Unexplained South Carolina

by Sherman Carmichael, Jason McLean

Overview

The Palmetto State is home to many strange and unexplained events. The Gray Man of 2018 is Pawleys Island's most historic ghost. He has been seen walking the beaches before hurricanes. The tiny town of Hilda hears the mournful wail of a ghost train. The Bowery, Myrtle Beach's most legendary bar, hosts the spectral singing of Barman Joe. A ninety-two-foot crop circle appeared in the small town of McBee in 1994. And there's a host of Bigfoot sightings in the state. Sherman Carmichael delves into the mysterious side of South Carolina.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439674222
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	01/24/2022
Series:	Forgotten Tales
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sherman Carmichael, a native of Hemingway, South Carolina, has been dabbling into things that are best left alone--like ghosts, UFOs, monsters and other strange and unusual things--since he was seventeen. He has seen, heard and felt things that defy explanation. Carmichael's previous books--Forgotten Tales of South Carolina, Legends and Lore of South Carolina, Eerie South Carolina, UFOs Over South Carolina, Strange South Carolina, Mysterious Tales of Coastal North Carolina, Mysterious South Carolina and Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont--center on ghosts and the strange and unusual as well as hovering objects and strange lights in the sky. He has traveled throughout the United States visiting haunted locations. He has also visited Roswell, New Mexico. He has traveled to Mexico and Central America researching Mayan ruins. He plans to continue visiting these unusual places for many years to come.

Table of Contents

How It All Began 9

Just a Thought 11

Highway 48 Phantom: Richland County 13

The Crescent Hotel: Eureka Springs, Arkansas 14

Haunted Adluh Flour Mill: Columbia 16

Old Stone Church and Eliza Huger's Grave: Pickens County 17

Kings Mountain State Park and Kings Mountain National Military Park: Blacksburg 19

Airport High School: Columbia 21

Shamrock House: Rocky Bottom 22

The Gray Man of 2018: Pawleys Island 23

Pelican Inn: Pawleys Island 25

Hilda Ghost Train: Hilda 26

Old Prospect Church: Hartsville 28

Catwoman's Bridge: Lancaster County 28

The Tanning Yard: Spartanburg County 30

The Nitrolee Darn Hitchhiker: Chester County 31

Old Martinville Church: Sumter County 32

The Bowery: Myrde Beach 32

Drunken Jack: Drunken Jack Island 33

Paris Mountain: Greenville County 34

Comingtee Plantation: Cordesville 35

Brookgreen Gardens: Murrells Inlet 37

Medway Plantation: Goose Creek 39

Magnolia Plantation: Charleston County 41

TJSS Yorktown: Charleston County 43

Lockhart Water Tower: Lockhart 46

Edgefield: Edgefield 47

Becky Cotton: Edgefield 49

Willowbrook Cemetery: Edgefield 50

The Edgefield Ghost: Edgefield 51

Blakeney Cemetery: Pageland 53

Hampton Plantation: McClellanville 53

Hampton-Preston House: Columbia 59

The Poston Ghosts: Poston 61

Dr. Charles Fyffe House: Georgetown 62

Dr. Charles Fyffe Tenement: Georgetown 63

William Hinckley House: Georgetown 64

St. Helena's Chapel of Ease: St. Helena Island 64

Colonial Dorchester: Summerville 66

Juxa Plantation: Union County 68

Charlotte Atkinson House: Georgetown 69

Seven Devils' Bridge: Woodruff 70

Old Piedmont Highway: Greenville 71

Cottageville Cemetery: Gottageville 72

Beneventum Plantation: Georgetown County 73

Redcliffe Plantation: Aiken County 74

William Bratton House: McConnells 75

Holley Inn: Aiken 77

Fairfield County Museum: Winnsboro 77

St. Stephen's Episcopal Churchyard: St. Stephens 78

Ninety Six: Ninety Six 80

Thomas Bolem House: Georgetown 81

Three Fishing Boats Vanish: Off Coast of Charleston 82

Missing Piper Cheyenne Plane: Off Coast of Charleston 82

USS Grampus: Off Coast of Charleston 84

Michael Curry: Moncks Corner 86

Fort Jackson Bigfoot: Richland County 87

Colleton County Bigfoot: Colleton County 88

Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Bigfoot: Horry County 89

York County Bigfoot: York County 89

Charleston County Bigfoot: Charleston County 92

Orangeburg County Bigfoot: Orangeburg County 93

Spartanburg County Bigfoot: Spartanburg County 93

Barnwell County Bigfoot: Barnwell County 94

Kershaw County Bigfoot: Kershaw County 94

Dorchester County Bigfoot: Dorchester County 95

Johnsonville Bigfoot: Johnsonville 95

Lucas Bay Light: Conway 97

Interview with Ronald Taylor: Darlington 98

Interview with Betty J. Houbion: Huntington Beach 100

Socastee Ghost: Socastee 102

Mother and Father's Ghost: Socastee 104

Spontaneous Human Combustion: Greenville 104

Congaree National Park lightning Bugs: Richland County 107

Hair Ice: Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties 107

Fire Rainbow: Isle of Palms 108

1970 Solar Eclipse 108

1986 Halley's Comet 110

2012 Geminid Meteor Shower 111

Halloween Moon 112

The Christmas Star 113

Crop Circles: Kershaw, Orangeburg and Chesterfield Counties 113

Sherman Carmichael's Sightings 115

Misidentification 119

One Final Thought 121

Bibliography 123

About the Author 128