Thread: urban myths
View Single Post
  #26  
Old 07-01-2003, 08:20 PM
OUlioness01 OUlioness01 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Posts: 1,496
Send a message via AIM to OUlioness01
DeltAlum, i checked out that website and i think the Zeta house they're talking about is now the Sig Ep house, but i could be wrong. if it is, the website must be pretty outdated 'cause i know before it was the sig ep house it was the Sigma Nu house. that website is really interesting though.

** edited to add**
here's something else i just found

http://www.geocities.com/athens/acro...ntou.html#delt
1. Delt House (University Terrace): Strange things started to happen a few years back at the Delta Tau Delta house after some members made a trip to a local cemetery, Simms'. Simms' cemetary, found on Peach Ridge, one of the several mountain ridges surrounding the valley of Athens, is one of the cemeteries said to form a pentagram around the city, with its center over Wilson Hall, on the College Green. Its also listed as one of the most haunted places on earth. The story goes that in the first years of the city, the Simms clan were very involved in city life, with the father serving as local magistrate and executioner, all rolled into one. It is said that after sentencing a criminal to hang for his crimes, the town would process out of town to Judge Simms Peach Ridge home to carry out the verdict. In the dark of night, in the secluded family cemetery, the victims were hung until dead from the branch of an old, dead tree overhanging the family's wooded grave plots. The rope marks on the tree branch, worn down from years of swinging dead, are still clearly visible on the "hanging tree", and many people have reported strange events in the area.

The cemetery is said to change positions in the woods on Peach Ridge, and in fact many who know the area well are unable to find the tombs and hanging tree, despite the fact that they have been there dozens of times. Many local high schoolers, who use the area as a late-night hangout, report seeing a hovering spirit, dressed only in a black, flowing robe, rising from the mists. Local spiritualists have also reported similar phenomena, which one identifies as a "guardian spirit", placed on the grave site by a cult or perhaps a local witch coven. The spirit stares with piercing eyes at the invaders, and utters only one word: Leave! Few stick around to see what happens if they say "no".

Finally, many have reported seeing a slow moving figure, rocking back and forth in the still night air. Upon closer inspection, the source of the figure becomes obvious…it is the spirit of one of the hanging victims, slowly swinging to death over and over each night, moved by the breeze from another age…

The Delts, having heard such tales, went exploring one autumn. Stumbling across the cemetery, they entered the sacred site and removed a headstone, carrying it back to their University Terrace house as a fraternity prank. Soon after the problems started. Residents were awakened at night by doors opening and closing, windows moving up and down, pushed by invisible hands in the dead of night. Certain rooms became intolerable, including the chapter room where the tombstone lay. Fraternity members were soon suffering nightly, unable to sleep or study in their own house, and after a while the events grew more ominous. Members were soon injured almost daily…drawers would fly from their places just as residents entered the room. Windows would crash down, spraying sharp glass on nearby people. People were tripped going up and down stairs. The situation grew worse by the night, and eventually a decision was made. The events didn't begin until the fateful trip to Peach Ridge. The stone must be returned. At that moment the stone fell over from its spot leaning against the wall. The name etched on the stone became evident: Simms. The stone was returned promptly, and no further supernatural problems have taken place in the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House.

Last edited by OUlioness01; 07-01-2003 at 08:26 PM.
Reply With Quote