Shipley Hollow Road
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Shipley Hollow Road is a road in Sale Creek, Tennessee
where there have been many variations of a common haunting. These stories go back 150 years and are mentioned in several local books, including Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley by Georgiana C. Kotarski. The ghosts or creatures are referenced as Pitty-Pat and locals call this area "Pitty Pat Hollow". Whether the "Pitty-Pat" is the ghost children or a creature varies, depending on the source.
In 1775 a female settler and her four kids were crossing a bridge on their way home in a horse and buggy. It was a normal night and she was going on a horse and carriage when suddenly they heard a "pit, pat, pit, pat" and a beast approximatley the size of a cat ran out on its hind legs in in front of the horse. The beast is commonly referred to as an imp, thought the physical description can vary. This action spooked the horse to such an extent that the buggy flipped and the woman was thrown from it. The the legend then varies with the woman either dying instantly or living long enought to see the beast carry off her childeren to devour. Some sighting were reported of a beast jumping in front if buggys, and a few of the beast charging motor vehicles.
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where there have been many variations of a common haunting. These stories go back 150 years and are mentioned in several local books, including Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley by Georgiana C. Kotarski. The ghosts or creatures are referenced as Pitty-Pat and locals call this area "Pitty Pat Hollow". Whether the "Pitty-Pat" is the ghost children or a creature varies, depending on the source.
In 1775 a female settler and her four kids were crossing a bridge on their way home in a horse and buggy. It was a normal night and she was going on a horse and carriage when suddenly they heard a "pit, pat, pit, pat" and a beast approximatley the size of a cat ran out on its hind legs in in front of the horse. The beast is commonly referred to as an imp, thought the physical description can vary. This action spooked the horse to such an extent that the buggy flipped and the woman was thrown from it. The the legend then varies with the woman either dying instantly or living long enought to see the beast carry off her childeren to devour. Some sighting were reported of a beast jumping in front if buggys, and a few of the beast charging motor vehicles.