and
potential
solutions
to
them.
Many
would
end
up
running
from
the
property
in
fear
as
the
entity
would,
without
reservation,
make
its
presence
known
to
them
with
the
same
fury
and
disdain
it
demonstrated
to
the
family.
By
this
time,
the
voice
began
to
speak
in
intelligible
terms,
identifying
herself
as
the
spirit
of
a
woman
whose
grave in the nearby woods had been disturbed.
As
word
spread
of
the
events
taking
place
on
the
Bell
property,
people
continued
to
travel
from
miles
around
in
a
an
effort
to
suggest
various
recourses
of
action
or
to
try
their
hand
at
removing
the
spirit.
When
some
came
that
were
convinced
of
a
hoax
being
perpetrated
by
John
Bell,
they
would
inevitably
leave
with
a
clear picture that indeed something was genuinely afoul in the home.
When
a
visiting
Reverend
inquired
as
to
the
identity
of
the
spirit,
a
now
more
audacious
voice
replied
that
she
was
the
witch
of
Kate
Batts,
the
woman
who
held
John
Bell
in
such
contempt
for
their
previous
business
dealing.
It
was
now
assumed
that
she
was
exacting
the
revenge
she
so
intensely
had
promised
before
her
death.
The
entity
tormenting
the
family
would
simply
come
to
be
called
"the
witch"
or
"Kate"
by
the
majority
of
the
surrounding
community.
In
fact
the
townspeople
would
learn
more
of
her
as
time
went
on.
They
would
report
hearing
her
in
their
own
homes
and
churches
and
that
she
would
reveal
people's
innermost
thoughts
at
very
inopportune
times.
The
only
fly
in
this
ointment
was
that
Kate
Batts
was
very
much
alive
during
the
time
of
this
"haunting".
This
apparently
would
not
deter
a
false
legend
being
created
that
would
endure
to
the
present
day.
In
fact,
Mrs.
Batts
reacted
quite
strongly
to
the
accusations
which
only
inflamed
her
hatred
for John Bell, who she assumed was trying to slander her at this point in time.
(There
is
an
alternative
story
that
Kate
Batts
and
John
Bell
were
actually
an
"item"
some
years
earlier
and
she
would
not
forgive
him
for
jilting
her,
but
this
seems
to
fly
in
the
face
of
his
moving
here
from
North
Carolina
with
a
family
already
in
tow.
How
did
he
and
Kate
know
each
other
before
he
married
Lucy?
Was
it
in
fact
an
affair
while
he
was
married?
The
details
are
sketchy
and
prone
to
rampant
speculation,
so
no
conclusion
should
be
reached
regarding
this
version.
The
only
real
drawback
to
the
"Kate"
theory
is
that
it
cannot
be
fully
accepted
this
entity
was
in
fact
the
ghost
or
witch
of
Kate
Batts
at
all.
Based
on
her
history
with
John
Bell,
it
is
merely
assumed this spirit represented her.)
A
man
named
Frank
Miles
also
bore
the
brunt
of
the
witch's
fury
when
he
spent
the
night
at
the
farmhouse.
Miles,
a
bear
of
a
man,
told
his
friends
he
would
stay
and
confront
the
witch
and
crush
her
with
his
bare
hands.
Asleep
in
his
bed
that
night,
he
would
have
his
covers
yanked
like
Johnson
had,
but
would
also
be
brutally
attacked
by
the
spirit
by
being
thrashed
about
the
head
and
told
not
to
confront
her
as
he
had
no chance at success.
As
the
tale
of
the
Bell
family's
woes
spread
and
many
came
by
the
satisfy
their
curiosity
or
offer
remedies
to
their
troubles,
a
surprising
request
came
from
General
Andrew
Jackson
(r.),
who
would
go
on
to
become
President
of
the
United
States.
Being
an
acquaintance
of
John
Bell,
Jr.,
who
served
under
him
at
The
Battle
of
New
Orleans,
Jackson
wanted
to
try
his
hand
at
ridding
the
home
of
its
resident
evil.
On
the
way
to
the
house,
their
first
indication
this
would
not
be
an
easy
task
came
when
-
after
an
off-color
comment
about
the
"witch"
was
made
by
someone
in
his
party
-
the
wheels
of
their
wagon
mysteriously
seized
up
and
would
not
turn
no
matter
how
hard
their
horses
pulled.
Legend
holds
it
that
the
"witch"
would
actually
address
Jackson
and
his
men
at
that
point,
taunting
them
about
their
travails
and
warning
them
about their impending visit that night.
Jackson's
entourage
-
which
also
included
someone
referred
to
as
a
"witch
tamer"
-
spent
that
night
at
the
Bell
house,
but
their
visit
was
plagued
first
by
an
attack
on
that
very
man,
who
felt
pins
and
needles
were
being
stuck
into
his
body
and
later
the
usual
removal
of
bed
covers.
More
horrifying
was
having
to
witness
young
Betsy
scream
in
fear
and
agony
as
her
hair
was
pulled
and
her
face
repeatedly
slapped.
Informed
by
the
voice
that
another
"fraud"
would
be
exposed
the
following
night,
Jackson
announced
they
would
spend
the
night
in
order
to
see
whom
she
was
referring
to.
They
never
made
it
that
far.
Convinced
by
his
men
to
leave
for
New
Orleans
the
following
morning,
Jackson
was
said
to
utter
his
now
famous
quote,
"I
would
rather
fight
the
entire
British
Army
single-handed
than
face
the
Bell
Witch
again."
Curiously,
while
John
and
Betsy
Bell
along
with
some
of
their
slaves
suffered
the
worse
at
the
witch's
hands,
other
members
of
the
family
were
treated
kindly
by
the
spirit.
There
were
even
some
instances
when
Betsy
herself
would
be
treated
almost
lovingly
at
times,
only
to
endure
swift
and
severe
changes
in
the
temperament
of
her
tormentor,
especially
after
Joshua
Gardner's
visitations.
Lucy
Bell
was
sung
to
and
even
helped
out
around
the
house
by
the
witch
and
the
children
would
sometimes
be
serenaded
with
church
hymns as would some visitors to the home.
By
now
Betsy
had
fallen
in
love
with
Joshua
and
they
announced
their
plans
to
marry.
They
both
hoped
that
Betsy's
antagonist
would
soften
her
stance
after
her
father's
death
and
allow
the
union
to
happen.
It
proved
to
matter
not
as
the
witch
warned
Betsy
in
a
quite
stern
and
audible
voice
that
she
would
increase
the
physical
and
emotional
torture
she
had
been
dealing
out
to
her
if
she
went
through
with
the
marriage.
Betsy,
by
now
growing
weary
of
the
constant
torment
she
had
been
put
through,
called
off
the
engagement
on
Easter
Monday
of
1820.
This
seemed
to
appease
the
witch,
who
offered
no
such
ultimatum
when
Betsy
would
eventually
go
on
to
marry
a
teacher
named
Richard
Powell,
who
should
be
referred
to
as
a
"person
of
interest".
(Powell
is
indeed
a
person
of
some
interest
here.
There
is
also
speculation
that
he
in
fact
masterminded
the
whole
Bell
Witch
episode.
The
son
of
a
father
who
built
many
homes
in
the
area,
including
the
Bell's,
he
was
aware
of
many
tunnels
that
ran
beneath
them
and
would
travel
them
as
a
youth,
gathering
information
about
each
family.
As
Betsy's
teacher,
he
fell
in
love
with
her
(despite
his
being
married
to
a
woman
named
Esther
Scott)
and
was
determined
to
marry
her.
Some
say
he
was
the
cause
of
the
voices
and
the
eventual
death
of
John
Bell
(read
below)
How
that
factors
in
to
the
physical
attacks
or
the
bed
covers
being
pulled
that
were
witnessed
by
so
many
-
Andrew
Jackson
included
-
has
yet
to
be
explained,
but
Powell
was
a
staple
of
many
social
affairs
held
in
the
Bell
home
prior
to
the
hauntings
and
despite
being
11
years
her
senior,
harbored
a
deep
affection
for
Betsy.
There
has
also
been
some
speculation
-
unproven
-
that
he
was
a
student of the occult arts).
By
the
Fall
of
1820
John
Bell
was
afflicted
yet
again
by
the
same
illness
that
had
previously
affected
his
mouth
and
jaw.
Any
effort
to
walk
the
land
of
his
beloved
farm
was
met
with
resistance
by
the
witch.
His
shoes
would
be
removed
from
his
feet
and
he
would
be
knocked
to
the
ground
repeatedly.
The
beatings
became
so
bad
that
John
eventually
required
a
doctor
to
treat
his
injuries.
The
doctor
issued
John
a
bottle
of
medicine
which
he
took
faithfully,
but
the
disease
became
more
volatile
and
his
condition
worsened
until
he
finally
succumbed
to
its
ravages
on
December
20,
1820.
Upon
examination,
the
doctor
found
that
the
prescribed
medicine
had
in
fact
been
replaced
with
an
unknown
substance.
John
Jr.
in
a
macabre
test
of
sorts,
gave
a
drop
to
the
family
cat
which
immediately
died
after
tasting
the
substance.
The
witch's
laughter
was
heard
once
again
and
then
a
claim
that
she
had
replaced
the
tonic
with
another
substance
and
that
she
hoped
Bell
would
now
burn
in
hell.
The
witch
later
attended
John's
funeral
and
would
be
heard
singing
and
laughing around his gravesite (below, travelchannel.com).
The
Bell
Witch
would
let
the
family
know
that
her
work
was
done,
but
she
would
return
in
seven
years
-
1828.
Legend
says
that
this
in
fact
happened
in
February
of
that
year
as
the
knocks
and
rappings
returned
once
more.
By
now
the
family
had
tired
of
this
activity
and
chosen
to
feign
indifference
to
these
phenomena.
The
ploy
seemed
to
work
as
the
witch
apparently
left
the
premise,
but
not
John
Bell
Jr.
She
detailed
to
him
future
events
like
the
Civil
War,
World
Wars
I
&
II
and
the
Great
Depression
as
well
as
how
the
world
will
end.
The
result
of
some
of
the
the
information
passed
on
to
him
was
said
to
have
aided
him
on
his
way
to
become
independently
wealthy
later
in
life.
She
pledged
to
return
again
in
1935,
but
no
record
of
her
presence or the result of it was ever found.
Lucy
Bell
would
live
out
the
rest
of
her
days
in
the
house
her
husband
built,
but
soon
afterwards
it
was
abandoned and torn down leaving little sign of its existence.
THE BELL WITCH CAVE HAUNTINGS
There
have
been
innumerable
theories
as
to
what
happened
to
the
Bell
family,
ranging
from
the
pure
residual
rage
of
Kate
Batts
manifesting
itself
into
a
tangible
entity
to
perhaps
daughter
Betsy,
through
what
we
now
call
Psychokinesis,
creating
a
poltergeist-type
haunt
(a
theory
espoused
in
the
2005
movie
based
on
the
legend
-
"An
American
Haunting").
Was
there
actually
more
than
one
Bell
Witch
and
would
that
explain
the
alternating
acts
of
evil
and
kindness?
In
any
event,
the
legend
of
the
Bell
Witch
continues
and
-
some
will
say - thrives even today in Adams, Tennessee.
So
whither
the
Bell
Witch
Cave
-
and
how
does
it
play
into
this
legendary
tale
of
revenge
from
the
afterlife?
There
are
a
couple
of
schools
of
thought
on
this.
Could
it
have
been
a
portal
of
sorts
for
spirits
to
enter
into
this
world?
Or
was
it
a
place
that
is
inhabited
by
the
witch
until
she
is
ready
to
return
again?
In
either
scenario,
there
have
been
a
great
many
strange
and
bizarre
incidents
around
and
about
the
cave
that
have fueled the speculation.
Its
interesting
to
note
that
the
cave
is
carved
into
limestone
and
has
water
running
through
it
depending
on
the
season.
So
much
in
fact
that
the
roar
of
rushing
water
coming
out
of
the
cave
and
spilling
into
the
nearby
Red
River
is
deafening.
The
combination
of
limestone
and
water
is
known
to
spur
a
kind
of
natural
magnetic
disruption
that
might
explain
the
strange
sensations
that
some
feel
inside.
There
is
approximately
500
feet
of
cave
that
can
be
explored
publicly
but
its
true
length
remains
unknown
because
of
the
narrow
passages that are inaccessible.
Also
of
note
is
a
Native
American
burial
ground
located
on
a
bluff
above
the
cave
entrance
and
the
presence
of
an
ancient
coffin
(r.)
inside
the
cave
that
was
placed
there
by
local
Indians
to
prepare
their
dead for ascent into the afterlife.
The
legend
may
begin
with
the
Bell
children,
who
found
the
cave
and
used
to
visit
it
frequently
to
explore
and
play.
One
of
the
Bell
boys
was
said
to
have
tripped
and
got
his
feet
wedged
between
some
rocks
inside.
It
was
then
that
an
invisible
pair
of
hands
grabbed
his
feet
and
pulled him backward to the entrance of the cave.
Today,
many
visitors
the
the
cave
experience
a
feeling
of
being
watched
as
they
enter.
Many
hear
the
sound
of
children
laughing
inside
an
otherwise
empty
cave
and
voices
coming
from
those
aforementioned
areas
that
no
one
can
reach.
Most
of
the
reports
today
center
around
photographs
taken
in
and
around
the
cave.
To
wit:
1.
A
young
girl
was
sitting
on
a
rock
outside
the
cave
posing
for
a
photograph.
Upon
development,
the
picture
showed
a
man
standing
behind her who was not present at the time the photo was taken.
2.
Pictures
of
shadows
taken
inside
the
cave
that
defy
explanation.
Visitors
to
the
cave
have
been
pushed
by
an
unseen
force,
a
event
witnessed
by
others
on
the
same
tour.
In
one
case
an
examination
of
a
girl
who
felt
she
was
slapped
across
the
face
and
knocked
down
revealed
a
red
welt
on
her
face
that
mysteriously
had
appeared
after
the
incident.
There
also
have
been
tales
of
mysterious
mists
and
fog
that
appear
in
various
parts
of
the
cave
and
dissipate
when
approached.
Camera
and
flashlight
batteries
have
also
been
known
to
drain
quickly
and
with
no
explanation,
even
though
the
batteries
are
right
out
of
their
packages.
Strange
glowing
lights
have
been
seen
bouncing
about
the
cave
and
in
the
nearby
field
that
surrounds
it
during
nighttime
visits.
In
a
more
disturbing
vein,
some
have
reported
seeing
the
apparition
of
a
woman
floating
above
the
ground
inside
the
cave.
A
recurring
story
deals
with
objects
that
have
been
removed
from
the
cave
and
the
misfortune
that
befalls
those
who
possess
them.
So
intense
are
these
incidents
that
many
visitors
to
the
cave
have
mailed
the
objects
back
to
the
present
owners
-
Chris
and
Walter
Kirby
-
in
the
hope
that
returning
them
to
their
rightful
place
will
end
their
misery.
The
Kirbys
themselves
have
witnessed
more
that
their
fair
share
of
odd
events
from voices and growls inside the tunnels to the same manifestations inside their own home.
One
interesting
story
involves
a
group
of
soldiers
stationed
at
Fort
Campell,
Ky.
that
came
for
a
tour
one
day
in
1977.
At
the
end
of
the
tour
they
all
sat
on
the
floor
in
the
last
cave
chamber
and
listened
to
various
tales that surrounded the cave The storyteller/tour guide was none other than former owner Bill Eden.
During
their
discussion,
one
young
soldier
expressed
doubts
that
such
things
even
existed
and
declared
himself skeptical of the legend. Mr. Eden glanced a knowing eye and went on with his talk.
When
he
had
finished,
all
got
up
to
leave
and
begin
their
way
back
to
the
cave
entrance
-
except
for
one
soldier.
The
one
that
expressed
his
doubt
found
that
he
could
not
get
up
off
the
ground
and
called
to
Eden
for
assistance.
Thinking
he
was
joking
around,
Eden
and
the
others
in
the
group
at
first
dismissed
the
soldiers
cry, but a closer look at his face revealed a look of true panic.
Efforts
to
help
the
soldier
to
his
feet
failed
and
the
young
man
appeared
to
now
be
in
great
physical
distress.
Now
terrified,
he
told
everyone
that
he
was
feeling
two
arms
wrapped
around
his
chest
squeezing
the
breath
out
of
him.
Eventually,
they
were
able
to
get
the
soldier
to
his
feet
and
walk
him
out
of
the
cave
with no little assistance.
The
young
soldier
soon
recovered
fully
from
his
experience
and
as
he
left,
shook
the
hand
of
his
tour
guide, thanked him and politely told him he would not be returning ever again.
The death of John Bell
BELL WITCH CAVE
