vor
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Bowman's Hill/Capt Kidd's gold
Anyone ever heard of this or know the source of this info? Found at: https://sites.google.com/site/hauntsandhistory/freedom'scornerhaunts&history
BOWMAN'S HILL TOWER (Solebury Twp., Bucks County) Dr. John Bowman sailed with the British fleet to bring in Captain Kidd, but switched sides and became Kidd's personal sawbones. When the Cap was captured, Bowman sailed up the Delaware to avoid his boss' fate. He settled down in Newtown, about six miles from the hill. When he died, he was buried on top of the hill, per his wishes, "…as that would be as near heaven as he ever expected to get." As told by Charles Burr Todd in a brochure describing the historic areas along the Delaware, "…it is popularly believed that his unquiet ghost haunts the hill top, and that the shrieks, groans and gibbering which in certain conditions of the atmosphere reach the valley are his." Others told that if you put your ear to the ground next to Bowman's grave and ask "Bowman, what killed you?", you'll hear the reply, "Nothing." Several stones believed to mark Bowman's grave are said to have once stood near the top of the hill, not far from a black oak tree, now also gone. Even the ground around the oak took on a mythic aura. In describing the mighty tree, Todd says, "There must be pyrotechnics up here in a thunder storm for the trees all about are blasted, torn, riven and barked by lightning bolts-as if heaven were trying to purify the earth to which the ashes of the wicked pirate had returned."A "massive oaken chest" was found among Dr. Bowman's possessions, but none of Captain Kidd's gold was found in it. Treasure hunters presumed Bowman buried the loot from his escapades with Kidd on top of the hill, and many have tried unsuccessfully to recover the treasure. The site was also supposed to be a graveyard for Revolutionary War soldiers slaughtered by Hessian mercenaries. The stones that cover the hillside are allegedly their old grave markers, and their shrieks and groans can still be heard to this day. It's also reported, in Phillylist's Philadelphia Weirdness, that the nearby bridge (the Van Sant Covered Bridge, aka Crybaby Bridge) is haunted by several spooks, including a pregnant woman who jumped off of said bridge. Legend says you can hear the cries of her child when you drive over the span.
Anyone ever heard of this or know the source of this info? Found at: https://sites.google.com/site/hauntsandhistory/freedom'scornerhaunts&history
BOWMAN'S HILL TOWER (Solebury Twp., Bucks County) Dr. John Bowman sailed with the British fleet to bring in Captain Kidd, but switched sides and became Kidd's personal sawbones. When the Cap was captured, Bowman sailed up the Delaware to avoid his boss' fate. He settled down in Newtown, about six miles from the hill. When he died, he was buried on top of the hill, per his wishes, "…as that would be as near heaven as he ever expected to get." As told by Charles Burr Todd in a brochure describing the historic areas along the Delaware, "…it is popularly believed that his unquiet ghost haunts the hill top, and that the shrieks, groans and gibbering which in certain conditions of the atmosphere reach the valley are his." Others told that if you put your ear to the ground next to Bowman's grave and ask "Bowman, what killed you?", you'll hear the reply, "Nothing." Several stones believed to mark Bowman's grave are said to have once stood near the top of the hill, not far from a black oak tree, now also gone. Even the ground around the oak took on a mythic aura. In describing the mighty tree, Todd says, "There must be pyrotechnics up here in a thunder storm for the trees all about are blasted, torn, riven and barked by lightning bolts-as if heaven were trying to purify the earth to which the ashes of the wicked pirate had returned."A "massive oaken chest" was found among Dr. Bowman's possessions, but none of Captain Kidd's gold was found in it. Treasure hunters presumed Bowman buried the loot from his escapades with Kidd on top of the hill, and many have tried unsuccessfully to recover the treasure. The site was also supposed to be a graveyard for Revolutionary War soldiers slaughtered by Hessian mercenaries. The stones that cover the hillside are allegedly their old grave markers, and their shrieks and groans can still be heard to this day. It's also reported, in Phillylist's Philadelphia Weirdness, that the nearby bridge (the Van Sant Covered Bridge, aka Crybaby Bridge) is haunted by several spooks, including a pregnant woman who jumped off of said bridge. Legend says you can hear the cries of her child when you drive over the span.
I think that story has about as much truth as Capt Kidd burying treasure on an Island up near Bloomsburg, Pa. As that river is not deep enough to navigate with a speed boat from the Chesapeake Bay, let a lone a ship.
