Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Helen's Mountain-The Legend

This is the story of another Legend involving a woman named Helen. This one is about Helen's Mountain, located behind Lutheridge in Arden. This story goes something like this and was taken from ashevilleparanormalsociety.com's website and was written by Sarah Harrison. This is also the story I heard from my Third Grade Teacher Mrs. Linder. A woman named Helen and her daughter lived in a cabin on this mountain and a man broke in one night to rape Helen. In the struggle that ensued, a kerosene lantern was knocked over and the cabin burned down killing Helen and her daughter. If you go to the sight and say the incantation "Helen come forth" three times, a giant fireball appears and leaves a burned hand print on your car. Another consistency to the story is that your car will not start. That is the story retold to me by Mrs. Linder. Two Helen's, two legends, and two locations. Are the two Legends a combination of one story with a little bit of fact thrown in? My third article about Helen's Mountain and Helen's Bridge will try to separate the two Legends and sort out the facts.

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