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The Blair Witch Project
This cemetery in Burkittsville, Maryland was used early on in The Blair Witch Project as the characters shoot an opening to their documentary. While the cemetery is mentioned as the final resting place for a large amount of young children that fell victim to the Blair Witch, the story is completely fabricated. While, there are several children buried in Union Cemetery, there is probably no more than any other cemetery.
The notoriety of the film brought tourists to the location and there were a few acts of vandalism, including someone leaving a candle burning on the grounds in the midst of a drought. Fortunately, no damage was done then, but the locals are not necessarily thrilled with the idea of tourists since.
Ghosts of the Civil War
Several Union and Confederate soldiers died in the nearby Battle for Crampton's Gap. The locals took the bodies to the cemetery and buried them in shallow graves, assuming that the two armies would someday return for their dead. However, it wasn't until 1868 that the bodies were exhumed and moved to a national cemetery. As it turns out, that did nothing to stop reports of people seeing strange lights or the apparitions of soldiers wandering the grounds of the cemetery.
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O.T.I.S.(Odd Things I've Seen): Union Cemetery - From: O.T.I.S. (03/15/09, 10:47 PM UTC)
Article excerpt from O.T.I.S. (Odd Things I've Seen):
"Burkittsville managed to exist for about 180 years without anybody ever hearing about it. T...More
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Burkittsville, Maryland
The official site of this historic village founded in 1824. Events, history and government contacts. Setting for The Blair Witch Project. |
The Real 'Blair Witch' Ghosts
Site detailing the real ghost stories of Burkittsville, Maryland - the setting for The Blair Witch Project. |
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| See Also on TheCabinet.com |
| Blog: The Ghosts (and Witch) of Burkittsville (09/14/08) |
| Blog: The Travels of the Blair Witch (12/22/08) |
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