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Shrieking Pit

Shrieking Pit

Folk lore tells the legend of Shrieking Pit . It is said that in 1782....

Folk lore tells the legend of Shrieking Pit. It is said that in 1782, Esmeralda, a daughter of a farm worker in Craft Lane, was a beauty in her 18th year and held herself with the grace and dignity of a Lady. Many a lad dreamed of her, but she fell for a married farmer from Roughton. He was made to end the elicit affair which lead Esmeralda to reach the edge of her sanity. She roamed the lanes at night to find solace in the quiet and stillness. On one such Moonlit night, walking along Sandy Lane and Hungry Hill she came by the dark pit. She gazed transfixed in to the steely waters, ....what was it she saw? She jumped in to the icy waters and as she felt the chilly embrace, she let out a wild shriek! A second and then third wild shriek ended sharply and the legend of Shrieking Pit was born. Some say that on February 24th at Midnight something unnatural can be heard and seen near the pit!

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